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Chester, Cheshire [3]

Dewsbury, West Yorkshire [3]

Aston,Birmingham.Warwickshire. [2]

Boston, Lincolnshire [2]

Brisbane Queensland [2]

Grantham, Lincolnshire [2]

Lambeth, London [2]

Lansallos, Cornwall [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2]

Lymington, Hampshire [2]

Peterborough, Northamptonshire [2]

Scarborough, Yorkshire [2]

Auburn New South Wales [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Bermondsey, London [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Bournemouth, Hampshire, England [1]

Brandon Colliery, Durham [1]

Brentford, Middlesex, England [1]

Brighton, Sussex [1]

Burland, Nantwich, Cheshire [1]

Burslem, Staffs [1]

Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Canterbury, Kent [1]

Dewsbury, Yorkshire [1]

Doncaster, Yorkshire [1]

Durham [1]

Eastbourne, Sussex [1]

Edinburgh [1]

Exeter [1]

Exeter, Devon [1]

Faversham England [1]

Felling on Tyne, Northumberland [1]

Gillingham, Kent [1]

Halton, Cheshire [1]

Hamilton, Lanarkshire [1]

Hertford [1]

Hertford, Hertfordshire [1]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [1]

Kelsall [1]

Kentish Town, London [1]

Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Leek, Staffordshire, England [1]

Lithgow New South Wales [1]

Liverpool [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

London England [1]

London, Middlesex [1]

Rank

Private [391]

Gunner [54]

Serjeant [36]

Corporal [34]

Sapper [33]

Driver [32]

Lance Corporal [17]

Captain [9]

Second Lieutenant [9]

Lieutenant [8]

Pioneer [8]

Acting Corporal [7]

Acting Serjeant [7]

Bombardier [4]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Major [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Assistant Administrator [1]

Bearer [1]

Coal Mine Worker [1]

Farrier Sergeant [1]

Farrier Serjeant [1]

Flight Sub Lieutenant [1]

Lance Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Mechanist Serjeant Major [1]

Nurse [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sergeant [1]

Signaller [1]

Temporary Lieutenant /Army [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Transport Serjeant [1]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [64]

Royal Field Artillery [58]

Army Service Corps [44]

Labour Corps [37]

Royal Garrison Artillery [32]

Cheshire Regiment [30]

Royal Army Medical Corps [25]

Border Regiment [22]

West Yorkshire Regiment [18]

Machine Gun Corps [17]

North Staffordshire Regiment [17]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [17]

South Lancashire Regiment [13]

Liverpool Regiment [12]

London Regiment [12]

Northumberland Fusiliers [12]

Bedfordshire Regiment [10]

Hampshire Regiment [10]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [10]

Manchester Regiment [10]

Yorkshire Regiment [10]

Lincolnshire Regiment [9]

Royal Fusiliers [9]

Canadian Infantry [8]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [8]

Gloucestershire Regiment [7]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [7]

Welsh Regiment [7]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [6]

Lancashire Fusiliers [6]

Northamptonshire Regiment [6]

West Riding Regiment [6]

Durham Light Infantry [5]

Leicestershire Regiment [5]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [5]

Middlesex Regiment [5]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [5]

Royal Army Service Corps [5]

South Wales Borderers [5]

The Queen's Regiment [5]

Training Reserve Battalion [5]

Devonshire Regiment [4]

East Lancashire Regiment [4]

Essex Regiment [4]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [4]

Royal Naval Division [4]

York and Lancaster Regiment [4]

Army Cyclist Corps [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Dragoon Guards [3]

Service

British Army [619]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [51]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [41]

Royal Navy [41]

Australian Imperial Force [10]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [5]

Indian Army [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

L [777]

B [1]

Contribution

Military Service [768]

Merchant Navy [9]

Country

United Kingdom [14]

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Place of birth

Chester, Cheshire [3] Dewsbury, West Yorkshire [3] Aston,Birmingham.Warwickshire. [2] Boston, Lincolnshire [2] Brisbane Queensland [2] Grantham, Lincolnshire [2] Lambeth, London [2] Lansallos, Cornwall [2] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2] Lymington, Hampshire [2] Peterborough, Northamptonshire [2] Scarborough, Yorkshire [2] Auburn New South Wales [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Battersea, London [1] Bermondsey, London [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Bournemouth, Hampshire, England [1] Brandon Colliery, Durham [1] Brentford, Middlesex, England [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Burland, Nantwich, Cheshire [1] Burslem, Staffs [1] Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire [1] Camberwell, London [1] Canterbury, Kent [1] Dewsbury, Yorkshire [1] Doncaster, Yorkshire [1] Durham [1] Eastbourne, Sussex [1] Edinburgh [1] Exeter [1] Exeter, Devon [1] Faversham England [1] Felling on Tyne, Northumberland [1] Gillingham, Kent [1] Halton, Cheshire [1] Hamilton, Lanarkshire [1] Hertford [1] Hertford, Hertfordshire [1] Hull, Yorkshire, England [1] Kelsall [1] Kentish Town, London [1] Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Leek, Staffordshire, England [1] Lithgow New South Wales [1] Liverpool [1] Liverpool, Lancashire [1] London England [1] London, Middlesex [1]

Rank

Private [391] Gunner [54] Serjeant [36] Corporal [34] Sapper [33] Driver [32] Lance Corporal [17] Captain [9] Second Lieutenant [9] Lieutenant [8] Pioneer [8] Acting Corporal [7] Acting Serjeant [7] Bombardier [4] Acting Bombardier [3] Major [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Assistant Administrator [1] Bearer [1] Coal Mine Worker [1] Farrier Sergeant [1] Farrier Serjeant [1] Flight Sub Lieutenant [1] Lance Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Leading Stoker [1] Mechanist Serjeant Major [1] Nurse [1] Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Rifleman [1] Sergeant [1] Signaller [1] Temporary Lieutenant /Army [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1] Transport Serjeant [1] Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [64] Royal Field Artillery [58] Army Service Corps [44] Labour Corps [37] Royal Garrison Artillery [32] Cheshire Regiment [30] Royal Army Medical Corps [25] Border Regiment [22] West Yorkshire Regiment [18] Machine Gun Corps [17] North Staffordshire Regiment [17] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [17] South Lancashire Regiment [13] Liverpool Regiment [12] London Regiment [12] Northumberland Fusiliers [12] Bedfordshire Regiment [10] Hampshire Regiment [10] King's Royal Rifle Corps [10] Manchester Regiment [10] Yorkshire Regiment [10] Lincolnshire Regiment [9] Royal Fusiliers [9] Canadian Infantry [8] Royal Lancaster Regiment [8] Gloucestershire Regiment [7] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [7] Welsh Regiment [7] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [6] Lancashire Fusiliers [6] Northamptonshire Regiment [6] West Riding Regiment [6] Durham Light Infantry [5] Leicestershire Regiment [5] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [5] Middlesex Regiment [5] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [5] Royal Army Service Corps [5] South Wales Borderers [5] The Queen's Regiment [5] Training Reserve Battalion [5] Devonshire Regiment [4] East Lancashire Regiment [4] Essex Regiment [4] King's Own Scottish Borderers [4] Royal Naval Division [4] York and Lancaster Regiment [4] Army Cyclist Corps [3] Army Ordnance Corps [3] Dragoon Guards [3]

Service

British Army [619] Canadian Expeditionary Force [51] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [41] Royal Navy [41] Australian Imperial Force [10] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [5] Indian Army [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

L [777] B [1]

Contribution

Military Service [768] Merchant Navy [9]

Country

United Kingdom [14]

Thomas Lightfoot

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army 18/1530 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Francis George Lightfoot

Born 1880

Died 1940

British Army 42524 Serjeant The Queen's Regiment

British Army 69852 Serjeant Labour Corps

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Edward Alfred Lightfoot

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 27368

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Robert Gladstone Lightfoot

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 195371

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Ernest Lightfoot

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 3/1573 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Charles Lightfoot

Died 1917

British Army 32782 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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Francis Bertram Lightfoot

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 1730 Serjeant London Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment (Artists' Rifles)

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Herbert Lightfoot

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 13761 Private Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 198852 Private Royal Engineers

British Army 198852 Pioneer Royal Engineers

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James Lightfoot

Died 1916

British Army 24211 Private Welsh Regiment

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Henry Lightfoot

Born 1891

Died 1914

British Army 9855 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army 9855 Private Border Regiment

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George Lightfoot

Died 1918

British Army 77780 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Herbert P Lightfoot

Died 1918

British Army 26887 Driver Royal Engineers

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Ernest Lightfoot

Died 1917

British Army 29686 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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James Milburn Lightfoot

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army 12385 Private Coldstream Guards

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Richard Lightfoot

Died 1918

British Army 277244 Private Manchester Regiment

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Leonard Lightfoot

Died 1917

British Army 60773 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Noel Lightfoot

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 46788 Private Yorkshire Regiment

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Alfred John Lightfoot

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 14183 Private Hampshire Regiment

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John W Lightfoot

Died 1917

British Army 6460 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 26560 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Herbert Lightfoot

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 21104 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 21104 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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