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Rochdale, Lancashire [13]

Oldham, Lancashire [11]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [7]

Leeds, Yorkshire [6]

Bury, Lancashire [5]

Halifax, Yorkshire [4]

Salford, Lancashire [4]

Bendigo Victoria [3]

Bolton, Lancashire [3]

Bradford, Yorkshire [3]

Burnley, Lancashire [3]

Lancashire England [3]

Manchester, Lancashire [3]

Tumut New South Wales [3]

Darwen, Lancashire [2]

Huddersfield, Yorkshire [2]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

Murrurundi New South Wales [2]

Normanton, Yorkshire [2]

Nottingham England [2]

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [2]

Prahran Victoria [2]

West Bromwich, Staffordshire [2]

Wigan, Lancashire [2]

Adaminaby New South Wales [1]

Alverthorpe, Wakefield, Yorkshire [1]

Ashton-on-Lyne, Lancashire [1]

Barrow in Furness, Lancashire [1]

Bathurst New South Wales [1]

Belfast [1]

Bermondsey, London [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Black Rock South Australia [1]

Blackley, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Blarney, County Cork [1]

Bolton Lancashire [1]

Bootle, Lancashire [1]

Boxley, Kent [1]

Brisbane Queensland [1]

Broughton, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Brunswick New South Wales [1]

Bury England [1]

Campbell Town New South Wales [1]

Chatterton, Oldham, Lancashire [1]

Cheshire England [1]

Chester England [1]

Chesterfield, Derbyshire [1]

Churwell, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [974]

Gunner [101]

Corporal [64]

Driver [59]

Serjeant [56]

Sapper [37]

Lance Corporal [26]

Second Lieutenant [26]

Lieutenant [16]

Pioneer [13]

Captain [12]

Acting Corporal [11]

Major [8]

Bombardier [7]

Rifleman [7]

Ordinary Seaman [6]

Acting Serjeant [5]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Acting Captain [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Corporal 2nd [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Trooper [2]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Armourer's Crew [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Bugler [1]

Corporal /Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Corporal /Lance Serjeant [1]

Driver Lance Corporal [1]

Farrier Serjeant [1]

Flight Commander [1]

Flight Lieutenant [1]

Guardsman [1]

Honorary Lieutenant [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [138]

Lancashire Fusiliers [130]

Manchester Regiment [126]

Royal Field Artillery [116]

Royal Engineers [75]

West Riding Regiment [71]

Army Service Corps [65]

Royal Army Medical Corps [63]

Royal Garrison Artillery [56]

Liverpool Regiment [54]

Machine Gun Corps [54]

East Lancashire Regiment [37]

West Yorkshire Regiment [36]

Cheshire Regiment [30]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [29]

Royal Fusiliers [28]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [28]

Northumberland Fusiliers [27]

York and Lancaster Regiment [24]

East Yorkshire Regiment [20]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [20]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [18]

London Regiment [17]

South Lancashire Regiment [17]

Yorkshire Regiment [17]

Border Regiment [16]

Leicestershire Regiment [14]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [14]

Coldstream Guards [13]

Lincolnshire Regiment [13]

Rifle Brigade [13]

Royal Army Service Corps [13]

Royal Naval Division [12]

Training Reserve Battalion [12]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [12]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [11]

Welsh Regiment [11]

Army Ordnance Corps [9]

Army Veterinary Corps [9]

Devonshire Regiment [9]

Durham Light Infantry [9]

Royal Defence Corps [9]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [8]

Middlesex Regiment [8]

Royal Irish Rifles [8]

Scottish Rifles [8]

Seaforth Highlanders [8]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [7]

South Wales Borderers [7]

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [6]

Service

British Army [1372]

Royal Navy [101]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [76]

Australian Imperial Force [49]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [33]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [8]

Last name first letter

K [1660]

Contribution

Military Service [1635]

Merchant Navy [21]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [25]

India [1]

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Place of birth

Rochdale, Lancashire [13] Oldham, Lancashire [11] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [7] Leeds, Yorkshire [6] Bury, Lancashire [5] Halifax, Yorkshire [4] Salford, Lancashire [4] Bendigo Victoria [3] Bolton, Lancashire [3] Bradford, Yorkshire [3] Burnley, Lancashire [3] Lancashire England [3] Manchester, Lancashire [3] Tumut New South Wales [3] Darwen, Lancashire [2] Huddersfield, Yorkshire [2] Hull, Yorkshire, England [2] London, Middlesex [2] Murrurundi New South Wales [2] Normanton, Yorkshire [2] Nottingham England [2] Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [2] Prahran Victoria [2] West Bromwich, Staffordshire [2] Wigan, Lancashire [2] Adaminaby New South Wales [1] Alverthorpe, Wakefield, Yorkshire [1] Ashton-on-Lyne, Lancashire [1] Barrow in Furness, Lancashire [1] Bathurst New South Wales [1] Belfast [1] Bermondsey, London [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Black Rock South Australia [1] Blackley, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Blarney, County Cork [1] Bolton Lancashire [1] Bootle, Lancashire [1] Boxley, Kent [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Broughton, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Brunswick New South Wales [1] Bury England [1] Campbell Town New South Wales [1] Chatterton, Oldham, Lancashire [1] Cheshire England [1] Chester England [1] Chesterfield, Derbyshire [1] Churwell, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [974] Gunner [101] Corporal [64] Driver [59] Serjeant [56] Sapper [37] Lance Corporal [26] Second Lieutenant [26] Lieutenant [16] Pioneer [13] Captain [12] Acting Corporal [11] Major [8] Bombardier [7] Rifleman [7] Ordinary Seaman [6] Acting Serjeant [5] Acting Bombardier [3] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Temporary Second Lieutenant [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Acting Captain [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Corporal 2nd [2] Deck Hand [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Trooper [2] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Armourer's Crew [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Bugler [1] Corporal /Acting Lance Serjeant [1] Corporal /Lance Serjeant [1] Driver Lance Corporal [1] Farrier Serjeant [1] Flight Commander [1] Flight Lieutenant [1] Guardsman [1] Honorary Lieutenant [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [138] Lancashire Fusiliers [130] Manchester Regiment [126] Royal Field Artillery [116] Royal Engineers [75] West Riding Regiment [71] Army Service Corps [65] Royal Army Medical Corps [63] Royal Garrison Artillery [56] Liverpool Regiment [54] Machine Gun Corps [54] East Lancashire Regiment [37] West Yorkshire Regiment [36] Cheshire Regiment [30] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [29] Royal Fusiliers [28] Royal Lancaster Regiment [28] Northumberland Fusiliers [27] York and Lancaster Regiment [24] East Yorkshire Regiment [20] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [20] King's Royal Rifle Corps [18] London Regiment [17] South Lancashire Regiment [17] Yorkshire Regiment [17] Border Regiment [16] Leicestershire Regiment [14] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [14] Coldstream Guards [13] Lincolnshire Regiment [13] Rifle Brigade [13] Royal Army Service Corps [13] Royal Naval Division [12] Training Reserve Battalion [12] Yorkshire Light Infantry [12] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [11] Welsh Regiment [11] Army Ordnance Corps [9] Army Veterinary Corps [9] Devonshire Regiment [9] Durham Light Infantry [9] Royal Defence Corps [9] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [8] Middlesex Regiment [8] Royal Irish Rifles [8] Scottish Rifles [8] Seaforth Highlanders [8] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [7] South Wales Borderers [7] King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [6]

Service

British Army [1372] Royal Navy [101] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [76] Australian Imperial Force [49] Canadian Expeditionary Force [33] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [8]

Last name first letter

K [1660]

Contribution

Military Service [1635] Merchant Navy [21] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [25] India [1]

Herbert Kershaw

Born 1868

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 289144

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Miles Kershaw

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 75749

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Joseph Kershaw

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 165576

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Harry Abraham John Kershaw

Born 1884

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 11/2137 Wellington Mounted Rifles

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Albert Kershaw

Died 1914

British Army 748 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 748 Private ALIAS

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Clifford Kershaw

Born 1894

British Army 47279 Private Manchester Regiment 3/9th Battalion

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Harold Kershaw

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 243356 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 4th/5th (Territorial) Battalion.

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Henry Kershaw

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 74491 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Fred Kershaw

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 221639

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John Kershaw

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 225771

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John Thomas Kershaw

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 245843

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Frank Kershaw

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 245720

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John Kershaw

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army PS/5156 Private Royal Fusiliers

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Harry Kershaw

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 3280 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 241276 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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Robert Kershaw

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 406738

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Joseph Ramsden Kershaw

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 22363

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Frank Kershaw

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 170144

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John Kershaw

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 129740

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Tom Kershaw

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 211165

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Arthur Kershaw

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 227244

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