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Burnley, Lancashire [7]

Sydney New South Wales [7]

Manchester, Lancashire [6]

Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [4]

Ellalong New South Wales [4]

Bury, Lancashire [3]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [3]

Faversham, Kent [3]

London England [3]

Rochdale, Lancashire [3]

Wyong New South Wales [3]

Aberdeen New South Wales [2]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [2]

Cardwell Queensland [2]

Gloucester New South Wales [2]

Hackney, London [2]

Halesowen, Worcestershire [2]

Ingham Queensland [2]

Kensington, London [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

Manchester [2]

Norwich, Norfolk [2]

Rochford, Essex [2]

St Helens, Lancashire [2]

Accrington, Lancashire [1]

Albion Queensland [1]

Ashton Under Lyne [1]

Barrow, Suffolk [1]

Barton Regis Gloucestershire [1]

Battlesbridge, Essex [1]

Bedfordshire England [1]

Bermondsey London, Surrey [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Biggleswade England [1]

Bolton, Lancashire [1]

Bradwell, Essex [1]

Brighton, Sussex [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Brixham, Devon [1]

Brixham, Devon, England [1]

Burnley [1]

Bury [1]

California USA South Australia [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [1]

Castleton, Rochdale, Lancashire [1]

Chelsea England [1]

Clitheroe, Lancashire [1]

Croydon [1]

Rank

Private [643]

Gunner [72]

Driver [52]

Serjeant [52]

Corporal [50]

Sapper [40]

Lance Corporal [26]

Second Lieutenant [22]

Captain [18]

Acting Serjeant [13]

Lieutenant [11]

Acting Corporal [7]

Major [7]

Pioneer [6]

Rifleman [6]

Bombardier [5]

Colour Serjeant [4]

Staff Serjeant [4]

Acting Colour Serjeant [3]

Acting Staff Serjeant [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Lieutenant Commander [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Commander [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Lance Bombardier [2]

Nursing Sister [2]

Reverend [2]

Sergeant [2]

Stoker 2nd Class [2]

Trooper [2]

Worker [2]

private [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Company Sergeant Major [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 and Acting Company Sergeant Major [1]

Admiral [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Bearer [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [94]

Labour Corps [84]

Royal Engineers [68]

Army Service Corps [65]

Manchester Regiment [52]

Lancashire Fusiliers [44]

Liverpool Regiment [43]

Royal Army Medical Corps [36]

Royal Garrison Artillery [33]

East Lancashire Regiment [31]

London Regiment [28]

South Lancashire Regiment [26]

Essex Regiment [25]

Machine Gun Corps [24]

Cheshire Regiment [22]

Royal Fusiliers [17]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [16]

Rifle Brigade [16]

Border Regiment [15]

Middlesex Regiment [14]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [14]

Welsh Regiment [13]

Durham Light Infantry [12]

East Kent Regiment [12]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [12]

Somerset Light Infantry [11]

Northumberland Fusiliers [10]

Royal Army Service Corps [10]

Worcestershire Regiment [10]

Coldstream Guards [9]

Devonshire Regiment [9]

Gloucestershire Regiment [9]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [9]

The Queen's Regiment [9]

Army Ordnance Corps [8]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [8]

Lincolnshire Regiment [8]

North Staffordshire Regiment [8]

York and Lancaster Regiment [8]

East Surrey Regiment [7]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [7]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [7]

Royal Air Force [7]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [7]

South Wales Borderers [7]

Suffolk Regiment [7]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [7]

Bedfordshire Regiment [6]

East Yorkshire Regiment [6]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [6]

Service

British Army [976]

Royal Navy [81]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [74]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [53]

Australian Imperial Force [50]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [12]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [1263]

H [1]

M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1240]

Merchant Navy [13]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [24]

Australia [1]

Ireland [1]

New Zealand [1]

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Burnley, Lancashire [7] Sydney New South Wales [7] Manchester, Lancashire [6] Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [4] Ellalong New South Wales [4] Bury, Lancashire [3] Cardiff, Glamorgan [3] Faversham, Kent [3] London England [3] Rochdale, Lancashire [3] Wyong New South Wales [3] Aberdeen New South Wales [2] Barnsley, Yorkshire [2] Cardwell Queensland [2] Gloucester New South Wales [2] Hackney, London [2] Halesowen, Worcestershire [2] Ingham Queensland [2] Kensington, London [2] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2] London, Middlesex [2] Manchester [2] Norwich, Norfolk [2] Rochford, Essex [2] St Helens, Lancashire [2] Accrington, Lancashire [1] Albion Queensland [1] Ashton Under Lyne [1] Barrow, Suffolk [1] Barton Regis Gloucestershire [1] Battlesbridge, Essex [1] Bedfordshire England [1] Bermondsey London, Surrey [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Biggleswade England [1] Bolton, Lancashire [1] Bradwell, Essex [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Brixham, Devon [1] Brixham, Devon, England [1] Burnley [1] Bury [1] California USA South Australia [1] Camberwell, London [1] Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [1] Castleton, Rochdale, Lancashire [1] Chelsea England [1] Clitheroe, Lancashire [1] Croydon [1]

Rank

Private [643] Gunner [72] Driver [52] Serjeant [52] Corporal [50] Sapper [40] Lance Corporal [26] Second Lieutenant [22] Captain [18] Acting Serjeant [13] Lieutenant [11] Acting Corporal [7] Major [7] Pioneer [6] Rifleman [6] Bombardier [5] Colour Serjeant [4] Staff Serjeant [4] Acting Colour Serjeant [3] Acting Staff Serjeant [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3] Lance Serjeant [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Lieutenant Commander [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Commander [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Lance Bombardier [2] Nursing Sister [2] Reverend [2] Sergeant [2] Stoker 2nd Class [2] Trooper [2] Worker [2] private [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Company Sergeant Major [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 and Acting Company Sergeant Major [1] Admiral [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Bearer [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Brigadier General [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [94] Labour Corps [84] Royal Engineers [68] Army Service Corps [65] Manchester Regiment [52] Lancashire Fusiliers [44] Liverpool Regiment [43] Royal Army Medical Corps [36] Royal Garrison Artillery [33] East Lancashire Regiment [31] London Regiment [28] South Lancashire Regiment [26] Essex Regiment [25] Machine Gun Corps [24] Cheshire Regiment [22] Royal Fusiliers [17] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [16] Rifle Brigade [16] Border Regiment [15] Middlesex Regiment [14] Royal Lancaster Regiment [14] Welsh Regiment [13] Durham Light Infantry [12] East Kent Regiment [12] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [12] Somerset Light Infantry [11] Northumberland Fusiliers [10] Royal Army Service Corps [10] Worcestershire Regiment [10] Coldstream Guards [9] Devonshire Regiment [9] Gloucestershire Regiment [9] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [9] The Queen's Regiment [9] Army Ordnance Corps [8] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [8] Lincolnshire Regiment [8] North Staffordshire Regiment [8] York and Lancaster Regiment [8] East Surrey Regiment [7] King's Royal Rifle Corps [7] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [7] Royal Air Force [7] Royal Berkshire Regiment [7] South Wales Borderers [7] Suffolk Regiment [7] Yorkshire Light Infantry [7] Bedfordshire Regiment [6] East Yorkshire Regiment [6] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [6]

Service

British Army [976] Royal Navy [81] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [74] Canadian Expeditionary Force [53] Australian Imperial Force [50] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [12] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [1263] H [1] M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1240] Merchant Navy [13] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [24] Australia [1] Ireland [1] New Zealand [1]

Augustus Bridge

Died 1918

British Army 116990 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 116990 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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James Henry Bridge

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 92576

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Frederick Johnson Bridge

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army G/2616 Lance Corporal Royal Fusiliers 13th Battalion

British Army G/2616 Serjeant Royal Fusiliers 13th Battalion

British Army G/2616 Serjeant Royal Fusiliers

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James Bridge

Died 1915

British Army 2086 Serjeant Manchester Regiment

British Army 2086 Sergeant Manchester Regiment 1/5 Battalion

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Charles Lorain Bridge

Born 1892

Died 1917

Royal Navy A 5799 Seaman Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 5799A Seaman Royal Naval Reserve - SS Cliftondale

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Clifford Bridge

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 143794

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Ernest Bridge

Born 1895

Died 1976

British Army 266040 Private Suffolk Regiment

British Army 25431 Private West Riding Regiment

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James Edward Bridge

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 267090

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William Bridge

Born 1884

Died 1919

British Army 7331 Private Bedfordshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 701546 Private Labour Corps

British Army 7331 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

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Leonard Leopold Bridge

Born 1896

Died 1916

Royal Navy M14620 Ship's Steward Assistant HMS Queen Mary

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Henry George Bridge

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 4909TF Private Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 266714 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 2nd/5th. Battalion.

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John Bridge

Born 1896

Died 1914

British Army 1705 Private Manchester Regiment

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Herbert Chesters Bridge

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army L/601 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Herbert Bridge

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 352260 Private Manchester Regiment

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James Bridge

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army 11350 Corporal South Lancashire Regiment 6th Battalion

British Army 11350 Private South Lancashire Regiment 6th Battalion

British Army 11350 Lance Serjeant Prince Of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment) 6th Battalion

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Daniel Bridge

Died 1917

British Army G/26260 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army G/26260 Private Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)

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Harry Bridge

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 701210 Driver Royal Field Artillery 330th (2nd/1st East Lancs) Brigade

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Charles Reuben Ritchie Bridge

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 13046 Private Essex Regiment 9th Battalion

British Army 13046 Lance Corporal Essex Regiment 9th Battalion

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Albert Vincent Bridge

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 5687 Private Leinster Regiment

British Army 5687 Lance Corporal Leinster Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Frederick George Bridge

Born 1895

Died 1919

British Army 31051 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

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