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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]

Charles Parkinson

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 36367

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Herbert Seth Parkinson

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 194927

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Arthur Parkinson

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 284316

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Horace James Ankers Parkinson

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Leicestershire Regiment C Company

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Henry Parkinson

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 106442

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William James Aubrey Parkinson

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 161054

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Cecil Parkinson

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 58431

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Alfred Hulme Parkinson

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 192037

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Henry Broughton Parkinson

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 81632

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James Parkinson

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 294140

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Harold Edwin George Parkinson

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 141139

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Charles Edward Parkinson

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 59529

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Herbert Parkinson

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 75327

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James Parkinson

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army 266987 Private Duke Of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) 2/4th Battalion.

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Ernest Parkinson

Died 1914

British Army 7062 Serjeant Bedfordshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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John Harold Parkinson

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 32281 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 32281 private Manchester Regiment 17th Bn

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George Parkinson

Died 1917

British Army S/13528 Private Gordon Highlanders 8th/10th Bn.

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James Parkinson

Born 1874

Died 1917

British Army 15079 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 142475 Private Labour Corps

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Richard Parkinson

Born 1882

Died 1919

British Army 92513 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Charles Parkinson

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 60184

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