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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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Place of birth

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]

Harry Butterworth

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 224462

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George Clifford Butterworth

Born 1898

British Army 224285 Royal Horse and Royal Field Artillery

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Horse and Royal Field Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Royal Horse and Royal Field Artillery 2nd S. Mid. Bde

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Arthur Carey Vincent Butterworth

Born 1885

Died 1937

British Army 17843 Lance Corporal Royal Scots 15th Battalion (Edinburgh City)

British Army 17843 Private Royal Scots 15th Battalion (1st Edinburgh City)

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Alfred Butterworth

Born 1876

Died 1969

Canadian Expeditionary Force 784227

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William Butterworth

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 41231 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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Arthur Butterworth

Born 1887

British Army 20184 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 20184 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 3rd Battalion

British Army 20184 Lance Corporal Lancashire Fusiliers 3rd Battalion

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Henry Butterworth

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 405456

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William Bramley Butterworth

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 23034 Lance Corporal East Lancashire Regiment 8th Battalion

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John Royle Butterworth

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 52142 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 16th Battalion

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John Butterworth

Died 1918

British Army 20318 Private South Wales Borderers

British Army 20318 Private South Wales Borderers Depot

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Norman Butterworth

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Manchester Regiment and Royal Flying Corps

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John Butterworth

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 241413 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

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Stephen Butterworth

Died 1916

British Army 34657 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Milton Butterworth

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 238210

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Albert Butterworth

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 241922

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Edward Butterworth

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 13773 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Willie Butterworth

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 291673

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William Forrester Butterworth

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 2382

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John Butterworth

Born 1877

Died 1915

British Army 26976 Private Welsh Regiment 8th Battalion

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Thomas Frederick Shaw Butterworth

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 36142

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