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Manchester, Lancashire [7]

Sydney New South Wales [5]

Warrington, Lancashire [4]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [3]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [3]

Cheshire [3]

Geelong Victoria [3]

Macclesfield, Cheshire [3]

Melbourne Victoria [3]

Netherton, Worcestershire [3]

Stockport, Cheshire [3]

Alderley England [2]

Broken Hill New South Wales [2]

Bromley by Bow, London [2]

Claremont Western Australia [2]

Corowa New South Wales [2]

Coseley, Staffordshire [2]

Hanley, Staffordshire [2]

Holmes Chapel, Cheshire [2]

Lancashire [2]

Launceston Tasmania [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2]

London England [2]

Ludlow, Shropshire [2]

Manchester England [2]

Marylebone, London [2]

North Sydney New South Wales [2]

Oldham, Lancashire [2]

Parramatta New South Wales [2]

Pemberton, Wigan, Lancashire [2]

Rochdale, Lancashire [2]

Salford, Lancashire [2]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [2]

Staffordshire [2]

Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire [2]

Walworth, London [2]

Wigan, Lancashire [2]

Acton [1]

Acton, London [1]

Acton, Middlesex [1]

Anfield, Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

Arklow, Wicklow [1]

Armadale Victoria [1]

Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [1]

Auckland, New Zealand [1]

Balham Surrey [1]

Ballycastle [1]

Balsall, Worcs [1]

Barham Castle, Durham [1]

Rank

Private [962]

Gunner [116]

Serjeant [70]

Driver [63]

Corporal [56]

Sapper [55]

Lance Corporal [38]

Second Lieutenant [29]

Lieutenant [19]

Bombardier [13]

Pioneer [13]

Captain [12]

Acting Corporal [11]

Acting Serjeant [11]

Rifleman [10]

Trooper [6]

Acting Bombardier [5]

Colour Serjeant [5]

Major [5]

Staff Serjeant [4]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Corporal 2nd [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Captain [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Guardsman [2]

Sister [2]

Waggoner [2]

Worker [2]

1st Writer [1]

Actg Matron [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Temporary Chief Master at Arms [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Cadet [1]

Canteen Worker [1]

Carpenter's Crew [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Colour Serjeant /Orderly Room Serjeant [1]

Commander [1]

Commissioned Engineer [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Corporal Shoeing Smith [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Dresser [1]

Drummer [1]

Electrical Artificer 4th Class [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [122]

Labour Corps [113]

Royal Engineers [98]

Manchester Regiment [75]

Army Service Corps [73]

Cheshire Regiment [70]

Royal Garrison Artillery [62]

Lancashire Fusiliers [50]

Royal Army Medical Corps [50]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [44]

Liverpool Regiment [39]

Machine Gun Corps [35]

South Lancashire Regiment [35]

North Staffordshire Regiment [30]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [30]

Northumberland Fusiliers [27]

Royal Fusiliers [26]

London Regiment [25]

Royal Army Service Corps [22]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [20]

West Yorkshire Regiment [20]

Leicestershire Regiment [19]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [19]

Rifle Brigade [17]

South Staffordshire Regiment [17]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [16]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [16]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [15]

Wiltshire Regiment [15]

Worcestershire Regiment [15]

York and Lancaster Regiment [15]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [14]

Lincolnshire Regiment [14]

Welsh Regiment [14]

East Lancashire Regiment [13]

Middlesex Regiment [13]

Royal Irish Rifles [13]

Training Reserve Battalion [13]

Border Regiment [12]

Coldstream Guards [11]

Gloucestershire Regiment [11]

Royal Air Force [11]

East Surrey Regiment [10]

East Yorkshire Regiment [10]

Grenadier Guards [9]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [9]

The Queen's Regiment [9]

Devonshire Regiment [8]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [8]

Royal Naval Division [8]

Service

British Army [1411]

Royal Navy [119]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [96]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [96]

Australian Imperial Force [63]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [19]

Other Empire Force [2]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

M [1827]

B [2]

D [2]

H [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1801]

Merchant Navy [20]

Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [20]

South Africa [1]

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Place of birth

Manchester, Lancashire [7] Sydney New South Wales [5] Warrington, Lancashire [4] Birmingham, Warwickshire [3] Bristol, Gloucestershire [3] Cheshire [3] Geelong Victoria [3] Macclesfield, Cheshire [3] Melbourne Victoria [3] Netherton, Worcestershire [3] Stockport, Cheshire [3] Alderley England [2] Broken Hill New South Wales [2] Bromley by Bow, London [2] Claremont Western Australia [2] Corowa New South Wales [2] Coseley, Staffordshire [2] Hanley, Staffordshire [2] Holmes Chapel, Cheshire [2] Lancashire [2] Launceston Tasmania [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2] London England [2] Ludlow, Shropshire [2] Manchester England [2] Marylebone, London [2] North Sydney New South Wales [2] Oldham, Lancashire [2] Parramatta New South Wales [2] Pemberton, Wigan, Lancashire [2] Rochdale, Lancashire [2] Salford, Lancashire [2] Sheffield, Yorkshire [2] Staffordshire [2] Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire [2] Walworth, London [2] Wigan, Lancashire [2] Acton [1] Acton, London [1] Acton, Middlesex [1] Anfield, Liverpool, Lancashire [1] Arklow, Wicklow [1] Armadale Victoria [1] Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [1] Auckland, New Zealand [1] Balham Surrey [1] Ballycastle [1] Balsall, Worcs [1] Barham Castle, Durham [1]

Rank

Private [962] Gunner [116] Serjeant [70] Driver [63] Corporal [56] Sapper [55] Lance Corporal [38] Second Lieutenant [29] Lieutenant [19] Bombardier [13] Pioneer [13] Captain [12] Acting Corporal [11] Acting Serjeant [11] Rifleman [10] Trooper [6] Acting Bombardier [5] Colour Serjeant [5] Major [5] Staff Serjeant [4] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Corporal 2nd [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Captain [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Guardsman [2] Sister [2] Waggoner [2] Worker [2] 1st Writer [1] Actg Matron [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Temporary Chief Master at Arms [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Cadet [1] Canteen Worker [1] Carpenter's Crew [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Colour Serjeant /Orderly Room Serjeant [1] Commander [1] Commissioned Engineer [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Corporal Shoeing Smith [1] Deck Hand [1] Dresser [1] Drummer [1] Electrical Artificer 4th Class [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [122] Labour Corps [113] Royal Engineers [98] Manchester Regiment [75] Army Service Corps [73] Cheshire Regiment [70] Royal Garrison Artillery [62] Lancashire Fusiliers [50] Royal Army Medical Corps [50] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [44] Liverpool Regiment [39] Machine Gun Corps [35] South Lancashire Regiment [35] North Staffordshire Regiment [30] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [30] Northumberland Fusiliers [27] Royal Fusiliers [26] London Regiment [25] Royal Army Service Corps [22] Royal Lancaster Regiment [20] West Yorkshire Regiment [20] Leicestershire Regiment [19] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [19] Rifle Brigade [17] South Staffordshire Regiment [17] King's Royal Rifle Corps [16] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [16] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [15] Wiltshire Regiment [15] Worcestershire Regiment [15] York and Lancaster Regiment [15] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [14] Lincolnshire Regiment [14] Welsh Regiment [14] East Lancashire Regiment [13] Middlesex Regiment [13] Royal Irish Rifles [13] Training Reserve Battalion [13] Border Regiment [12] Coldstream Guards [11] Gloucestershire Regiment [11] Royal Air Force [11] East Surrey Regiment [10] East Yorkshire Regiment [10] Grenadier Guards [9] Royal Berkshire Regiment [9] The Queen's Regiment [9] Devonshire Regiment [8] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [8] Royal Naval Division [8]

Service

British Army [1411] Royal Navy [119] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [96] Canadian Expeditionary Force [96] Australian Imperial Force [63] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [19] Other Empire Force [2] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

M [1827] B [2] D [2] H [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1801] Merchant Navy [20] Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [20] South Africa [1]

William Massey

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 35080 Private Cheshire Regiment Depot Battalion

British Army 35080 Private Cheshire Regiment 15th Battalion

British Army 35080 Private Cheshire Regiment 11th Battalion

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Percy Massey

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 99797 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 99797 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Arthur Massey

Born 1893

Died 1972

British Army 19874 Private Army Cyclist Corps

British Army 285554 Private Welsh Regiment

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William Massey

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 67403

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Albert Massey

Born 1896

Died 1955

British Army 42340 Private South Lancashire Regiment

British Army Privare South Lancashire Regiment

British Army 42340 Private South Lancashire Regiment

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Emmanuel Massey

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 35643 Private Manchester Regiment 16th Battalion.

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Clifford Massey

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 17162 Private Manchester Regiment 20th Battalion

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Heywood Massey

Born 1888

Died 1957

Australian Imperial Force 4833

Australian Imperial Force 4833 Private 31st battalion

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John Massey

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 6084 Private Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army SR/6084 Private Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army 6084 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry

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Frank Massey

Died 1917

British Army 415260 Private London Regiment

British Army 415260 Rifleman London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) 2nd battalion

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John Hammon Massey

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant Captain Royal Field Artillery

British Army Captain Royal Field Artillery

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William Clayton Massey

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 242551 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

British Army Second Lieutenant Lincolnshire Regiment

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William Henry Massey

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 224529

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William Massey

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army 6724 Rifleman Rifle Brigade 4th Battalion

British Army 6724 Private Rifle Brigade 3rd Battalion

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James William Massey

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 185914

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Frederick John Massey

Died 1916

British Army K/1636 Private Royal Fusiliers 22nd Battalion

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Thomas Massey

Died 1916

British Army 19203 Private Manchester Regiment 21st Battalion

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Albert Massey

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 26100

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John Thomas Massey

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 105653

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John Massey

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 40489

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