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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [12]

Sydney New South Wales [10]

Liverpool, Lancashire [8]

Preston, Lancashire [8]

Wigan, Lancashire [7]

Bolton, Lancashire [6]

Hull, Yorkshire [6]

Melbourne Victoria [6]

Blackburn, Lancashire [5]

Brisbane Queensland [5]

Manchester, Lancashire [5]

Oldham, Lancashire [5]

Warrnambool Victoria [5]

Ballarat Victoria [4]

Burnley, Lancashire [4]

Accrington, Lancashire [3]

Bendigo Victoria [3]

Bradford, Yorkshire [3]

Croydon, Surrey [3]

Edinburgh [3]

Kyabram Victoria [3]

Lancashire England [3]

Salford, Lancashire [3]

Barrow, Lancashire [2]

Blackpool, Lancashire [2]

Boston, Lincolnshire [2]

Dubbo New South Wales [2]

Edinburgh, Midlothian [2]

Fleetwood, Lancashire [2]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2]

Greendale Victoria [2]

Halifax, Yorkshire [2]

Hobart Tasmania [2]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [2]

Inverell New South Wales [2]

Kingston South Australia [2]

Lancashire [2]

Lancaster, Lancashire [2]

London England [2]

Nhill Victoria [2]

North Shields, Northumberland, England [2]

Saint Pancras, London [2]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [2]

Southport, Lancashire [2]

Sunderland, Durham [2]

Wollongong New South Wales [2]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Albion Park New South Wales [1]

Antwerp, Belgium [1]

Appley Bridge, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [1619]

Gunner [161]

Driver [135]

Corporal [120]

Sapper [97]

Serjeant [97]

Lance Corporal [61]

Second Lieutenant [38]

Lieutenant [36]

Captain [27]

Acting Serjeant [23]

Pioneer [20]

Bombardier [19]

Acting Corporal [18]

Major [16]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [15]

Rifleman [10]

Staff Serjeant [8]

Colour Serjeant [6]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [6]

Company Serjeant Major [6]

Lance Serjeant [6]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [5]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Private Lance Corporal [4]

Staff Nurse [4]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [3]

Farrier Staff Serjeant [3]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [3]

Worker [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Assistant Surgeon [2]

Farrier Serjeant [2]

Guardsman [2]

Lance Bombardier [2]

Major and Quarter Master [2]

Nurse [2]

Private /Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Staff Serjeant /Acting Serjeant Major [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Trooper [2]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

private [2]

2 Class Assistant Surgeon [1]

2nd Class Assistant Surgeon [1]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [240]

Royal Field Artillery [214]

Royal Engineers [193]

Army Service Corps [138]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [126]

Liverpool Regiment [111]

Lancashire Fusiliers [87]

Royal Army Medical Corps [85]

East Lancashire Regiment [84]

Manchester Regiment [82]

Machine Gun Corps [79]

Royal Garrison Artillery [76]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [74]

West Yorkshire Regiment [62]

Northumberland Fusiliers [52]

Cheshire Regiment [48]

Durham Light Infantry [46]

Lincolnshire Regiment [46]

London Regiment [44]

South Lancashire Regiment [43]

Border Regiment [41]

Royal Fusiliers [41]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [41]

West Riding Regiment [38]

York and Lancaster Regiment [37]

East Yorkshire Regiment [30]

Royal Army Service Corps [29]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [26]

Yorkshire Regiment [26]

Royal Defence Corps [23]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [22]

Army Ordnance Corps [21]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [21]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [20]

North Staffordshire Regiment [20]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [19]

Rifle Brigade [17]

Army Veterinary Corps [16]

Hampshire Regiment [16]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [16]

Welsh Regiment [15]

East Surrey Regiment [14]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [14]

Seaforth Highlanders [13]

South Wales Borderers [13]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [12]

Leicestershire Regiment [12]

Royal Naval Division [12]

Tank Corps [12]

Army Cyclist Corps [11]

Service

British Army [2431]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [158]

Royal Navy [157]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [137]

Australian Imperial Force [122]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [50]

Other Empire Force [2]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

P [3108]

A [1]

S [1]

T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3050]

Merchant Navy [49]

Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [42]

Australia [2]

India [2]

Ireland [1]

New Zealand [1]

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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [12] Sydney New South Wales [10] Liverpool, Lancashire [8] Preston, Lancashire [8] Wigan, Lancashire [7] Bolton, Lancashire [6] Hull, Yorkshire [6] Melbourne Victoria [6] Blackburn, Lancashire [5] Brisbane Queensland [5] Manchester, Lancashire [5] Oldham, Lancashire [5] Warrnambool Victoria [5] Ballarat Victoria [4] Burnley, Lancashire [4] Accrington, Lancashire [3] Bendigo Victoria [3] Bradford, Yorkshire [3] Croydon, Surrey [3] Edinburgh [3] Kyabram Victoria [3] Lancashire England [3] Salford, Lancashire [3] Barrow, Lancashire [2] Blackpool, Lancashire [2] Boston, Lincolnshire [2] Dubbo New South Wales [2] Edinburgh, Midlothian [2] Fleetwood, Lancashire [2] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2] Greendale Victoria [2] Halifax, Yorkshire [2] Hobart Tasmania [2] Hull, Yorkshire, England [2] Inverell New South Wales [2] Kingston South Australia [2] Lancashire [2] Lancaster, Lancashire [2] London England [2] Nhill Victoria [2] North Shields, Northumberland, England [2] Saint Pancras, London [2] Sheffield, Yorkshire [2] Southport, Lancashire [2] Sunderland, Durham [2] Wollongong New South Wales [2] Adelaide South Australia [1] Albion Park New South Wales [1] Antwerp, Belgium [1] Appley Bridge, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [1619] Gunner [161] Driver [135] Corporal [120] Sapper [97] Serjeant [97] Lance Corporal [61] Second Lieutenant [38] Lieutenant [36] Captain [27] Acting Serjeant [23] Pioneer [20] Bombardier [19] Acting Corporal [18] Major [16] Warrant Officer Class 2 [15] Rifleman [10] Staff Serjeant [8] Colour Serjeant [6] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [6] Company Serjeant Major [6] Lance Serjeant [6] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [5] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Private Lance Corporal [4] Staff Nurse [4] Acting Bombardier [3] Air Mechanic 1st Class [3] Farrier Staff Serjeant [3] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Temporary Second Lieutenant [3] Worker [3] Able Seaman [2] Assistant Surgeon [2] Farrier Serjeant [2] Guardsman [2] Lance Bombardier [2] Major and Quarter Master [2] Nurse [2] Private /Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Staff Serjeant /Acting Serjeant Major [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Trooper [2] Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] private [2] 2 Class Assistant Surgeon [1] 2nd Class Assistant Surgeon [1] 2nd Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [240] Royal Field Artillery [214] Royal Engineers [193] Army Service Corps [138] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [126] Liverpool Regiment [111] Lancashire Fusiliers [87] Royal Army Medical Corps [85] East Lancashire Regiment [84] Manchester Regiment [82] Machine Gun Corps [79] Royal Garrison Artillery [76] Royal Lancaster Regiment [74] West Yorkshire Regiment [62] Northumberland Fusiliers [52] Cheshire Regiment [48] Durham Light Infantry [46] Lincolnshire Regiment [46] London Regiment [44] South Lancashire Regiment [43] Border Regiment [41] Royal Fusiliers [41] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [41] West Riding Regiment [38] York and Lancaster Regiment [37] East Yorkshire Regiment [30] Royal Army Service Corps [29] Yorkshire Light Infantry [26] Yorkshire Regiment [26] Royal Defence Corps [23] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [22] Army Ordnance Corps [21] King's Royal Rifle Corps [21] King's Own Scottish Borderers [20] North Staffordshire Regiment [20] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [19] Rifle Brigade [17] Army Veterinary Corps [16] Hampshire Regiment [16] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [16] Welsh Regiment [15] East Surrey Regiment [14] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [14] Seaforth Highlanders [13] South Wales Borderers [13] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [12] Leicestershire Regiment [12] Royal Naval Division [12] Tank Corps [12] Army Cyclist Corps [11]

Service

British Army [2431] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [158] Royal Navy [157] Canadian Expeditionary Force [137] Australian Imperial Force [122] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [50] Other Empire Force [2] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

P [3108] A [1] S [1] T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3050] Merchant Navy [49] Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [42] Australia [2] India [2] Ireland [1] New Zealand [1]

Oliver William Parkinson

Born 1880

Died 1956

British Army 5146 Serjeant Suffolk Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army Lance Sergeant Suffolk Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 5146 Quarter Master Serjeant Suffolk Regiment

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William Parkinson

Born 1871

British Army 401946 Private Labour Corps 852nd Area Employment Coy

British Army 16518 Private Border Regiment

British Army 108385 Private Royal Fusiliers 43rd Battalion

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Alfred Parkinson

Born 1891

Died 1958

British Army 200111 Serjeant Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 226 Serjeant Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 200111 Sgt 1/4 North Lancs Regt

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Harrison Parkinson

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 15935 Private Hampshire Regiment 14th Battalion

British Army 18728 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

British Army 7/11993 Private York and Lancaster 7th Battalion

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Henry Parkinson

Born 1890

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 2422 Private Australian Pioneers 5th Battalion

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John Parkinson

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 1990 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

British Army 1990 Lance Corporal Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 6th (Perthshire) Battalion (Territorial)

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James H Parkinson

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army 10006 Corporal Lancashire Fusiliers 15th Battalion

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Clarence Parkinson

Born 1888

Died 1919

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 220669

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 220669 Corporal Royal Air Force

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Charles Parkinson

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 13097 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 7th Battalion (Service)

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George Herbert Parkinson

Born 1881

Died 1954

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 3/99

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 3/99 Private Ambulance

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William Henry Parkinson

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army 15925 Private East Lancashire Regiment

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William Parkinson

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 18446 Private Scottish Rifles 9th Battalion

British Army 18446 Lance Corporal Scottish Rifles 9th Battalion

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Claud Arthur Parkinson

Born 1888

Died 1963

British Army DM2/208882 Private Army Service Corps

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Henry Bell Parkinson

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army 235220 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 11th Battalion

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Thomas Furniss Parkinson

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 48750 Northamptonshire 3rd Battalion

British Army 41637 Private Leicestershire Regiment 7th Battalion

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Arthur Parkinson

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army R161 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps 10th Battalion

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John Parkinson

Born 1890

British Army 70794 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army S4/157854 Private Army Service Corps Supply Baker

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John Parkinson

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army 3493 Cheshire Regiment

British Army 74662 Manchester Regiment

British Army 29495 Private Border Regiment 8th Battalion

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Charles Tasman Parkinson

Born 1887

Died 1968

British Army Reverend Chaplain 4th Class Royal Army Chaplain's Department

British Army Temporary Chaplain Royal Army Chaplain's Department

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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George Martin Parkinson

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 245196

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