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Preston, Lancashire [3]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2]

Altrincham, Cheshire [1]

Bacup, Lancashire [1]

Bury [1]

Chorley [1]

Crofton Park, London [1]

Epsom, Surrey [1]

Glassan Dock, Lancashire, England [1]

Glossop, Derbyshire [1]

Heasley, Cheshire [1]

Holmsfirth, Yorkshire [1]

Lancaster, Lancashire [1]

Levens, Westmoreland [1]

London, Middlesex [1]

Manitoba [1]

Preston [1]

Quirindi New South Wales [1]

Settle, Yorkshire [1]

Waitara [1]

Wellington [1]

Wimbledon, London [1]

Rank

Private [104]

Driver [16]

Gunner [16]

Serjeant [9]

Corporal [8]

Sapper [8]

Lance Corporal [6]

Pioneer [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Corporal [2]

Bombardier [2]

Sister [2]

Engine Room Artificer [1]

Engineer Lieutenant [1]

Second Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Corporal [1]

Trooper [1]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [22]

Liverpool Regiment [15]

Royal Engineers [14]

Labour Corps [13]

Army Service Corps [10]

Royal Garrison Artillery [10]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [10]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [9]

Lancashire Fusiliers [8]

Royal Army Medical Corps [8]

East Lancashire Regiment [7]

Border Regiment [4]

Cheshire Regiment [4]

Coldstream Guards [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

West Riding Regiment [3]

West Yorkshire Regiment [3]

York and Lancaster Regiment [3]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

King's Liverpool Regiment [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Training Reserve Battalion [2]

Corps of Dragoons [1]

Dragoon Guards [1]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

Household Battalion [1]

Hussars [1]

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [1]

King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [1]

Labour Corps ex King's Liverpool Regiment [1]

Loyal North Lan [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [1]

Monmouthshire Regiment [1]

New Zealand Field Artillery [1]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [1]

Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Royal Army Service Corps [1]

Service

British Army [166]

Royal Navy [13]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [12]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [10]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

N [211]

B [1]

Contribution

Military Service [207]

Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [1]

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People [212] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Preston, Lancashire [3] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2] Altrincham, Cheshire [1] Bacup, Lancashire [1] Bury [1] Chorley [1] Crofton Park, London [1] Epsom, Surrey [1] Glassan Dock, Lancashire, England [1] Glossop, Derbyshire [1] Heasley, Cheshire [1] Holmsfirth, Yorkshire [1] Lancaster, Lancashire [1] Levens, Westmoreland [1] London, Middlesex [1] Manitoba [1] Preston [1] Quirindi New South Wales [1] Settle, Yorkshire [1] Waitara [1] Wellington [1] Wimbledon, London [1]

Rank

Private [104] Driver [16] Gunner [16] Serjeant [9] Corporal [8] Sapper [8] Lance Corporal [6] Pioneer [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Corporal [2] Bombardier [2] Sister [2] Engine Room Artificer [1] Engineer Lieutenant [1] Second Lieutenant [1] Temporary Corporal [1] Trooper [1] Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [22] Liverpool Regiment [15] Royal Engineers [14] Labour Corps [13] Army Service Corps [10] Royal Garrison Artillery [10] Royal Lancaster Regiment [10] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [9] Lancashire Fusiliers [8] Royal Army Medical Corps [8] East Lancashire Regiment [7] Border Regiment [4] Cheshire Regiment [4] Coldstream Guards [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Manchester Regiment [3] West Riding Regiment [3] West Yorkshire Regiment [3] York and Lancaster Regiment [3] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2] Army Ordnance Corps [2] King's Liverpool Regiment [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Training Reserve Battalion [2] Corps of Dragoons [1] Dragoon Guards [1] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] Grenadier Guards [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] Household Battalion [1] Hussars [1] King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [1] King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [1] Labour Corps ex King's Liverpool Regiment [1] Loyal North Lan [1] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [1] Monmouthshire Regiment [1] New Zealand Field Artillery [1] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [1] Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [1] Royal Air Force [1] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [1] Royal Army Service Corps [1]

Service

British Army [166] Royal Navy [13] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [12] Canadian Expeditionary Force [10] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6] Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

N [211] B [1]

Contribution

Military Service [207] Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [1]

James Newsham

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 38100 Private York and Lancaster Regiment Depot

British Army 38100 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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Richard Newsham

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army 14321 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 14321 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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James H Newsham

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 42697 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 42697 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Edmund Newsham

Died 1917

British Army 31328 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 33189 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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Robert Newsham

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 301793

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William Newsham

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 113017

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George S Newsham

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 61475

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Paul Newsham

Born 1886

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 261666 or 261651 Private Royal Canadian Regiment

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Harry Newsham

Australian Imperial Force 3371

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Thomas Newsham

Born 1886

Royal Navy 646 Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal

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George Newsham

Born 1898

Royal Navy 18483 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

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George Newsham

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

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Alfred Leslie Newsham

Born 1890

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James Newsham

Born 1897

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Daniel Newsham

Born 1886

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2021766

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George Arthur Newsham

Born 1887

Canadian Expeditionary Force 1051259

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Jack Newsham

Born 1899

Royal Navy J49600

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Thomas Newsham

Born 1886

Royal Navy J67063

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William Newsham

Born 1887

Royal Navy J74688

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Herbert William Newsham

Born 1899

Royal Navy F36744

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