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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]

John C Butterworth

British Army 2061 Private 7th Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 280362 Private 7th Lancashire Fusiliers

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H Butterworth

British Army 9776 Lance Corporal 6th Lancashire Fusiliers

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James Butterworth

British Army 6790 Private 20th Hussars

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Frank Butterworth

British Army 201593 Lance Corporal 4th Battalion Royal Lancaster Regiment

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Lawrence Butterworth

British Army 2432 Private Royal Army Medical Corps 1st North Midlands Field Ambulance

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John Henry Butterworth

British Army 2054 Private 26th Provisional Battalion

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William Butterworth

British Army 13491 Private 8th York and Lancaster Regiment

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Lot Butterworth

British Army 8074 Private East Lancashire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 17975 Private Machine Gun Corps 11th Company

British Army 17957 Private Machine Gun Corps 11th Company

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Arthur Butterworth

British Army 2450 Private 7th Liverpool Regiment

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James Butterworth

British Army /4477 Private 4th Dragoon Guards

British Army D/20017 Private Corps of Dragoons

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James Butterworth

British Army 529200 Private Labour Corps 362nd Company ex King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment

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James Butterworth

British Army 2340 Private 5th Lancashire Fusiliers

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William C Butterworth

British Army 23268 Private 2nd Royal Scots

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Job Butterworth

British Army 20580 Private 1st Royal Scots

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T Butterworth

British Army 179 Private 6th Battalion Royal Scots

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Lees Butterworth

British Army S/22065 Private Cameron Highlanders 8th Battalion

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John Butterworth

British Army 319 Private 5th Lancashire Fusiliers

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John H Butterworth

British Army 30909/18252 Private Labour Corps ex 17th York and Lancaster Regiment

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Charles Butterworth

British Army 4114 Private 15th Hussars

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S Butterworth

British Army 4743 Private Australian Imperial Forces 54th Battalion

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