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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [6]

Sydney New South Wales [5]

Manchester England [4]

Manchester, Lancashire [4]

Newcastle New South Wales [4]

Stockport, Cheshire [4]

Ballarat Victoria [3]

Melbourne Victoria [3]

Warrington, Lancashire [3]

Wigan, Lancashire [3]

Windsor Victoria [3]

Albury New South Wales [2]

Blackburn, Lancashire [2]

Bristol, Somerset [2]

Colne, Lancashire [2]

Croydon, Surrey [2]

Dublin [2]

Freetown, Lancashire, England [2]

Lancashire [2]

Lancashire England [2]

London England [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Macclesfield, Cheshire [2]

Manchester, Lancashire, England [2]

Rotherham, Yorkshire [2]

Sevenoaks, Kent [2]

Stoke, Devon [2]

Winterbourne, Gloucestershire [2]

Aldershot, Hampshire [1]

Almondbury, Huddersfield, Yorkshire [1]

Altrincham Cheshire. [1]

Altrincham, Cheshire [1]

Armitage, Staffordshire [1]

Auckland [1]

Belfast [1]

Bethnal Green, London, Middlesex [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Boddington, Northamptonshire [1]

Bollington Cheshire [1]

Bollington, Macclesfield, Cheshire [1]

Bolton, Lancashire [1]

Bradford cum Beswick,Prestwich,Lancashire. [1]

Bristol [1]

Broadway, Co. Wexford [1]

Buln Buln Victoria [1]

Burnley, Lancashire [1]

Burslem, Staffordshire [1]

Bury, Lancashire [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Rank

Private [731]

Gunner [80]

Driver [78]

Corporal [57]

Serjeant [45]

Second Lieutenant [41]

Lieutenant [38]

Lance Corporal [33]

Sapper [29]

Captain [24]

Acting Corporal [15]

Pioneer [11]

Acting Serjeant [9]

Bombardier [9]

Major [9]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [6]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Colour Serjeant [5]

Temporary Captain [5]

Acting Bombardier [4]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Acting Staff Serjeant [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Private Acting Serjeant [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Acting Captain [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Midshipman [2]

Private Acting Corporal [2]

Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Sister [2]

Staff Nurse [2]

2nd Lieutentant [1]

ALIAS [1]

ALIAS Serjeant [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Major [1]

Air Chief Marshal [1]

Air Vice Marshal [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Canteen Worker [1]

Carpenter's Crew [1]

Chief Petty Officer Mechanic [1]

Colour Serjeant Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Commander [1]

Corporal /Lance Serjeant [1]

Corporal Acting Corporal [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [102]

Labour Corps [97]

Royal Engineers [86]

Army Service Corps [76]

Manchester Regiment [75]

Cheshire Regiment [71]

Royal Garrison Artillery [53]

Liverpool Regiment [51]

South Lancashire Regiment [47]

Royal Army Medical Corps [44]

Lancashire Fusiliers [43]

London Regiment [35]

Machine Gun Corps [32]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [23]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [23]

Royal Fusiliers [21]

North Staffordshire Regiment [20]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [15]

York and Lancaster Regiment [15]

East Lancashire Regiment [14]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [14]

Middlesex Regiment [14]

Royal Army Service Corps [14]

Royal West Kent Regiment [14]

Northumberland Fusiliers [12]

Rifle Brigade [12]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [12]

Devonshire Regiment [11]

Hampshire Regiment [11]

Army Veterinary Corps [9]

East Yorkshire Regiment [9]

Royal Defence Corps [9]

Welsh Regiment [9]

Border Regiment [8]

Coldstream Guards [8]

Essex Regiment [8]

Gloucestershire Regiment [8]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [8]

Royal Air Force [8]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [8]

The Queen's Regiment [8]

Worcestershire Regiment [8]

Somerset Light Infantry [7]

South Wales Borderers [7]

East Kent Regiment [6]

Hussars [6]

Northamptonshire Regiment [6]

Royal Flying Corps [6]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [6]

West Yorkshire Regiment [6]

Service

British Army [1177]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [94]

Royal Navy [81]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [73]

Australian Imperial Force [55]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [14]

Last name first letter

L [1510]

A [3]

B [3]

W [3]

C [1]

H [1]

M [1]

T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1490]

Merchant Navy [24]

Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [26]

Canada [1]

India [1]

Ireland [1]

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Place of birth

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [6] Sydney New South Wales [5] Manchester England [4] Manchester, Lancashire [4] Newcastle New South Wales [4] Stockport, Cheshire [4] Ballarat Victoria [3] Melbourne Victoria [3] Warrington, Lancashire [3] Wigan, Lancashire [3] Windsor Victoria [3] Albury New South Wales [2] Blackburn, Lancashire [2] Bristol, Somerset [2] Colne, Lancashire [2] Croydon, Surrey [2] Dublin [2] Freetown, Lancashire, England [2] Lancashire [2] Lancashire England [2] London England [2] London, Middlesex [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Macclesfield, Cheshire [2] Manchester, Lancashire, England [2] Rotherham, Yorkshire [2] Sevenoaks, Kent [2] Stoke, Devon [2] Winterbourne, Gloucestershire [2] Aldershot, Hampshire [1] Almondbury, Huddersfield, Yorkshire [1] Altrincham Cheshire. [1] Altrincham, Cheshire [1] Armitage, Staffordshire [1] Auckland [1] Belfast [1] Bethnal Green, London, Middlesex [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Boddington, Northamptonshire [1] Bollington Cheshire [1] Bollington, Macclesfield, Cheshire [1] Bolton, Lancashire [1] Bradford cum Beswick,Prestwich,Lancashire. [1] Bristol [1] Broadway, Co. Wexford [1] Buln Buln Victoria [1] Burnley, Lancashire [1] Burslem, Staffordshire [1] Bury, Lancashire [1] Camberwell, London [1]

Rank

Private [731] Gunner [80] Driver [78] Corporal [57] Serjeant [45] Second Lieutenant [41] Lieutenant [38] Lance Corporal [33] Sapper [29] Captain [24] Acting Corporal [15] Pioneer [11] Acting Serjeant [9] Bombardier [9] Major [9] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [6] Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Colour Serjeant [5] Temporary Captain [5] Acting Bombardier [4] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Acting Staff Serjeant [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Private Acting Serjeant [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Acting Captain [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Lieutenant Commander [2] Midshipman [2] Private Acting Corporal [2] Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Sister [2] Staff Nurse [2] 2nd Lieutentant [1] ALIAS [1] ALIAS Serjeant [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Major [1] Air Chief Marshal [1] Air Vice Marshal [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Canteen Worker [1] Carpenter's Crew [1] Chief Petty Officer Mechanic [1] Colour Serjeant Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Commander [1] Corporal /Lance Serjeant [1] Corporal Acting Corporal [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [102] Labour Corps [97] Royal Engineers [86] Army Service Corps [76] Manchester Regiment [75] Cheshire Regiment [71] Royal Garrison Artillery [53] Liverpool Regiment [51] South Lancashire Regiment [47] Royal Army Medical Corps [44] Lancashire Fusiliers [43] London Regiment [35] Machine Gun Corps [32] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [23] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [23] Royal Fusiliers [21] North Staffordshire Regiment [20] Royal Lancaster Regiment [15] York and Lancaster Regiment [15] East Lancashire Regiment [14] King's Royal Rifle Corps [14] Middlesex Regiment [14] Royal Army Service Corps [14] Royal West Kent Regiment [14] Northumberland Fusiliers [12] Rifle Brigade [12] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [12] Devonshire Regiment [11] Hampshire Regiment [11] Army Veterinary Corps [9] East Yorkshire Regiment [9] Royal Defence Corps [9] Welsh Regiment [9] Border Regiment [8] Coldstream Guards [8] Essex Regiment [8] Gloucestershire Regiment [8] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [8] Royal Air Force [8] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [8] The Queen's Regiment [8] Worcestershire Regiment [8] Somerset Light Infantry [7] South Wales Borderers [7] East Kent Regiment [6] Hussars [6] Northamptonshire Regiment [6] Royal Flying Corps [6] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [6] West Yorkshire Regiment [6]

Service

British Army [1177] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [94] Royal Navy [81] Canadian Expeditionary Force [73] Australian Imperial Force [55] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [14]

Last name first letter

L [1510] A [3] B [3] W [3] C [1] H [1] M [1] T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1490] Merchant Navy [24] Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [26] Canada [1] India [1] Ireland [1]

Joseph Leigh

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 80520

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Victor Leigh

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 147495

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John Leigh

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 32816

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John Francis Regist Leigh

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 19378

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Austin Geoffrey Leigh

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 420 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 15th Battalion

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Thomas Leigh

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army 6970 Private Royal Irish Regiment 1st Battalion

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Ernest Leigh

Born 1886

British Army 520780 Private Labour Corps

British Army 2584 Private Worcestershire Regiment 8th Battalion

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George Meikle Leigh

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 164642

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Samuel Leigh

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 30467

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Orlando Adolphus Leigh

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 53531

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John Leigh

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 69068

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William Henry Leigh

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 31863

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Trafford Leigh Leigh-Mallory

Born 1892

Died 1944

British Army Second Lieutenant South Lancashire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

British Army Captain Royal Flying Corps

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Edwin Charles Leigh

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 238824

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Charles Leigh

Born 1898

Died 1921

British Army 1997 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 200309 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

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William H Leigh

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 4112 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 241357 Private Cheshire Regiment

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John Leigh

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 11573 Private South Lancashire Regiment 6th Battalion

British Army 11573 Private South Lancashire Regiment 14th Battalion

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Charles Cardwell Leigh

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 39013

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Edward Leigh

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 4831 Private Australian Infantry 49th Btn

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John Arthur Leigh

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 79520

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