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Colne, Lancashire [5]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [4]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [3]

Derby, Derbyshire [3]

Bacup, Lancashire [2]

Bendigo Victoria [2]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [2]

Birmingham [2]

Blackburn England [2]

Blackburn, Lancashire [2]

Burnley, Lancashire [2]

Burton on Trent, Staffordshire [2]

Bury England [2]

Gladstone Tasmania [2]

Leek, Staffordshire [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

Manchester, Lancashire [2]

Mathinna Tasmania [2]

Prahran Victoria [2]

Reading, Berkshire [2]

Salford, Lancashire [2]

Stoke, Staffordshire [2]

Walsall, Staffordshire [2]

Warrington, Lancashire [2]

Westchester, Nova Scotia [2]

Worcester, Worcestershire [2]

Abbots Bromley [1]

Accrington England [1]

Accrington, Lancashire [1]

All Saints, Warwickshire [1]

Ashford, Kent [1]

Badford, Yorkshire [1]

Barrow, Lancashire [1]

Barrowford England [1]

Bathurst New South Wales [1]

Beachport South Australia [1]

Bedford [1]

Bingley, Bradford, Yorkshire [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Birmingham England [1]

Blackheath, Staffordshire [1]

Bolton, Lancashire [1]

Boston, Lincolnshire, England [1]

Bradford, Yorkshire [1]

Bramley, Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Brampton, Cumberland [1]

Brierfield, Lancashire [1]

Brighouse, Yorkshire [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Brixham, Devon, England [1]

Rank

Private [699]

Gunner [86]

Driver [66]

Corporal [52]

Serjeant [42]

Sapper [31]

Lance Corporal [23]

Lieutenant [16]

Second Lieutenant [14]

Pioneer [10]

Acting Corporal [8]

Captain [7]

Lance Serjeant [7]

Acting Serjeant [6]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Bombardier [4]

Rifleman [4]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Commander [2]

Guardsman [2]

Private Acting Corporal [2]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Shoeing and Carriage Smith [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Bombardier Acting Corporal [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Drummer [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Farrier Serjeant [1]

Flight Cadet [1]

Honorary Captain [1]

Interpreter [1]

Lieutenant Captain [1]

Major [1]

Mechanist Staff Serjeant [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Pioneer Corporal [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [97]

Labour Corps [80]

Army Service Corps [63]

Royal Engineers [62]

North Staffordshire Regiment [53]

Royal Garrison Artillery [48]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [43]

Manchester Regiment [42]

East Lancashire Regiment [41]

Royal Army Medical Corps [41]

Liverpool Regiment [40]

Lancashire Fusiliers [36]

Machine Gun Corps [33]

Cheshire Regiment [30]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [24]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [22]

South Lancashire Regiment [20]

Royal Fusiliers [19]

London Regiment [18]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [18]

Lincolnshire Regiment [17]

South Staffordshire Regiment [17]

Royal Army Service Corps [16]

West Yorkshire Regiment [14]

Northumberland Fusiliers [13]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [13]

West Riding Regiment [12]

Coldstream Guards [11]

East Yorkshire Regiment [11]

Leicestershire Regiment [9]

Royal Defence Corps [9]

Worcestershire Regiment [9]

Army Ordnance Corps [8]

Durham Light Infantry [8]

Middlesex Regiment [8]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [7]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [7]

Yorkshire Regiment [7]

Army Cyclist Corps [6]

Army Veterinary Corps [6]

Hampshire Regiment [6]

Royal Flying Corps [6]

Royal Horse Artillery [6]

Royal Naval Division [6]

The Queen's Regiment [6]

Border Regiment [5]

Canadian Infantry [5]

East Surrey Regiment [5]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [5]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [5]

Service

British Army [1024]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [74]

Royal Navy [68]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [60]

Australian Imperial Force [35]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [8]

Last name first letter

R [1282]

A [1]

C [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1261]

Merchant Navy [12]

Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [19]

Canada [1]

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Place of birth

Colne, Lancashire [5] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [4] Birmingham, Warwickshire [3] Derby, Derbyshire [3] Bacup, Lancashire [2] Bendigo Victoria [2] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [2] Birmingham [2] Blackburn England [2] Blackburn, Lancashire [2] Burnley, Lancashire [2] Burton on Trent, Staffordshire [2] Bury England [2] Gladstone Tasmania [2] Leek, Staffordshire [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] Manchester, Lancashire [2] Mathinna Tasmania [2] Prahran Victoria [2] Reading, Berkshire [2] Salford, Lancashire [2] Stoke, Staffordshire [2] Walsall, Staffordshire [2] Warrington, Lancashire [2] Westchester, Nova Scotia [2] Worcester, Worcestershire [2] Abbots Bromley [1] Accrington England [1] Accrington, Lancashire [1] All Saints, Warwickshire [1] Ashford, Kent [1] Badford, Yorkshire [1] Barrow, Lancashire [1] Barrowford England [1] Bathurst New South Wales [1] Beachport South Australia [1] Bedford [1] Bingley, Bradford, Yorkshire [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Birmingham England [1] Blackheath, Staffordshire [1] Bolton, Lancashire [1] Boston, Lincolnshire, England [1] Bradford, Yorkshire [1] Bramley, Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Brampton, Cumberland [1] Brierfield, Lancashire [1] Brighouse, Yorkshire [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Brixham, Devon, England [1]

Rank

Private [699] Gunner [86] Driver [66] Corporal [52] Serjeant [42] Sapper [31] Lance Corporal [23] Lieutenant [16] Second Lieutenant [14] Pioneer [10] Acting Corporal [8] Captain [7] Lance Serjeant [7] Acting Serjeant [6] Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Bombardier [4] Rifleman [4] Company Serjeant Major [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Commander [2] Guardsman [2] Private Acting Corporal [2] Private Acting Lance Corporal [2] Shoeing and Carriage Smith [2] Staff Serjeant [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Bombardier Acting Corporal [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Brigadier General [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Drummer [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Farrier Serjeant [1] Flight Cadet [1] Honorary Captain [1] Interpreter [1] Lieutenant Captain [1] Major [1] Mechanist Staff Serjeant [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Pioneer Corporal [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [97] Labour Corps [80] Army Service Corps [63] Royal Engineers [62] North Staffordshire Regiment [53] Royal Garrison Artillery [48] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [43] Manchester Regiment [42] East Lancashire Regiment [41] Royal Army Medical Corps [41] Liverpool Regiment [40] Lancashire Fusiliers [36] Machine Gun Corps [33] Cheshire Regiment [30] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [24] Royal Lancaster Regiment [22] South Lancashire Regiment [20] Royal Fusiliers [19] London Regiment [18] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [18] Lincolnshire Regiment [17] South Staffordshire Regiment [17] Royal Army Service Corps [16] West Yorkshire Regiment [14] Northumberland Fusiliers [13] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [13] West Riding Regiment [12] Coldstream Guards [11] East Yorkshire Regiment [11] Leicestershire Regiment [9] Royal Defence Corps [9] Worcestershire Regiment [9] Army Ordnance Corps [8] Durham Light Infantry [8] Middlesex Regiment [8] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [7] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [7] Yorkshire Regiment [7] Army Cyclist Corps [6] Army Veterinary Corps [6] Hampshire Regiment [6] Royal Flying Corps [6] Royal Horse Artillery [6] Royal Naval Division [6] The Queen's Regiment [6] Border Regiment [5] Canadian Infantry [5] East Surrey Regiment [5] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [5] King's Royal Rifle Corps [5]

Service

British Army [1024] Canadian Expeditionary Force [74] Royal Navy [68] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [60] Australian Imperial Force [35] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [8]

Last name first letter

R [1282] A [1] C [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1261] Merchant Navy [12] Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [19] Canada [1]

Frederic Hornby Lever Rushton

Born 1888

Died 1914

British Army Lieutenant Royal Irish Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Walter Levi Rushton

Born 1895

Died 1981

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3189595

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3189595 Private Nova Scotia Highlanders 17th Reserve Battalion

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Wallace Rushton

Born 1896

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) PI 46459 Flight Cadet Royal Air Force 1 S of A-TDS-Wireless Tel. School

Air Force (RAF/RFC) PI 46459 Second Lieutenant/Observer Officer Royal Air Force BEF-Pilots Pool Range-57 Squadron (France)

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Frederick Rushton

Born 1877

Died 1916

British Army 1026 Sapper Royal Engineers 1st/2nd (North Midland) Field Company

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Jack Rushton

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army 18621 Private Cheshire Regiment

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Walter Rushton

Born 1876

Died 1917

British Army 5/243683 Private Cheshire Regiment 4th Battalion

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Harry Rushton

Died 1919

British Army 13233 Private East Lancashire Regiment 9th Battalion

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Edward Birley Leven Rushton

Died 1916

British Army Captain Northumberland Regiment

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Special Reserve

British Army Second Lieutenant The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 3rd Bn.

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Wallace Rushton

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 42396 Rifleman West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

British Army 42396 Private West Yorkshire Regiment 2/8 Battalion

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Simeon Rushton

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 126692

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Francis William Rushton

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 41276

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Peter Rushton

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 226563

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Herbert Rushton

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 10467 Private Worcestershire Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Walter Isaac Rushton

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 90925

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William E Rushton

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 268894

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John Thomas Rushton

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 133128

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George Rushton

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 241761 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 241761 Private Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

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John Thomas Rushton

Died 1917

British Army 242292 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 1st Battalion.

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John Howard Rushton

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 10456 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2nd Battalion.

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Milton Rushton

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 45675 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 45675 Pioneer Royal Engineers

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