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Bolton, Lancashire [5]

Blackburn, Lancashire [3]

Bolton Lancashire [3]

Bury, Lancashire [3]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3]

Manchester, Lancashire [3]

Wigan, Lancashire [3]

Grays, Essex [2]

Lancashire [2]

Launceston Tasmania [2]

Ormskirk, Lancashire [2]

Preston, Lancashire [2]

Salford, Lancashire [2]

Accrington, Lancashire [1]

Adelong New South Wales [1]

Aldgate South Australia [1]

Atherton, Lancashire [1]

Averley, Surrey [1]

Bacup, Lancashire [1]

Battersea, Surrey, England [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1]

Bolton, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Bromley Cross, Bolton, Lancashire [1]

Burnside South Australia [1]

Cheetham Hill, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Cherry Hinton, Cambridgeshire [1]

Chorlton Manchester Lancashire [1]

Christchurch, Hampshire [1]

Coventry, Warwickshire [1]

Deptford, London [1]

Devonport, Devon [1]

Dukinfield, Cheshire, district Ashton under Lyne [1]

Durham, Durham [1]

Ealing, London [1]

Farnworth Lancashire [1]

Farnworth, Lancashire [1]

Garstang, Lancashire [1]

Glossop, Derbyshire [1]

Halliwell, Daubhill, Lancashire [1]

Harborne, Staffordshire [1]

Hay-on-Wye [1]

Henley, Warwickshire [1]

Hereford [1]

Hereford, Herefordshire [1]

Herefordshire [1]

Higherardinck England [1]

Hindley,Wigan [1]

Hockley, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Hunnington England [1]

Kingston On Thames, Surrey [1]

Rank

Private [590]

Gunner [48]

Corporal [47]

Driver [43]

Serjeant [40]

Sapper [24]

Second Lieutenant [22]

Lance Corporal [18]

Acting Corporal [11]

Captain [10]

Pioneer [7]

Lieutenant [5]

Acting Bombardier [4]

Bombardier [4]

Rifleman [4]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Major [2]

Private /Lance Corporal [2]

Shoeing Corporal [2]

Signalman [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Armourer's Crew [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Canteener [1]

Chief Yeoman of Signals [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Farrier Serjeant [1]

Fitter Gunner [1]

Forewoman [1]

Guardsman [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Nurse [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Private Corporal [1]

Sergeant [1]

Sister [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Transport Serjeant [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

Manchester Regiment [83]

Royal Field Artillery [71]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [67]

Labour Corps [65]

Royal Engineers [57]

Liverpool Regiment [43]

Army Service Corps [41]

Lancashire Fusiliers [40]

Machine Gun Corps [34]

Royal Army Medical Corps [32]

Royal Garrison Artillery [24]

South Lancashire Regiment [24]

Cheshire Regiment [19]

London Regiment [18]

Royal Fusiliers [18]

East Lancashire Regiment [16]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [16]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [13]

York and Lancaster Regiment [11]

Border Regiment [10]

Lincolnshire Regiment [10]

East Yorkshire Regiment [9]

Northumberland Fusiliers [9]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [9]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [9]

Welsh Regiment [9]

Army Ordnance Corps [8]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [8]

South Wales Borderers [8]

Durham Light Infantry [7]

Royal Army Service Corps [7]

Seaforth Highlanders [7]

Worcestershire Regiment [7]

Coldstream Guards [6]

Grenadier Guards [6]

Rifle Brigade [6]

West Riding Regiment [6]

Army Cyclist Corps [5]

East Surrey Regiment [5]

Gloucestershire Regiment [5]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [5]

Royal Air Force [5]

Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

Middlesex Regiment [4]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [4]

South Staffordshire Regiment [4]

The Queen's Regiment [4]

Yorkshire Regiment [4]

1/5th Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [829]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [62]

Royal Navy [44]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [34]

Australian Imperial Force [20]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [10]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [1009]

D [2]

Contribution

Military Service [999]

Merchant Navy [5]

Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [16]

China [1]

South Africa [1]

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Place of birth

Bolton, Lancashire [5] Blackburn, Lancashire [3] Bolton Lancashire [3] Bury, Lancashire [3] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3] Manchester, Lancashire [3] Wigan, Lancashire [3] Grays, Essex [2] Lancashire [2] Launceston Tasmania [2] Ormskirk, Lancashire [2] Preston, Lancashire [2] Salford, Lancashire [2] Accrington, Lancashire [1] Adelong New South Wales [1] Aldgate South Australia [1] Atherton, Lancashire [1] Averley, Surrey [1] Bacup, Lancashire [1] Battersea, Surrey, England [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1] Bolton, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Bromley Cross, Bolton, Lancashire [1] Burnside South Australia [1] Cheetham Hill, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Cherry Hinton, Cambridgeshire [1] Chorlton Manchester Lancashire [1] Christchurch, Hampshire [1] Coventry, Warwickshire [1] Deptford, London [1] Devonport, Devon [1] Dukinfield, Cheshire, district Ashton under Lyne [1] Durham, Durham [1] Ealing, London [1] Farnworth Lancashire [1] Farnworth, Lancashire [1] Garstang, Lancashire [1] Glossop, Derbyshire [1] Halliwell, Daubhill, Lancashire [1] Harborne, Staffordshire [1] Hay-on-Wye [1] Henley, Warwickshire [1] Hereford [1] Hereford, Herefordshire [1] Herefordshire [1] Higherardinck England [1] Hindley,Wigan [1] Hockley, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Hunnington England [1] Kingston On Thames, Surrey [1]

Rank

Private [590] Gunner [48] Corporal [47] Driver [43] Serjeant [40] Sapper [24] Second Lieutenant [22] Lance Corporal [18] Acting Corporal [11] Captain [10] Pioneer [7] Lieutenant [5] Acting Bombardier [4] Bombardier [4] Rifleman [4] Acting Serjeant [3] Major [2] Private /Lance Corporal [2] Shoeing Corporal [2] Signalman [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Armourer's Crew [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Canteener [1] Chief Yeoman of Signals [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Farrier Serjeant [1] Fitter Gunner [1] Forewoman [1] Guardsman [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Nurse [1] Nursing Sister [1] Private Corporal [1] Sergeant [1] Sister [1] Staff Nurse [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Temporary Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Transport Serjeant [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Manchester Regiment [83] Royal Field Artillery [71] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [67] Labour Corps [65] Royal Engineers [57] Liverpool Regiment [43] Army Service Corps [41] Lancashire Fusiliers [40] Machine Gun Corps [34] Royal Army Medical Corps [32] Royal Garrison Artillery [24] South Lancashire Regiment [24] Cheshire Regiment [19] London Regiment [18] Royal Fusiliers [18] East Lancashire Regiment [16] Royal Lancaster Regiment [16] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [13] York and Lancaster Regiment [11] Border Regiment [10] Lincolnshire Regiment [10] East Yorkshire Regiment [9] Northumberland Fusiliers [9] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [9] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [9] Welsh Regiment [9] Army Ordnance Corps [8] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [8] South Wales Borderers [8] Durham Light Infantry [7] Royal Army Service Corps [7] Seaforth Highlanders [7] Worcestershire Regiment [7] Coldstream Guards [6] Grenadier Guards [6] Rifle Brigade [6] West Riding Regiment [6] Army Cyclist Corps [5] East Surrey Regiment [5] Gloucestershire Regiment [5] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [5] Royal Air Force [5] Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] Middlesex Regiment [4] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [4] South Staffordshire Regiment [4] The Queen's Regiment [4] Yorkshire Regiment [4] 1/5th Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [829] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [62] Royal Navy [44] Canadian Expeditionary Force [34] Australian Imperial Force [20] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [10] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [1009] D [2]

Contribution

Military Service [999] Merchant Navy [5] Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [16] China [1] South Africa [1]

Frank Crompton

Born 1885

Died 1964

Royal Navy 1059 Acting Corporal Royal Marines Divisional Engineers

Royal Navy 1059 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal

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John Edwin Crompton

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 20552 Lance Corporal Manchester Regiment

British Army 20552 Lance Serjeant Manchester Regiment 20th Battalion.

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Norman Crompton

Died 1914

British Army 9273 Corporal South Lancashire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 9273 Corporal Prince of Wales (South Lancashire Regiment) 2nd Battalion

British Army 9273 Corporal South Lancashire Regiment

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Edward Crompton

Born 1883

Died 1916

British Army 48963 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 3rd Battalion

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Cyril Crompton

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) 11th Battalion

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George Crompton

Born 1894

British Army 265192 Private Cheshire Regiment 6th (Territorial) Battalion

British Army 1384 Private Cheshire Regiment 6th Battalion

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Arthur Oswald Crompton

Born 1877

Died 1937

British Army 52167 Private Manchester Regiment 1st Battalion

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Frank Crompton

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 36143

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Richard Crompton

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 302126

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William Crompton

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 22059 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 236372 Driver Royal Engineers

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Edward Crompton

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 56451

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Ernest Alfred Crompton

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 135015

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Louis Crompton

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 119000

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George Robert Crompton

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 37609

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James Crompton

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 286119

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John James Crompton

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 303637

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Joseph H Crompton

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 359677 Private Liverpool Regiment

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Henry John Crompton

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 148258

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Thomas Crompton

Born 1877

Died 1916

British Army 2196 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 2196 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment "D" Company, 1st/5th (Territorial) Battalion.

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Walter Crompton

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 284651

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