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Lancashire Fusiliers [62]

Manchester Regiment [55]

Labour Corps [54]

Royal Field Artillery [50]

Liverpool Regiment [24]

Royal Engineers [23]

Royal Garrison Artillery [23]

Army Service Corps [22]

Royal Army Medical Corps [16]

Machine Gun Corps [15]

West Riding Regiment [14]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [13]

Royal Fusiliers [13]

Cheshire Regiment [12]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [12]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [12]

South Lancashire Regiment [12]

East Lancashire Regiment [9]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [8]

Royal Defence Corps [8]

West Yorkshire Regiment [8]

Border Regiment [7]

Northumberland Fusiliers [6]

Royal Air Force [6]

Welsh Regiment [6]

York and Lancaster Regiment [6]

East Yorkshire Regiment [5]

Rifle Brigade [5]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [5]

North Staffordshire Regiment [4]

South Wales Borderers [4]

Army Pay Department [3]

Gloucestershire Regiment [3]

Gordon Highlanders [3]

London Regiment [3]

Military Foot Police [3]

Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Flying Corps [3]

Royal Marines Medical Unit [3]

Royal Scots [3]

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3]

Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Canadian Infantry Battalion [2]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [491]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [32]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [23]

Royal Navy [21]

Australian Imperial Force [12]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

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F [588]

R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [580]

Merchant Navy [8]

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United Kingdom [12]

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Rochdale, Lancashire [7] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [6] Rochdale England [3] Manchester, Lancashire [2] Omeo Victoria [2] Accrington, Lancashire [1] Adelaide South Australia [1] Altrincham, Cheshire [1] Ashton on Lyne, Lancashire [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Bolton Lancashire [1] Bury, Lancashire [1] Castleton, Lancashire [1] Geraldton Western Australia [1] Holmfirth, West Yorkshire [1] Hyde England [1] Hyde, Cheshire [1] Lancashire England [1] Liverpool, Lancashire [1] Manchester, Lancashire, England [1] Merthyr, Glamorganshire [1] Middleton, Lancashire [1] Morley, Yorkshire [1] New Ferry, Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Newcastle New South Wales [1] Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [1] Oldham [1] Oldham, Lancashire [1] Oldham, Lancashire, England [1] Paddington, London [1] Rochdale [1] Royton Manchester [1] Royton Oldham [1] Surry Hills New South Wales [1] Sydney New South Wales [1] Tewkesbury [1] Timperley Cheshire [1] Wakefield, Yorkshire [1] Whitefield Manchester [1]

Rank

Private [341] Gunner [34] Driver [30] Corporal [19] Serjeant [18] Lance Corporal [14] Sapper [11] Second Lieutenant [11] Acting Corporal [8] Acting Serjeant [6] Captain [4] Colonel [4] Lieutenant [4] Pioneer [3] Sergeant [3] Bombardier [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Rifleman [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Acting Lance Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Armourer Staff Serjeant [1] Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Brevet Major [1] Brigadier General [1] Colour Serjeant /Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Fitter [1] Guardsman [1] Gunner Acting Paid Lance Bombardier [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Nurse [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Sister [1] Staff Nurse [1] Temporary Brigadier General [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Lancashire Fusiliers [62] Manchester Regiment [55] Labour Corps [54] Royal Field Artillery [50] Liverpool Regiment [24] Royal Engineers [23] Royal Garrison Artillery [23] Army Service Corps [22] Royal Army Medical Corps [16] Machine Gun Corps [15] West Riding Regiment [14] King's Royal Rifle Corps [13] Royal Fusiliers [13] Cheshire Regiment [12] Royal Lancaster Regiment [12] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [12] South Lancashire Regiment [12] East Lancashire Regiment [9] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [8] Royal Defence Corps [8] West Yorkshire Regiment [8] Border Regiment [7] Northumberland Fusiliers [6] Royal Air Force [6] Welsh Regiment [6] York and Lancaster Regiment [6] East Yorkshire Regiment [5] Rifle Brigade [5] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [5] North Staffordshire Regiment [4] South Wales Borderers [4] Army Pay Department [3] Gloucestershire Regiment [3] Gordon Highlanders [3] London Regiment [3] Military Foot Police [3] Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Flying Corps [3] Royal Marines Medical Unit [3] Royal Scots [3] The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3] Yorkshire Regiment [3] Army Veterinary Corps [2] Canadian Infantry [2] Canadian Infantry Battalion [2] Devonshire Regiment [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] Grenadier Guards [2] Hampshire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [491] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [32] Canadian Expeditionary Force [23] Royal Navy [21] Australian Imperial Force [12] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Last name first letter

F [588] R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [580] Merchant Navy [8]

Country

United Kingdom [12]

William Fitton

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 355462 Sergeant The King's (Liverpool) Regiment 10th Battalion, (The Liverpool Scottish)

British Army Second Lieutenant The Lancashire Fusiliers 4th BattalionS

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant

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Hugh Gregory Fitton

Born 1863

Died 1916

British Army Brigadier General Brigade

British Army Lieutenant Royal Berkshire Regiment

British Army Captain Royal Berkshire Regiment

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Norman Fitton

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers 7th Battalion attached 22nd Battalion

British Army PS/4052 Private Royal Fusiliers 21st Battalion

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James Clifford Fitton

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant General List Attached Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 83593 Air Mechanic 3rd Class Royal Flying Corps Recruits Depot

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant Royal Air Force 48th Squadron

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Norman Victor Fitton

Born 1887

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force A20159 16th Battalion "A Coy"

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James Thomas Fitton

Born 1885

Died 1916

Royal Navy S 3773 Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 3773S Leading Stoker Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Defence

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Tom Fitton

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 11543 Private Manchester Regiment 16th Battalion.

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Henry Fitton

Died 1917

British Army 241503 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 3593 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 241503 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 1st/5th (Territorial) Battalion.

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Thomas Fitton

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army 34636 Private Manchester Regiment 22 Battalion

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Harry Fitton

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 25764

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Samuel Fitton

Died 1914

British Army 819 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 819 Private Manchester Regiment 1st Battalion

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George Fitton

Born 1889

British Army 3/11095 Private South Wales Borderers (Special Reserve) 3rd (Reserve) Battalion

British Army 11095 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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John Henry Fitton

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 134688

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Ernest Fitton

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 29946

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Radcliffe Fitton

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 130267

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George Edward Fitton

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 193235

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Albert Edward Fitton

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 306161

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William Henry Fitton

Died 1914

British Army 9814 Private Manchester Regiment

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John Hopkinson Fitton

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 41934 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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Fred Fitton

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 85922

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