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Rochdale, Lancashire [16]

Manchester, Lancashire [11]

Oldham, Lancashire [9]

Huddersfield, Yorkshire [8]

Halifax, Yorkshire [7]

Leeds, Yorkshire [7]

Bradford, Yorkshire [4]

Manchester England [4]

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [4]

Bury, Lancashire [3]

Liverpool, Lancashire [3]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3]

Macclesfield, Cheshire [3]

Manchester, Lancashire, England [3]

Maryborough Queensland [3]

Oldham England [3]

Reading, Berkshire [3]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [3]

Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [2]

Basingstoke England [2]

Bathurst New South Wales [2]

Bethnal Green, London [2]

Bolton, Lancashire [2]

Brighouse, Yorkshire [2]

Brisbane Queensland [2]

Burnley, Lancashire [2]

Colne, Lancashire [2]

Denton, Lancashire [2]

Dunstable, Bedfordshire [2]

Glebe New South Wales [2]

Grimsby, Lincolnshire [2]

Heywood, Lancashire [2]

Inverell New South Wales [2]

Lancashire [2]

Leigh, Lancashire [2]

Littleborough, Lancashire [2]

London England [2]

Netherthong, West Yorkshire [2]

Nundle New South Wales [2]

Ramsbottom, Lancashire [2]

Riverstone New South Wales [2]

St Kilda Victoria [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

Accrington, Lancashire [1]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Alderley Edge, Cheshire [1]

Ardwick, Lancashire, England [1]

Austonley, West Yorkshire [1]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

Batley, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [1729]

Gunner [183]

Corporal [122]

Driver [119]

Serjeant [70]

Sapper [65]

Lance Corporal [53]

Lieutenant [34]

Second Lieutenant [32]

Acting Corporal [26]

Pioneer [18]

Acting Serjeant [16]

Bombardier [16]

Captain [13]

Lance Serjeant [8]

Colour Serjeant [7]

Staff Serjeant [7]

Guardsman [6]

Able Seaman [5]

Acting Bombardier [5]

Corporal 2nd [4]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Rifleman [4]

Shoeing Smith [4]

Trooper [4]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [3]

Major [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [2]

Chaplain [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Drummer [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Lieutenant and Quarter Master [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Private 1st Class [2]

Reverend [2]

Serjeant Acting Company Serjeant Major [2]

Transport Serjeant [2]

/ Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

1st Armourer's Crew [1]

ALIAS Private [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Captainemph altrender=Captain [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [218]

Royal Field Artillery [195]

Manchester Regiment [166]

Lancashire Fusiliers [151]

Royal Engineers [147]

Army Service Corps [140]

West Riding Regiment [121]

Royal Garrison Artillery [117]

Royal Army Medical Corps [100]

West Yorkshire Regiment [98]

Liverpool Regiment [91]

Machine Gun Corps [88]

Cheshire Regiment [64]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [57]

York and Lancaster Regiment [54]

Northumberland Fusiliers [52]

East Lancashire Regiment [47]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [46]

Royal Fusiliers [45]

Durham Light Infantry [38]

Rifle Brigade [36]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [34]

London Regiment [32]

South Lancashire Regiment [31]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [30]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [29]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [28]

Welsh Regiment [26]

Middlesex Regiment [25]

East Yorkshire Regiment [24]

Lincolnshire Regiment [23]

Royal Defence Corps [22]

Army Ordnance Corps [21]

Yorkshire Regiment [21]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [19]

Army Veterinary Corps [17]

Border Regiment [16]

Leicestershire Regiment [16]

Royal Army Service Corps [15]

Royal Naval Division [15]

The Queen's Regiment [15]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [15]

Royal Air Force [14]

South Wales Borderers [14]

Canadian Infantry [13]

South Staffordshire Regiment [13]

Essex Regiment [12]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [12]

Highland Light Infantry [11]

Coldstream Guards [10]

Service

British Army [2421]

Royal Navy [173]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [134]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [117]

Australian Imperial Force [73]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [19]

Indian Army [2]

Other Empire Force [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

S [2971]

R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2928]

Merchant Navy [30]

Conscientious Objector [6]

Country

United Kingdom [38]

India [1]

United States [1]

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Place of birth

Rochdale, Lancashire [16] Manchester, Lancashire [11] Oldham, Lancashire [9] Huddersfield, Yorkshire [8] Halifax, Yorkshire [7] Leeds, Yorkshire [7] Bradford, Yorkshire [4] Manchester England [4] Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [4] Bury, Lancashire [3] Liverpool, Lancashire [3] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3] Macclesfield, Cheshire [3] Manchester, Lancashire, England [3] Maryborough Queensland [3] Oldham England [3] Reading, Berkshire [3] Sheffield, Yorkshire [3] Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [2] Basingstoke England [2] Bathurst New South Wales [2] Bethnal Green, London [2] Bolton, Lancashire [2] Brighouse, Yorkshire [2] Brisbane Queensland [2] Burnley, Lancashire [2] Colne, Lancashire [2] Denton, Lancashire [2] Dunstable, Bedfordshire [2] Glebe New South Wales [2] Grimsby, Lincolnshire [2] Heywood, Lancashire [2] Inverell New South Wales [2] Lancashire [2] Leigh, Lancashire [2] Littleborough, Lancashire [2] London England [2] Netherthong, West Yorkshire [2] Nundle New South Wales [2] Ramsbottom, Lancashire [2] Riverstone New South Wales [2] St Kilda Victoria [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Accrington, Lancashire [1] Adelaide South Australia [1] Alderley Edge, Cheshire [1] Ardwick, Lancashire, England [1] Austonley, West Yorkshire [1] Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Batley, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [1729] Gunner [183] Corporal [122] Driver [119] Serjeant [70] Sapper [65] Lance Corporal [53] Lieutenant [34] Second Lieutenant [32] Acting Corporal [26] Pioneer [18] Acting Serjeant [16] Bombardier [16] Captain [13] Lance Serjeant [8] Colour Serjeant [7] Staff Serjeant [7] Guardsman [6] Able Seaman [5] Acting Bombardier [5] Corporal 2nd [4] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Rifleman [4] Shoeing Smith [4] Trooper [4] Acting Company Serjeant Major [3] Major [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Air Mechanic 1st Class [2] Chaplain [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Corporal Acting Serjeant [2] Deck Hand [2] Drummer [2] Lieutenant Commander [2] Lieutenant and Quarter Master [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Private 1st Class [2] Reverend [2] Serjeant Acting Company Serjeant Major [2] Transport Serjeant [2] / Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1] 1st Armourer's Crew [1] ALIAS Private [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Captainemph altrender=Captain [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [218] Royal Field Artillery [195] Manchester Regiment [166] Lancashire Fusiliers [151] Royal Engineers [147] Army Service Corps [140] West Riding Regiment [121] Royal Garrison Artillery [117] Royal Army Medical Corps [100] West Yorkshire Regiment [98] Liverpool Regiment [91] Machine Gun Corps [88] Cheshire Regiment [64] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [57] York and Lancaster Regiment [54] Northumberland Fusiliers [52] East Lancashire Regiment [47] Royal Lancaster Regiment [46] Royal Fusiliers [45] Durham Light Infantry [38] Rifle Brigade [36] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [34] London Regiment [32] South Lancashire Regiment [31] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [30] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [29] Yorkshire Light Infantry [28] Welsh Regiment [26] Middlesex Regiment [25] East Yorkshire Regiment [24] Lincolnshire Regiment [23] Royal Defence Corps [22] Army Ordnance Corps [21] Yorkshire Regiment [21] King's Royal Rifle Corps [19] Army Veterinary Corps [17] Border Regiment [16] Leicestershire Regiment [16] Royal Army Service Corps [15] Royal Naval Division [15] The Queen's Regiment [15] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [15] Royal Air Force [14] South Wales Borderers [14] Canadian Infantry [13] South Staffordshire Regiment [13] Essex Regiment [12] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [12] Highland Light Infantry [11] Coldstream Guards [10]

Service

British Army [2421] Royal Navy [173] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [134] Canadian Expeditionary Force [117] Australian Imperial Force [73] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [19] Indian Army [2] Other Empire Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

S [2971] R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2928] Merchant Navy [30] Conscientious Objector [6]

Country

United Kingdom [38] India [1] United States [1]

Jack Schofield

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 246 Corporal Australian Infantry 58th Bn.

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John Edward Schofield

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 131492

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Harry Schofield

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 133818

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William Henry Schofield

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 123078

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Mark Schofield

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 97773

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Arthur Schofield

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 39959 Private Manchester Regiment

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Harold Schofield

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 36474 Private East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 36474 Lance Corporal East Lancashire Regiment

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Norman Schofield

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 410107

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John William Arthur Schofield

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 42552

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Frank Schofield

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 106234

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Frank Schofield

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 801

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George Schofield

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 408048

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Lawrence Schofield

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 105684

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Arthur Schofield

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 63731

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Ernest Schofield

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 296262

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Fred Schofield

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 300904

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Arthur Schofield

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 33486

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Edward Schofield

Born 1870

Died 1914

Royal Navy 14477 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

Royal Navy 184 Bandmaster Royal Marines Band - HMS BULWARK

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John J Schofield

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 143288

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Thomas Schofield

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 94594

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