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Barnsley [1]

Blackburn, Lancashire [1]

Hay-on-Wye [1]

Lancaster [1]

Northampton [1]

Ormskirk, Lancashire [1]

Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire [1]

Rotherham, Yorkshire [1]

St Helier [1]

Sunderland [1]

West Bromwich, Staffs [1]

Rank

Private [94]

Second Lieutenant [31]

Captain [22]

Lieutenant [19]

Serjeant [14]

Lance Corporal [9]

Temporary Lieutenant [7]

Corporal [6]

Major [5]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [4]

Driver [3]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Sapper [2]

1st Lieutenant [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Captain Major [1]

Colonel [1]

Honorary Lieutenant 2nd Quarter Master [1]

Major Captain [1]

Private Second Lieutenant [1]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sniper [1]

Temporary Major [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

5th Royal Lancaster Regiment [45]

1/5th King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [21]

Royal Lancaster Regiment 5th Battalion [18]

1/5th Royal Lancaster Regiment [14]

5th Battalion Royal Lancaster Regiment [13]

5th King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [11]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [11]

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [7]

2/5th King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [6]

5th York and Lancaster Regiment [6]

London Regiment [6]

Royal Air Force [6]

5th Royal Lancaster Regiment Territorial Force [5]

Labour Corps [5]

Tank Corps [5]

2/5th Royal Lancaster Regiment [4]

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

Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Engineers [3]

York and Lancaster Regiment [3]

1/5th York and Lancaster Regiment [2]

King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Military Foot Police [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

Territorial Force [2]

1 5th King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [1]

1/1st Derby Yeomanry [1]

1/5 King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [1]

15th Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

18th Hussars [1]

1st Royal Lancaster Regiment [1]

1st York and Lancaster Regiment [1]

1st/5th King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [1]

2nd Battalion King's Own 84th Punjabis [1]

2nd Battalion King's Own 84th Punjabis [1]

2nd/5th Battalion, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [1]

3/5th Battalion Royal Lancaster Regiment [1]

3rd Supply Company 5th King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [1]

3rd West Lancashire Field Artillery [1]

3rd York and Lancaster Regiment [1]

5th Battalion Royal Lancaster Regiment Supply Company [1]

5th Royal Irish Rifles [1]

5th Royal Lancaster Regiment Supply Company [1]

5th Royal Munster Fusiliers [1]

5th Royal Scots Territorial Force [1]

5th Royal Scots attached Royal Lancaster Regiment [1]

5th York and Lancaster Regiment Territorial Force [1]

5th York and Lancaster Regiment and Royal Flying Corps [1]

Service

British Army [163]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Last name first letter

B [64]

C [41]

G [23]

H [13]

A [9]

D [9]

F [3]

S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [163]

Country

United Kingdom [6]

Argentina [1]

Jersey [1]

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People [163] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Barnsley [1] Blackburn, Lancashire [1] Hay-on-Wye [1] Lancaster [1] Northampton [1] Ormskirk, Lancashire [1] Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire [1] Rotherham, Yorkshire [1] St Helier [1] Sunderland [1] West Bromwich, Staffs [1]

Rank

Private [94] Second Lieutenant [31] Captain [22] Lieutenant [19] Serjeant [14] Lance Corporal [9] Temporary Lieutenant [7] Corporal [6] Major [5] Temporary Second Lieutenant [4] Driver [3] Lance Serjeant [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Sapper [2] 1st Lieutenant [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Corporal [1] Captain Major [1] Colonel [1] Honorary Lieutenant 2nd Quarter Master [1] Major Captain [1] Private Second Lieutenant [1] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Rifleman [1] Sniper [1] Temporary Major [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

5th Royal Lancaster Regiment [45] 1/5th King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [21] Royal Lancaster Regiment 5th Battalion [18] 1/5th Royal Lancaster Regiment [14] 5th Battalion Royal Lancaster Regiment [13] 5th King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [11] Royal Lancaster Regiment [11] King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [7] 2/5th King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [6] 5th York and Lancaster Regiment [6] London Regiment [6] Royal Air Force [6] 5th Royal Lancaster Regiment Territorial Force [5] Labour Corps [5] Tank Corps [5] 2/5th Royal Lancaster Regiment [4] 5th Battalion King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [3] Army Service Corps [3] Royal Engineers [3] York and Lancaster Regiment [3] 1/5th York and Lancaster Regiment [2] King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Military Foot Police [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] Territorial Force [2] 1 5th King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [1] 1/1st Derby Yeomanry [1] 1/5 King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [1] 15th Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1] 18th Hussars [1] 1st Royal Lancaster Regiment [1] 1st York and Lancaster Regiment [1] 1st/5th King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [1] 2nd Battalion King's Own 84th Punjabis [1] 2nd Battalion King's Own 84th Punjabis [1] 2nd/5th Battalion, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [1] 3/5th Battalion Royal Lancaster Regiment [1] 3rd Supply Company 5th King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [1] 3rd West Lancashire Field Artillery [1] 3rd York and Lancaster Regiment [1] 5th Battalion Royal Lancaster Regiment Supply Company [1] 5th Royal Irish Rifles [1] 5th Royal Lancaster Regiment Supply Company [1] 5th Royal Munster Fusiliers [1] 5th Royal Scots Territorial Force [1] 5th Royal Scots attached Royal Lancaster Regiment [1] 5th York and Lancaster Regiment Territorial Force [1] 5th York and Lancaster Regiment and Royal Flying Corps [1]

Service

British Army [163] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Last name first letter

B [64] C [41] G [23] H [13] A [9] D [9] F [3] S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [163]

Country

United Kingdom [6] Argentina [1] Jersey [1]

Henry Curwen

British Army 3432 Lance Corporal 5th Royal Lancaster Regiment

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Joseph Child

British Army 241352 Private 5th Royal Lancaster Regiment

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Robert Hall

British Army 3586 Private 5th Royal Lancaster Regiment

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Isadore Gillespie

British Army Lieutenant 5th Royal Lancaster Regiment

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Cyril Bensley

British Army 3859 Private 5th Royal Lancaster Regiment

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Robert Coupland

British Army 626 Private 5th Royal Lancaster Regiment

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John Churnside

British Army 241025 Serjeant 5th Royal Lancaster Regiment

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William Best

British Army 5027 Private 5th Royal Lancaster Regiment

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William S Halliwell

British Army 241901 Private 5th Royal Lancaster Regiment

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William Edwin Hardie

British Army 241523 Private 5th Royal Lancaster Regiment

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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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Thomas Cecil Stretch

Born 1891

Died 1925

British Army 3518 Private 5th Battalion Royal Lancaster Regiment Supply Company

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Jonathan A Bindloss

British Army 1461 Lance Corporal 1/5th Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 240199 Lance Corporal 1/5th Royal Lancaster Regiment

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William Thos Burton

British Army 260042 Lance Corporal Royal Lancaster Regiment 5th Battalion

British Army 260042 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment 5th Battalion

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Robert Gardner

British Army 2108 Corporal 5th Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant 5th Royal Lancaster Regiment Territorial Force

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Stanley Knight Bates

Born 1898

Died 1915

British Army Temporary Lieutenant 1/5th King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army Lieutenant 1/5th King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army Lieutenant King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

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Henry Coupland

Died 1915

British Army Temporary Lieutenant 1/5th King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army Lieutenant 1/5th King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army Lieutenant King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

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Norman Butler Hamilton

Died 1918

British Army GS5774 Lance Corporal Reserve Regiment of Cavalry

British Army Lieutenant 5th Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army Captain Territorial Force

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Cuthbert Vivian Gaulter

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant 1 5th King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

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Thomas Byrne

British Army 240007 Serjeant Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 6300 Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 35 Serjeant 5th Royal Lancaster Regiment

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