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Manchester, Lancashire [10]

Bolton, Lancashire [5]

Wigan, Lancashire [3]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [2]

Chorley, Lancashire [2]

Wigan England [2]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

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Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1]

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Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire [1]

Tyldesley, Lancashire, England [1]

Upton Park, Essex [1]

Wakefield, Yorkshire [1]

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Private [447]

Gunner [40]

Sapper [34]

Driver [28]

Corporal [23]

Serjeant [18]

Second Lieutenant [16]

Lieutenant [9]

Lance Corporal [8]

Acting Corporal [7]

Pioneer [7]

Bombardier [6]

Captain [5]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Lance Serjeant [4]

Rifleman [3]

Worker [3]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Major [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Electrical Artificer 4th Class [1]

Acting Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Chaplain 4th Class [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Corporal Lance Serjeant [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Driver Farrier [1]

Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Filter [1]

Guardsman [1]

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Ordinary Seaman [1]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Saddler Corporal [1]

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Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

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Trooper [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Lancashire Fusiliers [85]

Manchester Regiment [51]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [48]

Labour Corps [46]

Royal Engineers [46]

Royal Field Artillery [45]

Army Service Corps [31]

Cheshire Regiment [27]

Royal Garrison Artillery [25]

Liverpool Regiment [24]

East Lancashire Regiment [22]

Royal Army Medical Corps [22]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [20]

Machine Gun Corps [16]

South Lancashire Regiment [16]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [15]

Army Ordnance Corps [9]

Welsh Regiment [9]

Border Regiment [8]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [8]

Grenadier Guards [7]

London Regiment [7]

Royal Army Service Corps [7]

Royal Fusiliers [7]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [6]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [6]

South Wales Borderers [6]

Army Cyclist Corps [5]

Rifle Brigade [5]

Army Veterinary Corps [4]

Durham Light Infantry [4]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [4]

North Lancashire Regiment [4]

Northumberland Fusiliers [4]

Tank Corps [4]

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4]

York and Lancaster Regiment [4]

Coldstream Guards [3]

Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry [3]

East Surrey Regiment [3]

Highland Light Infantry [3]

Lincolnshire Regiment [3]

Monmouthshire Regiment [3]

Northamptonshire Regiment [3]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [3]

Royal Defence Corps [3]

Royal Flying Corps [3]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [627]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [42]

Royal Navy [33]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [26]

Australian Imperial Force [12]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

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L [1]

Contribution

Military Service [741]

Merchant Navy [8]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [12]

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Place of birth

Manchester, Lancashire [10] Bolton, Lancashire [5] Wigan, Lancashire [3] Birkenhead, Cheshire [2] Chorley, Lancashire [2] Wigan England [2] Adelaide South Australia [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Battle, Sussex [1] Biddulph, Staffordshire [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1] Bishop Auckland, Durham [1] Blackburn, Lancashire [1] Brighton Tasmania [1] Deane, Bolton, Lancashire [1] Goole, Yorkshire [1] Halifax, Yorkshire [1] Heywood, Lancashire [1] Highgate, London [1] Hindley Green, Wigan, Lancashire [1] Holloway, London [1] Hull, Yorkshire, England [1] Lancashire England [1] Liverpool, Lancashire [1] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1] London [1] Manchester England [1] Manchester Lancashire [1] Manchester Victoria [1] Manchester, Lancashire, England [1] Melbourne Victoria [1] Middleton, Lancashire [1] Near Manchester, Lancashire [1] Old Ford, London [1] Oldham, Lancashire [1] Pilkington, Lancashire [1] Preston, Lancashire [1] Rawtenstall, Lancs [1] Richmond Victoria [1] Rickmansworth [1] Rochdale England [1] Rock Ferry, Cheshire [1] Rock Ferry, Cheshire, England [1] Saint Pancras, London [1] Salford Manchester [1] Stockport, Cheshire [1] Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire [1] Tyldesley, Lancashire, England [1] Upton Park, Essex [1] Wakefield, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [447] Gunner [40] Sapper [34] Driver [28] Corporal [23] Serjeant [18] Second Lieutenant [16] Lieutenant [9] Lance Corporal [8] Acting Corporal [7] Pioneer [7] Bombardier [6] Captain [5] Acting Serjeant [4] Lance Serjeant [4] Rifleman [3] Worker [3] Colour Serjeant [2] Major [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Electrical Artificer 4th Class [1] Acting Sub-Lieutenant [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Chaplain 4th Class [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Corporal Lance Serjeant [1] Deck Hand [1] Driver Farrier [1] Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Filter [1] Guardsman [1] Lance Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Private Acting Lance Corporal [1] Saddler Corporal [1] Temporary Captain /Acting Major [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant /Acting Captain [1] Trooper [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Lancashire Fusiliers [85] Manchester Regiment [51] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [48] Labour Corps [46] Royal Engineers [46] Royal Field Artillery [45] Army Service Corps [31] Cheshire Regiment [27] Royal Garrison Artillery [25] Liverpool Regiment [24] East Lancashire Regiment [22] Royal Army Medical Corps [22] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [20] Machine Gun Corps [16] South Lancashire Regiment [16] Royal Lancaster Regiment [15] Army Ordnance Corps [9] Welsh Regiment [9] Border Regiment [8] King's Royal Rifle Corps [8] Grenadier Guards [7] London Regiment [7] Royal Army Service Corps [7] Royal Fusiliers [7] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [6] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [6] South Wales Borderers [6] Army Cyclist Corps [5] Rifle Brigade [5] Army Veterinary Corps [4] Durham Light Infantry [4] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [4] North Lancashire Regiment [4] Northumberland Fusiliers [4] Tank Corps [4] The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4] York and Lancaster Regiment [4] Coldstream Guards [3] Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry [3] East Surrey Regiment [3] Highland Light Infantry [3] Lincolnshire Regiment [3] Monmouthshire Regiment [3] Northamptonshire Regiment [3] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Berkshire Regiment [3] Royal Defence Corps [3] Royal Flying Corps [3] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [627] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [42] Royal Navy [33] Canadian Expeditionary Force [26] Australian Imperial Force [12] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

P [750] L [1]

Contribution

Military Service [741] Merchant Navy [8] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [12]

Henry Partington

Died 1918

British Army P/7977 Lance Corporal Military Mounted Police 15th Division

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Joseph Partington

Died 1917

British Army 324626 Rifleman London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles).

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Percy Partington

Born 1892

Died 1921

British Army Private East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 269640 Private Labour Corps 542nd Home Service Employment Company

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Joseph Partington

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 37787 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 132021 Private Machine Gun Corps 41st. Bn.

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Harry Partington

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 89606

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John Partington

Born 1877

Died 1916

British Army 3913 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 35298 Lance Corporal King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 2nd Bn

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Frederick Norman Partington

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 75004

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Wilbraham William Partington

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 296014

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Henry Partington

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 126542

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Samuel Partington

Died 1918

British Army 67421 Private Cheshire Regiment 11th Battalion

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James Partington

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army 19726 Private Manchester Regiment 21st Battalion.

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Milton Partington

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 26558 Private East Lancashire Regiment 1st Battalion

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John Bertram Partington

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Devonshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Officer Training Corps

British Army Captain Devonshire Regiment 4th Battalion (Territorial)

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Adam Partington

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 145370

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Robert William Partington

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 136004

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Harold Partington

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army 1277 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 1277 Lance Corporal Lancashire Fusiliers

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Walter Partington

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 59627 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 59627 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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John Scofield Partington

Died 1917

British Army 16037 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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Samuel Partington

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 281491

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Ellis Foster Edge Partington

Born 1886

Died 1957

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

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