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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [11]

Leeds, Yorkshire [9]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [6]

Newcastle, Northumberland [5]

Blackpool, Lancashire [4]

Liverpool, Lancashire [4]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [4]

Ballarat Victoria [3]

Barnsley England [3]

Brisbane Queensland [3]

Broughton Victoria [3]

Leigh, Lancashire [3]

Thorpdale Victoria [3]

Adlington, Lancashire [2]

Albert Park Victoria [2]

Bolton, Lancashire [2]

Bradford, Yorkshire [2]

Calliope Queensland [2]

Castleford, Yorkshire [2]

Charlton, Kent [2]

Chiswick, London [2]

Chorley, Lancashire [2]

Durham, Durham [2]

Glebe New South Wales [2]

Harrogate, Yorkshire [2]

Hounslow England [2]

Jarrow, Durham, England [2]

Keighley, Yorkshire [2]

Kew Victoria [2]

Leeds [2]

Lincoln [2]

Malton, Yorkshire [2]

Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, England [2]

Morley, Yorkshire [2]

Newcastle On Tyne England [2]

Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [2]

Perth Western Australia [2]

Preston, Lancashire [2]

Salford, Lancashire [2]

Sheffield [2]

South Melbourne Victoria [2]

Southport, Lancashire [2]

St Arnaud Victoria [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

Tooborac Victoria [2]

Ulverston, Lancashire [2]

Woodbridge, Suffolk [2]

Yorkshire [2]

Adamstown New South Wales [1]

Allendale, Northumberland, England [1]

Rank

Private [1463]

Gunner [176]

Driver [125]

Serjeant [117]

Corporal [107]

Sapper [92]

Second Lieutenant [86]

Lieutenant [79]

Captain [66]

Lance Corporal [55]

Pioneer [28]

Acting Corporal [23]

Major [20]

Acting Serjeant [14]

Bombardier [14]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [14]

Company Serjeant Major [13]

Rifleman [11]

Acting Bombardier [7]

Lance Serjeant [7]

Staff Serjeant [7]

Acting Lance Corporal [6]

Colour Serjeant [6]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [5]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [5]

Temporary Lieutenant [5]

Corporal 2nd [4]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Staff Nurse [4]

Trooper [4]

Worker [4]

Acting Corporal 2nd [3]

Guardsman [3]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [3]

Orderly [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Captain [2]

Acting Staff Serjeant [2]

Brevet Colonel [2]

Captain and Quarter Master [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Lance Bombardier [2]

Nurse [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Serjeant Major [2]

Shoeing Smith [2]

Sister [2]

Staff Captain [2]

Unit

Royal Engineers [210]

Royal Field Artillery [191]

Labour Corps [189]

Army Service Corps [167]

Northumberland Fusiliers [106]

Royal Garrison Artillery [106]

West Yorkshire Regiment [97]

Royal Army Medical Corps [89]

Machine Gun Corps [77]

Manchester Regiment [71]

Liverpool Regiment [70]

Lancashire Fusiliers [59]

Durham Light Infantry [58]

East Lancashire Regiment [53]

Lincolnshire Regiment [53]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [53]

York and Lancaster Regiment [51]

Yorkshire Regiment [44]

London Regiment [43]

Royal Fusiliers [43]

Cheshire Regiment [41]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [39]

West Riding Regiment [36]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [35]

Border Regiment [32]

Royal Naval Division [30]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [30]

East Yorkshire Regiment [28]

South Lancashire Regiment [26]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [25]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [24]

Leicestershire Regiment [24]

Royal Defence Corps [24]

Middlesex Regiment [21]

Rifle Brigade [20]

Royal Army Service Corps [18]

Army Ordnance Corps [14]

Royal West Kent Regiment [14]

Tank Corps [14]

Welsh Regiment [14]

Canadian Infantry [13]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [13]

Somerset Light Infantry [13]

South Staffordshire Regiment [13]

Suffolk Regiment [13]

Coldstream Guards [12]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [12]

Northamptonshire Regiment [12]

Army Veterinary Corps [11]

Bedfordshire Regiment [11]

Service

British Army [2358]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [181]

Royal Navy [171]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [140]

Australian Imperial Force [99]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [21]

Other Empire Force [3]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

D [3041]

R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2960]

Merchant Navy [55]

Conscientious Objector [14]

Country

United Kingdom [72]

Germany [1]

Ireland [1]

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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [11] Leeds, Yorkshire [9] Hull, Yorkshire, England [6] Newcastle, Northumberland [5] Blackpool, Lancashire [4] Liverpool, Lancashire [4] Sheffield, Yorkshire [4] Ballarat Victoria [3] Barnsley England [3] Brisbane Queensland [3] Broughton Victoria [3] Leigh, Lancashire [3] Thorpdale Victoria [3] Adlington, Lancashire [2] Albert Park Victoria [2] Bolton, Lancashire [2] Bradford, Yorkshire [2] Calliope Queensland [2] Castleford, Yorkshire [2] Charlton, Kent [2] Chiswick, London [2] Chorley, Lancashire [2] Durham, Durham [2] Glebe New South Wales [2] Harrogate, Yorkshire [2] Hounslow England [2] Jarrow, Durham, England [2] Keighley, Yorkshire [2] Kew Victoria [2] Leeds [2] Lincoln [2] Malton, Yorkshire [2] Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, England [2] Morley, Yorkshire [2] Newcastle On Tyne England [2] Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [2] Perth Western Australia [2] Preston, Lancashire [2] Salford, Lancashire [2] Sheffield [2] South Melbourne Victoria [2] Southport, Lancashire [2] St Arnaud Victoria [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Tooborac Victoria [2] Ulverston, Lancashire [2] Woodbridge, Suffolk [2] Yorkshire [2] Adamstown New South Wales [1] Allendale, Northumberland, England [1]

Rank

Private [1463] Gunner [176] Driver [125] Serjeant [117] Corporal [107] Sapper [92] Second Lieutenant [86] Lieutenant [79] Captain [66] Lance Corporal [55] Pioneer [28] Acting Corporal [23] Major [20] Acting Serjeant [14] Bombardier [14] Warrant Officer Class 2 [14] Company Serjeant Major [13] Rifleman [11] Acting Bombardier [7] Lance Serjeant [7] Staff Serjeant [7] Acting Lance Corporal [6] Colour Serjeant [6] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [5] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [5] Temporary Lieutenant [5] Corporal 2nd [4] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Staff Nurse [4] Trooper [4] Worker [4] Acting Corporal 2nd [3] Guardsman [3] Lieutenant Acting Captain [3] Orderly [3] Temporary Captain [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Captain [2] Acting Staff Serjeant [2] Brevet Colonel [2] Captain and Quarter Master [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Lance Bombardier [2] Nurse [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Serjeant Major [2] Shoeing Smith [2] Sister [2] Staff Captain [2]

Unit

Royal Engineers [210] Royal Field Artillery [191] Labour Corps [189] Army Service Corps [167] Northumberland Fusiliers [106] Royal Garrison Artillery [106] West Yorkshire Regiment [97] Royal Army Medical Corps [89] Machine Gun Corps [77] Manchester Regiment [71] Liverpool Regiment [70] Lancashire Fusiliers [59] Durham Light Infantry [58] East Lancashire Regiment [53] Lincolnshire Regiment [53] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [53] York and Lancaster Regiment [51] Yorkshire Regiment [44] London Regiment [43] Royal Fusiliers [43] Cheshire Regiment [41] Royal Lancaster Regiment [39] West Riding Regiment [36] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [35] Border Regiment [32] Royal Naval Division [30] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [30] East Yorkshire Regiment [28] South Lancashire Regiment [26] Yorkshire Light Infantry [25] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [24] Leicestershire Regiment [24] Royal Defence Corps [24] Middlesex Regiment [21] Rifle Brigade [20] Royal Army Service Corps [18] Army Ordnance Corps [14] Royal West Kent Regiment [14] Tank Corps [14] Welsh Regiment [14] Canadian Infantry [13] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [13] Somerset Light Infantry [13] South Staffordshire Regiment [13] Suffolk Regiment [13] Coldstream Guards [12] King's Royal Rifle Corps [12] Northamptonshire Regiment [12] Army Veterinary Corps [11] Bedfordshire Regiment [11]

Service

British Army [2358] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [181] Royal Navy [171] Canadian Expeditionary Force [140] Australian Imperial Force [99] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [21] Other Empire Force [3] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

D [3041] R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2960] Merchant Navy [55] Conscientious Objector [14]

Country

United Kingdom [72] Germany [1] Ireland [1]

Thomas Dickinson

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army Army Service Corps royal army service corps, royal garrison artillery, 363rd Unit

British Army M2/13867 also recorded M2/13867 Private Army Service Corps 363rd Mechanical Transport Company

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Alexander Dickinson

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 12726 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 12726 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 1st/4th Battalion

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John Dickinson

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 170705 Royal Engineers

British Army 48048 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Joseph G Dickinson

Born 1874

Died 1943

British Army TS-8961 Acting Staff Serjeant Army Service Corps

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Arthur Thomas Searle Dickinson

Born 1875

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry)

British Army Lieutenant Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry)

Indian Army Lieutenant 51st Sikhs (Frontier Force)

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Percival Erle Dickinson

Born 1885

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2606959

Other Empire Force Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corps

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2606959 Private Canadian Army Medical Corps No. 2 Training Depot

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Alan Peile Dickinson

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army Captain Kings Liverpool Regiment 10th Battalion (Liverpool Scottish) (Territorial)

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Herbert Dickinson

Born 1879

Died 1914

British Army 6396 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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John Leng Dickinson

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 65636 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 65636 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 22nd Heavy Battery

British Army 65636 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 22nd Heavy Battery

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Harry Dickinson

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army Reverend Royal Army Chaplain's Department Attached to 1/28th London Regiment

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John James Dickinson

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army 43672 Sapper Royal Engineers 80TH FIELD COY., R.E.

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Ronald Francis Bickersteth Dickinson

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army Captain King's (Liverpool Regiment) 10th (Scottish) Battalion

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Charles David Dickinson

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 47780 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Ruby Dickinson

Born 1885

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force Staff Nurse Australian Army Nursing Service

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Alfred David Dickinson

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 2015 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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John Dickinson

Born 1894

British Army 2935 Lance Corporal North Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 40030 Private North Staffordshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Liverpool Regiment 7th Battalion

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James Joseph Dickinson

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army 15957 Private East Lancashire Regiment 11 Battalion

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James Dickinson

Born 1879

Died 1918

British Army 306808 Private Tank Corps

British Army 23137 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Robert Dickinson

Born 1899

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 66490 Air Mechanic 2nd Class 149 Sdn

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 66490 Private 1st Class Royal Air Force 149 Sqn

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Joseph Dickinson

Died 1915

British Army 14382 Private Grenadier Guards

British Army Grenadier Guards

British Army 14382 Corporal Grenadier Guards

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