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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]

James Arthur Leach

Died 1915

British Army 16217 Private Shropshire Light Infantry 2nd Battalion

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William Henry Leach

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 19319 Serjeant Machine Gun Corps

British Army 19319 Serjeant Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

British Army 9250 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Henry Walter Leach

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army L/14813 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army

British Army L/14813 Corporal Middlesex Regiment

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Frederick Leach

Born 1889

Died 1977

British Army 8135 Private Wiltshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 8135 Corporal Wiltshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Arthur Leach

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 60990

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Harry George Leach

Born 1888

British Army 6888 Corporal King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army 6888 Cpl King's Royal Rifle Corps 4th Battallion

British Army 6888 A/Sgt King's Royal Rifle Corps 2nd Battalion

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Herbert John Leach

Born 1891

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 1975 Private Australian Infantry 12th Battalion

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Harold Leach

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 10869 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 15th Battalion

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Herbert Leach

Died 1917

British Army 41834 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army G/52487 Private Middlesex Regiment

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Harry Leach

Born 1886

Died 1914

British Army 849 Lance Corporal Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 849 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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William Frank Leach

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 4/187 Acting Serjeant Hampshire Regiment

British Army 200025 Regimental Serjeant Major Hampshire Regiment 1/4th Battalion.

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William Herbert Leach

Born 1883

Died 1916

British Army 63183 Sapper Royal Engineers

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John Aubrey Leach

Born 1880

Died 1928

British Army 705071 Corporal Royal Field Artillery

British Army 599 Driver Royal Field Artillery 2nd East Lancashire Brigade

British Army 599 Promoted Royal Field Artillery

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William Ernest Leach

Born 1880

Died 1954

British Army 2563 Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 Royal Engineers

British Army 548497 Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 Royal Engineers

British Army

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Herbert Mark Leach

Born 1895

Died 1921

British Army 5994 Private London Regiment

British Army 2386 Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment 5th Battalion

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Albert Leach

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 196987

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Stanley Leach

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 64346

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Reginald Arthur Leach

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 42044

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James William Leach

Born 1868

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 286007

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Frederick John Leach

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 268103

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