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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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Place of birth

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 Henry Holt

British Army 237377 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry

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William J Holt

British Army STK/1416 Private Royal Fusiliers

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William Holt

British Army 29726 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Walter Holt

British Army 60888 Private King's Liverpool Regiment Depot

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William Holt

British Army 491986 Private Labour Corps

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T H Holt

British Army 3365 Private East Lancashire Regiment

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William H Holt

British Army M/284612 Private Army Service Corps

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W Holt

British Army 1731 Private Gordon Highlanders

British Army 121991 Private Royal Flying Corps

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William Holt

British Army 104 Regimental Serjeant Major Lancashire Hussars Yeomanry

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William G Holt

British Army 10656 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army 42117 Serjeant Machine Gun Corps

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William Holt

British Army 85828 Private Liverpool Regiment

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Walter Holt

British Army 48874 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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William Holt

British Army 48768 Sapper Royal Engineers

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William Holt

British Army R/13078 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Thomas W B Holt

British Army 341253 Pioneer Royal Engineers

British Army 51274 Pioneer East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry

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William Holt

British Army 2179 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 330392 Private Liverpool Regiment

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William Rothwell Holt

British Army 5027 Private Royal Fusiliers

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Walter Holt

British Army 13195 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 447155 Private Labour Corps

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William Holt

British Army 4707 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 307554 Private Tank Corps

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Victor Holt

British Army 114301 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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