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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]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [2]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [2]

Blackburn [2]

Bolton [2]

Cloughfold, Lancs [2]

Farnworth Lancashire [2]

Goole, Yorkshire [2]

Hulme, Manchester [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

London [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]

Rank

Private [5308]

Second Lieutenant [438]

Lance Corporal [338]

Serjeant [308]

Corporal [297]

Lieutenant [278]

Captain [215]

Acting Corporal [60]

Major [59]

Acting Serjeant [51]

Lance Serjeant [44]

Lieutenant Colonel [39]

Driver [38]

Temporary Lieutenant [29]

Company Serjeant Major [25]

Temporary Captain [24]

Sapper [22]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [21]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [20]

Acting Captain [19]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [17]

Sergeant [13]

Colour Serjeant [11]

Pioneer [10]

Private Lance Corporal [10]

Lance Sergeant [8]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [8]

Corporal 2nd [7]

Temporary Major [7]

Gunner [6]

Boy [5]

Colonel [5]

Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [4]

Captain and Quarter Master [4]

Company Sergeant Major [4]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [4]

Rifleman [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Captain Acting Major [3]

Drummer [3]

Lieutenant Captain [3]

Lieutenant and Quarter Master [3]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

ALIAS Private [2]

Acting Colour Serjeant [2]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Bhisti [2]

Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel [2]

Unit

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

Royal Lancaster Regiment [2824]

King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [2532]

York and Lancaster Regiment [673]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [642]

Labour Corps [127]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [115]

Royal Engineers [100]

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

Lincolnshire Regiment [62]

Machine Gun Corps [58]

Army Service Corps [48]

Lancashire Fusiliers [45]

Liverpool Regiment [42]

Royal Air Force [38]

East Lancashire Regiment [35]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [33]

Manchester Regiment [30]

Royal Fusiliers [30]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [27]

Northumberland Fusiliers [27]

London Regiment [26]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [24]

Royal Army Medical Corps [24]

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

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

Border Regiment [18]

Royal Army Service Corps [18]

South Lancashire Regiment [18]

Cheshire Regiment [17]

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

Yorkshire Light Infantry [16]

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

King's Liverpool Regiment [15]

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

West Yorkshire Regiment [15]

Yorkshire Regiment [15]

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

King's Own Regiment [14]

Tank Corps [14]

Devonshire Regiment [13]

Royal Flying Corps [13]

Durham Light Infantry [12]

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]

Service

British Army [6542]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [8]

Indian Army [3]

Royal Navy [3]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [778]

H [655]

C [622]

W [519]

S [494]

M [467]

D [353]

G [344]

R [313]

P [303]

F [271]

T [255]

L [238]

A [231]

J [159]

K [156]

E [148]

N [91]

O [49]

Y [29]

I [27]

V [19]

Q [11]

U [10]

Contribution

Military Service [6438]

Country

United Kingdom [313]

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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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] Barnsley, Yorkshire [2] Birkenhead, Cheshire [2] Blackburn [2] Bolton [2] Cloughfold, Lancs [2] Farnworth Lancashire [2] Goole, Yorkshire [2] Hulme, Manchester [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] London [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]

Rank

Private [5308] Second Lieutenant [438] Lance Corporal [338] Serjeant [308] Corporal [297] Lieutenant [278] Captain [215] Acting Corporal [60] Major [59] Acting Serjeant [51] Lance Serjeant [44] Lieutenant Colonel [39] Driver [38] Temporary Lieutenant [29] Company Serjeant Major [25] Temporary Captain [24] Sapper [22] Warrant Officer Class 2 [21] Temporary Second Lieutenant [20] Acting Captain [19] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [17] Sergeant [13] Colour Serjeant [11] Pioneer [10] Private Lance Corporal [10] Lance Sergeant [8] Lieutenant Acting Captain [8] Corporal 2nd [7] Temporary Major [7] Gunner [6] Boy [5] Colonel [5] Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [4] Captain and Quarter Master [4] Company Sergeant Major [4] Corporal Acting Serjeant [4] Rifleman [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Captain Acting Major [3] Drummer [3] Lieutenant Captain [3] Lieutenant and Quarter Master [3] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] ALIAS Private [2] Acting Colour Serjeant [2] Acting Company Serjeant Major [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Bhisti [2] Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel [2]

Unit

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [3161] Royal Lancaster Regiment [2824] King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [2532] York and Lancaster Regiment [673] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [642] Labour Corps [127] King's Own Scottish Borderers [115] Royal Engineers [100] King's Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment [81] Lincolnshire Regiment [62] Machine Gun Corps [58] Army Service Corps [48] Lancashire Fusiliers [45] Liverpool Regiment [42] Royal Air Force [38] East Lancashire Regiment [35] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [33] Manchester Regiment [30] Royal Fusiliers [30] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [27] Northumberland Fusiliers [27] London Regiment [26] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [24] Royal Army Medical Corps [24] 1/5th King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [21] Labour Corps ex King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [21] Border Regiment [18] Royal Army Service Corps [18] South Lancashire Regiment [18] Cheshire Regiment [17] King's Own Royal (Lancaster) Regiment [17] Yorkshire Light Infantry [16] 1st Battalion King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [15] King's Liverpool Regiment [15] The King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [15] West Yorkshire Regiment [15] Yorkshire Regiment [15] 8th King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [14] King's Own Regiment [14] Tank Corps [14] Devonshire Regiment [13] Royal Flying Corps [13] Durham Light Infantry [12] 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]

Service

British Army [6542] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [8] Indian Army [3] Royal Navy [3] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [778] H [655] C [622] W [519] S [494] M [467] D [353] G [344] R [313] P [303] F [271] T [255] L [238] A [231] J [159] K [156] E [148] N [91] O [49] Y [29] I [27] V [19] Q [11] U [10]

Contribution

Military Service [6438]

Country

United Kingdom [313] 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]

Joseph Acton

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 8373 Private King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 8373 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

British Army 8373 Private Kings Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 1st BN

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William James Cox

Born 1880

Died 1915

British Army 14035 Private 6th Battalion King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 14035 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

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Alfred Frederick Davis

Born 1866

British Army 4560 Sergeant King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment 8th Battalion

British Army 3435 Boy King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment 1/4th Battalion

British Army 269491 Sergeant Labour Corps Western Command

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Thomas Dunbebin

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 24652 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 24652 Lance Corporal King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 1st/4th Bn

British Army 44221 Private Cheshire Regiment 14th Battalion

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John William Cook

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army 242202 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 2/5th Battalion

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Leslie Frank Cooper

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 13274 Lance Corporal

British Army 13274 Lance Corporal King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 6th Battalion

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William Charnley

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 243060 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 1st/5th Battalion

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James William Mccollester

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 21849 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 1st Battalion

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Thomas Tite

Born 1860

Died 1916

British Army 4349 Company Serjeant Major King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

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Henry Tripp

Born 1853

Died 1916

British Army 4674 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 3rd Battalion

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Thomas Timblin

Died 1917

British Army 16205 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 9th Battalion

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Richard Ormerod Nuttall

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 201915 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 1/5th Battalion.

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Simon Gerrard

Born 1876

Died 1950

British Army 24341 Private King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment 3rd Battalion

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William Hulme

Born 1876

Died 1917

British Army 32771 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 1st Battalion.

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William Jordan

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 22207 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 3/6th Battalion

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Robert Ashton

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 242017 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 7th Battalion

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Louis Warwick

Born 1898

Died 1915

British Army T5/1621 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 1/5th Battalion

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David Knowles

Died 1915

British Army 17019 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 2nd Battalion

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John S Weston

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 10021 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 2nd Battalion

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Philip Spence

Born 1882

British Army 50572 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment 3rd Battalion

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