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Liverpool, Lancashire [7]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [6]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [5]

Liverpool [4]

Chester, Cheshire [3]

Knutsford [3]

Bairnsdale Victoria [2]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [2]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Connah's Quay, Flintshire, Wales [2]

Old Kilpatrick, Dunbartonshire, Scotland [2]

St Peters New South Wales [2]

Wallasey, Cheshire [2]

Antwerp [1]

Ashton on Mersey Sale Cheshire [1]

Bathurst New South Wales [1]

Birkenhead, England [1]

Birmingham [1]

Bolton, Lancashire [1]

Boort Victoria [1]

Buckley, Flintshire [1]

Buckley-Mold, Flintshire [1]

Buninyong Victoria [1]

Carisbrook, Isle of Wight [1]

Chelmsford, Essex [1]

Colwyn Bay, Denbighshire [1]

Colwyn Bay, North Wales [1]

Coventry [1]

Deniliquin New South Wales [1]

Diamond Creek, Victoria [1]

Egremont, Cheshire, England [1]

Heaton, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [1]

Holyhead, Anglesey [1]

Hornsea, Yorkshire [1]

Howarden, Flintshire, Wales [1]

Kensington, Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

Knutsford, Cheshire [1]

Leyton England [1]

Manchester England [1]

Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Northwich, Cheshire [1]

Parkhurst, Isle of Wight [1]

Plaistow, London [1]

Rock Ferry, Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Seacombe, Cheshire [1]

Seacombe, Cheshire, England [1]

Shotton, Flintshire [1]

St Mary's, Chester [1]

Wallasey, Cheshire, England [1]

Warrington, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [225]

Gunner [27]

Corporal [20]

Driver [16]

Sapper [15]

Serjeant [14]

Lance Corporal [11]

Lieutenant [7]

Second Lieutenant [6]

Pioneer [5]

Acting Corporal [3]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Captain [3]

Corporal 2nd [2]

Sister [2]

Commander [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Mister [1]

Nurse [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Quarter Master and Captain [1]

Reverend [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Transport Serjeant Staff Serjeant Major [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [33]

Labour Corps [31]

Royal Engineers [31]

Cheshire Regiment [28]

Liverpool Regiment [25]

Army Service Corps [24]

Manchester Regiment [23]

South Lancashire Regiment [16]

Machine Gun Corps [14]

Royal Garrison Artillery [12]

Lancashire Fusiliers [11]

Royal Army Medical Corps [11]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [10]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [8]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [6]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [5]

London Regiment [5]

Royal Army Service Corps [5]

Royal Defence Corps [5]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [5]

Gloucestershire Regiment [4]

Leicestershire Regiment [4]

Monmouthshire Regiment [4]

South Staffordshire Regiment [4]

South Wales Borderers [4]

Border Regiment [3]

Hussars [3]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [3]

North Staffordshire Regiment [3]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Welsh Regiment [3]

Wiltshire Regiment [3]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Corps of Hussars [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

King's Liverpool Regiment [2]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

Military Mounted Police [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Royal Engineers Transport [2]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [2]

Royal Irish Regiment [2]

Royal Marine Artillery [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2]

Service

British Army [341]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [29]

Royal Navy [28]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [27]

Australian Imperial Force [11]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [7]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

P [463]

F [1]

Contribution

Military Service [443]

Merchant Navy [17]

Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [12]

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People [464] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Liverpool, Lancashire [7] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [6] Birkenhead, Cheshire [5] Liverpool [4] Chester, Cheshire [3] Knutsford [3] Bairnsdale Victoria [2] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [2] Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Connah's Quay, Flintshire, Wales [2] Old Kilpatrick, Dunbartonshire, Scotland [2] St Peters New South Wales [2] Wallasey, Cheshire [2] Antwerp [1] Ashton on Mersey Sale Cheshire [1] Bathurst New South Wales [1] Birkenhead, England [1] Birmingham [1] Bolton, Lancashire [1] Boort Victoria [1] Buckley, Flintshire [1] Buckley-Mold, Flintshire [1] Buninyong Victoria [1] Carisbrook, Isle of Wight [1] Chelmsford, Essex [1] Colwyn Bay, Denbighshire [1] Colwyn Bay, North Wales [1] Coventry [1] Deniliquin New South Wales [1] Diamond Creek, Victoria [1] Egremont, Cheshire, England [1] Heaton, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [1] Holyhead, Anglesey [1] Hornsea, Yorkshire [1] Howarden, Flintshire, Wales [1] Kensington, Liverpool, Lancashire [1] Knutsford, Cheshire [1] Leyton England [1] Manchester England [1] Manchester, Lancashire [1] Northwich, Cheshire [1] Parkhurst, Isle of Wight [1] Plaistow, London [1] Rock Ferry, Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Seacombe, Cheshire [1] Seacombe, Cheshire, England [1] Shotton, Flintshire [1] St Mary's, Chester [1] Wallasey, Cheshire, England [1] Warrington, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [225] Gunner [27] Corporal [20] Driver [16] Sapper [15] Serjeant [14] Lance Corporal [11] Lieutenant [7] Second Lieutenant [6] Pioneer [5] Acting Corporal [3] Acting Serjeant [3] Captain [3] Corporal 2nd [2] Sister [2] Commander [1] Deck Hand [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Mister [1] Nurse [1] Nursing Sister [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Quarter Master and Captain [1] Reverend [1] Staff Nurse [1] Transport Serjeant Staff Serjeant Major [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [33] Labour Corps [31] Royal Engineers [31] Cheshire Regiment [28] Liverpool Regiment [25] Army Service Corps [24] Manchester Regiment [23] South Lancashire Regiment [16] Machine Gun Corps [14] Royal Garrison Artillery [12] Lancashire Fusiliers [11] Royal Army Medical Corps [11] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [10] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [8] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [6] King's Royal Rifle Corps [5] London Regiment [5] Royal Army Service Corps [5] Royal Defence Corps [5] Royal Lancaster Regiment [5] Gloucestershire Regiment [4] Leicestershire Regiment [4] Monmouthshire Regiment [4] South Staffordshire Regiment [4] South Wales Borderers [4] Border Regiment [3] Hussars [3] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [3] North Staffordshire Regiment [3] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Welsh Regiment [3] Wiltshire Regiment [3] Army Veterinary Corps [2] Corps of Hussars [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] East Yorkshire Regiment [2] King's Liverpool Regiment [2] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] Military Mounted Police [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [2] Royal Engineers Transport [2] Royal Irish Fusiliers [2] Royal Irish Regiment [2] Royal Marine Artillery [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2]

Service

British Army [341] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [29] Royal Navy [28] Canadian Expeditionary Force [27] Australian Imperial Force [11] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [7] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

P [463] F [1]

Contribution

Military Service [443] Merchant Navy [17] Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [12]

Francis J Peers

Born 1899

Died 1962

British Army 44219 Private London Regiment

British Army 44219 Private East Surrey Regiment

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Reginald Peers

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 63721 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery Depot

British Army 63721 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 106th Siege Battery

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Samuel Peers

Born 1878

Died 1918

British Army 202535 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 140119 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

British Army 140119 Private Machine Gun Corps

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Thomas Peers

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 41763 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 36264 Private Labour Corps

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Samuel Last Peers

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 64000 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 64000 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

British Army 45863 Private Cheshire Regiment

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Charles Peers

Born 1882

Died 1919

British Army 12958 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 12958 Corporal Cheshire Regiment 11th Battalion

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Henry Peers

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 90713 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 90713 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

British Army 8779 Private Liverpool Regiment

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William Peers

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 6233 Private London Regiment

British Army 295464 Private London Regiment

British Army 32752 Private Liverpool Regiment

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George Peers

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 11923 Private Cheshire Regiment 13th Battalion

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Arthur Peers

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 297641

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Thomas Henry Peers

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 264192

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John Richard Peers

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 406669

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William Peers

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 83702

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William Peers

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 84480

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Edwin James Peers

Born 1893

Died 1915

Royal Navy 14913 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

Royal Navy PLY/14913 Private HMS Goliath

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Herbert John Peers

Born 1886

British Army 178054 Acting Corporal Royal Engineers

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James Edward Peers

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 102347

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Donald Peers

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 31934 Private South Lancashire Regiment

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Henry William Peers

Born 1897

Died 1921

British Army 137479 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 137479 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 1st/1st N.R.D.

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Alexander Peers

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 8527 Private Devonshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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