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Bolton, Lancashire [9]

Manchester, Lancashire [9]

Sydney New South Wales [8]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [6]

Blackburn, Lancashire [5]

Lancashire England [5]

Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [5]

Albany Western Australia [4]

Bury, Lancashire [4]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [4]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [4]

Liverpool, Lancashire [4]

Manchester England [4]

Accrington, Lancashire [3]

Adelaide South Australia [3]

Bolton Lancashire [3]

Burnley, Lancashire [3]

Edinburgh, Scotland [3]

Auckland [2]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [2]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Blackburn [2]

Blackford, Perthshire [2]

Blackpool, Lancashire [2]

Bolton England [2]

Broughty Ferry, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [2]

Crieff, Perthshire, Scotland [2]

Darwen, Lancashire [2]

Durham England [2]

Edinburgh [2]

Glen Innes New South Wales [2]

Goole, Yorkshire [2]

Gympie Queensland [2]

Hamilton Victoria [2]

Heywood, Lancashire [2]

Horwich, Lancashire [2]

Hull, Yorkshire [2]

Katoomba New South Wales [2]

Lancashire [2]

Leeds, Yorkshire [2]

Lillydale Victoria [2]

Liverpool England [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2]

Millers Point New South Wales [2]

Montagu Tasmania [2]

Moree New South Wales [2]

Newcastle New South Wales [2]

Oldham, Lancashire [2]

Perth Western Australia [2]

Pyrmont New South Wales [2]

Rank

Private [1812]

Gunner [165]

Serjeant [139]

Driver [132]

Corporal [127]

Sapper [118]

Second Lieutenant [65]

Lance Corporal [63]

Lieutenant [43]

Pioneer [27]

Captain [26]

Acting Corporal [22]

Acting Serjeant [16]

Bombardier [16]

Lieutenant Colonel [10]

Major [10]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [6]

Lance Serjeant [6]

Rifleman [6]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [5]

Regimental Serjeant Major [5]

Shoeing Smith [5]

Staff Serjeant [5]

Temporary Captain [5]

Trooper [5]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [5]

Acting Captain [4]

Acting Major [4]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [4]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Acting Lance Corporal [3]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3]

Deck Hand [3]

Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Nursing Sister [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Private Lance Corporal [3]

Stoker [3]

Temporary Lieutenant [3]

Acting Colour Serjeant [2]

Acting Staff Serjeant [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Brevet Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [2]

Brigadier General [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Filter [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Orderly [2]

Unit

Labour Corps [243]

Royal Engineers [212]

Royal Field Artillery [202]

Army Service Corps [160]

Lancashire Fusiliers [139]

Royal Army Medical Corps [133]

Manchester Regiment [118]

East Lancashire Regiment [87]

Royal Garrison Artillery [86]

Liverpool Regiment [83]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [82]

Machine Gun Corps [79]

Cheshire Regiment [72]

West Yorkshire Regiment [62]

Durham Light Infantry [60]

Northumberland Fusiliers [56]

Royal Scots [49]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [48]

South Lancashire Regiment [45]

Highland Light Infantry [42]

East Yorkshire Regiment [40]

West Riding Regiment [40]

York and Lancaster Regiment [39]

Royal Fusiliers [38]

Royal Highlanders [35]

Royal Army Service Corps [34]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [33]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [33]

Scottish Rifles [33]

Gordon Highlanders [32]

Yorkshire Regiment [31]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [30]

London Regiment [30]

Seaforth Highlanders [30]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [28]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [25]

Welsh Regiment [23]

Border Regiment [22]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [21]

Royal Naval Division [21]

Lincolnshire Regiment [19]

Rifle Brigade [19]

Royal Defence Corps [19]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [18]

Army Veterinary Corps [17]

Middlesex Regiment [17]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [17]

South Wales Borderers [16]

Canadian Infantry [14]

Grenadier Guards [14]

Service

British Army [2667]

Royal Navy [159]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [157]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [156]

Australian Imperial Force [139]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [49]

Indian Army [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

K [3394]

M [6]

R [2]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3324]

Merchant Navy [62]

Conscientious Objector [6]

Country

United Kingdom [53]

Australia [1]

France [1]

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Bolton, Lancashire [9] Manchester, Lancashire [9] Sydney New South Wales [8] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [6] Blackburn, Lancashire [5] Lancashire England [5] Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [5] Albany Western Australia [4] Bury, Lancashire [4] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [4] Hull, Yorkshire, England [4] Liverpool, Lancashire [4] Manchester England [4] Accrington, Lancashire [3] Adelaide South Australia [3] Bolton Lancashire [3] Burnley, Lancashire [3] Edinburgh, Scotland [3] Auckland [2] Birkenhead, Cheshire [2] Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Blackburn [2] Blackford, Perthshire [2] Blackpool, Lancashire [2] Bolton England [2] Broughty Ferry, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [2] Crieff, Perthshire, Scotland [2] Darwen, Lancashire [2] Durham England [2] Edinburgh [2] Glen Innes New South Wales [2] Goole, Yorkshire [2] Gympie Queensland [2] Hamilton Victoria [2] Heywood, Lancashire [2] Horwich, Lancashire [2] Hull, Yorkshire [2] Katoomba New South Wales [2] Lancashire [2] Leeds, Yorkshire [2] Lillydale Victoria [2] Liverpool England [2] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2] Millers Point New South Wales [2] Montagu Tasmania [2] Moree New South Wales [2] Newcastle New South Wales [2] Oldham, Lancashire [2] Perth Western Australia [2] Pyrmont New South Wales [2]

Rank

Private [1812] Gunner [165] Serjeant [139] Driver [132] Corporal [127] Sapper [118] Second Lieutenant [65] Lance Corporal [63] Lieutenant [43] Pioneer [27] Captain [26] Acting Corporal [22] Acting Serjeant [16] Bombardier [16] Lieutenant Colonel [10] Major [10] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [6] Lance Serjeant [6] Rifleman [6] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [5] Regimental Serjeant Major [5] Shoeing Smith [5] Staff Serjeant [5] Temporary Captain [5] Trooper [5] Warrant Officer Class 2 [5] Acting Captain [4] Acting Major [4] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [4] Corporal Acting Serjeant [4] Acting Bombardier [3] Acting Lance Corporal [3] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3] Deck Hand [3] Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [3] Nursing Sister [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Private Lance Corporal [3] Stoker [3] Temporary Lieutenant [3] Acting Colour Serjeant [2] Acting Staff Serjeant [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Brevet Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [2] Brigadier General [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Filter [2] Lieutenant Commander [2] Orderly [2]

Unit

Labour Corps [243] Royal Engineers [212] Royal Field Artillery [202] Army Service Corps [160] Lancashire Fusiliers [139] Royal Army Medical Corps [133] Manchester Regiment [118] East Lancashire Regiment [87] Royal Garrison Artillery [86] Liverpool Regiment [83] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [82] Machine Gun Corps [79] Cheshire Regiment [72] West Yorkshire Regiment [62] Durham Light Infantry [60] Northumberland Fusiliers [56] Royal Scots [49] Royal Lancaster Regiment [48] South Lancashire Regiment [45] Highland Light Infantry [42] East Yorkshire Regiment [40] West Riding Regiment [40] York and Lancaster Regiment [39] Royal Fusiliers [38] Royal Highlanders [35] Royal Army Service Corps [34] King's Royal Rifle Corps [33] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [33] Scottish Rifles [33] Gordon Highlanders [32] Yorkshire Regiment [31] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [30] London Regiment [30] Seaforth Highlanders [30] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [28] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [25] Welsh Regiment [23] Border Regiment [22] King's Own Scottish Borderers [21] Royal Naval Division [21] Lincolnshire Regiment [19] Rifle Brigade [19] Royal Defence Corps [19] Yorkshire Light Infantry [18] Army Veterinary Corps [17] Middlesex Regiment [17] Royal Scots Fusiliers [17] South Wales Borderers [16] Canadian Infantry [14] Grenadier Guards [14]

Service

British Army [2667] Royal Navy [159] Canadian Expeditionary Force [157] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [156] Australian Imperial Force [139] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [49] Indian Army [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

K [3394] M [6] R [2] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3324] Merchant Navy [62] Conscientious Objector [6]

Country

United Kingdom [53] Australia [1] France [1]

Henry Norman Kay

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Manchester Regiment

British Army 3155 Private Manchester Regiment 7th Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Manchester Regiment 7th Battalion (Territorial)

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William Heape Kay

Born 1871

Died 1929

British Army Major Royal Artillery

British Army Adjutant Royal Horse Artillery

British Army Staff Captain Royal Artillery

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James Kay

Born 1890

Died 1919

British Army 29166 Regimental Serjeant Major Canadian Infantry Battalion/Manitoba Regiment 16th Battalion

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Joseph Kay

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 36445 Private South Lancashire Regiment 8th Battalion

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Adam Sinclair Kay

Born 1895

Died 1966

Canadian Expeditionary Force 4106

Canadian Expeditionary Force 4106 Gunner Canadian Garrison Artillery 5th Canadian Siege Battery

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George Kay

Born 1887

Died 1959

British Army 352056 Private Royal Army Medical Corps 2nd East Lancs

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Malcolm Kenneth Kay

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army 1947 Lance Corporal London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

British Army 1947 Private London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

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Eric Kay

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army 61903 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 61903 Rifleman West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) 1/8th Battalion

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John Henry Kay

Born 1880

Died 1924

British Army 193919 Private Labour Corps 1st Battalion

British Army 18833 Private East Lancashire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Ernest Kay

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 680082 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

British Army 680082 Corporal Royal Field Artillery

British Army 855 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery X/55th Trench Mortar Bty

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Matthias Kay

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 13/1167 Private East Yorkshire Regiment 13th Bn.

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Jack Kay

Born 1893

British Army 7921 Army Veterinary Corps

British Army 27929 Private Army Veterinary Corps Depot

British Army 27929 Acting Lance Corporal Army Veterinary Corps Depot

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Charles Hancock Kay

Born 1894

Died 1974

British Army 152160 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Daniel Kay

Born 1885

Died 1946

British Army 12258 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Richard Kay

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 11368 Private Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army 11368 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry

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James Kay

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 24862 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 24862 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

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James Kay

Born 1888

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force Lieutenant Canadian Garrison Artillery 5th Siege Bty.

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James Kay

Born 1879

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 6744

British Army Border Regiment

Australian Imperial Force 6744 Private 4th Battn

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Abner Kay

Born 1884

Died 1915

Canadian Expeditionary Force 73802

Canadian Expeditionary Force 73802 Private Canadian Infantry 28th Battalion

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Honourable Lawrence Ughtred Kay-Shuttleworth

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army Acting Captain Royal Field Artillery attached 4th Canadian Division

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