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Bolton, Lancashire [15]

Rochdale, Lancashire [15]

Burnley, Lancashire [12]

Manchester, Lancashire [12]

Sydney New South Wales [10]

Bury, Lancashire [7]

Preston, Lancashire [7]

Blackburn, Lancashire [5]

Bolton Lancashire [5]

Heywood, Lancashire [5]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [5]

Nelson, Lancashire [5]

Oldham, Lancashire [5]

Bacup, Lancashire [4]

Lancashire [4]

Wigan, Lancashire [4]

Bolton England [3]

Liverpool, Lancashire [3]

Queenscliff Queensland [3]

Salford, Lancashire [3]

Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire [2]

Ballarat Victoria [2]

Bath, Somerset, England [2]

Bathurst New South Wales [2]

Bury Lancashire [2]

Chorley, Lancashire [2]

Cloughfold, Lancashire [2]

Colac Victoria [2]

Colne, Lancashire [2]

Doncaster, Yorkshire [2]

Geelong Victoria [2]

Hyde, Cheshire [2]

Lancashire England [2]

Manchester [2]

Manchester, Lancashire, England [2]

Melbourne Victoria [2]

New Moston, Manchester [2]

Rochdale Lancashire [2]

Rochdale Lancashire [2]

Rufford, Lancashire [2]

St Annes-on-Sea, Lancs [2]

Stafford, Staffordshire [2]

Turton Lancashire [2]

Aldershot, Hampshire, [1]

Alsager [1]

Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [1]

Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire [1]

Bacup, Lancs [1]

Bardley, Lancashire [1]

Barnsby, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [1772]

Gunner [158]

Driver [138]

Corporal [102]

Serjeant [93]

Sapper [56]

Lance Corporal [52]

Pioneer [35]

Second Lieutenant [35]

Acting Corporal [24]

Lieutenant [22]

Acting Serjeant [17]

Bombardier [15]

Captain [13]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [11]

Colour Serjeant [5]

Company Serjeant Major [5]

Acting Bombardier [4]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Lance Serjeant [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [3]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Deck Hand [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Rifleman [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Company Sergeant Major [2]

Corporal 2nd [2]

Major [2]

Private Acting Serjeant [2]

Private/Lance Corporal [2]

Sergeant [2]

Serjeant/Piper [2]

Worker [2]

ALIAS Private [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Corporal 2nd [1]

Acting Filter Serjeant [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

CSM [1]

Civilian [1]

Colour Serjeant Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Sergeant Major (WO2) [1]

Corpora/Lance Serjeant [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Corporal Serjeant [1]

Driver (Private) [1]

Unit

Lancashire Fusiliers [311]

Labour Corps [252]

Royal Field Artillery [221]

Manchester Regiment [170]

East Lancashire Regiment [149]

Army Service Corps [138]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [138]

Liverpool Regiment [115]

Royal Engineers [114]

Royal Army Medical Corps [100]

Machine Gun Corps [82]

Royal Garrison Artillery [73]

Cheshire Regiment [68]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [55]

West Riding Regiment [55]

South Lancashire Regiment [51]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [41]

Royal Fusiliers [36]

Border Regiment [35]

West Yorkshire Regiment [35]

Northumberland Fusiliers [30]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [29]

York and Lancaster Regiment [28]

Durham Light Infantry [26]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [26]

Royal Defence Corps [26]

Rifle Brigade [23]

East Yorkshire Regiment [22]

Welsh Regiment [22]

Royal Army Service Corps [20]

South Wales Borderers [19]

Lincolnshire Regiment [18]

Army Ordnance Corps [16]

Devonshire Regiment [16]

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [16]

Gloucestershire Regiment [15]

London Regiment [15]

Grenadier Guards [14]

Middlesex Regiment [14]

Coldstream Guards [13]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [11]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [11]

Yorkshire Regiment [11]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [10]

North Staffordshire Regiment [10]

Training Reserve Battalion [10]

Canadian Infantry [9]

Leicestershire Regiment [9]

Monmouthshire Regiment [9]

Royal Air Force [9]

Service

British Army [2454]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [145]

Royal Navy [124]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [76]

Australian Imperial Force [54]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [7]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

H [2884]

F [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2851]

Merchant Navy [21]

Conscientious Objector [9]

Country

United Kingdom [52]

India [1]

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Bolton, Lancashire [15] Rochdale, Lancashire [15] Burnley, Lancashire [12] Manchester, Lancashire [12] Sydney New South Wales [10] Bury, Lancashire [7] Preston, Lancashire [7] Blackburn, Lancashire [5] Bolton Lancashire [5] Heywood, Lancashire [5] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [5] Nelson, Lancashire [5] Oldham, Lancashire [5] Bacup, Lancashire [4] Lancashire [4] Wigan, Lancashire [4] Bolton England [3] Liverpool, Lancashire [3] Queenscliff Queensland [3] Salford, Lancashire [3] Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire [2] Ballarat Victoria [2] Bath, Somerset, England [2] Bathurst New South Wales [2] Bury Lancashire [2] Chorley, Lancashire [2] Cloughfold, Lancashire [2] Colac Victoria [2] Colne, Lancashire [2] Doncaster, Yorkshire [2] Geelong Victoria [2] Hyde, Cheshire [2] Lancashire England [2] Manchester [2] Manchester, Lancashire, England [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] New Moston, Manchester [2] Rochdale Lancashire [2] Rochdale Lancashire [2] Rufford, Lancashire [2] St Annes-on-Sea, Lancs [2] Stafford, Staffordshire [2] Turton Lancashire [2] Aldershot, Hampshire, [1] Alsager [1] Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [1] Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire [1] Bacup, Lancs [1] Bardley, Lancashire [1] Barnsby, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [1772] Gunner [158] Driver [138] Corporal [102] Serjeant [93] Sapper [56] Lance Corporal [52] Pioneer [35] Second Lieutenant [35] Acting Corporal [24] Lieutenant [22] Acting Serjeant [17] Bombardier [15] Captain [13] Warrant Officer Class 2 [11] Colour Serjeant [5] Company Serjeant Major [5] Acting Bombardier [4] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Lance Serjeant [4] Able Seaman [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Air Mechanic 1st Class [3] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Deck Hand [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Rifleman [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Company Sergeant Major [2] Corporal 2nd [2] Major [2] Private Acting Serjeant [2] Private/Lance Corporal [2] Sergeant [2] Serjeant/Piper [2] Worker [2] ALIAS Private [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Corporal 2nd [1] Acting Filter Serjeant [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] CSM [1] Civilian [1] Colour Serjeant Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Sergeant Major (WO2) [1] Corpora/Lance Serjeant [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Corporal Serjeant [1] Driver (Private) [1]

Unit

Lancashire Fusiliers [311] Labour Corps [252] Royal Field Artillery [221] Manchester Regiment [170] East Lancashire Regiment [149] Army Service Corps [138] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [138] Liverpool Regiment [115] Royal Engineers [114] Royal Army Medical Corps [100] Machine Gun Corps [82] Royal Garrison Artillery [73] Cheshire Regiment [68] Royal Lancaster Regiment [55] West Riding Regiment [55] South Lancashire Regiment [51] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [41] Royal Fusiliers [36] Border Regiment [35] West Yorkshire Regiment [35] Northumberland Fusiliers [30] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [29] York and Lancaster Regiment [28] Durham Light Infantry [26] King's Royal Rifle Corps [26] Royal Defence Corps [26] Rifle Brigade [23] East Yorkshire Regiment [22] Welsh Regiment [22] Royal Army Service Corps [20] South Wales Borderers [19] Lincolnshire Regiment [18] Army Ordnance Corps [16] Devonshire Regiment [16] The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [16] Gloucestershire Regiment [15] London Regiment [15] Grenadier Guards [14] Middlesex Regiment [14] Coldstream Guards [13] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [11] Yorkshire Light Infantry [11] Yorkshire Regiment [11] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [10] North Staffordshire Regiment [10] Training Reserve Battalion [10] Canadian Infantry [9] Leicestershire Regiment [9] Monmouthshire Regiment [9] Royal Air Force [9]

Service

British Army [2454] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [145] Royal Navy [124] Canadian Expeditionary Force [76] Australian Imperial Force [54] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [7] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

H [2884] F [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2851] Merchant Navy [21] Conscientious Objector [9]

Country

United Kingdom [52] India [1]

Walter Howarth

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 25347 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 25347 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 7th Battalion.

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Ernest Howarth

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 240164 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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James Howarth

Died 1916

British Army 22304 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 22304 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Harry Howarth

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 139314

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Sidney Howarth

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 2411 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 2411 Lance Corporal Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 2411 Lance Corporal The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 1st/5th (Territorial) Battalion.

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Frederick Howarth

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 238761

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Allen Howarth

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 49183

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John Howarth

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 27167 Private Liverpool Regiment 18th (Lancashire Hussars) Bn.

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John Albert Howarth

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 262247

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David Percy Howarth

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 191954

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Edward Howarth

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 51230 Private Liverpool Regiment

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Herbert Howarth

Died 1916

British Army L/17121 Acting Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

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Llewellyn Howarth

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 94516

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William Howarth

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 242806 Private Liverpool Regiment

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Charles Frederick Howarth

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 14/157 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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Joseph Howarth

Born 1880

Died 1916

British Army 2611 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

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Charles Joseph Howarth

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 1190 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 710398 Driver (Private) Royal Field Artillery 57th Division Ammunition Column.

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Tom Howarth

Born 1897

Died 1917

Royal Navy J31132

Royal Navy Able Seaman HMS Defender

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Robert Hornsburgh Howarth

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 150529

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John William Howarth

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 118981

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