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Burnley, Lancashire [12]

Leeds, Yorkshire [8]

Accrington, Lancashire [7]

Manchester, Lancashire [7]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [6]

Bradford, Yorkshire [5]

Bacup, Lancashire [4]

Blackburn, Lancashire [4]

Bolton, Lancashire [4]

Ararat Victoria [3]

Colne, Lancashire [3]

Hull, Yorkshire [3]

Lancashire [3]

Oldham, Lancashire [3]

Saint Helens, Lancashire [3]

Yorkshire [3]

Ballarat Victoria [2]

Bendigo Victoria [2]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [2]

Blackburn [2]

Burnley [2]

Darwen, Lancashire [2]

Dean, Lancashire [2]

Farnham, Surrey [2]

Geelong Victoria [2]

Haworth, Yorkshire [2]

Keithley, Yorkshire [2]

Leeds England [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

Lyndhurst, Hants. [2]

Manchester England [2]

Manchester, Lancashire, England [2]

Nelson, Lancashire [2]

Padiham, Lancashire [2]

Preston, Lancashire [2]

Rawtenstall, Lancashire [2]

Salford, Lancashire [2]

Skipton, Yorkshire [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

Warrington, Lancashire [2]

Accrington Lancashire [1]

Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire, England [1]

Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [1]

Axbridge, Somerset [1]

BArrow in Furness, Lancashire [1]

Bacup, Lancs [1]

Balmain New South Wales [1]

Bamburg, Northumberland or Bamber Bridge, Lanc's. Bamburg on service record. Bamber Bridge on Census [1]

Barnoldswick, Yorks [1]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [1342]

Driver [135]

Gunner [129]

Corporal [79]

Sapper [65]

Serjeant [65]

Second Lieutenant [46]

Lance Corporal [38]

Lieutenant [38]

Captain [27]

Acting Corporal [24]

Bombardier [20]

Pioneer [20]

Acting Serjeant [19]

Acting Bombardier [6]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Corporal 2nd [5]

Stoker 1st Class [5]

Company Serjeant Major [4]

Major [4]

Acting Captain [3]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [3]

Deck Hand [3]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Rifleman [3]

Shoeing Smith [3]

Temporary Lieutenant [3]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Artificer Engineer [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Commander [2]

Conductor [2]

Lieutenant /Acting Captain [2]

Sub Lieutenant [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

2/Lt [1]

2nd Lieut. [1]

A W O [1]

A/Corporal [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Sub Lieutenant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Armourer Staff Serjeant [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Canteen Worker [1]

Captain /Temporary Major [1]

Captain Acting Major [1]

Chaplain to the Forces [1]

Unit

East Lancashire Regiment [191]

Labour Corps [178]

Royal Field Artillery [174]

Royal Engineers [139]

Army Service Corps [123]

Royal Army Medical Corps [108]

Manchester Regiment [96]

Royal Garrison Artillery [74]

Liverpool Regiment [73]

West Riding Regiment [73]

Lancashire Fusiliers [71]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [60]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [59]

Cheshire Regiment [53]

Machine Gun Corps [53]

West Yorkshire Regiment [50]

Northumberland Fusiliers [36]

Royal Fusiliers [31]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [27]

Yorkshire Regiment [26]

London Regiment [23]

South Lancashire Regiment [23]

North Staffordshire Regiment [21]

Royal Army Service Corps [21]

York and Lancaster Regiment [21]

Durham Light Infantry [20]

Lincolnshire Regiment [19]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [18]

Rifle Brigade [17]

Royal Defence Corps [15]

Border Regiment [14]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [14]

Leicestershire Regiment [14]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [14]

Royal Scots [14]

Army Veterinary Corps [13]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [13]

Welsh Regiment [13]

Army Ordnance Corps [12]

Coldstream Guards [12]

East Yorkshire Regiment [12]

Royal Flying Corps [12]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [11]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [11]

South Wales Borderers [11]

Royal Engineers Transport [10]

Worcestershire Regiment [10]

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [9]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [9]

Tank Corps [9]

Service

British Army [1972]

Royal Navy [141]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [116]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [74]

Australian Imperial Force [35]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [19]

Last name first letter

H [2393]

K [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2349]

Merchant Navy [27]

Conscientious Objector [13]

Country

United Kingdom [46]

India [1]

New Zealand [1]

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Place of birth

Burnley, Lancashire [12] Leeds, Yorkshire [8] Accrington, Lancashire [7] Manchester, Lancashire [7] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [6] Bradford, Yorkshire [5] Bacup, Lancashire [4] Blackburn, Lancashire [4] Bolton, Lancashire [4] Ararat Victoria [3] Colne, Lancashire [3] Hull, Yorkshire [3] Lancashire [3] Oldham, Lancashire [3] Saint Helens, Lancashire [3] Yorkshire [3] Ballarat Victoria [2] Bendigo Victoria [2] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [2] Blackburn [2] Burnley [2] Darwen, Lancashire [2] Dean, Lancashire [2] Farnham, Surrey [2] Geelong Victoria [2] Haworth, Yorkshire [2] Keithley, Yorkshire [2] Leeds England [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] Lyndhurst, Hants. [2] Manchester England [2] Manchester, Lancashire, England [2] Nelson, Lancashire [2] Padiham, Lancashire [2] Preston, Lancashire [2] Rawtenstall, Lancashire [2] Salford, Lancashire [2] Skipton, Yorkshire [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Warrington, Lancashire [2] Accrington Lancashire [1] Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire, England [1] Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [1] Axbridge, Somerset [1] BArrow in Furness, Lancashire [1] Bacup, Lancs [1] Balmain New South Wales [1] Bamburg, Northumberland or Bamber Bridge, Lanc's. Bamburg on service record. Bamber Bridge on Census [1] Barnoldswick, Yorks [1] Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [1342] Driver [135] Gunner [129] Corporal [79] Sapper [65] Serjeant [65] Second Lieutenant [46] Lance Corporal [38] Lieutenant [38] Captain [27] Acting Corporal [24] Bombardier [20] Pioneer [20] Acting Serjeant [19] Acting Bombardier [6] Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Corporal 2nd [5] Stoker 1st Class [5] Company Serjeant Major [4] Major [4] Acting Captain [3] Air Mechanic 1st Class [3] Deck Hand [3] Lance Serjeant [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Rifleman [3] Shoeing Smith [3] Temporary Lieutenant [3] Temporary Second Lieutenant [3] Able Seaman [2] Artificer Engineer [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Commander [2] Conductor [2] Lieutenant /Acting Captain [2] Sub Lieutenant [2] Temporary Captain [2] 2/Lt [1] 2nd Lieut. [1] A W O [1] A/Corporal [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Sub Lieutenant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Armourer Staff Serjeant [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Canteen Worker [1] Captain /Temporary Major [1] Captain Acting Major [1] Chaplain to the Forces [1]

Unit

East Lancashire Regiment [191] Labour Corps [178] Royal Field Artillery [174] Royal Engineers [139] Army Service Corps [123] Royal Army Medical Corps [108] Manchester Regiment [96] Royal Garrison Artillery [74] Liverpool Regiment [73] West Riding Regiment [73] Lancashire Fusiliers [71] Royal Lancaster Regiment [60] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [59] Cheshire Regiment [53] Machine Gun Corps [53] West Yorkshire Regiment [50] Northumberland Fusiliers [36] Royal Fusiliers [31] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [27] Yorkshire Regiment [26] London Regiment [23] South Lancashire Regiment [23] North Staffordshire Regiment [21] Royal Army Service Corps [21] York and Lancaster Regiment [21] Durham Light Infantry [20] Lincolnshire Regiment [19] Yorkshire Light Infantry [18] Rifle Brigade [17] Royal Defence Corps [15] Border Regiment [14] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [14] Leicestershire Regiment [14] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [14] Royal Scots [14] Army Veterinary Corps [13] King's Own Scottish Borderers [13] Welsh Regiment [13] Army Ordnance Corps [12] Coldstream Guards [12] East Yorkshire Regiment [12] Royal Flying Corps [12] King's Royal Rifle Corps [11] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [11] South Wales Borderers [11] Royal Engineers Transport [10] Worcestershire Regiment [10] King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [9] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [9] Tank Corps [9]

Service

British Army [1972] Royal Navy [141] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [116] Canadian Expeditionary Force [74] Australian Imperial Force [35] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [19]

Last name first letter

H [2393] K [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2349] Merchant Navy [27] Conscientious Objector [13]

Country

United Kingdom [46] India [1] New Zealand [1]

Harrie D Hargreaves

British Army 32923 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 1758 Private Essex Regiment

British Army 35058 Private Border Regiment

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Thomas Hargreaves

British Army 39606 Private 16th Battalion Liverpool Regiment

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P S Hargreaves

British Army Lieutenant 14th Lancers

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Smith Hargreaves

British Army TR5/126749 Private 7th Distribution Battalion

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Frank Bertram Hargreaves

British Army 240446 Serjeant Highland Light Infantry 1/5th highland Battalion

British Army Lieutenant 1st Guides Indian Army

British Army Lieutenant Indian Army

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Harry Hargreaves

British Army 3559 Private 5th Royal Lancaster Regiment

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Frederick Hargraves

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 283033

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William Evan Hargreaves

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William E Hargreaves

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W. Hargreaves

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Robert M. Hargreaves

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B. A. Hargreaves

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John Clarke Keen-Hargreaves

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

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Thomas Gregory Hargreaves-Bury

British Army Second Lieutenant Manchester Regiment 6th manchest Battalion

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