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Blackburn, Lancashire [7]

Preston, Lancashire [5]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [4]

Manchester, Lancashire [4]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [3]

Rochdale, Lancashire [3]

Blackhill, Durham [2]

Darwen, Lancashire [2]

Derby, Derbyshire [2]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2]

Hove, Sussex [2]

Hoylake, Cheshire, England [2]

Stoke, Staffordshire [2]

Accrington, Lancashire [1]

Anglesea England [1]

Ansdell, Lytham, Lancashire [1]

Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Bairnsdale Victoria [1]

Bangor, Caernarvonshire [1]

Bangor, Carnarvonshire [1]

Barcaldine Queensland [1]

Barrow in Furness, Lancashire [1]

Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire [1]

Bedford England [1]

Belvedere, Kent [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Blackburn,Lancashire. [1]

Blackpool, Lancashire [1]

Bothwell Lancashire Scotland [1]

Brighouse, Yorkshire [1]

Broughty Ferry Scotland [1]

Burke New South Wales [1]

Chipping Lancashire [1]

Chorley Preston, Lancashire [1]

Chorley, Lancashire [1]

Colne [1]

Cottesloe Western Australia [1]

Darwen, Blackburn [1]

Darwen, Blackburn, Lancashire [1]

Dipton [1]

Exeter, Devon [1]

Gnosall, Staffordshire [1]

Goole, Yorkshire, England [1]

Great Harwood, Lancashire [1]

Gunning New South Wales [1]

Halifax, Yorkshire [1]

Hardhill Scotland [1]

Hull [1]

Hull, Yorkshire [1]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [1]

Rank

Private [557]

Gunner [59]

Driver [58]

Corporal [47]

Serjeant [30]

Lieutenant [26]

Sapper [26]

Captain [21]

Second Lieutenant [19]

Lance Corporal [18]

Acting Corporal [10]

Acting Serjeant [8]

Pioneer [6]

Major [5]

Rifleman [5]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [2]

Bombardier [2]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Admiral [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Boy [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Cadet [1]

Captain Acting Major [1]

Colonel [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major /Acting Serjeant Major [1]

Dresser [1]

Gunner /Acting Serjeant Artillery Clerk [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Private /Acting Corporal [1]

Private /Acting Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Second Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [1]

Sergeant [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [76]

Royal Field Artillery [75]

Army Service Corps [56]

Royal Engineers [53]

East Lancashire Regiment [43]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [42]

Liverpool Regiment [40]

Lancashire Fusiliers [35]

Manchester Regiment [34]

Royal Garrison Artillery [32]

Royal Army Medical Corps [29]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [22]

Machine Gun Corps [20]

Royal Fusiliers [18]

West Riding Regiment [18]

Northumberland Fusiliers [16]

Durham Light Infantry [15]

West Yorkshire Regiment [15]

Cheshire Regiment [14]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [13]

London Regiment [12]

Border Regiment [11]

Royal Army Service Corps [11]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [11]

East Yorkshire Regiment [10]

Royal Defence Corps [10]

York and Lancaster Regiment [10]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [9]

South Lancashire Regiment [9]

Coldstream Guards [8]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [8]

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [8]

Scottish Rifles [7]

Seaforth Highlanders [7]

Army Ordnance Corps [6]

King's Liverpool Regiment [6]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [6]

Middlesex Regiment [6]

Royal Irish Rifles [6]

Royal Naval Division [6]

Worcestershire Regiment [6]

Canadian Infantry [5]

Highland Light Infantry [5]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [5]

Lancers [5]

Lincolnshire Regiment [5]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [5]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [5]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [5]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [5]

Service

British Army [845]

Royal Navy [62]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [55]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [42]

Australian Imperial Force [19]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [16]

Indian Army [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

E [1056]

Contribution

Military Service [1031]

Merchant Navy [15]

Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [22]

United States [2]

Australia [1]

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Blackburn, Lancashire [7] Preston, Lancashire [5] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [4] Manchester, Lancashire [4] Birmingham, Warwickshire [3] Rochdale, Lancashire [3] Blackhill, Durham [2] Darwen, Lancashire [2] Derby, Derbyshire [2] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2] Hove, Sussex [2] Hoylake, Cheshire, England [2] Stoke, Staffordshire [2] Accrington, Lancashire [1] Anglesea England [1] Ansdell, Lytham, Lancashire [1] Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Bairnsdale Victoria [1] Bangor, Caernarvonshire [1] Bangor, Carnarvonshire [1] Barcaldine Queensland [1] Barrow in Furness, Lancashire [1] Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire [1] Bedford England [1] Belvedere, Kent [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Blackburn,Lancashire. [1] Blackpool, Lancashire [1] Bothwell Lancashire Scotland [1] Brighouse, Yorkshire [1] Broughty Ferry Scotland [1] Burke New South Wales [1] Chipping Lancashire [1] Chorley Preston, Lancashire [1] Chorley, Lancashire [1] Colne [1] Cottesloe Western Australia [1] Darwen, Blackburn [1] Darwen, Blackburn, Lancashire [1] Dipton [1] Exeter, Devon [1] Gnosall, Staffordshire [1] Goole, Yorkshire, England [1] Great Harwood, Lancashire [1] Gunning New South Wales [1] Halifax, Yorkshire [1] Hardhill Scotland [1] Hull [1] Hull, Yorkshire [1] Hull, Yorkshire, England [1]

Rank

Private [557] Gunner [59] Driver [58] Corporal [47] Serjeant [30] Lieutenant [26] Sapper [26] Captain [21] Second Lieutenant [19] Lance Corporal [18] Acting Corporal [10] Acting Serjeant [8] Pioneer [6] Major [5] Rifleman [5] Staff Serjeant [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [2] Bombardier [2] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Temporary Captain [2] Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Admiral [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Boy [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Cadet [1] Captain Acting Major [1] Colonel [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major /Acting Serjeant Major [1] Dresser [1] Gunner /Acting Serjeant Artillery Clerk [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Private /Acting Corporal [1] Private /Acting Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Second Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [1] Sergeant [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [76] Royal Field Artillery [75] Army Service Corps [56] Royal Engineers [53] East Lancashire Regiment [43] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [42] Liverpool Regiment [40] Lancashire Fusiliers [35] Manchester Regiment [34] Royal Garrison Artillery [32] Royal Army Medical Corps [29] Royal Lancaster Regiment [22] Machine Gun Corps [20] Royal Fusiliers [18] West Riding Regiment [18] Northumberland Fusiliers [16] Durham Light Infantry [15] West Yorkshire Regiment [15] Cheshire Regiment [14] King's Royal Rifle Corps [13] London Regiment [12] Border Regiment [11] Royal Army Service Corps [11] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [11] East Yorkshire Regiment [10] Royal Defence Corps [10] York and Lancaster Regiment [10] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [9] South Lancashire Regiment [9] Coldstream Guards [8] Royal Scots Fusiliers [8] The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [8] Scottish Rifles [7] Seaforth Highlanders [7] Army Ordnance Corps [6] King's Liverpool Regiment [6] King's Own Scottish Borderers [6] Middlesex Regiment [6] Royal Irish Rifles [6] Royal Naval Division [6] Worcestershire Regiment [6] Canadian Infantry [5] Highland Light Infantry [5] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [5] Lancers [5] Lincolnshire Regiment [5] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [5] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [5] Royal Irish Fusiliers [5] Yorkshire Light Infantry [5]

Service

British Army [845] Royal Navy [62] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [55] Canadian Expeditionary Force [42] Australian Imperial Force [19] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [16] Indian Army [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

E [1056]

Contribution

Military Service [1031] Merchant Navy [15] Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [22] United States [2] Australia [1]

Vernon John Lamont Eccles

Born 1883

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force Lieutenant Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment) 31st Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force Captain Canadian Infantry Alberta Regiment 31st Battalion

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Hilton Burnley Eccles

Born 1887

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 65304

Canadian Expeditionary Force 65304 Private Canadian Infantry (Victoria Regiment) 24th Battalion

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John Vivian William Eccles

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army 2155 Private Honourable Artillery Company Reserve Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Lancaster Regiment

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John William Eccles

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 68710 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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John Eccles

Born 1881

Died 1921

British Army 8860 Private East Lancashire Regiment 3rd

British Army 379035 Private The King's (Liverpool) Regiment

British Army 17317 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Henry Eccles

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army 6427 Acting Corporal East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 6427 Corporal East Lancashire Regiment

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John Thomas Eccles

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 4845 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 202025 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 202025 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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Edgar Ethelbert Eccles

Born 1877

Died 1916

British Army 4779 Private London Regiment

British Army 4779 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Joseph Eccles

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 6437 Rifleman The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 2nd/6th

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James H Eccles

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 200915 Private East Lancashire Regiment

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David Roderick Eccles

Born 1899

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant General List

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 70450 Cadet Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps 62 Squadron

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Thomas Postlethwaite Eccles

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 101801

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Joseph Eccles

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 33195

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Charley Gordon Eccles

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army Captain General List

British Army Captain Royal Flying Corps 41st Squadron

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Alfred Frederick Eccles

Born 1890

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 321 Private 3rd Field Ambulance C Section

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Robert Eccles

Born 1853

Died 1915

British Army Colonel The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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Andrew Duerden Eccles

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 402088

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James Eccles

Born 1885

British Army S/4800 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 9th Bn

British Army S/4800 Acting Serjeant Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 9th Bn

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Richard Thomas Eccles

Died 1918

British Army 30765 Private Royal Dublin Fusiliers

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William Samuel James Eccles

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 145712

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