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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]

Witton Perowne Dalton

Born 1893

Died 1981

British Army Second Lieutenant Norfolk Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Attached Liverpool Regiment

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William Leonard Dalton

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 141035

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Frederick James Searle Dalton

Born 1891

Died 1953

British Army 4102 Private 17th Lancers

British Army 50812 Lance Corporal Machine Gun Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps

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Charles Dalton

Born 1866

Died 1914

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Army Medical Corps

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Edward Dalton

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 2464 Private Cameron Highlanders 4th Bn

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Edward Dalton

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 5010 Private 29th Army Cyclist Corps

British Army 7624 Royal Dublin Fusiliers

British Army 25132 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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George Frank Dalton

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 161159

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Thomas George Dalton

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 260025

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George Albert Dalton

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 30292

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Charles Dalton

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 22252

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Christian Dalton

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 103438

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John Dalton

Born 1886

Died 1914

British Army 7299 Private Somerset Light Infantry 1st Battalion

British Army 7299 Private Somerset Light Infantry

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John Thompson Dalton

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 56090

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John R. Dalton

Died 1917

British Army 307692 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 307692 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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James Edward Dalton

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 25214 Private Border Regiment

British Army 28093 Private 4th Battalion North Lancashire Regiment 1st/5th (Territorial) Battalion.

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James Dalton

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 194296 Private Labour Corps 1st

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Thomas Dalton

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 202055 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery Anti-Aircraft Depot

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George Dalton

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 218105

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William George Henry Dalton

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 225801

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Seth Dalton

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 240197

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