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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]

Hilda Florence Chadwick

Born 1897

Died 1918

Other Empire Force Nurse Voluntary Aid Detachment Middlesex War Hospital Napsbury

Other Empire Force Nurse Voluntary Aid Detachment Queen's Auxiliary Hospital Chislehurst

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Jackson Chadwick

Born 1884

Died 1975

British Army 21985 Private Dragoon Guards

British Army 33020 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 30th Battalion

British Army 55105 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 6th Battalion

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Arthur Chadwick

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 48533

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Percy Andrew Chadwick

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 309905

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Charles Albert Chadwick

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 44813

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Percy George Chadwick

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 31509

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George Chadwick

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 303280

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Herbert Chadwick

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 162214

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Hugh Chadwick

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 46052

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Walter Chadwick

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 145871

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Percy Oliver Chadwick

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 304792

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Thomas Chadwick

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 123959

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Louis Chadwick

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 119568

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Frank Chadwick

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 121419

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John Chadwick

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 188480

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Albert Chadwick

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 127319

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Harold Chadwick

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 38066

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Arnold Chadwick

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 195235

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William Chadwick

Born 1882

Died 1914

British Army 4942 Lance Corporal 6th Dragoon Guards

British Army G/4942 Private 6th Dragoon Guards

British Army 4942 Lance Corporal 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers)

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Ernest Chadwick

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 199198

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