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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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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]

Joel Buckley

Born 1889

Died 1981

British Army Second Lieutenant West Riding Regiment

British Army Captain West Riding Regiment

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Louis Edmund Buckley

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 1583 Private Norfolk Regiment 1/5th Battalion

British Army 1583 Private Norfolk Regiment

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John Fred Buckley

Born 1891

Died 1919

British Army Captain Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army Second Lieutenant, acting Captain Labour Corps 80th Company

British Army Second Lieutenant Lancashire Fusiliers 3rd Battalion

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Samuel Thomas Buckley

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 6144 Private South Lancashire Regiment

British Army 37015 Private East Lancashire Regiment 8th Battalion

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Joseph William Buckley

Born 1885

British Army 200055 Company Serjeant Major East Kent Regiment

British Army 200055 Warrant Officer Class 2 East Kent Regiment 2/4th Battalion

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Edgar Buckley

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 20843 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 20843 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

British Army 20843 Private King's Own (Royal Lacaster Regiment) 11th Bn

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Tom Buckley

Born 1885

British Army 4615 Private 5th Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 201997 Private 23rd Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 897279 Private London Regiment 34th lond Battalion

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John Buckley

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army 7964 Private Border Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army Border Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 7964 Private Border Regiment 1st Battalion

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Reginald Buckley

Died 1916

British Army 16768 Lance Corporal Liverpool Regiment

British Army 16768 Corporal Liverpool Regiment

British Army 16768 Corporal The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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Thomas Buckley

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 2043 Lance Corporal Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 2043 Acting Serjeant Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 2043 Serjeant Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Robert Buckley

Born 1862

Died 1921

British Army 5826 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Clarence James Buckley

Born 1895

Died 1915

Canadian Expeditionary Force 69090

Canadian Expeditionary Force 69090 Private Canadian Infantry

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George Buckley

Died 1915

British Army 10665 Private East Lancashire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Cecil William Buckley

Born 1880

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 2530 Private Australian Infantry 35th Battalion

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Rufus Buckley

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 201751 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 201751 Private Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment

British Army 201751 Lance Corporal Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment 2/4th

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Gerald Buckley

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 26444

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Charles William Buckley

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 50504

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William Buckley

Born 1880

Died 1918

British Army 117433 Pioneer Royal Engineers 4th Army Tramway Company

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Cornelius Buckley

Born 1886

British Army 8350 Private South Wales Borderers

British Army 8350 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 8350 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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John Stanley Buckley

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 36705

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