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Rochdale, Lancashire [18]

Blackburn, Lancashire [9]

Oldham, Lancashire [6]

Glenorchy Tasmania [5]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [5]

Manchester, Lancashire [5]

Rochdale Lancashire [5]

Launceston Tasmania [4]

Liverpool, Lancashire [4]

Adelaide South Australia [3]

Burnley, Lancashire [3]

Bury, Lancashire [3]

Hay New South Wales [3]

Hull, Yorkshire [3]

Lancashire [3]

Shaw, Lancashire [3]

Sydney New South Wales [3]

Blackburn, Lancs [2]

Brisbane Queensland [2]

Derby, Derbyshire [2]

Dumbalk Victoria [2]

Geelong Victoria [2]

Habergham Eaves, Lancashire [2]

Halifax, Yorkshire [2]

Holmfirth, West Yorkshire [2]

Lancashire England [2]

Littleborough, Lancashire [2]

London England [2]

Maidstone, Kent [2]

Manchester [2]

Manchester England [2]

Ossett, Yorkshire [2]

Accrington, Lancs [1]

Ashton under Lyne [1]

Bacup, Lancs [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Belgrave, Leicester, Leicestershire [1]

Bendigo Victoria [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Biggleswade, Bedfordshire [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1]

Blackburn Lancashire [1]

Bolton Lancashire [1]

Boort Victoria [1]

Bridgewater Victoria [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [1]

Brunswick New South Wales [1]

Bundaberg Queensland [1]

Carlisle, Cumberland [1]

Rank

Private [1021]

Gunner [95]

Corporal [62]

Driver [55]

Sapper [48]

Serjeant [48]

Second Lieutenant [41]

Lance Corporal [32]

Acting Corporal [14]

Captain [13]

Pioneer [13]

Acting Serjeant [11]

Lieutenant [9]

Bombardier [7]

Acting Bombardier [5]

Lance Serjeant [5]

Trooper [5]

Staff Serjeant [4]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Acting Captain [3]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Major [3]

Major /Acting Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Rifleman [3]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Battery Serjeant Major [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Farrier Staff Serjeant [2]

Private Lance Corporal [2]

Regimental Serjeant Major [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Transport Corporal [2]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

1st Lieutenant [1]

2nd Serjeant [1]

Acting Major [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Bandsman [1]

Bombardier Acting Corporal [1]

Captain Temporary Major [1]

Clerk 2nd Class [1]

Clerk 3rd Class [1]

Conductor [1]

Corporal Lance Serjeant [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Driver Acting Bombardier [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [156]

Lancashire Fusiliers [136]

Royal Field Artillery [108]

Manchester Regiment [103]

Royal Engineers [95]

Army Service Corps [83]

Liverpool Regiment [60]

Royal Army Medical Corps [57]

East Lancashire Regiment [54]

Royal Garrison Artillery [47]

Cheshire Regiment [43]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [42]

Machine Gun Corps [39]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [37]

Royal Fusiliers [34]

West Riding Regiment [29]

South Lancashire Regiment [28]

West Yorkshire Regiment [28]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [21]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [21]

Border Regiment [18]

London Regiment [17]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [16]

Devonshire Regiment [14]

Northumberland Fusiliers [14]

Royal Air Force [14]

Welsh Regiment [14]

Essex Regiment [13]

Royal Army Service Corps [13]

Royal Flying Corps [12]

East Yorkshire Regiment [11]

Leicestershire Regiment [11]

Lincolnshire Regiment [11]

Rifle Brigade [11]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [11]

Yorkshire Regiment [10]

East Surrey Regiment [9]

North Staffordshire Regiment [9]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [9]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [8]

Army Ordnance Corps [8]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [8]

South Staffordshire Regiment [8]

South Wales Borderers [8]

York and Lancaster Regiment [8]

Durham Light Infantry [7]

Grenadier Guards [7]

Northamptonshire Regiment [7]

Royal Naval Division [7]

Shropshire Light Infantry [7]

Service

British Army [1434]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [107]

Royal Navy [99]

Australian Imperial Force [64]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [46]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [15]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [1783]

Contribution

Military Service [1762]

Merchant Navy [13]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [31]

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Rochdale, Lancashire [18] Blackburn, Lancashire [9] Oldham, Lancashire [6] Glenorchy Tasmania [5] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [5] Manchester, Lancashire [5] Rochdale Lancashire [5] Launceston Tasmania [4] Liverpool, Lancashire [4] Adelaide South Australia [3] Burnley, Lancashire [3] Bury, Lancashire [3] Hay New South Wales [3] Hull, Yorkshire [3] Lancashire [3] Shaw, Lancashire [3] Sydney New South Wales [3] Blackburn, Lancs [2] Brisbane Queensland [2] Derby, Derbyshire [2] Dumbalk Victoria [2] Geelong Victoria [2] Habergham Eaves, Lancashire [2] Halifax, Yorkshire [2] Holmfirth, West Yorkshire [2] Lancashire England [2] Littleborough, Lancashire [2] London England [2] Maidstone, Kent [2] Manchester [2] Manchester England [2] Ossett, Yorkshire [2] Accrington, Lancs [1] Ashton under Lyne [1] Bacup, Lancs [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Battersea, London [1] Belgrave, Leicester, Leicestershire [1] Bendigo Victoria [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Biggleswade, Bedfordshire [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1] Blackburn Lancashire [1] Bolton Lancashire [1] Boort Victoria [1] Bridgewater Victoria [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [1] Brunswick New South Wales [1] Bundaberg Queensland [1] Carlisle, Cumberland [1]

Rank

Private [1021] Gunner [95] Corporal [62] Driver [55] Sapper [48] Serjeant [48] Second Lieutenant [41] Lance Corporal [32] Acting Corporal [14] Captain [13] Pioneer [13] Acting Serjeant [11] Lieutenant [9] Bombardier [7] Acting Bombardier [5] Lance Serjeant [5] Trooper [5] Staff Serjeant [4] Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Acting Captain [3] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3] Colour Serjeant [3] Major [3] Major /Acting Lieutenant Colonel [3] Rifleman [3] Temporary Second Lieutenant [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Battery Serjeant Major [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Farrier Staff Serjeant [2] Private Lance Corporal [2] Regimental Serjeant Major [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Transport Corporal [2] Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] 1st Lieutenant [1] 2nd Serjeant [1] Acting Major [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Bandsman [1] Bombardier Acting Corporal [1] Captain Temporary Major [1] Clerk 2nd Class [1] Clerk 3rd Class [1] Conductor [1] Corporal Lance Serjeant [1] Deck Hand [1] Driver Acting Bombardier [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [156] Lancashire Fusiliers [136] Royal Field Artillery [108] Manchester Regiment [103] Royal Engineers [95] Army Service Corps [83] Liverpool Regiment [60] Royal Army Medical Corps [57] East Lancashire Regiment [54] Royal Garrison Artillery [47] Cheshire Regiment [43] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [42] Machine Gun Corps [39] Royal Lancaster Regiment [37] Royal Fusiliers [34] West Riding Regiment [29] South Lancashire Regiment [28] West Yorkshire Regiment [28] King's Royal Rifle Corps [21] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [21] Border Regiment [18] London Regiment [17] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [16] Devonshire Regiment [14] Northumberland Fusiliers [14] Royal Air Force [14] Welsh Regiment [14] Essex Regiment [13] Royal Army Service Corps [13] Royal Flying Corps [12] East Yorkshire Regiment [11] Leicestershire Regiment [11] Lincolnshire Regiment [11] Rifle Brigade [11] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [11] Yorkshire Regiment [10] East Surrey Regiment [9] North Staffordshire Regiment [9] Yorkshire Light Infantry [9] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [8] Army Ordnance Corps [8] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [8] South Staffordshire Regiment [8] South Wales Borderers [8] York and Lancaster Regiment [8] Durham Light Infantry [7] Grenadier Guards [7] Northamptonshire Regiment [7] Royal Naval Division [7] Shropshire Light Infantry [7]

Service

British Army [1434] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [107] Royal Navy [99] Australian Imperial Force [64] Canadian Expeditionary Force [46] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [15] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [1783]

Contribution

Military Service [1762] Merchant Navy [13] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [31]

Jordan Butterworth

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 24272 Private East Lancashire Regiment 11th Battalion

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Albert Butterworth

Born 1899

Died 1917

British Army TR4/26039 Private Training Reserve 63rd Battalion

British Army 26039 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 18th Battalion

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David Butterworth

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army 16332 Lance Corporal Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 9th Battalion

British Army 16332 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 9th Battalion

British Army 16332 Lance Corporal Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

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Frank Butterworth

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 289315

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William Joseph Butterworth

Died 1917

British Army 20405 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 1/4th Battalion

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David Butterworth

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 160985

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Frank Butterworth

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 129510

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Herbert Butterworth

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 25374

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Henry Butterworth

Born 1890

Died 1919

British Army 9877 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army 396236 Private Labour Corps

British Army 40662 Lance Corporal Royal Dublin Fusiliers

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Harold Butterworth

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 55206

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John William Butterworth

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 199789

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Lawrence Lrj Butterworth

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 34534

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William Henry Butterworth

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 146436

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Robert Butterworth

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 148350

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John Abel Butterworth

Born 1884

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 478903

Canadian Expeditionary Force 478903 Private Royal Canadian Regiment

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Harold Butterworth

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 231537

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Albert Butterworth

Died 1916

British Army 19345 Private Manchester Regiment 21st Battalion

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James Butterworth

Died 1916

British Army 23806 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 23806 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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James Butterworth

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 30856 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

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Herbert Charles Butterworth

Born 1883

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 2463 Private Australian Infantry 8th Battalion

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