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Bolton, Lancashire [3]

Blackburn, Lancashire [2]

Bournemouth, Hampshire [2]

Halifax, Yorkshire [2]

Staffordshire [2]

Woodford Bridge, Essex [2]

Altrincham Cheshire [1]

Camperdown New South Wales [1]

Castleton, Rochdale, Lancashire [1]

Collingwood Victoria [1]

Dumfries, Dumfriesshire [1]

Elton, Bury, Lancashire [1]

Frodsham, Cheshire [1]

Golden Hill, Staffordshire [1]

Goolwa South Australia [1]

Kidsgrove, Staffordshire [1]

Manchester [1]

Melbourne Victoria [1]

Monton, Lancashire [1]

Newcastle New South Wales [1]

Newchurch, Waterfoot, Lancashire [1]

Rochdale Lancashire [1]

Rochdale, Lancashire [1]

Runcorn, Cheshire [1]

Saint Helens, Lancashire [1]

Shaw, Lancashire [1]

Sowerby [1]

Swindon [1]

Waterfoot, Lancs [1]

Workington, Cumberland [1]

Rank

Private [87]

Corporal [15]

Driver [8]

Gunner [8]

Sapper [7]

Serjeant [6]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Pioneer [2]

Second Lieutenant [2]

Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Chaplain to the Forces [1]

Lance Corporal [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Reverend [1]

Serjeant Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Temporary Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Unit

Lancashire Fusiliers [13]

Labour Corps [12]

Royal Engineers [12]

Royal Field Artillery [12]

Manchester Regiment [11]

Army Service Corps [6]

London Regiment [6]

Royal Army Medical Corps [6]

Liverpool Regiment [5]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [5]

Royal Army Service Corps [4]

Royal Garrison Artillery [4]

Hampshire Regiment [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Guards Machine Gun Regiment [2]

Highland Light Infantry [2]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Scots [2]

Tank Corps [2]

West Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1]

Army Chaplain's Department [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

Border Regiment [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Denbighshire Yeomanry [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

HMS INDEFATIGABLE [1]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [1]

King's (Liverpool Regiment) [1]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [1]

Labour Corps Northern Command EX Training Reserve Battalion [1]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

North Staffordshire Regiment [1]

Northumberland Fusiliers [1]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Royal Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Royal Artillery [1]

Royal Defence Corps [1]

Service

British Army [131]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [19]

Royal Navy [15]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [10]

Australian Imperial Force [5]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

M [183]

Contribution

Military Service [181]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [6]

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Place of birth

Bolton, Lancashire [3] Blackburn, Lancashire [2] Bournemouth, Hampshire [2] Halifax, Yorkshire [2] Staffordshire [2] Woodford Bridge, Essex [2] Altrincham Cheshire [1] Camperdown New South Wales [1] Castleton, Rochdale, Lancashire [1] Collingwood Victoria [1] Dumfries, Dumfriesshire [1] Elton, Bury, Lancashire [1] Frodsham, Cheshire [1] Golden Hill, Staffordshire [1] Goolwa South Australia [1] Kidsgrove, Staffordshire [1] Manchester [1] Melbourne Victoria [1] Monton, Lancashire [1] Newcastle New South Wales [1] Newchurch, Waterfoot, Lancashire [1] Rochdale Lancashire [1] Rochdale, Lancashire [1] Runcorn, Cheshire [1] Saint Helens, Lancashire [1] Shaw, Lancashire [1] Sowerby [1] Swindon [1] Waterfoot, Lancs [1] Workington, Cumberland [1]

Rank

Private [87] Corporal [15] Driver [8] Gunner [8] Sapper [7] Serjeant [6] Acting Serjeant [3] Acting Corporal [2] Pioneer [2] Second Lieutenant [2] Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Chaplain to the Forces [1] Lance Corporal [1] Lieutenant [1] Reverend [1] Serjeant Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Temporary Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Unit

Lancashire Fusiliers [13] Labour Corps [12] Royal Engineers [12] Royal Field Artillery [12] Manchester Regiment [11] Army Service Corps [6] London Regiment [6] Royal Army Medical Corps [6] Liverpool Regiment [5] Royal Lancaster Regiment [5] Royal Army Service Corps [4] Royal Garrison Artillery [4] Hampshire Regiment [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] East Yorkshire Regiment [2] Guards Machine Gun Regiment [2] Highland Light Infantry [2] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Scots [2] Tank Corps [2] West Yorkshire Regiment [2] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1] Army Chaplain's Department [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1] Border Regiment [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Denbighshire Yeomanry [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] HMS INDEFATIGABLE [1] HMS INFLEXIBLE [1] King's (Liverpool Regiment) [1] King's Own Scottish Borderers [1] Labour Corps Northern Command EX Training Reserve Battalion [1] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1] Middlesex Regiment [1] North Staffordshire Regiment [1] Northumberland Fusiliers [1] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [1] Royal Army Veterinary Corps [1] Royal Artillery [1] Royal Defence Corps [1]

Service

British Army [131] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [19] Royal Navy [15] Canadian Expeditionary Force [10] Australian Imperial Force [5] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

M [183]

Contribution

Military Service [181] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [6]

James William Meadowcroft

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 45091 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army S/21139 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 13th (Scottish Horse) Battalion

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Thomas Meadowcroft

Born 1878

Died 1916

British Army 3496 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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Herbert Meadowcroft

Born 1884

Died 1919

British Army 6404 Acting Corporal Liverpool Regiment 10th Battalion

British Army 51846 Acting Corporal Liverpool Regiment 13th Battalion

British Army 63747 Serjeant Cheshire Regiment 2nd/5th Battalion

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Harold Chadwick Meadowcroft

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 17166 Corporal Manchester Regiment 20th Battalion

British Army 17166 Lance Corporal Manchester Regiment 20th Battalion

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Charles Henry Meadowcroft

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 100937

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Stanley Holker Meadowcroft

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 36816

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Harold Meadowcroft

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 51492 Private King's (Liverpool Regiment) 1st/5th Battalion

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James M Meadowcroft

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 147283

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Richard Meadowcroft

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 97831

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Harrington H Meadowcroft

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 583 Private Denbighshire Yeomanry

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Robert Mosley Meadowcroft

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 97883

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William Meadowcroft

Born 1892

Died 1944

British Army Reverend Army Chaplain's Department

British Army Chaplain to the Forces Army Chaplain's Department

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Frederick George Meadowcroft

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 247303

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Ernest Meadowcroft

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 243501

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Robert Thomas Meadowcroft

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 161491

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John Meadowcroft

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 120219

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Joseph Meadowcroft

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 7254 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 387254 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Hugh Meadowcroft

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 14231 Private Border Regiment

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Thomas Meadowcroft

Died 1917

British Army W/5498 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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John William Meadowcroft

Born 1873

Died 1916

British Army 3281 Private Manchester Regiment

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