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Place of birth

Liverpool [2]

Salford [2]

Barrow in Furness [1]

Battersea [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Bolton [1]

Bowdon, Altrincham, Cheshire [1]

Bromley Cross Bolton [1]

Bromley Cross, Bolton, Lancashire [1]

Bury [1]

Childwall,Prescott,Lancashire. [1]

Exeter [1]

Farington, Preston, Lancashire [1]

Flixton, Manchester [1]

Lambeth, London [1]

Llandebie, Carmarthenshire [1]

Manchester [1]

Middleton, Rochdale Borough, Lancashire [1]

Middlewich, Cheshire [1]

Mobberley Cheshire [1]

Nantwich, Cheshire [1]

Netherall Cumberland [1]

Tattenhall, Chester [1]

Wainfleet, Lincolnshire [1]

Walsall, Staffs [1]

Rank

Private [840]

Second Lieutenant [151]

Serjeant [118]

Corporal [90]

Lieutenant [60]

Lance Corporal [43]

Captain [28]

Sapper [27]

Trooper [22]

Lance Serjeant [13]

Major [13]

Acting Corporal [12]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [12]

Acting Serjeant [11]

Shoeing Smith [8]

Gunner [6]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Acting Captain [5]

Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Staff Serjeant Major [4]

Trumpeter [4]

Farrier Serjeant [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Bombardier [2]

Cadet [2]

Driver [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Pioneer [2]

Shoeing Smith Corporal [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

3rd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Regiment Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Armourer [1]

Brevet Major [1]

Captain and Quarter Master [1]

Colonel [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Commissary [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Corporal Shoeing Smith [1]

Deputy Assitant Quarter Master General [1]

Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Farrier Staff Serjeant [1]

Flight Commander [1]

Flying Officer [1]

Honorary Captain [1]

Unit

Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry [1192]

Manchester Regiment [218]

Royal Engineers [87]

Labour Corps [70]

Corps of Dragoons [41]

Lancashire Fusiliers [26]

Machine Gun Corps [25]

Border Regiment [24]

Royal Field Artillery [24]

Army Service Corps [20]

Military Mounted Police [19]

Royal Air Force [15]

Corps of Hussars [14]

Royal Fusiliers [14]

Liverpool Regiment [13]

South Lancashire Regiment [12]

Tank Corps [12]

Royal Flying Corps [11]

Royal Garrison Artillery [11]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [9]

Hertfordshire Yeomanry [7]

Royal Army Service Corps [7]

Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry [7]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [6]

East Lancashire Regiment [5]

Indian Army Reserve of Officers [5]

Military Foot Police [5]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5]

Scottish Horse [5]

Cheshire Regiment [4]

Company of Dragoons [4]

Dragoons [4]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

General Service Dragoons [3]

Grenadier Guards [3]

Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [3]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [3]

9th Hodson's Horse [2]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Bedford Yeomanry [2]

Buckinghamshire Yeomanry [2]

Cameron Highlanders [2]

Denbigh Yeomanry [2]

Dorset Yeomanry [2]

Dragoon Guards [2]

Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry attached Manchester Regiment [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

General List [2]

Hussars [2]

King Edward's Horse [2]

Service

British Army [1205]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3]

Other Empire Force [2]

Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

B [122]

H [122]

S [115]

W [109]

C [85]

M [78]

G [74]

T [63]

D [59]

R [59]

L [55]

P [50]

F [47]

J [41]

A [34]

K [33]

N [17]

E [16]

O [11]

V [6]

I [4]

Y [4]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1202]

Country

United Kingdom [21]

Trinidad and Tobago [1]

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People [1205] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Liverpool [2] Salford [2] Barrow in Furness [1] Battersea [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Bolton [1] Bowdon, Altrincham, Cheshire [1] Bromley Cross Bolton [1] Bromley Cross, Bolton, Lancashire [1] Bury [1] Childwall,Prescott,Lancashire. [1] Exeter [1] Farington, Preston, Lancashire [1] Flixton, Manchester [1] Lambeth, London [1] Llandebie, Carmarthenshire [1] Manchester [1] Middleton, Rochdale Borough, Lancashire [1] Middlewich, Cheshire [1] Mobberley Cheshire [1] Nantwich, Cheshire [1] Netherall Cumberland [1] Tattenhall, Chester [1] Wainfleet, Lincolnshire [1] Walsall, Staffs [1]

Rank

Private [840] Second Lieutenant [151] Serjeant [118] Corporal [90] Lieutenant [60] Lance Corporal [43] Captain [28] Sapper [27] Trooper [22] Lance Serjeant [13] Major [13] Acting Corporal [12] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [12] Acting Serjeant [11] Shoeing Smith [8] Gunner [6] Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Acting Captain [5] Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Staff Serjeant Major [4] Trumpeter [4] Farrier Serjeant [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Bombardier [2] Cadet [2] Driver [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Pioneer [2] Shoeing Smith Corporal [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] 3rd Lieutenant [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Regiment Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Armourer [1] Brevet Major [1] Captain and Quarter Master [1] Colonel [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Commissary [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Corporal Shoeing Smith [1] Deputy Assitant Quarter Master General [1] Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Farrier Staff Serjeant [1] Flight Commander [1] Flying Officer [1] Honorary Captain [1]

Unit

Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry [1192] Manchester Regiment [218] Royal Engineers [87] Labour Corps [70] Corps of Dragoons [41] Lancashire Fusiliers [26] Machine Gun Corps [25] Border Regiment [24] Royal Field Artillery [24] Army Service Corps [20] Military Mounted Police [19] Royal Air Force [15] Corps of Hussars [14] Royal Fusiliers [14] Liverpool Regiment [13] South Lancashire Regiment [12] Tank Corps [12] Royal Flying Corps [11] Royal Garrison Artillery [11] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [9] Hertfordshire Yeomanry [7] Royal Army Service Corps [7] Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry [7] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [6] East Lancashire Regiment [5] Indian Army Reserve of Officers [5] Military Foot Police [5] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5] Scottish Horse [5] Cheshire Regiment [4] Company of Dragoons [4] Dragoons [4] Army Ordnance Corps [3] General Service Dragoons [3] Grenadier Guards [3] Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [3] Royal Munster Fusiliers [3] 9th Hodson's Horse [2] Army Cyclist Corps [2] Bedford Yeomanry [2] Buckinghamshire Yeomanry [2] Cameron Highlanders [2] Denbigh Yeomanry [2] Dorset Yeomanry [2] Dragoon Guards [2] Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry attached Manchester Regiment [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] General List [2] Hussars [2] King Edward's Horse [2]

Service

British Army [1205] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3] Other Empire Force [2] Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

B [122] H [122] S [115] W [109] C [85] M [78] G [74] T [63] D [59] R [59] L [55] P [50] F [47] J [41] A [34] K [33] N [17] E [16] O [11] V [6] I [4] Y [4] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1202]

Country

United Kingdom [21] Trinidad and Tobago [1]

James Stott

British Army 1466 Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

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Alfred H Giddins

Born 1875

Died 1953

British Army 3409 Private Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

British Army 110143 Private Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

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William Muirhead

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 3145 Private Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

British Army D/15551 Private Corps of Dragoons

British Army Second Lieutenant Cameron Highlanders

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Harry Whitaker

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 3831 Private Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

British Army 110482 Private Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

British Army 110482 Lance Corporal Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

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Cyril Hubert Snell

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 2859 Private Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

British Army Second Lieutenant Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

British Army Lieutenant Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

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Samuel Burgess

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 3189 Private Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

British Army 3189 Lance Corporal Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

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John Harold Williams

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 3287 Private Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

British Army 110376 Private Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

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Martin Francis Drinkwater

British Army 2683 Serjeant Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

British Army Lieutenant Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

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Reuben Sutcliffe

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 3033 Private Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

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James A Cryer

Died 1917

British Army 3244 Private Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

British Army 110058 Private Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

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J Dearden

Died 1915

British Army 1924 Trumpeter Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

British Army 1924 Serjeant Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

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M N Kenyon

British Army Lieutenant Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

British Army Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry Attached South. Lancashire Regiment

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Hartley Ernest Hughes

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 3357 Private Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

British Army 110178 Private Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

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William Mcclure

Died 1917

British Army 4099 Private Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

British Army 110604 Private Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

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Oswald Berry

Died 1918

British Army 4180 Private Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

British Army 110670 Private Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

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John Welsby Birch

Born 1897

Died 1919

British Army 3240 Private Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

British Army 110026 Private Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

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Harry Whittaker

Died 1917

British Army 3831 Private Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

British Army 110482 Lance Corporal Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

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Lionel Alfred Ashman

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 4277 Private Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

British Army 110735 Private Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

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Alfred Turner

Born 1890

Died 1914

British Army 3315 Private Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

British Army 3315 Shoeing Smith Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

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James Mawdsley

Born 1892

Died 1920

British Army 3102 Shoeing Smith Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry Egypt

British Army 110223 Acting Corporal Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

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