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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [7]

Manchester, Lancashire [7]

Birmingham England [6]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [5]

Bethnal Green, London [3]

Liverpool, Lancashire [3]

London England [3]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [3]

Stourbridge, Worcestershire [3]

Temora New South Wales [3]

Auburn New South Wales [2]

Bendigo Victoria [2]

Brierley Hill, Staffordshire [2]

Burnley, Lancashire [2]

Darlington, Durham [2]

Enfield, Middlesex [2]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2]

Leicester [2]

Leicester England [2]

Leicester, Leicestershire [2]

Leicestershire [2]

Liverpool [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Macclesfield, Cheshire [2]

Manchester [2]

Market Harborough [2]

Marske, Yorkshire [2]

Melbourne Victoria [2]

Oldham, Lancashire [2]

Parramatta New South Wales [2]

Staffordshire [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

Tring, Herts [2]

Wagga Wagga New South Wales [2]

Wednesbury, Staffordshire [2]

West Bromwich, Staffordshire [2]

Wigan, Lancashire [2]

Willenhall, Staffordshire [2]

Wolverhampton England [2]

Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [2]

39 Garthland Drive, Dennistoun, Glasgow [1]

Alsager [1]

Alsager, Cheshire [1]

Andover [1]

Armley, Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Aston, Warwickshire [1]

Audley, Staffordshire [1]

Ayrshire, Scotland [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Balmain New South Wales [1]

Rank

Private [1282]

Gunner [181]

Driver [143]

Serjeant [108]

Corporal [90]

Sapper [86]

Second Lieutenant [64]

Lance Corporal [41]

Captain [28]

Bombardier [20]

Acting Corporal [19]

Pioneer [19]

Lieutenant [16]

Acting Serjeant [15]

Lieutenant Colonel [10]

Major [9]

Company Serjeant Major [7]

Staff Serjeant [7]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Colonel [6]

Lance Serjeant [6]

Acting Bombardier [5]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [5]

Worker [5]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Rifleman [4]

Trooper [4]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [3]

Captain and Brevet Major [3]

Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [3]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Lieutenant Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Temporary Lieutenant [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Acting Captain [2]

Commander [2]

Corporal /Acting Serjeant [2]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [2]

Corporal of Horse [2]

Farrier Serjeant [2]

Guardsman [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Sergeant [2]

Shoeing Smith [2]

Sister [2]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [226]

Labour Corps [159]

Royal Engineers [156]

Army Service Corps [110]

Royal Garrison Artillery [99]

South Staffordshire Regiment [80]

Royal Army Medical Corps [68]

Machine Gun Corps [63]

Worcestershire Regiment [63]

Cheshire Regiment [56]

London Regiment [52]

Manchester Regiment [50]

North Staffordshire Regiment [43]

Lancashire Fusiliers [41]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [40]

Durham Light Infantry [37]

West Riding Regiment [37]

Liverpool Regiment [35]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [35]

Lincolnshire Regiment [32]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [32]

York and Lancaster Regiment [29]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [28]

Northumberland Fusiliers [27]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [26]

South Lancashire Regiment [26]

Leicestershire Regiment [25]

Royal Fusiliers [25]

South Wales Borderers [24]

Middlesex Regiment [22]

Rifle Brigade [20]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [20]

West Yorkshire Regiment [20]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [19]

Welsh Regiment [19]

Yorkshire Regiment [19]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [18]

Royal Naval Division [18]

Shropshire Light Infantry [18]

Border Regiment [16]

Grenadier Guards [15]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [15]

Royal Defence Corps [15]

Army Ordnance Corps [14]

Gloucestershire Regiment [14]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [14]

Coldstream Guards [13]

Canadian Infantry [12]

Devonshire Regiment [11]

East Surrey Regiment [11]

Service

British Army [2041]

Royal Navy [157]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [142]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [101]

Australian Imperial Force [70]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [24]

Other Empire Force [3]

Last name first letter

C [2569]

B [1]

L [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2531]

Merchant Navy [25]

Conscientious Objector [8]

Country

United Kingdom [61]

Canada [3]

Ireland [1]

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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [7] Manchester, Lancashire [7] Birmingham England [6] Birmingham, Warwickshire [5] Bethnal Green, London [3] Liverpool, Lancashire [3] London England [3] Sheffield, Yorkshire [3] Stourbridge, Worcestershire [3] Temora New South Wales [3] Auburn New South Wales [2] Bendigo Victoria [2] Brierley Hill, Staffordshire [2] Burnley, Lancashire [2] Darlington, Durham [2] Enfield, Middlesex [2] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2] Leicester [2] Leicester England [2] Leicester, Leicestershire [2] Leicestershire [2] Liverpool [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Macclesfield, Cheshire [2] Manchester [2] Market Harborough [2] Marske, Yorkshire [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] Oldham, Lancashire [2] Parramatta New South Wales [2] Staffordshire [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Tring, Herts [2] Wagga Wagga New South Wales [2] Wednesbury, Staffordshire [2] West Bromwich, Staffordshire [2] Wigan, Lancashire [2] Willenhall, Staffordshire [2] Wolverhampton England [2] Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [2] 39 Garthland Drive, Dennistoun, Glasgow [1] Alsager [1] Alsager, Cheshire [1] Andover [1] Armley, Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Aston, Warwickshire [1] Audley, Staffordshire [1] Ayrshire, Scotland [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Balmain New South Wales [1]

Rank

Private [1282] Gunner [181] Driver [143] Serjeant [108] Corporal [90] Sapper [86] Second Lieutenant [64] Lance Corporal [41] Captain [28] Bombardier [20] Acting Corporal [19] Pioneer [19] Lieutenant [16] Acting Serjeant [15] Lieutenant Colonel [10] Major [9] Company Serjeant Major [7] Staff Serjeant [7] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Colonel [6] Lance Serjeant [6] Acting Bombardier [5] Warrant Officer Class 2 [5] Worker [5] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Rifleman [4] Trooper [4] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [3] Captain and Brevet Major [3] Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [3] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Lieutenant Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Temporary Captain [3] Temporary Lieutenant [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Acting Captain [2] Commander [2] Corporal /Acting Serjeant [2] Corporal Acting Serjeant [2] Corporal of Horse [2] Farrier Serjeant [2] Guardsman [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Private Acting Lance Corporal [2] Sergeant [2] Shoeing Smith [2] Sister [2] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [226] Labour Corps [159] Royal Engineers [156] Army Service Corps [110] Royal Garrison Artillery [99] South Staffordshire Regiment [80] Royal Army Medical Corps [68] Machine Gun Corps [63] Worcestershire Regiment [63] Cheshire Regiment [56] London Regiment [52] Manchester Regiment [50] North Staffordshire Regiment [43] Lancashire Fusiliers [41] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [40] Durham Light Infantry [37] West Riding Regiment [37] Liverpool Regiment [35] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [35] Lincolnshire Regiment [32] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [32] York and Lancaster Regiment [29] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [28] Northumberland Fusiliers [27] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [26] South Lancashire Regiment [26] Leicestershire Regiment [25] Royal Fusiliers [25] South Wales Borderers [24] Middlesex Regiment [22] Rifle Brigade [20] Royal Lancaster Regiment [20] West Yorkshire Regiment [20] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [19] Welsh Regiment [19] Yorkshire Regiment [19] King's Royal Rifle Corps [18] Royal Naval Division [18] Shropshire Light Infantry [18] Border Regiment [16] Grenadier Guards [15] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [15] Royal Defence Corps [15] Army Ordnance Corps [14] Gloucestershire Regiment [14] Royal Berkshire Regiment [14] Coldstream Guards [13] Canadian Infantry [12] Devonshire Regiment [11] East Surrey Regiment [11]

Service

British Army [2041] Royal Navy [157] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [142] Canadian Expeditionary Force [101] Australian Imperial Force [70] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [24] Other Empire Force [3]

Last name first letter

C [2569] B [1] L [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2531] Merchant Navy [25] Conscientious Objector [8]

Country

United Kingdom [61] Canada [3] Ireland [1]

Joseph Henry Cartwright

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army 76864 Driver Royal Field Artillery 112th Brigade

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Walter John Cartwright

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army 200497 Private Border Regiment 4th bord Battalion

British Army 1775 Private Border Regiment 1/4th bord Battalion

British Army 200497 Private Border Regiment 4th battalion

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Francis John Winsor Cartwright

Born 1876

Died 1917

Royal Navy Second Lieutenant Royal Marine Light Infantry

Royal Navy Lieutenant Royal Marine Light Infantry

Royal Navy Captain Royal Marine Light Infantry

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John Noel Cartwright

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 3513 Private London Regiment 16th battalion london regiment (queen's west Battalion

British Army 3513 Rifleman London Regiment 16th battalion london regiment (queen's west Battalion

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George John James Cartwright

Born 1895

Died 1915

Royal Navy 392 S Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division

Royal Navy PO/392/S Private Royal Marine Light Infantry Portsmouth Battalion

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Henry Bertram Cartwright

Born 1894

Died 1964

British Army 243 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 14th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant 19th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers

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Donald Read Cartwright

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery 2nd Brigade

British Army Captain Royal Field Artillery 2nd Brigade

British Army T/Lieutenant (A/Captain) Royal Field Artillery 153rd Bde

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John Cartwright

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 36040 Private Cheshire Regiment 10th Battalion

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Ben Cartwright

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 4/5328 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 202166 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 1/4th Battalion (terr

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George Strachan Cartwright

Born 1866

Died 1959

British Army Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General Staff

British Army Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General Chief Engineer, IX Corps

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John Cartwright

Born 1882

Died 1918

Other Empire Force Coal Mine Worker Coal Industry

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Richard Cartwright

Born 1870

Died 1915

Other Empire Force Able Seaman Mercantile Marine Reserve H.M. Yacht "Helga"

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Wallace Cartwright

Born 1878

Died 1940

Canadian Expeditionary Force 878187 Sapper 185th Bttln

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William George Cartwright

Born 1864

Died 1936

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Army Audit Staff Exchequer and Audit Department

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William Henry Cartwright

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 2079 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 290374 Private Cheshire Regiment

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William George Cartwright

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 1939 Serjeant Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1/1st Battalion

British Army 265418 Serjeant Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1/1st Battalion

British Army 1939 Sergeant Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1st/1st Bucks Battalion

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Pybus Cartwright

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 19231 Acting Corporal Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Air Force

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 2nd Lieutenant 25th Squadron

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Thomas Cartwright

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army L/12008 Private Corps of Lancers

British Army L/12008 Private 9th Queen's Royal Lancers

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James Cartwright

Born 1883

Died 1938

British Army 9026 Private Worcestershire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army D/15588 Private 2/1st Somerset Yeomanry

British Army 598427 Private Labour Corps

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Charles Henry Cartwright

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 142632

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