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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [14]

Sydney New South Wales [12]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [8]

London, Middlesex, England [7]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [6]

Ballarat Victoria [5]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [5]

Melbourne Victoria [5]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [4]

Brisbane Queensland [4]

Halifax, Yorkshire [4]

Liverpool, Lancashire [4]

Manchester, Lancashire [4]

Newcastle, Northumberland [4]

Adelaide South Australia [3]

Devonport, Devon [3]

Edinburgh, Midlothian [3]

Greenock, Renfrewshire [3]

Huddersfield, Yorkshire [3]

Hull, Yorkshire [3]

Maryborough Queensland [3]

North Shields, Northumberland, England [3]

South Shields, Durham, England [3]

Wagga Wagga New South Wales [3]

Altrincham, Cheshire [2]

Ayrshire [2]

Bathurst New South Wales [2]

Belfast, Antrim [2]

Berwick, Northumberland [2]

Bethnal Green, London [2]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [2]

Broken Hill New South Wales [2]

Burra South Australia [2]

Carlisle, Cumberland [2]

Castlemaine Victoria [2]

Dublin [2]

Euroa Victoria [2]

Fitzroy Victoria [2]

Gawler South Australia [2]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2]

Hackney, London [2]

Ipswich, Suffolk, England [2]

Kew Victoria [2]

Lanarkshire [2]

Leeds, Yorkshire [2]

Lilydale Victoria [2]

Lincoln, Lincolnshire [2]

London England [2]

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [2]

Otago [2]

Rank

Private [1873]

Gunner [202]

Corporal [152]

Sapper [145]

Serjeant [136]

Driver [126]

Second Lieutenant [90]

Lance Corporal [83]

Lieutenant [76]

Captain [55]

Acting Corporal [35]

Acting Serjeant [22]

Bombardier [19]

Pioneer [19]

Major [15]

Rifleman [13]

Lance Serjeant [12]

Staff Serjeant [11]

Trooper [8]

Colour Serjeant [7]

Lieutenant Colonel [7]

Acting Bombardier [5]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [5]

Nurse [5]

Stoker 1st Class [5]

Able Seaman [4]

Acting Colour Serjeant [4]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Private Acting Corporal [4]

Volunteer [4]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Acting Second Corporal [3]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [3]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Nursing Sister [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Second Corporal [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Acting Major [2]

Bearer [2]

Chief Officer [2]

Guardsman [2]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [2]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Private Lance Corporal [2]

Reverend [2]

Sergeant [2]

Shoeing Smith [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [238]

Labour Corps [219]

Royal Engineers [203]

Army Service Corps [188]

Royal Garrison Artillery [107]

Royal Army Medical Corps [91]

Northumberland Fusiliers [88]

London Regiment [76]

Machine Gun Corps [76]

York and Lancaster Regiment [68]

West Yorkshire Regiment [64]

Highland Light Infantry [63]

Cheshire Regiment [57]

Scottish Rifles [56]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [53]

Royal Scots [52]

Liverpool Regiment [50]

Royal Fusiliers [50]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [50]

Durham Light Infantry [49]

Manchester Regiment [48]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [43]

Royal Highlanders [40]

West Riding Regiment [38]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [37]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [36]

Gordon Highlanders [35]

Royal Naval Division [35]

Middlesex Regiment [34]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [34]

Lancashire Fusiliers [33]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [33]

Seaforth Highlanders [33]

Canadian Infantry [30]

Rifle Brigade [30]

Worcestershire Regiment [30]

Cameron Highlanders [27]

Leicestershire Regiment [26]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [25]

Lincolnshire Regiment [24]

Royal Irish Rifles [24]

Yorkshire Regiment [24]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [23]

Border Regiment [22]

East Lancashire Regiment [22]

East Yorkshire Regiment [22]

Royal Army Service Corps [22]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [20]

Welsh Regiment [20]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [19]

Service

British Army [2850]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [284]

Royal Navy [247]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [223]

Australian Imperial Force [169]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [65]

Other Empire Force [6]

Indian Army [3]

South African Services [2]

Last name first letter

M [3944]

A [2]

L [2]

B [1]

S [1]

T [1]

W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3846]

Merchant Navy [75]

Conscientious Objector [13]

Country

United Kingdom [96]

South Africa [3]

Australia [2]

India [2]

New Zealand [1]

Trinidad and Tobago [1]

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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [14] Sydney New South Wales [12] Sheffield, Yorkshire [8] London, Middlesex, England [7] Birmingham, Warwickshire [6] Ballarat Victoria [5] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [5] Melbourne Victoria [5] Birkenhead, Cheshire [4] Brisbane Queensland [4] Halifax, Yorkshire [4] Liverpool, Lancashire [4] Manchester, Lancashire [4] Newcastle, Northumberland [4] Adelaide South Australia [3] Devonport, Devon [3] Edinburgh, Midlothian [3] Greenock, Renfrewshire [3] Huddersfield, Yorkshire [3] Hull, Yorkshire [3] Maryborough Queensland [3] North Shields, Northumberland, England [3] South Shields, Durham, England [3] Wagga Wagga New South Wales [3] Altrincham, Cheshire [2] Ayrshire [2] Bathurst New South Wales [2] Belfast, Antrim [2] Berwick, Northumberland [2] Bethnal Green, London [2] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [2] Broken Hill New South Wales [2] Burra South Australia [2] Carlisle, Cumberland [2] Castlemaine Victoria [2] Dublin [2] Euroa Victoria [2] Fitzroy Victoria [2] Gawler South Australia [2] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2] Hackney, London [2] Ipswich, Suffolk, England [2] Kew Victoria [2] Lanarkshire [2] Leeds, Yorkshire [2] Lilydale Victoria [2] Lincoln, Lincolnshire [2] London England [2] Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [2] Otago [2]

Rank

Private [1873] Gunner [202] Corporal [152] Sapper [145] Serjeant [136] Driver [126] Second Lieutenant [90] Lance Corporal [83] Lieutenant [76] Captain [55] Acting Corporal [35] Acting Serjeant [22] Bombardier [19] Pioneer [19] Major [15] Rifleman [13] Lance Serjeant [12] Staff Serjeant [11] Trooper [8] Colour Serjeant [7] Lieutenant Colonel [7] Acting Bombardier [5] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [5] Nurse [5] Stoker 1st Class [5] Able Seaman [4] Acting Colour Serjeant [4] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Private Acting Corporal [4] Volunteer [4] Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Acting Second Corporal [3] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [3] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Nursing Sister [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Second Corporal [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Acting Major [2] Bearer [2] Chief Officer [2] Guardsman [2] Lieutenant Acting Captain [2] Private Acting Lance Corporal [2] Private Lance Corporal [2] Reverend [2] Sergeant [2] Shoeing Smith [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [238] Labour Corps [219] Royal Engineers [203] Army Service Corps [188] Royal Garrison Artillery [107] Royal Army Medical Corps [91] Northumberland Fusiliers [88] London Regiment [76] Machine Gun Corps [76] York and Lancaster Regiment [68] West Yorkshire Regiment [64] Highland Light Infantry [63] Cheshire Regiment [57] Scottish Rifles [56] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [53] Royal Scots [52] Liverpool Regiment [50] Royal Fusiliers [50] Royal Scots Fusiliers [50] Durham Light Infantry [49] Manchester Regiment [48] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [43] Royal Highlanders [40] West Riding Regiment [38] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [37] King's Royal Rifle Corps [36] Gordon Highlanders [35] Royal Naval Division [35] Middlesex Regiment [34] Yorkshire Light Infantry [34] Lancashire Fusiliers [33] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [33] Seaforth Highlanders [33] Canadian Infantry [30] Rifle Brigade [30] Worcestershire Regiment [30] Cameron Highlanders [27] Leicestershire Regiment [26] Royal Berkshire Regiment [25] Lincolnshire Regiment [24] Royal Irish Rifles [24] Yorkshire Regiment [24] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [23] Border Regiment [22] East Lancashire Regiment [22] East Yorkshire Regiment [22] Royal Army Service Corps [22] Royal Lancaster Regiment [20] Welsh Regiment [20] King's Own Scottish Borderers [19]

Service

British Army [2850] Canadian Expeditionary Force [284] Royal Navy [247] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [223] Australian Imperial Force [169] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [65] Other Empire Force [6] Indian Army [3] South African Services [2]

Last name first letter

M [3944] A [2] L [2] B [1] S [1] T [1] W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3846] Merchant Navy [75] Conscientious Objector [13]

Country

United Kingdom [96] South Africa [3] Australia [2] India [2] New Zealand [1] Trinidad and Tobago [1]

Godfrey Julian Morton

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 2173 Sergeant No. 11 Squadron RFC

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Crowther Morton

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army 2369 Rifleman London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles) 15th Battalion

British Army 2369 Private London Regiment 1/15 (county of lond Battalion

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Robert Connal Morton

Born 1887

Died 1938

British Army 97 Lance Corporal Highland Light Infantry (Glasgow Highlanders) 9th Battalion

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James Morton

Born 1881

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 42542 Private Otago Infantry Regiment 1st Battalion

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Edward Ross Morton

Born 1864

Died 1938

Indian Army Lieutenant Indian Staff Corps

British Army Lieutenant Manchester Regiment 3rd and 4th Battalions

British Army Lieutenant Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment)

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Sam Morton

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army 2536 Lance Corporal West Riding Regiment

British Army 2536 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 2536 Lance Corporal Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

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Herbert Charles Morton

Died 1918

British Army 2412 Private Sussex Yeomanry

British Army 320309 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 16th (sussex) yeomanry

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William Cuthbert Morton

Born 1875

Died 1971

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps No.2 Northern General Hospital (Orthopaedic)

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William Morton

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army T4/253968 Driver Royal Army Service Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 4545 2nd Lieutenant South Staffordshire Regiment 5th Battalion

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John Morton

Born 1876

Australian Imperial Force 1874 Private 3rd Brigade 9th Battalion

Australian Imperial Force 1874 Lance Corporal 3rd Brigade 9th Battalion

Australian Imperial Force 1874 Corporal 3rd Brigade 9th Battalion

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John Joseph Morton

Born 1898

Died 1963

British Army 38437 Private Durham Light Infantry

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John Morton

Born 1899

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 277133

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 277133 Air Mechanic 3rd Class Royal Air Force Recruits Depot

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Albert Victor Morton

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 202638 Private Oxfordshire And Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

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Ezra Morton

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 3449 Private Cheshire Regiment 1/6th Battalion

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Scott Gladstone Morton

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 6281 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Manchester Regiment 19th Battalion

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John Morton

Born 1878

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 79252

Canadian Expeditionary Force 79252 Lance Corporal Canadian Infantry 31st Battalion

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Philip Francis Morton

Born 1864

Died 1916

British Army Major Suffolk Regiment

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Edward Morton

Died 1919

British Army 07787 Private Royal Army Ordnance Corps

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Henry Arthur Morton

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 2nd Lieutenant RAF 220 Squadron

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 2nd Lieutenant RAF 42 T.S.

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 2nd Lieutenant RFC

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David Simson Morton

Born 1861

Died 1937

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Highland Light Infantry 17th. highland Battalion

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