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Liverpool, Lancashire [9]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [8]

Manchester, Lancashire [6]

London England [5]

Reading, Berkshire [5]

Hay New South Wales [3]

Liverpool England [3]

Nottingham [3]

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [3]

Saint Helens, Lancashire [3]

Battersea, London [2]

Battersea, Surrey [2]

Beccles, Suffolk [2]

Blackpool, Lancashire [2]

Devon [2]

Exeter, Devon [2]

Lancashire [2]

Liverpool [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Lowestoft, Suffolk [2]

Mile End, London [2]

Moore Twp., Lambton, Ontario [2]

Newark on Trent, Nottinghamshire [2]

Nottinghamshire [2]

Port Pirie South Australia [2]

Salford, Lancashire [2]

Sittingbourne, Kent [2]

St Helens, Lancashire [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

Walsall, Staffordshire [2]

Warwickshire [2]

15 St David's Road, Walton, West Derby, Liverpool [1]

7 Bells Row, Lovers Lane, Newark on Trent, Nottinghamshire [1]

Aberdare, Glamorgan [1]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Ashton, Preston, Lancs [1]

Aughton, Ormskirk, Lancashire [1]

Barley, Yorkshire [1]

Benares [1]

Bendigo Victoria [1]

Birmingham, Warks [1]

Bispham, Lancs [1]

Blaenavon [1]

Bow, London [1]

Brigden, Moore Twp., Lambton Co., Ontario [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Broken Hill New South Wales [1]

Bromley England [1]

Bromley by Bow, London [1]

Rank

Private [908]

Gunner [104]

Corporal [60]

Serjeant [60]

Driver [56]

Sapper [51]

Lance Corporal [30]

Lieutenant [26]

Second Lieutenant [26]

Acting Corporal [17]

Acting Serjeant [13]

Bombardier [11]

Captain [11]

Pioneer [10]

Lance Serjeant [6]

Staff Serjeant [5]

Acting Bombardier [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Rifleman [4]

Acting Staff Serjeant [3]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Major [3]

Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Regimental Serjeant Major [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Armourer Staff Serjeant [2]

Colonel [2]

Corporal /Acting Serjeant [2]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [2]

Lance Bombardier [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Sergeant [2]

Serjeant Major [2]

Sister [2]

Stoker 2nd Class [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Acting Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Armament Staff Serjeant [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Captain /Temporary Major [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [122]

Royal Field Artillery [112]

Royal Engineers [93]

Army Service Corps [91]

Royal Army Medical Corps [66]

Liverpool Regiment [56]

London Regiment [52]

Royal Fusiliers [50]

Royal Garrison Artillery [50]

Machine Gun Corps [44]

Manchester Regiment [39]

South Lancashire Regiment [39]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [30]

Lancashire Fusiliers [26]

Cheshire Regiment [23]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [23]

Suffolk Regiment [23]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [22]

Devonshire Regiment [21]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [20]

Royal Defence Corps [19]

North Staffordshire Regiment [17]

Rifle Brigade [17]

Army Ordnance Corps [16]

Hampshire Regiment [16]

Leicestershire Regiment [16]

Northumberland Fusiliers [16]

Royal Army Service Corps [16]

Welsh Regiment [16]

Durham Light Infantry [15]

Lincolnshire Regiment [15]

South Staffordshire Regiment [15]

East Lancashire Regiment [14]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [14]

Royal Horse Artillery [14]

Somerset Light Infantry [14]

Royal Naval Division [13]

East Yorkshire Regiment [12]

Middlesex Regiment [12]

York and Lancaster Regiment [12]

Royal West Kent Regiment [11]

West Yorkshire Regiment [11]

Army Cyclist Corps [10]

Bedfordshire Regiment [10]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [10]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [10]

East Surrey Regiment [9]

Essex Regiment [9]

Northamptonshire Regiment [9]

West Riding Regiment [9]

Service

British Army [1347]

Royal Navy [119]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [90]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [59]

Australian Imperial Force [52]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [19]

Indian Army [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

P [1714]

B [1]

J [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1681]

Merchant Navy [22]

Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [46]

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Liverpool, Lancashire [9] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [8] Manchester, Lancashire [6] London England [5] Reading, Berkshire [5] Hay New South Wales [3] Liverpool England [3] Nottingham [3] Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [3] Saint Helens, Lancashire [3] Battersea, London [2] Battersea, Surrey [2] Beccles, Suffolk [2] Blackpool, Lancashire [2] Devon [2] Exeter, Devon [2] Lancashire [2] Liverpool [2] London, Middlesex [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Lowestoft, Suffolk [2] Mile End, London [2] Moore Twp., Lambton, Ontario [2] Newark on Trent, Nottinghamshire [2] Nottinghamshire [2] Port Pirie South Australia [2] Salford, Lancashire [2] Sittingbourne, Kent [2] St Helens, Lancashire [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Walsall, Staffordshire [2] Warwickshire [2] 15 St David's Road, Walton, West Derby, Liverpool [1] 7 Bells Row, Lovers Lane, Newark on Trent, Nottinghamshire [1] Aberdare, Glamorgan [1] Adelaide South Australia [1] Ashton, Preston, Lancs [1] Aughton, Ormskirk, Lancashire [1] Barley, Yorkshire [1] Benares [1] Bendigo Victoria [1] Birmingham, Warks [1] Bispham, Lancs [1] Blaenavon [1] Bow, London [1] Brigden, Moore Twp., Lambton Co., Ontario [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Broken Hill New South Wales [1] Bromley England [1] Bromley by Bow, London [1]

Rank

Private [908] Gunner [104] Corporal [60] Serjeant [60] Driver [56] Sapper [51] Lance Corporal [30] Lieutenant [26] Second Lieutenant [26] Acting Corporal [17] Acting Serjeant [13] Bombardier [11] Captain [11] Pioneer [10] Lance Serjeant [6] Staff Serjeant [5] Acting Bombardier [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Rifleman [4] Acting Staff Serjeant [3] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Major [3] Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Regimental Serjeant Major [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Able Seaman [2] Armourer Staff Serjeant [2] Colonel [2] Corporal /Acting Serjeant [2] Corporal Acting Serjeant [2] Lance Bombardier [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Sergeant [2] Serjeant Major [2] Sister [2] Stoker 2nd Class [2] Temporary Captain [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Acting Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Armament Staff Serjeant [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Captain /Temporary Major [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [122] Royal Field Artillery [112] Royal Engineers [93] Army Service Corps [91] Royal Army Medical Corps [66] Liverpool Regiment [56] London Regiment [52] Royal Fusiliers [50] Royal Garrison Artillery [50] Machine Gun Corps [44] Manchester Regiment [39] South Lancashire Regiment [39] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [30] Lancashire Fusiliers [26] Cheshire Regiment [23] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [23] Suffolk Regiment [23] Royal Lancaster Regiment [22] Devonshire Regiment [21] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [20] Royal Defence Corps [19] North Staffordshire Regiment [17] Rifle Brigade [17] Army Ordnance Corps [16] Hampshire Regiment [16] Leicestershire Regiment [16] Northumberland Fusiliers [16] Royal Army Service Corps [16] Welsh Regiment [16] Durham Light Infantry [15] Lincolnshire Regiment [15] South Staffordshire Regiment [15] East Lancashire Regiment [14] King's Royal Rifle Corps [14] Royal Horse Artillery [14] Somerset Light Infantry [14] Royal Naval Division [13] East Yorkshire Regiment [12] Middlesex Regiment [12] York and Lancaster Regiment [12] Royal West Kent Regiment [11] West Yorkshire Regiment [11] Army Cyclist Corps [10] Bedfordshire Regiment [10] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [10] Yorkshire Light Infantry [10] East Surrey Regiment [9] Essex Regiment [9] Northamptonshire Regiment [9] West Riding Regiment [9]

Service

British Army [1347] Royal Navy [119] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [90] Canadian Expeditionary Force [59] Australian Imperial Force [52] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [19] Indian Army [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

P [1714] B [1] J [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1681] Merchant Navy [22] Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [46]

Charles Frederick Parr

Born 1882

Died 1915

British Army 2458 Lance Corporal South Staffordshire Regiment 2nd/6th Bn.

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Irvine Parr

Died 1916

British Army 34690 Private Manchester Regiment 14th Battalion.

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Emlyn Parr

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 6753 Corporal Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 202852 Corporal Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

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Ernest Parr

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 37611 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 142958 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 142958 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Arthur Parr

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 203298 Private North Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 228451 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army 228451 Private London Regiment

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Stanley C F Parr

Died 1917

British Army 6310 Private London Regiment

British Army 533137 Private London Regiment

British Army 533137 Private London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)

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George Parr

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 8600 Corporal King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army 8600 Serjeant King's Royal Rifle Corps

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William Edward Parr

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 23917 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Stephen Valentine Parr

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 10501 Private Scots Guards

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George Francis Parr

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 234036

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Henry Parr

Died 1916

British Army 9493 Private Army Cyclist Corps

British Army 39989 Private Cheshire Regiment 15th Battalion

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Arnold John Parr

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 67517

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Joseph Ernest Parr

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 27806

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Charles John Parr

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 77631

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John Parr

Born 1881

Died 1915

Royal Navy 2631/DA(Dev) Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy DA 2631 Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve H.M. Trawler "Wallena."

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George Roworth Parr

Born 1891

Died 1914

British Army Second Lieutenant The Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry) 1st Battalion

British Army Lieutenant The Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry) 1st Battalion

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Ira Parr

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 31392

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William Charles Parr

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 33265

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Charles Parr

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 145347

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Joseph Richard Parr

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 287754

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