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Preston, Lancashire [5]

Blackburn, Lancashire [4]

Northwich, Cheshire [4]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [3]

Harwich, Essex, England [2]

Ipswich, Suffolk [2]

Ipswich, Suffolk, England [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

Maidstone, Kent [2]

Manchester [2]

Suffolk [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

Westminster, London [2]

Ashford, Kent [1]

Atcham [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Birmingham [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Bolton England [1]

Borough, London [1]

Burnley, Lancashire [1]

Carlton Victoria [1]

Carrick on Suir, Tipperary [1]

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1]

Croydon [1]

Dublin, Ireland [1]

Dulwich [1]

Eye, Suffolk [1]

Forest Gate [1]

Foxhall Ipswich, Suffolk [1]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1]

HULME [1]

Hallow, Worcestershire, England [1]

Horwich, Lancashire [1]

Hull, Yorkshire [1]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [1]

Hutton Preston Lancashire [1]

Islington [1]

Kennington, London [1]

Kensington, London, Middlesex [1]

Knutsford [1]

Leyton, London [1]

Llangyniew, Montgomeryshire [1]

London England [1]

Lytham, Lancashire [1]

Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Marylebone, London, Middlesex [1]

Melbourne Victoria [1]

Mokine Western Australia [1]

Rank

Private [416]

Gunner [50]

Corporal [41]

Driver [41]

Serjeant [28]

Sapper [26]

Lance Corporal [17]

Acting Corporal [10]

Second Lieutenant [9]

Pioneer [8]

Lieutenant [7]

Bombardier [5]

Captain [5]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Worker [4]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Acting Lance Corporal [3]

Guardsman [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Dresser [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Major [2]

Petty Officer [2]

Rifleman [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Canteener [1]

Captain RMLI [1]

Commander [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Driver/Staff Serjeant [1]

Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1]

Farrier Serjeant [1]

Forewoman [1]

Honorary 2nd Lieutenant [1]

Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1]

Lieutenant (Temporary) [1]

Matron [1]

Private /Lance Corporal [1]

RIfleman [1]

Shoeing Smith Corporal [1]

Staff Lieutenant [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Staff Serjeant Major [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Sub Lieutenant (Temporary) [1]

Supervisor, Telephones [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [60]

Royal Engineers [50]

Army Service Corps [49]

Labour Corps [43]

Royal Garrison Artillery [35]

Suffolk Regiment [27]

Cheshire Regiment [24]

Liverpool Regiment [22]

Machine Gun Corps [22]

Manchester Regiment [22]

Royal Army Medical Corps [20]

East Lancashire Regiment [19]

Lancashire Fusiliers [19]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [19]

London Regiment [14]

Royal Fusiliers [12]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [12]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [11]

Essex Regiment [9]

Royal Army Service Corps [9]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [9]

South Lancashire Regiment [9]

The Queen's Regiment [9]

Worcestershire Regiment [9]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [8]

Welsh Regiment [8]

Bedfordshire Regiment [7]

East Kent Regiment [7]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [7]

South Staffordshire Regiment [7]

East Yorkshire Regiment [6]

Middlesex Regiment [6]

Norfolk Regiment [6]

Northumberland Fusiliers [6]

East Surrey Regiment [5]

Leicestershire Regiment [5]

Royal West Kent Regiment [5]

South Wales Borderers [5]

Army Ordnance Corps [4]

Hampshire Regiment [4]

Lincolnshire Regiment [4]

Military Foot Police [4]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [4]

Rifle Brigade [4]

Royal Naval Division [4]

Border Regiment [3]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [3]

Gloucestershire Regiment [3]

Grenadier Guards [3]

Hussars [3]

Service

British Army [648]

Royal Navy [53]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [41]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [30]

Australian Imperial Force [9]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4]

Other Empire Force [3]

Last name first letter

W [801]

Contribution

Military Service [779]

Merchant Navy [12]

Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [21]

India [2]

Canada [1]

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Place of birth

Preston, Lancashire [5] Blackburn, Lancashire [4] Northwich, Cheshire [4] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3] Portsmouth, Hampshire [3] Harwich, Essex, England [2] Ipswich, Suffolk [2] Ipswich, Suffolk, England [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] Maidstone, Kent [2] Manchester [2] Suffolk [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Westminster, London [2] Ashford, Kent [1] Atcham [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Birmingham [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Bolton England [1] Borough, London [1] Burnley, Lancashire [1] Carlton Victoria [1] Carrick on Suir, Tipperary [1] Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1] Croydon [1] Dublin, Ireland [1] Dulwich [1] Eye, Suffolk [1] Forest Gate [1] Foxhall Ipswich, Suffolk [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1] HULME [1] Hallow, Worcestershire, England [1] Horwich, Lancashire [1] Hull, Yorkshire [1] Hull, Yorkshire, England [1] Hutton Preston Lancashire [1] Islington [1] Kennington, London [1] Kensington, London, Middlesex [1] Knutsford [1] Leyton, London [1] Llangyniew, Montgomeryshire [1] London England [1] Lytham, Lancashire [1] Manchester, Lancashire [1] Marylebone, London, Middlesex [1] Melbourne Victoria [1] Mokine Western Australia [1]

Rank

Private [416] Gunner [50] Corporal [41] Driver [41] Serjeant [28] Sapper [26] Lance Corporal [17] Acting Corporal [10] Second Lieutenant [9] Pioneer [8] Lieutenant [7] Bombardier [5] Captain [5] Acting Serjeant [4] Worker [4] Acting Bombardier [3] Acting Lance Corporal [3] Guardsman [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Dresser [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Major [2] Petty Officer [2] Rifleman [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Brigadier General [1] Canteener [1] Captain RMLI [1] Commander [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Driver/Staff Serjeant [1] Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1] Farrier Serjeant [1] Forewoman [1] Honorary 2nd Lieutenant [1] Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1] Lieutenant (Temporary) [1] Matron [1] Private /Lance Corporal [1] RIfleman [1] Shoeing Smith Corporal [1] Staff Lieutenant [1] Staff Nurse [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Staff Serjeant Major [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1] Sub Lieutenant (Temporary) [1] Supervisor, Telephones [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [60] Royal Engineers [50] Army Service Corps [49] Labour Corps [43] Royal Garrison Artillery [35] Suffolk Regiment [27] Cheshire Regiment [24] Liverpool Regiment [22] Machine Gun Corps [22] Manchester Regiment [22] Royal Army Medical Corps [20] East Lancashire Regiment [19] Lancashire Fusiliers [19] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [19] London Regiment [14] Royal Fusiliers [12] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [12] Royal Lancaster Regiment [11] Essex Regiment [9] Royal Army Service Corps [9] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [9] South Lancashire Regiment [9] The Queen's Regiment [9] Worcestershire Regiment [9] King's Royal Rifle Corps [8] Welsh Regiment [8] Bedfordshire Regiment [7] East Kent Regiment [7] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [7] South Staffordshire Regiment [7] East Yorkshire Regiment [6] Middlesex Regiment [6] Norfolk Regiment [6] Northumberland Fusiliers [6] East Surrey Regiment [5] Leicestershire Regiment [5] Royal West Kent Regiment [5] South Wales Borderers [5] Army Ordnance Corps [4] Hampshire Regiment [4] Lincolnshire Regiment [4] Military Foot Police [4] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [4] Rifle Brigade [4] Royal Naval Division [4] Border Regiment [3] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [3] Gloucestershire Regiment [3] Grenadier Guards [3] Hussars [3]

Service

British Army [648] Royal Navy [53] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [41] Canadian Expeditionary Force [30] Australian Imperial Force [9] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4] Other Empire Force [3]

Last name first letter

W [801]

Contribution

Military Service [779] Merchant Navy [12] Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [21] India [2] Canada [1]

Joseph Thomas Wilding

Born 1892

Died 1915

Royal Navy 12528 Royal Marine Artillery

Royal Navy 1594 Royal Marines Band

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Frederick Wilding

Died 1918

British Army 38137 Private Manchester Regiment

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Josiah Wilding

Died 1916

British Army 19524 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 19524 Lance Corporal Cheshire Regiment

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William Wilding

Died 1918

British Army 2643 Private Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 235024 Private Yorkshire Regiment

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William Wilding

Died 1916

British Army 22115 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Charles Wilding

Died 1916

British Army 17330 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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Charles Robert Wilding

Born 1883

Died 1915

British Army 3/10476 Private Norfolk Regiment

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George Perrott Wilding

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 40459

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Alfred Charles Wilding

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 23333 Private Worcestershire Regiment

British Army 23333 Lance Corporal Worcestershire Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Harry Wilding

Died 1918

British Army 13752 Private Cheshire Regiment

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James Wilding

Born 1860

Died 1916

British Army 23920 RIfleman The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 5th Battalion

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John Wilding

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 286521

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George Wilding

Died 1915

British Army 18478 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 18478 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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Reginald Harry Wilding

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 4362

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George Robert Wilding

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 1399 Private Suffolk Regiment

British Army 41120 Private Suffolk Regiment

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Albert Oliver Wilding

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army 2119 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

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John Richard Wilding

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 2625 Private Essex Regiment

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William Wilding

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 278642

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Petter Wilding

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 3809 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 241205 Private Cheshire Regiment

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George Wilding

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army 4719 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 31394 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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