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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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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]

William H Wilding

Died 1918

British Army 22365 Private Yorkshire Regiment

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Frank Wilding

Born 1885

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 925822

Canadian Expeditionary Force 925822 Private Canadian Infantry

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Albert Victor Wilding

Australian Imperial Force 5236

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Joseph Wilding

Died 1917

British Army 36692 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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A V Wilding

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 168129

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Albert Baden Wilding

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 198385

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Percy Henry Wilding

Born 1889

Died 1961

British Army 19606 Private East Surrey Regiment 11th Battalion

British Army 57263 Corporal Labour Corps 99th Company

British Army 17224 Lance Corporal Royal Fusiliers 33rd (Labour) Battalion

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Solomon Wilding

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 9639 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

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Demas Wilding

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 44570

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Charles Wilding

Died 1916

British Army 9149 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

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Alfred Wilding

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 114679 Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 37127 Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 33541 Private Border Regiment

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Thomas Charles Wilding

Born 1877

Died 1916

British Army 10661 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry 5th Battalion

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Arthur Wilding

Died 1917

British Army 37346 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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James Wilding

Died 1916

British Army 22764 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 22764 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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Samuel Wilding

Died 1916

British Army 3366 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 3366 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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Thomas Wilding

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 86764 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Frank W Wilding

Died 1918

British Army 290058 Private Suffolk Regiment

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Edwyn Arnold Fraser Wilding

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 110903

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Christopher Wilding

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 192701

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Frank Wilding

Died 1917

British Army 201396 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

British Army 41316 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers

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