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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]

Thomas Hilton

Died 1916

British Army 25/290 Acting Corporal Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 25/290 Corporal Northumberland Fusiliers 25th Battalion (Tyneside Irish)

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William Hilton

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 2915 Private Manchester Regiment

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William Hilton

Born 1883

Died 1914

British Army 9252 Private Manchester Regiment

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Lawrence Hilton

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 17547 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 17547 Acting Corporal King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment 8th (Service) Battalion.

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Jack Hilton

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 402767

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Walter Gordon Hilton

Born 1885

Died 1967

British Army 11554 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

British Army 11554 Corporal Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

British Army 5429428 Corporal Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

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George Hilton

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army G/1964 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army G/1964 Lance Corporal Royal Sussex Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Francis Hilton

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 139178

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James W Hilton

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 144379

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Frank William Hilton

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 189118

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William James Hilton

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 190751

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John Hilton

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 107296

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Thomas Hilton

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 308352

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Arthur Hilton

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 30737

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Douglas Hilton

Born 1884

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 129704

Canadian Expeditionary Force 129704 Private Canadian Infantry

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John George Hilton

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 235711

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Albert Hilton

Died 1918

British Army 2322 Serjeant Manchester Regiment

British Army 200538 Serjeant Manchester Regiment

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John Hilton

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 200843 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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James H Hilton

Died 1916

British Army 7790 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers

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Harold George Hilton

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army L/14112 Private Middlesex Regiment

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