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Blackburn, Lancashire [9]

Preston, Lancashire [7]

Manchester, Lancashire [5]

Fleetwood, Lancashire [4]

Burnley, Lancashire [3]

Lancashire [3]

Accrington, Lancashire [2]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [2]

Blackpool, Lancashire [2]

Bolton, Lancashire [2]

Brierfield, Lancashire [2]

Chorley, Lancashire [2]

Little Lever, Bolton, Lancashire [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

Melbourne Victoria [2]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Bethanga Victoria [1]

Blackpool England [1]

Blakenhall, Wolverhampton [1]

Blyth, Northumberland [1]

Bolton England [1]

Broken Hill New South Wales [1]

Bundle Chorley, Lancashire [1]

Burnley, Lancashire, England [1]

Bury, Lancashire [1]

Carlton Victoria [1]

Chester England [1]

Clayton le Moors, Lancashire [1]

Darwen, Lancashire [1]

Droylsden, Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire [1]

Farington, Preston, Lancashire [1]

Footscray Victoria [1]

Harwich, Lancashire [1]

Helensburgh New South Wales [1]

Heywood, Lancashire [1]

Lancaster [1]

Lancaster England [1]

Lancaster, Lancashire [1]

Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Limehouse, London [1]

Liverpool Lancashire [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1]

Manchester [1]

Manchester England [1]

Manchester, Lancashire, England [1]

Nelson, Lancashire [1]

New Market, Cambridgeshire [1]

Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland, England [1]

Oldham England [1]

Preston [1]

Rank

Private [570]

Gunner [69]

Driver [57]

Serjeant [34]

Corporal [30]

Sapper [26]

Lance Corporal [14]

Acting Corporal [9]

Pioneer [9]

Second Lieutenant [9]

Acting Serjeant [7]

Lieutenant [7]

Bombardier [6]

Captain [5]

Acting Bombardier [4]

Guardsman [3]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Private Acting Corporal [3]

Trooper [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Battery Serjeant Major [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Trumpeter [2]

Worker [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Acting Sub Lieutenant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Bearer [1]

Captain and Adjutant [1]

Colonel [1]

Corporal /Acting Serjeant/Artillery Clerk [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Corporal/Gunner Lance Bombardier [1]

Farrier Serjeant [1]

Fitter/Gunner [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Midshipman [1]

Serjeant Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Signaller [1]

Sub Lieutenant [1]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [98]

Labour Corps [76]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [75]

East Lancashire Regiment [59]

Manchester Regiment [56]

Royal Engineers [51]

Army Service Corps [45]

Lancashire Fusiliers [42]

Liverpool Regiment [39]

Royal Army Medical Corps [39]

Royal Garrison Artillery [38]

Cheshire Regiment [29]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [24]

Machine Gun Corps [17]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [17]

Durham Light Infantry [12]

London Regiment [12]

Rifle Brigade [12]

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [12]

Border Regiment [11]

Royal Army Service Corps [11]

Army Ordnance Corps [10]

South Lancashire Regiment [10]

Scottish Rifles [8]

Coldstream Guards [6]

Grenadier Guards [6]

Royal Defence Corps [6]

Royal Fusiliers [6]

Welsh Regiment [6]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [5]

North Staffordshire Regiment [5]

Royal Highlanders [5]

Training Reserve Battalion [5]

Army Cyclist Corps [4]

Army Veterinary Corps [4]

East Surrey Regiment [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

Leicestershire Regiment [4]

North Lancashire Regiment [4]

Northumberland Fusiliers [4]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4]

Royal Engineers Inland Waterways and Docks [4]

Royal Naval Division [4]

Wiltshire Regiment [4]

York and Lancaster Regiment [4]

Bedfordshire Regiment [3]

Dorsetshire Regiment [3]

Dragoon Guards [3]

East Kent Regiment [3]

Hampshire Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [833]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [64]

Royal Navy [53]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [35]

Australian Imperial Force [15]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [1012]

Contribution

Military Service [993]

Merchant Navy [11]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [17]

Canada [1]

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Place of birth

Blackburn, Lancashire [9] Preston, Lancashire [7] Manchester, Lancashire [5] Fleetwood, Lancashire [4] Burnley, Lancashire [3] Lancashire [3] Accrington, Lancashire [2] Birkenhead, Cheshire [2] Blackpool, Lancashire [2] Bolton, Lancashire [2] Brierfield, Lancashire [2] Chorley, Lancashire [2] Little Lever, Bolton, Lancashire [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] Adelaide South Australia [1] Bethanga Victoria [1] Blackpool England [1] Blakenhall, Wolverhampton [1] Blyth, Northumberland [1] Bolton England [1] Broken Hill New South Wales [1] Bundle Chorley, Lancashire [1] Burnley, Lancashire, England [1] Bury, Lancashire [1] Carlton Victoria [1] Chester England [1] Clayton le Moors, Lancashire [1] Darwen, Lancashire [1] Droylsden, Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire [1] Farington, Preston, Lancashire [1] Footscray Victoria [1] Harwich, Lancashire [1] Helensburgh New South Wales [1] Heywood, Lancashire [1] Lancaster [1] Lancaster England [1] Lancaster, Lancashire [1] Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Limehouse, London [1] Liverpool Lancashire [1] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1] Manchester [1] Manchester England [1] Manchester, Lancashire, England [1] Nelson, Lancashire [1] New Market, Cambridgeshire [1] Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland, England [1] Oldham England [1] Preston [1]

Rank

Private [570] Gunner [69] Driver [57] Serjeant [34] Corporal [30] Sapper [26] Lance Corporal [14] Acting Corporal [9] Pioneer [9] Second Lieutenant [9] Acting Serjeant [7] Lieutenant [7] Bombardier [6] Captain [5] Acting Bombardier [4] Guardsman [3] Lance Serjeant [3] Private Acting Corporal [3] Trooper [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Battery Serjeant Major [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Deck Hand [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Trumpeter [2] Worker [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Acting Sub Lieutenant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Bearer [1] Captain and Adjutant [1] Colonel [1] Corporal /Acting Serjeant/Artillery Clerk [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Corporal/Gunner Lance Bombardier [1] Farrier Serjeant [1] Fitter/Gunner [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Midshipman [1] Serjeant Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Signaller [1] Sub Lieutenant [1] Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [98] Labour Corps [76] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [75] East Lancashire Regiment [59] Manchester Regiment [56] Royal Engineers [51] Army Service Corps [45] Lancashire Fusiliers [42] Liverpool Regiment [39] Royal Army Medical Corps [39] Royal Garrison Artillery [38] Cheshire Regiment [29] Royal Lancaster Regiment [24] Machine Gun Corps [17] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [17] Durham Light Infantry [12] London Regiment [12] Rifle Brigade [12] The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [12] Border Regiment [11] Royal Army Service Corps [11] Army Ordnance Corps [10] South Lancashire Regiment [10] Scottish Rifles [8] Coldstream Guards [6] Grenadier Guards [6] Royal Defence Corps [6] Royal Fusiliers [6] Welsh Regiment [6] King's Own Scottish Borderers [5] North Staffordshire Regiment [5] Royal Highlanders [5] Training Reserve Battalion [5] Army Cyclist Corps [4] Army Veterinary Corps [4] East Surrey Regiment [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] Leicestershire Regiment [4] North Lancashire Regiment [4] Northumberland Fusiliers [4] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4] Royal Engineers Inland Waterways and Docks [4] Royal Naval Division [4] Wiltshire Regiment [4] York and Lancaster Regiment [4] Bedfordshire Regiment [3] Dorsetshire Regiment [3] Dragoon Guards [3] East Kent Regiment [3] Hampshire Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [833] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [64] Royal Navy [53] Canadian Expeditionary Force [35] Australian Imperial Force [15] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [1012]

Contribution

Military Service [993] Merchant Navy [11] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [17] Canada [1]

Richard Sharples

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 101721 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army

British Army 101721 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Thomas Sharples

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 104831 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 104831 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Sydney Sharples

Born 1882

Died 1948

British Army Second Lieutenant West Lancashire Brigade RFA (TF)

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps 2nd West Lancashire Field Ambulance

British Army Trooper Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry (TF)

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Eric Alfred Sharples

Born 1896

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 434409 Lieutenant Canadian Infantry 50th Battalion (Calgary)

Canadian Expeditionary Force Lieutenant Canadian Infantry 31st Battalion (Alberta)

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Peter Sharples

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 16608 Private Worcestershire Regiment

British Army 16608 Corporal Worcestershire Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Henry Sharples

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army 12703 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Richard Sharples

Born 1896

Died 1969

Royal Navy DA 6345 Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy DA 6345 Portsmouth Naval Base (HMS Victory)

Royal Navy DA 6345 Deck Hand HM Trawler Triton paid via Osiris II, depot ship

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Stuart Mcgregor Sharples

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 62110 Serjeant Manchester Regiment 2nd/5th Battalion

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James Sharples

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army G/6083 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 3rd

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William Edmund Sharples

Born 1871

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Territorial Force Reserve

British Army Lieutenant Colonel East Lancashire Regiment 1/5th Battalion

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George Sharples

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 191212

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Hesketh Sharples

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 288548

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James Sharples

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 118637

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Norman Sharples

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army Captain and Adjutant Manchester Regiment 16th Battalion

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Thomas Sharples

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 293823

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Richard Counsell Sharples

Born 1897

British Army 715819 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 1615 Royal Field Artillery 4th East Lancashire Brigade

British Army 149322 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Alfred Reginald Sharples

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 120496

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Richard Sharples

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 281689

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William Sharples

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 261480

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Richard Bottomley Sharples

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 98007

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