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Liverpool, Lancashire [3]

Blackburn, Lancashire [2]

Thebarton South Australia [2]

2 Stanley Street, Chester [1]

Bolton, Lancashire [1]

Bushdron New South Wales [1]

Casino New South Wales [1]

Great Lever, Lancashire [1]

Halifax, Yorkshire [1]

Howley Weston, Lancashire [1]

Ipswich Queensland [1]

Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Oldham, Lancashire [1]

Prescot, Lancashire [1]

Rainhill, Prescot, Lancashire [1]

Saint Helens, Lancashire [1]

Salford, Lancashire [1]

Stratford, London [1]

Warrington [1]

West Derby, Lancashire, England [1]

Wimbledon England [1]

Worfield, Shropshire [1]

Rank

Private [105]

Gunner [9]

Serjeant [9]

Sapper [8]

Corporal [6]

Driver [6]

Acting Corporal [3]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [2]

Lance Corporal [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Captain [1]

Corporal of Horse [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Drummer [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Pioneer [1]

Serjeant Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Signaller [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Transport Serjeant [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [16]

South Lancashire Regiment [16]

Royal Engineers [13]

Labour Corps [10]

Liverpool Regiment [10]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [10]

Royal Army Medical Corps [10]

Lancashire Fusiliers [8]

Manchester Regiment [7]

Army Service Corps [6]

East Lancashire Regiment [6]

Cheshire Regiment [5]

Rifle Brigade [5]

Machine Gun Corps [4]

Welsh Regiment [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Lincolnshire Regiment [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3]

Shropshire Light Infantry [3]

York and Lancaster Regiment [3]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2]

Royal Engineers Transport [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2]

Somerset Light Infantry [2]

South Wales Borderers [2]

The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [2]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Army Pay Corps [1]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

Canadian Army Service Corps [1]

Canadian Field Artillery [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Corps of Lancers [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

Dragoon Guards [1]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

Gloucestershire Yeomanry [1]

HMS HAMPSHIRE [1]

HMS Hampshire [1]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [1]

Lancers [1]

Loyal North Lancs Regt [1]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [150]

Royal Navy [19]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [9]

Australian Imperial Force [6]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [5]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

W [192]

Contribution

Military Service [188]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [5]

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People [192] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Liverpool, Lancashire [3] Blackburn, Lancashire [2] Thebarton South Australia [2] 2 Stanley Street, Chester [1] Bolton, Lancashire [1] Bushdron New South Wales [1] Casino New South Wales [1] Great Lever, Lancashire [1] Halifax, Yorkshire [1] Howley Weston, Lancashire [1] Ipswich Queensland [1] Manchester, Lancashire [1] Oldham, Lancashire [1] Prescot, Lancashire [1] Rainhill, Prescot, Lancashire [1] Saint Helens, Lancashire [1] Salford, Lancashire [1] Stratford, London [1] Warrington [1] West Derby, Lancashire, England [1] Wimbledon England [1] Worfield, Shropshire [1]

Rank

Private [105] Gunner [9] Serjeant [9] Sapper [8] Corporal [6] Driver [6] Acting Corporal [3] Second Lieutenant [3] Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [2] Lance Corporal [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Captain [1] Corporal of Horse [1] Deck Hand [1] Drummer [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Lieutenant [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Pioneer [1] Serjeant Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Signaller [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1] Transport Serjeant [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [16] South Lancashire Regiment [16] Royal Engineers [13] Labour Corps [10] Liverpool Regiment [10] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [10] Royal Army Medical Corps [10] Lancashire Fusiliers [8] Manchester Regiment [7] Army Service Corps [6] East Lancashire Regiment [6] Cheshire Regiment [5] Rifle Brigade [5] Machine Gun Corps [4] Welsh Regiment [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Lincolnshire Regiment [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3] Shropshire Light Infantry [3] York and Lancaster Regiment [3] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2] Royal Engineers Transport [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2] Royal Naval Division [2] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2] Somerset Light Infantry [2] South Wales Borderers [2] The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [2] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Army Pay Corps [1] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1] Canadian Army Service Corps [1] Canadian Field Artillery [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Corps of Lancers [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] Dragoon Guards [1] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] Essex Regiment [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] Gloucestershire Yeomanry [1] HMS HAMPSHIRE [1] HMS Hampshire [1] King's Own Scottish Borderers [1] Lancers [1] Loyal North Lancs Regt [1] Middlesex Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [150] Royal Navy [19] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [9] Australian Imperial Force [6] Canadian Expeditionary Force [5] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

W [192]

Contribution

Military Service [188] Conscientious Objector [1] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [5]

J R Welsby

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Fred Welsby

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William J Welsby

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Alfred Welsby

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Norman Welsby

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Ernest Welsby

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J H Welsby

British Army 3517192 Serjeant Manchester Regiment

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Fred Welsby

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William Welsby

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