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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]

William Wine

British Army 4310 Private Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

British Army 736640 Private Royal Field Artillery

British Army 317226 Royal Air Force

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Robert M Stewart

British Army 3349 Private Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

British Army Lieutenant King's Own Scottish Borderers

British Army Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps

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W H Smith

British Army 3180 Private Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Army Service Corps

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James Kilner

British Army 3851 Serjeant Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

British Army 37238 Serjeant Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 576794 Serjeant Labour Corps

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William Hesketh

British Army Captain Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry attached King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment

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Colin Howard

British Army WR/313556 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 110437 Sapper Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

British Army 362997 Sapper Royal Garrison Artillery

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Philip Robert Hughes

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Second Lieutenant Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

British Army Major Royal Field Artillery

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Norman Gray Hill

British Army 147 Corporal King Edward's Horse

British Army 147 Serjeant King Edward's Horse

British Army Lieutenant Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

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Herbert Hodgson

British Army 1162 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 680185 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 728426 Driver Royal Field Artillery Transport

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John S Metcalf

British Army 4981 Private Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

British Army 45434 Private South Lancashire Regiment

British Army 048835 Private Royal Army Ordnance Corps

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John O'keefe

British Army 53351 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 54417 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 4803 Private Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

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George Kelsall Parrington

British Army 2975 Lance Corporal Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

British Army Second Lieutenant South Lancashire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant South Lancashire Regiment

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Samuel James Pemberton

British Army 3683 Private Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

British Army 245579 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant East Lancashire Regiment

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James Law

British Army 3247 Private Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

British Army 245617 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Lancashire Fusiliers

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John Lea

British Army 3412/110209 Private Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

British Army 243647 Lance Corporal Manchester Regiment

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Manchester Regiment

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James Mitchell

British Army 2993 Private Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

British Army Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

British Army Captain Royal Air Force

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William Potter

British Army 369 Private Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

British Army 1261 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army 41563 Private Labour Corps

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James Darch

British Army 35109 Serjeant Gunner 7th Brigade Royal Horse Artillery

British Army 35109 Serjeant Gunner Gloucestershire Regiment 3rd gloucest Battalion

British Army 4486 Serjeant Gunner Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

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Fred Habgood

British Army Lieutenant Intelligence Corps

Royal Navy Sub Lieutenant Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

British Army 3670 Private Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

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Edward T Fairbrother

British Army 8053 Private 6th Dragoon Guards

British Army 13371 Private Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

British Army 169479 Private Machine Gun Corps

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