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Bolton, Lancashire [5]

Leigh, Lancashire [3]

Port Pirie South Australia [3]

Brisbane Queensland [2]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [2]

Westhoughton [2]

Aldinga South Australia [1]

Bolton [1]

Chesterfield, Derbyshire [1]

Doisy Hill, Wigan, Lancashire [1]

Haywood, Lancashire [1]

Hindley, Lancashire [1]

Lancashire [1]

Lancashire England [1]

Leigh, Lancashire, England. [1]

Manchester England [1]

Marrickville New South Wales [1]

Maryborough Queensland [1]

Melrose South Australia [1]

Oldham, Lancashire, England [1]

Pendlebury, Manchester [1]

Sale Victoria [1]

Salford, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Tyldesley, Lancashire, England [1]

Wallarawang New South Wales [1]

Warwick Queensland [1]

Wigan, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [198]

Gunner [20]

Serjeant [18]

Driver [13]

Sapper [9]

Corporal [7]

Lance Corporal [7]

Second Lieutenant [6]

Lieutenant [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Pioneer [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Bombardier [1]

Captain [1]

Colonel [1]

Forewoman [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [33]

Lancashire Fusiliers [32]

Manchester Regiment [29]

Royal Field Artillery [24]

Royal Engineers [22]

Labour Corps [18]

Liverpool Regiment [17]

Royal Army Medical Corps [17]

Army Service Corps [13]

South Lancashire Regiment [13]

Cheshire Regiment [8]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [8]

Royal Garrison Artillery [8]

Machine Gun Corps [6]

Army Ordnance Corps [5]

East Lancashire Regiment [5]

Royal Fusiliers [5]

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [5]

Border Regiment [4]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4]

East Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Norfolk Regiment [3]

Royal Flying Corps [3]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [3]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

Welsh Regiment [3]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Connaught Rangers [2]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

Lancers [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

North Lancashire Regiment [2]

North Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Royal Artillery [2]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2]

South Wales Borderers [2]

Training Reserve Battalion [2]

York and Lancaster Regiment [2]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

British Red Cross Society [1]

British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [1]

Service

British Army [284]

Australian Imperial Force [16]

Royal Navy [15]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [13]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [10]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

E [343]

Contribution

Military Service [340]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [6]

Pakistan [1]

South Africa [1]

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Place of birth

Bolton, Lancashire [5] Leigh, Lancashire [3] Port Pirie South Australia [3] Brisbane Queensland [2] Sheffield, Yorkshire [2] Westhoughton [2] Aldinga South Australia [1] Bolton [1] Chesterfield, Derbyshire [1] Doisy Hill, Wigan, Lancashire [1] Haywood, Lancashire [1] Hindley, Lancashire [1] Lancashire [1] Lancashire England [1] Leigh, Lancashire, England. [1] Manchester England [1] Marrickville New South Wales [1] Maryborough Queensland [1] Melrose South Australia [1] Oldham, Lancashire, England [1] Pendlebury, Manchester [1] Sale Victoria [1] Salford, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Tyldesley, Lancashire, England [1] Wallarawang New South Wales [1] Warwick Queensland [1] Wigan, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [198] Gunner [20] Serjeant [18] Driver [13] Sapper [9] Corporal [7] Lance Corporal [7] Second Lieutenant [6] Lieutenant [4] Acting Corporal [3] Acting Serjeant [3] Pioneer [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Bombardier [1] Captain [1] Colonel [1] Forewoman [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Temporary Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [33] Lancashire Fusiliers [32] Manchester Regiment [29] Royal Field Artillery [24] Royal Engineers [22] Labour Corps [18] Liverpool Regiment [17] Royal Army Medical Corps [17] Army Service Corps [13] South Lancashire Regiment [13] Cheshire Regiment [8] King's Royal Rifle Corps [8] Royal Garrison Artillery [8] Machine Gun Corps [6] Army Ordnance Corps [5] East Lancashire Regiment [5] Royal Fusiliers [5] The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [5] Border Regiment [4] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4] East Yorkshire Regiment [3] Norfolk Regiment [3] Royal Flying Corps [3] Royal Lancaster Regiment [3] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3] Welsh Regiment [3] Army Cyclist Corps [2] Connaught Rangers [2] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] Lancers [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] North Lancashire Regiment [2] North Staffordshire Regiment [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Army Veterinary Corps [2] Royal Artillery [2] Royal Irish Fusiliers [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2] South Wales Borderers [2] Training Reserve Battalion [2] York and Lancaster Regiment [2] Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Australian Imperial Force [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] British Red Cross Society [1] British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [1]

Service

British Army [284] Australian Imperial Force [16] Royal Navy [15] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [13] Canadian Expeditionary Force [10] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

E [343]

Contribution

Military Service [340] Conscientious Objector [2] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [6] Pakistan [1] South Africa [1]

Alfred Eckersley

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 116824

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James Eckersley

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 87356

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William Eckersley

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 129868

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Isaac Eckersley

Died 1917

British Army K/1487 Private Royal Fusiliers 22nd. Battalion

British Army 54960 Private Royal Fusiliers 12th. Battalion

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Swainson Eckersley

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 37787 Private Manchester Regiment

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Samuel Eckersley

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 224931

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James Eckersley

Died 1917

British Army 38428 Private Manchester Regiment

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Peter Eckersley

Born 1879

British Army 7376 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 372638 Private Labour Corps

British Army 33611 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Herbert Eckersley

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 292588 Private Cheshire Regiment

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Richard Eckersley

Born 1866

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 136466

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Frederick William Eckersley

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 241190

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Ernest Eckersley

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 18062 Private Border Regiment

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Robert Eckersley

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army S3/024510 Private Army Service Corps

British Army GS/55346 Private Royal Fusiliers

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Robert Springate Eckersley

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 4781 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 49392 Private Cheshire Regiment

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Frank Eckersley

Died 1915

British Army 1430 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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William Eckersley

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 291903 Private Welsh Regiment

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William Eckersley

Died 1916

British Army 19825 Private Norfolk Regiment

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William Eckersley

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 29870 Private East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 1621 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army TR3/16185 Private Liverpool Regiment

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James Eckersley

Died 1915

British Army 1549 Private East Lancashire Regiment

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Harry Woodhouse Eckersley

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 10862

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