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Whiston, Prescot, Lancashire [1]

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Private [241]

Driver [27]

Gunner [21]

Sapper [20]

Corporal [19]

Serjeant [14]

Lance Corporal [12]

Captain [6]

Second Lieutenant [5]

Acting Corporal [4]

Bombardier [3]

Major [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Pioneer [2]

Sister [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

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Assistant Matron [1]

Bandsman [1]

Canteen Worker [1]

Captain and Adjutant [1]

Honorary Lieutenant [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Munitions Worker [1]

Private /Acting Corporal [1]

Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Rifleman [1]

Serjeant Major [1]

Strapper [1]

Temporary Lieutenant/Captain [1]

Trooper [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [32]

Royal Engineers [30]

Royal Field Artillery [24]

Army Service Corps [23]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [23]

South Lancashire Regiment [20]

Lancashire Fusiliers [19]

Liverpool Regiment [19]

Cheshire Regiment [16]

Manchester Regiment [15]

Royal Army Medical Corps [15]

Royal Garrison Artillery [14]

Machine Gun Corps [13]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [11]

East Lancashire Regiment [9]

London Regiment [9]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [9]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [8]

Royal Fusiliers [8]

Canadian Infantry [5]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [5]

Royal Defence Corps [5]

Border Regiment [4]

Durham Light Infantry [4]

Norfolk Regiment [4]

Northumberland Fusiliers [4]

Royal Air Force [4]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4]

Tank Corps [4]

West Riding Regiment [4]

West Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [3]

East Yorkshire Regiment [3]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [3]

South Wales Borderers [3]

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3]

Dragoon Guards [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Royal Artillery [2]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [2]

Royal Engineers Transport [2]

Royal Irish Regiment [2]

Royal Scots [2]

Royal Sussex Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [363]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [19]

Royal Navy [17]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [14]

Australian Imperial Force [9]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [5]

Other Empire Force [1]

South African Services [1]

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R [442]

Contribution

Military Service [430]

Merchant Navy [10]

Country

United Kingdom [7]

India [1]

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Place of birth

London, Middlesex, England [3] Bolton, Lancashire [2] Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [2] Chorley, Lancashire [2] Heaton Norris, Lancashire [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] Oldham, Lancashire [2] Stockport, Cheshire [2] Ballarat Victoria [1] Belfast [1] Bethnal Green, Middlesex [1] Birkenhead England [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1] Blackpool, Lancashire, England [1] Bolton England [1] Bootle, Lancashire [1] Bootles, Lancashire [1] Bradford, Yorkshire [1] Chesterfield, Derbyshire [1] Deptford, London [1] Devenish Victoria [1] Fitzroy Victoria [1] Hammersmith, London [1] Hammersmith, London, Middlesex [1] Hindley, Lancashire [1] Huddersfield, Yorkshire [1] Lancashire [1] Liverpool [1] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1] Macclesfield, Cheshire, England [1] Manchester England [1] Manchester, Lancashire [1] Melbourne Victoria [1] Norwich, Norfolk [1] Perth Western Australia [1] Prescot, Lancashire [1] Sevenoaks, Kent, England [1] St Clements, Salford, Lancashire [1] Sydney, Cheshire, England [1] Whiston, Prescot, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [241] Driver [27] Gunner [21] Sapper [20] Corporal [19] Serjeant [14] Lance Corporal [12] Captain [6] Second Lieutenant [5] Acting Corporal [4] Bombardier [3] Major [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [2] Lieutenant [2] Pioneer [2] Sister [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Assistant Matron [1] Bandsman [1] Canteen Worker [1] Captain and Adjutant [1] Honorary Lieutenant [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Munitions Worker [1] Private /Acting Corporal [1] Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Rifleman [1] Serjeant Major [1] Strapper [1] Temporary Lieutenant/Captain [1] Trooper [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [32] Royal Engineers [30] Royal Field Artillery [24] Army Service Corps [23] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [23] South Lancashire Regiment [20] Lancashire Fusiliers [19] Liverpool Regiment [19] Cheshire Regiment [16] Manchester Regiment [15] Royal Army Medical Corps [15] Royal Garrison Artillery [14] Machine Gun Corps [13] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [11] East Lancashire Regiment [9] London Regiment [9] Royal Lancaster Regiment [9] King's Royal Rifle Corps [8] Royal Fusiliers [8] Canadian Infantry [5] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [5] Royal Defence Corps [5] Border Regiment [4] Durham Light Infantry [4] Norfolk Regiment [4] Northumberland Fusiliers [4] Royal Air Force [4] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4] Tank Corps [4] West Riding Regiment [4] West Yorkshire Regiment [4] Army Ordnance Corps [3] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [3] East Yorkshire Regiment [3] King's Own Scottish Borderers [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [3] South Wales Borderers [3] The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3] Dragoon Guards [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] Essex Regiment [2] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] Royal Artillery [2] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [2] Royal Engineers Transport [2] Royal Irish Regiment [2] Royal Scots [2] Royal Sussex Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [363] Canadian Expeditionary Force [19] Royal Navy [17] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [14] Australian Imperial Force [9] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [5] Other Empire Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

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Contribution

Military Service [430] Merchant Navy [10]

Country

United Kingdom [7] India [1]

Albert Roscoe

Born 1892

Died 1965

British Army 16903 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 10th (Service) Battalion

British Army 16903 Lance Corporal Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 10th (Service) Battalion

British Army 16903 Lance Corporal Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 10th (Service) Battalion

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John Joseph Roscoe

Born 1869

British Army 1938 Private West Yorkshire Regiment 1/6th Battalion

British Army 1938 Private West Yorkshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army 1938 Lance Corporal West Yorkshire Regiment 1/6th Battalion

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William Roscoe

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 3041 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army S/41232 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army 41232 Lance Corporal Middlesex Regiment 2nd Battalion

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James Francis Roscoe

Born 1899

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 152721

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant Royal Air Force

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant Royal Air Force No. 13 Group

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Frederick Roscoe

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 33831

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Thomas Richard Roscoe

Born 1891

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 434

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Charles Roscoe

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 94169

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Charles Roscoe

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 3815 Private Army Cyclist Corps

British Army 3815 Lance Corporal Army Cyclist Corps

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George Cooke Roscoe

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 240495 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1/6th Battalion-Territorial

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William Charlesworth Roscoe

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 105940

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Thomas Alfred Roscoe

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 108482

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Robert Roscoe

Died 1917

British Army 24580 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 5124 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 377085 Private Manchester Regiment

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Richard Roscoe

Died 1914

British Army 11577 Private Scots Guards

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George Roscoe

Died 1918

British Army 36867 Private East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 6026 Private East Lancashire Regiment

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James Roscoe

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 12736 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 12736 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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Walter Roscoe

Died 1917

British Army 35213 Private Highland Light Infantry

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Peter Roscoe

Born 1883

Died 1914

British Army 4713 Private Scots Guards

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James J Roscoe

Died 1918

British Army 12810 Private East Lancashire Regiment

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Thomas Roscoe

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 123294 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 123294 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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John Roscoe

Died 1918

British Army W/5329 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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