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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]

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People [183] Stories Communities

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]

Samuel Meadowcroft

British Army 186694 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Eric Herbert Meadowcroft

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 7/503

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Leonard Lincoln Meadowcroft

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 54795

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