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Liverpool, Lancashire [5]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [2]

Kilmarnock, Ayrshire [2]

Leyton, Essex [2]

Smethwick, Staffordshire [2]

Altrincham, Cheshire [1]

Attercliffe, Sheffield, Yorks [1]

Baildon, Yorkshire [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Bathurst New South Wales [1]

Bradford, Yorkshire [1]

Ditton, Lancashire [1]

Egremont, Cumberland [1]

Garlieston, Wigtownshire, Scotland [1]

Garrabost, Ross [1]

Girvan, Ayrshire [1]

Glasgow Scotland [1]

Hartford, Cheshire [1]

Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Marylebone, London [1]

Marylebone, North London [1]

Mussoorie [1]

Runcorn, Cheshire, England [1]

Saint Johns Wood, London [1]

Stornaway Scotland [1]

Stornoway, Ross & Cromarty [1]

Sydney New South Wales [1]

Thrapston England [1]

Warrington, Lancashire [1]

Wharton, Cheshire [1]

Widnes, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [181]

Corporal [17]

Driver [16]

Gunner [16]

Serjeant [14]

Sapper [10]

Lance Corporal [4]

Lieutenant [4]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Acting Corporal [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Major [2]

Pioneer [2]

Shoeing Smith [2]

Worker [2]

Acting Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Air Chief Marshal [1]

Air Commodore [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Vice-Marshal [1]

Captain [1]

Captain /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Group Captain [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Marshal of the Royal Air Force [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Rifleman [1]

Second Corporal [1]

Serjeant Bugler [1]

Serjeant Major [1]

Serjeant Signaller [1]

Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Transport Serjeant [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [23]

Royal Field Artillery [19]

Liverpool Regiment [18]

Royal Engineers [18]

Army Service Corps [12]

Royal Army Medical Corps [12]

Highland Light Infantry [11]

Manchester Regiment [11]

Cheshire Regiment [9]

Machine Gun Corps [9]

Royal Garrison Artillery [9]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [8]

Northumberland Fusiliers [7]

Rifle Brigade [6]

West Riding Regiment [6]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [5]

Durham Light Infantry [5]

Lancashire Fusiliers [5]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [5]

Royal Scots [5]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5]

East Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [4]

Royal Flying Corps [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [4]

Royal Naval Division [4]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [4]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

East Surrey Regiment [3]

Gordon Highlanders [3]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [3]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [3]

Lincolnshire Regiment [3]

London Regiment [3]

Scots Guards [3]

Scottish Rifles [3]

Welsh Guards [3]

West Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Border Regiment [2]

Cameron Highlanders [2]

Dragoon Guards [2]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Honourable Artillery Company [2]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [266]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [25]

Royal Navy [22]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [12]

Australian Imperial Force [6]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

N [336]

Contribution

Military Service [331]

Merchant Navy [4]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [6]

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Place of birth

Liverpool, Lancashire [5] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [2] Kilmarnock, Ayrshire [2] Leyton, Essex [2] Smethwick, Staffordshire [2] Altrincham, Cheshire [1] Attercliffe, Sheffield, Yorks [1] Baildon, Yorkshire [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Bathurst New South Wales [1] Bradford, Yorkshire [1] Ditton, Lancashire [1] Egremont, Cumberland [1] Garlieston, Wigtownshire, Scotland [1] Garrabost, Ross [1] Girvan, Ayrshire [1] Glasgow Scotland [1] Hartford, Cheshire [1] Manchester, Lancashire [1] Marylebone, London [1] Marylebone, North London [1] Mussoorie [1] Runcorn, Cheshire, England [1] Saint Johns Wood, London [1] Stornaway Scotland [1] Stornoway, Ross & Cromarty [1] Sydney New South Wales [1] Thrapston England [1] Warrington, Lancashire [1] Wharton, Cheshire [1] Widnes, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [181] Corporal [17] Driver [16] Gunner [16] Serjeant [14] Sapper [10] Lance Corporal [4] Lieutenant [4] Second Lieutenant [4] Acting Corporal [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Major [2] Pioneer [2] Shoeing Smith [2] Worker [2] Acting Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Air Chief Marshal [1] Air Commodore [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Vice-Marshal [1] Captain [1] Captain /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Group Captain [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Marshal of the Royal Air Force [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Rifleman [1] Second Corporal [1] Serjeant Bugler [1] Serjeant Major [1] Serjeant Signaller [1] Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Transport Serjeant [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [23] Royal Field Artillery [19] Liverpool Regiment [18] Royal Engineers [18] Army Service Corps [12] Royal Army Medical Corps [12] Highland Light Infantry [11] Manchester Regiment [11] Cheshire Regiment [9] Machine Gun Corps [9] Royal Garrison Artillery [9] Royal Scots Fusiliers [8] Northumberland Fusiliers [7] Rifle Brigade [6] West Riding Regiment [6] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [5] Durham Light Infantry [5] Lancashire Fusiliers [5] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [5] Royal Scots [5] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5] East Yorkshire Regiment [4] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [4] Royal Flying Corps [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [4] Royal Naval Division [4] Yorkshire Light Infantry [4] Devonshire Regiment [3] East Surrey Regiment [3] Gordon Highlanders [3] King's Own Scottish Borderers [3] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [3] Lincolnshire Regiment [3] London Regiment [3] Scots Guards [3] Scottish Rifles [3] Welsh Guards [3] West Yorkshire Regiment [3] Army Cyclist Corps [2] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Army Veterinary Corps [2] Border Regiment [2] Cameron Highlanders [2] Dragoon Guards [2] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] Honourable Artillery Company [2] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2] Middlesex Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [266] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [25] Royal Navy [22] Canadian Expeditionary Force [12] Australian Imperial Force [6] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

N [336]

Contribution

Military Service [331] Merchant Navy [4] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [6]

William Edward Newall

Born 1891

Died 1981

Royal Navy F22979 Air Mechanic 1st Class

Royal Navy F22979 Acting Air Mechanic 1st Class

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 222979 Air Mechanic 1st Class

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William Newall

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 165456

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William Newall

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 10999

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William Newall

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 187387

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Harry Newall

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 266213

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William Henry Newall

Born 1877

British Army 30188 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 30188 Serjeant Royal Engineers

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William Osborne Newall

Died 1917

British Army 29599 Corporal Liverpool Regiment

British Army Lieutenant West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) 12th (Service) Battalion

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Leslie Newall

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)

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Thomas Newall

Died 1915

British Army 18544 Private South Lancashire Regiment

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Cyril Louis Norton Newall

Born 1886

Died 1963

Indian Army Lieutenant Colonel 2nd K.E.O. Gurkha Rifles attached Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Lieutenant Colonel Royal Air Force

British Army Captain Royal Flying Corps

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Jack Hainsworth Maxwell Newall

Born 1895

Died 1916

Royal Navy Z/1779 Royal Naval Division

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Frank Newall

Born 1885

British Army 12872 Serjeant Liverpool Regiment

British Army 12872 Lance Corporal Liverpool Regiment 11th Battalion

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Hugh Newall

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army S/10176 Private Cameron Highlanders

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Henry Newall

Born 1863

Died 1915

British Army 1819 Private Cheshire Regiment

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Ernest Newall

Died 1917

British Army 33289 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 33289 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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William Newall

Died 1916

British Army Z/391 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army Z/391 Rifleman Rifle Brigade

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Thomas Newall

Died 1915

British Army 3452 Private Royal Scots

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Walter F Newall

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 65980 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 62394 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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John F Newall

Died 1916

British Army 3115 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 8/3115 Private Durham Light Infantry

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William Newall

Died 1916

British Army 7132 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

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