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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [2]

Abram, Wigan, Lancashire [1]

Angle, Pembrokeshire, Wales [1]

Ashfield, Lymm, Cheshire [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1]

Borth, Cardiganshire, Wales [1]

Bundaberg Queensland [1]

Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent [1]

Chester, Cheshire [1]

Cooktown Queensland [1]

Dresden, Stoke-on--Trent [1]

Hampstead [1]

Hay New South Wales [1]

Haywards Heath, Sussex [1]

Herefordshire [1]

Heyside, Lancashire [1]

Highgate, London [1]

Leamington Spa, Warwickshire [1]

Lincoln, Lincolnshire [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

Llanfair Caereinion, Montgomeryshire [1]

Llanfihangell-yng-Ngwynfa, Montgomeryshire [1]

Llangadfan, Montgomeryshire [1]

Lymm, Altrincham district, Cheshire [1]

Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Manchester, Lancashire, England [1]

Newcastle, Northumberland [1]

Northampton, Northamptonshire [1]

Pant, Oswestry [1]

Parr Saint Helens, Lancashire [1]

Pembroke, Pembrokeshire [1]

Platts Common, Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

Saint Helens, Lancashire [1]

Saint Pancras, London [1]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [1]

South Grafton New South Wales [1]

St Pancras, London, Middlesex [1]

Stanley Brook, Tasman [1]

Wallasey, Cheshire [1]

Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [1]

Whaplode, Lincs [1]

Zeehan Tasmania [1]

Rank

Private [201]

Gunner [22]

Driver [14]

Sapper [14]

Lieutenant [12]

Serjeant [12]

Captain [11]

Second Lieutenant [11]

Corporal [10]

Lance Corporal [10]

Major [6]

Acting Corporal [4]

Ordinary Seaman [4]

Pioneer [4]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Bombardier [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Guardsman [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Rifleman [1]

Saddler [1]

Serjeant Major Instructor [1]

Sister [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Voluntary Aid Detachment [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [30]

Royal Engineers [25]

Labour Corps [21]

Army Service Corps [20]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [17]

Royal Army Medical Corps [14]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [12]

Royal Garrison Artillery [12]

Cheshire Regiment [11]

Northumberland Fusiliers [10]

Durham Light Infantry [9]

Lincolnshire Regiment [9]

Machine Gun Corps [9]

North Staffordshire Regiment [9]

Royal Fusiliers [9]

Liverpool Regiment [7]

Lancashire Fusiliers [6]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [5]

London Regiment [5]

Manchester Regiment [5]

South Wales Borderers [5]

West Yorkshire Regiment [5]

East Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Montgomeryshire Yeomanry [4]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4]

South Lancashire Regiment [4]

York and Lancaster Regiment [4]

Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Canadian Infantry [3]

Military Foot Police [3]

Norfolk Regiment [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [3]

Tank Corps [3]

Training Reserve Battalion [3]

Welsh Regiment [3]

West Riding Regiment [3]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

HMS MALAYA [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Herefordshire Regiment [2]

Highland Light Infantry [2]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Leicestershire Regiment [2]

Northamptonshire Regiment [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Horse Artillery [2]

Service

British Army [311]

Royal Navy [20]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [13]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [11]

Australian Imperial Force [5]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [5]

Other Empire Force [5]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

W [372]

P [5]

Contribution

Military Service [367]

Merchant Navy [8]

Country

United Kingdom [9]

New Zealand [1]

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People [377] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3] Barnsley, Yorkshire [2] Abram, Wigan, Lancashire [1] Angle, Pembrokeshire, Wales [1] Ashfield, Lymm, Cheshire [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1] Borth, Cardiganshire, Wales [1] Bundaberg Queensland [1] Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent [1] Chester, Cheshire [1] Cooktown Queensland [1] Dresden, Stoke-on--Trent [1] Hampstead [1] Hay New South Wales [1] Haywards Heath, Sussex [1] Herefordshire [1] Heyside, Lancashire [1] Highgate, London [1] Leamington Spa, Warwickshire [1] Lincoln, Lincolnshire [1] Liverpool, Lancashire [1] Llanfair Caereinion, Montgomeryshire [1] Llanfihangell-yng-Ngwynfa, Montgomeryshire [1] Llangadfan, Montgomeryshire [1] Lymm, Altrincham district, Cheshire [1] Manchester, Lancashire [1] Manchester, Lancashire, England [1] Newcastle, Northumberland [1] Northampton, Northamptonshire [1] Pant, Oswestry [1] Parr Saint Helens, Lancashire [1] Pembroke, Pembrokeshire [1] Platts Common, Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Saint Helens, Lancashire [1] Saint Pancras, London [1] Sheffield, Yorkshire [1] South Grafton New South Wales [1] St Pancras, London, Middlesex [1] Stanley Brook, Tasman [1] Wallasey, Cheshire [1] Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [1] Whaplode, Lincs [1] Zeehan Tasmania [1]

Rank

Private [201] Gunner [22] Driver [14] Sapper [14] Lieutenant [12] Serjeant [12] Captain [11] Second Lieutenant [11] Corporal [10] Lance Corporal [10] Major [6] Acting Corporal [4] Ordinary Seaman [4] Pioneer [4] Acting Serjeant [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Bombardier [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Deck Hand [1] Guardsman [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Rifleman [1] Saddler [1] Serjeant Major Instructor [1] Sister [1] Staff Nurse [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Voluntary Aid Detachment [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [30] Royal Engineers [25] Labour Corps [21] Army Service Corps [20] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [17] Royal Army Medical Corps [14] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [12] Royal Garrison Artillery [12] Cheshire Regiment [11] Northumberland Fusiliers [10] Durham Light Infantry [9] Lincolnshire Regiment [9] Machine Gun Corps [9] North Staffordshire Regiment [9] Royal Fusiliers [9] Liverpool Regiment [7] Lancashire Fusiliers [6] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [5] London Regiment [5] Manchester Regiment [5] South Wales Borderers [5] West Yorkshire Regiment [5] East Yorkshire Regiment [4] Montgomeryshire Yeomanry [4] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4] South Lancashire Regiment [4] York and Lancaster Regiment [4] Yorkshire Regiment [4] Canadian Infantry [3] Military Foot Police [3] Norfolk Regiment [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Lancaster Regiment [3] Tank Corps [3] Training Reserve Battalion [3] Welsh Regiment [3] West Riding Regiment [3] Yorkshire Light Infantry [3] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Army Veterinary Corps [2] HMS MALAYA [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] Herefordshire Regiment [2] Highland Light Infantry [2] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Leicestershire Regiment [2] Northamptonshire Regiment [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Horse Artillery [2]

Service

British Army [311] Royal Navy [20] Canadian Expeditionary Force [13] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [11] Australian Imperial Force [5] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [5] Other Empire Force [5] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

W [372] P [5]

Contribution

Military Service [367] Merchant Navy [8]

Country

United Kingdom [9] New Zealand [1]

Alfred Charles Watkin

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 2786 Lance Corporal Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 2786 Corporal Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant North Staffordshire Regiment

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George Edward Watkin

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 16187 Private Manchester Regiment 12th. Battalion

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Alfred Edward Watkin

Born 1887

Died 1938

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Royal Welsh Fusiliers 3rd Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Royal Welsh Fusiliers 3rd Battalion

British Army Captain Royal Welsh Fusiliers 3rd Battalion

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Walter Watkin

Died 1916

British Army 15923 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

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William Bateman Watkin

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 21918 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Philip James Watkin

Born 1885

Died 1969

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps

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William Edward Watkin

Died 1916

British Army 4455 Private London Regiment

British Army 4455 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 372038 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Jesse Watkin

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 265656

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Lionel Watkin

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 189591

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Leopold Watkin

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 33731

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Arthur Watkin

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 3227 Private Montgomeryshire Yeomanry

British Army 57020 Private Welsh Regiment

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Albert Watkin

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 1713 Private Montgomeryshire Yeomanry

British Army 355030 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Joseph Watkin

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 8985 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

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William Watkin

Died 1916

British Army 11882 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry

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Harry Thomas Watkin

Born 1887

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 410430

Canadian Expeditionary Force 410430 Private Canadian Infantry

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Alfred Watkin

Died 1915

British Army 12451 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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William Henry Watkin

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 61840

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Thomas Bedford Watkin

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 217079

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Hugh Geoffrey Watkin

Born 1891

Died 1943

British Army Second Lieutenant Cheshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army Captain Cheshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

Indian Army Lieutenant 33rd Punjabis

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Alfred Watkin

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 21294 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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