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Oldham, Lancashire [11]

Manchester, Lancashire [6]

Bury, Lancashire [5]

Liverpool, Lancashire [5]

Wigan, Lancashire [5]

London, Middlesex, England [4]

Manchester, Lancashire, England [4]

Melbourne Victoria [4]

Radcliffe, Lancashire [4]

Sydney New South Wales [4]

Tarcutta New South Wales [4]

Bolton, Lancashire [3]

Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [3]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3]

London, Middlesex [3]

Bethnal Green, London [2]

Bishop Auckland, Durham [2]

Blackburn, Lancashire [2]

Eastbourne, Sussex [2]

Hull, Yorkshire [2]

Jevington [2]

Lancashire [2]

Lancashire England [2]

Leeds, Yorkshire [2]

Manchester [2]

Manchester England [2]

Maryborough Victoria [2]

Middleton, Lancashire [2]

Newcastle New South Wales [2]

Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [2]

Peckham, London [2]

Preston, Lancashire [2]

Rochdale, Lancashire [2]

Roma Queensland [2]

Sidcup, Kent [2]

South Walsham, Norfolk [2]

Southport, Lancashire [2]

Yateley, Hampshire [2]

Abram, Wigan, Lancashire [1]

Agra [1]

Albury New South Wales [1]

Aldershot, Hampshire [1]

Alfriston [1]

Angaston South Australia [1]

Atherton, Lancashire [1]

Baldock, Hertfordshire [1]

Bamber Bridge, Preston, Lancashire [1]

Barnsbury, London [1]

Barton-upon-Irwell, Lancashire [1]

Bathurst New South Wales [1]

Rank

Private [1121]

Gunner [111]

Driver [101]

Serjeant [86]

Corporal [80]

Sapper [66]

Lance Corporal [33]

Second Lieutenant [32]

Bombardier [23]

Acting Corporal [22]

Captain [22]

Lieutenant [22]

Pioneer [20]

Acting Serjeant [11]

Staff Serjeant [7]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [7]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [5]

Colour Serjeant [5]

Conductor [5]

Sister [5]

Temporary Captain [5]

Worker [5]

Acting Bombardier [4]

Company Serjeant Major [4]

Major [4]

Rifleman [4]

Staff Nurse [4]

Fitter Staff Serjeant [3]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Boy [2]

Brevet Major [2]

Commander [2]

Corporal 2nd [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Drummer [2]

Filter/Staff Serjeant [2]

Leading Stoker [2]

Petty Officer [2]

Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Temporary Mechanist Serjeant Major [2]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

1st Lieutenant [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [171]

Labour Corps [145]

Manchester Regiment [138]

Royal Engineers [113]

Army Service Corps [107]

Lancashire Fusiliers [106]

Liverpool Regiment [82]

Royal Garrison Artillery [68]

Royal Army Medical Corps [63]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [56]

Machine Gun Corps [53]

Middlesex Regiment [36]

London Regiment [34]

Border Regiment [32]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [31]

Royal Fusiliers [31]

East Lancashire Regiment [30]

Durham Light Infantry [29]

Northumberland Fusiliers [28]

Cheshire Regiment [26]

Rifle Brigade [23]

Royal Army Service Corps [22]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [21]

York and Lancaster Regiment [21]

South Lancashire Regiment [20]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [19]

Army Ordnance Corps [18]

Royal Sussex Regiment [18]

East Yorkshire Regiment [16]

Lincolnshire Regiment [16]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [16]

Bedfordshire Regiment [14]

Royal Defence Corps [14]

South Wales Borderers [14]

North Staffordshire Regiment [12]

Royal West Kent Regiment [12]

South Staffordshire Regiment [12]

East Surrey Regiment [11]

Hampshire Regiment [11]

Norfolk Regiment [11]

Welsh Regiment [11]

Canadian Infantry [10]

Royal Naval Division [10]

Seaforth Highlanders [10]

Yorkshire Regiment [10]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [9]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [9]

Northamptonshire Regiment [9]

West Riding Regiment [9]

West Yorkshire Regiment [9]

Service

British Army [1700]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [121]

Royal Navy [106]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [102]

Australian Imperial Force [48]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Other Empire Force [3]

Last name first letter

H [2107]

C [1]

D [1]

S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2081]

Merchant Navy [25]

Country

United Kingdom [42]

Belgium [1]

Egypt [1]

India [1]

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Oldham, Lancashire [11] Manchester, Lancashire [6] Bury, Lancashire [5] Liverpool, Lancashire [5] Wigan, Lancashire [5] London, Middlesex, England [4] Manchester, Lancashire, England [4] Melbourne Victoria [4] Radcliffe, Lancashire [4] Sydney New South Wales [4] Tarcutta New South Wales [4] Bolton, Lancashire [3] Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [3] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3] London, Middlesex [3] Bethnal Green, London [2] Bishop Auckland, Durham [2] Blackburn, Lancashire [2] Eastbourne, Sussex [2] Hull, Yorkshire [2] Jevington [2] Lancashire [2] Lancashire England [2] Leeds, Yorkshire [2] Manchester [2] Manchester England [2] Maryborough Victoria [2] Middleton, Lancashire [2] Newcastle New South Wales [2] Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [2] Peckham, London [2] Preston, Lancashire [2] Rochdale, Lancashire [2] Roma Queensland [2] Sidcup, Kent [2] South Walsham, Norfolk [2] Southport, Lancashire [2] Yateley, Hampshire [2] Abram, Wigan, Lancashire [1] Agra [1] Albury New South Wales [1] Aldershot, Hampshire [1] Alfriston [1] Angaston South Australia [1] Atherton, Lancashire [1] Baldock, Hertfordshire [1] Bamber Bridge, Preston, Lancashire [1] Barnsbury, London [1] Barton-upon-Irwell, Lancashire [1] Bathurst New South Wales [1]

Rank

Private [1121] Gunner [111] Driver [101] Serjeant [86] Corporal [80] Sapper [66] Lance Corporal [33] Second Lieutenant [32] Bombardier [23] Acting Corporal [22] Captain [22] Lieutenant [22] Pioneer [20] Acting Serjeant [11] Staff Serjeant [7] Warrant Officer Class 2 [7] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [5] Colour Serjeant [5] Conductor [5] Sister [5] Temporary Captain [5] Worker [5] Acting Bombardier [4] Company Serjeant Major [4] Major [4] Rifleman [4] Staff Nurse [4] Fitter Staff Serjeant [3] Lance Serjeant [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Boy [2] Brevet Major [2] Commander [2] Corporal 2nd [2] Deck Hand [2] Drummer [2] Filter/Staff Serjeant [2] Leading Stoker [2] Petty Officer [2] Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Temporary Mechanist Serjeant Major [2] Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] 1st Lieutenant [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [171] Labour Corps [145] Manchester Regiment [138] Royal Engineers [113] Army Service Corps [107] Lancashire Fusiliers [106] Liverpool Regiment [82] Royal Garrison Artillery [68] Royal Army Medical Corps [63] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [56] Machine Gun Corps [53] Middlesex Regiment [36] London Regiment [34] Border Regiment [32] King's Royal Rifle Corps [31] Royal Fusiliers [31] East Lancashire Regiment [30] Durham Light Infantry [29] Northumberland Fusiliers [28] Cheshire Regiment [26] Rifle Brigade [23] Royal Army Service Corps [22] Royal Lancaster Regiment [21] York and Lancaster Regiment [21] South Lancashire Regiment [20] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [19] Army Ordnance Corps [18] Royal Sussex Regiment [18] East Yorkshire Regiment [16] Lincolnshire Regiment [16] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [16] Bedfordshire Regiment [14] Royal Defence Corps [14] South Wales Borderers [14] North Staffordshire Regiment [12] Royal West Kent Regiment [12] South Staffordshire Regiment [12] East Surrey Regiment [11] Hampshire Regiment [11] Norfolk Regiment [11] Welsh Regiment [11] Canadian Infantry [10] Royal Naval Division [10] Seaforth Highlanders [10] Yorkshire Regiment [10] King's Own Scottish Borderers [9] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [9] Northamptonshire Regiment [9] West Riding Regiment [9] West Yorkshire Regiment [9]

Service

British Army [1700] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [121] Royal Navy [106] Canadian Expeditionary Force [102] Australian Imperial Force [48] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3] Other Empire Force [3]

Last name first letter

H [2107] C [1] D [1] S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2081] Merchant Navy [25]

Country

United Kingdom [42] Belgium [1] Egypt [1] India [1]

John William Hilton

Born 1877

Died 1918

British Army T927 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 446499 Sapper Royal Engineers 439th Field Company

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Thomas Taylor Hilton

Born 1885

Died 1963

British Army 291938 Corporal Cheshire Regiment

British Army 285233 Corporal Welsh Regiment

British Army 291938 and 285233 Corporal

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Harold Hilton

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army S/11112 Private Seaforth Highlanders

British Army S/11112 Private 1st Battalion

British Army S/11112 Private Seaforth Highlanders First Battalion

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Harvey Hilton

Born 1869

Died 1947

British Army 12150 (incomplete) Sapper Royal Engineers

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John William Hilton

Born 1888

Died 1948

British Army S/11113 Private Seaforth Highlanders

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Holland Hilton

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 3123 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 3123 Acting Corporal Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 3123 Lance Corporal Lancashire Fusiliers 2nd/5th Bn

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James Edward Hilton

Born 1879

Died 1918

British Army G/2404 Corporal Middlesex Regiment

British Army G/2404 Serjeant Middlesex Regiment

British Army G.2404 Serjeant Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) 1/7th Battalion

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Bertie Hilton

Died 1918

British Army 8389 Private South Staffordshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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William Hilton

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army 18061 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 15840 Private Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) 8th Battalion

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John William Hilton

Died 1915

British Army 5903 Private Lancashire Fusliiers 1st Battalion

British Army 5903 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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Albert Hilton

Born 1893

Died 1953

Royal Navy K14443 Leading Stoker HMS COLLINGWOOD

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Samuel Hilton

Died 1914

British Army 10832 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Ernest Hilton

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army L/38361 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

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John Campbell Hilton

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army S/9069 Private Gordon Highlanders 1st Battalion

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Frederick George Hilton

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 60395 Private Manchester Regiment 2nd/7th Battalion.

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Alfred Hilton

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 1978 Private Seaforth Highlanders

British Army 265564 Private Seaforth Highlanders

British Army 265564 Serjeant Seaforth Highlanders

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Thomas Hilton

Died 1918

British Army 400923 Private Manchester Regiment

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James Charles Ernest Hilton

Born 1894

British Army 4/2135 Private Hampshire Regiment 4th Battalion

British Army 200320 Private Hampshire Regiment 4th Battalion

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Harold Hilton

Born 1898

Died 1985

British Army 171550 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Andrew James Hilton

Born 1874

British Army 13423 Private East Surrey Regiment

British Army 13423 Private East Surrey Regiment 13th Battalion

British Army 13423 East Surrey Regiment 4th Volunteer Battalion

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