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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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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]

Frederick Riley

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 4447 Private London Regiment

British Army 4447 Rifleman London Regiment (The Rangers) 12th (County of London) Battalion

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John Riley

Born 1871

Died 1920

British Army 29010 Private Cheshire Regiment

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Herbert Lewis Riley

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 29441 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 29441 Private Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

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John Riley

Born 1878

Died 1919

British Army 14424 Corporal Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 14424 Serjeant Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 14424 Serjeant The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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Thomas James Riley

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 98562

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Simeon Riley

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army 6421 Private British West Indies Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 6421 Private West India Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Lewis Albert Riley

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 186620

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Richard Riley

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 35508

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Frank Proctor Riley

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 297505

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Henry Albert Riley

Born 1890

Died 1968

Royal Navy M4676 Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class Blake - Broke

Royal Navy M4676 Engine Room Artificer 3rd class Hecla - Broke

Royal Navy M4676 Engine Room Artificer 4th Class Blake - BROKE

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Alan Incell Riley

Born 1897

Died 1960

British Army 6122 Private London Regiment 28 (County of London) Battalion (Artist's Rifles)

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Captain

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant

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John Riley

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 84118

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Edwin Riley

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 33213

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John Bradshaw Riley

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 105932

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Thomas Riley

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 146490

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Roy Louis Riley

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 150013

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Arthur Riley

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 123802

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Peter Riley

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 81073

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George Henry Riley

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 107855

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Arthur Riley

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 275984

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