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Birmingham, Warwickshire [11]

Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [8]

Gateshead, Durham [7]

Newcastle, Northumberland [7]

Manchester, Lancashire [6]

Melbourne Victoria [6]

Preston, Lancashire [6]

Leeds, Yorkshire [5]

Sunderland, Durham [5]

Bingara New South Wales [4]

Burnley, Lancashire [4]

Durham [4]

Liverpool, Lancashire [4]

London, Middlesex, England [4]

Macclesfield, Cheshire [4]

Parkside South Australia [4]

Salford, Lancashire [4]

Warwickshire [4]

Ballarat Victoria [3]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [3]

Battersea, London [3]

Bishop Auckland, Durham [3]

Brighton, Sussex [3]

Brisbane Queensland [3]

Durham, Durham [3]

Goole, Yorkshire [3]

Grantham, Lincolnshire [3]

Halifax, Yorkshire [3]

Islington, London [3]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3]

Middlewich, Cheshire [3]

Oldham, Lancashire [3]

Oxford, Oxfordshire [3]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [3]

South Shields, Durham [3]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [3]

Barnard Castle, Durham [2]

Berry New South Wales [2]

Birmingham [2]

Blackburn, Lancashire [2]

Boggabri New South Wales [2]

Bristol, Somerset [2]

Burnley England [2]

Crowle, Lincolnshire [2]

Darlington, Durham [2]

Denton, Yorkshire [2]

Derby, Derbyshire [2]

Drouin Victoria [2]

Granya Victoria [2]

Hamilton New South Wales [2]

Rank

Private [2424]

Gunner [257]

Driver [200]

Corporal [169]

Serjeant [167]

Sapper [125]

Lance Corporal [96]

Second Lieutenant [67]

Lieutenant [62]

Acting Corporal [44]

Acting Serjeant [40]

Pioneer [37]

Captain [28]

Bombardier [26]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [16]

Company Serjeant Major [14]

Lance Serjeant [12]

Rifleman [10]

Acting Bombardier [9]

Colour Serjeant [8]

Guardsman [8]

Worker [8]

Lieutenant Colonel [7]

Major [7]

Temporary Lieutenant [7]

Able Seaman [6]

Staff Serjeant [6]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [5]

Nurse [5]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [5]

Brigadier General [4]

Staff Nurse [4]

Trooper [4]

Voluntary Aid Detachment [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Colonel [3]

Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [3]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [3]

Farrier Serjeant [3]

Lance Bombardier [3]

Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Private Acting Corporal [3]

Serjeant Major [3]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [3]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Armament Staff Serjeant [2]

Unit

Labour Corps [283]

Royal Field Artillery [279]

Royal Engineers [263]

Army Service Corps [207]

Durham Light Infantry [169]

Royal Garrison Artillery [169]

Royal Army Medical Corps [166]

Northumberland Fusiliers [154]

Machine Gun Corps [131]

West Yorkshire Regiment [113]

Manchester Regiment [90]

Royal Fusiliers [86]

Cheshire Regiment [85]

Lancashire Fusiliers [80]

London Regiment [78]

East Lancashire Regiment [73]

West Riding Regiment [71]

Liverpool Regiment [66]

Yorkshire Regiment [64]

York and Lancaster Regiment [63]

East Yorkshire Regiment [55]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [52]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [51]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [49]

Lincolnshire Regiment [48]

Border Regiment [44]

North Staffordshire Regiment [42]

Middlesex Regiment [39]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [38]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [38]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [38]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [36]

Leicestershire Regiment [35]

Royal Naval Division [35]

Rifle Brigade [34]

South Staffordshire Regiment [34]

Royal Army Service Corps [31]

South Lancashire Regiment [30]

Tank Corps [30]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [30]

Royal Defence Corps [28]

Worcestershire Regiment [28]

Welsh Regiment [27]

Army Ordnance Corps [26]

East Surrey Regiment [26]

Essex Regiment [26]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [24]

Bedfordshire Regiment [23]

Gloucestershire Regiment [23]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [23]

Service

British Army [3662]

Royal Navy [277]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [249]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [243]

Australian Imperial Force [154]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [31]

South African Services [2]

Indian Army [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

W [4686]

D [3]

L [2]

Contribution

Military Service [4595]

Merchant Navy [60]

Conscientious Objector [13]

Country

United Kingdom [91]

Canada [3]

France [1]

India [1]

Turkey [1]

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Birmingham, Warwickshire [11] Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [8] Gateshead, Durham [7] Newcastle, Northumberland [7] Manchester, Lancashire [6] Melbourne Victoria [6] Preston, Lancashire [6] Leeds, Yorkshire [5] Sunderland, Durham [5] Bingara New South Wales [4] Burnley, Lancashire [4] Durham [4] Liverpool, Lancashire [4] London, Middlesex, England [4] Macclesfield, Cheshire [4] Parkside South Australia [4] Salford, Lancashire [4] Warwickshire [4] Ballarat Victoria [3] Barnsley, Yorkshire [3] Battersea, London [3] Bishop Auckland, Durham [3] Brighton, Sussex [3] Brisbane Queensland [3] Durham, Durham [3] Goole, Yorkshire [3] Grantham, Lincolnshire [3] Halifax, Yorkshire [3] Islington, London [3] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3] Middlewich, Cheshire [3] Oldham, Lancashire [3] Oxford, Oxfordshire [3] Sheffield, Yorkshire [3] South Shields, Durham [3] Southampton, Hampshire, England [3] Barnard Castle, Durham [2] Berry New South Wales [2] Birmingham [2] Blackburn, Lancashire [2] Boggabri New South Wales [2] Bristol, Somerset [2] Burnley England [2] Crowle, Lincolnshire [2] Darlington, Durham [2] Denton, Yorkshire [2] Derby, Derbyshire [2] Drouin Victoria [2] Granya Victoria [2] Hamilton New South Wales [2]

Rank

Private [2424] Gunner [257] Driver [200] Corporal [169] Serjeant [167] Sapper [125] Lance Corporal [96] Second Lieutenant [67] Lieutenant [62] Acting Corporal [44] Acting Serjeant [40] Pioneer [37] Captain [28] Bombardier [26] Warrant Officer Class 2 [16] Company Serjeant Major [14] Lance Serjeant [12] Rifleman [10] Acting Bombardier [9] Colour Serjeant [8] Guardsman [8] Worker [8] Lieutenant Colonel [7] Major [7] Temporary Lieutenant [7] Able Seaman [6] Staff Serjeant [6] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [5] Nurse [5] Warrant Officer Class 1 [5] Brigadier General [4] Staff Nurse [4] Trooper [4] Voluntary Aid Detachment [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Colonel [3] Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [3] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Corporal Acting Serjeant [3] Farrier Serjeant [3] Lance Bombardier [3] Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [3] Private Acting Corporal [3] Serjeant Major [3] Temporary Second Lieutenant [3] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Armament Staff Serjeant [2]

Unit

Labour Corps [283] Royal Field Artillery [279] Royal Engineers [263] Army Service Corps [207] Durham Light Infantry [169] Royal Garrison Artillery [169] Royal Army Medical Corps [166] Northumberland Fusiliers [154] Machine Gun Corps [131] West Yorkshire Regiment [113] Manchester Regiment [90] Royal Fusiliers [86] Cheshire Regiment [85] Lancashire Fusiliers [80] London Regiment [78] East Lancashire Regiment [73] West Riding Regiment [71] Liverpool Regiment [66] Yorkshire Regiment [64] York and Lancaster Regiment [63] East Yorkshire Regiment [55] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [52] King's Royal Rifle Corps [51] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [49] Lincolnshire Regiment [48] Border Regiment [44] North Staffordshire Regiment [42] Middlesex Regiment [39] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [38] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [38] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [38] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [36] Leicestershire Regiment [35] Royal Naval Division [35] Rifle Brigade [34] South Staffordshire Regiment [34] Royal Army Service Corps [31] South Lancashire Regiment [30] Tank Corps [30] Yorkshire Light Infantry [30] Royal Defence Corps [28] Worcestershire Regiment [28] Welsh Regiment [27] Army Ordnance Corps [26] East Surrey Regiment [26] Essex Regiment [26] Royal Berkshire Regiment [24] Bedfordshire Regiment [23] Gloucestershire Regiment [23] Royal Lancaster Regiment [23]

Service

British Army [3662] Royal Navy [277] Canadian Expeditionary Force [249] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [243] Australian Imperial Force [154] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [31] South African Services [2] Indian Army [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

W [4686] D [3] L [2]

Contribution

Military Service [4595] Merchant Navy [60] Conscientious Objector [13]

Country

United Kingdom [91] Canada [3] France [1] India [1] Turkey [1]

Henry Walton

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 36828 Private Manchester Regiment 18th Battalion

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Shadrach Walton

Born 1881

Died 1918

British Army 50215 Private North Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 216260 Private Royal Engineers

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Thomas Walton

Died 1914

British Army 8757 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2nd Battalion.

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H Walton

Died 1955

Australian Imperial Force 3533 Gunner Australian Field Artillery 11 Field Artillery Brigade

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William Crawford Walton

Born 1864

Died 1937

Indian Army Brigadier General

British Army Colonel British Expeditionary Force 1st Brigade, 1st Division

British Army Colonel Royal Berkshire Regiment 8th Battalion

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Robert Walton

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army T3/024456 Driver Army Service Corps 129th Horse Transport Company

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Albert Frederick Walton

Born 1893

Died 1919

British Army 41287 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 4919 Private 4th Dragoon Guards

British Army 41287 Sergeant Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) 2nd Sqdn

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Richard Crawhall Walton

Born 1886

Died 1914

British Army Lieutenant 1/9th Gurkha Rifles

British Army Lieutenant 9th Gurkha Rifles

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Michael Walton

Born 1888

Australian Imperial Force 2

Australian Imperial Force 419 Private 16th Btn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

Australian Imperial Force 419 Corporal 16th Btn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

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Austin Joseph Walton

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army 18506 Lance Corporal 10th Reserve Cavalry Regiment

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Frank William Walton

Born 1897

Died 1980

British Army 16874 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Alfred Walton

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 122946

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Mark Walton

Born 1885

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 2993 Private 46th Btn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. 7th Reinforcements

Australian Imperial Force 2993 Private 46th Btn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

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Albert Edward Walton

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 47283

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John William Walton

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 300319

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Edward Walton

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 118074

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Wilfred Walton

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 106802

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Alexander Walton

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 291537

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James Walter Walton

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 57658

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Thomas Walton

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 131433

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