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Preston, Lancashire [4]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3]

Halifax, Yorkshire [2]

Accrington [1]

Accrington, Lancashire [1]

Altham, Accrington, Lancashire [1]

Altrincham, Cheshire, England [1]

Ashton on Ribble, Preston, Lancs [1]

Bangalore, Madras [1]

Blackhill, Consett, Durham [1]

Bowling Green, Wyke, Bradford, West Yorkshire [1]

Bradford, Yorkshire [1]

Braithwell, Rotherham, Yorkshire [1]

Cheetham, Lancashire [1]

Down [1]

Heckmondwike West Yorkshire [1]

Higher Tranmere, Cheshire, England [1]

Hull [1]

Lanchester, County Durham [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

Longridge, Preston [1]

Longsight [1]

Manor Park, London [1]

Seghill, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [1]

Sheffield [1]

Shevington, Wigan, Lancashire [1]

Shotley Bridge, County Durham [1]

Stockport, Cheshire [1]

Weston Super Mare, Somerset, England [1]

Wigan, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [214]

Gunner [24]

Driver [22]

Serjeant [21]

Corporal [18]

Second Lieutenant [12]

Sapper [11]

Lance Corporal [10]

Lieutenant [7]

Captain [6]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Pioneer [3]

Acting Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [2]

Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Rifleman [2]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Clerk [1]

Commander [1]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Honorary Second Lieutenant [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Private Acting Serjeant [1]

Probationary Flight Officer [1]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Regimental Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Second Corporal [1]

Serjeant Major [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Signaller [1]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Mechanic Serjeant Major Temporary Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Transport Corporal [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [36]

Army Service Corps [27]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [27]

Labour Corps [26]

Royal Engineers [20]

Royal Garrison Artillery [20]

East Lancashire Regiment [15]

Lancashire Fusiliers [14]

Liverpool Regiment [14]

Royal Army Medical Corps [10]

West Riding Regiment [10]

West Yorkshire Regiment [10]

Northumberland Fusiliers [9]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [8]

Border Regiment [7]

Durham Light Infantry [7]

Lincolnshire Regiment [7]

York and Lancaster Regiment [7]

East Yorkshire Regiment [5]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [5]

Machine Gun Corps [5]

Manchester Regiment [5]

Army Ordnance Corps [4]

Canadian Infantry [4]

Cheshire Regiment [4]

Leicestershire Regiment [4]

London Regiment [4]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4]

Royal Army Service Corps [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4]

Derby Yeomanry [3]

East Surrey Regiment [3]

Hussars [3]

North Lancashire Regiment [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [3]

Tank Corps [3]

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3]

Welsh Regiment [3]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [3]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Corps of Hussars [2]

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [2]

Lancers [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Military Foot Police [2]

North Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Northamptonshire Regiment [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Service

British Army [337]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [30]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [25]

Royal Navy [14]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [11]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

S [424]

D [1]

M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [416]

Merchant Navy [7]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [14]

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People [426] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Preston, Lancashire [4] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3] Halifax, Yorkshire [2] Accrington [1] Accrington, Lancashire [1] Altham, Accrington, Lancashire [1] Altrincham, Cheshire, England [1] Ashton on Ribble, Preston, Lancs [1] Bangalore, Madras [1] Blackhill, Consett, Durham [1] Bowling Green, Wyke, Bradford, West Yorkshire [1] Bradford, Yorkshire [1] Braithwell, Rotherham, Yorkshire [1] Cheetham, Lancashire [1] Down [1] Heckmondwike West Yorkshire [1] Higher Tranmere, Cheshire, England [1] Hull [1] Lanchester, County Durham [1] Liverpool, Lancashire [1] Longridge, Preston [1] Longsight [1] Manor Park, London [1] Seghill, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [1] Sheffield [1] Shevington, Wigan, Lancashire [1] Shotley Bridge, County Durham [1] Stockport, Cheshire [1] Weston Super Mare, Somerset, England [1] Wigan, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [214] Gunner [24] Driver [22] Serjeant [21] Corporal [18] Second Lieutenant [12] Sapper [11] Lance Corporal [10] Lieutenant [7] Captain [6] Acting Serjeant [4] Pioneer [3] Acting Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [2] Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Rifleman [2] Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Corporal [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Clerk [1] Commander [1] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Honorary Second Lieutenant [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Private Acting Serjeant [1] Probationary Flight Officer [1] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Regimental Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Second Corporal [1] Serjeant Major [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Signaller [1] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Temporary Mechanic Serjeant Major Temporary Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Transport Corporal [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [36] Army Service Corps [27] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [27] Labour Corps [26] Royal Engineers [20] Royal Garrison Artillery [20] East Lancashire Regiment [15] Lancashire Fusiliers [14] Liverpool Regiment [14] Royal Army Medical Corps [10] West Riding Regiment [10] West Yorkshire Regiment [10] Northumberland Fusiliers [9] Royal Lancaster Regiment [8] Border Regiment [7] Durham Light Infantry [7] Lincolnshire Regiment [7] York and Lancaster Regiment [7] East Yorkshire Regiment [5] King's Royal Rifle Corps [5] Machine Gun Corps [5] Manchester Regiment [5] Army Ordnance Corps [4] Canadian Infantry [4] Cheshire Regiment [4] Leicestershire Regiment [4] London Regiment [4] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4] Royal Army Service Corps [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4] Derby Yeomanry [3] East Surrey Regiment [3] Hussars [3] North Lancashire Regiment [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [3] Tank Corps [3] The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3] Welsh Regiment [3] Yorkshire Light Infantry [3] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Corps of Hussars [2] Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [2] Lancers [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Military Foot Police [2] North Staffordshire Regiment [2] Northamptonshire Regiment [2] Royal Air Force [2]

Service

British Army [337] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [30] Canadian Expeditionary Force [25] Royal Navy [14] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [11] Australian Imperial Force [1] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

S [424] D [1] M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [416] Merchant Navy [7] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [14]

James Marshall Seed

Born 1895

Died 1966

British Army 5752 Private Durham Light Infantry 5th reserve

British Army Private Northern Division Cyclist Battalion 2/1st

British Army 6131 Private West Yorkshire Regiment 1/8th

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Harper Seed

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment 17th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Welbeck Rangers)

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Walter Seed

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army P/1309 Lance Corporal Military Foot Police

British Army 37768 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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William Ernest Seed

Born 1887

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Lieutenant

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant

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Angus Cameron Seed

Born 1893

Died 1953

British Army 7/25 Private Middlesex Regiment

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Arthur Seed

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 16153 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Leonard Tetley Seed

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 242830 Private West Riding Regiment 2/4th Battalion

British Army 242830 Private Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

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James Seed

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 31163

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Albert Ernest Seed

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 42833

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John Harold Seed

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 156827

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John Edgar Seed

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 29664

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James Parrott Seed

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Hampshire Regiment

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Randolph Henry Seed

Born 1892

Died 1917

Royal Navy Probationary Flight Officer Air Service

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William Cyril Seed

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 64663 Signaller Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 64663 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Thomas George Seed

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 200579 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 2313 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 200579 Lance Corporal Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 1/4th Battalion (Territorial Force)

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Robert Seed

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 33485

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William Henry Martyn Seed

Born 1895

Died 1918

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 79994 New Zealand Rifle Brigade (Reserve)

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 79994 Rifleman New Zealand Rifle Brigade 3rd Battalion

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William Seed

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 350703 Pioneer Royal Engineers A Signal Depot (Bedford)

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George Edward Seed

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army York and Lancaster Regiment

Royal Navy KW/592 Able Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Drake Battalion - Royal Naval Division

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Robert Edgar Seed

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 76983

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