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Fleetwood, Lancashire [6]

Sydney New South Wales [4]

Bairnsdale Victoria [3]

Bathurst New South Wales [3]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [3]

Grimsby, Lincolnshire [3]

Hackney, London [3]

Kyneton Victoria [3]

Leeds, Yorkshire [3]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3]

London, Middlesex, England [3]

Ballarat Victoria [2]

Barton Upon Irwell [2]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [2]

Bolton Lancashire [2]

Cherry Tree Hill New South Wales [2]

Chester, Cheshire [2]

Clermont Queensland [2]

Elmhurst Victoria [2]

Hackney, London, Middlesex [2]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [2]

Ipswich, Suffolk [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

Newcastle New South Wales [2]

North Shields, Northumberland, England [2]

Orbost Victoria [2]

Plymouth, Devon [2]

Retford, Nottinghamshire [2]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Alexandria New South Wales [1]

Annandale New South Wales [1]

Ararat Victoria [1]

Ashford, Kent [1]

Avoca Victoria [1]

Balmain New South Wales [1]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

Barnt Green, Worcs [1]

Barolin Queensland [1]

Bega New South Wales [1]

Belfast, Antrim [1]

Bendigo Victoria [1]

Benenden, Kent [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1]

Birmingham England [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Blackburn, Lancashire [1]

Blackpool [1]

Bodle Street Green [1]

Bournemouth, Hampshire, England [1]

Rank

Private [745]

Gunner [96]

Serjeant [67]

Driver [65]

Corporal [60]

Sapper [56]

Lance Corporal [30]

Second Lieutenant [30]

Bombardier [13]

Lieutenant [13]

Captain [12]

Major [10]

Acting Serjeant [9]

Acting Corporal [8]

Pioneer [5]

Acting Bombardier [4]

Colour Serjeant [4]

Trooper [4]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Acting Colour Serjeant [3]

Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Midshipman [3]

Rifleman [3]

Acting Captain [2]

Acting Sister [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Brigadier General [2]

Company Sergeant Major [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Musician [2]

Reverend [2]

Squadron Serjeant Major [2]

Staff Nurse [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Staff Serjeant Major [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Worker [2]

Acting Boatswain [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Bandmaster [1]

Bearer [1]

Captain Adjutant [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [115]

Labour Corps [88]

Royal Engineers [84]

Army Service Corps [78]

Machine Gun Corps [53]

Royal Garrison Artillery [50]

Royal Army Medical Corps [38]

London Regiment [35]

Lincolnshire Regiment [31]

West Yorkshire Regiment [30]

Yorkshire Regiment [28]

Liverpool Regiment [23]

Northumberland Fusiliers [21]

Royal Fusiliers [21]

Royal Sussex Regiment [20]

Middlesex Regiment [19]

Lancashire Fusiliers [18]

Manchester Regiment [18]

Northamptonshire Regiment [18]

Rifle Brigade [18]

Bedfordshire Regiment [17]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [17]

York and Lancaster Regiment [17]

Durham Light Infantry [16]

Suffolk Regiment [16]

East Yorkshire Regiment [14]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [14]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [13]

Royal Army Service Corps [13]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [13]

South Lancashire Regiment [13]

Cheshire Regiment [12]

East Kent Regiment [12]

Hampshire Regiment [12]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [12]

Leicestershire Regiment [11]

Scottish Rifles [11]

Army Ordnance Corps [10]

Devonshire Regiment [10]

Essex Regiment [10]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [10]

Canadian Infantry [9]

North Staffordshire Regiment [9]

Royal Irish Rifles [9]

Worcestershire Regiment [9]

Grenadier Guards [8]

Royal Irish Regiment [8]

South Staffordshire Regiment [8]

South Wales Borderers [8]

Tank Corps [8]

Service

British Army [1175]

Royal Navy [101]

Australian Imperial Force [94]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [88]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [75]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [15]

Last name first letter

C [1580]

M [1]

P [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1545]

Merchant Navy [28]

Conscientious Objector [5]

Country

United Kingdom [37]

Australia [1]

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Place of birth

Fleetwood, Lancashire [6] Sydney New South Wales [4] Bairnsdale Victoria [3] Bathurst New South Wales [3] Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [3] Grimsby, Lincolnshire [3] Hackney, London [3] Kyneton Victoria [3] Leeds, Yorkshire [3] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3] London, Middlesex, England [3] Ballarat Victoria [2] Barton Upon Irwell [2] Birkenhead, Cheshire [2] Bolton Lancashire [2] Cherry Tree Hill New South Wales [2] Chester, Cheshire [2] Clermont Queensland [2] Elmhurst Victoria [2] Hackney, London, Middlesex [2] Hull, Yorkshire, England [2] Ipswich, Suffolk [2] London, Middlesex [2] Newcastle New South Wales [2] North Shields, Northumberland, England [2] Orbost Victoria [2] Plymouth, Devon [2] Retford, Nottinghamshire [2] Adelaide South Australia [1] Alexandria New South Wales [1] Annandale New South Wales [1] Ararat Victoria [1] Ashford, Kent [1] Avoca Victoria [1] Balmain New South Wales [1] Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Barnt Green, Worcs [1] Barolin Queensland [1] Bega New South Wales [1] Belfast, Antrim [1] Bendigo Victoria [1] Benenden, Kent [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1] Birmingham England [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Blackburn, Lancashire [1] Blackpool [1] Bodle Street Green [1] Bournemouth, Hampshire, England [1]

Rank

Private [745] Gunner [96] Serjeant [67] Driver [65] Corporal [60] Sapper [56] Lance Corporal [30] Second Lieutenant [30] Bombardier [13] Lieutenant [13] Captain [12] Major [10] Acting Serjeant [9] Acting Corporal [8] Pioneer [5] Acting Bombardier [4] Colour Serjeant [4] Trooper [4] Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Able Seaman [3] Acting Colour Serjeant [3] Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [3] Midshipman [3] Rifleman [3] Acting Captain [2] Acting Sister [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Brigadier General [2] Company Sergeant Major [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Musician [2] Reverend [2] Squadron Serjeant Major [2] Staff Nurse [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Staff Serjeant Major [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Temporary Captain [2] Worker [2] Acting Boatswain [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Lance Serjeant [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Bandmaster [1] Bearer [1] Captain Adjutant [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [115] Labour Corps [88] Royal Engineers [84] Army Service Corps [78] Machine Gun Corps [53] Royal Garrison Artillery [50] Royal Army Medical Corps [38] London Regiment [35] Lincolnshire Regiment [31] West Yorkshire Regiment [30] Yorkshire Regiment [28] Liverpool Regiment [23] Northumberland Fusiliers [21] Royal Fusiliers [21] Royal Sussex Regiment [20] Middlesex Regiment [19] Lancashire Fusiliers [18] Manchester Regiment [18] Northamptonshire Regiment [18] Rifle Brigade [18] Bedfordshire Regiment [17] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [17] York and Lancaster Regiment [17] Durham Light Infantry [16] Suffolk Regiment [16] East Yorkshire Regiment [14] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [14] King's Royal Rifle Corps [13] Royal Army Service Corps [13] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [13] South Lancashire Regiment [13] Cheshire Regiment [12] East Kent Regiment [12] Hampshire Regiment [12] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [12] Leicestershire Regiment [11] Scottish Rifles [11] Army Ordnance Corps [10] Devonshire Regiment [10] Essex Regiment [10] Royal Lancaster Regiment [10] Canadian Infantry [9] North Staffordshire Regiment [9] Royal Irish Rifles [9] Worcestershire Regiment [9] Grenadier Guards [8] Royal Irish Regiment [8] South Staffordshire Regiment [8] South Wales Borderers [8] Tank Corps [8]

Service

British Army [1175] Royal Navy [101] Australian Imperial Force [94] Canadian Expeditionary Force [88] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [75] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [15]

Last name first letter

C [1580] M [1] P [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1545] Merchant Navy [28] Conscientious Objector [5]

Country

United Kingdom [37] Australia [1]

William Edward Croft

Born 1872

Died 1915

British Army 6273 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 1st Battalion

British Army 6273 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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James Croft

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 59861 Private Northamptonshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Gordon Wesley Croft

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 223270

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George Baker Croft

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 236674

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Russell Croft

Died 1915

British Army 17267 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

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Edward John Croft

Born 1886

Died 1919

Royal Navy 219160 Ship's Corporal 1st Class H.M.S. "Victory"

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Archibald Croft

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 409245

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Leslie Albert Croft

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 125198

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John Henry Croft

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 58807 Private Royal Fusiliers 11th Battalion

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Frank Croft

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 97874

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Sidney Edward Croft

Born 1894

Died 1916

Royal Navy Z/1207 Able Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve HMS BLACK PRINCE

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Gilbert Croft

Died 1916

British Army SD/2266 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

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Herbert Croft

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 1760 Private Sussex Yeomanry

British Army 320136 Lance Corporal Royal Sussex Regiment

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Cyril Talbot Burney Croft

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Somerset Light Infantry 9th Battalion

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John Croft

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 8728 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 243866 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 243866 Lance Corporal Loyal North Lancashire Reg. 1st/5th (Territorial) Battalion.

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William Charles Croft

Born 1896

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 140051

Canadian Expeditionary Force 140051 Private Canadian Infantry

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Frank Richard Croft

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 90116

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James Stanley Croft

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army G/4677 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army G/4677 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 2nd Battalion

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Edwin Croft

Born 1880

Died 1916

British Army 15210 Corporal 16th Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 3186 Corporal Manchester Regiment 13th manchest Battalion

British Army 15210 Serjeant Lancashire Fusiliers

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Charles Croft

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 300208

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