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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [119]

Liverpool, Lancashire [87]

Sydney New South Wales [68]

Holyhead, Anglesey, Wales [67]

Melbourne Victoria [45]

Amlwch, Anglesey, Wales [26]

Manchester, Lancashire [24]

Pittenweem, Fife [23]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [21]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [19]

Anglesey, Wales [18]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [18]

Brisbane Queensland [18]

Liverpool England [17]

London England [16]

Newcastle New South Wales [16]

London, Middlesex, England [14]

Ballarat Victoria [12]

Bangor, Caernarvonshire, Wales [12]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [12]

Liverpool [12]

Maidstone, Kent [12]

Adelaide South Australia [11]

Holywell, Flintshire [11]

Anglesey [9]

Islington, London [9]

Manchester, Lancashire, England [9]

Nevin, Caernarvonshire, Wales [9]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [9]

Poplar, London [8]

Southampton, Hampshire [8]

Swansea, Glamorgan [8]

Chester, Cheshire [7]

Lambeth, London [7]

Llanelly, Carmarthenshire [7]

Oldham, Lancashire [7]

Belfast, Antrim [6]

Bootle, Lancashire [6]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [6]

Dublin [6]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [6]

Northwich, Cheshire [6]

Warrington, Lancashire [6]

Bendigo Victoria [5]

Castlemaine Victoria [5]

Flintshire [5]

Holyhead, Anglesey [5]

Newport, Monmouthshire [5]

Port Dinorwic, Caernarvonshire, Wales [5]

Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [5]

Rank

Private [9205]

Gunner [974]

Driver [716]

Corporal [653]

Serjeant [585]

Sapper [569]

Lance Corporal [325]

Second Lieutenant [262]

Lieutenant [237]

Captain [179]

Pioneer [136]

Acting Corporal [132]

Acting Serjeant [113]

Bombardier [85]

Major [55]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [48]

Rifleman [42]

Acting Bombardier [37]

Staff Serjeant [37]

Company Serjeant Major [32]

Lance Serjeant [32]

Colour Serjeant [27]

Able Seaman [24]

Corporal 2nd [23]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [21]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [21]

Worker [21]

Davadar [20]

Ordinary Seaman [20]

Deck Hand [19]

Temporary Lieutenant [19]

Lieutenant Colonel [18]

Sister [16]

Staff Nurse [16]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [13]

Commander [13]

Stoker 1st Class [13]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [12]

Trooper [12]

Acting Captain [11]

Acting Colour Serjeant [11]

Battery Serjeant Major [11]

Drummer [11]

Guardsman [11]

Private Acting Corporal [11]

Acting Lance Corporal [10]

Temporary Captain [10]

Temporary Major [10]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [10]

Acting Corporal 2nd [9]

Unit

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [1447]

Labour Corps [1114]

Royal Field Artillery [1108]

Royal Engineers [1091]

Army Service Corps [853]

Royal Garrison Artillery [595]

Liverpool Regiment [530]

Welsh Regiment [479]

Royal Army Medical Corps [458]

Machine Gun Corps [398]

Cheshire Regiment [394]

South Wales Borderers [302]

London Regiment [288]

Lancashire Fusiliers [264]

Manchester Regiment [252]

Royal Fusiliers [233]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [211]

Worcestershire Regiment [200]

South Lancashire Regiment [196]

Durham Light Infantry [163]

Northumberland Fusiliers [160]

Royal Army Service Corps [152]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [138]

Rifle Brigade [129]

Middlesex Regiment [126]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [124]

Highland Light Infantry [123]

South Staffordshire Regiment [121]

Royal Naval Division [116]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [114]

North Staffordshire Regiment [110]

Gloucestershire Regiment [109]

Royal Defence Corps [107]

Royal Irish Rifles [104]

Hampshire Regiment [103]

East Lancashire Regiment [101]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [101]

Army Ordnance Corps [93]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [87]

Royal Scots [86]

Somerset Light Infantry [86]

Canadian Infantry [85]

West Yorkshire Regiment [85]

Scottish Rifles [82]

Border Regiment [81]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [75]

East Surrey Regiment [73]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [73]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [73]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [72]

Service

British Army [13771]

Royal Navy [1168]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [830]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [821]

Australian Imperial Force [725]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [144]

Other Empire Force [11]

South African Services [7]

Indian Army [5]

Last name first letter

H [18167]

D [3]

P [3]

C [2]

G [2]

V [2]

W [2]

B [1]

F [1]

J [1]

M [1]

R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [17395]

Merchant Navy [662]

Conscientious Objector [37]

Country

United Kingdom [315]

Australia [2]

Canada [2]

New Zealand [1]

Tonga [1]

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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [119] Liverpool, Lancashire [87] Sydney New South Wales [68] Holyhead, Anglesey, Wales [67] Melbourne Victoria [45] Amlwch, Anglesey, Wales [26] Manchester, Lancashire [24] Pittenweem, Fife [23] Birmingham, Warwickshire [21] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [19] Anglesey, Wales [18] Birkenhead, Cheshire [18] Brisbane Queensland [18] Liverpool England [17] London England [16] Newcastle New South Wales [16] London, Middlesex, England [14] Ballarat Victoria [12] Bangor, Caernarvonshire, Wales [12] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [12] Liverpool [12] Maidstone, Kent [12] Adelaide South Australia [11] Holywell, Flintshire [11] Anglesey [9] Islington, London [9] Manchester, Lancashire, England [9] Nevin, Caernarvonshire, Wales [9] Portsmouth, Hampshire [9] Poplar, London [8] Southampton, Hampshire [8] Swansea, Glamorgan [8] Chester, Cheshire [7] Lambeth, London [7] Llanelly, Carmarthenshire [7] Oldham, Lancashire [7] Belfast, Antrim [6] Bootle, Lancashire [6] Bristol, Gloucestershire [6] Dublin [6] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [6] Northwich, Cheshire [6] Warrington, Lancashire [6] Bendigo Victoria [5] Castlemaine Victoria [5] Flintshire [5] Holyhead, Anglesey [5] Newport, Monmouthshire [5] Port Dinorwic, Caernarvonshire, Wales [5] Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [5]

Rank

Private [9205] Gunner [974] Driver [716] Corporal [653] Serjeant [585] Sapper [569] Lance Corporal [325] Second Lieutenant [262] Lieutenant [237] Captain [179] Pioneer [136] Acting Corporal [132] Acting Serjeant [113] Bombardier [85] Major [55] Warrant Officer Class 2 [48] Rifleman [42] Acting Bombardier [37] Staff Serjeant [37] Company Serjeant Major [32] Lance Serjeant [32] Colour Serjeant [27] Able Seaman [24] Corporal 2nd [23] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [21] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [21] Worker [21] Davadar [20] Ordinary Seaman [20] Deck Hand [19] Temporary Lieutenant [19] Lieutenant Colonel [18] Sister [16] Staff Nurse [16] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [13] Commander [13] Stoker 1st Class [13] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [12] Trooper [12] Acting Captain [11] Acting Colour Serjeant [11] Battery Serjeant Major [11] Drummer [11] Guardsman [11] Private Acting Corporal [11] Acting Lance Corporal [10] Temporary Captain [10] Temporary Major [10] Warrant Officer Class 1 [10] Acting Corporal 2nd [9]

Unit

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [1447] Labour Corps [1114] Royal Field Artillery [1108] Royal Engineers [1091] Army Service Corps [853] Royal Garrison Artillery [595] Liverpool Regiment [530] Welsh Regiment [479] Royal Army Medical Corps [458] Machine Gun Corps [398] Cheshire Regiment [394] South Wales Borderers [302] London Regiment [288] Lancashire Fusiliers [264] Manchester Regiment [252] Royal Fusiliers [233] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [211] Worcestershire Regiment [200] South Lancashire Regiment [196] Durham Light Infantry [163] Northumberland Fusiliers [160] Royal Army Service Corps [152] King's Royal Rifle Corps [138] Rifle Brigade [129] Middlesex Regiment [126] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [124] Highland Light Infantry [123] South Staffordshire Regiment [121] Royal Naval Division [116] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [114] North Staffordshire Regiment [110] Gloucestershire Regiment [109] Royal Defence Corps [107] Royal Irish Rifles [104] Hampshire Regiment [103] East Lancashire Regiment [101] Royal Irish Fusiliers [101] Army Ordnance Corps [93] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [87] Royal Scots [86] Somerset Light Infantry [86] Canadian Infantry [85] West Yorkshire Regiment [85] Scottish Rifles [82] Border Regiment [81] Royal Berkshire Regiment [75] East Surrey Regiment [73] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [73] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [73] Royal Lancaster Regiment [72]

Service

British Army [13771] Royal Navy [1168] Canadian Expeditionary Force [830] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [821] Australian Imperial Force [725] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [144] Other Empire Force [11] South African Services [7] Indian Army [5]

Last name first letter

H [18167] D [3] P [3] C [2] G [2] V [2] W [2] B [1] F [1] J [1] M [1] R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [17395] Merchant Navy [662] Conscientious Objector [37]

Country

United Kingdom [315] Australia [2] Canada [2] New Zealand [1] Tonga [1]

Ben Hughes

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 19806 Private Cheshire Regiment 15th Battalion

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Henry Ledsome Hughes

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 17371 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 17371 Lance Corporal The King's (Liverpool) Regiment 19th Battalion

British Army 15150 King's (Liverpool) Regiment 19th Service Battalion

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Joseph Leonard Hughes

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army 29866 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 9th Battalion

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George Hughes

Born 1880

Died 1921

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 283753

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John Hughes

Born 1879

Died 1928

British Army A/391676 Acting Staff Serjeant Army Service Corps

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William Hughes

Born 1900

Died 1930

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 306783

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David Hughes

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 47322 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 24820 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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John Hughes

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army P/3356 Lance Corporal Royal Welsh Fusiliers Military Police Corps

British Army 265047 Lance Corporal Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Arthur Hughes

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 2848 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 523975 Private Royal Engineers

British Army 5614 Private Royal Fusiliers

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Owen Hughes

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 1083 Private Essex Yeomanry

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers 54th Field Company

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Albert Edward Hughes

Born 1879

Died 1919

British Army 69521 Private Worcestershire Regiment 1st Garrison Battalion

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George Hughes

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army DM2/137921 Private Army Service Corps 645 Company

British Army DM2/137921 Private Army Service Corps

British Army DM2/137921 Private Royal Army Service Corps

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Wilfred Sydney Hughes

Born 1893

Died 1918

Royal Navy J4083 Leading Telegraphist HMS Racoon

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William Hughes

Born 1879

Died 1918

British Army 761116 Private London Regiment

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Bedfordshire Regiment

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Walter David Hughes

Born 1879

Died 1919

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 305901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 305901 Aircraftman 2nd Class Royal Air Force

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Norman Menzies Hughes

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 32960 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army 56569 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers "D" Company, 14th Battalion

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Arthur Hughes

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 201536 Private Hampshire Regiment 1/4th Battalion

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Lawrence Victor Hughes

Born 1888

Died 1962

British Army 2496 Rifleman London Regiment

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Joseph Hughes

Born 1881

Died 1918

British Army 54504 Private The Royal Welsh Fusiliers 25 (Montgomery & Welsh Horse Yeomany) Battalion

British Army 11176 Private The Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 54504 Private The Royal Welsh Fusiliers 25 (Montgomery & Welsh Horse Yeomanry) Battalion

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William Henry Hughes

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 198 Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 27610 Serjeant Royal Engineers Postal Section

British Army 27610 Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 Royal Engineers Postal Section

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