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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]

Thomas Chadwick

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 126702

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James Chadwick

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 115509

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Samuel H Chadwick

Born 1882

Died 1919

British Army 79492 Gunner Machine Gun Corps

British Army 79492 Gunner Machine Gun Corps (Motors) 32nd Reserve Coy

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Fred Chadwick

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 282529

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William Ernest Chadwick

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 47720

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Harry Chadwick

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 48956 Private Liverpool Regiment 13th Battalion

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George Tyler Chadwick

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 239593

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Robert Chadwick

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 247443

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William Finney Chadwick

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 5/4624 Private Durham Light Infantry

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Walter Chadwick

Died 1918

British Army 48353 Private Yorkshire Regiment 13th Battalion

British Army 48353 Private Yorkshire Regiment

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John Chadwick

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 131733 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 131733 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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William Chadwick

Died 1918

British Army 39158 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 34920 Private Labour Corps

British Army 37018 Private King's Liverpool Regiment

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Thomas Chadwick

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 1947 Private East Lancashire Regiment 1st/5th Battalion

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Frederick William Chadwick

Born 1885

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3205883

Canadian Expeditionary Force Lieutenant Canadian Infantry

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Angus Chadwick

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 21484 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 21484 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 1st Battalion

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Arthur Chadwick

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 66988

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Roland Chadwick

Born 1891

Died 1918

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 3/84 Sergeant New Zealand Medical Corps

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James Robert Chadwick

Died 1916

British Army 371597 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 3851 Lance Corporal London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 3851 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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James Henry Chadwick

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army Major Manchester Regiment

British Army 2nd Public Schools Battalion

British Army Private Royal Fusiliers 2 Public Schools Battalion

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Joseph John Chadwick

Born 1883

Died 1955

British Army 66675 Serjeant Royal Engineers

British Army 66675 Corporal Royal Engineers

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