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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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Place of birth

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]

Edward Dickinson

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 2822 Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

British Army 28890 Private Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) 1st (Garrison) Battalion

British Army 28890 Serjeant Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment)

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George William Dickinson

Born 1879

Died 1916

British Army 4129 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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John Edward Dickinson

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 382504 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 382504 Lance Bombadier Royal Garrison Artillery

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Hubert John Dickinson

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 815 Serjeant Major Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Lincolnshire Regiment 2 Battalion

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Arthur Frowde Dickinson

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 1175 Private Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry

British Army Lieutenant Northumberland Fusiliers

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William Henry Dickinson

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 12946 Company Serjeant Major West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

British Army 12946 Company Serjeant Major West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 12946 Warrant Officer Class 2 West Yorkshire Regiment

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Frank Dickinson

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 41904 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army G/52463 Private Middlesex Regiment

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Benjamin Dickinson

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 199551

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Richard Hay Dickinson

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 114281

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Fred Dickinson

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 14113

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William Dickinson

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 126954

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Ernest Dickinson

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 30020

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John Henry Dickinson

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 131413

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James Dickinson

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 267010

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John William Dickinson

British Army 35984 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 35984 Private Cheshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Charles William Dickinson

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 21717

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Arthur Dickinson

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 40911

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Frank R Dickinson

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 18025

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William Charles Dickinson

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 50301

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Henry James Dickinson

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army 1544 Serjeant Lincolnshire Regiment

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