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Manchester, Lancashire [6]

Rochdale, Lancashire [6]

Bradford, Yorkshire [5]

London England [5]

London, Middlesex [5]

Sydney New South Wales [5]

London, Middlesex, England [4]

Melbourne Victoria [4]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [4]

Yorkshire England [4]

Ballarat Victoria [3]

Blackburn, Lancashire [3]

Bolton, Lancashire [3]

Chelsea, London [3]

Hackney, London [3]

Lambeth, London [3]

Morchard Bishop, Devon [3]

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [3]

Ashburton, Devon [2]

Beckenham, Kent [2]

Bendigo Victoria [2]

Brighton, Sussex [2]

Brisbane Queensland [2]

Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [2]

Cambridge [2]

Crewkerne, Somerset [2]

Croydon, Surrey [2]

Darwen, Lancashire [2]

Doncaster, Yorkshire [2]

Dunalley Victoria [2]

East Ham, Essex [2]

Emmaville New South Wales [2]

Gloucester [2]

Hereford, Herefordshire [2]

Hunstanton, Norfolk [2]

Maldon Victoria [2]

Plymouth, Devon [2]

Portsea, Hampshire [2]

Rock Ferry, Cheshire [2]

Saint Lukes, London [2]

Winsford, Cheshire [2]

Abbotsford Victoria [1]

Acton, London [1]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Adelaide, South Australia [1]

Alverstoke, Hampshire [1]

Anerley, Croydon, Surrey [1]

Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Auburn Victoria [1]

Auckland [1]

Rank

Private [1397]

Gunner [163]

Corporal [130]

Driver [130]

Serjeant [128]

Sapper [58]

Lance Corporal [53]

Second Lieutenant [46]

Lieutenant [38]

Acting Corporal [31]

Captain [30]

Bombardier [26]

Pioneer [25]

Acting Serjeant [23]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [14]

Rifleman [8]

Acting Bombardier [6]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Lance Serjeant [6]

Staff Serjeant [6]

Acting Staff Serjeant [5]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [5]

Lieutenant Colonel [5]

Worker [5]

Company Serjeant Major [4]

Corporal 2nd [3]

Major [3]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [3]

Regimental Serjeant Major [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Trooper [3]

Acting Lieutenant [2]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Commander [2]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [2]

Lance Bombardier [2]

Lieutenant-Commander [2]

Serjeant Major [2]

Shoeing Smith [2]

A/Sgt [1]

ALIAS Private [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Gunner [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Acting Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [194]

Labour Corps [181]

Royal Engineers [156]

Army Service Corps [149]

Royal Garrison Artillery [109]

Machine Gun Corps [83]

Manchester Regiment [81]

Royal Army Medical Corps [79]

Lancashire Fusiliers [78]

London Regiment [72]

Royal Fusiliers [56]

Liverpool Regiment [48]

Devonshire Regiment [45]

Cheshire Regiment [44]

West Riding Regiment [42]

West Yorkshire Regiment [41]

Middlesex Regiment [40]

Northumberland Fusiliers [40]

Gloucestershire Regiment [36]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [36]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [33]

East Lancashire Regiment [31]

Hampshire Regiment [31]

Welsh Regiment [29]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [28]

Suffolk Regiment [27]

Rifle Brigade [26]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [25]

Durham Light Infantry [24]

East Yorkshire Regiment [23]

Yorkshire Regiment [22]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [21]

Worcestershire Regiment [21]

Army Veterinary Corps [20]

Royal Army Service Corps [20]

Lincolnshire Regiment [19]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [19]

Border Regiment [18]

East Surrey Regiment [18]

Essex Regiment [18]

The Queen's Regiment [18]

York and Lancaster Regiment [18]

Royal Defence Corps [17]

Somerset Light Infantry [17]

South Lancashire Regiment [17]

Army Ordnance Corps [16]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [16]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [16]

Royal West Kent Regiment [16]

South Staffordshire Regiment [15]

Service

British Army [2216]

Royal Navy [191]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [170]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [144]

Australian Imperial Force [79]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [19]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

L [2859]

G [2]

S [2]

B [1]

P [1]

R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2813]

Merchant Navy [36]

Conscientious Objector [5]

Country

United Kingdom [51]

Australia [1]

Barbados [1]

Germany [1]

Ireland [1]

Russian Federation [1]

South Africa [1]

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Manchester, Lancashire [6] Rochdale, Lancashire [6] Bradford, Yorkshire [5] London England [5] London, Middlesex [5] Sydney New South Wales [5] London, Middlesex, England [4] Melbourne Victoria [4] Portsmouth, Hampshire [4] Yorkshire England [4] Ballarat Victoria [3] Blackburn, Lancashire [3] Bolton, Lancashire [3] Chelsea, London [3] Hackney, London [3] Lambeth, London [3] Morchard Bishop, Devon [3] Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [3] Ashburton, Devon [2] Beckenham, Kent [2] Bendigo Victoria [2] Brighton, Sussex [2] Brisbane Queensland [2] Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [2] Cambridge [2] Crewkerne, Somerset [2] Croydon, Surrey [2] Darwen, Lancashire [2] Doncaster, Yorkshire [2] Dunalley Victoria [2] East Ham, Essex [2] Emmaville New South Wales [2] Gloucester [2] Hereford, Herefordshire [2] Hunstanton, Norfolk [2] Maldon Victoria [2] Plymouth, Devon [2] Portsea, Hampshire [2] Rock Ferry, Cheshire [2] Saint Lukes, London [2] Winsford, Cheshire [2] Abbotsford Victoria [1] Acton, London [1] Adelaide South Australia [1] Adelaide, South Australia [1] Alverstoke, Hampshire [1] Anerley, Croydon, Surrey [1] Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Auburn Victoria [1] Auckland [1]

Rank

Private [1397] Gunner [163] Corporal [130] Driver [130] Serjeant [128] Sapper [58] Lance Corporal [53] Second Lieutenant [46] Lieutenant [38] Acting Corporal [31] Captain [30] Bombardier [26] Pioneer [25] Acting Serjeant [23] Warrant Officer Class 2 [14] Rifleman [8] Acting Bombardier [6] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Lance Serjeant [6] Staff Serjeant [6] Acting Staff Serjeant [5] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [5] Lieutenant Colonel [5] Worker [5] Company Serjeant Major [4] Corporal 2nd [3] Major [3] Private Acting Lance Corporal [3] Regimental Serjeant Major [3] Temporary Captain [3] Trooper [3] Acting Lieutenant [2] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Commander [2] Corporal Acting Serjeant [2] Lance Bombardier [2] Lieutenant-Commander [2] Serjeant Major [2] Shoeing Smith [2] A/Sgt [1] ALIAS Private [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Gunner [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Acting Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [194] Labour Corps [181] Royal Engineers [156] Army Service Corps [149] Royal Garrison Artillery [109] Machine Gun Corps [83] Manchester Regiment [81] Royal Army Medical Corps [79] Lancashire Fusiliers [78] London Regiment [72] Royal Fusiliers [56] Liverpool Regiment [48] Devonshire Regiment [45] Cheshire Regiment [44] West Riding Regiment [42] West Yorkshire Regiment [41] Middlesex Regiment [40] Northumberland Fusiliers [40] Gloucestershire Regiment [36] King's Royal Rifle Corps [36] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [33] East Lancashire Regiment [31] Hampshire Regiment [31] Welsh Regiment [29] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [28] Suffolk Regiment [27] Rifle Brigade [26] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [25] Durham Light Infantry [24] East Yorkshire Regiment [23] Yorkshire Regiment [22] Royal Lancaster Regiment [21] Worcestershire Regiment [21] Army Veterinary Corps [20] Royal Army Service Corps [20] Lincolnshire Regiment [19] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [19] Border Regiment [18] East Surrey Regiment [18] Essex Regiment [18] The Queen's Regiment [18] York and Lancaster Regiment [18] Royal Defence Corps [17] Somerset Light Infantry [17] South Lancashire Regiment [17] Army Ordnance Corps [16] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [16] Royal Berkshire Regiment [16] Royal West Kent Regiment [16] South Staffordshire Regiment [15]

Service

British Army [2216] Royal Navy [191] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [170] Canadian Expeditionary Force [144] Australian Imperial Force [79] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [19] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

L [2859] G [2] S [2] B [1] P [1] R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2813] Merchant Navy [36] Conscientious Objector [5]

Country

United Kingdom [51] Australia [1] Barbados [1] Germany [1] Ireland [1] Russian Federation [1] South Africa [1]

Harry Lancelot Leach

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 35754

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Thomas Leach

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 53239

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Alfred John Leach

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 42495

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Wilfred Lionel Wand Leach

Born 1888

Died 1973

British Army 107106 Trooper Household Battalion

British Army 107106 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps

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Walter Leach

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 185410

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Hermon James Leach

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 208280

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Alfred Henry Leach

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 287375

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Frederick Leach

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 10920

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Thomas Melton Leach

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 33537

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John William Leach

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 24604

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William Leach

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 410228

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Samuel Leach

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 53034

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George Alfred Leach Leach

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 31202

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William Leach

Born 1880

Died 1956

British Army T2/10712 Driver Army Service Corps

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Thomas Leach

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 284189

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William John Leach

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 104166

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Frederick Charles Leach

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 36898 Private Wiltshire Regiment 6th Battalion

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Ernest Cecil Leach

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army F/428 Lance Corporal Middlesex Regiment

British Army F/428 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army F/428 Lance Corporal Middlesex Regiment 17th "Footballers" battalion

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Walter Joseph Leach

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 5032 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1/6th Battalion-Territorial

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Thomas Leach

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 32190 Private Somerset Light Infantry 1st Btn

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