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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 [120]

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]

Farrier Staff Serjeant [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 /Acting Serjeant [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Corporal Shoeing Smith [1]

Deputy Assitant Quarter Master General [1]

Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Flight Commander [1]

Flying Officer [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]

Duke of Lancaster's Yeomanry [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 Yeomanry [2]

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

Durham Light Infantry [2]

General List [2]

Service

British Army [1209]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3]

Other Empire Force [2]

Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

H [123]

B [122]

S [115]

W [109]

C [86]

M [78]

G [74]

T [63]

D [60]

R [60]

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 [1206]

Country

United Kingdom [21]

Trinidad and Tobago [1]

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People [1209] 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 [120] 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] Farrier Staff Serjeant [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 /Acting Serjeant [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Corporal Shoeing Smith [1] Deputy Assitant Quarter Master General [1] Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Flight Commander [1] Flying Officer [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] Duke of Lancaster's Yeomanry [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 Yeomanry [2] Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry attached Manchester Regiment [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] General List [2]

Service

British Army [1209] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3] Other Empire Force [2] Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

H [123] B [122] S [115] W [109] C [86] M [78] G [74] T [63] D [60] R [60] 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 [1206]

Country

United Kingdom [21] Trinidad and Tobago [1]

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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Tom Smalley

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 4131 Private Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

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Henry Russell Hornby

Born 1888

Died 1971

British Army Lieutenant Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

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Harry Stott

British Army 3955 Private Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

British Army 110533 Private Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

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Bernard Mckenna

Died 1914

British Army 3380 Private Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

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Thomas Williams

Born 1876

Died 1915

British Army 3395 Private Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

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Thomas Ridyard

Born 1869

Died 1917

British Army 1124 Private Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

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John Harrison

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army 3779 Private Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

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William Henry Adams

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 4857 Trooper Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry 2nd/1st

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Thomas Henry Flavelle

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 30404 Private Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

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Adin Sybray

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 3099 Lance Corporal Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

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John Grace

Born 1887

British Army Second Lieutenant Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

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Francis William George Egerton

Born 1874

Died 1948

British Army Major Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

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R Robertson

British Army 110267 Farrier Staff Serjeant Duke Of Lancaster's Yeomanry

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C H Crossley

British Army 1802 Serjeant Duke of Lancaster's Yeomanry

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B Daniel

British Army 110076 Corporal /Acting Serjeant Duke of Lancaster's Yeomanry

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G H Hibbert

British Army 1946 Serjeant Duke Of Lancaster's Yeomanry

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Harold Glennen

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 110475 Private Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

British Army 245693 Private Manchester Regiment

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Stanley Barlow

British Army 3967 Private Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

British Army 245627 Trooper Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

British Army 245627 Private Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

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Cyril E Devin

British Army 3031 Corporal Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

British Army 3031 Staff Quarter Master Serjeant Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

British Army 3031 Commissary Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

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