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Birmingham, Warwickshire [4]

Cambridge [4]

Liverpool, Lancashire [4]

West Derby, Lancashire [4]

Carnforth, Lancashire [3]

Clitheroe, Lancashire [3]

Dublin [3]

Salford, Lancashire [3]

Wigan, Lancashire [3]

Bethnal Green, London [2]

Chester [2]

Christleton, Cheshire [2]

Crewe, Cheshire [2]

Didsbury, Manchester, Lancashire [2]

Hanley, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire [2]

Ormskirk, Lancashire [2]

Over, Cheshire [2]

Pendleton, Lancashire [2]

South Stoneham, Hampshire [2]

Stafford [2]

Stepney, London [2]

Uttoxeter, Staffordshire [2]

Walsall, Staffordshire [2]

Wolstanton, Staffordshire [2]

Wybunbury, Cheshire [2]

Alderbury, Wiltshire [1]

Arnold, Nottingham [1]

Arnold, Nottinghamshire [1]

Aston,Warwickshire [1]

Ayr [1]

Basford, Nottingham [1]

Birch in Rusholme, Lancashire [1]

Brighton England [1]

Brighton, Victoria [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [1]

Carlton, Melbourne, Victoria [1]

Chester, Cheshire [1]

Chesterton, Staffordshire [1]

Chorlton, Lancashire [1]

Clapham, Surrey [1]

Cloon Cun, Galway [1]

Derby [1]

Dundee [1]

Eastbourne, Sussex [1]

Eaton, Tarporly, Cheshire [1]

Fareham, Hampshire [1]

Finsbury, London [1]

Fisherton Anger, Wiltshire [1]

Fitzroy S, Melbourne Victoria [1]

Rank

Private [112]

Serjeant [9]

Driver [8]

Gunner [7]

Sapper [6]

Corporal [4]

Lance Corporal [3]

Lieutenant [3]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Captain [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Corporal 2nd [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Pioneer [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Bugler [1]

Chief Stoker [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Corporal /Lance Serjeant [1]

Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lance-Corporal (Acting Corporal) [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Paymaster Sub Lieutenant [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sapper Lance Corporal [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Staff Serjeant Major [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [16]

Royal Engineers [15]

Liverpool Regiment [13]

Manchester Regiment [11]

Lancashire Fusiliers [10]

Royal Field Artillery [9]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [8]

Machine Gun Corps [7]

Royal Army Medical Corps [6]

Army Service Corps [5]

North Staffordshire Regiment [5]

Royal Garrison Artillery [5]

Wiltshire Regiment [5]

Cheshire Regiment [4]

Leinster Regiment [4]

Northumberland Fusiliers [4]

London Regiment [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

South Lancashire Regiment [3]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2]

Leicestershire Regiment [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Northamptonshire Regiment [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Defence Corps [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [2]

South Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Training Reserve [2]

5th Battalion Royal Lancaster Regiment Supply Company [1]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [1]

Canadian Divisional Cyclists [1]

Connaught Rangers [1]

Corps of Lancers [1]

Divisional Signal Company/Royal Engineers [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [1]

East Kent Regiment [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Egyptian Labour Corps [1]

Service

British Army [156]

Royal Navy [17]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [7]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [6]

Australian Imperial Force [3]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

S [193]

Contribution

Military Service [183]

Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [80]

Ireland [3]

Australia [2]

Canada [1]

United States [1]

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People [193] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Birmingham, Warwickshire [4] Cambridge [4] Liverpool, Lancashire [4] West Derby, Lancashire [4] Carnforth, Lancashire [3] Clitheroe, Lancashire [3] Dublin [3] Salford, Lancashire [3] Wigan, Lancashire [3] Bethnal Green, London [2] Chester [2] Christleton, Cheshire [2] Crewe, Cheshire [2] Didsbury, Manchester, Lancashire [2] Hanley, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire [2] Ormskirk, Lancashire [2] Over, Cheshire [2] Pendleton, Lancashire [2] South Stoneham, Hampshire [2] Stafford [2] Stepney, London [2] Uttoxeter, Staffordshire [2] Walsall, Staffordshire [2] Wolstanton, Staffordshire [2] Wybunbury, Cheshire [2] Alderbury, Wiltshire [1] Arnold, Nottingham [1] Arnold, Nottinghamshire [1] Aston,Warwickshire [1] Ayr [1] Basford, Nottingham [1] Birch in Rusholme, Lancashire [1] Brighton England [1] Brighton, Victoria [1] Camberwell, London [1] Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [1] Carlton, Melbourne, Victoria [1] Chester, Cheshire [1] Chesterton, Staffordshire [1] Chorlton, Lancashire [1] Clapham, Surrey [1] Cloon Cun, Galway [1] Derby [1] Dundee [1] Eastbourne, Sussex [1] Eaton, Tarporly, Cheshire [1] Fareham, Hampshire [1] Finsbury, London [1] Fisherton Anger, Wiltshire [1] Fitzroy S, Melbourne Victoria [1]

Rank

Private [112] Serjeant [9] Driver [8] Gunner [7] Sapper [6] Corporal [4] Lance Corporal [3] Lieutenant [3] Second Lieutenant [3] Captain [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Corporal 2nd [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Pioneer [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Bugler [1] Chief Stoker [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Corporal /Lance Serjeant [1] Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lance-Corporal (Acting Corporal) [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Paymaster Sub Lieutenant [1] Petty Officer [1] Rifleman [1] Sapper Lance Corporal [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Staff Serjeant Major [1] Temporary Captain [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [16] Royal Engineers [15] Liverpool Regiment [13] Manchester Regiment [11] Lancashire Fusiliers [10] Royal Field Artillery [9] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [8] Machine Gun Corps [7] Royal Army Medical Corps [6] Army Service Corps [5] North Staffordshire Regiment [5] Royal Garrison Artillery [5] Wiltshire Regiment [5] Cheshire Regiment [4] Leinster Regiment [4] Northumberland Fusiliers [4] London Regiment [3] Rifle Brigade [3] South Lancashire Regiment [3] Devonshire Regiment [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2] Leicestershire Regiment [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Northamptonshire Regiment [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Defence Corps [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Lancaster Regiment [2] South Staffordshire Regiment [2] Training Reserve [2] 5th Battalion Royal Lancaster Regiment Supply Company [1] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Australian Imperial Force [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Cambridgeshire Regiment [1] Canadian Divisional Cyclists [1] Connaught Rangers [1] Corps of Lancers [1] Divisional Signal Company/Royal Engineers [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [1] East Kent Regiment [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] Egyptian Labour Corps [1]

Service

British Army [156] Royal Navy [17] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [7] Canadian Expeditionary Force [6] Australian Imperial Force [3] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

S [193]

Contribution

Military Service [183] Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [80] Ireland [3] Australia [2] Canada [1] United States [1]

Kenneth Robert Marshall Stretch

Born 1892

Died 1982

Australian Imperial Force 20299

Australian Imperial Force 20299 Private Engineer Reinforcements 2nd MD

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Thomas Noel Heath Stretch

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 534 Serjeant Australian Imperial Force

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Service Corps

British Army 53629 Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps 35th Battalion

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Hubert Francis Keith Stretch

Born 1896

Died 1974

Australian Imperial Force Infantry 13th & 45th Infantry Battalion

Australian Imperial Force 3467 Infantry 13th & 45th Battalion

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Sidney Albert Stretch

Born 1892

Died 1951

British Army 1238 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 370109 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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William Edward Stretch

Born 1898

British Army 10607 Lance Serjeant Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Thomas Richard Stretch

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 10596 Private North Staffordshire Regiment

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Arthur Stretch

Born 1875

Died 1948

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 291824

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George Stretch

Born 1899

Died 1968

British Army 63286 Private Manchester Regiment

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Albert Stretch

Born 1880

Died 1925

Canadian Expeditionary Force 770228

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Horace Alfred Whatmore Stretch

Born 1883

Died 1951

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 264749

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Samuel Stretch

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 3/16255 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 3/16255 Serjeant West Riding Regiment

British Army 3/16255 Corporal Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) 2nd Battalion

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Frederick Stretch

Born 1882

Died 1925

British Army 126302 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Thomas Stretch

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army 29718 Private Liverpool Regiment 20th Btn.

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Arthur Stretch

Born 1895

Died 1964

British Army 12745 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army WR298382 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 346924 Sapper Royal Engineers

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William Kempton Stretch

Born 1897

Died 1954

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 160882

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James Stretch

Born 1878

Died 1918

British Army 71236 Serjeant Machine Gun Corps

British Army 10565 Lance-Corporal (Acting Corporal) Cheshire Regiment

British Army 10565 Private Cheshire Regiment

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Henry Charles Stretch

Born 1897

Died 1947

Royal Navy J35746 Ordinary Seaman HMS Castor

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Joseph Stretch

Born 1877

Died 1918

British Army 63687 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Arthur Stretch

Born 1881

Died 1940

British Army 70471 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 45923 Private Labour Corps

British Army 2271 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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William Stretch

Born 1889

Died 1960

British Army 125583 Sapper Royal Engineers

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