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Blackburn, Lancashire [13]

Burnley, Lancashire [12]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [11]

Oldham, Lancashire [9]

Accrington, Lancashire [8]

Bolton, Lancashire [7]

Liverpool, Lancashire [7]

Darwen, Lancashire [6]

Rochdale, Lancashire [6]

West Bromwich, Staffordshire [6]

London, Middlesex, England [5]

Brighton, Sussex [4]

Haslingden, Lancashire [4]

Lancashire [4]

London, Middlesex [4]

Salford, Lancashire [4]

Saltash, Cornwall [4]

Sydney New South Wales [4]

Adelaide South Australia [3]

Fremantle Western Australia [3]

Tinonee New South Wales [3]

West Ham, Essex [3]

Wick, Sussex [3]

Ballarat Victoria [2]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [2]

Bath, Somerset [2]

Birmingham England [2]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Burnley England [2]

Cargo New South Wales [2]

Chelmsford, Essex [2]

Geelong Victoria [2]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2]

Gympie Queensland [2]

Harrow, Middlesex [2]

Harwich, Essex, England [2]

Ipswich, Suffolk [2]

Kennington, Lambeth [2]

Leeds, Yorkshire [2]

Manchester, Lancashire [2]

Murrurundi New South Wales [2]

Nuthall Nottinghamshire [2]

Port Fairy Victoria [2]

Preston, Lancashire [2]

Rushworth Victoria [2]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [2]

Solihull [2]

Sunderland, Durham [2]

Warrington, Lancashire [2]

Abbotsford Victoria [1]

Rank

Private [1928]

Gunner [206]

Driver [135]

Corporal [107]

Serjeant [105]

Sapper [83]

Lance Corporal [58]

Lieutenant [51]

Second Lieutenant [48]

Acting Corporal [30]

Acting Serjeant [29]

Captain [27]

Pioneer [24]

Bombardier [15]

Major [9]

Able Seaman [8]

Rifleman [7]

Staff Serjeant [7]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [7]

Corporal 2nd [6]

Ordinary Seaman [6]

Colour Serjeant [5]

Company Serjeant Major [5]

Sister [5]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Guardsman [3]

Private Acting Corporal [3]

Regimental Serjeant Major [3]

Sergeant [3]

Shoeing Smith [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [3]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Acting Major [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [2]

Company Serjeant Major /Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [2]

Corporal /Acting Serjeant [2]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [2]

Driver Acting Bombardier [2]

Drummer [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Mechanist Serjeant Major [2]

Ordinary Signalman [2]

Unit

Labour Corps [253]

Royal Field Artillery [236]

East Lancashire Regiment [189]

Royal Engineers [181]

Army Service Corps [174]

Royal Army Medical Corps [146]

Manchester Regiment [125]

Lancashire Fusiliers [119]

Royal Garrison Artillery [115]

Liverpool Regiment [110]

Machine Gun Corps [86]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [76]

Cheshire Regiment [75]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [57]

Royal Fusiliers [54]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [48]

South Lancashire Regiment [40]

Northumberland Fusiliers [39]

Royal Sussex Regiment [39]

Durham Light Infantry [38]

London Regiment [38]

Rifle Brigade [34]

West Yorkshire Regiment [33]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [31]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [30]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [28]

South Staffordshire Regiment [26]

Border Regiment [23]

Royal Naval Division [23]

West Riding Regiment [23]

Royal Army Service Corps [22]

Royal Defence Corps [22]

The Queen's Regiment [22]

Welsh Regiment [22]

Army Veterinary Corps [21]

Leicestershire Regiment [21]

South Wales Borderers [21]

Worcestershire Regiment [21]

Yorkshire Regiment [21]

North Staffordshire Regiment [20]

Lincolnshire Regiment [19]

Royal Irish Regiment [19]

Essex Regiment [18]

York and Lancaster Regiment [18]

Coldstream Guards [17]

East Yorkshire Regiment [17]

Hampshire Regiment [17]

Royal West Kent Regiment [17]

Hussars [16]

Middlesex Regiment [16]

Service

British Army [2785]

Royal Navy [226]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [213]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [140]

Australian Imperial Force [110]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [23]

Indian Army [6]

Other Empire Force [4]

Last name first letter

H [3553]

B [2]

C [1]

S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3483]

Merchant Navy [51]

Conscientious Objector [9]

Country

United Kingdom [65]

France [3]

Australia [1]

Ireland [1]

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Blackburn, Lancashire [13] Burnley, Lancashire [12] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [11] Oldham, Lancashire [9] Accrington, Lancashire [8] Bolton, Lancashire [7] Liverpool, Lancashire [7] Darwen, Lancashire [6] Rochdale, Lancashire [6] West Bromwich, Staffordshire [6] London, Middlesex, England [5] Brighton, Sussex [4] Haslingden, Lancashire [4] Lancashire [4] London, Middlesex [4] Salford, Lancashire [4] Saltash, Cornwall [4] Sydney New South Wales [4] Adelaide South Australia [3] Fremantle Western Australia [3] Tinonee New South Wales [3] West Ham, Essex [3] Wick, Sussex [3] Ballarat Victoria [2] Barnsley, Yorkshire [2] Bath, Somerset [2] Birmingham England [2] Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Burnley England [2] Cargo New South Wales [2] Chelmsford, Essex [2] Geelong Victoria [2] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2] Gympie Queensland [2] Harrow, Middlesex [2] Harwich, Essex, England [2] Ipswich, Suffolk [2] Kennington, Lambeth [2] Leeds, Yorkshire [2] Manchester, Lancashire [2] Murrurundi New South Wales [2] Nuthall Nottinghamshire [2] Port Fairy Victoria [2] Preston, Lancashire [2] Rushworth Victoria [2] Sheffield, Yorkshire [2] Solihull [2] Sunderland, Durham [2] Warrington, Lancashire [2] Abbotsford Victoria [1]

Rank

Private [1928] Gunner [206] Driver [135] Corporal [107] Serjeant [105] Sapper [83] Lance Corporal [58] Lieutenant [51] Second Lieutenant [48] Acting Corporal [30] Acting Serjeant [29] Captain [27] Pioneer [24] Bombardier [15] Major [9] Able Seaman [8] Rifleman [7] Staff Serjeant [7] Warrant Officer Class 2 [7] Corporal 2nd [6] Ordinary Seaman [6] Colour Serjeant [5] Company Serjeant Major [5] Sister [5] Acting Bombardier [3] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Guardsman [3] Private Acting Corporal [3] Regimental Serjeant Major [3] Sergeant [3] Shoeing Smith [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Temporary Captain [3] Warrant Officer Class 1 [3] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Acting Major [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [2] Company Serjeant Major /Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [2] Corporal /Acting Serjeant [2] Corporal Acting Serjeant [2] Driver Acting Bombardier [2] Drummer [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] Mechanist Serjeant Major [2] Ordinary Signalman [2]

Unit

Labour Corps [253] Royal Field Artillery [236] East Lancashire Regiment [189] Royal Engineers [181] Army Service Corps [174] Royal Army Medical Corps [146] Manchester Regiment [125] Lancashire Fusiliers [119] Royal Garrison Artillery [115] Liverpool Regiment [110] Machine Gun Corps [86] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [76] Cheshire Regiment [75] Royal Lancaster Regiment [57] Royal Fusiliers [54] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [48] South Lancashire Regiment [40] Northumberland Fusiliers [39] Royal Sussex Regiment [39] Durham Light Infantry [38] London Regiment [38] Rifle Brigade [34] West Yorkshire Regiment [33] King's Royal Rifle Corps [31] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [30] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [28] South Staffordshire Regiment [26] Border Regiment [23] Royal Naval Division [23] West Riding Regiment [23] Royal Army Service Corps [22] Royal Defence Corps [22] The Queen's Regiment [22] Welsh Regiment [22] Army Veterinary Corps [21] Leicestershire Regiment [21] South Wales Borderers [21] Worcestershire Regiment [21] Yorkshire Regiment [21] North Staffordshire Regiment [20] Lincolnshire Regiment [19] Royal Irish Regiment [19] Essex Regiment [18] York and Lancaster Regiment [18] Coldstream Guards [17] East Yorkshire Regiment [17] Hampshire Regiment [17] Royal West Kent Regiment [17] Hussars [16] Middlesex Regiment [16]

Service

British Army [2785] Royal Navy [226] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [213] Canadian Expeditionary Force [140] Australian Imperial Force [110] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [23] Indian Army [6] Other Empire Force [4]

Last name first letter

H [3553] B [2] C [1] S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3483] Merchant Navy [51] Conscientious Objector [9]

Country

United Kingdom [65] France [3] Australia [1] Ireland [1]

Thomas Henry Holden

Died 1916

British Army 10964 Private East Lancashire Regiment 6th Battalion

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Charles Holden

Died 1918

British Army 9055 Lance Serjeant Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 9055 Serjeant Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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George Holden

Died 1917

British Army 25527 Private Grenadier Guards 4th Battalion

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Robert Holden

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 138987

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Henry Holden

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 276061

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Albert Holden

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 193886

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John George Holden

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 284062

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James Holden

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 190427

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Albert Edward Holden

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 56200

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Thomas Holden

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 47812

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Richard Holden

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 90281

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Albert Holden

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 203931 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 203931 2/5th Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 3337 Private 4th (2nd reserve) battalion East Lanashire Regiment 4th (2nd reserve) battalion East La

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Edward George Victor Harry Holden

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 79040

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Edwin Holden

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 244838

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Thomas Holden

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 191787

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William Holden

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 124058

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Walter Holden

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army 12936 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 9th Battalion.

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Frederick Holden

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 143162

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Walter Holden

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 68362

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Joseph Holden

Died 1916

British Army 15582 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 15582 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

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