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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]

Ernest Buckley

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 49921

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John Buckley

Born 1885

Died 1918

Royal Navy 212203 Yeoman of Signals HMS Vindictive

Royal Navy 212203 Yeoman of Signals Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke)

Royal Navy 212203 Leading Signalman HMS Actaeon

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William Buckley

Died 1917

British Army 8175 Sapper Royal Engineers (Anglesey S.R.) No. 4 Siege Company

British Army 8175 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 398175 Sapper Royal Anglesey Royal Engineers *appears to be a mistake in the CWGC records

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Samuel Buckley

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 92552

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John Patrick Buckley

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 32552

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John Buckley

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 115539

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Patrick Buckley

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 308187

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Matthew Buckley

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 42910

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James Buckley

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 89232

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James Ashworth Buckley

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 53159

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Herbert Buckley

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 55501

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Wilfred Buckley

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 266218

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Frank Buckley

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 207077

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James William Buckley

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 290136

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Willie Buckley

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 44044

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Samuel Douglas Buckley

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 24428

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Cecil Buckley

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army 12167 Private East Lancashire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Spencer Buckley

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 135920

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William Buckley

Born 1889

British Army 3591 Private Manchester Regiment 11th manchest Battalion

British Army 29680 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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Robert L Buckley

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 12272 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 12272 Private Manchester 19th Battalion (City Battalion)

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