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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]

Ben Hilton

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 298963

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Charles Henry Nelson Hilton

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 372704 Private London Regiment

British Army 372704 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 5367 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Albert Hilton

Born 1888

Died 1918

Royal Navy R/4205 Able Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Hawke Battalion

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Joseph Hilton

Born 1875

Died 1916

British Army 6199 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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Andrew Hilton

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 283091

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William Hilton

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 138144

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Frederick Hilton

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 131296

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Ronald Lane Hilton

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 171290

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James William Hilton

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 187066

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Murray Venables Hilton

Born 1857

Died 1915

British Army Colonel East Lancashire Regiment

British Army Colonel East Lancashire Regiment

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Horace Henry Hilton

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 33774

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Edward Hilton

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 86100

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Charles Hilton

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 168032

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David Thomas Hilton

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 9857 Drummer Royal Warwickshire Regiment 14th Battalion.

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William Hilton

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 101726

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James Nuttall Hilton

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 80089

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Charles Lionel Hilton

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 42458

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John Hilton

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 77372

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Harry Hilton

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 42024

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William Hilton

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 42584

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