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Preston Victoria [3]

Sydney New South Wales [3]

Auckland [2]

Bath, Somerset [2]

Belfast, Antrim [2]

Doulting, Somerset [2]

Launceston Tasmania [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

Southampton, Hampshire [2]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Ballymoney, Antrim [1]

Balmain New South Wales [1]

Belfast [1]

Bendigo Victoria [1]

Bermondsey, Surrey [1]

Brixton, Surrey [1]

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Camberwell, London [1]

Camden New South Wales [1]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [1]

Carrickfergus, Antrim, Ireland [1]

Charters Towers Queensland [1]

Collingwood Victoria [1]

Colne, Lancashire [1]

Cumberland [1]

Doreen Victoria [1]

Dubbo New South Wales [1]

Dunbarton, Scotland [1]

Embleton, Alnwick [1]

Embleton, Northumberland [1]

Everton, Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

Farnborough, Hampshire [1]

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Forgandenny, Perthshire, Scotland [1]

Fulham, London [1]

Gateshead, Durham [1]

Goulburn New South Wales [1]

Great Houghton, Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

Hemsworth [1]

Holmfirth, Yorkshire [1]

Hull, Yorkshire [1]

Lancashire [1]

Larne, Antrim [1]

Leichhardt New South Wales [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1]

Maclean New South Wales [1]

Medstead, Hampshire [1]

New Cross, London [1]

Newcastle, Northumberland [1]

Newtown Erd North [1]

Rank

Private [201]

Driver [23]

Gunner [21]

Sapper [13]

Corporal [12]

Serjeant [11]

Lance Corporal [7]

Pioneer [5]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Lieutenant [3]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Bombardier [2]

Captain [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Assistant Administrator [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Commander [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Drummer [1]

Farrier Serjeant [1]

Gunner/Acting Bombardier [1]

Major [1]

Paymaster Captain [1]

Paymaster Commander [1]

Rear Admiral [1]

Rear-Admiral [1]

Sergeant [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Stoker [1]

Temporary Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class [1]

Temporary Serjeant [1]

Temporary Staff Serjeant Major [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [31]

Royal Engineers [30]

Army Service Corps [27]

Royal Field Artillery [22]

Royal Garrison Artillery [15]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [13]

Northumberland Fusiliers [12]

Manchester Regiment [9]

Canadian Infantry [8]

Royal Army Medical Corps [7]

Hampshire Regiment [6]

Highland Light Infantry [6]

London Regiment [6]

Royal Irish Rifles [6]

Bedfordshire Regiment [5]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [5]

Lancashire Fusiliers [5]

Machine Gun Corps [5]

Royal Army Service Corps [5]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [5]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [5]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [5]

West Yorkshire Regiment [5]

York and Lancaster Regiment [5]

Border Regiment [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

Middlesex Regiment [4]

Rifle Brigade [4]

Seaforth Highlanders [4]

Cheshire Regiment [3]

Connaught Rangers [3]

East Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Liverpool Regiment [3]

Northamptonshire Regiment [3]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3]

Royal Flying Corps [3]

Royal Naval Division [3]

South Wales Borderers [3]

Tank Corps [3]

Wiltshire Regiment [3]

Ayrshire Yeomanry [2]

Cameron Highlanders [2]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

East Kent Regiment [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

Gordon Highlanders [2]

Military Mounted Police [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Service

British Army [292]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [73]

Royal Navy [36]

Australian Imperial Force [33]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [31]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [7]

Other Empire Force [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

C [498]

M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [488]

Merchant Navy [9]

Country

United Kingdom [6]

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Place of birth

Preston Victoria [3] Sydney New South Wales [3] Auckland [2] Bath, Somerset [2] Belfast, Antrim [2] Doulting, Somerset [2] Launceston Tasmania [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] Southampton, Hampshire [2] Ballarat Victoria [1] Ballymoney, Antrim [1] Balmain New South Wales [1] Belfast [1] Bendigo Victoria [1] Bermondsey, Surrey [1] Brixton, Surrey [1] Bundoora Victoria [1] Camberwell, London [1] Camden New South Wales [1] Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [1] Carrickfergus, Antrim, Ireland [1] Charters Towers Queensland [1] Collingwood Victoria [1] Colne, Lancashire [1] Cumberland [1] Doreen Victoria [1] Dubbo New South Wales [1] Dunbarton, Scotland [1] Embleton, Alnwick [1] Embleton, Northumberland [1] Everton, Liverpool, Lancashire [1] Farnborough, Hampshire [1] Fermanagh [1] Forgandenny, Perthshire, Scotland [1] Fulham, London [1] Gateshead, Durham [1] Goulburn New South Wales [1] Great Houghton, Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Hemsworth [1] Holmfirth, Yorkshire [1] Hull, Yorkshire [1] Lancashire [1] Larne, Antrim [1] Leichhardt New South Wales [1] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1] Maclean New South Wales [1] Medstead, Hampshire [1] New Cross, London [1] Newcastle, Northumberland [1] Newtown Erd North [1]

Rank

Private [201] Driver [23] Gunner [21] Sapper [13] Corporal [12] Serjeant [11] Lance Corporal [7] Pioneer [5] Acting Serjeant [4] Lieutenant [3] Second Lieutenant [3] Acting Corporal [2] Bombardier [2] Captain [2] Temporary Captain [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Assistant Administrator [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Commander [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Drummer [1] Farrier Serjeant [1] Gunner/Acting Bombardier [1] Major [1] Paymaster Captain [1] Paymaster Commander [1] Rear Admiral [1] Rear-Admiral [1] Sergeant [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Stoker [1] Temporary Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class [1] Temporary Serjeant [1] Temporary Staff Serjeant Major [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [31] Royal Engineers [30] Army Service Corps [27] Royal Field Artillery [22] Royal Garrison Artillery [15] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [13] Northumberland Fusiliers [12] Manchester Regiment [9] Canadian Infantry [8] Royal Army Medical Corps [7] Hampshire Regiment [6] Highland Light Infantry [6] London Regiment [6] Royal Irish Rifles [6] Bedfordshire Regiment [5] King's Own Scottish Borderers [5] Lancashire Fusiliers [5] Machine Gun Corps [5] Royal Army Service Corps [5] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [5] Royal Irish Fusiliers [5] Royal Scots Fusiliers [5] West Yorkshire Regiment [5] York and Lancaster Regiment [5] Border Regiment [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] Middlesex Regiment [4] Rifle Brigade [4] Seaforth Highlanders [4] Cheshire Regiment [3] Connaught Rangers [3] East Yorkshire Regiment [3] Liverpool Regiment [3] Northamptonshire Regiment [3] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3] Royal Flying Corps [3] Royal Naval Division [3] South Wales Borderers [3] Tank Corps [3] Wiltshire Regiment [3] Ayrshire Yeomanry [2] Cameron Highlanders [2] Devonshire Regiment [2] East Kent Regiment [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] Essex Regiment [2] Gordon Highlanders [2] Military Mounted Police [2] Royal Air Force [2]

Service

British Army [292] Canadian Expeditionary Force [73] Royal Navy [36] Australian Imperial Force [33] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [31] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [7] Other Empire Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

C [498] M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [488] Merchant Navy [9]

Country

United Kingdom [6]

John Towel Creighton

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 40384

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Alfred Creighton

Died 1915

British Army 2259 Private Manchester Regiment

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William Creighton

Died 1918

British Army 158716 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 158716 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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George Creighton

Died 1918

British Army 10901 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers

British Army 40758 Private Scottish Rifles

British Army 40758 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

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Arthur B Creighton

Died 1915

British Army 7035 Private Northamptonshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 7035 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

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Archie Creighton

Born 1885

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 820236

Canadian Expeditionary Force 820236 Private Canadian Infantry

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Percy Creighton

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 8465 Private Manchester Regiment 17th battalion manchest Battalion

British Army 8465 Private Manchester Regiment

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Robert Creighton

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 40546 Acting Corporal King's Own Scottish Borderers

British Army 40546 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers

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Thomas James Creighton

Born 1899

Died 1920

British Army 14050 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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John Creighton

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 56371 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 56371 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) 10th (Service) Battalion

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Patrick Creighton

Died 1916

British Army S/12008 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army S/12008 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

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Arthur Creighton

Born 1876

British Army Second Lieutenant 6th Dragoon Guards

British Army Lieutenant 6th Dragoon Guards

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Edward Creighton

Died 1916

British Army 13426 Lance Corporal 8th York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 13426 Private 8th York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 13426 Lance Corporal York and Lancaster Regiment

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Alexander Creighton

Australian Imperial Force 1928

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Harold Gordon Creighton

Australian Imperial Force 59364

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Albert Ernest Creighton

Australian Imperial Force 5323

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Robert Creighton

Born 1890

Died 1914

Royal Navy SS107757

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John Creighton

Died 1918

British Army 6772 Private Connaught Rangers

British Army 18066 Private Leinster Regiment

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James Creighton

Born 1876

Died 1917

British Army 241560 Private Seaforth Highlanders

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John Wilson Creighton

Died 1916

British Army 24/541 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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