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Manchester, Lancashire [29]

Bolton, Lancashire [14]

Sydney New South Wales [10]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [9]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [8]

Melbourne Victoria [8]

Brisbane Queensland [7]

Rochdale, Lancashire [7]

London England [6]

Burnley, Lancashire [5]

Bury, Lancashire [5]

Halifax, Yorkshire [5]

Norwich, Norfolk [5]

Oldham, Lancashire [5]

Blackburn, Lancashire [4]

West Ham, Essex [4]

Adelaide South Australia [3]

Charters Towers Queensland [3]

Chorley, Lancashire [3]

Clifton Hill Victoria [3]

Durham [3]

Leeds, Yorkshire [3]

London, Middlesex [3]

Nelson, Lancashire [3]

Newcastle New South Wales [3]

Newcastle, Northumberland [3]

Nottingham [3]

Auckland NZ [2]

Battersea, London [2]

Bealiba Victoria [2]

Birmingham England [2]

Blackpool, Lancashire [2]

Bolton Lancashire [2]

Brierfield, Lancashire [2]

Brierley Hill, Staffordshire [2]

Brighton, Sussex [2]

Bury England [2]

Chesham, Buckinghamshire [2]

Congleton, Cheshire [2]

Dartford, Kent [2]

Derby, Derbyshire [2]

Drogheda, Louth [2]

Frampton, Dorset [2]

Glasgow [2]

Grafton New South Wales [2]

Grays, Essex, England [2]

Hull, Yorkshire [2]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [2]

Lancashire [2]

Lancashire England [2]

Rank

Private [2099]

Gunner [242]

Driver [163]

Corporal [154]

Serjeant [114]

Sapper [96]

Second Lieutenant [58]

Lieutenant [52]

Lance Corporal [50]

Pioneer [39]

Acting Corporal [35]

Acting Serjeant [31]

Captain [25]

Bombardier [23]

Major [12]

Acting Bombardier [11]

Rifleman [11]

Colour Serjeant [9]

Stoker 1st Class [9]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [9]

Worker [9]

Lance Serjeant [8]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [7]

Ordinary Seaman [7]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [6]

Company Serjeant Major [6]

Temporary Captain [6]

Colonel [5]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [5]

Lieutenant Colonel [5]

Trooper [5]

Deck Hand [4]

Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Staff Serjeant [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [3]

Driver Shoeing Smith [3]

Lance Bombardier [3]

Regimental Serjeant Major [3]

3rd Class Assistant Surgeon [2]

4th Class Assistant Surgeon [2]

Acting Major [2]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [2]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [2]

Lieutenant Captain [2]

Major and Quarter Master [2]

Nurse [2]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Unit

Labour Corps [270]

Royal Field Artillery [266]

Royal Engineers [232]

Lancashire Fusiliers [206]

Army Service Corps [196]

Manchester Regiment [178]

Royal Garrison Artillery [158]

Royal Army Medical Corps [145]

Liverpool Regiment [122]

East Lancashire Regiment [89]

Machine Gun Corps [89]

Cheshire Regiment [87]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [86]

London Regiment [80]

Royal Fusiliers [64]

Northumberland Fusiliers [53]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [49]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [48]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [46]

West Yorkshire Regiment [45]

Welsh Regiment [41]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [39]

West Riding Regiment [37]

Rifle Brigade [36]

South Lancashire Regiment [33]

Royal Army Service Corps [32]

Worcestershire Regiment [31]

Leicestershire Regiment [30]

Middlesex Regiment [30]

Army Ordnance Corps [28]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [28]

York and Lancaster Regiment [27]

Durham Light Infantry [26]

Lincolnshire Regiment [25]

Royal Defence Corps [25]

South Wales Borderers [25]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [24]

Bedfordshire Regiment [23]

Essex Regiment [23]

South Staffordshire Regiment [23]

Yorkshire Regiment [22]

Royal Flying Corps [21]

Border Regiment [20]

East Surrey Regiment [20]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [19]

Devonshire Regiment [18]

Tank Corps [18]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [17]

Army Veterinary Corps [16]

East Yorkshire Regiment [16]

Service

British Army [3118]

Royal Navy [283]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [206]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [131]

Australian Imperial Force [122]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [21]

Indian Army [3]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [3934]

P [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3872]

Merchant Navy [43]

Conscientious Objector [10]

Country

United Kingdom [74]

Australia [2]

Canada [1]

New Zealand [1]

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Manchester, Lancashire [29] Bolton, Lancashire [14] Sydney New South Wales [10] Birmingham, Warwickshire [9] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [8] Melbourne Victoria [8] Brisbane Queensland [7] Rochdale, Lancashire [7] London England [6] Burnley, Lancashire [5] Bury, Lancashire [5] Halifax, Yorkshire [5] Norwich, Norfolk [5] Oldham, Lancashire [5] Blackburn, Lancashire [4] West Ham, Essex [4] Adelaide South Australia [3] Charters Towers Queensland [3] Chorley, Lancashire [3] Clifton Hill Victoria [3] Durham [3] Leeds, Yorkshire [3] London, Middlesex [3] Nelson, Lancashire [3] Newcastle New South Wales [3] Newcastle, Northumberland [3] Nottingham [3] Auckland NZ [2] Battersea, London [2] Bealiba Victoria [2] Birmingham England [2] Blackpool, Lancashire [2] Bolton Lancashire [2] Brierfield, Lancashire [2] Brierley Hill, Staffordshire [2] Brighton, Sussex [2] Bury England [2] Chesham, Buckinghamshire [2] Congleton, Cheshire [2] Dartford, Kent [2] Derby, Derbyshire [2] Drogheda, Louth [2] Frampton, Dorset [2] Glasgow [2] Grafton New South Wales [2] Grays, Essex, England [2] Hull, Yorkshire [2] Hull, Yorkshire, England [2] Lancashire [2] Lancashire England [2]

Rank

Private [2099] Gunner [242] Driver [163] Corporal [154] Serjeant [114] Sapper [96] Second Lieutenant [58] Lieutenant [52] Lance Corporal [50] Pioneer [39] Acting Corporal [35] Acting Serjeant [31] Captain [25] Bombardier [23] Major [12] Acting Bombardier [11] Rifleman [11] Colour Serjeant [9] Stoker 1st Class [9] Warrant Officer Class 2 [9] Worker [9] Lance Serjeant [8] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [7] Ordinary Seaman [7] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [6] Company Serjeant Major [6] Temporary Captain [6] Colonel [5] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [5] Lieutenant Colonel [5] Trooper [5] Deck Hand [4] Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Staff Serjeant [4] Able Seaman [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [3] Driver Shoeing Smith [3] Lance Bombardier [3] Regimental Serjeant Major [3] 3rd Class Assistant Surgeon [2] 4th Class Assistant Surgeon [2] Acting Major [2] Air Mechanic 1st Class [2] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Lieutenant Acting Captain [2] Lieutenant Captain [2] Major and Quarter Master [2] Nurse [2] Private Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Unit

Labour Corps [270] Royal Field Artillery [266] Royal Engineers [232] Lancashire Fusiliers [206] Army Service Corps [196] Manchester Regiment [178] Royal Garrison Artillery [158] Royal Army Medical Corps [145] Liverpool Regiment [122] East Lancashire Regiment [89] Machine Gun Corps [89] Cheshire Regiment [87] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [86] London Regiment [80] Royal Fusiliers [64] Northumberland Fusiliers [53] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [49] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [48] Royal Lancaster Regiment [46] West Yorkshire Regiment [45] Welsh Regiment [41] King's Royal Rifle Corps [39] West Riding Regiment [37] Rifle Brigade [36] South Lancashire Regiment [33] Royal Army Service Corps [32] Worcestershire Regiment [31] Leicestershire Regiment [30] Middlesex Regiment [30] Army Ordnance Corps [28] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [28] York and Lancaster Regiment [27] Durham Light Infantry [26] Lincolnshire Regiment [25] Royal Defence Corps [25] South Wales Borderers [25] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [24] Bedfordshire Regiment [23] Essex Regiment [23] South Staffordshire Regiment [23] Yorkshire Regiment [22] Royal Flying Corps [21] Border Regiment [20] East Surrey Regiment [20] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [19] Devonshire Regiment [18] Tank Corps [18] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [17] Army Veterinary Corps [16] East Yorkshire Regiment [16]

Service

British Army [3118] Royal Navy [283] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [206] Canadian Expeditionary Force [131] Australian Imperial Force [122] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [21] Indian Army [3] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [3934] P [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3872] Merchant Navy [43] Conscientious Objector [10]

Country

United Kingdom [74] Australia [2] Canada [1] New Zealand [1]

William Eccles Holt

Born 1878

Died 1916

British Army T5/1963 Serjeant Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 1963 Serjeant King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 1st/5th Battalion

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Arthur James Holt

Born 1878

Died 1917

British Army 6589 Private London Regiment

British Army 323443 Private London Regiment

British Army 323443 Rifleman London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles).

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William Holt

Born 1894

Died 1918

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 11167 Private Otago Infantry Regiment 2nd Battalion

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William Holt

Born 1896

Died 1977

British Army 012383 Private Army Ordnance Corps

British Army G/34197 Private Royal West Surrey Regiment

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Frederick James Holt

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 18442 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army K/18442 Private King's Liverpool Regiment 4th Battalion

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Charles Arnold Holt

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 195640 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Fred Holt

Born 1883

Died 1943

British Army 5392 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 478080 Private Labour Corps

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Harold Holt

British Army 4560 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 201786 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 4560 Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 1/4 Battalion

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Herbert Holt

Died 1917

British Army 265532 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Frederick Holt

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 31039 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 31039 Private Lancashire Fusilliers 1st/6th Btn

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Richard Holt

Died 1917

British Army 18441 Private King's (Liverpool Regiment) 13th Battalion

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James Holt

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 31028 Private Manchester Regiment 21st Battalion

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Arthur Holt

Born 1899

Died 1982

British Army 67858 Private Cheshire Regiment

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Samuel Holt

Died 1918

British Army 16981 Lance Corporal Lancashire Fusiliers 18th Battalion

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Charles Fenton Holt

Died 1917

British Army G/6827 Private East Kent Regiment

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Frank Holt

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 18615 Private Manchester Regiment 21st Battalion

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Edward Leonard Holt

Died 1914

British Army 5920 Private East Lancashire Regiment 1st Battalion.

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Herbert Wilfred Holt

Born 1889

Died 1914

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers 56th Company

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Allen Holt

Born 1892

British Army 268435 Private The King’s Liverpool Regiment 1st/6th

British Army 6953 Private Liverpool Regiment 1st/7th Battalions

British Army 268435 Private Liverpool Regiment 19th Battalion

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Samuel Holt

British Army 10835 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 19th Battalion

British Army Private Lancashire Fusiliers 15th Battalion

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