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Chester, Cheshire [5]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [5]

Manchester, Lancashire [5]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [3]

Bolton Lancashire [3]

Bolton, Lancashire [3]

Staffordshire [3]

Blackburn, Lancashire [2]

Crewe, Cheshire [2]

Ellesmere, Shropshire [2]

Hanmer [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

Manchester [2]

Preston, Lancashire [2]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [2]

Stafford, Staffordshire [2]

Whitchurch, Shropshire [2]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Ashted, Birmingham [1]

Ashton Under Lyne [1]

Ashton Under Tyne England [1]

Atherton Lancashire [1]

BArrow in Furness, Lancashire [1]

BERMONDSEY [1]

Barmer, King's Lynn, Norfolk [1]

Barnes, London [1]

Bethnal Green, London, Middlesex [1]

Bethnal Green, Middlesex [1]

Bicton, Shrewsbury, Shropshire [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Blackheath, Staffordshire [1]

Bootle, Lancashire [1]

Broseley, Shropshire [1]

Burland, Cheshire [1]

Burslem, Staffordshire [1]

Cannock, Staffs [1]

Carlton, Barnsley [1]

Chatterton, Lancashire [1]

Chelmsford [1]

Cheshire [1]

Cheshire, England [1]

Chorley England [1]

Clare South Australia [1]

Clermont Queensland [1]

Colne near Blackburn, Lancashire [1]

Cork [1]

Coventry, Warwickshire [1]

Derbyshire [1]

Docking Norfolk [1]

Dublin, Dublin [1]

Rank

Private [627]

Gunner [73]

Corporal [53]

Driver [52]

Sapper [41]

Serjeant [38]

Second Lieutenant [24]

Lance Corporal [20]

Lieutenant [16]

Acting Corporal [12]

Acting Serjeant [9]

Pioneer [9]

Captain [8]

Bombardier [5]

Lance Serjeant [5]

Rifleman [5]

Staff Serjeant [5]

Acting Bombardier [4]

Company Serjeant Major [4]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Corporal 2nd [3]

Sergeant [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

4th Class Assistant Surgeon [2]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Farrier Serjeant [2]

Lance Bombardier [2]

Major [2]

Quartermaster Serjeant [2]

Shoeing Smith [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Worker [2]

2nd Class Sergeant Instructor [1]

Acting Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Acting Corporal 2nd [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Armament Staff Serjeant [1]

Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1]

Colour Sergeant Instructor [1]

Corporal Serjeant [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Driver Acting Captain [1]

Engineers Clerk Corporal /Acting Engineers Clerk Serjeant [1]

Gunner Shoeing Smith [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [101]

Royal Engineers [83]

Labour Corps [74]

Army Service Corps [62]

Cheshire Regiment [50]

Royal Army Medical Corps [41]

Royal Garrison Artillery [39]

Lancashire Fusiliers [33]

Machine Gun Corps [33]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [31]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [29]

Liverpool Regiment [28]

Manchester Regiment [28]

South Staffordshire Regiment [24]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [22]

North Staffordshire Regiment [21]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [21]

South Lancashire Regiment [19]

London Regiment [17]

Norfolk Regiment [15]

East Lancashire Regiment [14]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [14]

Royal Fusiliers [14]

Leicestershire Regiment [13]

Welsh Regiment [12]

Border Regiment [10]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [10]

Lincolnshire Regiment [10]

Rifle Brigade [10]

Coldstream Guards [9]

Northumberland Fusiliers [9]

Tank Corps [9]

Worcestershire Regiment [9]

York and Lancaster Regiment [9]

Gloucestershire Regiment [7]

Hampshire Regiment [7]

Middlesex Regiment [7]

West Yorkshire Regiment [7]

Army Veterinary Corps [6]

Canadian Infantry [6]

Royal Air Force [6]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [6]

Royal Defence Corps [6]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [6]

Royal Naval Division [5]

Shropshire Light Infantry [5]

West Riding Regiment [5]

Army Cyclist Corps [4]

Durham Light Infantry [4]

East Surrey Regiment [4]

Service

British Army [965]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [69]

Royal Navy [65]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [44]

Australian Imperial Force [16]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [9]

Last name first letter

E [1181]

H [2]

F [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1161]

Merchant Navy [12]

Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [27]

Canada [1]

India [1]

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Place of birth

Chester, Cheshire [5] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [5] Manchester, Lancashire [5] Birmingham, Warwickshire [3] Bolton Lancashire [3] Bolton, Lancashire [3] Staffordshire [3] Blackburn, Lancashire [2] Crewe, Cheshire [2] Ellesmere, Shropshire [2] Hanmer [2] London, Middlesex [2] Manchester [2] Preston, Lancashire [2] Sheffield, Yorkshire [2] Stafford, Staffordshire [2] Whitchurch, Shropshire [2] Adelaide South Australia [1] Ashted, Birmingham [1] Ashton Under Lyne [1] Ashton Under Tyne England [1] Atherton Lancashire [1] BArrow in Furness, Lancashire [1] BERMONDSEY [1] Barmer, King's Lynn, Norfolk [1] Barnes, London [1] Bethnal Green, London, Middlesex [1] Bethnal Green, Middlesex [1] Bicton, Shrewsbury, Shropshire [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Blackheath, Staffordshire [1] Bootle, Lancashire [1] Broseley, Shropshire [1] Burland, Cheshire [1] Burslem, Staffordshire [1] Cannock, Staffs [1] Carlton, Barnsley [1] Chatterton, Lancashire [1] Chelmsford [1] Cheshire [1] Cheshire, England [1] Chorley England [1] Clare South Australia [1] Clermont Queensland [1] Colne near Blackburn, Lancashire [1] Cork [1] Coventry, Warwickshire [1] Derbyshire [1] Docking Norfolk [1] Dublin, Dublin [1]

Rank

Private [627] Gunner [73] Corporal [53] Driver [52] Sapper [41] Serjeant [38] Second Lieutenant [24] Lance Corporal [20] Lieutenant [16] Acting Corporal [12] Acting Serjeant [9] Pioneer [9] Captain [8] Bombardier [5] Lance Serjeant [5] Rifleman [5] Staff Serjeant [5] Acting Bombardier [4] Company Serjeant Major [4] Colour Serjeant [3] Corporal 2nd [3] Sergeant [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] 4th Class Assistant Surgeon [2] Able Seaman [2] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Farrier Serjeant [2] Lance Bombardier [2] Major [2] Quartermaster Serjeant [2] Shoeing Smith [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Worker [2] 2nd Class Sergeant Instructor [1] Acting Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Acting Corporal 2nd [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Armament Staff Serjeant [1] Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1] Colour Sergeant Instructor [1] Corporal Serjeant [1] Deck Hand [1] Driver Acting Captain [1] Engineers Clerk Corporal /Acting Engineers Clerk Serjeant [1] Gunner Shoeing Smith [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [101] Royal Engineers [83] Labour Corps [74] Army Service Corps [62] Cheshire Regiment [50] Royal Army Medical Corps [41] Royal Garrison Artillery [39] Lancashire Fusiliers [33] Machine Gun Corps [33] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [31] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [29] Liverpool Regiment [28] Manchester Regiment [28] South Staffordshire Regiment [24] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [22] North Staffordshire Regiment [21] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [21] South Lancashire Regiment [19] London Regiment [17] Norfolk Regiment [15] East Lancashire Regiment [14] King's Royal Rifle Corps [14] Royal Fusiliers [14] Leicestershire Regiment [13] Welsh Regiment [12] Border Regiment [10] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [10] Lincolnshire Regiment [10] Rifle Brigade [10] Coldstream Guards [9] Northumberland Fusiliers [9] Tank Corps [9] Worcestershire Regiment [9] York and Lancaster Regiment [9] Gloucestershire Regiment [7] Hampshire Regiment [7] Middlesex Regiment [7] West Yorkshire Regiment [7] Army Veterinary Corps [6] Canadian Infantry [6] Royal Air Force [6] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [6] Royal Defence Corps [6] Royal Lancaster Regiment [6] Royal Naval Division [5] Shropshire Light Infantry [5] West Riding Regiment [5] Army Cyclist Corps [4] Durham Light Infantry [4] East Surrey Regiment [4]

Service

British Army [965] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [69] Royal Navy [65] Canadian Expeditionary Force [44] Australian Imperial Force [16] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [9]

Last name first letter

E [1181] H [2] F [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1161] Merchant Navy [12] Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [27] Canada [1] India [1]

Richard Edge

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 3695 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 1st/5th (Territorial) Battalion.

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James Edge

Born 1890

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 693346

Canadian Expeditionary Force 693346 Private Canadian Infantry

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Joseph Edge

Born 1883

Died 1960

British Army 03474 Private Royal Army Ordnance Corps

British Army 03474 Corporal Royal Army Ordnance Corps

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William Edge

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 74500 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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John George Herbert Edge

Born 1877

British Army Army Service Corps

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John W M Edge

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 10682 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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John Edge

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 194718

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Ralph Thomas Edge

Born 1888

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers

British Army Captain Royal Engineers

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John A Edge

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army 203809 Private Liverpool Regiment

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John W Edge

Born 1877

Died 1915

British Army 3427 Corporal Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 3427 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 7th Battalion

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Frank Edge

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 3010 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 241089 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 1st/5th (Territorial) Battalion.

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James Broughton Edge

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 1852 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 240323 Corporal Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 1st/5th (Territorial) Battalion.

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Edward Edge

Born 1895

British Army 235090 Private York and Lancaster Regiment 11th Battalion

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James Norman Edge

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 3803 Corporal Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 241653 Corporal Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 2nd/5th (Territorial) Battalion.

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John Hilton Edge

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 65907

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Benjamin Edge

Born 1894

Died 1914

British Army 10748 Private South Staffordshire Regiment 7th Battalion

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William Edge

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 227865

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Harry Edge

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 46852

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Leonard Edge

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 12223

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John Thomas Edge

Born 1888

Died 1965

British Army M2/174781 Private Army Service Corps

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