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Reedy Creek Victoria [2]

Toowoomba Queensland [2]

Addingham, Yorks [1]

Barnley England [1]

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Barrow In Furness England [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

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Nelson, Lancashire [1]

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St Helens, Isle of Wight [1]

St Peters England [1]

Tatham, Lancaster [1]

Ulverston, Lancashire [1]

Wellington England [1]

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Private [136]

Driver [15]

Sapper [12]

Gunner [11]

Corporal [8]

Serjeant [8]

Lance Corporal [7]

Captain [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Pioneer [2]

Second Lieutenant [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Major [1]

Mechanist Staff Serjeant [1]

Private /Acting Lance Corporal [1]

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Royal Engineers [23]

Labour Corps [18]

Royal Field Artillery [18]

Army Service Corps [16]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [15]

East Lancashire Regiment [11]

Liverpool Regiment [11]

Manchester Regiment [11]

Machine Gun Corps [9]

Cheshire Regiment [8]

West Riding Regiment [8]

Northumberland Fusiliers [5]

West Yorkshire Regiment [5]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

Scottish Rifles [4]

Highland Light Infantry [3]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Royal Garrison Artillery [3]

South Wales Borderers [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Border Regiment [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

London Regiment [2]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Monmouthshire Regiment [2]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Engineers Transport [2]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

Welsh Regiment [2]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1]

Army Pay Corps [1]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Australian Machine Gun Corps [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

British Red Cross Society [1]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [1]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [1]

Canadian Machine Gun Corps [1]

Cavalry Brigade [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Connaught Rangers [1]

Corps of Dragoons [1]

Service

British Army [201]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [21]

Royal Navy [14]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [12]

Australian Imperial Force [9]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

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Contribution

Military Service [258]

Merchant Navy [4]

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United Kingdom [3]

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People [262] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Reedy Creek Victoria [2] Toowoomba Queensland [2] Addingham, Yorks [1] Barnley England [1] Barnley, Lancashire [1] Barrow In Furness England [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire, England [1] Burnley, Lancashire [1] Cark in Cartmell, Furness, Lancashire/Cumbria. [1] Carlisle, Cumberland, England [1] Chester, Cheshire [1] Coventry, Warwickshire [1] Embsay, Yorkshire [1] Gargrave, Yorkshire [1] Garstang Lancashire [1] Ingham Queensland [1] Keighley, Yorkshire [1] Lanarkshire [1] Lancaster, Lancashire [1] Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Liverpool, Lancashire [1] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1] London, Middlesex [1] Nelson, Lancashire [1] Saint Luke Bolton, Lancashire [1] St Helens, Isle of Wight [1] St Peters England [1] Tatham, Lancaster [1] Ulverston, Lancashire [1] Wellington England [1] Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [136] Driver [15] Sapper [12] Gunner [11] Corporal [8] Serjeant [8] Lance Corporal [7] Captain [3] Able Seaman [2] Lieutenant [2] Pioneer [2] Second Lieutenant [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Lance Serjeant [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Major [1] Mechanist Staff Serjeant [1] Private /Acting Lance Corporal [1] Sister [1] r [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [23] Labour Corps [18] Royal Field Artillery [18] Army Service Corps [16] Royal Lancaster Regiment [15] East Lancashire Regiment [11] Liverpool Regiment [11] Manchester Regiment [11] Machine Gun Corps [9] Cheshire Regiment [8] West Riding Regiment [8] Northumberland Fusiliers [5] West Yorkshire Regiment [5] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] Scottish Rifles [4] Highland Light Infantry [3] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Royal Garrison Artillery [3] South Wales Borderers [3] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Army Veterinary Corps [2] Border Regiment [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] East Yorkshire Regiment [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Lancashire Fusiliers [2] London Regiment [2] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Monmouthshire Regiment [2] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Engineers Transport [2] Royal Munster Fusiliers [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2] Welsh Regiment [2] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1] Army Pay Corps [1] Australian Imperial Force [1] Australian Machine Gun Corps [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] British Red Cross Society [1] Cambridgeshire Regiment [1] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [1] Canadian Machine Gun Corps [1] Cavalry Brigade [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Connaught Rangers [1] Corps of Dragoons [1]

Service

British Army [201] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [21] Royal Navy [14] Canadian Expeditionary Force [12] Australian Imperial Force [9] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

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T [262]

Contribution

Military Service [258] Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [3]

Henry Townson

Born 1883

Died 1916

British Army 21385 Private Manchester Regiment 22nd Battalion.

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Frank Townson

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 2045 Private Australian Machine Gun Corps

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Walter Townson

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 59756

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Alfred Ernest Townson

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 115627

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Ernest Robert Townson

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 52581

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John Alfred Townson

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 43603

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James Townson

Died 1916

British Army 5/5982 Private West Riding Regiment 5th Battalion

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Samuel George Townson

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 40796

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William Henry Townson

Died 1918

British Army 44627 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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William Hanson Townson

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 407154

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George Townson

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 403653

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George James Townson

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 244209

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William Henry Townson

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 260666

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Cork Townson

Died 1918

British Army 267280 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 28214 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry

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Alfred Townson

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 91443 Gunner Machine Gun Corps

British Army 38226 Gunner Royal Berkshire Regiment

British Army 38226 Lance Corporal Royal Berkshire Regiment

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Edward Townson

Born 1899

Died 1919

British Army 38619 Private South Wales Borderers 10 Bn

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Arthur Townson

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 40925 Private Worcestershire Regiment

British Army 40925 Lance Corporal Worcestershire Regiment

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Richard Townson

Died 1917

British Army 270392 Private Royal Scots

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Francis Richard Townson

Died 1918

British Army 21661 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 21661 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Richard Townson

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 38618 Private South Wales Borderers

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