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Manchester, Lancashire [12]

Bolton, Lancashire [11]

Melbourne Victoria [7]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [5]

Halifax, Yorkshire [5]

Bolton Lancashire [4]

London England [4]

Sydney New South Wales [4]

Adelaide South Australia [3]

Belper, Derbyshire [3]

Bristol, Somerset [3]

Carlton Victoria [3]

Dudley, Worcestershire [3]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3]

Newcastle, Northumberland [3]

Rawtenstall, Lancs [3]

Alston, Preston [2]

Alveley Village, nr Bridgnorth Shropshire [2]

Ashburton, Devon [2]

Balmain New South Wales [2]

Bradford, Yorkshire [2]

Burscough, Lancashire [2]

Camberwell, London [2]

Cheshire England [2]

Chesterfield, Derbyshire [2]

Chorley, Lancashire [2]

Colne, Lancashire [2]

Darlington, Durham [2]

Devonport, Devon [2]

Dublin [2]

Epsom, Surrey [2]

Exeter, Devon [2]

Gillingham, Kent [2]

Grays, Essex [2]

Hornsey, Middlesex [2]

Ilkeston, Derbyshire [2]

Keighley, Yorkshire [2]

Kent England [2]

Kimberley Tasmania [2]

Langport, Somerset [2]

Leeds, Yorkshire [2]

Liverpool [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

London [2]

Lytham, Lancashire [2]

Northcote Victoria [2]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [2]

Preston, Lancashire [2]

Rawtenstall, Lancashire [2]

Sheffield [2]

Rank

Private [1829]

Gunner [224]

Sapper [148]

Corporal [136]

Driver [133]

Serjeant [109]

Lance Corporal [71]

Lieutenant [62]

Second Lieutenant [58]

Captain [40]

Acting Corporal [36]

Pioneer [36]

Acting Serjeant [22]

Bombardier [17]

Lance Serjeant [10]

Major [10]

Able Seaman [6]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [6]

Staff Serjeant [6]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [5]

Rifleman [5]

Trooper [5]

Company Serjeant Major [4]

Sister [4]

Temporary Lieutenant [4]

Worker [4]

Acting Colour Serjeant [3]

Acting Staff Serjeant [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Daffadar [3]

Saddler [3]

Shoeing Smith [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [3]

Temporary Serjeant [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Captain [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Boy 2nd Class [2]

Captain and Quarter Master [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Commander [2]

Corporal Lance Serjeant [2]

Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Lance Bombardier [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Nurse [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [234]

Royal Engineers [222]

Labour Corps [212]

Army Service Corps [183]

Royal Garrison Artillery [136]

Royal Army Medical Corps [111]

Manchester Regiment [96]

Machine Gun Corps [75]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [74]

Liverpool Regiment [69]

West Yorkshire Regiment [69]

Lancashire Fusiliers [68]

London Regiment [65]

Cheshire Regiment [64]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [60]

East Lancashire Regiment [53]

South Lancashire Regiment [48]

Northumberland Fusiliers [47]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [43]

West Riding Regiment [41]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [39]

Royal Fusiliers [38]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [36]

York and Lancaster Regiment [36]

Durham Light Infantry [35]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [33]

Worcestershire Regiment [33]

Rifle Brigade [32]

Border Regiment [31]

Gordon Highlanders [31]

Royal Army Service Corps [30]

Yorkshire Regiment [28]

Middlesex Regiment [27]

Royal Naval Division [27]

Royal Defence Corps [25]

Devonshire Regiment [24]

South Wales Borderers [24]

Welsh Regiment [23]

The Queen's Regiment [22]

South Staffordshire Regiment [21]

Army Veterinary Corps [20]

Royal Sussex Regiment [20]

Royal West Kent Regiment [20]

Essex Regiment [19]

Army Cyclist Corps [18]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [18]

Royal Scots [18]

Lincolnshire Regiment [17]

Hampshire Regiment [16]

Royal Air Force [16]

Service

British Army [2766]

Royal Navy [230]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [197]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [179]

Australian Imperial Force [85]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [33]

Other Empire Force [4]

Indian Army [2]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

K [3542]

D [1]

F [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3491]

Merchant Navy [37]

Conscientious Objector [8]

Country

United Kingdom [76]

France [1]

India [1]

New Zealand [1]

South Africa [1]

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Manchester, Lancashire [12] Bolton, Lancashire [11] Melbourne Victoria [7] Birmingham, Warwickshire [5] Halifax, Yorkshire [5] Bolton Lancashire [4] London England [4] Sydney New South Wales [4] Adelaide South Australia [3] Belper, Derbyshire [3] Bristol, Somerset [3] Carlton Victoria [3] Dudley, Worcestershire [3] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3] Newcastle, Northumberland [3] Rawtenstall, Lancs [3] Alston, Preston [2] Alveley Village, nr Bridgnorth Shropshire [2] Ashburton, Devon [2] Balmain New South Wales [2] Bradford, Yorkshire [2] Burscough, Lancashire [2] Camberwell, London [2] Cheshire England [2] Chesterfield, Derbyshire [2] Chorley, Lancashire [2] Colne, Lancashire [2] Darlington, Durham [2] Devonport, Devon [2] Dublin [2] Epsom, Surrey [2] Exeter, Devon [2] Gillingham, Kent [2] Grays, Essex [2] Hornsey, Middlesex [2] Ilkeston, Derbyshire [2] Keighley, Yorkshire [2] Kent England [2] Kimberley Tasmania [2] Langport, Somerset [2] Leeds, Yorkshire [2] Liverpool [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] London [2] Lytham, Lancashire [2] Northcote Victoria [2] Portsmouth, Hampshire [2] Preston, Lancashire [2] Rawtenstall, Lancashire [2] Sheffield [2]

Rank

Private [1829] Gunner [224] Sapper [148] Corporal [136] Driver [133] Serjeant [109] Lance Corporal [71] Lieutenant [62] Second Lieutenant [58] Captain [40] Acting Corporal [36] Pioneer [36] Acting Serjeant [22] Bombardier [17] Lance Serjeant [10] Major [10] Able Seaman [6] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [6] Staff Serjeant [6] Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [5] Rifleman [5] Trooper [5] Company Serjeant Major [4] Sister [4] Temporary Lieutenant [4] Worker [4] Acting Colour Serjeant [3] Acting Staff Serjeant [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Daffadar [3] Saddler [3] Shoeing Smith [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Temporary Second Lieutenant [3] Temporary Serjeant [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Captain [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Boy 2nd Class [2] Captain and Quarter Master [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Commander [2] Corporal Lance Serjeant [2] Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Lance Bombardier [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Nurse [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [234] Royal Engineers [222] Labour Corps [212] Army Service Corps [183] Royal Garrison Artillery [136] Royal Army Medical Corps [111] Manchester Regiment [96] Machine Gun Corps [75] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [74] Liverpool Regiment [69] West Yorkshire Regiment [69] Lancashire Fusiliers [68] London Regiment [65] Cheshire Regiment [64] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [60] East Lancashire Regiment [53] South Lancashire Regiment [48] Northumberland Fusiliers [47] Royal Lancaster Regiment [43] West Riding Regiment [41] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [39] Royal Fusiliers [38] King's Royal Rifle Corps [36] York and Lancaster Regiment [36] Durham Light Infantry [35] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [33] Worcestershire Regiment [33] Rifle Brigade [32] Border Regiment [31] Gordon Highlanders [31] Royal Army Service Corps [30] Yorkshire Regiment [28] Middlesex Regiment [27] Royal Naval Division [27] Royal Defence Corps [25] Devonshire Regiment [24] South Wales Borderers [24] Welsh Regiment [23] The Queen's Regiment [22] South Staffordshire Regiment [21] Army Veterinary Corps [20] Royal Sussex Regiment [20] Royal West Kent Regiment [20] Essex Regiment [19] Army Cyclist Corps [18] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [18] Royal Scots [18] Lincolnshire Regiment [17] Hampshire Regiment [16] Royal Air Force [16]

Service

British Army [2766] Royal Navy [230] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [197] Canadian Expeditionary Force [179] Australian Imperial Force [85] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [33] Other Empire Force [4] Indian Army [2] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

K [3542] D [1] F [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3491] Merchant Navy [37] Conscientious Objector [8]

Country

United Kingdom [76] France [1] India [1] New Zealand [1] South Africa [1]

Kenneth Davenport Knowles

Born 1874

Died 1944

British Army Reverend Captain Royal Army Chaplain's Department

British Army 4th Class Chaplain Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion 1/1st Battalion

British Army 4th Class Chaplain Lincolnshire Regiment 6th Battalion

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Frederick William Knowles

Born 1898

Died 1975

British Army 32248 Private The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) 13th (Reserve) Battalion

British Army 32248 Private The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) 6th (Training Reserve) Battalion

British Army 32248 Private The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) 9th (Training Reserve) Battalion

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Walter Douglas Knowles

Born 1889

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 1407 Trooper 10th Australian Light Horse Regiment

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Henry Knowles

Died 1917

British Army 2783 Private Manchester Regiment 5th. Battalion

British Army 43785 Private Manchester Regiment 18th. Battalion

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Francis Knowles

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 4920 Rifleman London Regiment 16th (County of London) Btn

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Harry Knowles

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army 16110 Private East Lancashire Regiment 8th Battalion

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John Forbes Knowles

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 2719 Private Gordon Highlanders 4th Battalion

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James Knowles

Born 1880

Died 1918

British Army 49580 Private Manchester Regiment 2nd/5th Battalion.

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John Reginald Knowles

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 22443 Private Liverpool Regiment 19th Battalion

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Alice Knowles

Born 1897

Died 1918

Other Empire Force Munitions Worker

Royal Navy G6330 Clerk Women's Royal Naval Service London Division

Royal Navy G/6330 Telephonist Women's Royal Naval Service

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Tom Vincent Knowles

Born 1884

Died 1947

British Army 14 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

British Army 735007 Serjeant later Battery Quarter Master Sergeant Royal Field Artillery

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Joseph Knowles

Born 1895

Died 1977

British Army 240895 Corporal Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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Frederick John Knowles

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 403944

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Arthur Ralph Knowles

Born 1895

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 70439

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David Knowles

Died 1915

British Army 17019 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 2nd Battalion

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John Knowles

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 25431 Private East Lancashire Regiment 8th Battalion

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George Knowles

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 2065 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 2nd/5th Battalion

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William Henry Knowles

Born 1893

Died 1940

British Army 950027 Driver Royal Field Artillery "B" 235 Battery

British Army 915 Driver Royal Field Artillery "B" 235 Battery

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James Alfred Knowles

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 235058 Private East Lancashire Regiment 4th Battalion attached 8th Battalion.

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William Edwin Knowles

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 35307 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 14th Battalion.

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