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Sydney New South Wales [11]

Rochdale, Lancashire [10]

Bacup, Lancashire [8]

London [8]

Burnley, Lancashire [7]

Manchester, Lancashire [7]

Bury, Lancashire [5]

Croydon, Surrey [5]

Burnley Lancashire [4]

High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire [4]

Ipswich, Suffolk [4]

Oldham, Lancashire [4]

Adelaide South Australia [3]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [3]

Bolton Lancashire [3]

Bolton, Lancashire [3]

Collingwood Victoria [3]

Devonport, Devon [3]

Goole, Yorkshire [3]

Halifax, Yorkshire [3]

Leeds, Yorkshire [3]

Manchester [3]

Northam Western Australia [3]

Salford, Lancashire [3]

Accrington, Lancashire [2]

Bradford Yorkshire [2]

Brisbane Queensland [2]

Broken Hill New South Wales [2]

Bury Lancashire [2]

Camberwell, London [2]

Cobden Victoria [2]

Cumberland New South Wales [2]

Durham [2]

Ealing England [2]

Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [2]

Elton, Bury, Lancashire [2]

Hobart Tasmania [2]

Junee New South Wales [2]

Lancashire [2]

Leicester, Leicestershire [2]

London England [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

Lymm, Cheshire [2]

Newtown Tasmania [2]

Radcliffe Lancashire [2]

Rochdale Lancashire [2]

Rome [2]

Salford Lancashire [2]

Settle, Yorkshire [2]

South Yarra, Victoria [2]

Rank

Private [1372]

Gunner [153]

Driver [115]

Corporal [109]

Serjeant [74]

Second Lieutenant [64]

Captain [58]

Lieutenant [55]

Sapper [52]

Lance Corporal [48]

Major [27]

Acting Corporal [23]

Lieutenant Colonel [23]

Pioneer [19]

Bombardier [15]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [14]

Acting Serjeant [12]

Colonel [8]

Colour Serjeant [8]

Staff Serjeant [7]

Worker [7]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [6]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [5]

Temporary Lieutenant [5]

Able Seaman [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Brigadier General [4]

Lance Serjeant [4]

Acting Sister [3]

Acting Staff Serjeant [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Lance Bombardier [3]

Private Acting Corporal [3]

Rifleman [3]

Staff Nurse [3]

Trooper [3]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Admiral of the Fleet [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2]

Chaplain [2]

Chief Mechanic [2]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [2]

Drummer [2]

Farrier Staff Serjeant [2]

Honorary Colonel [2]

Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Nurse [2]

Nursing Sister [2]

Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [174]

Labour Corps [170]

Lancashire Fusiliers [150]

Army Service Corps [149]

Royal Engineers [140]

East Lancashire Regiment [99]

Royal Army Medical Corps [95]

Manchester Regiment [91]

Royal Garrison Artillery [90]

Liverpool Regiment [62]

Machine Gun Corps [57]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [52]

Northumberland Fusiliers [40]

Leicestershire Regiment [38]

Royal Fusiliers [38]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [38]

Cheshire Regiment [36]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [36]

West Riding Regiment [36]

London Regiment [35]

Border Regiment [27]

Royal Army Service Corps [25]

West Yorkshire Regiment [25]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [24]

Lincolnshire Regiment [21]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [21]

Welsh Regiment [21]

Durham Light Infantry [20]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [19]

Royal Defence Corps [19]

South Lancashire Regiment [18]

Devonshire Regiment [17]

Essex Regiment [16]

Middlesex Regiment [16]

Rifle Brigade [16]

East Yorkshire Regiment [15]

Grenadier Guards [15]

Royal Scots [15]

The Queen's Regiment [15]

Training Reserve Battalion [15]

Yorkshire Regiment [15]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [14]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [13]

York and Lancaster Regiment [13]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [13]

Army Veterinary Corps [12]

Bedfordshire Regiment [12]

Gloucestershire Regiment [12]

Royal Flying Corps [12]

Royal Naval Division [12]

Service

British Army [2144]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [184]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [164]

Royal Navy [151]

Australian Imperial Force [124]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [30]

Other Empire Force [4]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

L [2765]

S [15]

C [9]

B [7]

F [5]

P [5]

R [5]

H [4]

E [3]

A [2]

G [2]

M [2]

T [2]

W [2]

D [1]

K [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2788]

Merchant Navy [21]

Conscientious Objector [8]

Country

United Kingdom [74]

Australia [3]

Canada [1]

New Zealand [1]

United States [1]

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Sydney New South Wales [11] Rochdale, Lancashire [10] Bacup, Lancashire [8] London [8] Burnley, Lancashire [7] Manchester, Lancashire [7] Bury, Lancashire [5] Croydon, Surrey [5] Burnley Lancashire [4] High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire [4] Ipswich, Suffolk [4] Oldham, Lancashire [4] Adelaide South Australia [3] Birmingham, Warwickshire [3] Bolton Lancashire [3] Bolton, Lancashire [3] Collingwood Victoria [3] Devonport, Devon [3] Goole, Yorkshire [3] Halifax, Yorkshire [3] Leeds, Yorkshire [3] Manchester [3] Northam Western Australia [3] Salford, Lancashire [3] Accrington, Lancashire [2] Bradford Yorkshire [2] Brisbane Queensland [2] Broken Hill New South Wales [2] Bury Lancashire [2] Camberwell, London [2] Cobden Victoria [2] Cumberland New South Wales [2] Durham [2] Ealing England [2] Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [2] Elton, Bury, Lancashire [2] Hobart Tasmania [2] Junee New South Wales [2] Lancashire [2] Leicester, Leicestershire [2] London England [2] London, Middlesex [2] Lymm, Cheshire [2] Newtown Tasmania [2] Radcliffe Lancashire [2] Rochdale Lancashire [2] Rome [2] Salford Lancashire [2] Settle, Yorkshire [2] South Yarra, Victoria [2]

Rank

Private [1372] Gunner [153] Driver [115] Corporal [109] Serjeant [74] Second Lieutenant [64] Captain [58] Lieutenant [55] Sapper [52] Lance Corporal [48] Major [27] Acting Corporal [23] Lieutenant Colonel [23] Pioneer [19] Bombardier [15] Warrant Officer Class 2 [14] Acting Serjeant [12] Colonel [8] Colour Serjeant [8] Staff Serjeant [7] Worker [7] Private Acting Lance Corporal [6] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [5] Temporary Lieutenant [5] Able Seaman [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Brigadier General [4] Lance Serjeant [4] Acting Sister [3] Acting Staff Serjeant [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Lance Bombardier [3] Private Acting Corporal [3] Rifleman [3] Staff Nurse [3] Trooper [3] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Admiral of the Fleet [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2] Chaplain [2] Chief Mechanic [2] Corporal Acting Serjeant [2] Drummer [2] Farrier Staff Serjeant [2] Honorary Colonel [2] Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] Nurse [2] Nursing Sister [2] Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [174] Labour Corps [170] Lancashire Fusiliers [150] Army Service Corps [149] Royal Engineers [140] East Lancashire Regiment [99] Royal Army Medical Corps [95] Manchester Regiment [91] Royal Garrison Artillery [90] Liverpool Regiment [62] Machine Gun Corps [57] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [52] Northumberland Fusiliers [40] Leicestershire Regiment [38] Royal Fusiliers [38] Royal Lancaster Regiment [38] Cheshire Regiment [36] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [36] West Riding Regiment [36] London Regiment [35] Border Regiment [27] Royal Army Service Corps [25] West Yorkshire Regiment [25] King's Royal Rifle Corps [24] Lincolnshire Regiment [21] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [21] Welsh Regiment [21] Durham Light Infantry [20] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [19] Royal Defence Corps [19] South Lancashire Regiment [18] Devonshire Regiment [17] Essex Regiment [16] Middlesex Regiment [16] Rifle Brigade [16] East Yorkshire Regiment [15] Grenadier Guards [15] Royal Scots [15] The Queen's Regiment [15] Training Reserve Battalion [15] Yorkshire Regiment [15] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [14] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [13] York and Lancaster Regiment [13] Yorkshire Light Infantry [13] Army Veterinary Corps [12] Bedfordshire Regiment [12] Gloucestershire Regiment [12] Royal Flying Corps [12] Royal Naval Division [12]

Service

British Army [2144] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [184] Canadian Expeditionary Force [164] Royal Navy [151] Australian Imperial Force [124] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [30] Other Empire Force [4] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

L [2765] S [15] C [9] B [7] F [5] P [5] R [5] H [4] E [3] A [2] G [2] M [2] T [2] W [2] D [1] K [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2788] Merchant Navy [21] Conscientious Objector [8]

Country

United Kingdom [74] Australia [3] Canada [1] New Zealand [1] United States [1]

George Gordon Lord

Born 1898

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 327 Private Head Quarters Staff

Australian Imperial Force 327 Corporal (Temp) Field Artillery 2nd Field Artillery Brigade

Australian Imperial Force 327 Corporal (Temp) Australian Army Medical Corps AAMC 2nd Australian Field Ambulance (Attached)

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Thomas Lord

Born 1887

British Army T-313190 Driver Army Service Corps

British Army T/313190 Pte Army Service Corps 536 Coy.

British Army T/313190 Pte. Army Service Corps 964th Coy.

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Charles Rowley Duffett Lord

Born 1900

Died 1981

Australian Imperial Force 3788 Private Light Horse 2nd Light Horse

Australian Imperial Force 3687 Private Camel Corps RFTS 14/R Camel Corps

Australian Imperial Force 3687 Trooper Light Horse 1st Light Horse Regiment

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Sydney Lord

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 203814 Private East Lancashire 4th (Reserve) Battalion

British Army 32574 Private South Lancashire Regiment

British Army 32574 Lance Corporal South Lancashire Regiment

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Harold Lord

Born 1893

Died 1914

British Army 2827 Trooper Life Guards 1st Battalion

British Army 2827 Trooper Life Guards C Squadron, 1st Battalion

British Army 2827 Trooper 1st. Life Guards

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David Lord

Born 1884

Died 1919

British Army 16119 Lance Corporal Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 16119 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Thomas E Lord

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 6680 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 203014 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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Sidney Victor Lord

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 1474 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 240138 Private Leicestershire Regiment 5th Battalion

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Richard Lord

Born 1895

Died 1947

British Army 20151 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 6th. Battalion

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Robert Lord

Born 1880

Died 1918

British Army 22903 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

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J J Lord

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 11634 Private East Lancashire Regiment 6th

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Jesse Lord

Born 1892

Died 1919

British Army 24295 Private East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 24295 Private East Lancashire Regiment 6th Battalion

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Harvey Ingham Lord

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 12564 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 30170 Lance Corporal East Yorkshire Regiment 10th Battalion

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John Lord

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 12526 Private East Lancashire Regiment 7th Battalion

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John Lord

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 266890 Private Army Service Corps

British Army 91495 Private Tank Corps 8th Battalion

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Captain Lord

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 63423 Private Welsh Regiment

British Army 57919 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 9th Battalion

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Hugh Henry Lord

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 209015

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Henry Hardman Lord

Born 1879

Died 1950

British Army Major Royal Army Veterinary Corps

British Army Captain Army Veterinary Corps East Lancashire Division

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Harry Porteous Lord

Born 1900

Died 1971

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 179207 Private 2nd Class Royal Air Force

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 179207 Flying Cadet Royal Air Force

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Hon. Second Lieutenant Royal Air Force

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John Lord

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army DM2/129937 Private Army Service Corps

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