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Leeds, Yorkshire [12]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [10]

Bury, Lancashire [7]

Rochdale, Lancashire [7]

Burnley, Lancashire [6]

Huddersfield, Yorkshire [6]

Manchester, Lancashire [6]

Ashby de la Zouch [5]

Brisbane Queensland [5]

Manchester, Lancashire, England [5]

Ballarat Victoria [4]

Blackburn, Lancashire [4]

Bolton, Lancashire [4]

Lancashire England [4]

Liverpool, Lancashire [4]

London England [4]

Oldham, Lancashire [4]

Seymour Victoria [4]

Hunslet, Leeds, Yorkshire [3]

Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire [2]

Bethnal Green, London [2]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Brunswick New South Wales [2]

Burscough, Ormskirk, Lancashire [2]

Castleford, Yorkshire [2]

Castlemaine Victoria [2]

Cheetham, Lancashire [2]

Derby, Derbyshire [2]

Dewsbury, Yorkshire [2]

Gladstone Queensland [2]

Guildford, Surrey [2]

Hanley, Staffordshire [2]

Hobart Tasmania [2]

Hyde, Cheshire [2]

Lancashire [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Macclesfield, Cheshire [2]

Manchester England [2]

Melbourne Victoria [2]

Nantwich, Cheshire [2]

Nantwich, Cheshire, England [2]

Preston Victoria [2]

Rawtenstall, Lancashire [2]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [2]

Accrington, Lancashire, England [1]

Ardwick, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Armagh [1]

Ashbourne, Staffordshire [1]

Ashby' Leicester [1]

Ashton under Lyne [1]

Rank

Private [1363]

Gunner [158]

Driver [126]

Corporal [101]

Serjeant [89]

Sapper [61]

Second Lieutenant [57]

Lance Corporal [53]

Captain [28]

Pioneer [23]

Acting Corporal [20]

Lieutenant [18]

Bombardier [17]

Acting Serjeant [13]

Acting Bombardier [9]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [9]

Major [8]

Company Serjeant Major [7]

Rifleman [6]

Staff Serjeant [5]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3]

Battery Serjeant Major [3]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Nurse [3]

Staff Nurse [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Temporary Lieutenant [3]

Worker [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Boy 2nd Class [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Saddler [2]

Sergeant [2]

Shoeing Smith [2]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

1st Class Staff Serjeant Major [1]

2nd Cooper [1]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

2nd Lieutenant 1916; Lieutenant 1918 [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Chaplain [1]

Acting Colour Sergeant [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Corporal 2nd [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [185]

Labour Corps [167]

Royal Engineers [142]

Manchester Regiment [138]

Lancashire Fusiliers [134]

Army Service Corps [122]

Royal Garrison Artillery [95]

Liverpool Regiment [81]

Royal Army Medical Corps [76]

East Lancashire Regiment [74]

Machine Gun Corps [74]

Cheshire Regiment [62]

West Yorkshire Regiment [56]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [49]

South Lancashire Regiment [45]

Royal Fusiliers [40]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [36]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [33]

Yorkshire Regiment [32]

London Regiment [31]

Durham Light Infantry [30]

Northumberland Fusiliers [28]

West Riding Regiment [28]

Border Regiment [27]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [23]

Middlesex Regiment [22]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [22]

Royal Army Service Corps [22]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [22]

Welsh Regiment [22]

East Yorkshire Regiment [20]

North Staffordshire Regiment [20]

York and Lancaster Regiment [20]

Army Ordnance Corps [19]

Leicestershire Regiment [18]

Rifle Brigade [16]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [16]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [14]

Royal Defence Corps [14]

Royal Naval Division [14]

Lincolnshire Regiment [13]

Tank Corps [13]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [13]

Essex Regiment [11]

Royal Air Force [11]

Devonshire Regiment [10]

Training Reserve [10]

Gloucestershire Regiment [9]

Hampshire Regiment [9]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [9]

Service

British Army [2069]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [146]

Royal Navy [143]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [85]

Australian Imperial Force [68]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [22]

Other Empire Force [3]

Last name first letter

C [2583]

H [2]

A [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2534]

Merchant Navy [36]

Conscientious Objector [8]

Country

United Kingdom [50]

Canada [1]

China [1]

Greece [1]

India [1]

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Place of birth

Leeds, Yorkshire [12] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [10] Bury, Lancashire [7] Rochdale, Lancashire [7] Burnley, Lancashire [6] Huddersfield, Yorkshire [6] Manchester, Lancashire [6] Ashby de la Zouch [5] Brisbane Queensland [5] Manchester, Lancashire, England [5] Ballarat Victoria [4] Blackburn, Lancashire [4] Bolton, Lancashire [4] Lancashire England [4] Liverpool, Lancashire [4] London England [4] Oldham, Lancashire [4] Seymour Victoria [4] Hunslet, Leeds, Yorkshire [3] Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire [2] Bethnal Green, London [2] Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Brunswick New South Wales [2] Burscough, Ormskirk, Lancashire [2] Castleford, Yorkshire [2] Castlemaine Victoria [2] Cheetham, Lancashire [2] Derby, Derbyshire [2] Dewsbury, Yorkshire [2] Gladstone Queensland [2] Guildford, Surrey [2] Hanley, Staffordshire [2] Hobart Tasmania [2] Hyde, Cheshire [2] Lancashire [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Macclesfield, Cheshire [2] Manchester England [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] Nantwich, Cheshire [2] Nantwich, Cheshire, England [2] Preston Victoria [2] Rawtenstall, Lancashire [2] Sheffield, Yorkshire [2] Accrington, Lancashire, England [1] Ardwick, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Armagh [1] Ashbourne, Staffordshire [1] Ashby' Leicester [1] Ashton under Lyne [1]

Rank

Private [1363] Gunner [158] Driver [126] Corporal [101] Serjeant [89] Sapper [61] Second Lieutenant [57] Lance Corporal [53] Captain [28] Pioneer [23] Acting Corporal [20] Lieutenant [18] Bombardier [17] Acting Serjeant [13] Acting Bombardier [9] Warrant Officer Class 2 [9] Major [8] Company Serjeant Major [7] Rifleman [6] Staff Serjeant [5] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3] Battery Serjeant Major [3] Lance Serjeant [3] Nurse [3] Staff Nurse [3] Temporary Captain [3] Temporary Lieutenant [3] Worker [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Boy 2nd Class [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Saddler [2] Sergeant [2] Shoeing Smith [2] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] 1st Class Staff Serjeant Major [1] 2nd Cooper [1] 2nd Lieutenant [1] 2nd Lieutenant 1916; Lieutenant 1918 [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Chaplain [1] Acting Colour Sergeant [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Corporal 2nd [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [185] Labour Corps [167] Royal Engineers [142] Manchester Regiment [138] Lancashire Fusiliers [134] Army Service Corps [122] Royal Garrison Artillery [95] Liverpool Regiment [81] Royal Army Medical Corps [76] East Lancashire Regiment [74] Machine Gun Corps [74] Cheshire Regiment [62] West Yorkshire Regiment [56] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [49] South Lancashire Regiment [45] Royal Fusiliers [40] Royal Lancaster Regiment [36] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [33] Yorkshire Regiment [32] London Regiment [31] Durham Light Infantry [30] Northumberland Fusiliers [28] West Riding Regiment [28] Border Regiment [27] King's Royal Rifle Corps [23] Middlesex Regiment [22] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [22] Royal Army Service Corps [22] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [22] Welsh Regiment [22] East Yorkshire Regiment [20] North Staffordshire Regiment [20] York and Lancaster Regiment [20] Army Ordnance Corps [19] Leicestershire Regiment [18] Rifle Brigade [16] Yorkshire Light Infantry [16] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [14] Royal Defence Corps [14] Royal Naval Division [14] Lincolnshire Regiment [13] Tank Corps [13] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [13] Essex Regiment [11] Royal Air Force [11] Devonshire Regiment [10] Training Reserve [10] Gloucestershire Regiment [9] Hampshire Regiment [9] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [9]

Service

British Army [2069] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [146] Royal Navy [143] Canadian Expeditionary Force [85] Australian Imperial Force [68] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [22] Other Empire Force [3]

Last name first letter

C [2583] H [2] A [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2534] Merchant Navy [36] Conscientious Objector [8]

Country

United Kingdom [50] Canada [1] China [1] Greece [1] India [1]

George Chadwick

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 5/3331 Private York and Lancaster Regiment 5th Battalion

British Army Private York and Lancaster Regiment 3rd/5th Battalion

British Army Private Royal Engineers 257 Tunnelling Company

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William Winterbottom Chadwick

Born 1894

Died 1966

Australian Imperial Force 3362

Australian Imperial Force Driver

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Frederick Chadwick

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 2714 Private South Lancashire Regiment 1/4th Battalion

British Army 200906 Private South Lancashire Regiment 1/4th Battalion

British Army 200906 Private South Lancashire Regiment

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Alfred Samuel David Chadwick

Born 1889

Died 1916

Royal Navy 231479 Ordinary Seaman HMS Vengeance

Royal Navy 231479 Able Seaman HMS Vengeance

Royal Navy 231479 Boy 1st Class HMS Caledonian

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Arthur Leslie Chadwick

Born 1897

Died 1986

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Northern Command Depot

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Home Service

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George Henry Chadwick

Born 1890

Died 1916

Royal Navy 3576 Private

Royal Navy 3576 Private Royal Marines Medical Unit 3rd RN Field Ambulance

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John Chadwick

Born 1877

Died 1916

British Army 15150 Private Royal Irish Fusiliers

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Thomas Henry Chadwick

Born 1893

Died 1920

British Army 18503 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

British Army 2068? Private East Lancashire Regiment

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Walter Ashworth Chadwick

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 11506 Serjeant Manchester Regiment 19th manchest Battalion

British Army 11506 Serjeant Manchester Regiment 19th Battalion

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Harry Chadwick

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 202860 Private Norfolk Regiment 1/4th Battalion

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Samuel Chadwick

Born 1883

Died 1916

British Army 18786 Private Prince Of Wales's North Staffordshire Regiment 8th Battalion

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Wallace Lishman Chadwick

Born 1895

Died 1971

British Army 200120 Lance Corporal 1/4th Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 1730 Serjeant 1/4th Royal Lancaster Regiment

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John Chadwick

Died 1916

British Army 16575 Private King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 16575 Lance Corporal King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment 8th. Battalion

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Arthur Clarkson Chadwick

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army Captain King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) 1st/4th Battalion

British Army Captain King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Arnold Jaques Chadwick

Born 1895

Died 1917

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Flight Commander 4th Division

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Percy Edward Chadwick

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 13850 Private Grenadier Guards 2nd Battalion

British Army 13850 Private Grenadier Guards

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Fred Chadwick

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 5836 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 372916 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Charles Henry Chadwick

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army 9650 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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Henry Chadwick

Born 1863

Died 1916

British Army 10478 Private Cheshire Regiment

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Harold Chadwick

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 46310 Lance Corporal Royal Welsh Fusiliers 19th Battalion

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