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Manchester, Lancashire [7]

Leeds, Yorkshire [5]

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [5]

Plymouth, Devon [5]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [4]

Collingwood Victoria [4]

Derby, Derbyshire [4]

Lambeth [4]

Lancashire [4]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [4]

London England [4]

London, Middlesex, England [4]

Nottingham [4]

Shepparton Victoria [4]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [3]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [3]

Blackburn, Lancashire [3]

Bundaberg Queensland [3]

Camberwell [3]

Derby [3]

Durham [3]

Liverpool, Lancashire [3]

Southport, Lancashire [3]

Abergavenny, Monmouthshire [2]

Birkenhead England [2]

Bradford, Yorkshire [2]

Cannock, Staffordshire [2]

Castleford, Yorkshire [2]

Chesterfield, Derbyshire [2]

Derbyshire [2]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2]

Goole, Yorkshire, England [2]

Gorton, Manchester, Lancashire [2]

Hanley, Staffordshire [2]

Hull, Yorkshire [2]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [2]

Kendal, Westmoreland [2]

Lithgow New South Wales [2]

Perth Western Australia [2]

Preston England [2]

Preston, Lancashire [2]

Pudsey, Yorkshire [2]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [2]

Stepney, London [2]

Tottenham, London [2]

Warrington, Lancashire [2]

Accrington England [1]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Alfreton, Derbyshire [1]

Rank

Private [1479]

Gunner [199]

Driver [132]

Corporal [126]

Serjeant [114]

Sapper [99]

Lance Corporal [59]

Second Lieutenant [42]

Lieutenant [40]

Acting Corporal [28]

Captain [27]

Bombardier [20]

Pioneer [15]

Guardsman [14]

Acting Serjeant [12]

Lance Serjeant [11]

Major [10]

Worker [8]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [7]

Colour Serjeant [6]

Private Lance Corporal [5]

Shoeing Smith [5]

Sister [5]

Stoker 1st Class [5]

Acting Bombardier [4]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Corporal 2nd [4]

Private/Lance Corporal [4]

Rifleman [4]

Trooper [4]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3]

Deck Hand [3]

Drummer [3]

Lance Bombardier [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Temporary Lieutenant [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Corporal 2nd [2]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Acting Staff Serjeant [2]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2]

Battery Serjeant Major [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Nursing Sister [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Quarter Master and Honorary Major [2]

Quarter Master and Lieutenant [2]

Saddler [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [246]

Labour Corps [169]

Royal Engineers [166]

Army Service Corps [162]

Royal Garrison Artillery [117]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [105]

Royal Army Medical Corps [88]

Cheshire Regiment [77]

Lancashire Fusiliers [64]

Liverpool Regiment [63]

East Lancashire Regiment [62]

Manchester Regiment [62]

Machine Gun Corps [61]

Lincolnshire Regiment [54]

West Yorkshire Regiment [48]

East Yorkshire Regiment [45]

Northumberland Fusiliers [44]

West Riding Regiment [42]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [41]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [39]

London Regiment [37]

York and Lancaster Regiment [37]

Royal Fusiliers [35]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [33]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [32]

North Staffordshire Regiment [30]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [29]

Durham Light Infantry [28]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [27]

South Staffordshire Regiment [27]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [27]

Grenadier Guards [25]

Rifle Brigade [25]

Border Regiment [24]

South Lancashire Regiment [24]

Royal Naval Division [21]

Leicestershire Regiment [20]

Essex Regiment [19]

Royal Army Service Corps [19]

Welsh Regiment [18]

Army Ordnance Corps [17]

Worcestershire Regiment [16]

Yorkshire Regiment [16]

Royal Flying Corps [15]

Middlesex Regiment [14]

Devonshire Regiment [13]

Highland Light Infantry [13]

Royal Scots [13]

East Kent Regiment [12]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [12]

Service

British Army [2358]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [185]

Royal Navy [178]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [118]

Australian Imperial Force [69]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [20]

Indian Army [7]

Other Empire Force [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

T [2979]

P [2]

C [1]

F [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2931]

Merchant Navy [35]

Conscientious Objector [8]

Country

United Kingdom [53]

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Manchester, Lancashire [7] Leeds, Yorkshire [5] Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [5] Plymouth, Devon [5] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [4] Collingwood Victoria [4] Derby, Derbyshire [4] Lambeth [4] Lancashire [4] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [4] London England [4] London, Middlesex, England [4] Nottingham [4] Shepparton Victoria [4] Birkenhead, Cheshire [3] Birmingham, Warwickshire [3] Blackburn, Lancashire [3] Bundaberg Queensland [3] Camberwell [3] Derby [3] Durham [3] Liverpool, Lancashire [3] Southport, Lancashire [3] Abergavenny, Monmouthshire [2] Birkenhead England [2] Bradford, Yorkshire [2] Cannock, Staffordshire [2] Castleford, Yorkshire [2] Chesterfield, Derbyshire [2] Derbyshire [2] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [2] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2] Goole, Yorkshire, England [2] Gorton, Manchester, Lancashire [2] Hanley, Staffordshire [2] Hull, Yorkshire [2] Hull, Yorkshire, England [2] Kendal, Westmoreland [2] Lithgow New South Wales [2] Perth Western Australia [2] Preston England [2] Preston, Lancashire [2] Pudsey, Yorkshire [2] Sheffield, Yorkshire [2] Stepney, London [2] Tottenham, London [2] Warrington, Lancashire [2] Accrington England [1] Adelaide South Australia [1] Alfreton, Derbyshire [1]

Rank

Private [1479] Gunner [199] Driver [132] Corporal [126] Serjeant [114] Sapper [99] Lance Corporal [59] Second Lieutenant [42] Lieutenant [40] Acting Corporal [28] Captain [27] Bombardier [20] Pioneer [15] Guardsman [14] Acting Serjeant [12] Lance Serjeant [11] Major [10] Worker [8] Warrant Officer Class 2 [7] Colour Serjeant [6] Private Lance Corporal [5] Shoeing Smith [5] Sister [5] Stoker 1st Class [5] Acting Bombardier [4] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Corporal 2nd [4] Private/Lance Corporal [4] Rifleman [4] Trooper [4] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3] Deck Hand [3] Drummer [3] Lance Bombardier [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Temporary Captain [3] Temporary Lieutenant [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Corporal 2nd [2] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Acting Staff Serjeant [2] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2] Battery Serjeant Major [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Nursing Sister [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Quarter Master and Honorary Major [2] Quarter Master and Lieutenant [2] Saddler [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [246] Labour Corps [169] Royal Engineers [166] Army Service Corps [162] Royal Garrison Artillery [117] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [105] Royal Army Medical Corps [88] Cheshire Regiment [77] Lancashire Fusiliers [64] Liverpool Regiment [63] East Lancashire Regiment [62] Manchester Regiment [62] Machine Gun Corps [61] Lincolnshire Regiment [54] West Yorkshire Regiment [48] East Yorkshire Regiment [45] Northumberland Fusiliers [44] West Riding Regiment [42] Royal Lancaster Regiment [41] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [39] London Regiment [37] York and Lancaster Regiment [37] Royal Fusiliers [35] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [33] King's Royal Rifle Corps [32] North Staffordshire Regiment [30] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [29] Durham Light Infantry [28] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [27] South Staffordshire Regiment [27] Yorkshire Light Infantry [27] Grenadier Guards [25] Rifle Brigade [25] Border Regiment [24] South Lancashire Regiment [24] Royal Naval Division [21] Leicestershire Regiment [20] Essex Regiment [19] Royal Army Service Corps [19] Welsh Regiment [18] Army Ordnance Corps [17] Worcestershire Regiment [16] Yorkshire Regiment [16] Royal Flying Corps [15] Middlesex Regiment [14] Devonshire Regiment [13] Highland Light Infantry [13] Royal Scots [13] East Kent Regiment [12] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [12]

Service

British Army [2358] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [185] Royal Navy [178] Canadian Expeditionary Force [118] Australian Imperial Force [69] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [20] Indian Army [7] Other Empire Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

T [2979] P [2] C [1] F [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2931] Merchant Navy [35] Conscientious Objector [8]

Country

United Kingdom [53]

Charles Ernest Tomlinson

Born 1884

Died 1961

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 80374 Private 1 Royal Air Force SARD

British Army 80374 Air Mechanic 3rd Class Royal Flying Corps Southern Aeroplane Repair Depot (SARD)

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James Ashworth Tomlinson

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 10728 Private Manchester Regiment 3rd City Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Lancashire Fusiliers 13th Battalion attached 1st Battalion

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Alfred Harry Tomlinson

Born 1876

Died 1928

British Army 9868 Sergeant Coldstream Guards 5th Battalion

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Frederick William Tomlinson

Born 1895

Died 1973

British Army 1694 Corporal Royal Field Artillery

British Army 1694 Royal Field Artillery 6th London Brigade, 17th Battery

British Army 955618 Corporal Royal Field Artillery A/301st Brigade

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Harold Tomlinson

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army R9762 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army B203417 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army 203417 Lance Corporal Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) 1st Battalion

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Alfred Tomlinson

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 9856 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army 9856 Corporal Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army 9856 Corporal Lincolnshire Regiment 6th Battalion

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Herbert Leslie Tomlinson

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 1594 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 835572 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Harry Reginald Tomlinson

Born 1897

Died 1964

British Army M2/138747 Private Army Service Corps

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Francis Tomlinson

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army 17564 Private Devonshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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William Alfred Tomlinson

Born 1884

Died 1970

British Army CMT/174 Private Army Service Corps

British Army CMT/174 Serjeant Army Service Corps

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Charles James Tomlinson

Born 1891

Died 1920

British Army 28154 Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army Lieutenant King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 3rd Battalion

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Fred Tomlinson

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 37420 Private East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 32307 Private Prince Of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment) 2nd Battalion

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Arthur Sidney Tomlinson

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army 4356 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1/6th Battalion-Territorial.

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Willie Tomlinson

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army R/8817 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army R/8817 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Albert Edward Victor Tomlinson

Born 1897

Died 1963

British Army 34141 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 24696 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 22759 Private Yorkshire Regiment

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Edmund Walter Tomlinson

Born 1889

Died 1972

British Army CMT/173 Private Army Service Corps

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Frederick Archer Inkerman Tomlinson

Born 1896

Died 1960

British Army 2279 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 955997 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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John Henry Tomlinson

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 301798

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Walter Tomlinson

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 138242

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Horace Tomlinson

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 124206

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