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Place of birth

Fleetwood [15]

Lancaster [11]

Bolton Lancashire [9]

Rawtenstall, Lancashire [9]

Manchester [7]

Burnley, Lancashire [6]

Rawtenstall [6]

Fleetwood, Lancashire [5]

Liverpool [5]

Preston [5]

Salford, Lancashire [5]

Accrington [4]

Blackburn, Lancashire [4]

Lancaster, Lancashire [4]

Manchester, Lancashire [4]

Accrington, Lancashire [3]

Blackpool [3]

Dublin [3]

Maidstone, Kent [3]

Oldham Lancashire [3]

Waterfoot [3]

Ardwick, Manchester [2]

Astley, Lancashire, England [2]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [2]

Blackburn [2]

Bolton [2]

Cloughfold, Lancs [2]

Farnworth Lancashire [2]

Hulme, Manchester [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

Manchester Lancashire [2]

Pendleton Manchester [2]

Preston, Lancashire [2]

Rawtenstall, Lancs [2]

Salford Lancashire [2]

Shaw, Lancashire [2]

Stacksteads, Bacup [2]

Waterfoot, Lancs [2]

10 Lower Warren St, Fleetwood,Lancashire [1]

2 North Church St, Fleetwood, Lancashire, [1]

20 North Church St, Fleetwood, Lancashire, [1]

23 Aughton St, Fleetwood, Lancashire [1]

6 Garfield St, Fleetwood, Lancashire [1]

60 Poulton St, Fleetwood, Lancashire, [1]

Addingham, Yorkshire [1]

Ahmednagar [1]

Aigburgh [1]

Ainsworth, Bolton Lancashire [1]

Allithwaite [1]

Alton, Hampshire [1]

Rank

Private [4739]

Second Lieutenant [411]

Lance Corporal [322]

Serjeant [288]

Corporal [276]

Lieutenant [269]

Captain [209]

Acting Corporal [56]

Major [56]

Acting Serjeant [43]

Lance Serjeant [41]

Driver [38]

Lieutenant Colonel [34]

Temporary Lieutenant [29]

Company Serjeant Major [24]

Temporary Captain [24]

Sapper [22]

Acting Captain [19]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [19]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [19]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [16]

Sergeant [12]

Colour Serjeant [11]

Pioneer [10]

Private Lance Corporal [10]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [8]

Lance Sergeant [7]

Temporary Major [7]

Corporal 2nd [6]

Gunner [6]

Boy [5]

Colonel [5]

Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [4]

Captain and Quarter Master [4]

Company Sergeant Major [4]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [4]

Lieutenant Captain [4]

Rifleman [4]

Captain Acting Major [3]

Drummer [3]

Lieutenant and Quarter Master [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

ALIAS Private [2]

Acting Colour Serjeant [2]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel [2]

Brevet Major [2]

Brigadier General [2]

Unit

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [3161]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [2824]

King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [2532]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [115]

Royal Engineers [100]

Labour Corps [99]

King's Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment [81]

Lincolnshire Regiment [61]

Machine Gun Corps [55]

York and Lancaster Regiment [54]

Army Service Corps [45]

Lancashire Fusiliers [44]

Liverpool Regiment [42]

Royal Air Force [38]

East Lancashire Regiment [34]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [33]

Royal Fusiliers [30]

Manchester Regiment [28]

London Regiment [26]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [25]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [25]

Royal Army Medical Corps [24]

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

Labour Corps ex King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [21]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [18]

Royal Army Service Corps [18]

South Lancashire Regiment [18]

Border Regiment [17]

Cheshire Regiment [17]

King's Own Royal (Lancaster) Regiment [17]

Northumberland Fusiliers [17]

1st Battalion King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [15]

King's Liverpool Regiment [15]

The King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [15]

8th King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [14]

King's Own Regiment [14]

Devonshire Regiment [13]

Royal Flying Corps [13]

Tank Corps [13]

Labour Corps Western Command ex King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [12]

Royal Defence Corps [12]

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

Royal Field Artillery [11]

North Staffordshire Regiment [10]

1st King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [9]

3rd King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [9]

Army Cyclist Corps [9]

Middlesex Regiment [9]

General List [8]

Royal Garrison Artillery [8]

Service

British Army [5912]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [8]

Indian Army [3]

Royal Navy [3]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [723]

H [591]

C [567]

W [450]

S [438]

M [430]

D [321]

G [312]

R [286]

P [275]

F [243]

T [232]

A [212]

L [207]

J [143]

K [142]

E [134]

N [79]

O [44]

Y [25]

I [22]

V [18]

Q [9]

U [9]

Contribution

Military Service [5810]

Country

United Kingdom [301]

Germany [7]

India [4]

Jersey [3]

Greece [2]

Ireland [2]

Argentina [1]

Barbados [1]

Egypt [1]

France [1]

Iraq [1]

Malta [1]

Myanmar [1]

South Africa [1]

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Place of birth

Fleetwood [15] Lancaster [11] Bolton Lancashire [9] Rawtenstall, Lancashire [9] Manchester [7] Burnley, Lancashire [6] Rawtenstall [6] Fleetwood, Lancashire [5] Liverpool [5] Preston [5] Salford, Lancashire [5] Accrington [4] Blackburn, Lancashire [4] Lancaster, Lancashire [4] Manchester, Lancashire [4] Accrington, Lancashire [3] Blackpool [3] Dublin [3] Maidstone, Kent [3] Oldham Lancashire [3] Waterfoot [3] Ardwick, Manchester [2] Astley, Lancashire, England [2] Birkenhead, Cheshire [2] Blackburn [2] Bolton [2] Cloughfold, Lancs [2] Farnworth Lancashire [2] Hulme, Manchester [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] Manchester Lancashire [2] Pendleton Manchester [2] Preston, Lancashire [2] Rawtenstall, Lancs [2] Salford Lancashire [2] Shaw, Lancashire [2] Stacksteads, Bacup [2] Waterfoot, Lancs [2] 10 Lower Warren St, Fleetwood,Lancashire [1] 2 North Church St, Fleetwood, Lancashire, [1] 20 North Church St, Fleetwood, Lancashire, [1] 23 Aughton St, Fleetwood, Lancashire [1] 6 Garfield St, Fleetwood, Lancashire [1] 60 Poulton St, Fleetwood, Lancashire, [1] Addingham, Yorkshire [1] Ahmednagar [1] Aigburgh [1] Ainsworth, Bolton Lancashire [1] Allithwaite [1] Alton, Hampshire [1]

Rank

Private [4739] Second Lieutenant [411] Lance Corporal [322] Serjeant [288] Corporal [276] Lieutenant [269] Captain [209] Acting Corporal [56] Major [56] Acting Serjeant [43] Lance Serjeant [41] Driver [38] Lieutenant Colonel [34] Temporary Lieutenant [29] Company Serjeant Major [24] Temporary Captain [24] Sapper [22] Acting Captain [19] Temporary Second Lieutenant [19] Warrant Officer Class 2 [19] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [16] Sergeant [12] Colour Serjeant [11] Pioneer [10] Private Lance Corporal [10] Lieutenant Acting Captain [8] Lance Sergeant [7] Temporary Major [7] Corporal 2nd [6] Gunner [6] Boy [5] Colonel [5] Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [4] Captain and Quarter Master [4] Company Sergeant Major [4] Corporal Acting Serjeant [4] Lieutenant Captain [4] Rifleman [4] Captain Acting Major [3] Drummer [3] Lieutenant and Quarter Master [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] ALIAS Private [2] Acting Colour Serjeant [2] Acting Company Serjeant Major [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel [2] Brevet Major [2] Brigadier General [2]

Unit

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [3161] Royal Lancaster Regiment [2824] King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [2532] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [115] Royal Engineers [100] Labour Corps [99] King's Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment [81] Lincolnshire Regiment [61] Machine Gun Corps [55] York and Lancaster Regiment [54] Army Service Corps [45] Lancashire Fusiliers [44] Liverpool Regiment [42] Royal Air Force [38] East Lancashire Regiment [34] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [33] Royal Fusiliers [30] Manchester Regiment [28] London Regiment [26] King's Own Scottish Borderers [25] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [25] Royal Army Medical Corps [24] 1/5th King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [21] Labour Corps ex King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [21] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [18] Royal Army Service Corps [18] South Lancashire Regiment [18] Border Regiment [17] Cheshire Regiment [17] King's Own Royal (Lancaster) Regiment [17] Northumberland Fusiliers [17] 1st Battalion King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [15] King's Liverpool Regiment [15] The King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [15] 8th King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [14] King's Own Regiment [14] Devonshire Regiment [13] Royal Flying Corps [13] Tank Corps [13] Labour Corps Western Command ex King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [12] Royal Defence Corps [12] 5th King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [11] Royal Field Artillery [11] North Staffordshire Regiment [10] 1st King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [9] 3rd King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [9] Army Cyclist Corps [9] Middlesex Regiment [9] General List [8] Royal Garrison Artillery [8]

Service

British Army [5912] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [8] Indian Army [3] Royal Navy [3] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [723] H [591] C [567] W [450] S [438] M [430] D [321] G [312] R [286] P [275] F [243] T [232] A [212] L [207] J [143] K [142] E [134] N [79] O [44] Y [25] I [22] V [18] Q [9] U [9]

Contribution

Military Service [5810]

Country

United Kingdom [301] Germany [7] India [4] Jersey [3] Greece [2] Ireland [2] Argentina [1] Barbados [1] Egypt [1] France [1] Iraq [1] Malta [1] Myanmar [1] South Africa [1]

Edmund Rupert Dermer

British Army Lieutenant Field Ambulance

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Captain Royal Field Artillery

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Egra Hutton

British Army 17345 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army WR 205412 Pioneer Royal Engineers

British Army 33547 Pioneer King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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H Hughes

British Army 101964 Air Mechanic 2nd Class Royal Flying Corps

British Army 101964 Air Mechanic 2nd Class Royal Air Force

British Army 819 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Fred Fanshawe

British Army 41026 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 377541 Private Labour Corps

British Army 361705 Royal Engineers

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Thomas Mcloughlin

British Army 8949 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 39499 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 7421 Private Army Cyclist Corps

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Sidney Cheer Roberts

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Royal Air Force

British Army Lieutenant Somerset Light Infantry

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Alfred Metcalf

British Army 11113 Corporal York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 369521 Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army 29050 Corporal King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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William Bowman

British Army 7962 Private King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 38881 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 440087 Private Labour Corps

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Charles C Dolan

British Army 30302 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 1454 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 23639 Private Yorkshire Regiment

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Benjamin Sprake

British Army 283104 Pioneer Royal Engineers

British Army 32528 Pioneer Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 31141 Pioneer King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Arthur Kiel Styles

British Army 20144 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers

British Army 2689179 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 7145 Private Seaforth Highlanders

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George H Fisher

British Army 259277 Pioneer Royal Engineers

British Army 40547 Pioneer King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 52567 Pioneer Northumberland Fusiliers

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