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Plymouth, Devon [4]

Blackburn, Lancashire [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Preston, Lancashire [2]

Wellington, Shropshire [2]

Adelong New South Wales [1]

Alexandria New South Wales [1]

Annandale New South Wales [1]

Batlow New South Wales [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Brisbane Queensland [1]

Brixton, Surrey [1]

Colchester, Essex [1]

Croston, Lancashire [1]

Darlington, Durham [1]

Downham, Norfolk [1]

Egremont Cheshire [1]

Everton, Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

Greenwich, London [1]

Harrogate, Yorkshire [1]

Herberton Queensland [1]

Kirkham England [1]

Launceston Tasmania [1]

Leichhardt New South Wales [1]

Lincolnshire England [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1]

Manchester [1]

Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Mount Moriac Victoria [1]

Northfleet, Gravesend, Kent [1]

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [1]

Romsey Victoria [1]

Rotherham England [1]

Scunthorpe [1]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [1]

Shrewsbury, Shropshire [1]

South Reddish, Lancashire [1]

Sydney, New South Wales [1]

Warwick [1]

Westby [1]

Westby, Kirkham, Lancashire [1]

Whitby, Yorkshire [1]

Yorkshire England [1]

Rank

Private [258]

Gunner [34]

Corporal [17]

Driver [14]

Serjeant [12]

Second Lieutenant [10]

Sapper [8]

Acting Serjeant [7]

Lance Corporal [6]

Acting Corporal [4]

Captain [4]

Lieutenant [4]

Pioneer [4]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Bombardier [1]

Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1]

Engineer Captain [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Nurse [1]

Quartermaster Sergeant [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Trooper [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [31]

Royal Field Artillery [30]

East Lancashire Regiment [23]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [23]

Lancashire Fusiliers [22]

Army Service Corps [21]

Royal Engineers [21]

Royal Garrison Artillery [17]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [17]

Liverpool Regiment [16]

Royal Army Medical Corps [16]

Manchester Regiment [15]

Cheshire Regiment [12]

Lincolnshire Regiment [10]

Machine Gun Corps [8]

West Yorkshire Regiment [7]

Border Regiment [6]

Royal Fusiliers [6]

South Lancashire Regiment [6]

York and Lancaster Regiment [6]

Northamptonshire Regiment [5]

Yorkshire Regiment [5]

Gloucestershire Regiment [4]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [4]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4]

Royal West Kent Regiment [4]

South Wales Borderers [4]

Tank Corps [4]

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4]

Army Cyclist Corps [3]

Coldstream Guards [3]

Durham Light Infantry [3]

East Surrey Regiment [3]

Hampshire Regiment [3]

London Regiment [3]

North Staffordshire Regiment [3]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3]

Suffolk Regiment [3]

10th Scottish Battalion King's Liverpool Regiment [2]

4th Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Corps of Hussars [2]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

Guards Machine Gun Regiment [2]

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [2]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2]

Leicestershire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [365]

Royal Navy [29]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [20]

Australian Imperial Force [14]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [8]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

C [443]

Contribution

Military Service [437]

Merchant Navy [3]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [7]

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People [443] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Plymouth, Devon [4] Blackburn, Lancashire [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Preston, Lancashire [2] Wellington, Shropshire [2] Adelong New South Wales [1] Alexandria New South Wales [1] Annandale New South Wales [1] Batlow New South Wales [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Brixton, Surrey [1] Colchester, Essex [1] Croston, Lancashire [1] Darlington, Durham [1] Downham, Norfolk [1] Egremont Cheshire [1] Everton, Liverpool, Lancashire [1] Greenwich, London [1] Harrogate, Yorkshire [1] Herberton Queensland [1] Kirkham England [1] Launceston Tasmania [1] Leichhardt New South Wales [1] Lincolnshire England [1] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1] Manchester [1] Manchester, Lancashire [1] Mount Moriac Victoria [1] Northfleet, Gravesend, Kent [1] Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [1] Romsey Victoria [1] Rotherham England [1] Scunthorpe [1] Sheffield, Yorkshire [1] Shrewsbury, Shropshire [1] South Reddish, Lancashire [1] Sydney, New South Wales [1] Warwick [1] Westby [1] Westby, Kirkham, Lancashire [1] Whitby, Yorkshire [1] Yorkshire England [1]

Rank

Private [258] Gunner [34] Corporal [17] Driver [14] Serjeant [12] Second Lieutenant [10] Sapper [8] Acting Serjeant [7] Lance Corporal [6] Acting Corporal [4] Captain [4] Lieutenant [4] Pioneer [4] Acting Captain [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Bombardier [1] Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1] Engineer Captain [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Leading Stoker [1] Nurse [1] Quartermaster Sergeant [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Trooper [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [31] Royal Field Artillery [30] East Lancashire Regiment [23] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [23] Lancashire Fusiliers [22] Army Service Corps [21] Royal Engineers [21] Royal Garrison Artillery [17] Royal Lancaster Regiment [17] Liverpool Regiment [16] Royal Army Medical Corps [16] Manchester Regiment [15] Cheshire Regiment [12] Lincolnshire Regiment [10] Machine Gun Corps [8] West Yorkshire Regiment [7] Border Regiment [6] Royal Fusiliers [6] South Lancashire Regiment [6] York and Lancaster Regiment [6] Northamptonshire Regiment [5] Yorkshire Regiment [5] Gloucestershire Regiment [4] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [4] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4] Royal West Kent Regiment [4] South Wales Borderers [4] Tank Corps [4] The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4] Army Cyclist Corps [3] Coldstream Guards [3] Durham Light Infantry [3] East Surrey Regiment [3] Hampshire Regiment [3] London Regiment [3] North Staffordshire Regiment [3] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3] Suffolk Regiment [3] 10th Scottish Battalion King's Liverpool Regiment [2] 4th Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Army Veterinary Corps [2] Corps of Hussars [2] Devonshire Regiment [2] Grenadier Guards [2] Guards Machine Gun Regiment [2] King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [2] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2] Leicestershire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [365] Royal Navy [29] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [20] Australian Imperial Force [14] Canadian Expeditionary Force [8] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

C [443]

Contribution

Military Service [437] Merchant Navy [3] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [7]

Leonard Osmond Cottam

Born 1891

Died 1981

British Army 4231 Corporal Liverpool Regiment

British Army 355946 Acting Sergeant Liverpool Scottish Regiment 10th Btn. Kings Liverpool

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Edward Bernard Leeming Cottam

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 37981 Private East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 50228 Private King's (Liverpool Regiment) 17th Battalion

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John Cottam

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 23817 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 23817 Private

British Army 23817 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 9th Battalion

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John Cottam

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 126847

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John Cottam

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 4424 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 4424 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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William Cottam

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 279486

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Henry Edward Cottam

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 306234

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Samuel Cottam

Born 1881

Died 1914

British Army 6024 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 6024 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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Clement John Cottam

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 1747 Private London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Duke of Cambridge's Own Middlesex Regiment 4th Battalion

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Joseph Cottam

Died 1917

British Army 32221 Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 28394 Private Border Regiment

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John W Cottam

Born 1881

Died 1918

British Army 30536 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

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Algernon Edward Cottam

Born 1894

Died 1964

British Army Second Lieutenant East Surrey Regiment

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William Townley Cottam

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 241134

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Horace Arthur Cottam

Died 1917

British Army 21270 Private Grenadier Guards

British Army 81 Private Guards Machine Gun Regiment

British Army 81 Private Machine Gun Guards

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Thomas Cottam

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 8690 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 388690 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army WR/279853 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Henry Cottam

Born 1892

Died 1976

British Army 14077 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 108667 Private Machine Gun Corps

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Horace Charles Borsman Cottam

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army Captain Hampshire Regiment 7th Battalion

British Army Captain Hampshire Regiment

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Joseph Cottam

Died 1917

British Army 4430 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 266707 Private Cheshire Regiment

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Richard Henry Cottam

Died 1916

British Army 19673 Private South Wales Borderers

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John Cottam

Born 1900

Died 1920

British Army 1933 Private East Lancashire Regiment 4th east Battalion

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