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Fenton, Staffordshire [2]

Benalla Victoria [1]

Bilston, Staffordshire [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Congleton, Cheshire [1]

Coonamble New South Wales [1]

Dalkey, Dublin [1]

Dresden, Staffordshire [1]

Dublin [1]

Essendon Victoria [1]

Flemington Victoria [1]

Longton, Staffordshire [1]

Macclesfield [1]

Meredith Victoria [1]

Navan [1]

Nottingham [1]

Runcorn, Halton [1]

Saint Blazey, Cornwall [1]

St Pancras, London [1]

Staffordshire [1]

Staffordshire, England [1]

Stockport, Lancashire [1]

Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire [1]

Stoke, Staffordshire [1]

Stone, Staffordshire [1]

Tydesley [1]

Walsall, Staffordshire [1]

Wolverhampton [1]

Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [1]

Rank

Private [223]

Gunner [23]

Corporal [17]

Driver [15]

Serjeant [14]

Sapper [6]

Lance Corporal [5]

Acting Corporal [3]

Bombardier [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Corporal Acting Corporal [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Corporal Private [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Paymaster Commander [1]

Paymaster Rear Admiral [1]

Pioneer [1]

Private Lance Corporal [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

North Staffordshire Regiment [61]

Royal Field Artillery [27]

Labour Corps [21]

Royal Engineers [16]

Army Service Corps [14]

Royal Garrison Artillery [12]

Lancashire Fusiliers [10]

Machine Gun Corps [9]

Durham Light Infantry [7]

Liverpool Regiment [7]

Manchester Regiment [7]

York and Lancaster Regiment [7]

Cheshire Regiment [6]

Leicestershire Regiment [6]

Lincolnshire Regiment [6]

Royal Fusiliers [6]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [6]

Yorkshire Regiment [6]

London Regiment [5]

Northumberland Fusiliers [5]

Essex Regiment [4]

Norfolk Regiment [4]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4]

West Riding Regiment [4]

Army Veterinary Corps [3]

Border Regiment [3]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [3]

East Lancashire Regiment [3]

East Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Grenadier Guards [3]

Northamptonshire Regiment [3]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [3]

Seaforth Highlanders [3]

The Queen's Regiment [3]

Welsh Regiment [3]

6th York and Lancaster Regiment [2]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Dorsetshire Regiment [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Highland Light Infantry [2]

Irish Guards [2]

King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [2]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Service

British Army [302]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [13]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [13]

Royal Navy [11]

Australian Imperial Force [6]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

C [349]

Contribution

Military Service [345]

Merchant Navy [2]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [5]

Ireland [1]

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People [349] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Fenton, Staffordshire [2] Benalla Victoria [1] Bilston, Staffordshire [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Congleton, Cheshire [1] Coonamble New South Wales [1] Dalkey, Dublin [1] Dresden, Staffordshire [1] Dublin [1] Essendon Victoria [1] Flemington Victoria [1] Longton, Staffordshire [1] Macclesfield [1] Meredith Victoria [1] Navan [1] Nottingham [1] Runcorn, Halton [1] Saint Blazey, Cornwall [1] St Pancras, London [1] Staffordshire [1] Staffordshire, England [1] Stockport, Lancashire [1] Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire [1] Stoke, Staffordshire [1] Stone, Staffordshire [1] Tydesley [1] Walsall, Staffordshire [1] Wolverhampton [1] Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [1]

Rank

Private [223] Gunner [23] Corporal [17] Driver [15] Serjeant [14] Sapper [6] Lance Corporal [5] Acting Corporal [3] Bombardier [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Corporal Acting Corporal [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Corporal Private [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Paymaster Commander [1] Paymaster Rear Admiral [1] Pioneer [1] Private Lance Corporal [1] Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Worker [1]

Unit

North Staffordshire Regiment [61] Royal Field Artillery [27] Labour Corps [21] Royal Engineers [16] Army Service Corps [14] Royal Garrison Artillery [12] Lancashire Fusiliers [10] Machine Gun Corps [9] Durham Light Infantry [7] Liverpool Regiment [7] Manchester Regiment [7] York and Lancaster Regiment [7] Cheshire Regiment [6] Leicestershire Regiment [6] Lincolnshire Regiment [6] Royal Fusiliers [6] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [6] Yorkshire Regiment [6] London Regiment [5] Northumberland Fusiliers [5] Essex Regiment [4] Norfolk Regiment [4] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4] West Riding Regiment [4] Army Veterinary Corps [3] Border Regiment [3] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [3] East Lancashire Regiment [3] East Yorkshire Regiment [3] Grenadier Guards [3] Northamptonshire Regiment [3] Royal Irish Fusiliers [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [3] Seaforth Highlanders [3] The Queen's Regiment [3] Welsh Regiment [3] 6th York and Lancaster Regiment [2] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2] Canadian Infantry [2] Dorsetshire Regiment [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] Highland Light Infantry [2] Irish Guards [2] King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [2] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Rifle Brigade [2]

Service

British Army [302] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [13] Canadian Expeditionary Force [13] Royal Navy [11] Australian Imperial Force [6] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

C [349]

Contribution

Military Service [345] Merchant Navy [2] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [5] Ireland [1]

Michael Joseph Colclough

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 6908 Lance Corporal Irish Guards 2nd Battalion

British Army 6908 Private Irish Guards

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Isaac Colclough

Born 1895

Died 1914

British Army 10914 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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William Colclough

Born 1900

Died 1916

British Army 15576 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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William Colclough

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 269410 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 49446 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 2nd Battalion

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Alfred Edwin Colclough

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 126436

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John Henry Colclough

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 5258 Corporal London Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 202297 Corporal London Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 202297 Corporal London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)

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Henry Arthur Sidney Colclough

Born 1878

Died 1918

British Army 96891 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Samuel Colclough

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army W/693 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 15246 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 268047 Private Cheshire Regiment

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Abraham Colclough

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 41564 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 2nd/5th Battalion

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George Colclough

Died 1916

British Army 4329 Private North Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 27479 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 27479 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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William James Colclough

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 28967 Serjeant Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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David Colclough

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 244680

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Samuel Thomas Colclough

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 45676

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Ernest Clarence Colclough

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 244724

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John Edward Colclough

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 126190

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James Colclough

Died 1917

British Army 32090 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

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James Colclough

Died 1918

British Army 41318 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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William Colclough

Died 1916

British Army 3028 Private North Staffordshire Regiment 1/5th northst Battalion

British Army 3028 Private North Staffordshire Regiment

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William Henry Colclough

Born 1883

Died 1916

British Army 8358 Private North Staffordshire Regiment

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Harry Colclough

Born 1888

Died 1955

British Army 52021 Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 20425 Private York and Lancaster Regiment 3rd Battalion

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