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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [8]

Manchester, Lancashire [5]

Geraldton Western Australia [4]

Alton, Hampshire [3]

Bolton, Lancashire [3]

Liverpool, Lancashire [3]

Paddington New South Wales [3]

Staffordshire [3]

Wigan, Lancashire [3]

Avoca Victoria [2]

Bolton Lancashire [2]

Brisbane Queensland [2]

Dubbo New South Wales [2]

Hawthorn Victoria [2]

Leek, Staffordshire [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

Marrickville New South Wales [2]

Oldham, Lancashire [2]

Oldham, Lancashire, England [2]

Preston England [2]

Preston, Lancashire [2]

Sale Victoria [2]

South Shields England [2]

St Peters New South Wales [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

35679 Dubbo New South Wales [1]

Allingham England [1]

Ascot, Berkshire [1]

Attenborough, Long Eaton, Derbyshire [1]

Aughton, Ormskirk, Lancashire [1]

Bacup, Lancashire [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Balmain New South Wales [1]

Barry, Glamorganshire [1]

Belfast, Antrim [1]

Billston England [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1]

Brunswick New South Wales [1]

Burslem, Staffordshire [1]

Bury, Lancashire [1]

Carisbrook Victoria [1]

Cheadle, Cheshire [1]

Cloncurry Queensland [1]

Cooks Hill New South Wales [1]

Coonawarra South Australia [1]

Creswick Victoria [1]

Darlinghurst New South Wales [1]

Denton, Lancashire [1]

Dunedin [1]

Rank

Private [646]

Gunner [57]

Driver [55]

Serjeant [49]

Corporal [45]

Sapper [36]

Captain [23]

Lieutenant [17]

Lance Corporal [16]

Second Lieutenant [16]

Acting Corporal [14]

Major [12]

Acting Serjeant [9]

Lieutenant Colonel [8]

Pioneer [6]

Bombardier [5]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Lance Serjeant [2]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Commander [2]

Guardsman [2]

Lance Corporal Acting Serjeant [2]

Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Private Acting Corporal [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Worker [2]

Acting Matron [1]

Acting Warrant Electrician [1]

Armourer's Mate [1]

Bandmaster [1]

Brevet Colonel [1]

Captain /Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Captain and Adjutant [1]

Carpenter's Crew [1]

Chief Engineer [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant /Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Driver Acting Serjeant [1]

Drummer [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant (Temporary Captain) [1]

Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [1]

Lieutenant Colonal [1]

Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Colonel [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [82]

Labour Corps [77]

Liverpool Regiment [68]

Royal Field Artillery [65]

Manchester Regiment [61]

Army Service Corps [57]

Cheshire Regiment [46]

Lancashire Fusiliers [46]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [42]

Royal Army Medical Corps [38]

Machine Gun Corps [37]

Royal Garrison Artillery [32]

South Lancashire Regiment [25]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [24]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [24]

North Staffordshire Regiment [23]

East Lancashire Regiment [18]

London Regiment [17]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [17]

Royal Fusiliers [16]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [15]

Border Regiment [12]

Northumberland Fusiliers [12]

Durham Light Infantry [11]

Leicestershire Regiment [11]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [10]

Lincolnshire Regiment [10]

Royal Army Service Corps [10]

York and Lancaster Regiment [10]

Army Ordnance Corps [9]

Middlesex Regiment [9]

South Wales Borderers [9]

Welsh Regiment [9]

Hampshire Regiment [8]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [7]

East Yorkshire Regiment [7]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [7]

South Staffordshire Regiment [6]

Army Pay Corps [5]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [5]

Royal Defence Corps [5]

Royal Flying Corps [5]

Royal Irish Rifles [5]

Royal Scots [5]

Voluntary Aid Detachment [5]

Army Cyclist Corps [4]

Corps of Dragoons [4]

East Kent Regiment [4]

East Surrey Regiment [4]

Grenadier Guards [4]

Service

British Army [975]

Australian Imperial Force [68]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [65]

Royal Navy [60]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [39]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [11]

Last name first letter

W [1240]

B [1]

M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1212]

Merchant Navy [18]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [18]

India [1]

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Liverpool, Lancashire, England [8] Manchester, Lancashire [5] Geraldton Western Australia [4] Alton, Hampshire [3] Bolton, Lancashire [3] Liverpool, Lancashire [3] Paddington New South Wales [3] Staffordshire [3] Wigan, Lancashire [3] Avoca Victoria [2] Bolton Lancashire [2] Brisbane Queensland [2] Dubbo New South Wales [2] Hawthorn Victoria [2] Leek, Staffordshire [2] London, Middlesex [2] Marrickville New South Wales [2] Oldham, Lancashire [2] Oldham, Lancashire, England [2] Preston England [2] Preston, Lancashire [2] Sale Victoria [2] South Shields England [2] St Peters New South Wales [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] 35679 Dubbo New South Wales [1] Allingham England [1] Ascot, Berkshire [1] Attenborough, Long Eaton, Derbyshire [1] Aughton, Ormskirk, Lancashire [1] Bacup, Lancashire [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Balmain New South Wales [1] Barry, Glamorganshire [1] Belfast, Antrim [1] Billston England [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1] Brunswick New South Wales [1] Burslem, Staffordshire [1] Bury, Lancashire [1] Carisbrook Victoria [1] Cheadle, Cheshire [1] Cloncurry Queensland [1] Cooks Hill New South Wales [1] Coonawarra South Australia [1] Creswick Victoria [1] Darlinghurst New South Wales [1] Denton, Lancashire [1] Dunedin [1]

Rank

Private [646] Gunner [57] Driver [55] Serjeant [49] Corporal [45] Sapper [36] Captain [23] Lieutenant [17] Lance Corporal [16] Second Lieutenant [16] Acting Corporal [14] Major [12] Acting Serjeant [9] Lieutenant Colonel [8] Pioneer [6] Bombardier [5] Company Serjeant Major [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Lance Serjeant [2] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Commander [2] Guardsman [2] Lance Corporal Acting Serjeant [2] Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] Private Acting Corporal [2] Temporary Captain [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Worker [2] Acting Matron [1] Acting Warrant Electrician [1] Armourer's Mate [1] Bandmaster [1] Brevet Colonel [1] Captain /Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Captain and Adjutant [1] Carpenter's Crew [1] Chief Engineer [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant /Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Deck Hand [1] Driver Acting Serjeant [1] Drummer [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant (Temporary Captain) [1] Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [1] Lieutenant Colonal [1] Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Colonel [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [82] Labour Corps [77] Liverpool Regiment [68] Royal Field Artillery [65] Manchester Regiment [61] Army Service Corps [57] Cheshire Regiment [46] Lancashire Fusiliers [46] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [42] Royal Army Medical Corps [38] Machine Gun Corps [37] Royal Garrison Artillery [32] South Lancashire Regiment [25] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [24] Royal Lancaster Regiment [24] North Staffordshire Regiment [23] East Lancashire Regiment [18] London Regiment [17] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [17] Royal Fusiliers [16] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [15] Border Regiment [12] Northumberland Fusiliers [12] Durham Light Infantry [11] Leicestershire Regiment [11] King's Royal Rifle Corps [10] Lincolnshire Regiment [10] Royal Army Service Corps [10] York and Lancaster Regiment [10] Army Ordnance Corps [9] Middlesex Regiment [9] South Wales Borderers [9] Welsh Regiment [9] Hampshire Regiment [8] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [7] East Yorkshire Regiment [7] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [7] South Staffordshire Regiment [6] Army Pay Corps [5] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [5] Royal Defence Corps [5] Royal Flying Corps [5] Royal Irish Rifles [5] Royal Scots [5] Voluntary Aid Detachment [5] Army Cyclist Corps [4] Corps of Dragoons [4] East Kent Regiment [4] East Surrey Regiment [4] Grenadier Guards [4]

Service

British Army [975] Australian Imperial Force [68] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [65] Royal Navy [60] Canadian Expeditionary Force [39] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [11]

Last name first letter

W [1240] B [1] M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1212] Merchant Navy [18] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [18] India [1]

Edward Scott Worthington

Born 1876

Died 1953

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Major Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Colonel Royal Army Medical Corps Cimiez Convalescent Home

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James Ellis Worthington

Born 1889

Died 1951

Australian Imperial Force W61271 Private

Australian Imperial Force 1443 Private 11th Australian Infantry Battalion

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Granville Worthington

Born 1891

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 5940 Private 27th Australian Infantry Battalion

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Harry Worthington

Born 1895

Died 1970

Australian Imperial Force 2852 Private 51st Australian Infantry Battalion

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George Worthington

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 58174 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 58174 Private Cheshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army 58174 Private Cheshire Regiment 16th Battalion

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John Stuart Worthington

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 202644 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 1/4th Battalion

British Army 8549 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 5th Battalion

British Army 5673 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 1/4th Battalion

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William Henry Worthington

Born 1872

Died 1915

British Army 4630 Private South Staffordshire Regiment 3rd/6th Battalion

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Guy Jukes Worthington

Born 1886

Died 1978

British Army Captain North Staffordshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant (Temporary Captain) North Staffordshire Regiment

British Army Captain North Staffordshire Regiment 5th Battalion

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Godfrey Francis Puget Worthington

Born 1894

Died 1943

British Army Lieutenant Hampshire Regiment

British Army Temporary Captain Yorkshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Middlesex Regiment

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Thomas Roughton Worthington

Born 1883

Died 1915

British Army 637 Serjeant Manchester Regiment

British Army Company Sergeant Major Manchester Regiment 6th Battalion

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James Edward Worthington

Died 1916

British Army 45607 Sapper Royal Engineers 73rd. Field Coy.

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Reginald George Worthington

Born 1886

Died 1914

British Army Lieutenant Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

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Arthur Worthington

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 5972 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army PS/5942 Private Royal Fusiliers

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George Worthington

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 20826 Private Manchester Regiment 22nd Battalion

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Richard Fitzpatrick Worthington

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army Captain Gloucestershire Regiment (Territorial Force) 2nd/5th Battalion

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James Worthington

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 94760

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Claude Swanwick Worthington

Born 1877

Died 1918

British Army Major Manchester Regiment attached Duke of Wellington

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Manchester Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Colonal

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Cecil John Worthington

Born 1886

Died 1919

Canadian Expeditionary Force 305637

Canadian Expeditionary Force 312887 Corporal Canadian Field Artillery 16th Brigade

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James Worthington

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 40177

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James Francis Worthington

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 85816

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