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Manchester, Lancashire [4]

Stockport, Cheshire [3]

Altrincham, Cheshire [2]

Ardwick, Lancashire [2]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [2]

Blackburn, Lancashire [2]

Bolton, Lancashire [2]

Crewe, Cheshire [2]

Islington, London [2]

Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [2]

Saint Helens, Lancashire [2]

Ardwick, Manchester [1]

Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [1]

Bootle, Lancashire [1]

Bootle, Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

Bradford cum Beswick,Prestwich,Lancashire. [1]

Bromborough, Cheshire, England [1]

Bryn, Lancashire [1]

Cambridgeshire [1]

Carlton Victoria [1]

Chester [1]

Chorley, Lancashire [1]

Church, Lancs [1]

Earlestown, Lancashire [1]

Gateshead, Durham, England [1]

Greenwich, Kent [1]

Hackney Wick, London [1]

Hulme, Lancashire [1]

Kent England [1]

Lancashire England [1]

Launceston Tasmania [1]

Leicester, Leicestershire [1]

Liverpool [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1]

London England [1]

London, Middlesex [1]

Manchester [1]

Manchester, England [1]

Mansfield, Derbyshire [1]

Melbourne Victoria [1]

New Ferry, Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Newtown, Lancashire [1]

Ormskirk, Lancashire [1]

Pendleton, Lancashire [1]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [1]

Rotherhithe, London [1]

Runcorn, Cheshire, England [1]

Sale, Cheshire [1]

Southport, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [414]

Gunner [31]

Sapper [25]

Corporal [22]

Driver [20]

Serjeant [20]

Lance Corporal [18]

Second Lieutenant [8]

Pioneer [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Captain [3]

Lieutenant [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

68th Battalion [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Apprentice [1]

Bombardier [1]

Captain and Quarter Master [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Filter [1]

Guardsman [1]

Intelligence Officer [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Major [1]

Private Corporal [1]

Private Lance Corporal [1]

Quarter Master and Lieutenant [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Waggoner [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [62]

Lancashire Fusiliers [42]

Manchester Regiment [42]

Royal Engineers [41]

Royal Field Artillery [39]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [28]

Army Service Corps [27]

Liverpool Regiment [27]

Cheshire Regiment [23]

Royal Army Medical Corps [23]

South Lancashire Regiment [23]

Royal Garrison Artillery [21]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [17]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [14]

East Lancashire Regiment [13]

Machine Gun Corps [11]

Northumberland Fusiliers [11]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [8]

Welsh Regiment [8]

East Yorkshire Regiment [7]

Leicestershire Regiment [7]

Rifle Brigade [7]

West Yorkshire Regiment [7]

Border Regiment [6]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [6]

London Regiment [6]

Royal Army Service Corps [6]

Royal Defence Corps [6]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [5]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [5]

Royal Naval Division [5]

Yorkshire Regiment [5]

Bedfordshire Regiment [4]

Durham Light Infantry [4]

Gordon Highlanders [4]

Hampshire Regiment [4]

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [4]

Middlesex Regiment [4]

Royal Engineers Inland Waterways and Docks [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Royal Scots [4]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4]

Wiltshire Regiment [4]

York and Lancaster Regiment [4]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Grenadier Guards [3]

Highland Light Infantry [3]

Lincolnshire Regiment [3]

Liverpool Regiment Depot [3]

Service

British Army [557]

Royal Navy [37]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [31]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [30]

Australian Imperial Force [7]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

D [676]

Contribution

Military Service [662]

Merchant Navy [8]

Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [17]

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Place of birth

Manchester, Lancashire [4] Stockport, Cheshire [3] Altrincham, Cheshire [2] Ardwick, Lancashire [2] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [2] Blackburn, Lancashire [2] Bolton, Lancashire [2] Crewe, Cheshire [2] Islington, London [2] Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [2] Saint Helens, Lancashire [2] Ardwick, Manchester [1] Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [1] Bootle, Lancashire [1] Bootle, Liverpool, Lancashire [1] Bradford cum Beswick,Prestwich,Lancashire. [1] Bromborough, Cheshire, England [1] Bryn, Lancashire [1] Cambridgeshire [1] Carlton Victoria [1] Chester [1] Chorley, Lancashire [1] Church, Lancs [1] Earlestown, Lancashire [1] Gateshead, Durham, England [1] Greenwich, Kent [1] Hackney Wick, London [1] Hulme, Lancashire [1] Kent England [1] Lancashire England [1] Launceston Tasmania [1] Leicester, Leicestershire [1] Liverpool [1] Liverpool, Lancashire [1] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1] London England [1] London, Middlesex [1] Manchester [1] Manchester, England [1] Mansfield, Derbyshire [1] Melbourne Victoria [1] New Ferry, Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Newtown, Lancashire [1] Ormskirk, Lancashire [1] Pendleton, Lancashire [1] Portsmouth, Hampshire [1] Rotherhithe, London [1] Runcorn, Cheshire, England [1] Sale, Cheshire [1] Southport, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [414] Gunner [31] Sapper [25] Corporal [22] Driver [20] Serjeant [20] Lance Corporal [18] Second Lieutenant [8] Pioneer [4] Acting Corporal [3] Captain [3] Lieutenant [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Acting Serjeant [2] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Staff Serjeant [2] 68th Battalion [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Apprentice [1] Bombardier [1] Captain and Quarter Master [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Filter [1] Guardsman [1] Intelligence Officer [1] Leading Stoker [1] Major [1] Private Corporal [1] Private Lance Corporal [1] Quarter Master and Lieutenant [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Waggoner [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [62] Lancashire Fusiliers [42] Manchester Regiment [42] Royal Engineers [41] Royal Field Artillery [39] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [28] Army Service Corps [27] Liverpool Regiment [27] Cheshire Regiment [23] Royal Army Medical Corps [23] South Lancashire Regiment [23] Royal Garrison Artillery [21] Royal Lancaster Regiment [17] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [14] East Lancashire Regiment [13] Machine Gun Corps [11] Northumberland Fusiliers [11] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [8] Welsh Regiment [8] East Yorkshire Regiment [7] Leicestershire Regiment [7] Rifle Brigade [7] West Yorkshire Regiment [7] Border Regiment [6] King's Royal Rifle Corps [6] London Regiment [6] Royal Army Service Corps [6] Royal Defence Corps [6] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [5] Royal Irish Fusiliers [5] Royal Naval Division [5] Yorkshire Regiment [5] Bedfordshire Regiment [4] Durham Light Infantry [4] Gordon Highlanders [4] Hampshire Regiment [4] King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [4] Middlesex Regiment [4] Royal Engineers Inland Waterways and Docks [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] Royal Scots [4] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4] Wiltshire Regiment [4] York and Lancaster Regiment [4] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [3] Army Ordnance Corps [3] Grenadier Guards [3] Highland Light Infantry [3] Lincolnshire Regiment [3] Liverpool Regiment Depot [3]

Service

British Army [557] Royal Navy [37] Canadian Expeditionary Force [31] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [30] Australian Imperial Force [7] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

D [676]

Contribution

Military Service [662] Merchant Navy [8] Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [17]

Arnold Booth Derbyshire

Born 1896

Died 1980

British Army 285221 Private Welsh Regiment

British Army 291755 Private Cheshire Regiment

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Thomas Derbyshire

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 14962 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 14962 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 8th Battalion.

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Samuel Derbyshire

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 203655 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 4th

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Joseph Derbyshire

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army G/24309 (incomplete) Private East Kent Regiment

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Robert Derbyshire

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 280319

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Bertie Derbyshire

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 49037

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John William Derbyshire

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 141619

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Richard Derbyshire

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 108130

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Vincent Derbyshire

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 3341

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Ernest Derbyshire

Died 1916

British Army 4503 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 4503 Private Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 1/5th Battalion

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Charles Derbyshire

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 2586 Lance Corporal Royal Lancaster Regiment

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Henry Colin Derbyshire

Died 1918

British Army 201380 Lance Corporal Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 201380 Corporal Northumberland Fusiliers

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Frederick Derbyshire

Died 1917

British Army 21209 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 21209 Corporal Royal Field Artillery

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John Derbyshire

Died 1918

British Army 18159 Private Army Cyclist Corps

British Army 301629 Private Tank Corps

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John Derbyshire

Born 1881

British Army 7461 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers

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Ralph Derbyshire

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 18581 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 18581 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

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Thomas Derbyshire

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 19917 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army 176894 Private Labour Corps 372nd Home Service Employment Coy

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John Derbyshire

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 19740 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 19740 Acting Corporal York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 19740 Corporal York and Lancaster Regiment

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Albert Derbyshire

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 34325

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William James Derbyshire

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 10357

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