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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [10]

Liverpool, Lancashire [6]

Chester, Cheshire [3]

Manchester, Lancashire [3]

Ashton, Lancashire [1]

Cape Town [1]

Cong, Co Mayo [1]

Dublin [1]

Dublin, Suffolk, England [1]

Everton, Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

Glasgow Scotland [1]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1]

Hoxton, London [1]

Keighley, Yorkshire [1]

Manchester, Lancashire, England [1]

North Shields, Northumberland, England [1]

Ormskirk, Lancashire [1]

Ormskirk, Lancashire, England [1]

Pontefract, Yorkshire [1]

Salford, Lancashire [1]

Stockport, Cheshire [1]

Toxteth, Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [226]

Sapper [18]

Corporal [12]

Driver [11]

Gunner [8]

Serjeant [8]

Acting Corporal [3]

Pioneer [3]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Lance Corporal [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Acting Second Corporal [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Lanc [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Muleteer [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sapp [1]

Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [40]

Liverpool Regiment [26]

Royal Engineers [22]

Cheshire Regiment [20]

Manchester Regiment [20]

South Lancashire Regiment [17]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [16]

Lancashire Fusiliers [14]

Royal Field Artillery [13]

Army Service Corps [12]

East Lancashire Regiment [12]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [11]

Durham Light Infantry [9]

Machine Gun Corps [9]

West Yorkshire Regiment [9]

Yorkshire Regiment [8]

Northumberland Fusiliers [7]

Royal Garrison Artillery [7]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [7]

Welsh Regiment [6]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [5]

Royal Naval Division [5]

Royal Irish Rifles [4]

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4]

Worcestershire Regiment [4]

York and Lancaster Regiment [4]

Border Regiment [3]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Leinster Regiment [3]

Lincolnshire Regiment [3]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3]

Royal Defence Corps [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [3]

Royal Irish Regiment [3]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [3]

South Staffordshire Regiment [3]

South Wales Borderers [3]

Training Reserve Battalion [3]

Connaught Rangers [2]

King's Liverpool Regiment [2]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2]

London Regiment [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Engineers Inland Waterways and Docks [2]

Royal Engineers Transport [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2]

Tank Corps [2]

Service

British Army [280]

Royal Navy [25]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [10]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [8]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

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M [341]

Contribution

Military Service [323]

Merchant Navy [17]

Country

United Kingdom [7]

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People [341] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [10] Liverpool, Lancashire [6] Chester, Cheshire [3] Manchester, Lancashire [3] Ashton, Lancashire [1] Cape Town [1] Cong, Co Mayo [1] Dublin [1] Dublin, Suffolk, England [1] Everton, Liverpool, Lancashire [1] Glasgow Scotland [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1] Hoxton, London [1] Keighley, Yorkshire [1] Manchester, Lancashire, England [1] North Shields, Northumberland, England [1] Ormskirk, Lancashire [1] Ormskirk, Lancashire, England [1] Pontefract, Yorkshire [1] Salford, Lancashire [1] Stockport, Cheshire [1] Toxteth, Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [226] Sapper [18] Corporal [12] Driver [11] Gunner [8] Serjeant [8] Acting Corporal [3] Pioneer [3] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Lance Corporal [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Acting Second Corporal [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Lanc [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Muleteer [1] Rifleman [1] Sapp [1] Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [40] Liverpool Regiment [26] Royal Engineers [22] Cheshire Regiment [20] Manchester Regiment [20] South Lancashire Regiment [17] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [16] Lancashire Fusiliers [14] Royal Field Artillery [13] Army Service Corps [12] East Lancashire Regiment [12] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [11] Durham Light Infantry [9] Machine Gun Corps [9] West Yorkshire Regiment [9] Yorkshire Regiment [8] Northumberland Fusiliers [7] Royal Garrison Artillery [7] Royal Lancaster Regiment [7] Welsh Regiment [6] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [5] Royal Naval Division [5] Royal Irish Rifles [4] The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4] Worcestershire Regiment [4] York and Lancaster Regiment [4] Border Regiment [3] King's Own Scottish Borderers [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Leinster Regiment [3] Lincolnshire Regiment [3] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3] Royal Defence Corps [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [3] Royal Irish Regiment [3] Royal Scots Fusiliers [3] South Staffordshire Regiment [3] South Wales Borderers [3] Training Reserve Battalion [3] Connaught Rangers [2] King's Liverpool Regiment [2] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2] London Regiment [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Engineers Inland Waterways and Docks [2] Royal Engineers Transport [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2] Tank Corps [2]

Service

British Army [280] Royal Navy [25] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [10] Canadian Expeditionary Force [8] Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [341]

Contribution

Military Service [323] Merchant Navy [17]

Country

United Kingdom [7]

George Melia

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 295050

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Lancelot Shotton Melia

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 91907

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James Melia

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 5681 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 58360 Private Durham Light Infantry

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John Thomas Melia

Died 1917

British Army 25650 Private Cheshire Regiment

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John Melia

Died 1918

British Army 96522 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 96522 Driver Royal Field Artillery 99th Brigade

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Martin Melia

Born 1882

Died 1915

British Army 16641 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 36th Coy

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Joseph Melia

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 77988

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Peter Melia

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 30783 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 30783 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 18th Battalion

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John Melia

Born 1877

Died 1916

British Army 19880 Private South Lancashire Regiment

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William Melia

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 127503

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Thomas Melia

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 87983

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Martin Melia

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 61463

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Fred Melia

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 147371

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Joseph Melia

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 238375

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Arthur Melia

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 15329 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Austin Melia

Died 1916

British Army 4444 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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George Melia

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 5133 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 202242 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 202242 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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Dennis Melia

Died 1914

British Army 14607 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army L/14607 Private Royal Fusiliers

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James Melia

Died 1916

British Army 20053 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 20053 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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Patrick F Melia

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 21330 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 21330 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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