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Burnley, Lancashire [7]

Leeds, Yorkshire [5]

Blackburn, Lancashire [4]

Geelong Victoria [4]

Accrington, Lancashire [3]

Bolton, Lancashire [3]

Colne, Lancashire [3]

Liverpool, Lancashire [3]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3]

Manchester England [3]

Rochdale, Lancashire [3]

Sydney New South Wales [3]

Blackburn England [2]

Clitheroe, Lancashire [2]

Doncaster, Yorkshire [2]

Heywood, Lancashire [2]

Huddersfield, Yorkshire [2]

Lancashire [2]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [2]

Preston, Lancashire [2]

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Yorkshire [2]

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Barnoldswick, Yorkshire, England [1]

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Bootle, Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

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Dawdon, Durham [1]

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Earby, Yorkshire [1]

Edgworth, Lancashire [1]

Everton, Liverpool, Lancs [1]

Exeter, Devon [1]

Fleetwood England [1]

Goostrey, Cheshire [1]

Halifax, Yorkshire [1]

Heathcote Victoria [1]

Hobart Tasmania [1]

Hoxton, London [1]

Rank

Private [622]

Gunner [81]

Driver [57]

Corporal [44]

Serjeant [39]

Sapper [21]

Second Lieutenant [21]

Lance Corporal [16]

Captain [13]

Lieutenant [13]

Acting Corporal [10]

Pioneer [6]

Acting Bombardier [5]

Acting Serjeant [5]

Major [5]

Assistant Surgeon [3]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Bombardier [3]

Rifleman [3]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Lieutenant Temporary Captain [2]

Mechanist Serjeant Major [2]

Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Regimental Serjeant Major [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

1st Class Assistant Surgeon [1]

2nd Armourer's Crew [1]

2nd Class Assistant Surgeon [1]

3rd Class Assistant Surgeon [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Artificer Engineer [1]

Assistant Surgeon Class 1 [1]

Assistant Surgeon Class 3 [1]

Assistant Surgeon Class 4 [1]

Boy Telegraphist [1]

Brevet Major [1]

Canteener [1]

Clerk [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Colour Serjeant Instructor of Musketry [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Engineer Lieutenant Commander [1]

Flight Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [101]

Labour Corps [93]

East Lancashire Regiment [91]

Lancashire Fusiliers [64]

Royal Engineers [53]

Army Service Corps [45]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [45]

Manchester Regiment [42]

Liverpool Regiment [40]

Royal Garrison Artillery [40]

Cheshire Regiment [39]

Machine Gun Corps [28]

Royal Army Medical Corps [28]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [27]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [25]

West Yorkshire Regiment [20]

South Lancashire Regiment [17]

Northumberland Fusiliers [16]

Royal Fusiliers [16]

Border Regiment [13]

Royal Army Service Corps [11]

West Riding Regiment [11]

York and Lancaster Regiment [11]

Army Veterinary Corps [10]

Indian Medical Department [9]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [9]

Lincolnshire Regiment [8]

London Regiment [8]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [8]

East Yorkshire Regiment [7]

Royal Defence Corps [7]

South Wales Borderers [7]

Durham Light Infantry [6]

Royal Naval Division [6]

South Staffordshire Regiment [6]

Welsh Regiment [6]

Worcestershire Regiment [6]

Devonshire Regiment [5]

Grenadier Guards [5]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [5]

Middlesex Regiment [5]

Northamptonshire Regiment [5]

Royal Air Force [5]

Army Ordnance Corps [4]

Coldstream Guards [4]

North Staffordshire Regiment [4]

Scots Guards [4]

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4]

Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Army Pay Corps [3]

Service

British Army [921]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [73]

Royal Navy [60]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [33]

Australian Imperial Force [27]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [7]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

D [1131]

B [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1120]

Merchant Navy [7]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [27]

Australia [1]

India [1]

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Burnley, Lancashire [7] Leeds, Yorkshire [5] Blackburn, Lancashire [4] Geelong Victoria [4] Accrington, Lancashire [3] Bolton, Lancashire [3] Colne, Lancashire [3] Liverpool, Lancashire [3] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3] Manchester England [3] Rochdale, Lancashire [3] Sydney New South Wales [3] Blackburn England [2] Clitheroe, Lancashire [2] Doncaster, Yorkshire [2] Heywood, Lancashire [2] Huddersfield, Yorkshire [2] Lancashire [2] Portsmouth, Hampshire [2] Preston, Lancashire [2] Taunton, Somerset [2] Yorkshire [2] Axbridge [1] Barnoldswick, Yorkshire, England [1] Bermondsey, London [1] Bloomsbury, London [1] Bootle, Liverpool, Lancashire [1] Bradford [1] Bradford, Yorkshire [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Bury Lancashire [1] Bury England [1] Bury, Lancashire [1] Bury, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Carlisle, Cumberland [1] Chorley, Lancashire [1] Congleton, Cheshire [1] Darlinghurst New South Wales [1] Dawdon, Durham [1] Deane, Bolton, Lancashire [1] Earby, Yorkshire [1] Edgworth, Lancashire [1] Everton, Liverpool, Lancs [1] Exeter, Devon [1] Fleetwood England [1] Goostrey, Cheshire [1] Halifax, Yorkshire [1] Heathcote Victoria [1] Hobart Tasmania [1] Hoxton, London [1]

Rank

Private [622] Gunner [81] Driver [57] Corporal [44] Serjeant [39] Sapper [21] Second Lieutenant [21] Lance Corporal [16] Captain [13] Lieutenant [13] Acting Corporal [10] Pioneer [6] Acting Bombardier [5] Acting Serjeant [5] Major [5] Assistant Surgeon [3] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Bombardier [3] Rifleman [3] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Deck Hand [2] Lieutenant Temporary Captain [2] Mechanist Serjeant Major [2] Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Regimental Serjeant Major [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] 1st Class Assistant Surgeon [1] 2nd Armourer's Crew [1] 2nd Class Assistant Surgeon [1] 3rd Class Assistant Surgeon [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Lance Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Artificer Engineer [1] Assistant Surgeon Class 1 [1] Assistant Surgeon Class 3 [1] Assistant Surgeon Class 4 [1] Boy Telegraphist [1] Brevet Major [1] Canteener [1] Clerk [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Colour Serjeant Instructor of Musketry [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Engineer Lieutenant Commander [1] Flight Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [101] Labour Corps [93] East Lancashire Regiment [91] Lancashire Fusiliers [64] Royal Engineers [53] Army Service Corps [45] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [45] Manchester Regiment [42] Liverpool Regiment [40] Royal Garrison Artillery [40] Cheshire Regiment [39] Machine Gun Corps [28] Royal Army Medical Corps [28] Royal Lancaster Regiment [27] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [25] West Yorkshire Regiment [20] South Lancashire Regiment [17] Northumberland Fusiliers [16] Royal Fusiliers [16] Border Regiment [13] Royal Army Service Corps [11] West Riding Regiment [11] York and Lancaster Regiment [11] Army Veterinary Corps [10] Indian Medical Department [9] King's Royal Rifle Corps [9] Lincolnshire Regiment [8] London Regiment [8] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [8] East Yorkshire Regiment [7] Royal Defence Corps [7] South Wales Borderers [7] Durham Light Infantry [6] Royal Naval Division [6] South Staffordshire Regiment [6] Welsh Regiment [6] Worcestershire Regiment [6] Devonshire Regiment [5] Grenadier Guards [5] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [5] Middlesex Regiment [5] Northamptonshire Regiment [5] Royal Air Force [5] Army Ordnance Corps [4] Coldstream Guards [4] North Staffordshire Regiment [4] Scots Guards [4] The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4] Yorkshire Regiment [4] Army Pay Corps [3]

Service

British Army [921] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [73] Royal Navy [60] Canadian Expeditionary Force [33] Australian Imperial Force [27] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [7] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

D [1131] B [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1120] Merchant Navy [7] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [27] Australia [1] India [1]

Cyril Gordon Duckworth

Born 1899

Died 1918

Royal Navy PI 40367 Probationary Flight Officer Royal Naval Air Service Crystal Palace-Vendome-Cranwell

Air Force (RAF/RFC) PI 40367 Lieutenant Royal Air Force

Royal Navy PI 40367 Flight Sub-Lieutenant Royal Naval Air Service Cranwell-Lee-on-Solent-Fishguard

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William 'will' Duckworth

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 358127 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 358127 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 10th Battalion

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Albert Robinson Duckworth

Born 1890

Died 1915

Royal Navy PLY/614/S Private Royal Marine Light Infantry Plymouth Battalion - Royal Naval Division

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Percy Blezard Duckworth

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 1313 Lance Corporal Worcestershire Regiment

British Army 1313 Private Worcestershire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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Alfred A. Duckworth

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 9767 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

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Arthur W Duckworth

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 20002 Private West Riding Regiment

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George Duckworth

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 11179 Lance Corporal South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 11179 Serjeant South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Eric Duckworth

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Lancashire Fusiliers 1/6 Battalion

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Herbert Hartley Duckworth

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 11798 Company Quarter Master Serjeant Manchester Regiment 19th Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army Captain Lancashire Fusiliers 3rd/6th Bn. (Territorial)

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Francis Robinson Gladstone Duckworth

Born 1881

Died 1964

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery Special Reserve

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Kathleen Duckworth

Born 1901

Died 1963

Other Empire Force Nurse Voluntary Aid Detachment

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Thomas Duckworth

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 235378 Serjeant Prince Of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment) 1/4th Battalion

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Virgil Duckworth

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 50719

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Daniel Duckworth

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 277178

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Charles Duckworth

Born 1899

Died 1916

Royal Navy J37607 Boy Telegraphist HMS Flirt

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Thomas Duckworth

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 54937

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Jacob Duckworth

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 145376

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Percy Duckworth

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 226760

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Alfred Duckworth

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 69542

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Herbert Duckworth

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 112181

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