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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

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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]

George W Hudson

British Army 1759 Private 5th Battalion

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Harry Halloway

British Army L/13026 Corporal 5th Battalion

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James Maurice Griffiths

British Army 9/34702 Rifleman 5th Battalion Rifle Battalion

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Charles J Hartley

British Army S/36411 Rifleman 5th Battalion Reserve Battalion

British Army S/36411 Private 5th Battalion Reserve Battalion

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Harry Bouverie Cox

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Liverpool Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant 5th Battalion Liverpool Regiment

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Arthur Allen Broomfield

Born 1895

Died 1969

British Army Captain 5th Tank Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Irish Rifles 5 Battalion attached 2 Battalion

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Charles George Dalegarth King-Mason

Born 1887

Died 1915

Canadian Expeditionary Force Captain 5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regiment)

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William David Grosart

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant 2/5th Battalion Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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George Richard Gledhill

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 2869 Private 5th Battalion West Riding Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant 5th Battalion West Riding Regiment Territorial Force

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R Murdie

British Army Major Canadian Infantry

Canadian Expeditionary Force Major 5th Canadian Battalion

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G B Roberts

British Army Captain Canadian Infantry

Canadian Expeditionary Force Lieutenant 5th Canadian Battalion

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John Edgar David Forwood

Australian Imperial Force 4409 Private 5th Australian Machine Gun Battalion

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John Christopher Royse Delmege

Born 1894

British Army Captain 5th Battalion Royal Munster Fusiliers

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Francis Henry Walter Hunt

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army Captain 5th Battalion, Shropshire Light Infantry

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John Stephen Giffard

Born 1889

Died 1961

British Army Second Lieutenant Manchester Regiment 20th manchest Battalion

British Army Captain 5th Battalion Company

British Army Captain Royal Air Force

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Arthur Berteau Grellier

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant 3/5th Battalion Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Lancashire Fusiliers

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John Henderson

Born 1885

Died 1915

Canadian Expeditionary Force 13644

Canadian Expeditionary Force 13644 Private 5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regiment)

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Arthur Ashton

Died 1915

British Army 464 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 1/5th Battalion

British Army 464 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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Leon Jule Demauny

Born 1885

British Army Second Lieutenant 2/5th Battalion Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

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Thomas Bruce Drope

Born 1883

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 907333

Canadian Expeditionary Force 907333 Private 5th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regiment)

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