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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [7]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [4]

Huddersfield, Yorkshire [4]

Oldham, Lancashire [4]

Silverdale, Staffordshire [4]

Warrington, Lancashire [4]

Wolstanton, Staffordshire [4]

Bolton, Lancashire [3]

Digby Victoria [3]

Liverpool, Lancashire [3]

Macclesfield, Cheshire [3]

Manchester, Lancashire [3]

Runcorn, Cheshire [3]

Staffordshire [3]

Sydney New South Wales [3]

Adelaide South Australia [2]

Brisbane Queensland [2]

Brunswick New South Wales [2]

Burnley, Lancashire [2]

Cloyne, Cork [2]

Cork [2]

Devonport, Devon [2]

Drayton Queensland [2]

Durham, Durham [2]

Gunning New South Wales [2]

Hanley, Staffordshire [2]

Lancashire England [2]

Lancefield Victoria [2]

Leeds, Yorkshire [2]

Longton, Staffordshire [2]

Lye, Worcestershire [2]

Miles Queensland [2]

Newcastle, Northumberland [2]

Penistone, Yorkshire [2]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [2]

Staffordshire England [2]

Stockport, Cheshire, England [2]

Walsall, Staffordshire [2]

Yorkshire England [2]

Aghada, Cork [1]

Airmyn, Goole [1]

All Saints, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Belmont Forrest New South Wales [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Birmingham [1]

Blackpool, Lancashire [1]

Bowden New South Wales [1]

Bucknall, Staffordshire [1]

Burketown Queensland [1]

Rank

Private [782]

Gunner [109]

Driver [69]

Serjeant [53]

Corporal [52]

Sapper [33]

Lance Corporal [27]

Second Lieutenant [22]

Lieutenant [21]

Bombardier [14]

Acting Corporal [10]

Pioneer [10]

Acting Serjeant [9]

Captain [8]

Rifleman [6]

Acting Captain [5]

Acting Bombardier [4]

Lance Serjeant [4]

Staff Serjeant [4]

Worker [3]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Staff Nurse [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Armament Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Canteen Worker [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Corporal (Acting Serjeant) [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Guardsman [1]

Honorary Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Lance Corporal Acting Sub Conductor [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Private Lance Corporal [1]

Sergent [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Sister [1]

Staff Serjeant Instructor [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [119]

Labour Corps [98]

Army Service Corps [78]

Royal Engineers [75]

North Staffordshire Regiment [62]

Manchester Regiment [59]

Royal Garrison Artillery [55]

Royal Army Medical Corps [50]

Machine Gun Corps [41]

Cheshire Regiment [39]

Liverpool Regiment [38]

Lancashire Fusiliers [36]

West Yorkshire Regiment [35]

Royal Fusiliers [29]

West Riding Regiment [25]

Durham Light Infantry [24]

York and Lancaster Regiment [24]

South Staffordshire Regiment [23]

Northumberland Fusiliers [22]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [19]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [17]

South Lancashire Regiment [17]

Lincolnshire Regiment [16]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [15]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [15]

London Regiment [14]

Yorkshire Regiment [14]

East Yorkshire Regiment [13]

Middlesex Regiment [13]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [13]

Tank Corps [12]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [11]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [11]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [10]

East Lancashire Regiment [9]

Rifle Brigade [9]

Welsh Regiment [9]

Canadian Infantry [8]

Coldstream Guards [8]

King's Liverpool Regiment [8]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [8]

Leicestershire Regiment [8]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [7]

Essex Regiment [7]

Royal Defence Corps [7]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [7]

East Surrey Regiment [6]

Royal Scots [6]

Royal West Kent Regiment [6]

Training Reserve Battalion [6]

Service

British Army [1158]

Royal Navy [82]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [75]

Australian Imperial Force [54]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [53]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [11]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

L [1462]

Contribution

Military Service [1432]

Merchant Navy [22]

Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [20]

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Place of birth

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [7] Birmingham, Warwickshire [4] Huddersfield, Yorkshire [4] Oldham, Lancashire [4] Silverdale, Staffordshire [4] Warrington, Lancashire [4] Wolstanton, Staffordshire [4] Bolton, Lancashire [3] Digby Victoria [3] Liverpool, Lancashire [3] Macclesfield, Cheshire [3] Manchester, Lancashire [3] Runcorn, Cheshire [3] Staffordshire [3] Sydney New South Wales [3] Adelaide South Australia [2] Brisbane Queensland [2] Brunswick New South Wales [2] Burnley, Lancashire [2] Cloyne, Cork [2] Cork [2] Devonport, Devon [2] Drayton Queensland [2] Durham, Durham [2] Gunning New South Wales [2] Hanley, Staffordshire [2] Lancashire England [2] Lancefield Victoria [2] Leeds, Yorkshire [2] Longton, Staffordshire [2] Lye, Worcestershire [2] Miles Queensland [2] Newcastle, Northumberland [2] Penistone, Yorkshire [2] Portsmouth, Hampshire [2] Staffordshire England [2] Stockport, Cheshire, England [2] Walsall, Staffordshire [2] Yorkshire England [2] Aghada, Cork [1] Airmyn, Goole [1] All Saints, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Belmont Forrest New South Wales [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Birmingham [1] Blackpool, Lancashire [1] Bowden New South Wales [1] Bucknall, Staffordshire [1] Burketown Queensland [1]

Rank

Private [782] Gunner [109] Driver [69] Serjeant [53] Corporal [52] Sapper [33] Lance Corporal [27] Second Lieutenant [22] Lieutenant [21] Bombardier [14] Acting Corporal [10] Pioneer [10] Acting Serjeant [9] Captain [8] Rifleman [6] Acting Captain [5] Acting Bombardier [4] Lance Serjeant [4] Staff Serjeant [4] Worker [3] Company Serjeant Major [2] Private Acting Lance Corporal [2] Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Staff Nurse [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Armament Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Canteen Worker [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Corporal (Acting Serjeant) [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Guardsman [1] Honorary Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Lance Corporal Acting Sub Conductor [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Private Lance Corporal [1] Sergent [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Sister [1] Staff Serjeant Instructor [1] Stoker 1st Class [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [119] Labour Corps [98] Army Service Corps [78] Royal Engineers [75] North Staffordshire Regiment [62] Manchester Regiment [59] Royal Garrison Artillery [55] Royal Army Medical Corps [50] Machine Gun Corps [41] Cheshire Regiment [39] Liverpool Regiment [38] Lancashire Fusiliers [36] West Yorkshire Regiment [35] Royal Fusiliers [29] West Riding Regiment [25] Durham Light Infantry [24] York and Lancaster Regiment [24] South Staffordshire Regiment [23] Northumberland Fusiliers [22] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [19] Royal Lancaster Regiment [17] South Lancashire Regiment [17] Lincolnshire Regiment [16] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [15] Yorkshire Light Infantry [15] London Regiment [14] Yorkshire Regiment [14] East Yorkshire Regiment [13] Middlesex Regiment [13] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [13] Tank Corps [12] King's Royal Rifle Corps [11] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [11] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [10] East Lancashire Regiment [9] Rifle Brigade [9] Welsh Regiment [9] Canadian Infantry [8] Coldstream Guards [8] King's Liverpool Regiment [8] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [8] Leicestershire Regiment [8] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [7] Essex Regiment [7] Royal Defence Corps [7] Royal Munster Fusiliers [7] East Surrey Regiment [6] Royal Scots [6] Royal West Kent Regiment [6] Training Reserve Battalion [6]

Service

British Army [1158] Royal Navy [82] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [75] Australian Imperial Force [54] Canadian Expeditionary Force [53] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [11] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

L [1462]

Contribution

Military Service [1432] Merchant Navy [22] Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [20]

Francis Cecil Reginald Lawton

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 101797 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 22nd Heavy Battery

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George William Lawton

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army L/34375 Gunner Royal Field Artillery A Battery

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William Lawton

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 241369 Private Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) 1/5 Battalion

British Army 241369 Private Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

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William Robinson Lawton

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 37862 Private York and Lancaster Regiment 3rd Bn

British Army 37862 Private York and Lancaster Regiment 7th Bn

British Army 37862 Private York and Lancaster Regiment 34 IBD

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William Lawton

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 13/1207 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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Harold Lawton

Died 1916

British Army 39916 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 10th Bn.

British Army 35359 Manchester Regiment

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John Edward Lawton

Born 1865

Died 1916

British Army T4/142368 Private Army Service Corps

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William John Lawton

Born 1880

Died 1914

British Army 8378 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Thomas Lawton

Born 1883

Died 1916

British Army 5058 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Alfred Lawton

Died 1915

British Army M2/032814 Private Army Service Corps

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John Edward Lawton

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 5615 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 5615 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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Thomas Parr Lawton

Died 1918

British Army 3/40018 Private East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 65282 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 65282 Lance Corporal Northumberland Fusiliers

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James Lawton

Died 1918

British Army 203953 Private East Yorkshire Regiment 2nd/4th Battalion

British Army 6836 Private Yorkshire Regiment

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William James Lawton

Born 1894

Died 1921

British Army 2844 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 2844 Private Cheshire Regiment 7th Battalion

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Arthur Lawton

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 147226

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Samuel Lawton

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 192330

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Edward Lawton

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 298983

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Edward Henry Lawton

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 102941

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Harry Lawton

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 293772

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John Lawton

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 401251

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