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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [6]

Manchester, Lancashire [5]

Saint Helens, Lancashire [4]

Wigan, Lancashire [4]

Salford, Lancashire [3]

Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [2]

Lancashire [2]

Launceston Tasmania [2]

Leigh, Lancashire [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

Manchester [2]

Mobberley Cheshire [2]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [2]

Zeehan Tasmania [2]

200 South Street, Moor, Sheffield, Yorkshire [1]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Adlington, Lancashire [1]

Albert Park Victoria [1]

Ardwick, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Ashton Under Lyne England [1]

Ashton under Lyne, Cheshire. [1]

Ashton, Lancashire, England [1]

Bath [1]

Bengal [1]

Bermondsey, Surrey [1]

Bethnal Green, Middlesex [1]

Birkdale, Lancashire, England [1]

Birkdale, Southport, Lancashire [1]

Blackburn England [1]

Bolton England [1]

Bolton, Lancashire [1]

Bootle, Lancashire [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Broken Hill New South Wales [1]

Brussels Ontario [1]

Bury, Lancashire [1]

Cheshire England [1]

Collingwood Victoria [1]

Darlinghurst New South Wales [1]

Derby Tasmania [1]

Doncaster, Yorkshire [1]

Dunolly Victoria [1]

Edinburgh, Midlothian [1]

Forest Gate, Essex [1]

Forest Hill, London [1]

Garswood, Lancashire [1]

Goderich, Ontario [1]

Goulburn, New South Wales [1]

Hamilton ON [1]

Hobart, Tasmania [1]

Rank

Private [519]

Serjeant [65]

Gunner [56]

Sapper [44]

Corporal [42]

Driver [39]

Lance Corporal [26]

Second Lieutenant [17]

Lieutenant [14]

Pioneer [11]

Captain [9]

Acting Corporal [7]

Acting Serjeant [7]

Lance Serjeant [6]

Bombardier [5]

Major [5]

Worker [4]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Staff Nurse [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Bandsman [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Trooper [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Corporal 2nd [1]

Acting Forewoman [1]

Acting Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Colour-Serjeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Conductor [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Dietician [1]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Filter/ Filter [1]

Gunner Acting Bombardier [1]

Honorary Second Lieutenant [1]

Midshipman [1]

Musician [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Paid Acting Bombardier [1]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Rifleman [1]

Saddler [1]

Sergeant [1]

Special Military Probationer [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [79]

Royal Field Artillery [74]

Labour Corps [62]

Liverpool Regiment [55]

South Lancashire Regiment [53]

Army Service Corps [47]

Lancashire Fusiliers [41]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [36]

Manchester Regiment [33]

Royal Garrison Artillery [31]

Royal Army Medical Corps [25]

Royal Fusiliers [25]

Machine Gun Corps [24]

Border Regiment [23]

Durham Light Infantry [17]

Cheshire Regiment [16]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [15]

London Regiment [12]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [12]

West Yorkshire Regiment [11]

East Lancashire Regiment [10]

Welsh Regiment [10]

Royal Army Service Corps [9]

Royal Engineers Transport [9]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [9]

York and Lancaster Regiment [9]

Devonshire Regiment [8]

Royal Scots [8]

Highland Light Infantry [7]

South Wales Borderers [7]

Gloucestershire Regiment [6]

Middlesex Regiment [6]

Royal Defence Corps [6]

Army Ordnance Corps [5]

East Yorkshire Regiment [5]

Grenadier Guards [5]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [5]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [5]

North Staffordshire Regiment [5]

Northumberland Fusiliers [5]

Army Cyclist Corps [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

Leicestershire Regiment [4]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [4]

Rifle Brigade [4]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [4]

Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Army Veterinary Corps [3]

Canadian Infantry [3]

Corps of Hussars [3]

Service

British Army [833]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [59]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [52]

Royal Navy [44]

Australian Imperial Force [28]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6]

Indian Army [2]

Last name first letter

P [1042]

D [1]

F [1]

S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1024]

Merchant Navy [16]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [14]

Canada [2]

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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [6] Manchester, Lancashire [5] Saint Helens, Lancashire [4] Wigan, Lancashire [4] Salford, Lancashire [3] Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [2] Lancashire [2] Launceston Tasmania [2] Leigh, Lancashire [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] Manchester [2] Mobberley Cheshire [2] Southampton, Hampshire, England [2] Zeehan Tasmania [2] 200 South Street, Moor, Sheffield, Yorkshire [1] Adelaide South Australia [1] Adlington, Lancashire [1] Albert Park Victoria [1] Ardwick, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Ashton Under Lyne England [1] Ashton under Lyne, Cheshire. [1] Ashton, Lancashire, England [1] Bath [1] Bengal [1] Bermondsey, Surrey [1] Bethnal Green, Middlesex [1] Birkdale, Lancashire, England [1] Birkdale, Southport, Lancashire [1] Blackburn England [1] Bolton England [1] Bolton, Lancashire [1] Bootle, Lancashire [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Broken Hill New South Wales [1] Brussels Ontario [1] Bury, Lancashire [1] Cheshire England [1] Collingwood Victoria [1] Darlinghurst New South Wales [1] Derby Tasmania [1] Doncaster, Yorkshire [1] Dunolly Victoria [1] Edinburgh, Midlothian [1] Forest Gate, Essex [1] Forest Hill, London [1] Garswood, Lancashire [1] Goderich, Ontario [1] Goulburn, New South Wales [1] Hamilton ON [1] Hobart, Tasmania [1]

Rank

Private [519] Serjeant [65] Gunner [56] Sapper [44] Corporal [42] Driver [39] Lance Corporal [26] Second Lieutenant [17] Lieutenant [14] Pioneer [11] Captain [9] Acting Corporal [7] Acting Serjeant [7] Lance Serjeant [6] Bombardier [5] Major [5] Worker [4] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Staff Nurse [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Bandsman [2] Temporary Captain [2] Trooper [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Corporal 2nd [1] Acting Forewoman [1] Acting Sub-Lieutenant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Colour-Serjeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Conductor [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Dietician [1] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Filter/ Filter [1] Gunner Acting Bombardier [1] Honorary Second Lieutenant [1] Midshipman [1] Musician [1] Nursing Sister [1] Paid Acting Bombardier [1] Private Acting Lance Corporal [1] Rifleman [1] Saddler [1] Sergeant [1] Special Military Probationer [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [79] Royal Field Artillery [74] Labour Corps [62] Liverpool Regiment [55] South Lancashire Regiment [53] Army Service Corps [47] Lancashire Fusiliers [41] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [36] Manchester Regiment [33] Royal Garrison Artillery [31] Royal Army Medical Corps [25] Royal Fusiliers [25] Machine Gun Corps [24] Border Regiment [23] Durham Light Infantry [17] Cheshire Regiment [16] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [15] London Regiment [12] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [12] West Yorkshire Regiment [11] East Lancashire Regiment [10] Welsh Regiment [10] Royal Army Service Corps [9] Royal Engineers Transport [9] Royal Lancaster Regiment [9] York and Lancaster Regiment [9] Devonshire Regiment [8] Royal Scots [8] Highland Light Infantry [7] South Wales Borderers [7] Gloucestershire Regiment [6] Middlesex Regiment [6] Royal Defence Corps [6] Army Ordnance Corps [5] East Yorkshire Regiment [5] Grenadier Guards [5] King's Own Scottish Borderers [5] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [5] North Staffordshire Regiment [5] Northumberland Fusiliers [5] Army Cyclist Corps [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] Leicestershire Regiment [4] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [4] Rifle Brigade [4] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [4] Yorkshire Regiment [4] Army Veterinary Corps [3] Canadian Infantry [3] Corps of Hussars [3]

Service

British Army [833] Canadian Expeditionary Force [59] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [52] Royal Navy [44] Australian Imperial Force [28] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6] Indian Army [2]

Last name first letter

P [1042] D [1] F [1] S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1024] Merchant Navy [16] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [14] Canada [2]

William Howard Pennington

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 171291

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Claude Minto Pennington

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 174076

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Charles Orbell Pennington

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 319633

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Herbert Pennington

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 2116

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Albert Pennington

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 47085

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Christopher Pennington

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 65889

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John Pennington

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 68492

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Peter Balfour Pennington

Born 1885

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 132920

Canadian Expeditionary Force 132920 Sergeant Canadian Infantry

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George Pennington

Born 1893

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 124659

Canadian Expeditionary Force 124659 Private Canadian Infantry

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James Pennington

Born 1892

Died 1920

British Army 675547 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Edward Pennington

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 2075 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Harold Pennington

Died 1918

British Army 38424 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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Charles Pennington

Died 1918

British Army 4922 Private Worcestershire Regiment

British Army 27775 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Abel Pennington

Died 1917

British Army 377547 Private Manchester Regiment

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James Pennington

Born 1883

Died 1920

British Army 21350 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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John Pennington

Died 1918

British Army 12568 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Ernest Pennington

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army 2278 Private Manchester Regiment

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Edward Pennington

Died 1918

British Army 57937 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 183772 Private Royal Engineers

British Army 183772 Sapper Royal Engineers 105th Field Company

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Davenport Pennington

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 11198 Private Royal Scots

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Bert Pennington

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 45697 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 45697 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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