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Huddersfield [2]

Maryborough Queensland [2]

Altrincham [1]

Ashford, Kent [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Berkhamsted, Herfordshire [1]

Birmingham [1]

Blackburn Lancashire [1]

Blackburn, Lancashire [1]

Bolton Lancashire [1]

Bruthen Victoria [1]

Cambridge, Massachusetts [1]

Cobourg, Ontario [1]

Collingwood, Victoria [1]

Coventry [1]

Cupar, Fife [1]

Deans Marsh Victoria [1]

Dundee, Forfarshire [1]

Dunning, Perthshire [1]

Dunolly Victoria [1]

Finchley,Edmonton,London. [1]

Fleet End, Warsash [1]

Fulham, Greater London [1]

Glen Innes New South Wales [1]

Guildhall Street, Folkestone [1]

Hartley Wintney Hampshire [1]

Hastings [1]

Hastings England [1]

Hay-on-Wye [1]

Hindley, Wigan [1]

Hollytown, Lanarkshire [1]

Hornby, Lancashire [1]

Inverness Inverness-shire Scotland [1]

Karachi [1]

Kensington,London [1]

Kinglake, Victoria [1]

Kings Langley, Hertfordshire [1]

Kogarah New South Wales [1]

Liverpool [1]

London [1]

London England [1]

London, England [1]

Malvern, Victoria [1]

Marylebone, London [1]

Mayfield, Sussex [1]

Melbourne Victoria [1]

Moohtapore, Behar [1]

Mosman, New South Wales [1]

Narrabri New South Wales [1]

Natal [1]

Rank

Private [542]

Second Lieutenant [77]

Serjeant [55]

Captain [52]

Lieutenant [37]

Corporal [36]

Lance Corporal [34]

Rifleman [19]

Major [15]

Lieutenant Colonel [12]

Muleteer [10]

Lance Serjeant [7]

Guardsman [6]

Acting Corporal [5]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Driver [4]

Sergeant [4]

Acting Captain [3]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Company Sergeant Major [3]

Sapper [3]

Temporary Lieutenant [3]

Acting Colour Serjeant [2]

Cadet [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Corporal 2nd [2]

Drummer [2]

Gunner [2]

Public Servant [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

2nd Lieutenant Temporary Captain [1]

Aclting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Bandsman [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Bugler [1]

Captain and Adjutant [1]

Captain and Medical Officer [1]

Captain and Quarter Master [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Colonel [1]

Colour Sergeant [1]

Commissioned Instructor [1]

Unit

Liverpool Regiment 5th Battalion [52]

York and Lancaster Regiment 5th Battalion [52]

Royal Defence Corps 5th Battalion [36]

5th Battalion Liverpool Regiment [30]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 5th Battalion [26]

Lancashire Fusiliers 5th Battalion [25]

5th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment [23]

North Lancashire Regiment 5th Battalion [22]

5th Battalion [21]

5th Battalion Royal Highlanders [21]

Royal Lancaster Regiment 5th Battalion [18]

West Riding Regiment 5th Battalion [18]

King's Liverpool Regiment 5th Battalion [17]

5th Battalion Egyptian Army [16]

5th Battalion Royal Defence Corps [14]

5th Battalion West Riding Regiment [14]

5th Battalion King's Liverpool Regiment [13]

5th Battalion Royal Lancaster Regiment [13]

5th Battalion Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [12]

5th Labour Battalion [12]

5th Battalion Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [11]

5th Battalion Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [11]

5th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers [9]

5th Reserve Battalion [8]

Lancashire Fusiliers [8]

Liverpool Regiment [8]

London Regiment [8]

Middlesex Regiment [8]

5th Battalion Canadian Infantry [7]

Royal Engineers [7]

Royal Sussex Regiment [7]

5th Battalion Royal Scots [6]

5th Infantry Battalion [6]

5th Battalion Leinster Regiment [5]

5th Canadian Infantry Battalion [5]

1/5th Battalion Royal Highlanders Territorial Force [4]

5th Battalion Reserve Brigade [4]

5th Pioneer Battalion [4]

5th Tank Battalion [4]

Grenadiers Guards 5th Reserve Battalion [4]

Imperial Army [4]

Machine Gun Corps [4]

Reserve Cavalry 5th Battalion [4]

Royal Air Force [4]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4]

1/5th Battalion Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3]

1/5th Battalion West Riding Regiment [3]

5th Battalion Cameron Highlanders [3]

5th Battalion Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [3]

5th Battalion King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [802]

Australian Imperial Force [28]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [16]

Other Empire Force [16]

Indian Army [5]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

B [275]

C [189]

G [98]

A [88]

H [65]

D [36]

F [34]

E [15]

W [15]

M [9]

S [9]

R [6]

L [5]

P [4]

K [3]

J [2]

T [2]

I [1]

N [1]

Contribution

Military Service [855]

Country

United Kingdom [19]

Australia [4]

Canada [2]

Argentina [1]

Jersey [1]

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People [857] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Huddersfield [2] Maryborough Queensland [2] Altrincham [1] Ashford, Kent [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Berkhamsted, Herfordshire [1] Birmingham [1] Blackburn Lancashire [1] Blackburn, Lancashire [1] Bolton Lancashire [1] Bruthen Victoria [1] Cambridge, Massachusetts [1] Cobourg, Ontario [1] Collingwood, Victoria [1] Coventry [1] Cupar, Fife [1] Deans Marsh Victoria [1] Dundee, Forfarshire [1] Dunning, Perthshire [1] Dunolly Victoria [1] Finchley,Edmonton,London. [1] Fleet End, Warsash [1] Fulham, Greater London [1] Glen Innes New South Wales [1] Guildhall Street, Folkestone [1] Hartley Wintney Hampshire [1] Hastings [1] Hastings England [1] Hay-on-Wye [1] Hindley, Wigan [1] Hollytown, Lanarkshire [1] Hornby, Lancashire [1] Inverness Inverness-shire Scotland [1] Karachi [1] Kensington,London [1] Kinglake, Victoria [1] Kings Langley, Hertfordshire [1] Kogarah New South Wales [1] Liverpool [1] London [1] London England [1] London, England [1] Malvern, Victoria [1] Marylebone, London [1] Mayfield, Sussex [1] Melbourne Victoria [1] Moohtapore, Behar [1] Mosman, New South Wales [1] Narrabri New South Wales [1] Natal [1]

Rank

Private [542] Second Lieutenant [77] Serjeant [55] Captain [52] Lieutenant [37] Corporal [36] Lance Corporal [34] Rifleman [19] Major [15] Lieutenant Colonel [12] Muleteer [10] Lance Serjeant [7] Guardsman [6] Acting Corporal [5] Acting Serjeant [4] Driver [4] Sergeant [4] Acting Captain [3] Colour Serjeant [3] Company Sergeant Major [3] Sapper [3] Temporary Lieutenant [3] Acting Colour Serjeant [2] Cadet [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Corporal 2nd [2] Drummer [2] Gunner [2] Public Servant [2] Temporary Captain [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] 2nd Lieutenant Temporary Captain [1] Aclting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Colour Serjeant Major [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Bandsman [1] Brigadier General [1] Bugler [1] Captain and Adjutant [1] Captain and Medical Officer [1] Captain and Quarter Master [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Colonel [1] Colour Sergeant [1] Commissioned Instructor [1]

Unit

Liverpool Regiment 5th Battalion [52] York and Lancaster Regiment 5th Battalion [52] Royal Defence Corps 5th Battalion [36] 5th Battalion Liverpool Regiment [30] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 5th Battalion [26] Lancashire Fusiliers 5th Battalion [25] 5th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment [23] North Lancashire Regiment 5th Battalion [22] 5th Battalion [21] 5th Battalion Royal Highlanders [21] Royal Lancaster Regiment 5th Battalion [18] West Riding Regiment 5th Battalion [18] King's Liverpool Regiment 5th Battalion [17] 5th Battalion Egyptian Army [16] 5th Battalion Royal Defence Corps [14] 5th Battalion West Riding Regiment [14] 5th Battalion King's Liverpool Regiment [13] 5th Battalion Royal Lancaster Regiment [13] 5th Battalion Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [12] 5th Labour Battalion [12] 5th Battalion Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [11] 5th Battalion Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [11] 5th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers [9] 5th Reserve Battalion [8] Lancashire Fusiliers [8] Liverpool Regiment [8] London Regiment [8] Middlesex Regiment [8] 5th Battalion Canadian Infantry [7] Royal Engineers [7] Royal Sussex Regiment [7] 5th Battalion Royal Scots [6] 5th Infantry Battalion [6] 5th Battalion Leinster Regiment [5] 5th Canadian Infantry Battalion [5] 1/5th Battalion Royal Highlanders Territorial Force [4] 5th Battalion Reserve Brigade [4] 5th Pioneer Battalion [4] 5th Tank Battalion [4] Grenadiers Guards 5th Reserve Battalion [4] Imperial Army [4] Machine Gun Corps [4] Reserve Cavalry 5th Battalion [4] Royal Air Force [4] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4] 1/5th Battalion Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3] 1/5th Battalion West Riding Regiment [3] 5th Battalion Cameron Highlanders [3] 5th Battalion Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [3] 5th Battalion King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [802] Australian Imperial Force [28] Canadian Expeditionary Force [16] Other Empire Force [16] Indian Army [5] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1] Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

B [275] C [189] G [98] A [88] H [65] D [36] F [34] E [15] W [15] M [9] S [9] R [6] L [5] P [4] K [3] J [2] T [2] I [1] N [1]

Contribution

Military Service [855]

Country

United Kingdom [19] Australia [4] Canada [2] Argentina [1] Jersey [1]

Thomas William Ah Chow

Born 1891

Died 1967

Australian Imperial Force 7440 Private 5th Reinforcements 5th Battalion

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Robert Onebye Leach

Born 1884

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force Lieutenant 5th Battalion Canadian Infantry

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Leslie Swayn

Born 1892

Died 1985

Australian Imperial Force 1421 Private Recruit Depot Battalion Broadmeadows

Australian Imperial Force 1421 Private 7th Battalion 2nd Reinforcements

Australian Imperial Force 1421 Private 5th Battalion 3rd Reinforcements

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Roy Emanuel Beckingham

Born 1897

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 4360 Private 5th Training Battalion 5th Training Battalion

Australian Imperial Force 4360 Private 17 Battalion

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John Edward 'jack' Hayward

Born 1888

Died 1915

Canadian Expeditionary Force 13246 Private 5th Battalion Western Canada Regiment

Canadian Expeditionary Force 13246 Private Canadian Infantry 5th Battalion

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Donald John Allan

Born 1895

British Army S/10807 Private 5th Battalion Cameron Highlanders

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Stanley Joseph Bickell

Born 1896

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 2280 Private 5th Infantry Battalion

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Thomas Joseph Dawes

Born 1896

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 3768 Private 5th Infantry Battalion

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Eric Armstrong Fisher

Born 1888

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 12983 Private 5th Battalion

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Bertram Kinglake Lawrey

Born 1894

Died 1958

Australian Imperial Force 7048 Private 5th Battalion Australian Infantry

Australian Imperial Force 7048 Private 66th Battalion Australian Infantry

Australian Imperial Force 7048 Private 38th Battalion Australian Infantry

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Michael Gannon

Born 1892

Died 1922

British Army 201881 Private Liverpool Regiment 5th Battalion

British Army 201881 Rifleman King's Liverpool Regiment 5th Battalion

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Frederick John Wymark Bell

Born 1886

Died 1960

British Army Second Lieutenant 5th Battalion Royal Lancaster Regiment

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Bisalla

British Army 5th Battalion

British Army Public Servant 5th Battalion

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William Coney

Born 1883

Died 1967

British Army 4836 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment 5th Battalion

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Willard Apperly Porter

Born 1889

Died 1966

Canadian Expeditionary Force 283527 Private 219th Highland Battalion (Nova Scotia)

Canadian Expeditionary Force 283527 Serjeant 5th [Depot] Battalion Corps of Canadian Railway Troops

Canadian Expeditionary Force 283527 Lieutenant 5th [Depot] Battalion Corps of Canadian Railway Troops

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Clive St Vincent Dawson

Born 1884

Died 1942

Australian Imperial Force 409 Sergeant 5th Infantry Battalion

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John Henry Manders

Born 1896

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 2865 Private "A" Company, 5th Battalion

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Maxwell Dalston Barrows

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant 1/5th Battalion Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army Captain 1/5th Battalion Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment 5th Battalion (Sherwood Foresters)

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John Thomas Baylis

Born 1894

Died 1960

British Army 47437 Private Royal Defence Corps 5th Battalion

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John Cowsill

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 51457 Private 5th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment

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