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1876 [1]

Bootle, Lancashire [1]

Burnley, Lancs [1]

Burwash Sussex [1]

Bury, Lancashire [1]

Clarenville Newfoundland [1]

Cork [1]

Detroit, Michigan [1]

Dungarvan, County Waterford [1]

Easky,Co.Sligo. [1]

Ebbw Vale, Monmouthshire [1]

Islington, London [1]

London [1]

Mostyn, Lancashire, England. [1]

New Ferry, Cheshire [1]

Northfleet, Kent [1]

Port Elizabeth [1]

Ryhope, County Durham [1]

Stalybridge [1]

Stalybridge Cheshire [1]

Swansea [1]

Whitton, Middlesex [1]

Wolverhampton [1]

Woodford London Essex England [1]

Rank

Private [360]

Serjeant [35]

Corporal [28]

Lance Corporal [12]

Driver [11]

Gunner [11]

Acting Serjeant [6]

ALIAS Private [5]

Sapper [4]

Lance Serjeant [3]

ALIAS Serjeant [2]

Alias Private [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

ALIAS [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Alias [1]

Bombardier [1]

Cook and Steward [1]

Corporal /Lance Serjeant [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Fireman and Trimmer [1]

Unit

ALIAS [433]

London Regiment [20]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [16]

Royal Field Artillery [16]

Manchester Regiment [14]

Liverpool Regiment [12]

Northumberland Fusiliers [11]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [11]

Highland Light Infantry [10]

Welsh Regiment [10]

Border Regiment [9]

East Lancashire Regiment [9]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [8]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [8]

Royal Scots [8]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [8]

Scottish Rifles [8]

Worcestershire Regiment [8]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [7]

Durham Light Infantry [7]

Leinster Regiment [7]

Royal Engineers [7]

Royal Garrison Artillery [7]

Yorkshire Regiment [7]

Dorsetshire Regiment [6]

Gordon Highlanders [6]

Royal Fusiliers [6]

Royal Highlanders [6]

Royal Irish Regiment [6]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [6]

Wiltshire Regiment [6]

Army Service Corps [5]

Canadian Infantry Battalion [5]

East Yorkshire Regiment [5]

Machine Gun Corps [5]

Middlesex Regiment [5]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [5]

West Yorkshire Regiment [5]

Cheshire Regiment [4]

Devonshire Regiment [4]

East Kent Regiment [4]

Grenadier Guards [4]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [4]

Leicestershire Regiment [4]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [4]

Royal Sussex Regiment [4]

South Lancashire Regiment [4]

York and Lancaster Regiment [4]

Army Cyclist Corps [3]

Australian Infantry Battalion [3]

Service

British Army [436]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Other Empire Force [2]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [53]

M [49]

S [45]

W [39]

C [33]

H [31]

R [27]

D [23]

E [17]

L [15]

T [15]

P [14]

J [13]

K [13]

G [12]

A [11]

F [10]

O [6]

N [5]

I [3]

V [3]

Q [2]

Contribution

Military Service [437]

Country

United Kingdom [6]

Ireland [1]

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1876 [1] Bootle, Lancashire [1] Burnley, Lancs [1] Burwash Sussex [1] Bury, Lancashire [1] Clarenville Newfoundland [1] Cork [1] Detroit, Michigan [1] Dungarvan, County Waterford [1] Easky,Co.Sligo. [1] Ebbw Vale, Monmouthshire [1] Islington, London [1] London [1] Mostyn, Lancashire, England. [1] New Ferry, Cheshire [1] Northfleet, Kent [1] Port Elizabeth [1] Ryhope, County Durham [1] Stalybridge [1] Stalybridge Cheshire [1] Swansea [1] Whitton, Middlesex [1] Wolverhampton [1] Woodford London Essex England [1]

Rank

Private [360] Serjeant [35] Corporal [28] Lance Corporal [12] Driver [11] Gunner [11] Acting Serjeant [6] ALIAS Private [5] Sapper [4] Lance Serjeant [3] ALIAS Serjeant [2] Alias Private [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] ALIAS [1] Acting Corporal [1] Alias [1] Bombardier [1] Cook and Steward [1] Corporal /Lance Serjeant [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Fireman and Trimmer [1]

Unit

ALIAS [433] London Regiment [20] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [16] Royal Field Artillery [16] Manchester Regiment [14] Liverpool Regiment [12] Northumberland Fusiliers [11] Yorkshire Light Infantry [11] Highland Light Infantry [10] Welsh Regiment [10] Border Regiment [9] East Lancashire Regiment [9] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [8] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [8] Royal Scots [8] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [8] Scottish Rifles [8] Worcestershire Regiment [8] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [7] Durham Light Infantry [7] Leinster Regiment [7] Royal Engineers [7] Royal Garrison Artillery [7] Yorkshire Regiment [7] Dorsetshire Regiment [6] Gordon Highlanders [6] Royal Fusiliers [6] Royal Highlanders [6] Royal Irish Regiment [6] Royal Lancaster Regiment [6] Wiltshire Regiment [6] Army Service Corps [5] Canadian Infantry Battalion [5] East Yorkshire Regiment [5] Machine Gun Corps [5] Middlesex Regiment [5] Royal Irish Fusiliers [5] West Yorkshire Regiment [5] Cheshire Regiment [4] Devonshire Regiment [4] East Kent Regiment [4] Grenadier Guards [4] King's Own Scottish Borderers [4] Leicestershire Regiment [4] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [4] Royal Sussex Regiment [4] South Lancashire Regiment [4] York and Lancaster Regiment [4] Army Cyclist Corps [3] Australian Infantry Battalion [3]

Service

British Army [436] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2] Other Empire Force [2] Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [53] M [49] S [45] W [39] C [33] H [31] R [27] D [23] E [17] L [15] T [15] P [14] J [13] K [13] G [12] A [11] F [10] O [6] N [5] I [3] V [3] Q [2]

Contribution

Military Service [437]

Country

United Kingdom [6] Ireland [1]

Charles Edward Radford Townsend

Died 1916

British Army 2754 Private Hertfordshire Regiment

British Army 2754 Private ALIAS

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Henry Hall Alias Francis Stott

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army 23050 Private Royal Dublin Fusiliers

British Army 23050 Lance Corporal ALIAS

British Army 23050 Lance Corporal Royal Dublin Fusiliers 9th. Battalion

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Alfred Brown

Born 1879

Died 1914

British Army 8300 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 8300 Private ALIAS

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Charles Ayre

Died 1916

British Army 4096 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 4096 Private ALIAS

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George Anderson

Died 1915

British Army 2201 Private London Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 2201 Private ALIAS

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William Clough

Born 1878

Died 1914

British Army 9682 Private Manchester Regiment 2nd manchest Battalion

British Army 9682 Private ALIAS

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J Conway

Died 1919

British Army 6218 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 6218 Gunner ALIAS

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John Curley

Died 1916

British Army 9226 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 9226 Private ALIAS

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D Cooney

Died 1915

British Army 5343 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

British Army 5343 Private ALIAS

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Samuel Bishop

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 10092 Private Worcestershire Regiment

British Army 10092 Private ALIAS

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Arthur Catchpole

Died 1914

British Army 8970 Private Bedfordshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 8970 Private ALIAS

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Horace Belmont

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 10045 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 10045 Private ALIAS

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Jack Grainger

Died 1918

British Army 16699 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 16699 Private ALIAS

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J Allen

Died 1920

British Army 73816 Private Norfolk Regiment

British Army 73816 Private ALIAS

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James Barber

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 3736 Private Suffolk Regiment

British Army 3736 Private ALIAS

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Christopher Byrne

Died 1915

British Army 6128 Private Royal Dublin Fusiliers

British Army 6128 Private ALIAS

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Sidney Coles

Died 1915

British Army 15652 Private Royal Irish Fusiliers

British Army 15652 Private ALIAS

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Thomas Evans

Died 1914

British Army 66096 Driver Royal Field Artillery 32nd Brigade

British Army 66096 Driver ALIAS

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Arthur H. Dale

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 16285 Private Bedfordshire Regiment 8th bedford Battalion

British Army 16285 Private ALIAS

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James Bulloch

Died 1915

British Army 8295 Private Highland Light Infantry 2nd Battalion

British Army 8295 Private ALIAS

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