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Manchester, Lancashire [4]

Wakefield, Yorkshire [4]

Oldham, Lancashire [3]

Cheadle, Cheshire [2]

Crewe, Cheshire [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2]

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Disley, Cheshire [1]

Dublin [1]

Esk Queensland [1]

Everton, Lancashire [1]

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Morley, West Yorkshire [1]

Mossley, Lancashire [1]

Nechells, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire [1]

Northwich, Cheshire [1]

Oldham England [1]

Ollerton [1]

Openshaw, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

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Private [382]

Corporal [39]

Gunner [31]

Serjeant [26]

Lieutenant [18]

Driver [17]

Sapper [17]

Second Lieutenant [16]

Lance Corporal [12]

Acting Corporal [7]

Captain [7]

Acting Serjeant [5]

Pioneer [4]

Bombardier [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Rifleman [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Worker [2]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Armourer Staff Sergeant [1]

Armourer's Crew [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Nurse [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Saddler [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [64]

Manchester Regiment [57]

Cheshire Regiment [50]

Royal Engineers [39]

Royal Field Artillery [37]

Liverpool Regiment [34]

Lancashire Fusiliers [31]

Royal Army Medical Corps [18]

Royal Garrison Artillery [18]

Machine Gun Corps [16]

South Lancashire Regiment [15]

Army Service Corps [13]

Royal Fusiliers [13]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [12]

York and Lancaster Regiment [12]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [10]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [10]

West Riding Regiment [10]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [8]

London Regiment [8]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [8]

Durham Light Infantry [7]

Lincolnshire Regiment [7]

Welsh Regiment [7]

West Yorkshire Regiment [7]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [7]

East Lancashire Regiment [6]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [6]

Rifle Brigade [6]

Royal Air Force [6]

Royal Naval Division [6]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [6]

South Wales Borderers [6]

Tank Corps [6]

Border Regiment [5]

East Yorkshire Regiment [5]

Essex Regiment [5]

Northamptonshire Regiment [5]

Northumberland Fusiliers [5]

Royal Defence Corps [5]

Army Ordnance Corps [4]

Canadian Infantry [4]

Dragoon Guards [4]

Indian Army Reserve of Officers [4]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [4]

Hampshire Regiment [3]

Leicestershire Regiment [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Highlanders [3]

Royal Marine Artillery [3]

Service

British Army [544]

Royal Navy [47]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [37]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [31]

Australian Imperial Force [11]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

H [683]

M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [673]

Merchant Navy [6]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [22]

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Place of birth

Manchester, Lancashire [4] Wakefield, Yorkshire [4] Oldham, Lancashire [3] Cheadle, Cheshire [2] Crewe, Cheshire [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2] London, Middlesex [2] Macclesfield, Cheshire [2] Macedon Victoria [2] Manchester [2] Sunderland [2] Yorkshire [2] Allostock, Cheshire [1] Altrincham, Cheshire [1] Ardwick, Manchester [1] B ourton on Water [1] Birkenhead [1] Broadbottom, Cheshire [1] Calicut [1] Camberwell, London [1] Chatham, Kent [1] Chester, Cheshire, England [1] Crewe Crewe, Cheshire [1] Disley, Cheshire [1] Dublin [1] Esk Queensland [1] Everton, Lancashire [1] Gordon Victoria [1] Greenfield, Yorkshire [1] Hadfield England [1] Highgate, London, England [1] Horsham Victoria [1] Huddersfield, Yorkshire [1] Hunslet, Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Hurst, Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire [1] Hyde, Cheshire [1] Kadina South Australia [1] Knutsford, Cheshire [1] Lambeth, London [1] Manchester, Lancashire, England [1] Milnsbridge, Huddersfield, Yorkshire [1] Morley, West Yorkshire [1] Mossley, Lancashire [1] Nechells, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire [1] Northwich, Cheshire [1] Oldham England [1] Ollerton [1] Openshaw, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [382] Corporal [39] Gunner [31] Serjeant [26] Lieutenant [18] Driver [17] Sapper [17] Second Lieutenant [16] Lance Corporal [12] Acting Corporal [7] Captain [7] Acting Serjeant [5] Pioneer [4] Bombardier [3] Able Seaman [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Rifleman [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Worker [2] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Armourer Staff Sergeant [1] Armourer's Crew [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Deck Hand [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Nurse [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Private Acting Lance Corporal [1] Saddler [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [64] Manchester Regiment [57] Cheshire Regiment [50] Royal Engineers [39] Royal Field Artillery [37] Liverpool Regiment [34] Lancashire Fusiliers [31] Royal Army Medical Corps [18] Royal Garrison Artillery [18] Machine Gun Corps [16] South Lancashire Regiment [15] Army Service Corps [13] Royal Fusiliers [13] Royal Lancaster Regiment [12] York and Lancaster Regiment [12] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [10] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [10] West Riding Regiment [10] King's Royal Rifle Corps [8] London Regiment [8] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [8] Durham Light Infantry [7] Lincolnshire Regiment [7] Welsh Regiment [7] West Yorkshire Regiment [7] Yorkshire Light Infantry [7] East Lancashire Regiment [6] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [6] Rifle Brigade [6] Royal Air Force [6] Royal Naval Division [6] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [6] South Wales Borderers [6] Tank Corps [6] Border Regiment [5] East Yorkshire Regiment [5] Essex Regiment [5] Northamptonshire Regiment [5] Northumberland Fusiliers [5] Royal Defence Corps [5] Army Ordnance Corps [4] Canadian Infantry [4] Dragoon Guards [4] Indian Army Reserve of Officers [4] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [4] Hampshire Regiment [3] Leicestershire Regiment [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Highlanders [3] Royal Marine Artillery [3]

Service

British Army [544] Royal Navy [47] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [37] Canadian Expeditionary Force [31] Australian Imperial Force [11] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

H [683] M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [673] Merchant Navy [6] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [22]

Joseph Harrop

Died 1918

British Army 4792 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 251876 Private Manchester Regiment

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Leonard Harrop

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 6221 Private Northumberland Regiment

British Army 6221 Corporal Northumberland Regiment

British Army 6221 Corporal Northamptonshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Edward Oliver Harrop

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 3827 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 3827 Private Lancashire Fusiliers Depot

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James Reginald Harrop

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 75220

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Frederick Harrop

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 240728

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Arthur Rex Harrop

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 22636 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 15th Battalion.

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Amos Harrop

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 108217 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 37117 Private Labour Corps

British Army 47606 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 2nd (Regular) Battalion.

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Horace Harrop

Born 1894

Died 1914

British Army 10835 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 10835 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Ethelbert H. Harrop

Died 1915

British Army 13668 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 13668 Private Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

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Ernest Harrop

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 155448 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Leonard Harrop

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 38106 Private Manchester Regiment

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Frederick Charles Harrop

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 215128

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Herbert Scott Harrop

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 21319

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George Harrop

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 79579

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Walter Lloyd Harrop

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 262311

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Robert Harrop

Born 1898

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2591316

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2591316 Private Canadian Infantry

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William Harrop

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 106842

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Harry Harrop

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 243588

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William Sidebotham Harrop

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 14151

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George Alfred Harrop

Born 1878

Died 1916

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 23/165 New Zealand Rifle Brigade 1st Battalion

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