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Blackall Queensland [4]

Lillimur Victoria [3]

Sydney New South Wales [3]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Chatham, Kent [2]

Gillingham, Kent [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2]

London England [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

Scarborough England [2]

Aberdeen New South Wales [1]

Barton, Lincolnshire [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Bermondsey, London [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1]

Birmingham England [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Burton On Trent England [1]

Cabus, Lancaster, Lancashire [1]

Camperdown New South Wales [1]

Chatham Kent [1]

Derby [1]

Derbyshire [1]

Devon [1]

Edenhope Victoria [1]

Everton, Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

Folkestone, Kent [1]

Folkestone, Kent, England [1]

Forest Gate England [1]

Grimsby, Lincolnshire [1]

Halifax, Nova Scotia [1]

Halifax, Yorkshire [1]

Harwich, Essex [1]

Ingham Queensland [1]

Kensington, London [1]

Kensington, London, Middlesex [1]

Kingston On Thames, Surrey [1]

Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey [1]

Lambeth, London [1]

Lanarkshire [1]

Llandrinio, Montgomeryshire [1]

Manchester [1]

Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Marylebone, London [1]

Melbourne Victoria [1]

Melbourne, Australia [1]

Montgomery, Montgomeryshire [1]

Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [1]

Rank

Private [313]

Gunner [38]

Corporal [31]

Driver [19]

Sapper [19]

Serjeant [18]

Lance Corporal [15]

Second Lieutenant [14]

Lieutenant [8]

Acting Corporal [7]

Pioneer [6]

Acting Serjeant [5]

Rifleman [5]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Captain [3]

Bombardier [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Boy [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Drummer [1]

Engineer Rear Admiral [1]

Farrier Serjeant [1]

First Engineer [1]

Gunner and Acting Corporal [1]

Lieutenant /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Sister [1]

Squadron Leader [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Trooper [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [37]

Royal Field Artillery [33]

Labour Corps [29]

Army Service Corps [27]

Royal Garrison Artillery [23]

North Staffordshire Regiment [18]

Cheshire Regiment [16]

Machine Gun Corps [16]

Royal Army Medical Corps [16]

Liverpool Regiment [15]

London Regiment [14]

Lancashire Fusiliers [13]

Manchester Regiment [13]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [13]

York and Lancaster Regiment [12]

Royal Fusiliers [11]

South Staffordshire Regiment [9]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [7]

Lincolnshire Regiment [7]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [7]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [7]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7]

Worcestershire Regiment [7]

Corps of Hussars [6]

Durham Light Infantry [6]

East Kent Regiment [6]

Leicestershire Regiment [6]

Shropshire Light Infantry [6]

Border Regiment [5]

Coldstream Guards [5]

Gloucestershire Regiment [5]

Northumberland Fusiliers [5]

Royal Defence Corps [5]

South Wales Borderers [5]

Army Ordnance Corps [4]

East Lancashire Regiment [4]

East Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Hussars [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

Middlesex Regiment [4]

Military Foot Police [4]

Monmouthshire Regiment [4]

Rifle Brigade [4]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [4]

Royal Naval Division [4]

South Lancashire Regiment [4]

The Queen's Regiment [4]

West Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Army Cyclist Corps [3]

Denbigh Yeomanry [3]

Service

British Army [473]

Royal Navy [39]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [33]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [32]

Australian Imperial Force [28]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

W [614]

N [1]

Contribution

Military Service [603]

Merchant Navy [9]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [15]

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Blackall Queensland [4] Lillimur Victoria [3] Sydney New South Wales [3] Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Chatham, Kent [2] Gillingham, Kent [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2] London England [2] London, Middlesex [2] Scarborough England [2] Aberdeen New South Wales [1] Barton, Lincolnshire [1] Battersea, London [1] Bermondsey, London [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1] Birmingham England [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Burton On Trent England [1] Cabus, Lancaster, Lancashire [1] Camperdown New South Wales [1] Chatham Kent [1] Derby [1] Derbyshire [1] Devon [1] Edenhope Victoria [1] Everton, Liverpool, Lancashire [1] Folkestone, Kent [1] Folkestone, Kent, England [1] Forest Gate England [1] Grimsby, Lincolnshire [1] Halifax, Nova Scotia [1] Halifax, Yorkshire [1] Harwich, Essex [1] Ingham Queensland [1] Kensington, London [1] Kensington, London, Middlesex [1] Kingston On Thames, Surrey [1] Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey [1] Lambeth, London [1] Lanarkshire [1] Llandrinio, Montgomeryshire [1] Manchester [1] Manchester, Lancashire [1] Marylebone, London [1] Melbourne Victoria [1] Melbourne, Australia [1] Montgomery, Montgomeryshire [1] Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [1]

Rank

Private [313] Gunner [38] Corporal [31] Driver [19] Sapper [19] Serjeant [18] Lance Corporal [15] Second Lieutenant [14] Lieutenant [8] Acting Corporal [7] Pioneer [6] Acting Serjeant [5] Rifleman [5] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Captain [3] Bombardier [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Boy [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Deck Hand [1] Drummer [1] Engineer Rear Admiral [1] Farrier Serjeant [1] First Engineer [1] Gunner and Acting Corporal [1] Lieutenant /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Sister [1] Squadron Leader [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Trooper [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [37] Royal Field Artillery [33] Labour Corps [29] Army Service Corps [27] Royal Garrison Artillery [23] North Staffordshire Regiment [18] Cheshire Regiment [16] Machine Gun Corps [16] Royal Army Medical Corps [16] Liverpool Regiment [15] London Regiment [14] Lancashire Fusiliers [13] Manchester Regiment [13] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [13] York and Lancaster Regiment [12] Royal Fusiliers [11] South Staffordshire Regiment [9] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [7] Lincolnshire Regiment [7] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [7] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [7] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7] Worcestershire Regiment [7] Corps of Hussars [6] Durham Light Infantry [6] East Kent Regiment [6] Leicestershire Regiment [6] Shropshire Light Infantry [6] Border Regiment [5] Coldstream Guards [5] Gloucestershire Regiment [5] Northumberland Fusiliers [5] Royal Defence Corps [5] South Wales Borderers [5] Army Ordnance Corps [4] East Lancashire Regiment [4] East Yorkshire Regiment [4] Hussars [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] Middlesex Regiment [4] Military Foot Police [4] Monmouthshire Regiment [4] Rifle Brigade [4] Royal Lancaster Regiment [4] Royal Naval Division [4] South Lancashire Regiment [4] The Queen's Regiment [4] West Yorkshire Regiment [4] Army Cyclist Corps [3] Denbigh Yeomanry [3]

Service

British Army [473] Royal Navy [39] Canadian Expeditionary Force [33] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [32] Australian Imperial Force [28] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

W [614] N [1]

Contribution

Military Service [603] Merchant Navy [9] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [15]

Alfred Whittingham

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 20958 Private Cheshire Regiment

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George Whittingham

Died 1918

British Army 4314 Private North Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 242540 Private North Staffordshire Regiment

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George Henry Whittingham

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army G/404 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army G/404 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

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Arthur Whittingham

Died 1916

British Army 37482 Private Welsh Regiment

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George Whittingham

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 47346 Private Manchester Regiment

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Fred Whittingham

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 1728 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 240063 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Charles Edgar Whittingham

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 87449 Gunner and Acting Corporal Royal Field Artillery

British Army 87449 Corporal Royal Field Artillery

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Arthur Whittingham

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 265451 Private South Lancashire Regiment

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James Whittingham

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 266045 Private South Lancashire Regiment

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Robert Henry Whittingham

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 21729 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

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Leonard Buxton Whittingham

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 10821 Private Inns of Court Officers Training Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Worcestershire Regiment

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James Whittingham

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 19295 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 30229 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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Horace Whittingham

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 20904 Acting Corporal Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 20904 Corporal Yorkshire Regiment

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John Whittingham

Died 1917

British Army 6129 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 3/32925 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 6129 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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James Whittingham

Died 1916

British Army 22915 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 22915 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

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Albert Stanley Whittingham

Born 1890

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 116460

Canadian Expeditionary Force 116460 Lance Corporal Canadian Infantry

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Walter Roy Whittingham

Born 1895

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 411095

Canadian Expeditionary Force 411095 Corporal Canadian Light Trench Mortar Battery

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Fred Sewell Whittingham

Born 1894

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 687837

Canadian Expeditionary Force 687837 Private Canadian Infantry

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Frederick John Hughes Whittingham

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 297033

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Arthur Lewis Whittingham

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 310912

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