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Sydney New South Wales [32]

Manchester, Lancashire [26]

Leeds, Yorkshire [18]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [14]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [14]

Bradford, Yorkshire [12]

Burnley, Lancashire [11]

Gateshead, Durham [11]

Melbourne Victoria [10]

Sunderland, Durham [8]

Blackburn, Lancashire [7]

Hull, Yorkshire [7]

Lancashire [7]

Liverpool, Lancashire [7]

Preston, Lancashire [7]

Kerang Victoria [6]

Launceston Tasmania [6]

London, Middlesex, England [6]

Newcastle, Northumberland [6]

Parramatta New South Wales [6]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [6]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [6]

Belfast [5]

Bermondsey, London [5]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [5]

Devonport, Devon [5]

Durham [5]

Eastbourne, Sussex [5]

Farnham, Surrey [5]

Halifax, Yorkshire [5]

Lancaster, Lancashire [5]

London England [5]

Manchester, Lancashire, England [5]

Accrington, Lancashire [4]

Battersea, London [4]

Bearsted, Kent [4]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [4]

Bolton, Lancashire [4]

Boston, Lincolnshire [4]

Brighton, Sussex [4]

Colne, Lancashire [4]

Hartlepool, Durham [4]

Lincolnshire [4]

Newcastle New South Wales [4]

Norwich, Norfolk [4]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [4]

Tumut New South Wales [4]

Yorkshire [4]

Bordertown South Australia [3]

Dunedin [3]

Rank

Private [4974]

Gunner [620]

Driver [388]

Serjeant [387]

Corporal [364]

Sapper [303]

Lance Corporal [187]

Second Lieutenant [162]

Lieutenant [131]

Captain [114]

Acting Corporal [85]

Pioneer [66]

Bombardier [58]

Acting Serjeant [57]

Major [38]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [35]

Staff Serjeant [27]

Rifleman [20]

Company Serjeant Major [19]

Trooper [16]

Acting Bombardier [15]

Lieutenant Colonel [15]

Sergeant [14]

Temporary Captain [14]

Guardsman [13]

Lance Serjeant [12]

Able Seaman [11]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [9]

Private Acting Corporal [9]

Sister [9]

Worker [9]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [8]

Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [8]

Temporary Lieutenant [8]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [7]

Acting Captain [6]

Acting Colour Serjeant [6]

Battery Serjeant Major [6]

Colour Serjeant [6]

Lance Bombardier [6]

Lieutenant Commander [6]

Quarter Master Serjeant [6]

Acting Lance Corporal [5]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [5]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [5]

Nursing Sister [5]

Private/Lance Corporal [5]

Reverend [5]

Staff Nurse [5]

Temporary Major [5]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [664]

Labour Corps [586]

Royal Engineers [579]

Army Service Corps [474]

Royal Garrison Artillery [358]

Royal Army Medical Corps [286]

West Yorkshire Regiment [277]

Durham Light Infantry [273]

Northumberland Fusiliers [268]

Machine Gun Corps [204]

Lancashire Fusiliers [202]

Manchester Regiment [196]

West Riding Regiment [184]

East Lancashire Regiment [171]

East Yorkshire Regiment [162]

London Regiment [162]

Cheshire Regiment [160]

York and Lancaster Regiment [158]

Liverpool Regiment [149]

Yorkshire Regiment [130]

Royal Fusiliers [128]

Lincolnshire Regiment [123]

Border Regiment [111]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [103]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [102]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [93]

Middlesex Regiment [89]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [89]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [86]

Royal Naval Division [77]

Army Ordnance Corps [75]

South Lancashire Regiment [74]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [72]

Royal Army Service Corps [66]

Rifle Brigade [65]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [62]

Royal Defence Corps [61]

North Staffordshire Regiment [59]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [59]

Leicestershire Regiment [57]

Tank Corps [57]

South Staffordshire Regiment [52]

Essex Regiment [47]

Worcestershire Regiment [47]

Coldstream Guards [45]

Training Reserve Battalion [44]

Army Veterinary Corps [41]

Highland Light Infantry [40]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [40]

Royal Scots [40]

Service

British Army [7573]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [616]

Royal Navy [605]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [441]

Australian Imperial Force [344]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [83]

Other Empire Force [25]

Indian Army [4]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

W [9810]

G [10]

B [2]

C [2]

A [1]

F [1]

L [1]

Contribution

Military Service [9618]

Merchant Navy [160]

Conscientious Objector [26]

Country

United Kingdom [196]

India [2]

Ireland [2]

New Zealand [2]

Australia [1]

Barbados [1]

Canada [1]

France [1]

Greece [1]

Iraq [1]

Isle of Man [1]

Panama [1]

Singapore [1]

South Africa [1]

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People [9827] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Sydney New South Wales [32] Manchester, Lancashire [26] Leeds, Yorkshire [18] Hull, Yorkshire, England [14] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [14] Bradford, Yorkshire [12] Burnley, Lancashire [11] Gateshead, Durham [11] Melbourne Victoria [10] Sunderland, Durham [8] Blackburn, Lancashire [7] Hull, Yorkshire [7] Lancashire [7] Liverpool, Lancashire [7] Preston, Lancashire [7] Kerang Victoria [6] Launceston Tasmania [6] London, Middlesex, England [6] Newcastle, Northumberland [6] Parramatta New South Wales [6] Portsmouth, Hampshire [6] Sheffield, Yorkshire [6] Belfast [5] Bermondsey, London [5] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [5] Devonport, Devon [5] Durham [5] Eastbourne, Sussex [5] Farnham, Surrey [5] Halifax, Yorkshire [5] Lancaster, Lancashire [5] London England [5] Manchester, Lancashire, England [5] Accrington, Lancashire [4] Battersea, London [4] Bearsted, Kent [4] Birmingham, Warwickshire [4] Bolton, Lancashire [4] Boston, Lincolnshire [4] Brighton, Sussex [4] Colne, Lancashire [4] Hartlepool, Durham [4] Lincolnshire [4] Newcastle New South Wales [4] Norwich, Norfolk [4] Southampton, Hampshire, England [4] Tumut New South Wales [4] Yorkshire [4] Bordertown South Australia [3] Dunedin [3]

Rank

Private [4974] Gunner [620] Driver [388] Serjeant [387] Corporal [364] Sapper [303] Lance Corporal [187] Second Lieutenant [162] Lieutenant [131] Captain [114] Acting Corporal [85] Pioneer [66] Bombardier [58] Acting Serjeant [57] Major [38] Warrant Officer Class 2 [35] Staff Serjeant [27] Rifleman [20] Company Serjeant Major [19] Trooper [16] Acting Bombardier [15] Lieutenant Colonel [15] Sergeant [14] Temporary Captain [14] Guardsman [13] Lance Serjeant [12] Able Seaman [11] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [9] Private Acting Corporal [9] Sister [9] Worker [9] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [8] Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [8] Temporary Lieutenant [8] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [7] Acting Captain [6] Acting Colour Serjeant [6] Battery Serjeant Major [6] Colour Serjeant [6] Lance Bombardier [6] Lieutenant Commander [6] Quarter Master Serjeant [6] Acting Lance Corporal [5] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [5] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [5] Nursing Sister [5] Private/Lance Corporal [5] Reverend [5] Staff Nurse [5] Temporary Major [5]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [664] Labour Corps [586] Royal Engineers [579] Army Service Corps [474] Royal Garrison Artillery [358] Royal Army Medical Corps [286] West Yorkshire Regiment [277] Durham Light Infantry [273] Northumberland Fusiliers [268] Machine Gun Corps [204] Lancashire Fusiliers [202] Manchester Regiment [196] West Riding Regiment [184] East Lancashire Regiment [171] East Yorkshire Regiment [162] London Regiment [162] Cheshire Regiment [160] York and Lancaster Regiment [158] Liverpool Regiment [149] Yorkshire Regiment [130] Royal Fusiliers [128] Lincolnshire Regiment [123] Border Regiment [111] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [103] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [102] Royal Lancaster Regiment [93] Middlesex Regiment [89] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [89] King's Royal Rifle Corps [86] Royal Naval Division [77] Army Ordnance Corps [75] South Lancashire Regiment [74] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [72] Royal Army Service Corps [66] Rifle Brigade [65] Yorkshire Light Infantry [62] Royal Defence Corps [61] North Staffordshire Regiment [59] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [59] Leicestershire Regiment [57] Tank Corps [57] South Staffordshire Regiment [52] Essex Regiment [47] Worcestershire Regiment [47] Coldstream Guards [45] Training Reserve Battalion [44] Army Veterinary Corps [41] Highland Light Infantry [40] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [40] Royal Scots [40]

Service

British Army [7573] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [616] Royal Navy [605] Canadian Expeditionary Force [441] Australian Imperial Force [344] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [83] Other Empire Force [25] Indian Army [4] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

W [9810] G [10] B [2] C [2] A [1] F [1] L [1]

Contribution

Military Service [9618] Merchant Navy [160] Conscientious Objector [26]

Country

United Kingdom [196] India [2] Ireland [2] New Zealand [2] Australia [1] Barbados [1] Canada [1] France [1] Greece [1] Iraq [1] Isle of Man [1] Panama [1] Singapore [1] South Africa [1]

R Wilkinson

British Army 12765 Corporal Northumberland Fusiliers

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J W Wilkinson

British Army 7014 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 167372 Private Labour Corps

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J Wilkinson

British Army S/8759 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 3rd battalion attached 2nd Battalion

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E Wilkinson

British Army 52929 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

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J Wilkinson

British Army 9/17589 Private Cheshire Regiment

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David Wilkinson

British Army 41161 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

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L A Wilkinson

British Army Sister Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve attached Stationary Hospital

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U C Wilkinson

British Army 3/19026 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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John G Wilkinson

British Army 18/1153 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 18/1153 Corporal Durham Light Infantry 20th Battalion

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S K Douglas Wilkinson

British Army Orderly French Red Cross

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R Wilkinson

British Army 16873 Private 3rd Battalion Late 8th Battalion Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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William Wilkinson

British Army 4344 Private 5th Lancers

British Army L/4344 Private 5th Lancers

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William Wilkinson

British Army GS/21557 Private 6th Dragoons

British Army D/16784 Private 6th Dragoons

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Walter J Wilkinson

British Army 8238 Lance Corporal 3rd Hussars

British Army 8238 Private 3rd Hussars

British Army 8238 Private Corps of Hussars

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T O Wilkinson

British Army Major 91st Punjabis

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R Wilkinson

British Army Captain 1/43rd Regiment

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Olive Ethel Wilkinson

British Army 11457 Wheeler Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps

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William Thornton Wilkinson

British Army Captain and Adjutant East Yorkshire Regiment

British Army Captain and Adjutant King's Own Scottish Borderers

British Army Acting Lieutenant Colonel King's Own Scottish Borderers

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M O Wilkinson

British Army 284 Driver First Aid Nursing Yeomanry

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Matthew Wilkinson Ferguson

Born 1891

Died 1953

Royal Navy 237771

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