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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]

William George Kay

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 102499

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Andrew Kay

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 1832 Private Scottish Rifles 6th Battalion

British Army 240233 Private Scottish Rifles 10th Battalion

British Army 240233 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 10th Battalion

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Albert Kay

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers

British Army 64558 Acting Corporal Royal Fusiliers 105 T R Battalion

British Army 10558 Acting Corporal Royal Fusiliers

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Joseph Kay

Born 1897

Died 1966

British Army 40597 Private Highland Light Infantry

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Martin Kay

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 49601 Private Manchester Regiment 16th Battalion.

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Thomas Kay

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 8791 Private Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

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William Hazlitt Kay

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 3882 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 201408 Private Cheshire Regiment 1/4th Battalion

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Herbert Kay

Born 1869

Died 1918

British Army 8928 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 3rd

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Andrew Kay

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 104826

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Walter Kay

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 107778

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Frank Kay

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 122535

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Septimus Kay

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 267750

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Clarence Duncan Kay

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 126124

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Robert Kay

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 73631

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Henry Charles Kay

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 33317

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Daniel Joseph Kay

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 261596

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Hubert Kay

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 39493

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Albert Kay

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 79949

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John Kay

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 5446

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John Watson Kay

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 7463

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