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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]

Walter Parkinson

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 305682

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Fred Parkinson

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 36156

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William Parkinson

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 106888

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Willie Parkinson

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 306422

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Arthur Parkinson

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 32245

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Christopher Parkinson

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 293233

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Thomas Parkinson

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 20537

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Harold Parkinson

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 44384

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Charles Parkinson

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 10165

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John William Parkinson

Born 1890

British Army M2/12834 Private Army Service Corps 52 Coy, M2 Depot ASC

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John Parkinson

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 104905

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Richard Parkinson

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 94262

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Herbert Parkinson

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 4484

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Arthur Parkinson

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 73651

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William Parkinson

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 109452

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Leonard Parkinson

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army G/19124 Corporal Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) "D" Coy. 1st Battalion

British Army 2097 Private West Kent Yeomanry (Queen's Own)

British Army 19134 Private The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 1st Battalion

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John Henry Parkinson

Born 1881

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 452489

Canadian Expeditionary Force 452489 Private Canadian Infantry

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Benjamin Hinchcliffe Parkinson

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 48034

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John Parkinson

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 36794

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Arthur Parkinson

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 33062

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