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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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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]

Joseph Eckersley

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 101988

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Robert Eckersley

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 108215

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Albert R Eckersley

Born 1887

Died 1969

British Army 243224 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 243224 Lance Corporal Loyal North Lancashire 5th

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Jack Eckersley

Australian Imperial Force 29451

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Charles Eckersley

Australian Imperial Force 59736

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Thomas Eckersley

Australian Imperial Force 3806

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John Eckersley

Died 1916

British Army 10588 Lance Corporal Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 10588 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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John B Eckersley

Died 1918

British Army 138545 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Frank Eckersley

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 1900 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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William Eckersley

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 16275 Private South Lancashire Regiment

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Edgar Eckersley

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 1096 Serjeant Lancashire Fusiliers

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James Henry Eckersley

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 47190 Private Manchester Regiment

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John Eckersley

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 15254 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 15254 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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Robert Eckersley

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 1399 Private Manchester Regiment

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William R Eckersley

Born 1890

Died 1952

British Army 07770 Private Royal Army Ordnance Corps

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Ernest Eckersley

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 45629 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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Tom Eckersley

Died 1915

British Army 2431 Private Manchester Regiment

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John Eckersley

Died 1915

British Army 11820 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 11820 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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James Eckersley

Born 1878

Died 1917

British Army 3973 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 241775 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 241775 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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Samuel Eckersley

Born 1880

Died 1915

British Army 11407 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 11407 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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