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Liverpool, Lancashire [5]

Bolton, Lancashire [4]

Callington South Australia [4]

Manchester, Lancashire [4]

Devonport, Devon [3]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3]

Saint Helens, Lancashire [3]

Fleetwood, Lancashire [2]

Lancashire [2]

Leigh, Lancashire [2]

Salford, Lancashire [2]

Sandhurst Victoria [2]

St Helens, Lancashire [2]

Wigan, Lancashire [2]

Adlington, Lancashire [1]

Arncliffe New South Wales [1]

Ashton-In-Makerfield, Lancashire [1]

Ashton-in-Makerfield, Lancashire [1]

Bathurst New South Wales [1]

Bendigo Victoria [1]

Bendigo, Victoria [1]

Bickerstaffe, Lancashire, England [1]

Birkenhead England [1]

Blackburn England [1]

Blackley, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Brighton Victoria [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [1]

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1]

Chorley [1]

Coonalpyn South Australia [1]

Crewe, Cheshire [1]

Earlestown, Lancashire [1]

Eastbourne [1]

Footscray Victoria [1]

Gloucester, Gloucestershire [1]

Hanley, Staffordshire [1]

Horseshoe Bend New South Wales [1]

Kadina South Australia [1]

Kent [1]

Lambeth, Surrey [1]

London England [1]

Nagpur [1]

New Lane, Ormskirk, Lancashire [1]

Newbridge, Kildare [1]

Newcastle New South Wales [1]

Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales [1]

Newton Heath, Lancashire [1]

Northampton, Northamptonshire, England [1]

Prescot, Lancashire [1]

Prescot, Rainhill, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [312]

Gunner [31]

Driver [30]

Corporal [29]

Sapper [23]

Serjeant [21]

Captain [15]

Second Lieutenant [15]

Lance Corporal [13]

Pioneer [9]

Acting Serjeant [6]

Major [5]

Acting Corporal [4]

Lieutenant [4]

Bombardier [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Sergeant [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Bandsman [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant /Acting Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Captain Temporary Major [1]

Corporal Acting Corporal [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Corporal/Acting Serjeant [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Drummer [1]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1]

Guardsman [1]

Mechanist Staff Serjeant [1]

Nurse [1]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Reverend [1]

Shipwright 2nd Class [1]

Signaller [1]

Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Temporary Bombardier [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [49]

Labour Corps [47]

Royal Field Artillery [45]

South Lancashire Regiment [36]

Army Service Corps [28]

Manchester Regiment [28]

Liverpool Regiment [25]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [25]

Lancashire Fusiliers [22]

Machine Gun Corps [22]

Royal Garrison Artillery [18]

Cheshire Regiment [17]

Royal Army Medical Corps [12]

Gloucestershire Regiment [10]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [10]

York and Lancaster Regiment [9]

East Lancashire Regiment [8]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [7]

London Regiment [7]

Royal Fusiliers [7]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [7]

Army Ordnance Corps [6]

Rifle Brigade [5]

Royal Engineers Transport [5]

South Staffordshire Regiment [5]

South Wales Borderers [5]

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [5]

Worcestershire Regiment [5]

Devonshire Regiment [4]

Durham Light Infantry [4]

Gordon Highlanders [4]

Monmouthshire Regiment [4]

Royal Army Service Corps [4]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [4]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4]

Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Army Cyclist Corps [3]

Border Regiment [3]

Canadian Infantry [3]

Leicestershire Regiment [3]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3]

Royal Flying Corps [3]

The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [3]

Welsh Regiment [3]

West Riding Regiment [3]

British Red Cross Society and Order of St John of Jerusalem [2]

Canadian Engineers [2]

East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

Hertfordshire Yeomanry [2]

Service

British Army [498]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [44]

Royal Navy [32]

Australian Imperial Force [24]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [16]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [633]

Contribution

Military Service [618]

Merchant Navy [11]

Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [14]

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People [633] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Liverpool, Lancashire [5] Bolton, Lancashire [4] Callington South Australia [4] Manchester, Lancashire [4] Devonport, Devon [3] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3] Saint Helens, Lancashire [3] Fleetwood, Lancashire [2] Lancashire [2] Leigh, Lancashire [2] Salford, Lancashire [2] Sandhurst Victoria [2] St Helens, Lancashire [2] Wigan, Lancashire [2] Adlington, Lancashire [1] Arncliffe New South Wales [1] Ashton-In-Makerfield, Lancashire [1] Ashton-in-Makerfield, Lancashire [1] Bathurst New South Wales [1] Bendigo Victoria [1] Bendigo, Victoria [1] Bickerstaffe, Lancashire, England [1] Birkenhead England [1] Blackburn England [1] Blackley, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Brighton Victoria [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [1] Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1] Chorley [1] Coonalpyn South Australia [1] Crewe, Cheshire [1] Earlestown, Lancashire [1] Eastbourne [1] Footscray Victoria [1] Gloucester, Gloucestershire [1] Hanley, Staffordshire [1] Horseshoe Bend New South Wales [1] Kadina South Australia [1] Kent [1] Lambeth, Surrey [1] London England [1] Nagpur [1] New Lane, Ormskirk, Lancashire [1] Newbridge, Kildare [1] Newcastle New South Wales [1] Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales [1] Newton Heath, Lancashire [1] Northampton, Northamptonshire, England [1] Prescot, Lancashire [1] Prescot, Rainhill, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [312] Gunner [31] Driver [30] Corporal [29] Sapper [23] Serjeant [21] Captain [15] Second Lieutenant [15] Lance Corporal [13] Pioneer [9] Acting Serjeant [6] Major [5] Acting Corporal [4] Lieutenant [4] Bombardier [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Sergeant [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Bandsman [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant /Acting Battery Serjeant Major [1] Captain Temporary Major [1] Corporal Acting Corporal [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Corporal/Acting Serjeant [1] Deck Hand [1] Drummer [1] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1] Guardsman [1] Mechanist Staff Serjeant [1] Nurse [1] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Reverend [1] Shipwright 2nd Class [1] Signaller [1] Stoker Petty Officer [1] Temporary Bombardier [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [49] Labour Corps [47] Royal Field Artillery [45] South Lancashire Regiment [36] Army Service Corps [28] Manchester Regiment [28] Liverpool Regiment [25] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [25] Lancashire Fusiliers [22] Machine Gun Corps [22] Royal Garrison Artillery [18] Cheshire Regiment [17] Royal Army Medical Corps [12] Gloucestershire Regiment [10] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [10] York and Lancaster Regiment [9] East Lancashire Regiment [8] King's Royal Rifle Corps [7] London Regiment [7] Royal Fusiliers [7] Royal Lancaster Regiment [7] Army Ordnance Corps [6] Rifle Brigade [5] Royal Engineers Transport [5] South Staffordshire Regiment [5] South Wales Borderers [5] The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [5] Worcestershire Regiment [5] Devonshire Regiment [4] Durham Light Infantry [4] Gordon Highlanders [4] Monmouthshire Regiment [4] Royal Army Service Corps [4] Royal Scots Fusiliers [4] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4] Yorkshire Regiment [4] Army Cyclist Corps [3] Border Regiment [3] Canadian Infantry [3] Leicestershire Regiment [3] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3] Royal Flying Corps [3] The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [3] Welsh Regiment [3] West Riding Regiment [3] British Red Cross Society and Order of St John of Jerusalem [2] Canadian Engineers [2] East Yorkshire Regiment [2] Grenadier Guards [2] Hertfordshire Yeomanry [2]

Service

British Army [498] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [44] Royal Navy [32] Australian Imperial Force [24] Canadian Expeditionary Force [16] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [633]

Contribution

Military Service [618] Merchant Navy [11] Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [14]

Sidney Critchley

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 17616 Private Welsh Regiment

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Matthew Critchley

Died 1918

British Army 241556 Private South Lancashire Regiment

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Harold James Critchley

Died 1917

British Army 4630 Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 203775 Corporal Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 4630 Corporal Lancashire Fusiliers

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Peter Critchley

Died 1915

British Army 21793 Private South Lancashire Regiment

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Thomas Critchley

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 61153 Private Welsh Regiment

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James Critchley

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army 52440 Cheshire Regiment

British Army 32444 Private Devonshire Regiment

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Robert Henry Critchley

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 201049 Private North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 201049 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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William Critchley

Died 1918

British Army 66201 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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John Critchley

Died 1916

British Army 1815 Private North Staffordshire Regiment 1/6th northst Battalion

British Army 1815 Private North Staffordshire Regiment

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David Critchley

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 40815 Private South Lancashire Regiment

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John Hodgkiss Critchley

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 6600 Manchester Regiment

British Army 277333 Private Manchester Regiment 2nd./7th. Battalion

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William Critchley

Died 1916

British Army S/11175 Private Seaforth Highlanders

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Albert Edward Critchley

Born 1896

Died 1919

Canadian Expeditionary Force 198955

Canadian Expeditionary Force 198955 Private Canadian Infantry

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Frederick Critchley

Born 1893

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 432735

Canadian Expeditionary Force 432735 Sergeant Canadian Infantry

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Ralph Critchley

Born 1884

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 1078083

Canadian Expeditionary Force 1078083 Sapper Canadian Engineers

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John Joseph Critchley

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 27629 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 27629 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 7th Battalion

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Arthur Leslie Critchley

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 319023

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Thomas Critchley

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 169142

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George Edgar Critchley

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 176081

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William Critchley

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 118688

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