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Sydney New South Wales [24]

Cork [22]

Oldham, Lancashire [22]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [10]

Brisbane Queensland [9]

Melbourne Victoria [7]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [6]

Bradford, Yorkshire [6]

Northwich, Cheshire [6]

Oldham, Lancashire, England [6]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [5]

Huddersfield, Yorkshire [5]

Manchester, Lancashire [5]

Liverpool, Lancashire [4]

Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire [3]

Burnley, Lancashire [3]

Coonabarabran New South Wales [3]

Dubbo New South Wales [3]

Halifax, Yorkshire [3]

Knutsford [3]

Leeds, Yorkshire [3]

Rochdale, Lancashire [3]

Chester [2]

Corrimal New South Wales [2]

Darlaston, Staffordshire [2]

Derby [2]

Devizes, Wiltshire [2]

Dewsbury, Yorkshire [2]

Dublin [2]

Ekethuna [2]

Forbes New South Wales [2]

Glebe New South Wales [2]

Glenelg South Australia [2]

Gunnedah New South Wales [2]

Hawthorn Victoria [2]

Hoxton, Middlesex [2]

Islington, London [2]

Lancashire England [2]

London England [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

Matlock, Derbyshire [2]

Medindie South Australia [2]

Oldham England [2]

Paddington, London [2]

Perth Western Australia [2]

Poplar, London [2]

Rochdale Lancashire [2]

Southwark, London [2]

Townsville Queensland [2]

Woodville, Derby [2]

Rank

Private [1944]

Gunner [187]

Driver [143]

Corporal [134]

Serjeant [123]

Sapper [99]

Second Lieutenant [76]

Lance Corporal [56]

Captain [45]

Pioneer [30]

Acting Corporal [28]

Lieutenant [21]

Acting Serjeant [19]

Bombardier [16]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [10]

Colour Serjeant [7]

Lance Serjeant [7]

Major [7]

Rifleman [7]

Acting Bombardier [6]

Company Serjeant Major [5]

Lieutenant Colonel [5]

Private Lance Corporal [5]

Staff Serjeant [5]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Guardsman [4]

Sergeant [4]

Staff Nurse [4]

Acting Captain [3]

Acting Lance Corporal [3]

Acting Major [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Lieutenant Commander [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Private Acting Corporal [3]

Shoeing Smith [3]

Sister [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Gunner [2]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Colonel [2]

Company Sergeant Major [2]

Lance Bombardier [2]

Leading Stoker [2]

Lieutenant and Quarter Master [2]

Petty Officer [2]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Quartermaster and Honorary Lieutenant [2]

Unit

Labour Corps [287]

Royal Field Artillery [229]

Manchester Regiment [200]

Royal Engineers [198]

Army Service Corps [160]

Cheshire Regiment [129]

Royal Army Medical Corps [101]

Lancashire Fusiliers [100]

Royal Garrison Artillery [97]

Liverpool Regiment [96]

West Riding Regiment [82]

Machine Gun Corps [79]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [55]

Northumberland Fusiliers [53]

South Lancashire Regiment [51]

Royal Fusiliers [48]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [48]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [47]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [44]

London Regiment [43]

Durham Light Infantry [38]

West Yorkshire Regiment [37]

North Staffordshire Regiment [34]

East Lancashire Regiment [32]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [31]

Leicestershire Regiment [31]

Royal Irish Regiment [31]

Royal Army Service Corps [30]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [30]

Welsh Regiment [30]

Rifle Brigade [28]

York and Lancaster Regiment [28]

South Wales Borderers [27]

Lincolnshire Regiment [26]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [26]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [26]

Yorkshire Regiment [26]

Royal Defence Corps [25]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [23]

Middlesex Regiment [23]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [23]

South Staffordshire Regiment [23]

Leinster Regiment [22]

Northamptonshire Regiment [22]

Army Ordnance Corps [21]

Canadian Infantry [21]

East Yorkshire Regiment [20]

Gloucestershire Regiment [20]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [18]

Coldstream Guards [17]

Service

British Army [2818]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [197]

Australian Imperial Force [195]

Royal Navy [194]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [169]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [36]

Other Empire Force [6]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [3686]

T [2]

L [1]

M [1]

W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3600]

Merchant Navy [66]

Conscientious Objector [6]

Country

United Kingdom [62]

Canada [1]

India [1]

South Africa [1]

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Place of birth

Sydney New South Wales [24] Cork [22] Oldham, Lancashire [22] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [10] Brisbane Queensland [9] Melbourne Victoria [7] Birmingham, Warwickshire [6] Bradford, Yorkshire [6] Northwich, Cheshire [6] Oldham, Lancashire, England [6] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [5] Huddersfield, Yorkshire [5] Manchester, Lancashire [5] Liverpool, Lancashire [4] Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire [3] Burnley, Lancashire [3] Coonabarabran New South Wales [3] Dubbo New South Wales [3] Halifax, Yorkshire [3] Knutsford [3] Leeds, Yorkshire [3] Rochdale, Lancashire [3] Chester [2] Corrimal New South Wales [2] Darlaston, Staffordshire [2] Derby [2] Devizes, Wiltshire [2] Dewsbury, Yorkshire [2] Dublin [2] Ekethuna [2] Forbes New South Wales [2] Glebe New South Wales [2] Glenelg South Australia [2] Gunnedah New South Wales [2] Hawthorn Victoria [2] Hoxton, Middlesex [2] Islington, London [2] Lancashire England [2] London England [2] London, Middlesex [2] Matlock, Derbyshire [2] Medindie South Australia [2] Oldham England [2] Paddington, London [2] Perth Western Australia [2] Poplar, London [2] Rochdale Lancashire [2] Southwark, London [2] Townsville Queensland [2] Woodville, Derby [2]

Rank

Private [1944] Gunner [187] Driver [143] Corporal [134] Serjeant [123] Sapper [99] Second Lieutenant [76] Lance Corporal [56] Captain [45] Pioneer [30] Acting Corporal [28] Lieutenant [21] Acting Serjeant [19] Bombardier [16] Warrant Officer Class 2 [10] Colour Serjeant [7] Lance Serjeant [7] Major [7] Rifleman [7] Acting Bombardier [6] Company Serjeant Major [5] Lieutenant Colonel [5] Private Lance Corporal [5] Staff Serjeant [5] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Guardsman [4] Sergeant [4] Staff Nurse [4] Acting Captain [3] Acting Lance Corporal [3] Acting Major [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Lieutenant Commander [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Private Acting Corporal [3] Shoeing Smith [3] Sister [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Gunner [2] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Colonel [2] Company Sergeant Major [2] Lance Bombardier [2] Leading Stoker [2] Lieutenant and Quarter Master [2] Petty Officer [2] Private Acting Lance Corporal [2] Quartermaster and Honorary Lieutenant [2]

Unit

Labour Corps [287] Royal Field Artillery [229] Manchester Regiment [200] Royal Engineers [198] Army Service Corps [160] Cheshire Regiment [129] Royal Army Medical Corps [101] Lancashire Fusiliers [100] Royal Garrison Artillery [97] Liverpool Regiment [96] West Riding Regiment [82] Machine Gun Corps [79] Royal Munster Fusiliers [55] Northumberland Fusiliers [53] South Lancashire Regiment [51] Royal Fusiliers [48] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [48] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [47] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [44] London Regiment [43] Durham Light Infantry [38] West Yorkshire Regiment [37] North Staffordshire Regiment [34] East Lancashire Regiment [32] King's Royal Rifle Corps [31] Leicestershire Regiment [31] Royal Irish Regiment [31] Royal Army Service Corps [30] Royal Lancaster Regiment [30] Welsh Regiment [30] Rifle Brigade [28] York and Lancaster Regiment [28] South Wales Borderers [27] Lincolnshire Regiment [26] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [26] Royal Irish Fusiliers [26] Yorkshire Regiment [26] Royal Defence Corps [25] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [23] Middlesex Regiment [23] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [23] South Staffordshire Regiment [23] Leinster Regiment [22] Northamptonshire Regiment [22] Army Ordnance Corps [21] Canadian Infantry [21] East Yorkshire Regiment [20] Gloucestershire Regiment [20] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [18] Coldstream Guards [17]

Service

British Army [2818] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [197] Australian Imperial Force [195] Royal Navy [194] Canadian Expeditionary Force [169] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [36] Other Empire Force [6] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [3686] T [2] L [1] M [1] W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3600] Merchant Navy [66] Conscientious Objector [6]

Country

United Kingdom [62] Canada [1] India [1] South Africa [1]

John Samuel Buckley

Born 1871

Died 1935

British Army 15131 Private Manchester Regiment

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Edward Buckley

Born 1876

Died 1915

British Army 61 Corporal West Yorkshire Regiment 1/6th Battalion

British Army 61 Serjeant West Yorkshire Regiment 1/6th Battalion

British Army 61 Serjeant West Yorkshire Regiment 1/6th Battalion

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Edward Buckley

Born 1891

Died 1970

British Army 152128 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 152128 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Gilbert Henry Buckley

Born 1877

Died 1917

British Army 241688 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 1st Battalion

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James Buckley

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 10730 Private 15th Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 10730 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 15th Battalion 1st Salford Pals.

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Ernest Buckley

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army 18751 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 18751 Private Leicestershire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Ferdinand Buckley

Born 1866

Died 1940

British Army 30295 Private Royal Defence Corps

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Stanley Buckley

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 4865 Manchester Regiment

British Army 352313 Private Manchester Regiment 1st/9th Battalion

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James A Buckley

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 14/1360 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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Alexander Henry Buckley

Born 1891

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 1876 Corporal Australian Infantry 54th Battalion

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James Henry Buckley

Born 1880

Died 1916

British Army 10925 Private 15th Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 10925 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 15th Battalion

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Eric James Kershaw Buckley

Born 1895

Died 1917

Royal Navy Flight Sub-Lieutenant Royal Naval Air Service Dunkirk

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Sam Buckley

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army 14/440 Private York and Lancaster Regiment 14th Battalion (2nd Barnsley)

British Army 12/440 Lance Corporal York and Lancaster Regiment 14th Battalion (2nd Barnsley)

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Reginald William Buckley

Died 1915

British Army 1196 Sergeant Manchester Regiment 1/6th Battalion

British Army 1196 Serjeant Manchester Regiment 1st/6th Battalion

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Wilfred Ward Buckley

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 1839 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 1839 Acting Serjeant West Riding Regiment

British Army 1839 Serjeant Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

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Benjamin Buckley

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army 22029 Private Liverpool Regiment 20th Battalion - 4th Liverpool Pals

British Army 22029 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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Charles Buckley

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 20781 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 20781 Lance Corporal 6th Battalion

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William Buckley

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army 16246 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 16246 Acting Serjeant Cheshire Regiment

British Army 16246 Serjeant Cheshire Regiment

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Herbert Buckley

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 4400 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 52700 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 52700 Private Cheshire Regiment 11th Battalion

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Franklin Charles Buckley

Born 1882

Died 1964

British Army Major Middlesex Regiment

British Army

British Army 1257 Captain Middlesex Regiment 17th (Service) Battalion

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