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Wigan, Lancashire [9]

Chorley, Lancashire [4]

Liverpool, Lancashire [4]

Bolton, Lancashire [3]

Stirling East South Australia [3]

Folksworth, Huntingdonshire [2]

Hindley Lancashire [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2]

Macclesfield, Cheshire [2]

Manchester, Lancashire [2]

Accrington, Lancashire [1]

Alderton, Northwick [1]

Bendigo Victoria [1]

Birkenhead England [1]

Butley, near Macclesfield, Cheshire [1]

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Cheshire [1]

Chorley England [1]

Cowes Isle of Wight [1]

Cowes, Hampshire [1]

Elsternwick Victoria [1]

Everton, Lancashire [1]

Footscray Victoria [1]

Goodwood South Australia [1]

Hindley, Lancashire [1]

Kadina South Australia [1]

Keswick South Australia [1]

Leigh, Lancashire [1]

Lewisham [1]

Liverpool New South Wales [1]

London, Middlesex, England [1]

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Newton Heath, Lancashire [1]

Ormskirk, Lancashire [1]

Orrell, Wigan, Lancashire [1]

Ovingham, Northumberland [1]

Perth Western Australia [1]

Port Sunlight, Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Prahran Victoria [1]

Rawtenstall, Lancashire [1]

Saint James Chorley, Lancashire [1]

Saint James, Liverpool [1]

Salford, Lancashire [1]

Shewsbury England [1]

St Helens, Lancashire [1]

St Michael's, Wigan, Lancashire [1]

Walken, Lancashire [1]

Walsall, Staffordshire [1]

Wandsworth, London [1]

Wandsworth, Surrey [1]

Rank

Private [390]

Gunner [47]

Corporal [31]

Driver [28]

Captain [21]

Serjeant [21]

Second Lieutenant [17]

Major [15]

Lieutenant [9]

Sapper [8]

Acting Corporal [7]

Lance Corporal [6]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Pioneer [3]

Acting Major [2]

Bombardier [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Guardsman [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Staff Nurse [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Fitter [1]

Gunner /Lance Bombardier [1]

Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1]

Rifleman [1]

Second Lieutenant/Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Sister [1]

Surgeon Vice Admiral [1]

Temporary Major [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Manchester Regiment [56]

Royal Field Artillery [52]

Liverpool Regiment [45]

Labour Corps [44]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [38]

Royal Engineers [34]

Lancashire Fusiliers [32]

Royal Garrison Artillery [27]

South Lancashire Regiment [26]

Cheshire Regiment [25]

Army Service Corps [22]

Royal Army Medical Corps [20]

East Lancashire Regiment [15]

Tank Corps [14]

Border Regiment [13]

Royal Fusiliers [13]

Machine Gun Corps [10]

North Staffordshire Regiment [10]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [10]

Northumberland Fusiliers [8]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [7]

Welsh Regiment [7]

York and Lancaster Regiment [7]

Royal Defence Corps [6]

South Wales Borderers [6]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [5]

Royal Flying Corps [5]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [4]

Durham Light Infantry [4]

Lincolnshire Regiment [4]

Royal Army Service Corps [4]

Royal Naval Division [4]

Army Veterinary Corps [3]

Canadian Infantry [3]

Cheshire Yeomanry [3]

East Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Essex Regiment [3]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

18th Hussars [2]

5th Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

69th Punjabis [2]

91st Punjabis [2]

9th Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [572]

Royal Navy [42]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [31]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [24]

Australian Imperial Force [16]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [8]

Indian Army [2]

Last name first letter

G [690]

P [5]

M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [689]

Merchant Navy [3]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [13]

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Place of birth

Wigan, Lancashire [9] Chorley, Lancashire [4] Liverpool, Lancashire [4] Bolton, Lancashire [3] Stirling East South Australia [3] Folksworth, Huntingdonshire [2] Hindley Lancashire [2] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2] Macclesfield, Cheshire [2] Manchester, Lancashire [2] Accrington, Lancashire [1] Alderton, Northwick [1] Bendigo Victoria [1] Birkenhead England [1] Butley, near Macclesfield, Cheshire [1] Cardiff, Glamorgan [1] Cheshire [1] Chorley England [1] Cowes Isle of Wight [1] Cowes, Hampshire [1] Elsternwick Victoria [1] Everton, Lancashire [1] Footscray Victoria [1] Goodwood South Australia [1] Hindley, Lancashire [1] Kadina South Australia [1] Keswick South Australia [1] Leigh, Lancashire [1] Lewisham [1] Liverpool New South Wales [1] London, Middlesex, England [1] Newcastle, Northumberland [1] Newton Heath, Lancashire [1] Ormskirk, Lancashire [1] Orrell, Wigan, Lancashire [1] Ovingham, Northumberland [1] Perth Western Australia [1] Port Sunlight, Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Prahran Victoria [1] Rawtenstall, Lancashire [1] Saint James Chorley, Lancashire [1] Saint James, Liverpool [1] Salford, Lancashire [1] Shewsbury England [1] St Helens, Lancashire [1] St Michael's, Wigan, Lancashire [1] Walken, Lancashire [1] Walsall, Staffordshire [1] Wandsworth, London [1] Wandsworth, Surrey [1]

Rank

Private [390] Gunner [47] Corporal [31] Driver [28] Captain [21] Serjeant [21] Second Lieutenant [17] Major [15] Lieutenant [9] Sapper [8] Acting Corporal [7] Lance Corporal [6] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Acting Bombardier [3] Pioneer [3] Acting Major [2] Bombardier [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Guardsman [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Lieutenant Commander [2] Staff Nurse [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Deck Hand [1] Fitter [1] Gunner /Lance Bombardier [1] Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1] Rifleman [1] Second Lieutenant/Temporary Lieutenant [1] Sister [1] Surgeon Vice Admiral [1] Temporary Major [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Manchester Regiment [56] Royal Field Artillery [52] Liverpool Regiment [45] Labour Corps [44] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [38] Royal Engineers [34] Lancashire Fusiliers [32] Royal Garrison Artillery [27] South Lancashire Regiment [26] Cheshire Regiment [25] Army Service Corps [22] Royal Army Medical Corps [20] East Lancashire Regiment [15] Tank Corps [14] Border Regiment [13] Royal Fusiliers [13] Machine Gun Corps [10] North Staffordshire Regiment [10] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [10] Northumberland Fusiliers [8] Royal Lancaster Regiment [7] Welsh Regiment [7] York and Lancaster Regiment [7] Royal Defence Corps [6] South Wales Borderers [6] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [5] Royal Flying Corps [5] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [4] Durham Light Infantry [4] Lincolnshire Regiment [4] Royal Army Service Corps [4] Royal Naval Division [4] Army Veterinary Corps [3] Canadian Infantry [3] Cheshire Yeomanry [3] East Yorkshire Regiment [3] Essex Regiment [3] King's Own Scottish Borderers [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3] 18th Hussars [2] 5th Lancashire Fusiliers [2] 69th Punjabis [2] 91st Punjabis [2] 9th Lancashire Fusiliers [2] Army Cyclist Corps [2] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [572] Royal Navy [42] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [31] Canadian Expeditionary Force [24] Australian Imperial Force [16] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [8] Indian Army [2]

Last name first letter

G [690] P [5] M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [689] Merchant Navy [3] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [13]

Harold Gaskell

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 2812

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Hugh Selwyn Gaskell

Born 1879

Died 1967

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps

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Alfred Francis Gaskell

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 223674

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Daniel Edwin Foster Gaskell

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 228448

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Harold Gaskell

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 252340

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Percy Gaskell

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 275861

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Randell Gaskell

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 14114 Lance Corporal York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 14114 Acting Corporal York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 14114 Corporal York and Lancaster Regiment

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Thomas Gaskell

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 16424 Private East Lancashire Regiment 8th east Battalion

British Army 16424 Private East Lancashire Regiment

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James Gaskell

Died 1918

British Army 39792 Serjeant Manchester Regiment 12th manchest Battalion

British Army 39792 Serjeant Manchester Regiment

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Arnold Joseph Gaskell

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 38655 Lance Serjeant The Queen's Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Norfolk Regiment Territorial Force

British Army Second Lieutenant Norfolk Regiment

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Albert Gaskell

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 203365 Private South Lancashire Regiment

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Thomas Gaskell

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 40417 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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Frederick Gaskell

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 4853 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 251895 Private Manchester Regiment

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Walliss William Penn Gaskell

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment 1/24th lond Battalion

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Herbert Gaskell

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army 53828 Private South Wales Borderers

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Richard Gaskell

Died 1917

British Army 331063 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 331063 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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Robert Gaskell

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 1868 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 916147 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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William Gaskell

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 440 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 440 Corporal Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 440 Corporal The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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Wilfred Gaskell

Born 1901

Died 1918

British Army 52852 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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James Gaskell

Died 1917

British Army 202285 Private South Lancashire Regiment

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