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Place of birth

Bolton, Lancashire [5]

Leeds, Yorkshire [4]

Bury, Lancashire [3]

Leigh, Lancashire [3]

Walhalla Victoria [3]

Wigan, Lancashire [3]

Bradford, Yorkshire [2]

Colebrook Tasmania [2]

Deal, Kent [2]

Derby, Derbyshire [2]

Fenton, Staffordshire [2]

Lancashire [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Manchester England [2]

Manchester, Lancashire [2]

Oldham [2]

Oldham, Lancashire [2]

Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire [2]

Romiley, Cheshire [2]

Sandbach, Cheshire [2]

Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

Warrington, Lancashire [2]

Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [2]

Woodhouse, Leeds, Yorkshire [2]

Aldridge, Staffordshire [1]

Ashbourne, Derbyshire [1]

Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [1]

Aston England [1]

Auckland [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire [1]

Bathgate, Linlithgow [1]

Bingley, Keighley, Yorkshire [1]

Bolton upon Dearne, Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

Bramstone, Staffordshire [1]

Brisbane Queensland [1]

Bromley, Kent, England [1]

Bullingham, Herefordshire [1]

Burnley, Lancashire [1]

Burrington Tasmania [1]

Carlisle, Cumberland [1]

Chorley, Lancashire [1]

Church, Lancashire [1]

Clapham, London [1]

Cloughfold, Lancashire [1]

Connah's Quay, Flintshire, Wales [1]

Dewsbury, Yorkshire [1]

Dilhorne, Staffordshire [1]

Rank

Private [1081]

Gunner [145]

Driver [91]

Corporal [90]

Serjeant [80]

Sapper [61]

Lance Corporal [46]

Second Lieutenant [26]

Acting Corporal [21]

Pioneer [18]

Lieutenant [16]

Acting Serjeant [13]

Bombardier [12]

Rifleman [9]

Captain [8]

Colour Serjeant [6]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [5]

Guardsman [5]

Staff Serjeant [5]

Worker [5]

Acting Captain [3]

Cyclist [3]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Coal Mine Worker [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Cook's Mate [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Major [2]

Private Acting Corporal [2]

Squadron Serjeant Major [2]

Trooper [2]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

2nd Corporal [1]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

AC2 Fitter Aero Engines [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Lieutenant [1]

Acting Second Cook's Mate [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Assistant Nurse [1]

Bandsman [1]

Bearer [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [149]

Labour Corps [140]

Royal Engineers [118]

Army Service Corps [93]

Royal Garrison Artillery [88]

Manchester Regiment [72]

Royal Army Medical Corps [61]

Lancashire Fusiliers [57]

Machine Gun Corps [56]

Cheshire Regiment [48]

Durham Light Infantry [45]

Liverpool Regiment [45]

North Staffordshire Regiment [41]

London Regiment [40]

South Lancashire Regiment [40]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [39]

Royal Fusiliers [39]

West Yorkshire Regiment [37]

East Lancashire Regiment [35]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [31]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [30]

Northumberland Fusiliers [29]

Leicestershire Regiment [21]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [21]

Royal Army Service Corps [21]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [19]

Suffolk Regiment [19]

East Surrey Regiment [18]

West Riding Regiment [18]

Lincolnshire Regiment [17]

South Staffordshire Regiment [17]

Essex Regiment [16]

York and Lancaster Regiment [15]

Gloucestershire Regiment [14]

The Queen's Regiment [14]

Army Ordnance Corps [13]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [13]

Army Veterinary Corps [12]

East Yorkshire Regiment [12]

Grenadier Guards [12]

Hampshire Regiment [12]

Royal Defence Corps [12]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [12]

Border Regiment [11]

East Kent Regiment [11]

Middlesex Regiment [11]

Royal Naval Division [11]

Yorkshire Regiment [11]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [10]

Royal Air Force [10]

Service

British Army [1643]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [96]

Royal Navy [93]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [66]

Australian Imperial Force [28]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [12]

Other Empire Force [5]

Last name first letter

R [1958]

G [1]

P [1]

S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1929]

Merchant Navy [18]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [34]

Australia [1]

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Place of birth

Bolton, Lancashire [5] Leeds, Yorkshire [4] Bury, Lancashire [3] Leigh, Lancashire [3] Walhalla Victoria [3] Wigan, Lancashire [3] Bradford, Yorkshire [2] Colebrook Tasmania [2] Deal, Kent [2] Derby, Derbyshire [2] Fenton, Staffordshire [2] Lancashire [2] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Manchester England [2] Manchester, Lancashire [2] Oldham [2] Oldham, Lancashire [2] Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire [2] Romiley, Cheshire [2] Sandbach, Cheshire [2] Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Warrington, Lancashire [2] Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [2] Woodhouse, Leeds, Yorkshire [2] Aldridge, Staffordshire [1] Ashbourne, Derbyshire [1] Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [1] Aston England [1] Auckland [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire [1] Bathgate, Linlithgow [1] Bingley, Keighley, Yorkshire [1] Bolton upon Dearne, Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Bramstone, Staffordshire [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Bromley, Kent, England [1] Bullingham, Herefordshire [1] Burnley, Lancashire [1] Burrington Tasmania [1] Carlisle, Cumberland [1] Chorley, Lancashire [1] Church, Lancashire [1] Clapham, London [1] Cloughfold, Lancashire [1] Connah's Quay, Flintshire, Wales [1] Dewsbury, Yorkshire [1] Dilhorne, Staffordshire [1]

Rank

Private [1081] Gunner [145] Driver [91] Corporal [90] Serjeant [80] Sapper [61] Lance Corporal [46] Second Lieutenant [26] Acting Corporal [21] Pioneer [18] Lieutenant [16] Acting Serjeant [13] Bombardier [12] Rifleman [9] Captain [8] Colour Serjeant [6] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [5] Guardsman [5] Staff Serjeant [5] Worker [5] Acting Captain [3] Cyclist [3] Lance Serjeant [3] Temporary Second Lieutenant [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Coal Mine Worker [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Cook's Mate [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Major [2] Private Acting Corporal [2] Squadron Serjeant Major [2] Trooper [2] Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] 2nd Corporal [1] 2nd Lieutenant [1] AC2 Fitter Aero Engines [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Lieutenant [1] Acting Second Cook's Mate [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Assistant Nurse [1] Bandsman [1] Bearer [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [149] Labour Corps [140] Royal Engineers [118] Army Service Corps [93] Royal Garrison Artillery [88] Manchester Regiment [72] Royal Army Medical Corps [61] Lancashire Fusiliers [57] Machine Gun Corps [56] Cheshire Regiment [48] Durham Light Infantry [45] Liverpool Regiment [45] North Staffordshire Regiment [41] London Regiment [40] South Lancashire Regiment [40] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [39] Royal Fusiliers [39] West Yorkshire Regiment [37] East Lancashire Regiment [35] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [31] Royal Lancaster Regiment [30] Northumberland Fusiliers [29] Leicestershire Regiment [21] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [21] Royal Army Service Corps [21] King's Royal Rifle Corps [19] Suffolk Regiment [19] East Surrey Regiment [18] West Riding Regiment [18] Lincolnshire Regiment [17] South Staffordshire Regiment [17] Essex Regiment [16] York and Lancaster Regiment [15] Gloucestershire Regiment [14] The Queen's Regiment [14] Army Ordnance Corps [13] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [13] Army Veterinary Corps [12] East Yorkshire Regiment [12] Grenadier Guards [12] Hampshire Regiment [12] Royal Defence Corps [12] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [12] Border Regiment [11] East Kent Regiment [11] Middlesex Regiment [11] Royal Naval Division [11] Yorkshire Regiment [11] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [10] Royal Air Force [10]

Service

British Army [1643] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [96] Royal Navy [93] Canadian Expeditionary Force [66] Australian Imperial Force [28] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [12] Other Empire Force [5]

Last name first letter

R [1958] G [1] P [1] S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1929] Merchant Navy [18] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [34] Australia [1]

Wilfred Ratcliffe

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 351321 Private Manchester Regiment 9th Battalion

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Peter Ratcliffe

Born 1878

Died 1915

Other Empire Force Fireman Mercantile Marine - SS Lusitania

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Henry Ratcliffe

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 2880 Private Seaforth Highlanders 4th Battalion.

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Frederick Brockwell Ratcliffe

Died 1918

British Army 4506 Company Quarter Master Serjeant Royal Dragoons attached Machine Gun Corps

British Army Acting Captain Royal Dragoons attached Machine Gun Corps

British Army 4506 Quarter Master Sergeant Royal Dragoons 1st/B

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Arthur Ratcliffe

Born 1897

Died 1918

Other Empire Force Coal Mine Worker Coal Industry

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William Ratcliffe

Born 1868

Died 1918

Other Empire Force Coal Mine Worker Coal Industry

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David Richard Ratcliffe

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 91297 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 324264 Private Labour Corps

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Abner Ratcliffe

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army R14151 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 18th Battalion

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Charles Herbert Ratcliffe

Born 1897

British Army 15146 Private Liverpool Regiment 17th Battalion

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Frederick Edmund Ratcliffe

Born 1882

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 4570 Driver Australian Infantry 59th battalion

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Syer John Ratcliffe

Born 1890

Died 1971

British Army 1928 Private Suffolk Regiment

British Army 200357 Private Suffolk Regiment

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Harry Ratcliffe

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 125226

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Augustus William Ratcliffe

Born 1899

Died 1916

British Army 4869 Private London Regiment 7th (City of London) Battalion

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William Ratcliffe

Born 1884

Died 1963

British Army 2251 Private South Lancashire Regiment

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Wilson Ratcliffe

Born 1891

Died 1971

British Army 20622 Corporal Grenadier Guards

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Frederick Rowland Ratcliffe

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 2016 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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Harry Ratcliffe

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 25766

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Horace Arthur Ratcliffe

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 91313

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James Ratcliffe

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 78401

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Walter Ratcliffe

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 32586

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