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Bury, Lancashire [1]

Edmonton, Middlesex [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1]

Sedgley, Staffordshire [1]

Wellington [1]

Rank

Private [26]

Serjeant [6]

Corporal [3]

Driver [3]

Gunner [2]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Assistant Nurse [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

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Ordinary Telegraphist [1]

Reverend [1]

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Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

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Army Service Corps [9]

Liverpool Regiment [4]

Labour Corps [3]

Lancashire Fusiliers [3]

Royal Engineers [3]

Royal Field Artillery [3]

Dorset Yeomanry [2]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2]

North Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Church Army [1]

Dorset Yeomanry (Queen's Own) [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

HM Submarine J6 [1]

HMS Collingwood [1]

HMS Impregnable [1]

HMS Powerful [1]

HMS Titania [1]

HMS Vivid I [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

Lincolnshire Regiment [1]

London Regiment [1]

Middlesex Regiment Depot [1]

New Zealand Medical Corps [1]

Northumberland Fusiliers [1]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Artillery [1]

Royal Flying Corps [1]

Royal Marine Artillery [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [1]

Royal Naval Division [1]

Royal Scots [1]

Shropshire Light Infantry [1]

South Lancashire Regiment [1]

South Staffordshire Regiment [1]

The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [1]

Voluntary Aid Detachment [1]

Yeomanry [1]

Young Mens Christian Association [1]

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British Army [45]

Royal Navy [5]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

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W [59]

Contribution

Military Service [58]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [1]

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People [59] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Bury, Lancashire [1] Edmonton, Middlesex [1] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1] Sedgley, Staffordshire [1] Wellington [1]

Rank

Private [26] Serjeant [6] Corporal [3] Driver [3] Gunner [2] Acting Serjeant [1] Assistant Nurse [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Boy Telegraphist [1] Guardsman [1] Leading Telegraphist [1] Lieutenant [1] Ordinary Telegraphist [1] Reverend [1] Second Lieutenant [1] Serjeant Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Telegraphist [1] Temporary Staff Serjeant [1] Temporary Staff Serjeant Major [1] Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [9] Liverpool Regiment [4] Labour Corps [3] Lancashire Fusiliers [3] Royal Engineers [3] Royal Field Artillery [3] Dorset Yeomanry [2] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2] North Staffordshire Regiment [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Church Army [1] Dorset Yeomanry (Queen's Own) [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] Grenadier Guards [1] HM Submarine J6 [1] HMS Collingwood [1] HMS Impregnable [1] HMS Powerful [1] HMS Titania [1] HMS Vivid I [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] Lincolnshire Regiment [1] London Regiment [1] Middlesex Regiment Depot [1] New Zealand Medical Corps [1] Northumberland Fusiliers [1] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Artillery [1] Royal Flying Corps [1] Royal Marine Artillery [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [1] Royal Naval Division [1] Royal Scots [1] Shropshire Light Infantry [1] South Lancashire Regiment [1] South Staffordshire Regiment [1] The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [1] Voluntary Aid Detachment [1] Yeomanry [1] Young Mens Christian Association [1]

Service

British Army [45] Royal Navy [5] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3] Australian Imperial Force [1] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

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W [59]

Contribution

Military Service [58] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [1]

Frederick Wickstead

Died 1917

British Army 1496 Private Dorset Yeomanry

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Richard John Wickstead

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 134101

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George Wickstead

Died 1915

British Army 1849 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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John Wickstead

Born 1877

Died 1915

British Army 1687 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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William Henry Wickstead

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 203386 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

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Harry Edward Wickstead

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 196354

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Roy St George Wickstead

Born 1896

Died 1981

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 3/1727 New Zealand Medical Corps

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Frederick Wickstead

Died 1917

British Army 230748 Private Yeomanry

British Army 230748 Private Dorset Yeomanry (Queen's Own)

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Isaac Wickstead

Died 1917

British Army 270104 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 270104 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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John Wickstead

Died 1915

British Army 2071 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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James Wickstead

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 86332

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George Herbert Wickstead

Born 1896

Died 1918

Royal Navy J31563 Boy 2nd Class HMS Vivid I

Royal Navy J31563 Boy 1st Class HMS Powerful

Royal Navy J31563 Boy Telegraphist HMS Impregnable

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William Shaw Wickstead

Australian Imperial Force 15671

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Harold Wickstead

Died 1917

British Army 24019 Guardsman Grenadier Guards

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Sidney Arthur Wickstead

Born 1897

Royal Navy 19657 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

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John William Wickstead

Born 1898

Royal Navy 14853 Royal Marine Artillery

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George Wickstead

Born 1895

Royal Navy 4/1944 Royal Naval Division

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Samuel Wickstead

Born 1886

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Charles Wickstead

Born 1894

Canadian Expeditionary Force 460661

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Matthew Wickstead

Born 1888

Royal Navy 232007

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