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Manchester, Lancashire [6]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [4]

Stockport, Cheshire [4]

Macclesfield, Cheshire [3]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [3]

Clapton, London [2]

Derby, Derbyshire [2]

Lancashire [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

Manchester England [2]

Wigan, Lancashire [2]

Aldershot, Hampshire [1]

Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire [1]

Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [1]

Balmain New South Wales [1]

Bermondsey, London [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Blackburn, Lancashire [1]

Blackley, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Brunswick New South Wales [1]

Bulwell, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [1]

Burntwood, Staffordshire [1]

Buxton, Denbighshire [1]

Catford, Kent [1]

Catford, London [1]

Chapel-en-le-Frith, Derbyshire [1]

Cheshire [1]

Chester, Cheshire [1]

Chorlton [1]

Clayton West, Wakefield, Yorkshire [1]

Congleton, Cheshire [1]

Coventry, Warwickshire [1]

Derbyshire [1]

Disley, Stockport, Cheshire [1]

Dum Dum [1]

Dunkinfield, Cheshire [1]

Fernilee, Buxton, Derbyshire [1]

Ganbaldi Tasmania [1]

Geelong Victoria [1]

Gladstone Queensland [1]

Hayfield, Derbyshire [1]

Holy Trinity, Derbyshire [1]

Hornsey, London, Middlesex [1]

Hurstborne Tarrant, Andover, Hampshire [1]

Lancashire England [1]

Leigh, Lancashire [1]

Lincoln [1]

Lincolnshire [1]

Litton, Derbyshire [1]

Rank

Private [624]

Gunner [71]

Driver [55]

Corporal [44]

Serjeant [39]

Lance Corporal [25]

Sapper [20]

Pioneer [12]

Second Lieutenant [12]

Lieutenant [9]

Acting Corporal [8]

Bombardier [6]

Acting Serjeant [5]

Rifleman [4]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Captain [3]

Major [3]

Shoeing Smith [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Drummer [2]

Farrier Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Private /Lance Corporal [2]

Worker [2]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Band Serjeant [1]

Bandsman [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Electrical Artificer 4th Class [1]

Farrier Staff Serjeant [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Munitions Worker [1]

Orderly [1]

Private Lance Corporal [1]

Private Serjeant [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Surgeon [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [81]

Labour Corps [78]

Manchester Regiment [77]

Royal Engineers [70]

Army Service Corps [52]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [50]

Cheshire Regiment [46]

Royal Garrison Artillery [43]

Lancashire Fusiliers [34]

Liverpool Regiment [27]

Machine Gun Corps [27]

Royal Army Medical Corps [25]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [19]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [18]

South Lancashire Regiment [18]

North Staffordshire Regiment [17]

York and Lancaster Regiment [17]

London Regiment [15]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [15]

Border Regiment [13]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [13]

Royal Fusiliers [13]

Durham Light Infantry [12]

East Lancashire Regiment [11]

Northumberland Fusiliers [11]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [11]

West Yorkshire Regiment [11]

Army Veterinary Corps [10]

Lincolnshire Regiment [10]

Essex Regiment [9]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [9]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [9]

Middlesex Regiment [9]

Yorkshire Regiment [9]

East Yorkshire Regiment [8]

Royal Army Service Corps [8]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [8]

Leicestershire Regiment [7]

South Wales Borderers [7]

West Riding Regiment [7]

Grenadier Guards [6]

Royal Defence Corps [6]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [6]

South Staffordshire Regiment [6]

Suffolk Regiment [6]

The Queen's Regiment [6]

Training Reserve Battalion [6]

Worcestershire Regiment [6]

Corps of Hussars [5]

Hampshire Regiment [5]

Service

British Army [897]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [59]

Royal Navy [52]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [45]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [14]

Australian Imperial Force [12]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

L [1085]

Contribution

Military Service [1080]

Merchant Navy [2]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [20]

Canada [1]

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Manchester, Lancashire [6] Birmingham, Warwickshire [4] Stockport, Cheshire [4] Macclesfield, Cheshire [3] Sheffield, Yorkshire [3] Clapton, London [2] Derby, Derbyshire [2] Lancashire [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] London, Middlesex [2] Manchester England [2] Wigan, Lancashire [2] Aldershot, Hampshire [1] Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire [1] Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [1] Balmain New South Wales [1] Bermondsey, London [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Blackburn, Lancashire [1] Blackley, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Brunswick New South Wales [1] Bulwell, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [1] Burntwood, Staffordshire [1] Buxton, Denbighshire [1] Catford, Kent [1] Catford, London [1] Chapel-en-le-Frith, Derbyshire [1] Cheshire [1] Chester, Cheshire [1] Chorlton [1] Clayton West, Wakefield, Yorkshire [1] Congleton, Cheshire [1] Coventry, Warwickshire [1] Derbyshire [1] Disley, Stockport, Cheshire [1] Dum Dum [1] Dunkinfield, Cheshire [1] Fernilee, Buxton, Derbyshire [1] Ganbaldi Tasmania [1] Geelong Victoria [1] Gladstone Queensland [1] Hayfield, Derbyshire [1] Holy Trinity, Derbyshire [1] Hornsey, London, Middlesex [1] Hurstborne Tarrant, Andover, Hampshire [1] Lancashire England [1] Leigh, Lancashire [1] Lincoln [1] Lincolnshire [1] Litton, Derbyshire [1]

Rank

Private [624] Gunner [71] Driver [55] Corporal [44] Serjeant [39] Lance Corporal [25] Sapper [20] Pioneer [12] Second Lieutenant [12] Lieutenant [9] Acting Corporal [8] Bombardier [6] Acting Serjeant [5] Rifleman [4] Acting Bombardier [3] Captain [3] Major [3] Shoeing Smith [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Drummer [2] Farrier Serjeant [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Private /Lance Corporal [2] Worker [2] Acting Captain [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Band Serjeant [1] Bandsman [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Electrical Artificer 4th Class [1] Farrier Staff Serjeant [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Munitions Worker [1] Orderly [1] Private Lance Corporal [1] Private Serjeant [1] Staff Nurse [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Surgeon [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [81] Labour Corps [78] Manchester Regiment [77] Royal Engineers [70] Army Service Corps [52] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [50] Cheshire Regiment [46] Royal Garrison Artillery [43] Lancashire Fusiliers [34] Liverpool Regiment [27] Machine Gun Corps [27] Royal Army Medical Corps [25] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [19] Royal Lancaster Regiment [18] South Lancashire Regiment [18] North Staffordshire Regiment [17] York and Lancaster Regiment [17] London Regiment [15] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [15] Border Regiment [13] King's Royal Rifle Corps [13] Royal Fusiliers [13] Durham Light Infantry [12] East Lancashire Regiment [11] Northumberland Fusiliers [11] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [11] West Yorkshire Regiment [11] Army Veterinary Corps [10] Lincolnshire Regiment [10] Essex Regiment [9] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [9] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [9] Middlesex Regiment [9] Yorkshire Regiment [9] East Yorkshire Regiment [8] Royal Army Service Corps [8] Yorkshire Light Infantry [8] Leicestershire Regiment [7] South Wales Borderers [7] West Riding Regiment [7] Grenadier Guards [6] Royal Defence Corps [6] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [6] South Staffordshire Regiment [6] Suffolk Regiment [6] The Queen's Regiment [6] Training Reserve Battalion [6] Worcestershire Regiment [6] Corps of Hussars [5] Hampshire Regiment [5]

Service

British Army [897] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [59] Royal Navy [52] Canadian Expeditionary Force [45] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [14] Australian Imperial Force [12] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

L [1085]

Contribution

Military Service [1080] Merchant Navy [2] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [20] Canada [1]

Matthew Lomas

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 6773 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 27029 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 6773 Private Manchester Regiment 16th Battalion/ 1st City

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Robert Graham Lomas

Born 1874

Died 1916

British Army 14/169 Lance Corporal York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 6602 Private Derbyshire Regiment (Sherwood Foresters)

British Army 14/169 Corporal York and Lancaster Regiment 14th Battalion (2nd Barnsley Pals)

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Joseph Lomas

Born 1890

Died 1940

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 95193 Royal Flying Corps 73 Squadron

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Royal Air Force

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William Lomas

Born 1895

Died 1952

British Army M2/098424 Private Army Service Corps

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Joseph Albert Lomas

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 1414 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 1414 Drummer Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment) 5th Battalion

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Harold Lomas

Born 1876

Died 1916

British Army Private Inns of Court Officers Training Corps

British Army Lieutenant Manchester Regiment 20th Battalion

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George Lomas

Born 1880

British Army 5408 Lance Corporal Leicester Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 5408 Corporal Leicester Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 5408 Lance Sergeant Leicester Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Fred Lomas

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 302455 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 302455 Private Manchester Regiment Depot

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John Wood Lomas

Born 1875

Died 1917

British Army 73593 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 18th Battalion

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Albert Henry Lomas

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 9891 Private Devonshire Regiment

British Army 9891 Private Devonshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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James Lomas

Died 1916

British Army 37395 Private Liverpool Regiment 20th Battalion

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Charles Albert Lomas

Died 1918

British Army 9904 Corporal Worcestershire Regiment

British Army 9904 Serjeant Worcestershire Regiment

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Isaac Lomas

Born 1899

Died 1971

British Army M/334113 Private Army Service Corps

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Isaac Lomas

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 97861

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William John Lomas

Born 1879

Died 1918

Royal Navy 13425 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

Royal Navy 10817 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

Royal Navy CH/13425 Lance Corporal Royal Marine Light Infantry (R.M.R. P.O.B. 1075.).

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Sydney Alfred Lomas

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 127860

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Harold Lomas

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 79667

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Walter Lomas

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 63115

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Arthur Lomas

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 129109

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George Lomas

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 199134

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