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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [4]

Preston, Lancashire [4]

Blackburn, Lancashire [3]

Manchester, Lancashire [3]

Stanton, near Ashbourne [3]

Sydney New South Wales [3]

Aldershot, Hampshire [2]

Chorley, Lancashire [2]

Ingham Queensland [2]

Lisburn, Antrim [2]

Liverpool [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

Warwick [2]

Armley, Leeds [1]

Ashton Under Lyme England [1]

Aston Clinton [1]

Baltey, Yorkshire [1]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Belfast [1]

Belfast, Antrim [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1]

Blackpool, Lancashire [1]

Bolton, Lancashire [1]

Breconshire [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [1]

Buckland, Bucks [1]

Burton on Trent, Staffordshire [1]

Cavendish, Sudbury, Suffolk [1]

Chesterfield, Derbyshire [1]

Collingwood Victoria [1]

Corwen, Merionethshire [1]

Coventry, Warwickshire [1]

Darwen, Lancashire [1]

Deptford, Kent [1]

Derby, Derbyshire [1]

Ellastone, Staffordshire [1]

Embro [1]

Fitzroy Victoria [1]

Fleetwood [1]

Glenferrie Victoria [1]

Hamilton Victoria [1]

Hatcham, Kent [1]

Hoylake, Cheshire [1]

Kemston England [1]

Lake Bolac Victoria [1]

Lancashire England [1]

Leicester, Leicestershire [1]

Leicester, Leicestershire, England [1]

Rank

Private [545]

Gunner [46]

Driver [45]

Serjeant [37]

Corporal [30]

Sapper [24]

Lance Corporal [19]

Lieutenant [15]

Acting Corporal [12]

Major [12]

Second Lieutenant [12]

Captain [11]

Pioneer [9]

Acting Serjeant [7]

Lieutenant Colonel [6]

Company Serjeant Major [5]

Rifleman [4]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Bombardier [2]

Guardsman [2]

Private Lance Corporal [2]

Quartermaster Serjeant [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Voluntary Aid Detachment [2]

Acting Electrical Artificer 4th Class [1]

Acting Staff Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Bandsman [1]

Colonel [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Driver /Acting Lieutenant Bombardier [1]

Drummer [1]

Electrical Artificer 4th Class [1]

Fitter Staff Serjeant [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Major /Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Quarter Master [1]

Regimental Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [64]

Labour Corps [60]

Royal Field Artillery [56]

Army Service Corps [49]

Cheshire Regiment [36]

East Lancashire Regiment [36]

Royal Army Medical Corps [30]

Liverpool Regiment [29]

Royal Garrison Artillery [28]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [25]

Machine Gun Corps [24]

Manchester Regiment [22]

Royal Irish Rifles [21]

South Lancashire Regiment [21]

Lancashire Fusiliers [18]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [18]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [18]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [17]

Leicestershire Regiment [16]

London Regiment [16]

Royal Fusiliers [15]

West Yorkshire Regiment [15]

York and Lancaster Regiment [13]

Border Regiment [12]

Northumberland Fusiliers [12]

Rifle Brigade [12]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [12]

Gloucestershire Regiment [9]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [9]

West Riding Regiment [9]

Royal Army Service Corps [8]

Canadian Infantry [7]

North Staffordshire Regiment [7]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [7]

Durham Light Infantry [6]

Grenadier Guards [6]

The Queen's Regiment [6]

Worcestershire Regiment [6]

Bedfordshire Regiment [5]

Coldstream Guards [5]

East Kent Regiment [5]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [5]

Lincolnshire Regiment [5]

Royal West Kent Regiment [5]

Scottish Rifles [5]

Somerset Light Infantry [5]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [5]

Army Pay Corps [4]

Corps of Hussars [4]

Devonshire Regiment [4]

Service

British Army [807]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [54]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [44]

Royal Navy [40]

Australian Imperial Force [22]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [8]

Other Empire Force [3]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

W [997]

Contribution

Military Service [974]

Merchant Navy [17]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [16]

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Place of birth

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [4] Preston, Lancashire [4] Blackburn, Lancashire [3] Manchester, Lancashire [3] Stanton, near Ashbourne [3] Sydney New South Wales [3] Aldershot, Hampshire [2] Chorley, Lancashire [2] Ingham Queensland [2] Lisburn, Antrim [2] Liverpool [2] London, Middlesex [2] Warwick [2] Armley, Leeds [1] Ashton Under Lyme England [1] Aston Clinton [1] Baltey, Yorkshire [1] Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Battersea, London [1] Belfast [1] Belfast, Antrim [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1] Blackpool, Lancashire [1] Bolton, Lancashire [1] Breconshire [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [1] Buckland, Bucks [1] Burton on Trent, Staffordshire [1] Cavendish, Sudbury, Suffolk [1] Chesterfield, Derbyshire [1] Collingwood Victoria [1] Corwen, Merionethshire [1] Coventry, Warwickshire [1] Darwen, Lancashire [1] Deptford, Kent [1] Derby, Derbyshire [1] Ellastone, Staffordshire [1] Embro [1] Fitzroy Victoria [1] Fleetwood [1] Glenferrie Victoria [1] Hamilton Victoria [1] Hatcham, Kent [1] Hoylake, Cheshire [1] Kemston England [1] Lake Bolac Victoria [1] Lancashire England [1] Leicester, Leicestershire [1] Leicester, Leicestershire, England [1]

Rank

Private [545] Gunner [46] Driver [45] Serjeant [37] Corporal [30] Sapper [24] Lance Corporal [19] Lieutenant [15] Acting Corporal [12] Major [12] Second Lieutenant [12] Captain [11] Pioneer [9] Acting Serjeant [7] Lieutenant Colonel [6] Company Serjeant Major [5] Rifleman [4] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Bombardier [2] Guardsman [2] Private Lance Corporal [2] Quartermaster Serjeant [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Voluntary Aid Detachment [2] Acting Electrical Artificer 4th Class [1] Acting Staff Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Bandsman [1] Colonel [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Driver /Acting Lieutenant Bombardier [1] Drummer [1] Electrical Artificer 4th Class [1] Fitter Staff Serjeant [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Seaman [1] Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Major /Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Quarter Master [1] Regimental Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [64] Labour Corps [60] Royal Field Artillery [56] Army Service Corps [49] Cheshire Regiment [36] East Lancashire Regiment [36] Royal Army Medical Corps [30] Liverpool Regiment [29] Royal Garrison Artillery [28] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [25] Machine Gun Corps [24] Manchester Regiment [22] Royal Irish Rifles [21] South Lancashire Regiment [21] Lancashire Fusiliers [18] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [18] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [18] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [17] Leicestershire Regiment [16] London Regiment [16] Royal Fusiliers [15] West Yorkshire Regiment [15] York and Lancaster Regiment [13] Border Regiment [12] Northumberland Fusiliers [12] Rifle Brigade [12] Royal Lancaster Regiment [12] Gloucestershire Regiment [9] King's Royal Rifle Corps [9] West Riding Regiment [9] Royal Army Service Corps [8] Canadian Infantry [7] North Staffordshire Regiment [7] Royal Berkshire Regiment [7] Durham Light Infantry [6] Grenadier Guards [6] The Queen's Regiment [6] Worcestershire Regiment [6] Bedfordshire Regiment [5] Coldstream Guards [5] East Kent Regiment [5] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [5] Lincolnshire Regiment [5] Royal West Kent Regiment [5] Scottish Rifles [5] Somerset Light Infantry [5] Yorkshire Light Infantry [5] Army Pay Corps [4] Corps of Hussars [4] Devonshire Regiment [4]

Service

British Army [807] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [54] Canadian Expeditionary Force [44] Royal Navy [40] Australian Imperial Force [22] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [8] Other Empire Force [3] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

W [997]

Contribution

Military Service [974] Merchant Navy [17] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [16]

James Waring

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army 20404 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 20404 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

British Army 20404 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 8th Battalion

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John Waring

Born 1894

British Army 2053 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 1/4th Battalion (Territorial Force)

British Army 237320 Private King's Liverpool Regiment Labour Company

British Army 33779 Private King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment Labour Company

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Cecil Castley Waring

Born 1887

Died 1981

British Army 22075 Quartermaster Serjeant Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 149622 Regimental Quartermaster Serjeant Machine Gun Corps

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William Herbert Waring

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 1452 Acting Staff Quartermaster Serjeant Montgomeryshire Yeomanry

British Army 355014 Acting Staff Quartermaster Serjeant Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 355014 Serjeant Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Albert Waring

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 245459 Private Manchester Regiment

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John Waring

Born 1878

Died 1919

British Army 14358 Private South Lancashire Regiment

British Army 261887 Private Labour Corps

British Army 49622 Private Welsh Regiment 3rd Battalion

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John James Waring

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 266460 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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John Waring

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 109195

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Albert Leonard Waring

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 29011

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Reginald Paul Waring

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 1970 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 240460 Private Liverpool Regiment 6th Battalion

British Army 240460 Rifleman King's (Liverpool Regiment) 6th Battalion

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James Waring

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 191418

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Thomas George Waring

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 260430

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William Henri Waring

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 165070

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James Waring

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 277056

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David Waring

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 242965 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army GS/68086 Private Royal Fusiliers

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George Arthur Waring

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 194546

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Edward Robert Waring

Born 1894

Died 1914

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Charles Nelson Waring

Born 1892

Died 1988

Canadian Expeditionary Force 675291

Canadian Expeditionary Force Oxford's Own 168th

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Francis William Waring

Born 1900

Died 1972

British Army 74285 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

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William Henry Waring

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 61770

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