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Manchester, Lancashire [3]

Littlehampton, Sussex [2]

Murrumburrah New South Wales [2]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [2]

Shrewsbury, Shropshire [2]

Stoke, Staffordshire [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

Unanderra New South Wales [2]

Aldershot, Hampshire [1]

Altrincham England [1]

Altrincham, Cheshire [1]

Armley, Leeds [1]

Barrow in Furness England [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Birmingham England [1]

Brunswick New South Wales [1]

Bury, Lancashire [1]

Cambridgeshire [1]

Chester, Cheshire [1]

Clay Cross, Ashover, Derbyshire [1]

Cobar New South Wales [1]

Croydon, Surrey [1]

Dartford England [1]

Dartford, Kent [1]

Emsworth, Hampshire [1]

Fremantle, Southampton [1]

Gratton, Horton, Staffordshire [1]

Hackney, London [1]

Hayfield, Derbyshire [1]

Horton, Leek, Staffordshire [1]

Hove, Sussex [1]

Hoxton, London [1]

Kingsland, London [1]

Lambeth, Surrey [1]

Launceston Tasmania [1]

Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Leicester England [1]

Liverpool [1]

London [1]

London, Middlesex, England [1]

Luton, England [1]

Macclesfield [1]

Manchester [1]

Milton Regis, Kent [1]

Netley, Hampshire, England [1]

Newmarket, Cambridgeshire [1]

Newtown New South Wales [1]

Nubba New South Wales [1]

Openshaw, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Peterborough [1]

Rank

Private [277]

Gunner [56]

Corporal [30]

Driver [25]

Serjeant [24]

Sapper [15]

Acting Serjeant [7]

Lieutenant [7]

Second Lieutenant [6]

Acting Corporal [5]

Captain [5]

Lance Corporal [5]

Pioneer [4]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Acting Sub Lieutenant [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Assistant Forewoman [1]

Bombardier [1]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Commander [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Corporal Armourer's Crew [1]

Forewoman [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant-Commander [1]

Major [1]

Mechanician [1]

Midshipman [1]

Saddler Corporal [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Lieutenant /Acting Captain [1]

Transport Serjeant [1]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Trooper [1]

Voluntary Aid Detachment [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 (Company Serjeant Major) [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [50]

Army Service Corps [40]

Royal Engineers [31]

Royal Garrison Artillery [31]

Labour Corps [27]

Leicestershire Regiment [21]

London Regiment [21]

Cheshire Regiment [14]

Manchester Regiment [14]

Royal Army Medical Corps [14]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [12]

Lincolnshire Regiment [10]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [10]

West Yorkshire Regiment [9]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [8]

Machine Gun Corps [8]

Royal Army Service Corps [8]

Royal Defence Corps [8]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [8]

Liverpool Regiment [7]

South Lancashire Regiment [7]

West Riding Regiment [7]

Bedfordshire Regiment [6]

Lancashire Fusiliers [6]

Middlesex Regiment [6]

North Staffordshire Regiment [6]

Northumberland Fusiliers [6]

Army Cyclist Corps [5]

Army Veterinary Corps [5]

Border Regiment [5]

Royal Fusiliers [5]

Welsh Regiment [5]

York and Lancaster Regiment [5]

Devonshire Regiment [4]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Coldstream Guards [3]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [3]

Durham Light Infantry [3]

East Kent Regiment [3]

East Yorkshire Regiment [3]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [3]

Norfolk Regiment [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Horse Artillery [3]

Royal Marine Artillery [3]

Royal Naval Division [3]

Royal Scots [3]

South Staffordshire Regiment [3]

South Wales Borderers [3]

Service

British Army [437]

Royal Navy [37]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [27]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [25]

Australian Imperial Force [21]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [5]

Other Empire Force [4]

Last name first letter

W [562]

Contribution

Military Service [556]

Merchant Navy [5]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [12]

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People [562] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Manchester, Lancashire [3] Littlehampton, Sussex [2] Murrumburrah New South Wales [2] Sheffield, Yorkshire [2] Shrewsbury, Shropshire [2] Stoke, Staffordshire [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Unanderra New South Wales [2] Aldershot, Hampshire [1] Altrincham England [1] Altrincham, Cheshire [1] Armley, Leeds [1] Barrow in Furness England [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Birmingham England [1] Brunswick New South Wales [1] Bury, Lancashire [1] Cambridgeshire [1] Chester, Cheshire [1] Clay Cross, Ashover, Derbyshire [1] Cobar New South Wales [1] Croydon, Surrey [1] Dartford England [1] Dartford, Kent [1] Emsworth, Hampshire [1] Fremantle, Southampton [1] Gratton, Horton, Staffordshire [1] Hackney, London [1] Hayfield, Derbyshire [1] Horton, Leek, Staffordshire [1] Hove, Sussex [1] Hoxton, London [1] Kingsland, London [1] Lambeth, Surrey [1] Launceston Tasmania [1] Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Leicester England [1] Liverpool [1] London [1] London, Middlesex, England [1] Luton, England [1] Macclesfield [1] Manchester [1] Milton Regis, Kent [1] Netley, Hampshire, England [1] Newmarket, Cambridgeshire [1] Newtown New South Wales [1] Nubba New South Wales [1] Openshaw, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Peterborough [1]

Rank

Private [277] Gunner [56] Corporal [30] Driver [25] Serjeant [24] Sapper [15] Acting Serjeant [7] Lieutenant [7] Second Lieutenant [6] Acting Corporal [5] Captain [5] Lance Corporal [5] Pioneer [4] Staff Serjeant [3] Able Seaman [1] Acting Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Acting Sub Lieutenant [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Assistant Forewoman [1] Bombardier [1] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1] Commander [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Corporal Armourer's Crew [1] Forewoman [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant-Commander [1] Major [1] Mechanician [1] Midshipman [1] Saddler Corporal [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Stoker Petty Officer [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Temporary Lieutenant /Acting Captain [1] Transport Serjeant [1] Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Transport Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Trooper [1] Voluntary Aid Detachment [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 (Company Serjeant Major) [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [50] Army Service Corps [40] Royal Engineers [31] Royal Garrison Artillery [31] Labour Corps [27] Leicestershire Regiment [21] London Regiment [21] Cheshire Regiment [14] Manchester Regiment [14] Royal Army Medical Corps [14] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [12] Lincolnshire Regiment [10] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [10] West Yorkshire Regiment [9] King's Royal Rifle Corps [8] Machine Gun Corps [8] Royal Army Service Corps [8] Royal Defence Corps [8] Yorkshire Light Infantry [8] Liverpool Regiment [7] South Lancashire Regiment [7] West Riding Regiment [7] Bedfordshire Regiment [6] Lancashire Fusiliers [6] Middlesex Regiment [6] North Staffordshire Regiment [6] Northumberland Fusiliers [6] Army Cyclist Corps [5] Army Veterinary Corps [5] Border Regiment [5] Royal Fusiliers [5] Welsh Regiment [5] York and Lancaster Regiment [5] Devonshire Regiment [4] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4] Army Ordnance Corps [3] Coldstream Guards [3] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [3] Durham Light Infantry [3] East Kent Regiment [3] East Yorkshire Regiment [3] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [3] Norfolk Regiment [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Horse Artillery [3] Royal Marine Artillery [3] Royal Naval Division [3] Royal Scots [3] South Staffordshire Regiment [3] South Wales Borderers [3]

Service

British Army [437] Royal Navy [37] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [27] Canadian Expeditionary Force [25] Australian Imperial Force [21] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [5] Other Empire Force [4]

Last name first letter

W [562]

Contribution

Military Service [556] Merchant Navy [5] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [12]

Sampson Bell Warrington

Born 1895

Died 1979

British Army 141275 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Thomas Warrington

Born 1884

Died 1914

British Army L/9475 Private Royal Fusiliers 3rd

British Army L/9475 Private Royal Fusiliers 4th

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Benjamin Lincoln Warrington

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 40501 Private Norfolk Regiment

British Army 3/25489 Private Lincolnshire Regiment 3rd battalion

British Army 40501 Private Norfolk Regiment 7th battalion

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Ernest Warrington

Born 1886

Died 1919

British Army 46318 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 46318 Lance Corporal Royal Welsh Fusiliers 3rd Battalion

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William Barnett Warrington

Born 1869

Died 1919

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps

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Arthur Warrington

Born 1891

Died 1974

British Army 4010 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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George Walter Warrington

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 303698

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Lewis Henry Warrington

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 295703

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George Edwin Warrington

Born 1894

Died 1920

British Army 28456 Private South Lancashire Regiment 8th Battalion

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George Warrington

Born 1898

Died 1989

Royal Navy F/26702 Air Mechanic 1st Class RN Experimental Station at Stratford (HMS President V) attached to HMS Iris II on 23 April 1918

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Walter Warrington

Born 1878

Died 1918

British Army 56472 Corporal Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 56472 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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William Warrington

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 40008

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Frank Warrington

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 80278 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Thomas Warrington

Born 1889

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps Field Ambulance

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Bertie Warrington

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 219130

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Frank Warrington

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 243711 Private Cheshire Regiment

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James Warrington

Died 1916

British Army 14323 Private Cheshire Regiment

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Albert F Warrington

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 5759 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 242067 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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George Warrington

Died 1915

British Army 1919 Private Manchester Regiment

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Frank Warrington

Died 1917

British Army 201579 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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