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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]

James W Cottam

Born 1897

Died 1976

British Army 282391 Private Highland Light Infantry

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Leonard Cottam

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 6198 Private East Lancashire Regiment 3rd east Battalion

British Army 6198 Private East Lancashire Regiment

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Algernon Sidney Cottam

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 31502 Private South Lancashire Regiment

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James Robert Cottam

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 1721 Private East Lancashire Regiment

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James Melville Cottam

Born 1889

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 21060

Canadian Expeditionary Force 21060 Quartermaster Sergeant Canadian Infantry

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William Cottam

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 111419

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James Cottam

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 195746

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William Alban Cottam

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 26360

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Lawrence Alfred Cottam

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army T5/1552 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 1552 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 1st/5th

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George Henry Cottam

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 15093 Serjeant Yorkshire Regiment

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Samuel Cottam

Born 1883

Died 1915

British Army 6289 Lance Corporal Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 6289 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 6289 Lance Corporal King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

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John Cottam

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 2973 Private South Lancashire Regiment

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Albert Cottam

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 129237 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Charles Henry Cottam

Born 1892

Died 1920

Royal Navy K9856 Leading Stoker HMS Tiger

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Harry Cottam

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 16563

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John Cottam

Died 1916

British Army 11315 Private 16th Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 11315 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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James Alfred Cottam

Australian Imperial Force 56905

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Sidney David Cottam

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 218330

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Albert Cottam

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 126417

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Arthur Cottam

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 16429 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

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