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Manchester, Lancashire [6]

Leeds, Yorkshire [4]

Liverpool, Lancashire [4]

Sydney New South Wales [4]

Bolton, Lancashire [3]

Manchester England [3]

Oldham, Lancashire [3]

Oldham, Lancashire, England [3]

Adelong New South Wales [2]

Biddulph, Staffordshire [2]

Blackburn, Lancashire [2]

Gundagai New South Wales [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2]

Lydiate, Lancashire [2]

Maitland New South Wales [2]

Nottingham [2]

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [2]

Wigan, Lancashire [2]

Alexandria New South Wales [1]

Broughton, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Burscough, Lancashire [1]

Bury, Lancashire [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Camberwell, Surrey [1]

Chadderton, Lancashire [1]

Chichester, Sussex [1]

Congleton, Cheshire [1]

Cowhill, Chadderton, Lancashire [1]

Dunolly Victoria [1]

England [1]

Geelong Victoria [1]

Harehills, Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Hartlepool, Durham [1]

Hornsby New South Wales [1]

Hull [1]

Hyde England [1]

Hyde, Cheshire [1]

Ipswich Queensland [1]

Kent Town South Australia [1]

Liverpool [1]

London England [1]

Mackay Queensland [1]

Manchester, Lancashire, England [1]

New Wortley, Yorkshire [1]

Nottingham England [1]

Oldham Lancashire [1]

Openshaw, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Patricroft, Lancashire, England [1]

Prescot [1]

Preston, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [436]

Driver [50]

Gunner [46]

Corporal [31]

Sapper [25]

Serjeant [20]

Lance Corporal [18]

Second Lieutenant [13]

Acting Corporal [11]

Lieutenant [9]

Pioneer [6]

Acting Serjeant [5]

Bombardier [5]

Captain [5]

Lance Serjeant [4]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Armament Staff Serjeant [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Guardsman [2]

Matron [2]

Nurse [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Rifleman [2]

Shoeing Smith [2]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Matron [1]

Acting Temporary Gunner [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Apprentice [1]

Armourer Staff Serjeant [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1]

Gym Staff Serjeant [1]

Lady [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Private Lance Corporal [1]

Second Officer [1]

Sergeant Major [1]

Shoeing Smith/Corporal [1]

Sister [1]

Transport Serjeant [1]

VAD Quartermaster [1]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Wheeler Staff Serjeant [1]

Wheeler/Staff Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [60]

Labour Corps [53]

Royal Engineers [53]

Manchester Regiment [52]

Army Service Corps [42]

Royal Army Medical Corps [35]

Lancashire Fusiliers [30]

Royal Garrison Artillery [28]

Liverpool Regiment [27]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [26]

Cheshire Regiment [23]

Machine Gun Corps [23]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [12]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [12]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [12]

East Lancashire Regiment [11]

Northumberland Fusiliers [11]

South Lancashire Regiment [11]

West Riding Regiment [11]

Army Ordnance Corps [10]

West Yorkshire Regiment [10]

York and Lancaster Regiment [10]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [9]

Lincolnshire Regiment [9]

London Regiment [9]

Durham Light Infantry [8]

Royal Fusiliers [8]

Royal Naval Division [8]

Yorkshire Regiment [8]

Leicestershire Regiment [7]

North Staffordshire Regiment [7]

East Yorkshire Regiment [6]

Royal Army Service Corps [6]

Royal Defence Corps [6]

Somerset Light Infantry [6]

Tank Corps [6]

Bedfordshire Regiment [5]

Border Regiment [5]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [5]

Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) [5]

South Staffordshire Regiment [5]

Welsh Regiment [5]

Army Veterinary Corps [4]

Gordon Highlanders [4]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [4]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [4]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [4]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [4]

Voluntary Aid Detachment [4]

Army Cyclist Corps [3]

Service

British Army [668]

Royal Navy [58]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [44]

Australian Imperial Force [25]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [21]

Other Empire Force [4]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [830]

Contribution

Military Service [812]

Merchant Navy [10]

Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [20]

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Place of birth

Manchester, Lancashire [6] Leeds, Yorkshire [4] Liverpool, Lancashire [4] Sydney New South Wales [4] Bolton, Lancashire [3] Manchester England [3] Oldham, Lancashire [3] Oldham, Lancashire, England [3] Adelong New South Wales [2] Biddulph, Staffordshire [2] Blackburn, Lancashire [2] Gundagai New South Wales [2] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2] Lydiate, Lancashire [2] Maitland New South Wales [2] Nottingham [2] Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [2] Wigan, Lancashire [2] Alexandria New South Wales [1] Broughton, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Burscough, Lancashire [1] Bury, Lancashire [1] Camberwell, London [1] Camberwell, Surrey [1] Chadderton, Lancashire [1] Chichester, Sussex [1] Congleton, Cheshire [1] Cowhill, Chadderton, Lancashire [1] Dunolly Victoria [1] England [1] Geelong Victoria [1] Harehills, Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Hartlepool, Durham [1] Hornsby New South Wales [1] Hull [1] Hyde England [1] Hyde, Cheshire [1] Ipswich Queensland [1] Kent Town South Australia [1] Liverpool [1] London England [1] Mackay Queensland [1] Manchester, Lancashire, England [1] New Wortley, Yorkshire [1] Nottingham England [1] Oldham Lancashire [1] Openshaw, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Patricroft, Lancashire, England [1] Prescot [1] Preston, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [436] Driver [50] Gunner [46] Corporal [31] Sapper [25] Serjeant [20] Lance Corporal [18] Second Lieutenant [13] Acting Corporal [11] Lieutenant [9] Pioneer [6] Acting Serjeant [5] Bombardier [5] Captain [5] Lance Serjeant [4] Staff Serjeant [3] Armament Staff Serjeant [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Guardsman [2] Matron [2] Nurse [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Rifleman [2] Shoeing Smith [2] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Matron [1] Acting Temporary Gunner [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Apprentice [1] Armourer Staff Serjeant [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1] Gym Staff Serjeant [1] Lady [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Petty Officer [1] Private Lance Corporal [1] Second Officer [1] Sergeant Major [1] Shoeing Smith/Corporal [1] Sister [1] Transport Serjeant [1] VAD Quartermaster [1] Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Wheeler Staff Serjeant [1] Wheeler/Staff Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [60] Labour Corps [53] Royal Engineers [53] Manchester Regiment [52] Army Service Corps [42] Royal Army Medical Corps [35] Lancashire Fusiliers [30] Royal Garrison Artillery [28] Liverpool Regiment [27] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [26] Cheshire Regiment [23] Machine Gun Corps [23] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [12] Royal Lancaster Regiment [12] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [12] East Lancashire Regiment [11] Northumberland Fusiliers [11] South Lancashire Regiment [11] West Riding Regiment [11] Army Ordnance Corps [10] West Yorkshire Regiment [10] York and Lancaster Regiment [10] King's Royal Rifle Corps [9] Lincolnshire Regiment [9] London Regiment [9] Durham Light Infantry [8] Royal Fusiliers [8] Royal Naval Division [8] Yorkshire Regiment [8] Leicestershire Regiment [7] North Staffordshire Regiment [7] East Yorkshire Regiment [6] Royal Army Service Corps [6] Royal Defence Corps [6] Somerset Light Infantry [6] Tank Corps [6] Bedfordshire Regiment [5] Border Regiment [5] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [5] Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) [5] South Staffordshire Regiment [5] Welsh Regiment [5] Army Veterinary Corps [4] Gordon Highlanders [4] King's Own Scottish Borderers [4] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [4] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [4] Royal Scots Fusiliers [4] Voluntary Aid Detachment [4] Army Cyclist Corps [3]

Service

British Army [668] Royal Navy [58] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [44] Australian Imperial Force [25] Canadian Expeditionary Force [21] Other Empire Force [4] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [830]

Contribution

Military Service [812] Merchant Navy [10] Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [20]

Thomas Cheetham

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 16237 Private South Lancashire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 16237 Private South Lancashire Regiment

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Frank Cheetham

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 101341

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William Alfred Cheetham

Born 1900

Died 1916

Other Empire Force Apprentice Merchant Navy

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Jonathan Cheetham

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army GS/44308 Private Royal Fusiliers 9th Battalion

British Army GS/44308 Private Royal Fusiliers 20th Battalion

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George Cheetham

Born 1846

Died 1931

British Army Driver French Red Cross

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James Cheetham

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 19476 Guardsman Grenadier Guards

British Army 19476 Guardsman Grenadier Guards 5th Battalion

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John I Cheetham

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 42038 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

British Army 350340 Private Highland Light Infantry

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Arthur James Cheetham

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 45875 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 45875 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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William Cheetham

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 136473

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James Cheetham

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 109816

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William Cheetham

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 17901

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Norman Cheetham

Born 1897

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 1234A Sapper Australian Engineers 4th Div Signals Company

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T Cheetham

Born 1895

Died 1937

British Army 3516142 Private Manchester Regiment

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Richard Cheetham

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 2965 Lance Corporal North Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 21845 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

British Army 21845 Machine Gun Corps

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Mary Gregson Cheetham

Born 1854

Died 1920

Other Empire Force Nurse French Red Cross

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James Cheetham

Born 1875

Died 1917

British Army 19698 Private East Lancashire Regiment

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John Cheetham

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 58454 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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James Cheetham

Born 1875

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2582302

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2582302 Private Canadian Corps Military Police

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James Cheetham

Died 1918

British Army 157764 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Albert Cheetham

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 295159

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