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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [54]

Sydney New South Wales [17]

Liverpool, Lancashire [13]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [12]

Leeds, Yorkshire [11]

Manchester, Lancashire [11]

Accrington, Lancashire [10]

Blackburn, Lancashire [8]

Bradford, Yorkshire [8]

Burnley, Lancashire [8]

Liverpool England [8]

Bury, Lancashire [6]

London England [6]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [5]

Dublin [5]

Melbourne Victoria [5]

Adelaide South Australia [4]

Bolton, Lancashire [4]

Edenhope Victoria [4]

Lismore New South Wales [4]

London, Middlesex [4]

Manchester, Lancashire, England [4]

Oldham, Lancashire [4]

Warrington, Lancashire [4]

Bendigo Victoria [3]

Birmingham England [3]

Bishop Auckland, Durham [3]

Blackburn England [3]

Broken Hill New South Wales [3]

Derby, Derbyshire [3]

Footscray Victoria [3]

London, Middlesex, England [3]

Newcastle, Northumberland [3]

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [3]

Plymouth, Devon [3]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [3]

Acton, London [2]

Adelong New South Wales [2]

Albury New South Wales [2]

Ararat Victoria [2]

Barking, Essex [2]

Bedgerebong New South Wales [2]

Bermondsey, London [2]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [2]

Bowral New South Wales [2]

Brisbane Queensland [2]

Burntisland, Fifeshire [2]

Burslem, Staffordshire [2]

Caulfield Victoria [2]

Colne, Lancashire [2]

Rank

Private [2703]

Gunner [288]

Driver [229]

Corporal [175]

Serjeant [157]

Sapper [130]

Lance Corporal [82]

Lieutenant [63]

Second Lieutenant [63]

Pioneer [48]

Acting Corporal [47]

Captain [43]

Bombardier [35]

Acting Serjeant [33]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [17]

Rifleman [15]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [9]

Corporal 2nd [9]

Colour Serjeant [8]

Acting Bombardier [7]

Lance Bombardier [7]

Staff Serjeant [7]

Worker [7]

Lance Serjeant [6]

Major [6]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [5]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [5]

Stoker 1st Class [5]

Temporary Lieutenant [5]

Able Seaman [4]

Acting Captain [4]

Acting Lance Corporal [4]

Company Serjeant Major [4]

Ordinary Seaman [4]

Shoeing Smith [4]

Trooper [4]

Acting Staff Serjeant [3]

Guardsman [3]

Private Acting Corporal [3]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [3]

Staff Serjeant Major [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Transport Serjeant [3]

Acting Corporal 2nd [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Private Lance Corporal [2]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Second Lieutenant/Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Unit

Labour Corps [359]

Royal Field Artillery [351]

Royal Engineers [283]

Army Service Corps [247]

Royal Garrison Artillery [173]

Manchester Regiment [155]

Royal Army Medical Corps [144]

Lancashire Fusiliers [134]

Liverpool Regiment [132]

East Lancashire Regiment [123]

Machine Gun Corps [116]

West Yorkshire Regiment [105]

Northumberland Fusiliers [99]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [92]

Cheshire Regiment [89]

West Riding Regiment [86]

Durham Light Infantry [82]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [78]

London Regiment [77]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [74]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [66]

South Lancashire Regiment [64]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [60]

York and Lancaster Regiment [56]

Rifle Brigade [55]

Border Regiment [54]

Royal Fusiliers [49]

Yorkshire Regiment [49]

Royal Defence Corps [48]

Leicestershire Regiment [47]

North Staffordshire Regiment [43]

South Staffordshire Regiment [42]

Middlesex Regiment [39]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [38]

Lincolnshire Regiment [36]

Royal Army Service Corps [36]

East Yorkshire Regiment [35]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [35]

Scottish Rifles [32]

Welsh Regiment [31]

Royal Naval Division [30]

Worcestershire Regiment [29]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [27]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [26]

Army Ordnance Corps [25]

Devonshire Regiment [25]

Royal Scots [25]

Army Veterinary Corps [24]

Canadian Infantry [24]

East Surrey Regiment [24]

Service

British Army [3934]

Royal Navy [328]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [305]

Australian Imperial Force [270]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [232]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [32]

Other Empire Force [5]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

R [5248]

B [1]

H [1]

Contribution

Military Service [5086]

Merchant Navy [128]

Conscientious Objector [14]

Country

United Kingdom [85]

Australia [2]

India [1]

Jamaica [1]

New Zealand [1]

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Place of birth

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [54] Sydney New South Wales [17] Liverpool, Lancashire [13] Portsmouth, Hampshire [12] Leeds, Yorkshire [11] Manchester, Lancashire [11] Accrington, Lancashire [10] Blackburn, Lancashire [8] Bradford, Yorkshire [8] Burnley, Lancashire [8] Liverpool England [8] Bury, Lancashire [6] London England [6] Birmingham, Warwickshire [5] Dublin [5] Melbourne Victoria [5] Adelaide South Australia [4] Bolton, Lancashire [4] Edenhope Victoria [4] Lismore New South Wales [4] London, Middlesex [4] Manchester, Lancashire, England [4] Oldham, Lancashire [4] Warrington, Lancashire [4] Bendigo Victoria [3] Birmingham England [3] Bishop Auckland, Durham [3] Blackburn England [3] Broken Hill New South Wales [3] Derby, Derbyshire [3] Footscray Victoria [3] London, Middlesex, England [3] Newcastle, Northumberland [3] Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [3] Plymouth, Devon [3] Sheffield, Yorkshire [3] Acton, London [2] Adelong New South Wales [2] Albury New South Wales [2] Ararat Victoria [2] Barking, Essex [2] Bedgerebong New South Wales [2] Bermondsey, London [2] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [2] Bowral New South Wales [2] Brisbane Queensland [2] Burntisland, Fifeshire [2] Burslem, Staffordshire [2] Caulfield Victoria [2] Colne, Lancashire [2]

Rank

Private [2703] Gunner [288] Driver [229] Corporal [175] Serjeant [157] Sapper [130] Lance Corporal [82] Lieutenant [63] Second Lieutenant [63] Pioneer [48] Acting Corporal [47] Captain [43] Bombardier [35] Acting Serjeant [33] Warrant Officer Class 2 [17] Rifleman [15] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [9] Corporal 2nd [9] Colour Serjeant [8] Acting Bombardier [7] Lance Bombardier [7] Staff Serjeant [7] Worker [7] Lance Serjeant [6] Major [6] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [5] Corporal Acting Serjeant [5] Stoker 1st Class [5] Temporary Lieutenant [5] Able Seaman [4] Acting Captain [4] Acting Lance Corporal [4] Company Serjeant Major [4] Ordinary Seaman [4] Shoeing Smith [4] Trooper [4] Acting Staff Serjeant [3] Guardsman [3] Private Acting Corporal [3] Private Acting Lance Corporal [3] Staff Serjeant Major [3] Temporary Captain [3] Transport Serjeant [3] Acting Corporal 2nd [2] Deck Hand [2] Lieutenant Acting Captain [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Private Lance Corporal [2] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Second Lieutenant/Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Unit

Labour Corps [359] Royal Field Artillery [351] Royal Engineers [283] Army Service Corps [247] Royal Garrison Artillery [173] Manchester Regiment [155] Royal Army Medical Corps [144] Lancashire Fusiliers [134] Liverpool Regiment [132] East Lancashire Regiment [123] Machine Gun Corps [116] West Yorkshire Regiment [105] Northumberland Fusiliers [99] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [92] Cheshire Regiment [89] West Riding Regiment [86] Durham Light Infantry [82] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [78] London Regiment [77] Royal Lancaster Regiment [74] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [66] South Lancashire Regiment [64] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [60] York and Lancaster Regiment [56] Rifle Brigade [55] Border Regiment [54] Royal Fusiliers [49] Yorkshire Regiment [49] Royal Defence Corps [48] Leicestershire Regiment [47] North Staffordshire Regiment [43] South Staffordshire Regiment [42] Middlesex Regiment [39] Yorkshire Light Infantry [38] Lincolnshire Regiment [36] Royal Army Service Corps [36] East Yorkshire Regiment [35] King's Royal Rifle Corps [35] Scottish Rifles [32] Welsh Regiment [31] Royal Naval Division [30] Worcestershire Regiment [29] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [27] Royal Scots Fusiliers [26] Army Ordnance Corps [25] Devonshire Regiment [25] Royal Scots [25] Army Veterinary Corps [24] Canadian Infantry [24] East Surrey Regiment [24]

Service

British Army [3934] Royal Navy [328] Canadian Expeditionary Force [305] Australian Imperial Force [270] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [232] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [32] Other Empire Force [5] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

R [5248] B [1] H [1]

Contribution

Military Service [5086] Merchant Navy [128] Conscientious Objector [14]

Country

United Kingdom [85] Australia [2] India [1] Jamaica [1] New Zealand [1]

William Riley

British Army 117239 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Walter Riley

British Army 28652 Private East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 478284 Private Labour Corps

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William H Riley

British Army 19839 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

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Walter Riley

British Army 40031 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 88462 Private Manchester Regiment

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William A Riley

British Army 41404 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

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D Riley

British Army 4242 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 405915 Bombardier Royal Flying Corps

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Henry Riley

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Percy Riley

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 42199

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Fred Riley

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 55375

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Thomas Riley

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 59830

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George Riley

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 19/1723A

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John William Riley

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 24224

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John Thomas Riley

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 28205

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Carl Riley

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 29298

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Michael Riley

Canadian Expeditionary Force 737150

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John Francis Riley

Canadian Expeditionary Force 434

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George C Riley

Born 1880

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Harold James Riley

Born 1887

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Harold William Riley

Born 1877

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John Riley

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2519

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