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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [11]

Belfast [6]

Leeds, Yorkshire [5]

Brisbane Queensland [4]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [4]

Islington, London [4]

Kirkcaldy, Fife [4]

Liverpool, Lancashire [4]

London England [4]

Nottingham [4]

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [4]

Sydney New South Wales [4]

Belfast, Antrim [3]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [3]

Camperdown Victoria [3]

Clarence River New South Wales [3]

Dunfermline, Fifeshire [3]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [3]

Grantham, Lincolnshire [3]

Gravesend, Kent [3]

Hackney, London [3]

Hull, Yorkshire [3]

Adelaide South Australia [2]

Alnwick, Northumberland [2]

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

Chatsworth New South Wales [2]

Croydon, Surrey [2]

Derby [2]

Derby, Derbyshire [2]

Dundrum, Down [2]

Durham [2]

Exeter, Devon [2]

Glasgow Scotland [2]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2]

Hobart Tasmania [2]

Hurstville New South Wales [2]

Islington, London, Middlesex [2]

Leicester Leicestershire [2]

Leicester, Leicestershire [2]

Leslie, Fife [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Loughborough, Leicestershire [2]

Macclesfield, Cheshire [2]

Marylebone, London [2]

Robin Hood's Bay, Yorkshire, England [2]

Stockton, Durham [2]

Talbot Victoria [2]

Walthamstow [2]

Wedderburn Victoria [2]

Rank

Private [1545]

Gunner [173]

Serjeant [115]

Corporal [109]

Driver [107]

Sapper [91]

Lance Corporal [75]

Second Lieutenant [49]

Captain [26]

Lieutenant [25]

Acting Corporal [24]

Bombardier [18]

Pioneer [18]

Rifleman [17]

Acting Serjeant [14]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [11]

Worker [10]

Staff Serjeant [8]

Corporal 2nd [7]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [6]

Lance Serjeant [6]

Major [5]

Company Serjeant Major [4]

Trooper [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Deck Hand [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Sergeant [3]

Serjeant Major [3]

Shoeing Smith [3]

Staff Nurse [3]

Acting Staff Serjeant [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Chaplain [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Guardsman [2]

Nursing Sister [2]

Pipe Major [2]

Regimental Serjeant Major [2]

Reverend [2]

Sister [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Temporary Nurse [2]

2nd Corporal [1]

A/2/Corporal [1]

ALIAS Driver [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [167]

Labour Corps [165]

Royal Field Artillery [165]

Army Service Corps [152]

Royal Garrison Artillery [100]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [97]

Machine Gun Corps [90]

Royal Army Medical Corps [89]

West Yorkshire Regiment [73]

Lincolnshire Regiment [64]

Leicestershire Regiment [57]

Manchester Regiment [52]

Royal Highlanders [48]

London Regiment [46]

Northumberland Fusiliers [45]

Durham Light Infantry [42]

Liverpool Regiment [42]

Highland Light Infantry [41]

Lancashire Fusiliers [37]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [36]

Royal Fusiliers [36]

York and Lancaster Regiment [36]

Scottish Rifles [33]

Royal Scots [30]

East Yorkshire Regiment [29]

North Staffordshire Regiment [29]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [28]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [28]

Royal Army Service Corps [27]

Royal Irish Rifles [26]

Middlesex Regiment [23]

Yorkshire Regiment [22]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [21]

Rifle Brigade [21]

Seaforth Highlanders [21]

Canadian Infantry [20]

Cheshire Regiment [20]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [20]

South Staffordshire Regiment [20]

Gordon Highlanders [19]

Royal Defence Corps [19]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [19]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [18]

Royal Naval Division [18]

Corps of Hussars [17]

Norfolk Regiment [17]

South Lancashire Regiment [17]

Tank Corps [17]

Hussars [16]

Royal Horse Artillery [16]

Service

British Army [2287]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [182]

Royal Navy [165]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [140]

Australian Imperial Force [106]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [48]

Other Empire Force [3]

South African Services [2]

Last name first letter

K [2988]

L [3]

B [1]

P [1]

S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2925]

Merchant Navy [52]

Conscientious Objector [7]

Country

United Kingdom [68]

South Africa [2]

Canada [1]

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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [11] Belfast [6] Leeds, Yorkshire [5] Brisbane Queensland [4] Hull, Yorkshire, England [4] Islington, London [4] Kirkcaldy, Fife [4] Liverpool, Lancashire [4] London England [4] Nottingham [4] Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [4] Sydney New South Wales [4] Belfast, Antrim [3] Birmingham, Warwickshire [3] Camperdown Victoria [3] Clarence River New South Wales [3] Dunfermline, Fifeshire [3] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [3] Grantham, Lincolnshire [3] Gravesend, Kent [3] Hackney, London [3] Hull, Yorkshire [3] Adelaide South Australia [2] Alnwick, Northumberland [2] Broughty Ferry, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [2] Chatsworth New South Wales [2] Croydon, Surrey [2] Derby [2] Derby, Derbyshire [2] Dundrum, Down [2] Durham [2] Exeter, Devon [2] Glasgow Scotland [2] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2] Hobart Tasmania [2] Hurstville New South Wales [2] Islington, London, Middlesex [2] Leicester Leicestershire [2] Leicester, Leicestershire [2] Leslie, Fife [2] London, Middlesex [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Loughborough, Leicestershire [2] Macclesfield, Cheshire [2] Marylebone, London [2] Robin Hood's Bay, Yorkshire, England [2] Stockton, Durham [2] Talbot Victoria [2] Walthamstow [2] Wedderburn Victoria [2]

Rank

Private [1545] Gunner [173] Serjeant [115] Corporal [109] Driver [107] Sapper [91] Lance Corporal [75] Second Lieutenant [49] Captain [26] Lieutenant [25] Acting Corporal [24] Bombardier [18] Pioneer [18] Rifleman [17] Acting Serjeant [14] Warrant Officer Class 2 [11] Worker [10] Staff Serjeant [8] Corporal 2nd [7] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [6] Lance Serjeant [6] Major [5] Company Serjeant Major [4] Trooper [4] Able Seaman [3] Acting Bombardier [3] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [3] Deck Hand [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Sergeant [3] Serjeant Major [3] Shoeing Smith [3] Staff Nurse [3] Acting Staff Serjeant [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Chaplain [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Guardsman [2] Nursing Sister [2] Pipe Major [2] Regimental Serjeant Major [2] Reverend [2] Sister [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Temporary Nurse [2] 2nd Corporal [1] A/2/Corporal [1] ALIAS Driver [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [167] Labour Corps [165] Royal Field Artillery [165] Army Service Corps [152] Royal Garrison Artillery [100] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [97] Machine Gun Corps [90] Royal Army Medical Corps [89] West Yorkshire Regiment [73] Lincolnshire Regiment [64] Leicestershire Regiment [57] Manchester Regiment [52] Royal Highlanders [48] London Regiment [46] Northumberland Fusiliers [45] Durham Light Infantry [42] Liverpool Regiment [42] Highland Light Infantry [41] Lancashire Fusiliers [37] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [36] Royal Fusiliers [36] York and Lancaster Regiment [36] Scottish Rifles [33] Royal Scots [30] East Yorkshire Regiment [29] North Staffordshire Regiment [29] King's Own Scottish Borderers [28] Yorkshire Light Infantry [28] Royal Army Service Corps [27] Royal Irish Rifles [26] Middlesex Regiment [23] Yorkshire Regiment [22] King's Royal Rifle Corps [21] Rifle Brigade [21] Seaforth Highlanders [21] Canadian Infantry [20] Cheshire Regiment [20] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [20] South Staffordshire Regiment [20] Gordon Highlanders [19] Royal Defence Corps [19] Royal Scots Fusiliers [19] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [18] Royal Naval Division [18] Corps of Hussars [17] Norfolk Regiment [17] South Lancashire Regiment [17] Tank Corps [17] Hussars [16] Royal Horse Artillery [16]

Service

British Army [2287] Canadian Expeditionary Force [182] Royal Navy [165] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [140] Australian Imperial Force [106] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [48] Other Empire Force [3] South African Services [2]

Last name first letter

K [2988] L [3] B [1] P [1] S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2925] Merchant Navy [52] Conscientious Objector [7]

Country

United Kingdom [68] South Africa [2] Canada [1]

Horace Edgar Kirk

Born 1887

Died 1954

British Army T/26644 Driver Army Service Corps

British Army Driver Army Service Corps

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James Kirk

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 3117 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 250806 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Manchester Regiment

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Alfred Charles Kirk

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army L/9506 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

British Army 8155 Private Royal West Kent 3rd Battalion

British Army L/9506 Private East Kent Regiment (The Buffs) 1st Battalion

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Frederick Richard Kirk

Born 1881

Died 1918

British Army 35563 Private Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment) 2/4th Battalion

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John William Kirk

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 203439 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 1st/5th Battalion

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George Kirk

Born 1884

Died 1962

British Army 149686 Sapper Royal Engineers IWD

British Army WR/501908 A/2/Corporal Royal Engineers IWD

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Edward Godfrey Kirk

Born 1889

Died 1966

British Army 61154 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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James H Kirk

Born 1882

Died 1919

British Army 11336 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 11336 Private Cheshire Regiment 8th Battalion

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George T Kirk

Died 1918

British Army 52641 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 52641 Private 1st/8th Lancashire fusilers

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George Edward Kirk

Born 1878

Died 1915

Royal Navy 181485 Able Seaman HMS Goliath

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Samuel Kirk

Born 1866

Died 1915

Royal Navy 123605 Petty Officer 2nd Class HMS Goliath

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Robert Kirk

Died 1915

British Army 283 Lance Serjeant Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 1/7th (Fife) Battalion (Territorial Force)

British Army 283 Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 7th (Fife) Battalion (Territorial Force)

British Army Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 6th (Fifeshire) Volunteer Battalion

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Robert Charles Kirk

Born 1889

Died 1979

British Army 93856 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Henry Kirk

Born 1895

Died 1916

Royal Navy K19390 (Po.) Stoker 1st Class HMS BLACK PRINCE

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Henry Buchanan Kirk

Born 1867

Died 1916

British Army Major Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

British Army Brigadier General Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

British Army Brigadier General- Commanding Officer 93rd Infantry Brigade

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Edward Arthur Kirk

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 24057 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army Lance Corporal 9th Battalion

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Leslie Kirk

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 22442 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 22442 Corporal Liverpool Regiment

British Army 22442 Corporal The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 17th Battalion

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Benjamin Saunders Kirk

Born 1888

Died 1940

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Sidney Kirk

Born 1894

Died 1969

British Army T1/3004 Private Acting Corporal Army Service Corps

British Army 90277 Private Acting Corporal Machine Gun Corps

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Hugh Kirk

Born 1891

British Army 1343 Serjeant Fife and Forfar Yeomanry

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