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Bolton, Lancashire [9]

Bury, Lancashire [6]

Liverpool, Lancashire [6]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [5]

Manchester, Lancashire [4]

Rochdale, Lancashire [4]

Lancashire England [3]

Accrington, Lancashire [2]

Darwen, Lancashire [2]

Littleborough, Lancashire [2]

Padiham, Lancashire [2]

Stockport, Cheshire [2]

Walhalla Victoria [2]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Batley Yorkshire [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Birkenhead England [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Bolton, Lancashire. [1]

Bury Manchester [1]

Cardiff [1]

Cheadle Hulme, Cheshire [1]

Chester, Cheshire, England [1]

DIDSBURY, LANCS [1]

Durham [1]

Farnworth, Bolton, Lancashire [1]

Farnworth, Lancashire [1]

Freshfield, Lancashire, England [1]

Greenwich [1]

Haslingden, Lancashire, England [1]

Holbeck, Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Hulme, Lancashire [1]

Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Leigh, Leigh Bedford, Lancs [1]

Liverpool [1]

Liverpool England [1]

London, Middlesex, England [1]

Lower Broughton Manchester [1]

Manchester England [1]

Manchester, Lancashire, England [1]

Melbourne Victoria [1]

Moss Side, Lancashire [1]

Narican Victoria [1]

Oldham, Lancashire [1]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [1]

Ranikhet [1]

Ratcliff, Lancashire [1]

Salford, Lancashire [1]

Salford, Lancs [1]

Shuttleworth, Bury, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [400]

Gunner [48]

Corporal [31]

Driver [31]

Serjeant [20]

Sapper [10]

Pioneer [8]

Second Lieutenant [8]

Lance Corporal [7]

Lieutenant [7]

Colonel [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Acting Corporal [3]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Captain [3]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Bombardier [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Rifleman [2]

Shoeing Smith [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Corporal 2nd [1]

Acting Mechanist Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Assistant Paymaster [1]

Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Honorary Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1]

Pioneer Acting Corporal [1]

Priv [1]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Private Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Quarter Master and Honorary Lieutenant [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Transport Serjeant [1]

Trooper [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

Lancashire Fusiliers [59]

Royal Field Artillery [54]

Royal Army Medical Corps [48]

Manchester Regiment [47]

Labour Corps [45]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [40]

Liverpool Regiment [33]

Royal Engineers [29]

Army Service Corps [28]

Royal Garrison Artillery [26]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [22]

Machine Gun Corps [21]

East Lancashire Regiment [18]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [14]

Cheshire Regiment [11]

Royal Fusiliers [9]

South Lancashire Regiment [9]

Army Ordnance Corps [8]

East Yorkshire Regiment [8]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [7]

Royal Army Service Corps [7]

West Yorkshire Regiment [7]

Grenadier Guards [6]

Coldstream Guards [5]

Monmouthshire Regiment [5]

Shropshire Light Infantry [5]

Border Regiment [4]

Durham Light Infantry [4]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [4]

Rifle Brigade [4]

Royal Flying Corps [4]

South Wales Borderers [4]

Welsh Regiment [4]

West Riding Regiment [4]

Gloucestershire Regiment [3]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [3]

North Staffordshire Regiment [3]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [3]

Royal Irish Rifles [3]

Royal Marine Artillery [3]

Royal Naval Division [3]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

Territorial Force Nursing Service [3]

The Queen's Regiment [3]

York and Lancaster Regiment [3]

Army Medical Service [2]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

Dragoon Guards [2]

King's Liverpool Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [576]

Royal Navy [54]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [39]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [20]

Australian Imperial Force [16]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4]

Last name first letter

H [727]

Contribution

Military Service [706]

Merchant Navy [18]

Country

United Kingdom [8]

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Place of birth

Bolton, Lancashire [9] Bury, Lancashire [6] Liverpool, Lancashire [6] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [5] Manchester, Lancashire [4] Rochdale, Lancashire [4] Lancashire England [3] Accrington, Lancashire [2] Darwen, Lancashire [2] Littleborough, Lancashire [2] Padiham, Lancashire [2] Stockport, Cheshire [2] Walhalla Victoria [2] Adelaide South Australia [1] Batley Yorkshire [1] Battersea, London [1] Birkenhead England [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Bolton, Lancashire. [1] Bury Manchester [1] Cardiff [1] Cheadle Hulme, Cheshire [1] Chester, Cheshire, England [1] DIDSBURY, LANCS [1] Durham [1] Farnworth, Bolton, Lancashire [1] Farnworth, Lancashire [1] Freshfield, Lancashire, England [1] Greenwich [1] Haslingden, Lancashire, England [1] Holbeck, Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Hulme, Lancashire [1] Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Leigh, Leigh Bedford, Lancs [1] Liverpool [1] Liverpool England [1] London, Middlesex, England [1] Lower Broughton Manchester [1] Manchester England [1] Manchester, Lancashire, England [1] Melbourne Victoria [1] Moss Side, Lancashire [1] Narican Victoria [1] Oldham, Lancashire [1] Portsmouth, Hampshire [1] Ranikhet [1] Ratcliff, Lancashire [1] Salford, Lancashire [1] Salford, Lancs [1] Shuttleworth, Bury, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [400] Gunner [48] Corporal [31] Driver [31] Serjeant [20] Sapper [10] Pioneer [8] Second Lieutenant [8] Lance Corporal [7] Lieutenant [7] Colonel [4] Able Seaman [3] Acting Corporal [3] Acting Serjeant [3] Captain [3] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Bombardier [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Rifleman [2] Shoeing Smith [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Corporal 2nd [1] Acting Mechanist Serjeant Major [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Assistant Paymaster [1] Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Deck Hand [1] Honorary Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1] Pioneer Acting Corporal [1] Priv [1] Private Acting Lance Corporal [1] Private Acting Lance Serjeant [1] Quarter Master and Honorary Lieutenant [1] Staff Nurse [1] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Transport Serjeant [1] Trooper [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Lancashire Fusiliers [59] Royal Field Artillery [54] Royal Army Medical Corps [48] Manchester Regiment [47] Labour Corps [45] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [40] Liverpool Regiment [33] Royal Engineers [29] Army Service Corps [28] Royal Garrison Artillery [26] Royal Lancaster Regiment [22] Machine Gun Corps [21] East Lancashire Regiment [18] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [14] Cheshire Regiment [11] Royal Fusiliers [9] South Lancashire Regiment [9] Army Ordnance Corps [8] East Yorkshire Regiment [8] King's Royal Rifle Corps [7] Royal Army Service Corps [7] West Yorkshire Regiment [7] Grenadier Guards [6] Coldstream Guards [5] Monmouthshire Regiment [5] Shropshire Light Infantry [5] Border Regiment [4] Durham Light Infantry [4] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [4] Rifle Brigade [4] Royal Flying Corps [4] South Wales Borderers [4] Welsh Regiment [4] West Riding Regiment [4] Gloucestershire Regiment [3] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [3] North Staffordshire Regiment [3] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [3] Royal Irish Rifles [3] Royal Marine Artillery [3] Royal Naval Division [3] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3] Territorial Force Nursing Service [3] The Queen's Regiment [3] York and Lancaster Regiment [3] Army Medical Service [2] Army Veterinary Corps [2] Devonshire Regiment [2] Dragoon Guards [2] King's Liverpool Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [576] Royal Navy [54] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [39] Canadian Expeditionary Force [20] Australian Imperial Force [16] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4]

Last name first letter

H [727]

Contribution

Military Service [706] Merchant Navy [18]

Country

United Kingdom [8]

Harry Horrocks

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 9212

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Ernest Horrocks

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 219755

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Robert Horrocks

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 235440

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William Edward Horrocks

Died 1915

British Army 2413 Private Manchester Regiment 7th Battalion

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Samuel Horrocks

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 30175 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 243125 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 243125 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

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Frederick Horrocks

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 305286 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Arthur Horrocks

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 149293 Driver Royal Field Artillery 7th Divisional Ammunition Column

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Arthur Walker Horrocks

Born 1880

Died 1916

Royal Navy 187981 Able Seaman HMS Hampshire

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Richard Horrocks

Born 1897

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 100714

Canadian Expeditionary Force 100714 Private Canadian Infantry

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John Horrocks

Born 1897

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 877016

Canadian Expeditionary Force 877016 Sapper Canadian Engineers

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Richard Horrocks

Died 1915

British Army 8630 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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Harry S Horrocks

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 126227 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 126227 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Samuel Horrocks

Born 1883

Died 1915

British Army 2185 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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James Horrocks

Died 1918

British Army 29301 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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William Horrocks

Died 1917

British Army 26594 Private Border Regiment

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George Horrocks

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 20294 Private Manchester Regiment

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John Horrocks

Born 1873

Died 1915

British Army Honorary Lieutenant and Quarter Master East Yorkshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant East Yorkshire Regiment

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Albert Horrocks

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 241008 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 2902 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 241008 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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Richard Horrocks

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 19464 Private South Lancashire Regiment

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Henry Edward Horrocks

Died 1916

British Army 23569 Private Grenadier Guards

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