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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [15]

Liverpool, Lancashire [13]

Hobart Tasmania [11]

Leeds, Yorkshire [9]

Sydney New South Wales [9]

Manchester, Lancashire [8]

Bendigo Victoria [7]

London England [7]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [6]

Norwich, Norfolk [6]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [6]

Sunderland, Durham [6]

Bow, London [5]

Derby, Derbyshire [5]

Hull, Yorkshire [5]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [5]

Melbourne Victoria [5]

Gravesend, Kent [4]

Huddersfield, Yorkshire [4]

Liverpool England [4]

London, Middlesex [4]

Saint Helens, Lancashire [4]

Aberdeen Scotland [3]

Adelaide South Australia [3]

Bethnal Green, London [3]

Bradford, Yorkshire [3]

Brecon [3]

Brisbane Queensland [3]

Derby [3]

Derby England [3]

Dundee Scotland [3]

Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [3]

Greenwich, Kent [3]

Harrogate, Yorkshire [3]

Lymington, Hampshire [3]

Manchester, Lancashire, England [3]

Walsall, Staffordshire [3]

Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus) [2]

Balham, Surrey [2]

Ballarat Victoria [2]

Bega New South Wales [2]

Bermondsey, London [2]

Birmingham [2]

Black Rock South Australia [2]

Bolton England [2]

Bothwell Tasmania [2]

Bridlington, Yorkshire [2]

Broughty Ferry, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [2]

Cambridge [2]

Chalford, Glos [2]

Rank

Private [2831]

Gunner [309]

Driver [235]

Corporal [223]

Serjeant [221]

Sapper [193]

Second Lieutenant [117]

Lance Corporal [114]

Lieutenant [84]

Captain [63]

Acting Corporal [42]

Pioneer [41]

Bombardier [34]

Acting Serjeant [33]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [19]

Major [18]

Lance Serjeant [12]

Rifleman [11]

Company Serjeant Major [10]

Colour Serjeant [8]

Worker [8]

Able Seaman [7]

Guardsman [7]

Staff Serjeant [7]

Trooper [7]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [6]

Sister [6]

Staff Nurse [6]

Acting Bombardier [5]

Corporal 2nd [5]

Quarter Master Serjeant [5]

Staff Serjeant Major [5]

Acting Captain [4]

Acting Lance Corporal [4]

Lance Bombardier [4]

Private Acting Corporal [4]

Seaman [4]

Sergeant [4]

Stoker 1st Class [4]

2nd Corporal [3]

Acting Major [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Drummer [3]

Farrier Staff Serjeant [3]

Petty Officer [3]

Shoeing Smith [3]

Voluntary Aid Detachment [3]

Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Acting Colour Serjeant [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [388]

Royal Engineers [378]

Labour Corps [329]

Army Service Corps [273]

Royal Garrison Artillery [184]

Royal Army Medical Corps [158]

London Regiment [126]

West Yorkshire Regiment [112]

Machine Gun Corps [109]

Liverpool Regiment [108]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [105]

Royal Fusiliers [91]

Gordon Highlanders [90]

Northumberland Fusiliers [87]

Royal Highlanders [85]

Durham Light Infantry [79]

York and Lancaster Regiment [78]

Lancashire Fusiliers [72]

Leicestershire Regiment [70]

Manchester Regiment [68]

Lincolnshire Regiment [65]

West Riding Regiment [65]

Yorkshire Regiment [61]

Cheshire Regiment [58]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [56]

Middlesex Regiment [55]

Royal Naval Division [54]

South Lancashire Regiment [53]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [52]

Norfolk Regiment [51]

Rifle Brigade [51]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [49]

East Yorkshire Regiment [47]

Highland Light Infantry [45]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [45]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [42]

Scottish Rifles [42]

Royal Defence Corps [39]

South Staffordshire Regiment [39]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [38]

East Lancashire Regiment [37]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [37]

Royal Army Service Corps [37]

Seaforth Highlanders [37]

Northamptonshire Regiment [36]

Royal West Kent Regiment [36]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [35]

Royal Scots [35]

Army Ordnance Corps [30]

Worcestershire Regiment [29]

Service

British Army [4365]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [402]

Royal Navy [378]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [300]

Australian Imperial Force [226]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [59]

Other Empire Force [17]

South African Services [3]

Indian Army [2]

Last name first letter

W [5839]

B [9]

R [7]

C [2]

A [1]

D [1]

F [1]

G [1]

J [1]

M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [5732]

Merchant Navy [99]

Conscientious Objector [8]

Country

United Kingdom [105]

Canada [2]

India [1]

Ireland [1]

Jamaica [1]

South Africa [1]

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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [15] Liverpool, Lancashire [13] Hobart Tasmania [11] Leeds, Yorkshire [9] Sydney New South Wales [9] Manchester, Lancashire [8] Bendigo Victoria [7] London England [7] Birmingham, Warwickshire [6] Norwich, Norfolk [6] Sheffield, Yorkshire [6] Sunderland, Durham [6] Bow, London [5] Derby, Derbyshire [5] Hull, Yorkshire [5] Hull, Yorkshire, England [5] Melbourne Victoria [5] Gravesend, Kent [4] Huddersfield, Yorkshire [4] Liverpool England [4] London, Middlesex [4] Saint Helens, Lancashire [4] Aberdeen Scotland [3] Adelaide South Australia [3] Bethnal Green, London [3] Bradford, Yorkshire [3] Brecon [3] Brisbane Queensland [3] Derby [3] Derby England [3] Dundee Scotland [3] Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [3] Greenwich, Kent [3] Harrogate, Yorkshire [3] Lymington, Hampshire [3] Manchester, Lancashire, England [3] Walsall, Staffordshire [3] Arbroath, Forfarshire (Angus) [2] Balham, Surrey [2] Ballarat Victoria [2] Bega New South Wales [2] Bermondsey, London [2] Birmingham [2] Black Rock South Australia [2] Bolton England [2] Bothwell Tasmania [2] Bridlington, Yorkshire [2] Broughty Ferry, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland [2] Cambridge [2] Chalford, Glos [2]

Rank

Private [2831] Gunner [309] Driver [235] Corporal [223] Serjeant [221] Sapper [193] Second Lieutenant [117] Lance Corporal [114] Lieutenant [84] Captain [63] Acting Corporal [42] Pioneer [41] Bombardier [34] Acting Serjeant [33] Warrant Officer Class 2 [19] Major [18] Lance Serjeant [12] Rifleman [11] Company Serjeant Major [10] Colour Serjeant [8] Worker [8] Able Seaman [7] Guardsman [7] Staff Serjeant [7] Trooper [7] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [6] Sister [6] Staff Nurse [6] Acting Bombardier [5] Corporal 2nd [5] Quarter Master Serjeant [5] Staff Serjeant Major [5] Acting Captain [4] Acting Lance Corporal [4] Lance Bombardier [4] Private Acting Corporal [4] Seaman [4] Sergeant [4] Stoker 1st Class [4] 2nd Corporal [3] Acting Major [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Drummer [3] Farrier Staff Serjeant [3] Petty Officer [3] Shoeing Smith [3] Voluntary Aid Detachment [3] Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Acting Colour Serjeant [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [388] Royal Engineers [378] Labour Corps [329] Army Service Corps [273] Royal Garrison Artillery [184] Royal Army Medical Corps [158] London Regiment [126] West Yorkshire Regiment [112] Machine Gun Corps [109] Liverpool Regiment [108] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [105] Royal Fusiliers [91] Gordon Highlanders [90] Northumberland Fusiliers [87] Royal Highlanders [85] Durham Light Infantry [79] York and Lancaster Regiment [78] Lancashire Fusiliers [72] Leicestershire Regiment [70] Manchester Regiment [68] Lincolnshire Regiment [65] West Riding Regiment [65] Yorkshire Regiment [61] Cheshire Regiment [58] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [56] Middlesex Regiment [55] Royal Naval Division [54] South Lancashire Regiment [53] King's Royal Rifle Corps [52] Norfolk Regiment [51] Rifle Brigade [51] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [49] East Yorkshire Regiment [47] Highland Light Infantry [45] Yorkshire Light Infantry [45] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [42] Scottish Rifles [42] Royal Defence Corps [39] South Staffordshire Regiment [39] Royal Lancaster Regiment [38] East Lancashire Regiment [37] King's Own Scottish Borderers [37] Royal Army Service Corps [37] Seaforth Highlanders [37] Northamptonshire Regiment [36] Royal West Kent Regiment [36] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [35] Royal Scots [35] Army Ordnance Corps [30] Worcestershire Regiment [29]

Service

British Army [4365] Canadian Expeditionary Force [402] Royal Navy [378] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [300] Australian Imperial Force [226] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [59] Other Empire Force [17] South African Services [3] Indian Army [2]

Last name first letter

W [5839] B [9] R [7] C [2] A [1] D [1] F [1] G [1] J [1] M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [5732] Merchant Navy [99] Conscientious Objector [8]

Country

United Kingdom [105] Canada [2] India [1] Ireland [1] Jamaica [1] South Africa [1]

Edward Webster

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 282717

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Charles Webster

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 309823

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John Webster

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army W/1080 Private Cheshire Regiment 13th Battalion

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Frank Webster

Died 1916

British Army 31280 Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 40524 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 23rd Labour Company

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George Webster

Born 1880

Died 1918

British Army 45252 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 16th Battalion

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Charles John Webster

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 105497

British Army 18005 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 105497 Royal Flying Corps

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Ernest Oswald Webster

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 96800

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James Edwin Webster

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 162274

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Samuel Lee Webster

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 98266

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Leonard Webster

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 102866

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Sydney Isaac Webster

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 198019

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Thomas Webster

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 265247

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Arundel John Webster

Born 1888

Died 1919

Canadian Expeditionary Force 58299

Canadian Expeditionary Force 58299 Signaller Canadian Infantry

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George Ernest Webster

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 280896

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George Edward Webster

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 29098

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Percy Stanley Webster

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 216542

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Frank Alphonso Webster

Born 1888

Died 1955

British Army 39778 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army 39778 Private Bedfordshire Regiment 4th Bn

British Army 39778 Suffolk Regiment

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Albert Webster

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 75254

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Albert James Webster

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 71113

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Alexander Webster

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 34173

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