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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [9]

Manchester, Lancashire [6]

Preston, Lancashire [5]

Blackburn, Lancashire [4]

Bolton, Lancashire [2]

Bradford, Yorkshire [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

Macclesfield, Cheshire [2]

Maidstone, Kent [2]

Moree New South Wales [2]

Spalding, Lincolnshire [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

Towcester [2]

Accrington, Lancashire [1]

Ashburton [1]

Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire, England [1]

Ashton-under-Lyme, Lancashire [1]

Aston Warwickshire [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Bamber Bridge, Lancashire, England [1]

Bangor, Carnarvonshire [1]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

Barrow, Lancashire [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Beswick, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Birmingham England [1]

Blackburn England [1]

Blackbury, Lancashire [1]

Blackpool, Lancashire [1]

Bombay [1]

Brighton, Sussex [1]

Brinscall, Lancashire [1]

Bundaberg Queensland [1]

Burnley, Lancashire [1]

Bury, Lancashire [1]

Chorley England [1]

Chorley, Lancs [1]

Church [1]

Clayton le Dale [1]

Croydon, Surrey [1]

Darwen, Lancashire [1]

Derby [1]

Dewsbury England [1]

Dewsbury, Yorkshire [1]

Dulwich, London [1]

Eltham New South Wales [1]

Erringden, Mytholmroyd [1]

Failsworth, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Farndon, Chester [1]

Farnworth Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [669]

Gunner [76]

Corporal [53]

Driver [50]

Serjeant [49]

Sapper [40]

Lance Corporal [30]

Second Lieutenant [23]

Captain [18]

Lieutenant [14]

Acting Corporal [11]

Bombardier [11]

Acting Serjeant [8]

Pioneer [8]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [5]

Acting Bombardier [4]

Lance Serjeant [4]

Major [4]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [3]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Guardsman [2]

Mechanist Staff Serjeant [2]

Private /Lance Corporal [2]

Staff Serjeant /Acting Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Trooper [2]

Voluntary Aid Detachment [2]

1st Class Stoker [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting AM I [1]

Acting Artificer Engineer [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Acting Serjeant Major [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Artificer Engineer [1]

Chief Electrical Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Commander RNR [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant /Acting Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Drummer [1]

Fitter [1]

Flight Officer [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [106]

Labour Corps [95]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [79]

East Lancashire Regiment [67]

Royal Engineers [57]

Army Service Corps [55]

Lancashire Fusiliers [55]

Liverpool Regiment [55]

Manchester Regiment [45]

Royal Army Medical Corps [42]

Machine Gun Corps [35]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [35]

Cheshire Regiment [34]

Royal Garrison Artillery [32]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [20]

Royal Defence Corps [18]

London Regiment [16]

South Lancashire Regiment [16]

West Riding Regiment [16]

Royal Army Service Corps [14]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [13]

Lincolnshire Regiment [13]

Welsh Regiment [12]

Royal Fusiliers [11]

West Yorkshire Regiment [11]

Essex Regiment [10]

Border Regiment [9]

South Staffordshire Regiment [9]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [8]

Middlesex Regiment [8]

Northumberland Fusiliers [8]

Rifle Brigade [8]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [8]

Army Ordnance Corps [7]

Coldstream Guards [7]

Military Foot Police [7]

Royal Air Force [7]

South Wales Borderers [7]

Yorkshire Regiment [7]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [6]

Royal Engineers Transport [6]

Royal West Kent Regiment [6]

Scottish Rifles [6]

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [6]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [5]

Army Veterinary Corps [5]

Devonshire Regiment [5]

East Yorkshire Regiment [5]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [5]

Training Reserve Battalion [5]

Service

British Army [1039]

Royal Navy [65]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [61]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [59]

Australian Imperial Force [25]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [16]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

W [1289]

Contribution

Military Service [1261]

Merchant Navy [21]

Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [26]

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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [9] Manchester, Lancashire [6] Preston, Lancashire [5] Blackburn, Lancashire [4] Bolton, Lancashire [2] Bradford, Yorkshire [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] Macclesfield, Cheshire [2] Maidstone, Kent [2] Moree New South Wales [2] Spalding, Lincolnshire [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Towcester [2] Accrington, Lancashire [1] Ashburton [1] Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire, England [1] Ashton-under-Lyme, Lancashire [1] Aston Warwickshire [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Bamber Bridge, Lancashire, England [1] Bangor, Carnarvonshire [1] Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Barrow, Lancashire [1] Battersea, London [1] Beswick, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Birmingham England [1] Blackburn England [1] Blackbury, Lancashire [1] Blackpool, Lancashire [1] Bombay [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Brinscall, Lancashire [1] Bundaberg Queensland [1] Burnley, Lancashire [1] Bury, Lancashire [1] Chorley England [1] Chorley, Lancs [1] Church [1] Clayton le Dale [1] Croydon, Surrey [1] Darwen, Lancashire [1] Derby [1] Dewsbury England [1] Dewsbury, Yorkshire [1] Dulwich, London [1] Eltham New South Wales [1] Erringden, Mytholmroyd [1] Failsworth, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Farndon, Chester [1] Farnworth Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [669] Gunner [76] Corporal [53] Driver [50] Serjeant [49] Sapper [40] Lance Corporal [30] Second Lieutenant [23] Captain [18] Lieutenant [14] Acting Corporal [11] Bombardier [11] Acting Serjeant [8] Pioneer [8] Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [5] Acting Bombardier [4] Lance Serjeant [4] Major [4] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Corporal Acting Serjeant [3] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Guardsman [2] Mechanist Staff Serjeant [2] Private /Lance Corporal [2] Staff Serjeant /Acting Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Trooper [2] Voluntary Aid Detachment [2] 1st Class Stoker [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting AM I [1] Acting Artificer Engineer [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Lance Serjeant [1] Acting Serjeant Major [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Artificer Engineer [1] Chief Electrical Artificer 2nd Class [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Commander RNR [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant /Acting Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Drummer [1] Fitter [1] Flight Officer [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Leading Seaman [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [106] Labour Corps [95] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [79] East Lancashire Regiment [67] Royal Engineers [57] Army Service Corps [55] Lancashire Fusiliers [55] Liverpool Regiment [55] Manchester Regiment [45] Royal Army Medical Corps [42] Machine Gun Corps [35] Royal Lancaster Regiment [35] Cheshire Regiment [34] Royal Garrison Artillery [32] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [20] Royal Defence Corps [18] London Regiment [16] South Lancashire Regiment [16] West Riding Regiment [16] Royal Army Service Corps [14] King's Royal Rifle Corps [13] Lincolnshire Regiment [13] Welsh Regiment [12] Royal Fusiliers [11] West Yorkshire Regiment [11] Essex Regiment [10] Border Regiment [9] South Staffordshire Regiment [9] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [8] Middlesex Regiment [8] Northumberland Fusiliers [8] Rifle Brigade [8] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [8] Army Ordnance Corps [7] Coldstream Guards [7] Military Foot Police [7] Royal Air Force [7] South Wales Borderers [7] Yorkshire Regiment [7] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [6] Royal Engineers Transport [6] Royal West Kent Regiment [6] Scottish Rifles [6] The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [6] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [5] Army Veterinary Corps [5] Devonshire Regiment [5] East Yorkshire Regiment [5] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [5] Training Reserve Battalion [5]

Service

British Army [1039] Royal Navy [65] Canadian Expeditionary Force [61] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [59] Australian Imperial Force [25] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [16] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

W [1289]

Contribution

Military Service [1261] Merchant Navy [21] Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [26]

William Walmsley

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 240011 Serjeant West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 229 Serjeant West Yorkshire Regiment 1/6th Battalion

British Army 240011 Company Serjeant Major West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) 1/6th Battalion

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Walter William Walmsley

Born 1886

British Army M/302809 Private Army Service Corps

British Army 302809 Lance Corporal Army Service Corps

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Alfred George Walmsley

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 13803 Serjeant Wiltshire Regiment

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Robert Walmsley

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 29485 Corporal East Lancashire Regiment "Z" Coy. 11th Bn.

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Percy Walmsley

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army Leicestershire Regiment

British Army Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army P/1112 Acting Corporal Military Police Corps Traffic Control Company

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Robert Thomas Walmsley

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 11115 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 796396 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Hugh Walmsley

Born 1869

Died 1918

British Army 200734 Lance Corporal Manchester Regiment 2nd./5th. Battalion

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Robert Vincent Walmsley

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 792 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 792 private 1st. East Lanc. s 5th. Battery

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Thomas Walmsley

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 49872 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery Y/14th Trench Mortar Battery

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Wilfred Walmsley

Born 1892

Died 1966

Royal Navy J3765 Leading Seaman HMS INFLEXIBLE

Royal Navy onj 3765 Commander RNR hms president admiralty

Royal Navy onj 3765 commander RNR OBE( kings new years honors list) hms president

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Harold Spencer Walmsley

Born 1886

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 236278 Royal Air Force

Royal Navy F36278 Acting AM I RNAS HMS "President II"

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 236278 Air Mechanic 2nd Class Royal Air Force

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Joseph A Walmsley

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 39070

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Matthew White Walmsley

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 304115

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Thomas Walmsley

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 309686

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John Walmsley

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 98230

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William Henry Walmsley

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 271059

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George Herbert Everett Walmsley

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 53809

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John Walmsley

Born 1898

Died 1919

British Army 2749 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 43779 Private Manchester Regiment

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Robert Walmsley

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army L/17982 Corporal Royal Field Artillery Shoeing Smith

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Jonathan Walmsley

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 195862

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