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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]

Charles Walton

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 268304

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William Walton

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 292891

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Smith Walton

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 133794

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Isaac Walton

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 85488

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Frank Walton

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 76777

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Alfred Ernest Frank Walton

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 118237

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James Walton

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 147782

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Henry Walton

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 81994

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James Walton

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 189012

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John James Walton

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 403977

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George Walton

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army 5555 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army 5555 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Cecil Walton

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 289465

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Edward Walton

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 133984

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Isaac Walton

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 136060

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Edwin Albert Walton

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 318172

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Joseph Henry Walton

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 122009

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William Walton

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 262878

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James Walton

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 126425

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Joseph Walton

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 55844

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James Walton

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 80534

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