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Preston, Lancashire [6]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [4]

Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [3]

Liverpool, Lancashire [3]

Ashbourne South Australia [2]

Barrow in Furness, Lancashire [2]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Darwen, Lancashire [2]

Lancashire England [2]

Manchester [2]

Reading, Berkshire [2]

Runcorn, Cheshire [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

Thurlstone, Yorkshire [2]

Waterloo New South Wales [2]

Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire [1]

Aston, Birmingham [1]

Barrow in Furness [1]

Bendigo Victoria [1]

Bewdley, Worcestershire [1]

Blackpool, Lancashire [1]

Bolton, Lancashire [1]

Bridgnorth, Shropshire [1]

Brisbane Queensland [1]

Broughton, Salford, Lancashire [1]

Castleford, Yorkshire [1]

Chapel en le Frith, Derbyshire [1]

Chelsea, Middlesex [1]

Cheshire [1]

Connahs Quay, Flintshire [1]

Coventry, Warwickshire [1]

Darwen Lancashire England [1]

Darwen, Lancs [1]

Essex, England [1]

Finsbury, London [1]

Glenorchy Tasmania [1]

Gorton, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Heswall, Cheshire, England [1]

Hillston New South Wales [1]

Hoddlesden, Lancashire [1]

Holborn, London, Middlesex [1]

Hoxton, London [1]

Hulme, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Islington, London [1]

Kirkham, Lancashire [1]

Leichardt New South Wales [1]

Lewisham, Kent [1]

Liverpool England [1]

Lyndhurst Victoria [1]

Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [508]

Gunner [62]

Corporal [49]

Driver [47]

Sapper [36]

Serjeant [28]

Lance Corporal [22]

Second Lieutenant [12]

Acting Corporal [9]

Bombardier [6]

Acting Serjeant [5]

Pioneer [5]

Lieutenant [4]

Rifleman [4]

Captain [3]

Corporal 2nd [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Worker [3]

Acting Corporal 2nd [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Nursing Sister [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Transport Serjeant [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Lance Serjeant/ Private Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Armourer's Crew [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Coal Mine Worker [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal/Acting Serjeant [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Lance Captain [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Major [1]

Private Lance Corporal [1]

Saddler [1]

Sapper /Acting Serjeant [1]

Sapper Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [72]

Royal Engineers [68]

Labour Corps [61]

Army Service Corps [38]

Manchester Regiment [35]

Royal Army Medical Corps [32]

Cheshire Regiment [30]

Machine Gun Corps [30]

Liverpool Regiment [29]

Royal Garrison Artillery [27]

Lancashire Fusiliers [22]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [22]

North Staffordshire Regiment [22]

London Regiment [20]

East Lancashire Regiment [19]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [19]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [17]

South Lancashire Regiment [17]

Royal Fusiliers [15]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [14]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [14]

South Staffordshire Regiment [11]

Norfolk Regiment [10]

Northumberland Fusiliers [10]

Border Regiment [9]

Middlesex Regiment [9]

York and Lancaster Regiment [9]

Durham Light Infantry [8]

Lincolnshire Regiment [8]

Royal Army Service Corps [8]

Worcestershire Regiment [8]

Yorkshire Regiment [8]

Army Veterinary Corps [7]

Royal Defence Corps [7]

The Queen's Regiment [7]

Training Reserve Battalion [7]

Rifle Brigade [6]

Royal West Kent Regiment [6]

West Riding Regiment [6]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [6]

East Yorkshire Regiment [5]

Gloucestershire Regiment [5]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [5]

Royal Flying Corps [5]

Royal Scots [5]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [5]

South Wales Borderers [5]

Corps of Hussars [4]

Hampshire Regiment [4]

Leicestershire Regiment [4]

Service

British Army [764]

Royal Navy [54]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [40]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [34]

Australian Imperial Force [26]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [7]

Other Empire Force [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

K [941]

Contribution

Military Service [924]

Merchant Navy [12]

Country

United Kingdom [15]

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Place of birth

Preston, Lancashire [6] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [4] Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [3] Liverpool, Lancashire [3] Ashbourne South Australia [2] Barrow in Furness, Lancashire [2] Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Darwen, Lancashire [2] Lancashire England [2] Manchester [2] Reading, Berkshire [2] Runcorn, Cheshire [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Thurlstone, Yorkshire [2] Waterloo New South Wales [2] Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire [1] Aston, Birmingham [1] Barrow in Furness [1] Bendigo Victoria [1] Bewdley, Worcestershire [1] Blackpool, Lancashire [1] Bolton, Lancashire [1] Bridgnorth, Shropshire [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Broughton, Salford, Lancashire [1] Castleford, Yorkshire [1] Chapel en le Frith, Derbyshire [1] Chelsea, Middlesex [1] Cheshire [1] Connahs Quay, Flintshire [1] Coventry, Warwickshire [1] Darwen Lancashire England [1] Darwen, Lancs [1] Essex, England [1] Finsbury, London [1] Glenorchy Tasmania [1] Gorton, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Heswall, Cheshire, England [1] Hillston New South Wales [1] Hoddlesden, Lancashire [1] Holborn, London, Middlesex [1] Hoxton, London [1] Hulme, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Islington, London [1] Kirkham, Lancashire [1] Leichardt New South Wales [1] Lewisham, Kent [1] Liverpool England [1] Lyndhurst Victoria [1] Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [508] Gunner [62] Corporal [49] Driver [47] Sapper [36] Serjeant [28] Lance Corporal [22] Second Lieutenant [12] Acting Corporal [9] Bombardier [6] Acting Serjeant [5] Pioneer [5] Lieutenant [4] Rifleman [4] Captain [3] Corporal 2nd [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Worker [3] Acting Corporal 2nd [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Nursing Sister [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Transport Serjeant [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Lance Serjeant/ Private Lance Corporal [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Armourer's Crew [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Coal Mine Worker [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal/Acting Serjeant [1] Deck Hand [1] Lance Captain [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Stoker [1] Major [1] Private Lance Corporal [1] Saddler [1] Sapper /Acting Serjeant [1] Sapper Acting Lance Corporal [1] Staff Nurse [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1] Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [72] Royal Engineers [68] Labour Corps [61] Army Service Corps [38] Manchester Regiment [35] Royal Army Medical Corps [32] Cheshire Regiment [30] Machine Gun Corps [30] Liverpool Regiment [29] Royal Garrison Artillery [27] Lancashire Fusiliers [22] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [22] North Staffordshire Regiment [22] London Regiment [20] East Lancashire Regiment [19] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [19] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [17] South Lancashire Regiment [17] Royal Fusiliers [15] Royal Lancaster Regiment [14] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [14] South Staffordshire Regiment [11] Norfolk Regiment [10] Northumberland Fusiliers [10] Border Regiment [9] Middlesex Regiment [9] York and Lancaster Regiment [9] Durham Light Infantry [8] Lincolnshire Regiment [8] Royal Army Service Corps [8] Worcestershire Regiment [8] Yorkshire Regiment [8] Army Veterinary Corps [7] Royal Defence Corps [7] The Queen's Regiment [7] Training Reserve Battalion [7] Rifle Brigade [6] Royal West Kent Regiment [6] West Riding Regiment [6] Yorkshire Light Infantry [6] East Yorkshire Regiment [5] Gloucestershire Regiment [5] King's Royal Rifle Corps [5] Royal Flying Corps [5] Royal Scots [5] Royal Scots Fusiliers [5] South Wales Borderers [5] Corps of Hussars [4] Hampshire Regiment [4] Leicestershire Regiment [4]

Service

British Army [764] Royal Navy [54] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [40] Canadian Expeditionary Force [34] Australian Imperial Force [26] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [7] Other Empire Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

K [941]

Contribution

Military Service [924] Merchant Navy [12]

Country

United Kingdom [15]

William Kirkham

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 168632

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John Wesley Kirkham

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 178539

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John Alexander Kirkham

Born 1875

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 231639

Canadian Expeditionary Force 231639 Private Canadian Infantry

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William Richard Kirkham

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 14551

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Reginald Kirkham

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 134595

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William Ellis Kirkham

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 63321

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William Henry Kirkham

Born 1881

Died 1916

Royal Navy 1973U Leading Stoker Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Lion

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Walter Kirkham

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 253148

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Harry Kirkham

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army 24023 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 24023 Private Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

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Alfred Stanley Kirkham

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 33512 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 396834 Private Labour Corps

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Isaac Yates Kirkham

Born 1880

Died 1918

British Army 202655 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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David Kirkham

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 11772 Private South Lancashire Regiment

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Harry Kirkham

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 1627 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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James Kirkham

Died 1916

British Army 18632 Private Cheshire Regiment

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Albert Kirkham

Died 1916

British Army 52805 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 52805 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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Henry Talbot Kirkham

Born 1886

Died 1920

British Army 795426 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Edory Kirkham

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 30186 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Harold Kirkham

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 10781 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 44778 Lance Corporal Liverpool Regiment

British Army 44778 Lance Corporal The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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George Kirkham

Died 1917

British Army 16694 Corporal Lancashire Fusiliers

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Bernard Kirkham

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 201526 Corporal South Lancashire Regiment

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