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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [7]

Ballarat Victoria [5]

Dublin, Suffolk, England [5]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [5]

Belfast, Antrim [4]

London, Middlesex, England [4]

Manchester, Lancashire [4]

Melbourne Victoria [4]

South Melbourne Victoria [4]

Sydney New South Wales [4]

Brisbane Queensland [3]

Coventry, Warwickshire [3]

Driffield, Yorkshire [3]

Hull, Yorkshire [3]

Launceston Tasmania [3]

Maidstone, Kent [3]

Newcastle New South Wales [3]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [3]

Yorkshire [3]

Arundel, Sussex [2]

Beckenham, Kent [2]

Campbell Town Tasmania [2]

Cumberland [2]

Essex [2]

Gillingham, Kent [2]

Gravesend, Kent [2]

Homebush New South Wales [2]

Howden, Goole, Yorkshire [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

Montville Queensland [2]

Morpeth, Northumberland [2]

Orange New South Wales [2]

Paddington New South Wales [2]

Peckham, London [2]

Preston, Lancashire [2]

Rotherham, Yorkshire [2]

South Shields, Durham [2]

Surry Hills New South Wales [2]

Swanscombe, Kent [2]

Toowoomba Queensland [2]

Warrnambool Victoria [2]

14 Clark Street Kinning Park Glasgow Lanarkshire Scotland [1]

Adaville Queensland [1]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Aldershot, Surrey [1]

All Saints, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Allansford Victoria [1]

Annandale New South Wales [1]

Attleborough near Nuneaton [1]

Barking, Essex [1]

Rank

Private [813]

Gunner [96]

Corporal [77]

Driver [68]

Serjeant [63]

Sapper [45]

Second Lieutenant [40]

Lance Corporal [28]

Acting Corporal [21]

Captain [21]

Pioneer [19]

Acting Serjeant [14]

Bombardier [13]

Lieutenant [13]

Major [8]

Staff Serjeant [7]

Company Serjeant Major [6]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Acting Bombardier [5]

Rifleman [5]

Lance Serjeant [4]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Worker [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Boy 1st Class [3]

Nurse [3]

Sergeant [3]

2nd Corporal [2]

Acting Captain [2]

Acting Staff Serjeant [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Admiral [2]

Drummer [2]

Farrier Serjeant [2]

Rear Admiral [2]

Shoeing Smith [2]

Sister [2]

Staff Nurse [2]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

2nd Corp [1]

Acting Captain Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Major [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Blacksmith's Mate [1]

Captain and Adjutant [1]

Captain/ Adjutant [1]

Captain/Temporary Major [1]

Chief Yeoman of Signals [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [117]

Royal Field Artillery [116]

Royal Engineers [96]

Army Service Corps [65]

Royal Garrison Artillery [60]

Machine Gun Corps [38]

London Regiment [37]

Royal Army Medical Corps [35]

Yorkshire Regiment [32]

Northumberland Fusiliers [31]

Manchester Regiment [29]

Border Regiment [26]

West Yorkshire Regiment [26]

Royal Irish Regiment [25]

Royal Fusiliers [23]

East Yorkshire Regiment [22]

Lincolnshire Regiment [22]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [21]

Liverpool Regiment [21]

Durham Light Infantry [20]

York and Lancaster Regiment [20]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [19]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [18]

Royal Naval Division [17]

Hampshire Regiment [16]

Middlesex Regiment [16]

Army Ordnance Corps [15]

Cheshire Regiment [15]

Lancashire Fusiliers [15]

Royal Army Service Corps [15]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [15]

Worcestershire Regiment [15]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [14]

East Lancashire Regiment [13]

Rifle Brigade [13]

The Queen's Regiment [13]

Irish Guards [12]

Leinster Regiment [12]

Royal Defence Corps [12]

South Staffordshire Regiment [12]

East Surrey Regiment [11]

Norfolk Regiment [11]

Canadian Infantry [10]

Dorsetshire Regiment [10]

Royal Irish Rifles [10]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [10]

Essex Regiment [9]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [9]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [9]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [9]

Service

British Army [1286]

Australian Imperial Force [143]

Royal Navy [139]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [113]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [87]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [37]

Other Empire Force [3]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

D [1847]

G [10]

T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1804]

Merchant Navy [44]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [40]

Ireland [2]

South Africa [1]

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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [7] Ballarat Victoria [5] Dublin, Suffolk, England [5] Hull, Yorkshire, England [5] Belfast, Antrim [4] London, Middlesex, England [4] Manchester, Lancashire [4] Melbourne Victoria [4] South Melbourne Victoria [4] Sydney New South Wales [4] Brisbane Queensland [3] Coventry, Warwickshire [3] Driffield, Yorkshire [3] Hull, Yorkshire [3] Launceston Tasmania [3] Maidstone, Kent [3] Newcastle New South Wales [3] Sheffield, Yorkshire [3] Yorkshire [3] Arundel, Sussex [2] Beckenham, Kent [2] Campbell Town Tasmania [2] Cumberland [2] Essex [2] Gillingham, Kent [2] Gravesend, Kent [2] Homebush New South Wales [2] Howden, Goole, Yorkshire [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] Montville Queensland [2] Morpeth, Northumberland [2] Orange New South Wales [2] Paddington New South Wales [2] Peckham, London [2] Preston, Lancashire [2] Rotherham, Yorkshire [2] South Shields, Durham [2] Surry Hills New South Wales [2] Swanscombe, Kent [2] Toowoomba Queensland [2] Warrnambool Victoria [2] 14 Clark Street Kinning Park Glasgow Lanarkshire Scotland [1] Adaville Queensland [1] Adelaide South Australia [1] Aldershot, Surrey [1] All Saints, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Allansford Victoria [1] Annandale New South Wales [1] Attleborough near Nuneaton [1] Barking, Essex [1]

Rank

Private [813] Gunner [96] Corporal [77] Driver [68] Serjeant [63] Sapper [45] Second Lieutenant [40] Lance Corporal [28] Acting Corporal [21] Captain [21] Pioneer [19] Acting Serjeant [14] Bombardier [13] Lieutenant [13] Major [8] Staff Serjeant [7] Company Serjeant Major [6] Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Acting Bombardier [5] Rifleman [5] Lance Serjeant [4] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Worker [4] Able Seaman [3] Boy 1st Class [3] Nurse [3] Sergeant [3] 2nd Corporal [2] Acting Captain [2] Acting Staff Serjeant [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Admiral [2] Drummer [2] Farrier Serjeant [2] Rear Admiral [2] Shoeing Smith [2] Sister [2] Staff Nurse [2] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] 2nd Corp [1] Acting Captain Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Major [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Blacksmith's Mate [1] Captain and Adjutant [1] Captain/ Adjutant [1] Captain/Temporary Major [1] Chief Yeoman of Signals [1] Colour Serjeant [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [117] Royal Field Artillery [116] Royal Engineers [96] Army Service Corps [65] Royal Garrison Artillery [60] Machine Gun Corps [38] London Regiment [37] Royal Army Medical Corps [35] Yorkshire Regiment [32] Northumberland Fusiliers [31] Manchester Regiment [29] Border Regiment [26] West Yorkshire Regiment [26] Royal Irish Regiment [25] Royal Fusiliers [23] East Yorkshire Regiment [22] Lincolnshire Regiment [22] King's Royal Rifle Corps [21] Liverpool Regiment [21] Durham Light Infantry [20] York and Lancaster Regiment [20] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [19] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [18] Royal Naval Division [17] Hampshire Regiment [16] Middlesex Regiment [16] Army Ordnance Corps [15] Cheshire Regiment [15] Lancashire Fusiliers [15] Royal Army Service Corps [15] Royal Irish Fusiliers [15] Worcestershire Regiment [15] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [14] East Lancashire Regiment [13] Rifle Brigade [13] The Queen's Regiment [13] Irish Guards [12] Leinster Regiment [12] Royal Defence Corps [12] South Staffordshire Regiment [12] East Surrey Regiment [11] Norfolk Regiment [11] Canadian Infantry [10] Dorsetshire Regiment [10] Royal Irish Rifles [10] Royal Munster Fusiliers [10] Essex Regiment [9] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [9] Royal Lancaster Regiment [9] Royal Scots Fusiliers [9]

Service

British Army [1286] Australian Imperial Force [143] Royal Navy [139] Canadian Expeditionary Force [113] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [87] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [37] Other Empire Force [3] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

D [1847] G [10] T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1804] Merchant Navy [44] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [40] Ireland [2] South Africa [1]

Peter Forrester Dalton

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 16053 Corporal Liverpool Regiment

British Army 16053 Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 Liverpool Regiment

British Army 16053 Sergeant The King's (Liverpool Regiment) "C" Company, 17th Battalion - 1st Liverpool Pals

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Thomas Washington Dalton

Born 1896

Died 1967

British Army 3044 Private 1/5th Liverpool Regiment

British Army 200927 Private 1/5th Liverpool Regiment

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Patrick Dalton

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 16101 Private Royal Dublin Fusiliers

British Army 16101 Corporal Royal Dublin Fusiliers

British Army 16101 Corporal Royal Dublin Fusileirs 9th Battalion

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William Henry Dalton

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 929 Acting Corporal London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 929 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Enoch Dalton

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army 2882 Private Coldstream Guards

British Army 86123 Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army 86123 2nd Corporal Royal Engineers

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Arthur William Dalton

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 1723 Private Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 1/7th Battalion

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Michael Dalton

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 16883 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

British Army 16883 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 9th Batallion

British Army 16883 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 9 th Batallion

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Jeanie Glassford Dalton

Born 1874

Died 1916

British Army Sister Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service General Hospital

British Army 2D/147 Sister Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve

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Reginald Frank Dalton

Born 1894

Died 1983

British Army 95483 Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army 610959 Corporal Labour Corps

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Robert Dalton

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 140124

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Christopher Dalton

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 77973

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Joshua Bower Dalton

Born 1880

Died 1938

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps

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Edward Montague Dalton

Died 1917

British Army 374901 Private London Regiment 8th lond Battalion

British Army 374901 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 2nd/8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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George Dalton

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 49049

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Charles Henry Dalton

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 52001

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Alfred John Dalton

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 88906

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John Dalton

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 305572

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Thomas Dalton

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 1766 Lance Corporal East Surrey Regiment

British Army 200384 Private East Surrey Regiment

British Army 200384 Lance Corporal East Surrey Regiment

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Daniel Dalton

Born 1875

Died 1914

British Army 4999 Private Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Reginald Claude Dalton

Born 1893

Died 1916

Royal Navy M3392 Sick Berth Attendant HMS TIPPERARY

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