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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [42]

Sydney New South Wales [42]

Melbourne Victoria [24]

Liverpool, Lancashire [21]

Manchester, Lancashire [13]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [11]

Adelaide South Australia [10]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [10]

Belfast, Antrim [8]

Brisbane Queensland [7]

Glasgow [7]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [7]

Belfast [6]

Glasgow Scotland [6]

Bathurst New South Wales [5]

Down [5]

Gateshead, Durham [5]

Hobart Tasmania [5]

Islington, London [5]

London, Middlesex, England [5]

Newcastle New South Wales [5]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [4]

Deniliquin New South Wales [4]

Galway [4]

Gulgong New South Wales [4]

Katoomba New South Wales [4]

Townsville Queensland [4]

Ballarat Victoria [3]

Bendigo Victoria [3]

Christchurch [3]

Dublin, Suffolk, England [3]

Dundalk, Louth [3]

Glen Innes New South Wales [3]

Guildford Western Australia [3]

London, Middlesex [3]

Maryborough Victoria [3]

Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [3]

Mount Cotton Queensland [3]

Prahran Victoria [3]

Salford, Lancashire [3]

Tallangatta Victoria [3]

Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [3]

Airdrie Scotland [2]

Albert Park Victoria [2]

Bairnsdale Victoria [2]

Barrow, Lancashire [2]

Battersea, Surrey [2]

Beeac Victoria [2]

Belfast, Down [2]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [2]

Rank

Private [3050]

Gunner [238]

Sapper [225]

Driver [202]

Corporal [200]

Serjeant [149]

Lance Corporal [107]

Second Lieutenant [71]

Pioneer [58]

Lieutenant [39]

Acting Corporal [24]

Acting Serjeant [24]

Company Serjeant Major [23]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [23]

Captain [22]

Bombardier [18]

Able Seaman [11]

Nursing Sister [10]

Rifleman [10]

Major [9]

Ordinary Seaman [8]

Lance Serjeant [7]

Worker [7]

Sergeant [6]

Acting Bombardier [5]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [5]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [5]

Private Acting Corporal [5]

Sister [5]

Stoker 1st Class [5]

Trooper [5]

Guardsman [4]

Staff Serjeant [4]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [4]

Boy 2nd Class [3]

Bugler [3]

Drummer [3]

Nurse [3]

Reverend [3]

Shoeing Smith [3]

Staff Nurse [3]

Stoker [3]

Temporary Lieutenant [3]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [3]

ALIAS Private [2]

Acting Colour Serjeant [2]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Unit

Labour Corps [413]

Royal Engineers [303]

Royal Field Artillery [273]

Army Service Corps [222]

Highland Light Infantry [159]

Manchester Regiment [128]

Liverpool Regiment [126]

Royal Garrison Artillery [118]

Northumberland Fusiliers [107]

Royal Scots [106]

Royal Army Medical Corps [105]

Machine Gun Corps [103]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [96]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [91]

Scottish Rifles [87]

Durham Light Infantry [84]

Lancashire Fusiliers [80]

Cheshire Regiment [77]

Royal Irish Rifles [73]

Gordon Highlanders [71]

Seaforth Highlanders [71]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [68]

Border Regiment [67]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [67]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [65]

London Regiment [63]

Royal Fusiliers [63]

Royal Highlanders [61]

Yorkshire Regiment [54]

South Lancashire Regiment [52]

West Yorkshire Regiment [49]

Cameron Highlanders [48]

Canadian Infantry [48]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [48]

Royal Naval Division [45]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [43]

Army Ordnance Corps [42]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [41]

East Lancashire Regiment [38]

Royal Defence Corps [38]

West Riding Regiment [35]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [34]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [33]

Royal Irish Regiment [32]

Rifle Brigade [30]

Royal Army Service Corps [30]

Welsh Regiment [30]

Worcestershire Regiment [30]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [29]

East Yorkshire Regiment [28]

Service

British Army [4182]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [653]

Australian Imperial Force [452]

Royal Navy [307]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [261]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [91]

Other Empire Force [5]

South African Services [2]

Last name first letter

B [6125]

A [1]

F [1]

G [1]

J [1]

K [1]

M [1]

N [1]

P [1]

R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [5933]

Merchant Navy [164]

Conscientious Objector [9]

Country

United Kingdom [87]

France [1]

Ireland [1]

New Zealand [1]

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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [42] Sydney New South Wales [42] Melbourne Victoria [24] Liverpool, Lancashire [21] Manchester, Lancashire [13] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [11] Adelaide South Australia [10] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [10] Belfast, Antrim [8] Brisbane Queensland [7] Glasgow [7] Portsmouth, Hampshire [7] Belfast [6] Glasgow Scotland [6] Bathurst New South Wales [5] Down [5] Gateshead, Durham [5] Hobart Tasmania [5] Islington, London [5] London, Middlesex, England [5] Newcastle New South Wales [5] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [4] Deniliquin New South Wales [4] Galway [4] Gulgong New South Wales [4] Katoomba New South Wales [4] Townsville Queensland [4] Ballarat Victoria [3] Bendigo Victoria [3] Christchurch [3] Dublin, Suffolk, England [3] Dundalk, Louth [3] Glen Innes New South Wales [3] Guildford Western Australia [3] London, Middlesex [3] Maryborough Victoria [3] Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [3] Mount Cotton Queensland [3] Prahran Victoria [3] Salford, Lancashire [3] Tallangatta Victoria [3] Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [3] Airdrie Scotland [2] Albert Park Victoria [2] Bairnsdale Victoria [2] Barrow, Lancashire [2] Battersea, Surrey [2] Beeac Victoria [2] Belfast, Down [2] Birkenhead, Cheshire [2]

Rank

Private [3050] Gunner [238] Sapper [225] Driver [202] Corporal [200] Serjeant [149] Lance Corporal [107] Second Lieutenant [71] Pioneer [58] Lieutenant [39] Acting Corporal [24] Acting Serjeant [24] Company Serjeant Major [23] Warrant Officer Class 2 [23] Captain [22] Bombardier [18] Able Seaman [11] Nursing Sister [10] Rifleman [10] Major [9] Ordinary Seaman [8] Lance Serjeant [7] Worker [7] Sergeant [6] Acting Bombardier [5] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [5] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [5] Private Acting Corporal [5] Sister [5] Stoker 1st Class [5] Trooper [5] Guardsman [4] Staff Serjeant [4] Temporary Second Lieutenant [4] Boy 2nd Class [3] Bugler [3] Drummer [3] Nurse [3] Reverend [3] Shoeing Smith [3] Staff Nurse [3] Stoker [3] Temporary Lieutenant [3] Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [3] ALIAS Private [2] Acting Colour Serjeant [2] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Acting Company Serjeant Major [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Unit

Labour Corps [413] Royal Engineers [303] Royal Field Artillery [273] Army Service Corps [222] Highland Light Infantry [159] Manchester Regiment [128] Liverpool Regiment [126] Royal Garrison Artillery [118] Northumberland Fusiliers [107] Royal Scots [106] Royal Army Medical Corps [105] Machine Gun Corps [103] Royal Scots Fusiliers [96] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [91] Scottish Rifles [87] Durham Light Infantry [84] Lancashire Fusiliers [80] Cheshire Regiment [77] Royal Irish Rifles [73] Gordon Highlanders [71] Seaforth Highlanders [71] King's Own Scottish Borderers [68] Border Regiment [67] Royal Irish Fusiliers [67] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [65] London Regiment [63] Royal Fusiliers [63] Royal Highlanders [61] Yorkshire Regiment [54] South Lancashire Regiment [52] West Yorkshire Regiment [49] Cameron Highlanders [48] Canadian Infantry [48] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [48] Royal Naval Division [45] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [43] Army Ordnance Corps [42] Royal Lancaster Regiment [41] East Lancashire Regiment [38] Royal Defence Corps [38] West Riding Regiment [35] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [34] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [33] Royal Irish Regiment [32] Rifle Brigade [30] Royal Army Service Corps [30] Welsh Regiment [30] Worcestershire Regiment [30] King's Royal Rifle Corps [29] East Yorkshire Regiment [28]

Service

British Army [4182] Canadian Expeditionary Force [653] Australian Imperial Force [452] Royal Navy [307] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [261] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [91] Other Empire Force [5] South African Services [2]

Last name first letter

B [6125] A [1] F [1] G [1] J [1] K [1] M [1] N [1] P [1] R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [5933] Merchant Navy [164] Conscientious Objector [9]

Country

United Kingdom [87] France [1] Ireland [1] New Zealand [1]

Alfred Montague Burns

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 2038 Private London Regiment 12th lond Battalion

British Army 55818 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army 306796 Private London Regiment 5th lond Battalion

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Robert Henry Burns

Born 1879

Died 1958

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 288268

British Army 201068 Private Seaforth Highlanders

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Owen Valentine Burns

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 200087 Serjeant Cheshire Regiment 9th Battalion

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Edward Burns

Born 1880

Died 1954

British Army S/9690 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army 345590 Private Royal Highlanders

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William Speir Burns

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army SD/3304 Acting Serjeant Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army SD/3304 Serjeant Royal Sussex Regiment 13th Battalion

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Charles Blue Burns

Born 1891

Died 1975

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 20652

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Peter Burns

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 21628 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 20th Battalion

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John Henry Burns

Born 1894

Died 1920

British Army L/3917 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 1917 Gunner Royal Field Artillery *mistake in CWGC records

British Army L/3917 Gunner Royal Field Artillery "X" 4th Trench Mortar Battery

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Albert Edward Burns

Born 1897

Died 1943

British Army G/7696 Lance Corporal Middlesex Regiment

British Army G/7696 Corporal Middlesex Regiment

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George Burns

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army S/7792 Private Seaforth Highlanders

British Army S/7792 Lance Corporal Seaforth Highlanders 1st Battalion

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John Henry Burns

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 1049 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 1049 Lance Corporal Cheshire Regiment 1/4th Battalion

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Thomas Burns

Born 1880

Died 1916

British Army 14/16 Private York and Lancaster Regiment 14th Battalion (2nd Barnsley)

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Percival Fossey Thackaberry Burns

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant Liverpool Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 13th Battalion

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Ernest Burns

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 12305 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army 12305 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps 9th Battalion.

British Army 12305 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps

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James Burns

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 10728 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 10728 Lance Corporal Lancashire Fusiliers 15th Battalion

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Archibald Burns

Born 1899

Died 1916

British Army 1888 Private Scottish Rifles 6th Battalion

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Felix Burns

Died 1918

British Army 10408 Private Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 91937 Private Royal Irish

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Robert Burns

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 517075 Private London Regiment 14th lond Battalion

British Army 517075 Private London Regiment (London Scottish)

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Bernard Burns

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 203896 Private The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 5/6 Battalion

British Army 203896 Private The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

British Army 203896 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

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John Alfred Burns

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 7346 Private Manchester Regiment 16th Battalion.

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