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Burnley, Lancashire [6]

Bolton, Lancashire [5]

Accrington, Lancashire [4]

Manchester England [4]

Wigan, Lancashire [4]

Bolton Lancashire [3]

Brisbane Queensland [3]

Cobden Victoria [3]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3]

Preston, Lancashire [3]

Blackburn, Lancashire [2]

Camperdown Victoria [2]

Charters Towers Queensland [2]

Dalby Queensland [2]

Darcy Lever Bolton Lancashire [2]

Fulham, London [2]

Manchester, Lancashire [2]

Manchester, Lancashire, England [2]

Melbourne Victoria [2]

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [2]

Ormskirk, Lancashire [2]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Auckland [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Belper, Derbyshire [1]

Blackburn England [1]

Blacks River Victoria [1]

Bootle, Lancashire [1]

Boston, Lincolnshire, England [1]

Bunbury Western Australia [1]

Bundaleer South Australia [1]

Burnley [1]

Carlton Victoria [1]

Chorley, Lancashire [1]

Clarecastle, co Clare [1]

Cloughfold, Rawtenstall, Lancs [1]

Cobram Victoria [1]

Colne, Lancashire [1]

Dromedary Tasmania [1]

Dublin [1]

Dunedin [1]

Ealing [1]

Euston, Lancashire [1]

Farnworth, Lancashire [1]

Geelong Victoria [1]

Goole, Yorkshire [1]

Greenwich, Kent [1]

Gympie Queensland [1]

Kapunda South Australia [1]

Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [607]

Gunner [54]

Driver [50]

Corporal [35]

Serjeant [33]

Sapper [31]

Captain [17]

Lieutenant [17]

Lance Corporal [15]

Major [11]

Pioneer [11]

Second Lieutenant [11]

Acting Serjeant [9]

Lieutenant Colonel [7]

Acting Corporal [6]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [5]

Temporary Lieutenant [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Colour Serjeant [2]

Acting Corporal 2nd [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Bombardier [2]

Corporal 2nd [2]

Lance Bombardier [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Shoeing Smith [2]

Staff Serjeant Major [2]

Transport Corporal [2]

1st Class Serjeant Major [1]

1st Class Staff Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Sister [1]

Acting Sub Lieutenant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Canteen Worker [1]

Captain and Quarter Master [1]

Civilian [1]

Clerk [1]

Colonel [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Conductor [1]

Corporal Lance Serjeant [1]

Driver /Lance Bombardier [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [77]

Royal Engineers [72]

Royal Field Artillery [68]

Army Service Corps [65]

East Lancashire Regiment [62]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [55]

Liverpool Regiment [51]

Lancashire Fusiliers [48]

Manchester Regiment [34]

Royal Army Medical Corps [34]

Royal Garrison Artillery [33]

South Lancashire Regiment [32]

Cheshire Regiment [28]

Royal Army Service Corps [21]

Machine Gun Corps [20]

Border Regiment [19]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [17]

Royal Fusiliers [15]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [14]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [13]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [13]

London Regiment [12]

Northumberland Fusiliers [11]

Scottish Rifles [11]

Hussars [10]

Royal Defence Corps [10]

Leicestershire Regiment [9]

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [9]

West Riding Regiment [9]

West Yorkshire Regiment [9]

Durham Light Infantry [8]

York and Lancaster Regiment [8]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [7]

Army Veterinary Corps [6]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [6]

Monmouthshire Regiment [6]

North Staffordshire Regiment [6]

The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [6]

Canadian Infantry [5]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [5]

Middlesex Regiment [5]

Royal Air Force [5]

Royal Flying Corps [5]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5]

South Staffordshire Regiment [5]

South Wales Borderers [5]

Tank Corps [5]

Welsh Regiment [5]

Bedfordshire Regiment [4]

Highland Light Infantry [4]

Service

British Army [904]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [61]

Royal Navy [50]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [43]

Australian Imperial Force [36]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [16]

Last name first letter

P [1123]

M [1]

N [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1108]

Merchant Navy [13]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [11]

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Place of birth

Burnley, Lancashire [6] Bolton, Lancashire [5] Accrington, Lancashire [4] Manchester England [4] Wigan, Lancashire [4] Bolton Lancashire [3] Brisbane Queensland [3] Cobden Victoria [3] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3] Preston, Lancashire [3] Blackburn, Lancashire [2] Camperdown Victoria [2] Charters Towers Queensland [2] Dalby Queensland [2] Darcy Lever Bolton Lancashire [2] Fulham, London [2] Manchester, Lancashire [2] Manchester, Lancashire, England [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [2] Ormskirk, Lancashire [2] Adelaide South Australia [1] Auckland [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Belper, Derbyshire [1] Blackburn England [1] Blacks River Victoria [1] Bootle, Lancashire [1] Boston, Lincolnshire, England [1] Bunbury Western Australia [1] Bundaleer South Australia [1] Burnley [1] Carlton Victoria [1] Chorley, Lancashire [1] Clarecastle, co Clare [1] Cloughfold, Rawtenstall, Lancs [1] Cobram Victoria [1] Colne, Lancashire [1] Dromedary Tasmania [1] Dublin [1] Dunedin [1] Ealing [1] Euston, Lancashire [1] Farnworth, Lancashire [1] Geelong Victoria [1] Goole, Yorkshire [1] Greenwich, Kent [1] Gympie Queensland [1] Kapunda South Australia [1] Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [607] Gunner [54] Driver [50] Corporal [35] Serjeant [33] Sapper [31] Captain [17] Lieutenant [17] Lance Corporal [15] Major [11] Pioneer [11] Second Lieutenant [11] Acting Serjeant [9] Lieutenant Colonel [7] Acting Corporal [6] Warrant Officer Class 2 [5] Temporary Lieutenant [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Colour Serjeant [2] Acting Corporal 2nd [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Bombardier [2] Corporal 2nd [2] Lance Bombardier [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] Shoeing Smith [2] Staff Serjeant Major [2] Transport Corporal [2] 1st Class Serjeant Major [1] 1st Class Staff Serjeant Major [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Sister [1] Acting Sub Lieutenant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Canteen Worker [1] Captain and Quarter Master [1] Civilian [1] Clerk [1] Colonel [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Conductor [1] Corporal Lance Serjeant [1] Driver /Lance Bombardier [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [77] Royal Engineers [72] Royal Field Artillery [68] Army Service Corps [65] East Lancashire Regiment [62] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [55] Liverpool Regiment [51] Lancashire Fusiliers [48] Manchester Regiment [34] Royal Army Medical Corps [34] Royal Garrison Artillery [33] South Lancashire Regiment [32] Cheshire Regiment [28] Royal Army Service Corps [21] Machine Gun Corps [20] Border Regiment [19] Royal Lancaster Regiment [17] Royal Fusiliers [15] King's Royal Rifle Corps [14] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [13] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [13] London Regiment [12] Northumberland Fusiliers [11] Scottish Rifles [11] Hussars [10] Royal Defence Corps [10] Leicestershire Regiment [9] The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [9] West Riding Regiment [9] West Yorkshire Regiment [9] Durham Light Infantry [8] York and Lancaster Regiment [8] Royal Irish Fusiliers [7] Army Veterinary Corps [6] King's Own Scottish Borderers [6] Monmouthshire Regiment [6] North Staffordshire Regiment [6] The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [6] Canadian Infantry [5] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [5] Middlesex Regiment [5] Royal Air Force [5] Royal Flying Corps [5] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5] South Staffordshire Regiment [5] South Wales Borderers [5] Tank Corps [5] Welsh Regiment [5] Bedfordshire Regiment [4] Highland Light Infantry [4]

Service

British Army [904] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [61] Royal Navy [50] Canadian Expeditionary Force [43] Australian Imperial Force [36] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [16]

Last name first letter

P [1123] M [1] N [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1108] Merchant Navy [13] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [11]

Ernest Alfred Pilkington

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 33610

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Francis Bert Pilkington

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 62331

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Ben Pilkington

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 87890

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Louis Pilkington

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 12432 Private Manchester Regiment

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George Henry Pilkington

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 216887

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Arthur Pilkington

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 6862 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 23843 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 6862 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Joseph Bernard Pilkington

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant Northamptonshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant 1st Division, 2nd Brigade 1st Battalion Northamptonshire Regt,

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Owen Francis Pilkington

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 535213 Private London Regiment

British Army 535213 Private London Regiment 1/15 lond Battalion

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Edward Charles Pilkington

Born 1879

Died 1953

British Army 196615 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Arthur J Pilkington

Born 1892

Died 1972

British Army 17362 Driver Royal Engineers

British Army 17362 Transport Corporal Royal Engineers

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William Pilkington

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 174820

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Arthur Pilkington

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 63043

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Sydney Settle Pilkington

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 39151

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Wilfred Pilkington

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 123813

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John Frederick Pilkington

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 261689

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Frederick Pilkington

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 106965

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James Pilkington

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 239919

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John Ellis Pilkington

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 125083

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Arthur Pilkington

Died 1916

British Army 25059 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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Fred Pilkington

Died 1915

British Army 9509 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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