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Manchester, Lancashire [8]

Liverpool, Lancashire [5]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [5]

Oldham, Lancashire [5]

Brisbane Queensland [4]

Guernsey, Channel Islands [4]

Belfast, Antrim [3]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [3]

Blakeville Victoria [3]

Huddersfield, Yorkshire [3]

Lancashire [3]

London [3]

Poplar, London [3]

Stockport, Cheshire [3]

Beaudesert Queensland [2]

Bilston, Staffordshire [2]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Brockley, Kent [2]

Carcoar New South Wales [2]

Chester [2]

East Molesey, Surrey [2]

Easton Mascott, Shropshire [2]

Garthorpe, Lincolnshire [2]

Hackney, London [2]

Haggerston, London [2]

Lancashire England [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Londonderry [2]

Poplar, Middlesex, England [2]

Rushworth Victoria [2]

Shoreditch, London [2]

37 Crossall Street, Macclesfield, Cheshire [1]

Abbotshall, Fife [1]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Albury New South Wales [1]

Aldridge, Walsall, Staffordshire [1]

Alstonville New South Wales [1]

Altrincham, Cheshire [1]

Ancoats, Manchester [1]

Andover, Hampshire [1]

Ascot, Berkshire [1]

Ascot, Buckinghamshire [1]

Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire [1]

Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire [1]

Ballan Victoria [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Bath, Somerset [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Berkshire, England [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Rank

Private [866]

Gunner [87]

Driver [64]

Corporal [57]

Serjeant [50]

Sapper [43]

Second Lieutenant [33]

Lieutenant [27]

Lance Corporal [25]

Captain [22]

Pioneer [13]

Acting Serjeant [11]

Acting Corporal [10]

Bombardier [6]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [5]

Nurse [5]

Rifleman [5]

Worker [5]

Able Seaman [4]

Major [4]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Battery Serjeant Major [3]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Colour Serjeant [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Commander [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Corporal 2nd [2]

General Duties [2]

Sergeant [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Trooper [2]

2nd Corporal [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Corporal 2nd [1]

Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Air Mechanic [1]

Battalion Major [1]

Captain Adjutant [1]

Captain and Brevet Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Carpenter's Crew [1]

Chief Engineer [1]

Civilian [1]

Coal Mine Worker [1]

Colonel [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [116]

Royal Field Artillery [100]

Royal Engineers [96]

Army Service Corps [86]

Manchester Regiment [79]

Cheshire Regiment [65]

Lancashire Fusiliers [60]

Liverpool Regiment [60]

Royal Army Medical Corps [52]

Royal Garrison Artillery [52]

Machine Gun Corps [48]

South Lancashire Regiment [48]

London Regiment [35]

Royal Fusiliers [34]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [33]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [32]

North Staffordshire Regiment [23]

West Riding Regiment [19]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [17]

East Lancashire Regiment [14]

Middlesex Regiment [14]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [14]

York and Lancaster Regiment [14]

Border Regiment [13]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [13]

Rifle Brigade [13]

Royal Army Service Corps [13]

Northumberland Fusiliers [12]

South Staffordshire Regiment [12]

West Yorkshire Regiment [12]

South Wales Borderers [11]

Welsh Regiment [11]

Army Ordnance Corps [10]

East Yorkshire Regiment [10]

Royal Naval Division [10]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [10]

Essex Regiment [9]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [9]

Royal Irish Rifles [9]

Hampshire Regiment [8]

Leicestershire Regiment [8]

Lincolnshire Regiment [8]

Royal Flying Corps [8]

Royal Sussex Regiment [8]

Somerset Light Infantry [8]

Army Veterinary Corps [7]

Bedfordshire Regiment [7]

Durham Light Infantry [7]

Highland Light Infantry [7]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [7]

Service

British Army [1271]

Royal Navy [105]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [83]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [66]

Australian Imperial Force [48]

Other Empire Force [6]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

P [1612]

A [1]

B [1]

C [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1564]

Merchant Navy [31]

Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [29]

Malta [1]

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Place of birth

Manchester, Lancashire [8] Liverpool, Lancashire [5] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [5] Oldham, Lancashire [5] Brisbane Queensland [4] Guernsey, Channel Islands [4] Belfast, Antrim [3] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [3] Blakeville Victoria [3] Huddersfield, Yorkshire [3] Lancashire [3] London [3] Poplar, London [3] Stockport, Cheshire [3] Beaudesert Queensland [2] Bilston, Staffordshire [2] Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Brockley, Kent [2] Carcoar New South Wales [2] Chester [2] East Molesey, Surrey [2] Easton Mascott, Shropshire [2] Garthorpe, Lincolnshire [2] Hackney, London [2] Haggerston, London [2] Lancashire England [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Londonderry [2] Poplar, Middlesex, England [2] Rushworth Victoria [2] Shoreditch, London [2] 37 Crossall Street, Macclesfield, Cheshire [1] Abbotshall, Fife [1] Adelaide South Australia [1] Albury New South Wales [1] Aldridge, Walsall, Staffordshire [1] Alstonville New South Wales [1] Altrincham, Cheshire [1] Ancoats, Manchester [1] Andover, Hampshire [1] Ascot, Berkshire [1] Ascot, Buckinghamshire [1] Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire [1] Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire [1] Ballan Victoria [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Bath, Somerset [1] Battersea, London [1] Berkshire, England [1] Bethnal Green, London [1]

Rank

Private [866] Gunner [87] Driver [64] Corporal [57] Serjeant [50] Sapper [43] Second Lieutenant [33] Lieutenant [27] Lance Corporal [25] Captain [22] Pioneer [13] Acting Serjeant [11] Acting Corporal [10] Bombardier [6] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [5] Nurse [5] Rifleman [5] Worker [5] Able Seaman [4] Major [4] Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Battery Serjeant Major [3] Colour Serjeant [3] Lance Serjeant [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Colour Serjeant [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Commander [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Corporal 2nd [2] General Duties [2] Sergeant [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Trooper [2] 2nd Corporal [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Corporal 2nd [1] Acting Lance Serjeant [1] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Air Mechanic [1] Battalion Major [1] Captain Adjutant [1] Captain and Brevet Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Carpenter's Crew [1] Chief Engineer [1] Civilian [1] Coal Mine Worker [1] Colonel [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [116] Royal Field Artillery [100] Royal Engineers [96] Army Service Corps [86] Manchester Regiment [79] Cheshire Regiment [65] Lancashire Fusiliers [60] Liverpool Regiment [60] Royal Army Medical Corps [52] Royal Garrison Artillery [52] Machine Gun Corps [48] South Lancashire Regiment [48] London Regiment [35] Royal Fusiliers [34] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [33] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [32] North Staffordshire Regiment [23] West Riding Regiment [19] King's Royal Rifle Corps [17] East Lancashire Regiment [14] Middlesex Regiment [14] Royal Lancaster Regiment [14] York and Lancaster Regiment [14] Border Regiment [13] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [13] Rifle Brigade [13] Royal Army Service Corps [13] Northumberland Fusiliers [12] South Staffordshire Regiment [12] West Yorkshire Regiment [12] South Wales Borderers [11] Welsh Regiment [11] Army Ordnance Corps [10] East Yorkshire Regiment [10] Royal Naval Division [10] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [10] Essex Regiment [9] Royal Berkshire Regiment [9] Royal Irish Rifles [9] Hampshire Regiment [8] Leicestershire Regiment [8] Lincolnshire Regiment [8] Royal Flying Corps [8] Royal Sussex Regiment [8] Somerset Light Infantry [8] Army Veterinary Corps [7] Bedfordshire Regiment [7] Durham Light Infantry [7] Highland Light Infantry [7] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [7]

Service

British Army [1271] Royal Navy [105] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [83] Canadian Expeditionary Force [66] Australian Imperial Force [48] Other Empire Force [6] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

P [1612] A [1] B [1] C [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1564] Merchant Navy [31] Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [29] Malta [1]

Robert Platt

British Army 4/7413 Lance Corporal Royal Irish Rifles

British Army 7006277 Lance Corporal Royal Irish Rifles

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George W Platt

British Army 4753 Private East Surrey Regiment

British Army 241703 Private East Surrey Regiment

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John A Platt

British Army 77939 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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J Platt

British Army 2460 Private East Lancashire Regiment

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Robert H E Platt

British Army 65523 Saddler Royal Field Artillery

British Army 65523 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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John G N Platt

British Army 201589 Corporal 2nd Royal Engineers

British Army WR290153 Corporal 2nd Royal Engineers

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Sydney Platt

British Army 3847 Private Hertfordshire Regiment

British Army 266159 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

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George Platt

British Army 71502 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 71502 Corporal 2nd Royal Engineers

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E P Platt

British Army Captain 41st Dogras

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Francis Meban Platt-Higgins

Born 1874

Died 1942

British Army Captain Cambridgeshire Regiment

British Army Major Cambridgeshire Regiment

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J A Platt

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Henry Platt

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T W Comyn-Platt

British Army Lieutenant Army Service Corps

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James Alias Platt

Royal Navy SS713

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James Bailey

Born 1886

Royal Navy SS713

Royal Navy Dev B 2844 Able Seaman Royal Fleet Reserve - HMS Barham

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Dorothy Margaret Platt (now Mrs G P St Georges)

British Army Voluntary Aid Detachment St John's Ambulance Brigade

British Army Voluntary Aid Detachment Order of Saint John

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