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Manchester, Lancashire [3]

Stockport, Cheshire [3]

Colne, Lancashire [2]

London [2]

Mold, Flintshire [2]

Newcastle New South Wales [2]

Paddington, London [2]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [2]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Albury New South Wales [1]

Allon, Hampshire [1]

Alton, Hampshire [1]

Ashted, Birmingham [1]

Basingstoke, Hampshire, England [1]

Battersea, Surrey [1]

Bingley, Yorkshire [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Bradford, Yorkshire [1]

Brisbane Queensland [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Catherine Hill Bay New South Wales [1]

Cheshire England [1]

Chinchilla Queensland [1]

Coedpoeth, Wrexham [1]

Congleton, Cheshire [1]

Congleton, Cheshire, England [1]

Crompton, Lancashire [1]

Darlington [1]

Dewsbury, Yorkshire [1]

Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England [1]

Doncaster [1]

Doncaster, Yorkshire [1]

East Ham, Essex [1]

Edinburgh [1]

Esholt [1]

Faulke Butt Lane, Staffordshire [1]

Fermoy, Cork [1]

Great Harwood, Lancashire [1]

Greenshill, Shropshire, England [1]

Grinshill, Shropshire [1]

Gympie Queensland [1]

Hanley, Staffordshire, England [1]

Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire [1]

Hull, Yorkshire [1]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [1]

Junee New South Wales [1]

Lancashire [1]

Launceston Tas Tasmania [1]

Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1]

Rank

Private [405]

Serjeant [39]

Gunner [36]

Corporal [24]

Driver [22]

Lance Corporal [22]

Sapper [17]

Second Lieutenant [15]

Lieutenant [14]

Captain [10]

Major [8]

Acting Bombardier [4]

Pioneer [4]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Corporal [2]

Bombardier [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Rifleman [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

3rd Writer [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Admiral [1]

Assistant Paymaster [1]

Battalion Colonel [1]

Brevet Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [1]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Captain /Temporary Major [1]

Commander [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Drummer [1]

Fusilier [1]

Guardsman [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant /Acting Captain [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant Colonel and Brevet Colonel /Temporary Major General [1]

Major /Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major General [1]

Major, Brevet Lieutenant Colonel, Temporary Brigadier General [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [45]

Manchester Regiment [43]

Royal Field Artillery [43]

Royal Engineers [40]

Army Service Corps [36]

Lancashire Fusiliers [29]

Royal Army Medical Corps [23]

Cheshire Regiment [20]

Machine Gun Corps [20]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [20]

Liverpool Regiment [19]

North Staffordshire Regiment [18]

Royal Garrison Artillery [18]

London Regiment [15]

East Lancashire Regiment [13]

West Yorkshire Regiment [12]

Royal Fusiliers [11]

South Lancashire Regiment [11]

Middlesex Regiment [10]

Army Ordnance Corps [9]

Essex Regiment [9]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [9]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [9]

West Riding Regiment [9]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [8]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [8]

Royal West Kent Regiment [8]

The Queen's Regiment [8]

Rifle Brigade [7]

Royal Defence Corps [7]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [7]

Yorkshire Regiment [7]

Durham Light Infantry [6]

Northumberland Fusiliers [6]

Royal Army Service Corps [6]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [6]

York and Lancaster Regiment [6]

Border Regiment [5]

Coldstream Guards [5]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [5]

South Staffordshire Regiment [5]

Canadian Infantry [4]

East Surrey Regiment [4]

Indian Defence Force [4]

King's Liverpool Regiment [4]

Lancers [4]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [4]

Northamptonshire Regiment [4]

Shropshire Light Infantry [4]

Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps [3]

Service

British Army [606]

Royal Navy [43]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [29]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [26]

Australian Imperial Force [18]

Indian Army [1]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [734]

G [3]

Contribution

Military Service [723]

Merchant Navy [12]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [9]

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Place of birth

Manchester, Lancashire [3] Stockport, Cheshire [3] Colne, Lancashire [2] London [2] Mold, Flintshire [2] Newcastle New South Wales [2] Paddington, London [2] Sheffield, Yorkshire [2] Adelaide South Australia [1] Albury New South Wales [1] Allon, Hampshire [1] Alton, Hampshire [1] Ashted, Birmingham [1] Basingstoke, Hampshire, England [1] Battersea, Surrey [1] Bingley, Yorkshire [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Bradford, Yorkshire [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Camberwell, London [1] Catherine Hill Bay New South Wales [1] Cheshire England [1] Chinchilla Queensland [1] Coedpoeth, Wrexham [1] Congleton, Cheshire [1] Congleton, Cheshire, England [1] Crompton, Lancashire [1] Darlington [1] Dewsbury, Yorkshire [1] Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England [1] Doncaster [1] Doncaster, Yorkshire [1] East Ham, Essex [1] Edinburgh [1] Esholt [1] Faulke Butt Lane, Staffordshire [1] Fermoy, Cork [1] Great Harwood, Lancashire [1] Greenshill, Shropshire, England [1] Grinshill, Shropshire [1] Gympie Queensland [1] Hanley, Staffordshire, England [1] Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire [1] Hull, Yorkshire [1] Hull, Yorkshire, England [1] Junee New South Wales [1] Lancashire [1] Launceston Tas Tasmania [1] Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1]

Rank

Private [405] Serjeant [39] Gunner [36] Corporal [24] Driver [22] Lance Corporal [22] Sapper [17] Second Lieutenant [15] Lieutenant [14] Captain [10] Major [8] Acting Bombardier [4] Pioneer [4] Acting Serjeant [3] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Corporal [2] Bombardier [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Rifleman [2] Temporary Captain [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] 3rd Writer [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Admiral [1] Assistant Paymaster [1] Battalion Colonel [1] Brevet Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [1] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1] Captain /Temporary Major [1] Commander [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Deck Hand [1] Drummer [1] Fusilier [1] Guardsman [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant /Acting Captain [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant Colonel and Brevet Colonel /Temporary Major General [1] Major /Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major General [1] Major, Brevet Lieutenant Colonel, Temporary Brigadier General [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [45] Manchester Regiment [43] Royal Field Artillery [43] Royal Engineers [40] Army Service Corps [36] Lancashire Fusiliers [29] Royal Army Medical Corps [23] Cheshire Regiment [20] Machine Gun Corps [20] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [20] Liverpool Regiment [19] North Staffordshire Regiment [18] Royal Garrison Artillery [18] London Regiment [15] East Lancashire Regiment [13] West Yorkshire Regiment [12] Royal Fusiliers [11] South Lancashire Regiment [11] Middlesex Regiment [10] Army Ordnance Corps [9] Essex Regiment [9] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [9] Royal Lancaster Regiment [9] West Riding Regiment [9] King's Royal Rifle Corps [8] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [8] Royal West Kent Regiment [8] The Queen's Regiment [8] Rifle Brigade [7] Royal Defence Corps [7] Yorkshire Light Infantry [7] Yorkshire Regiment [7] Durham Light Infantry [6] Northumberland Fusiliers [6] Royal Army Service Corps [6] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [6] York and Lancaster Regiment [6] Border Regiment [5] Coldstream Guards [5] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [5] South Staffordshire Regiment [5] Canadian Infantry [4] East Surrey Regiment [4] Indian Defence Force [4] King's Liverpool Regiment [4] Lancers [4] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [4] Northamptonshire Regiment [4] Shropshire Light Infantry [4] Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps [3]

Service

British Army [606] Royal Navy [43] Canadian Expeditionary Force [29] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [26] Australian Imperial Force [18] Indian Army [1] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [734] G [3]

Contribution

Military Service [723] Merchant Navy [12] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [9]

Samuel Hopwood

Born 1881

Died 1918

British Army 12326 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers 6th. Battalion

British Army 12326 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers 1st./4th. Battalion

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Albert Edward Hopwood

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 131491

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Henry Roland Hopwood

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 300763

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George Hopwood

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 10454 Lance Corporal Lancashire Fusiliers 15th Battalion

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John Richard Hopwood

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 17222 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 9th Battalion

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John William Hopwood

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 365859

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Fred Hopwood

Died 1917

British Army T/207054 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army T/207054 Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

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Richard Hopwood

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 277604

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Arnold Victor Hopwood

Born 1892

British Army 2581 Private North Staffordshire Regiment 1/5th Battalion

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William H Hopwood

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 55987 Driver 5th Division 28th Brigade Royal Field Artillery

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Arthur Joseph Hopwood

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 129949

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Neville Hopwood

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 114768

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Albert James Hopwood

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 319586

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Alfred Hopwood

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 6294 Private North Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 242298 Private North Staffordshire Regiment

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Maurice Hopwood

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army P/6986 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army G/16528 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army G/16528 Private Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)

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Robert Harvey Hopwood

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army Company Serjeant Major Middlesex Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Middlesex Regiment

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Richard H Hopwood

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 23476 Private Royal Irish Fusiliers

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William Hopwood

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 238554

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Harold Hopwood

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 70576

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Albert James Hopwood

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 319677

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