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Bolton Lancashire [6]

Manchester, Lancashire [6]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [4]

Bury, Lancashire [3]

Lancashire [3]

Burnley, Lancashire [2]

Darwen, Lancashire [2]

Egerton Bolton Lancashire [2]

Lancashire England [2]

Leigh, Lancashire [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

Manchester, Lancashire, England [2]

Mildura Victoria [2]

Accrington, Lancashire [1]

Berkswell, Warwickshire [1]

Blackburn [1]

Bolton [1]

Bolton, Lancashire [1]

Bradford, Yorkshire [1]

Camberwell, Surrey [1]

Clertheroe, Lancashire [1]

Coogee New South Wales [1]

Egremont, Cheshire, England [1]

Gargrave, Yorkshire [1]

Geehan Tasmania [1]

Gigg, Bury, Lancashire [1]

Great Lever, Bolton [1]

Great Lever, Bolton, Lancashire [1]

Highbury, London [1]

Hulme, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Jersey, Channel Islands [1]

Liverpool England [1]

Llanelly, Breconshire, Wales [1]

Manchester England [1]

Middlewich, Cheshire [1]

Northwich, Cheshire [1]

Northwick, Cheshire [1]

Oldham, Lancashire [1]

Preston, Lancashire [1]

Radcliffe, Lancashire [1]

Ramsbottom, Lancashire [1]

St Helens, Lancashire [1]

St Kilda Victoria [1]

Stacksteads, Lancashire [1]

Stockport, Cheshire [1]

Turton, Lancs [1]

Walmsley Bolton Lancashire [1]

Warrington, Lancashire [1]

Warwick. [1]

Westhoughton Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [353]

Gunner [46]

Driver [31]

Corporal [30]

Serjeant [26]

Sapper [18]

Second Lieutenant [18]

Acting Corporal [9]

Lance Corporal [8]

Acting Serjeant [6]

Lieutenant [6]

Captain [5]

Pioneer [4]

Bombardier [3]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Major [3]

Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Rifleman [2]

Trooper [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Able Seaman Driver [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Colonel [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Drummer [1]

Fitter Staff Serjeant [1]

Forewoman [1]

Gunner /Acting Bombardier [1]

Gunner Acting Lance Bombardier [1]

Gunner Naik [1]

Honorary Lieutenant [1]

Lieutenant Captain [1]

Nurse [1]

Private /Lance Corporal [1]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Storekeeper [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [59]

Royal Field Artillery [59]

Lancashire Fusiliers [46]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [36]

Royal Engineers [34]

Army Service Corps [33]

Liverpool Regiment [33]

Manchester Regiment [33]

East Lancashire Regiment [29]

Royal Garrison Artillery [29]

Royal Army Medical Corps [27]

Cheshire Regiment [19]

Machine Gun Corps [19]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [18]

Royal Fusiliers [10]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [8]

South Lancashire Regiment [8]

Welsh Regiment [8]

Royal Army Service Corps [7]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [6]

West Yorkshire Regiment [6]

Durham Light Infantry [5]

London Regiment [5]

Middlesex Regiment [5]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [5]

West Riding Regiment [5]

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [4]

Rifle Brigade [4]

The Queen's Regiment [4]

York and Lancaster Regiment [4]

Border Regiment [3]

Coldstream Guards [3]

East Surrey Regiment [3]

Lancers [3]

Leicestershire Regiment [3]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [3]

Northumberland Fusiliers [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Royal Flying Corps [3]

Royal Naval Division [3]

Royal Scots [3]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [3]

Seaforth Highlanders [3]

South Staffordshire Regiment [3]

Tank Corps [3]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Army Pay Corps [2]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [555]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [36]

Royal Navy [32]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [26]

Australian Imperial Force [9]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [7]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

I [674]

R [4]

Contribution

Military Service [664]

Merchant Navy [10]

Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [8]

India [1]

South Africa [1]

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Place of birth

Bolton Lancashire [6] Manchester, Lancashire [6] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [4] Bury, Lancashire [3] Lancashire [3] Burnley, Lancashire [2] Darwen, Lancashire [2] Egerton Bolton Lancashire [2] Lancashire England [2] Leigh, Lancashire [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] Manchester, Lancashire, England [2] Mildura Victoria [2] Accrington, Lancashire [1] Berkswell, Warwickshire [1] Blackburn [1] Bolton [1] Bolton, Lancashire [1] Bradford, Yorkshire [1] Camberwell, Surrey [1] Clertheroe, Lancashire [1] Coogee New South Wales [1] Egremont, Cheshire, England [1] Gargrave, Yorkshire [1] Geehan Tasmania [1] Gigg, Bury, Lancashire [1] Great Lever, Bolton [1] Great Lever, Bolton, Lancashire [1] Highbury, London [1] Hulme, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Jersey, Channel Islands [1] Liverpool England [1] Llanelly, Breconshire, Wales [1] Manchester England [1] Middlewich, Cheshire [1] Northwich, Cheshire [1] Northwick, Cheshire [1] Oldham, Lancashire [1] Preston, Lancashire [1] Radcliffe, Lancashire [1] Ramsbottom, Lancashire [1] St Helens, Lancashire [1] St Kilda Victoria [1] Stacksteads, Lancashire [1] Stockport, Cheshire [1] Turton, Lancs [1] Walmsley Bolton Lancashire [1] Warrington, Lancashire [1] Warwick. [1] Westhoughton Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [353] Gunner [46] Driver [31] Corporal [30] Serjeant [26] Sapper [18] Second Lieutenant [18] Acting Corporal [9] Lance Corporal [8] Acting Serjeant [6] Lieutenant [6] Captain [5] Pioneer [4] Bombardier [3] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Major [3] Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Rifleman [2] Trooper [2] Able Seaman [1] Able Seaman Driver [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1] Colonel [1] Deck Hand [1] Drummer [1] Fitter Staff Serjeant [1] Forewoman [1] Gunner /Acting Bombardier [1] Gunner Acting Lance Bombardier [1] Gunner Naik [1] Honorary Lieutenant [1] Lieutenant Captain [1] Nurse [1] Private /Lance Corporal [1] Private Acting Lance Corporal [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Storekeeper [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [59] Royal Field Artillery [59] Lancashire Fusiliers [46] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [36] Royal Engineers [34] Army Service Corps [33] Liverpool Regiment [33] Manchester Regiment [33] East Lancashire Regiment [29] Royal Garrison Artillery [29] Royal Army Medical Corps [27] Cheshire Regiment [19] Machine Gun Corps [19] Royal Lancaster Regiment [18] Royal Fusiliers [10] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [8] South Lancashire Regiment [8] Welsh Regiment [8] Royal Army Service Corps [7] King's Royal Rifle Corps [6] West Yorkshire Regiment [6] Durham Light Infantry [5] London Regiment [5] Middlesex Regiment [5] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [5] West Riding Regiment [5] King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [4] Rifle Brigade [4] The Queen's Regiment [4] York and Lancaster Regiment [4] Border Regiment [3] Coldstream Guards [3] East Surrey Regiment [3] Lancers [3] Leicestershire Regiment [3] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [3] Northumberland Fusiliers [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [3] Royal Flying Corps [3] Royal Naval Division [3] Royal Scots [3] Royal Scots Fusiliers [3] Seaforth Highlanders [3] South Staffordshire Regiment [3] Tank Corps [3] Army Cyclist Corps [2] Army Pay Corps [2] Army Veterinary Corps [2] Devonshire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [555] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [36] Royal Navy [32] Canadian Expeditionary Force [26] Australian Imperial Force [9] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [7] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

I [674] R [4]

Contribution

Military Service [664] Merchant Navy [10] Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [8] India [1] South Africa [1]

Francis Edward Bradshaw Isherwood

Born 1869

Died 1915

British Army Major York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army Brevet Lieutenant Colonel York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Colonel York and Lancaster Regiment 1st Battalion

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Robert Isherwood

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 432363 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army T 7878 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Isherwood

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army L/45569 Driver Royal Field Artillery 187th Bde.

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Ernest Hubert Isherwood

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 24850

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John Isherwood

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 169476

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William Ewart Isherwood

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 3366 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 241336 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 1st/5th (Territorial) Battalion.

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George Isherwood

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 4891

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Arthur Isherwood

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 62514

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James Isherwood

Born 1897

Royal Navy Z/1097 Ordinary Seaman Royal Naval Division

Royal Navy Z/1097 Ordinary Seaman Royal Naval Division Attached 6th Battalion, Depot

Royal Navy Z/1097 Able Seaman Royal Naval Division

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Daniel Isherwood

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 108386

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Andrew Bury Isherwood

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 6548

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Frank Isherwood

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 169573

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William Isherwood

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 235495

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Tom Isherwood

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 41263 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army G/23025 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army G/23025 Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) "C" Company, 10th Battalion.

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Frank Isherwood

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 15469 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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Alfred Isherwood

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 406026

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Fred Isherwood

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 78202

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Henry Isherwood

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 185527

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Albert Isherwood

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 4059 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 201304 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 201304 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 1st/5th Battalion.

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James Isherwood

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 2575 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 350635 Private Royal Army Medical Corps 3rd Station Hospital.

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