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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]

David N. Morton

Died 1915

British Army S/7790 Acting Corporal Gordon Highlanders

British Army S/7790 Corporal Gordon Highlanders

British Army S/7790 Lance Sergeant Gordon Highlanders 1st Battalion

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William Morton

Born 1886

British Army 8447 Private South Wales Borderers

British Army 8447 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 8447 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Louis Milton Morton

Born 1894

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 427577 Corporal Canadian Infantry

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George Morton

Born 1895

Died 1915

Royal Navy 3258 Private Royal Marines Medical Unit Deal

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Harold Morton

Born 1897

British Army PS/8212 Private Royal Fusiliers 24th

British Army PS/8212 Private Royal Fusiliers 29th

British Army PS/8212 Private Royal Fusiliers 21st

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Matthew John Morton

Born 1893

Died 1941

Other Empire Force Chief Officer Merchant Navy S.S. Nariva (Southampton).

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Harry Speed Morton

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 1847 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 117436 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 117436 Lance Corporal Machine Gun Corps

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Albert Alfred Morton

Died 1918

British Army 415203 Private London Regiment

British Army 389018 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 7578 Rifleman London Regiment 7th (City of London) Battalion

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Gerald Arthur Morton

Born 1875

Died 1915

British Army Captain Border Regiment 1st Battalion.

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Daniel Morton

Born 1880

Died 1915

British Army 3074 Orderly Room Serjeant King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps

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James Morton

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 41026 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

British Army 41026 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers Depot

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William T. Morton

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army S/14861 Corporal Seaforth Highlanders

British Army S/14861 L/SGT Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs)

British Army S/14861 Lance Serjeant Seaforth Highlanders

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William Morton

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 276603

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James William Morton

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 278424

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Edmund Harold Morton

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 89500

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William Thomas Morton

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 9560

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Charles Russell Morton

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 289386

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Leonard Morton

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 45385

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Henry Morton

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 102578

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Walter Morton

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 46859

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