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Brighouse, Yorkshire [2]

Denton, Lancashire [2]

Oldham, Lancashire [2]

Bradford, Yorkshire [1]

Dalgety New South Wales [1]

Dulwich Hill New South Wales [1]

Hollingworth Cheshire [1]

Lancashire [1]

Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Parkville Victoria [1]

Pontefract, Yorkshire [1]

Rawtenstall, Lancs [1]

Saint Helens, Lancashire [1]

Salford, Lancashire [1]

Salford, Lancashire, England [1]

Sheffield [1]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [1]

Skelmersdale, Lancs [1]

Swansea, Glamorgan [1]

Wakefield, Yorkshire [1]

Whitefield, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [139]

Corporal [15]

Driver [12]

Gunner [12]

Sapper [5]

Pioneer [4]

Serjeant [4]

Acting Corporal [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Second Lieutenant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Worker [2]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Canteen Manager [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Gunnery Instructor C.P.O. [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Ordinary Seaman RNVR [1]

Private/Acting Superitending Clerk Class 1 [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sergeant [1]

Wireman 2nd Class [1]

Unit

Manchester Regiment [22]

Labour Corps [19]

Lancashire Fusiliers [17]

Royal Engineers [17]

Royal Army Medical Corps [16]

Royal Field Artillery [15]

York and Lancaster Regiment [12]

Liverpool Regiment [8]

Royal Garrison Artillery [8]

Cheshire Regiment [7]

West Riding Regiment [7]

Army Service Corps [6]

East Lancashire Regiment [6]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [6]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [5]

Machine Gun Corps [5]

Northumberland Fusiliers [5]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [5]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

Rifle Brigade [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Royal Naval Division [4]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4]

West Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [4]

East Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Highland Light Infantry [2]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Military Foot Police [2]

Northamptonshire Regiment [2]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

Royal Sussex Regiment [2]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [2]

Admiralty Civilian - HMS Excellent [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Border Regiment [1]

British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Denbigh Yeomanry [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

Dragoon Guards [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

HMS Buttercup [1]

HMS Cruiser [1]

HMS Duke of Wellington [1]

HMS Excellent (Gunnery Training School) [1]

Service

British Army [199]

Royal Navy [20]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [10]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [5]

Australian Imperial Force [3]

Last name first letter

W [237]

Contribution

Military Service [236]

Country

United Kingdom [9]

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People [237] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Brighouse, Yorkshire [2] Denton, Lancashire [2] Oldham, Lancashire [2] Bradford, Yorkshire [1] Dalgety New South Wales [1] Dulwich Hill New South Wales [1] Hollingworth Cheshire [1] Lancashire [1] Manchester, Lancashire [1] Parkville Victoria [1] Pontefract, Yorkshire [1] Rawtenstall, Lancs [1] Saint Helens, Lancashire [1] Salford, Lancashire [1] Salford, Lancashire, England [1] Sheffield [1] Sheffield, Yorkshire [1] Skelmersdale, Lancs [1] Swansea, Glamorgan [1] Wakefield, Yorkshire [1] Whitefield, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [139] Corporal [15] Driver [12] Gunner [12] Sapper [5] Pioneer [4] Serjeant [4] Acting Corporal [2] Lieutenant [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Second Lieutenant [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Worker [2] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Canteen Manager [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Deck Hand [1] Gunnery Instructor C.P.O. [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Stoker [1] Ordinary Seaman RNVR [1] Private/Acting Superitending Clerk Class 1 [1] Rifleman [1] Sergeant [1] Wireman 2nd Class [1]

Unit

Manchester Regiment [22] Labour Corps [19] Lancashire Fusiliers [17] Royal Engineers [17] Royal Army Medical Corps [16] Royal Field Artillery [15] York and Lancaster Regiment [12] Liverpool Regiment [8] Royal Garrison Artillery [8] Cheshire Regiment [7] West Riding Regiment [7] Army Service Corps [6] East Lancashire Regiment [6] Royal Lancaster Regiment [6] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [5] Machine Gun Corps [5] Northumberland Fusiliers [5] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [5] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] Rifle Brigade [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] Royal Naval Division [4] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4] West Yorkshire Regiment [4] Yorkshire Light Infantry [4] East Yorkshire Regiment [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Highland Light Infantry [2] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Military Foot Police [2] Northamptonshire Regiment [2] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] Royal Sussex Regiment [2] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [2] Admiralty Civilian - HMS Excellent [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Border Regiment [1] British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Denbigh Yeomanry [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] Dragoon Guards [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] Essex Regiment [1] HMS Buttercup [1] HMS Cruiser [1] HMS Duke of Wellington [1] HMS Excellent (Gunnery Training School) [1]

Service

British Army [199] Royal Navy [20] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [10] Canadian Expeditionary Force [5] Australian Imperial Force [3]

Last name first letter

W [237]

Contribution

Military Service [236]

Country

United Kingdom [9]

George Wroe

Born 1851

Died 1920

Royal Navy 60129 Chief Petty Officer HMS Cruiser

Royal Navy 60129 Chief Petty Officer HMS Trafalgar

Royal Navy Canteen Manager Admiralty Civilian - HMS Excellent

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Alfred Wroe

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 1459 Private East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 8606 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 8606 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 1/5th Battalion (Territorial Force)

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Joel Collier Wroe

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 19825 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

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Thomas Wroe

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 31608

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Charles Wroe

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 111357

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Frank Wroe

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 235039

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William Wroe

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 4680 Private Manchester Regiment 13th Battalion

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Frank Wroe

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 57309 Private Manchester Regiment 2/6th Battalion

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Wilfred Dent Wroe

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant Life Guards

British Army Lieutenant Lincolnshire Regiment

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William Wroe

Died 1917

British Army 14001 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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George Wroe

Died 1916

British Army 7012 Private Durham Light Infantry

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John Wroe

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 235305

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Richard Wroe

Born 1880

Died 1916

Royal Navy 301366

Royal Navy 301366(PO) Leading Stoker HMS Buttercup

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Robert Wroe

Died 1916

British Army 200597 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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Vernon Wroe

Died 1917

British Army 200068 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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John Robert Wroe

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 21361 Private Manchester Regiment

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William Albert Wroe

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 3200 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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John Wroe

Born 1879

Died 1915

British Army 7064 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 7064 Corporal Lancashire Fusiliers

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Frank Wroe

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 33758 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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George Fredrick Wroe

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 4009 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 5/4009 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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