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Auckland [2]

Blackwool, Northchapel, Sussex [1]

Bolton [1]

Bolton, Lancashire [1]

Bootle [1]

Coventry [1]

Croydon [1]

Desborough, Northants [1]

Dinton, Buckinghamshire [1]

Ellesmere Port [1]

Eltham, Lewisham, London [1]

Glasgow [1]

Glasgow, Scotland [1]

Hampstead, Middlesex [1]

Kings Norton, Warwickshire [1]

Leicester [1]

London, Middlesex [1]

Loveclough, Rawtenstall near Burnley, Lancs [1]

Middleton, Lancashire [1]

New Brompton, Kent [1]

Ormskirk,Lancashire. [1]

Paddington, London [1]

Pancras [1]

Partick,Glasgow. [1]

Pittsburg Pennsylvania [1]

Putney, Surrey [1]

Sparsholt, Berkshire [1]

St Mary's, Tipperary [1]

St Pancras [1]

Tyldesley, Lancashire, England [1]

West Hackney [1]

Witchampton [1]

Rank

Gunner [108]

Serjeant [53]

Private [38]

Corporal [13]

Second Lieutenant [9]

Captain [8]

Lieutenant [6]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Bombardier [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Lance Corporal [2]

Petty Officer Mechanic [2]

Sergeant [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Able Seaman RNVR [1]

Acting Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Corporal 2nd [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Cpl, A/Sgt [1]

Cpl, A/Sjt [1]

Driver [1]

Gunner /Acting Bombardier [1]

Gunner Acting Corporal [1]

Lieutenant and Adjutant [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

R.Q.M.S [1]

Serjeant Acting Bombardier [1]

Sub Lieutenant RNVR [1]

Sub Lieutenant RNVR and Assistant Adjutant [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Transport Serjeant [1]

Trooper [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Machine Gun Corps (Motors) [180]

Machine Gun Corps [170]

Motor Machine Gun Service Royal Artillery [44]

Machine Gun Corps Motors [22]

Border Regiment [5]

Motor Machine Gun Service [4]

Tank Corps [4]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

Dunsterforce Armoured Car Brigade [2]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

Motor Machine Guns [2]

RNAS Armoured Car Division (Russia) [2]

Royal Field Artillery [2]

Royal Scots [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

11th Hussars [1]

15th Battery Motor Machine Gun [1]

16th Waikato Territorial Regiment [1]

1st Headquarters Armoured Motor Brigade [1]

7th Armoured Car Company (Motors) [1]

7th Armoured Car Company, Machine Gun Corps (Motors) [1]

Army Service Corps (MT) [1]

Auckland Mounted Rifles [1]

Bedfordshire [1]

Connaught Rangers [1]

Corps of Guides [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

East Kent Regiment [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

Honourable Artillery Company Infantry [1]

Intelligence Corps [1]

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [1]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [1]

London Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Motors), Duncan's Armoured Cars [1]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [1]

Machine Gun Corps Motor [1]

Manchester Regiment [1]

Motor Machine Gun [1]

Motor Machine Gun Battery/Machine Gun Corps [1]

Motor Machine Gun Corps Motors [1]

Motor Service Corps [1]

Motors Machine Gun Corps [1]

New Zealand Machine Gun Corps [1]

Norfolk Yeomanry [1]

Service

British Army [205]

Royal Navy [5]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Last name first letter

B [31]

C [22]

H [21]

W [16]

G [15]

M [14]

S [13]

D [11]

A [10]

T [10]

J [8]

R [8]

P [7]

L [6]

K [4]

E [3]

F [3]

N [2]

I [1]

Contribution

Military Service [202]

Country

United Kingdom [18]

Germany [1]

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People [205] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Auckland [2] Blackwool, Northchapel, Sussex [1] Bolton [1] Bolton, Lancashire [1] Bootle [1] Coventry [1] Croydon [1] Desborough, Northants [1] Dinton, Buckinghamshire [1] Ellesmere Port [1] Eltham, Lewisham, London [1] Glasgow [1] Glasgow, Scotland [1] Hampstead, Middlesex [1] Kings Norton, Warwickshire [1] Leicester [1] London, Middlesex [1] Loveclough, Rawtenstall near Burnley, Lancs [1] Middleton, Lancashire [1] New Brompton, Kent [1] Ormskirk,Lancashire. [1] Paddington, London [1] Pancras [1] Partick,Glasgow. [1] Pittsburg Pennsylvania [1] Putney, Surrey [1] Sparsholt, Berkshire [1] St Mary's, Tipperary [1] St Pancras [1] Tyldesley, Lancashire, England [1] West Hackney [1] Witchampton [1]

Rank

Gunner [108] Serjeant [53] Private [38] Corporal [13] Second Lieutenant [9] Captain [8] Lieutenant [6] Acting Bombardier [3] Acting Serjeant [3] Bombardier [3] Acting Corporal [2] Lance Corporal [2] Petty Officer Mechanic [2] Sergeant [2] Able Seaman [1] Able Seaman RNVR [1] Acting Battery Serjeant Major [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Corporal 2nd [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Cpl, A/Sgt [1] Cpl, A/Sjt [1] Driver [1] Gunner /Acting Bombardier [1] Gunner Acting Corporal [1] Lieutenant and Adjutant [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] R.Q.M.S [1] Serjeant Acting Bombardier [1] Sub Lieutenant RNVR [1] Sub Lieutenant RNVR and Assistant Adjutant [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Transport Serjeant [1] Trooper [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Machine Gun Corps (Motors) [180] Machine Gun Corps [170] Motor Machine Gun Service Royal Artillery [44] Machine Gun Corps Motors [22] Border Regiment [5] Motor Machine Gun Service [4] Tank Corps [4] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [3] Army Service Corps [2] Dunsterforce Armoured Car Brigade [2] Liverpool Regiment [2] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] Motor Machine Guns [2] RNAS Armoured Car Division (Russia) [2] Royal Field Artillery [2] Royal Scots [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] 11th Hussars [1] 15th Battery Motor Machine Gun [1] 16th Waikato Territorial Regiment [1] 1st Headquarters Armoured Motor Brigade [1] 7th Armoured Car Company (Motors) [1] 7th Armoured Car Company, Machine Gun Corps (Motors) [1] Army Service Corps (MT) [1] Auckland Mounted Rifles [1] Bedfordshire [1] Connaught Rangers [1] Corps of Guides [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] East Kent Regiment [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] Honourable Artillery Company Infantry [1] Intelligence Corps [1] King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [1] King's Own Scottish Borderers [1] London Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps (Motors), Duncan's Armoured Cars [1] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [1] Machine Gun Corps Motor [1] Manchester Regiment [1] Motor Machine Gun [1] Motor Machine Gun Battery/Machine Gun Corps [1] Motor Machine Gun Corps Motors [1] Motor Service Corps [1] Motors Machine Gun Corps [1] New Zealand Machine Gun Corps [1] Norfolk Yeomanry [1]

Service

British Army [205] Royal Navy [5] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Last name first letter

B [31] C [22] H [21] W [16] G [15] M [14] S [13] D [11] A [10] T [10] J [8] R [8] P [7] L [6] K [4] E [3] F [3] N [2] I [1]

Contribution

Military Service [202]

Country

United Kingdom [18] Germany [1]

Ernest William Macro

Born 1896

Died 1974

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 322073

British Army 1658 Cpl, A/Sgt Motor Machine Guns 22 Bty

British Army 1658 Gunner Machine Gun Corps Motors

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George Jones

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 80006 Serjeant Machine Gun Corps

British Army 80006 Serjeant Machine Gun Corps (Motors) Armoured Car Battery attached Dunster Force

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Walter Lee

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 708 Gunner Machine Gun Corps 3rd. Battalion

British Army 708 Bombardier Machine Gun Corps (Motors)

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Charles Bates

Died 1918

British Army 80058 Serjeant Machine Gun Corps

British Army 80058 Serjeant Machine Gun Corps (Motors)

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Guy Campbell

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army Captain Machine Gun Corps (Motors)

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W Campbell

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 5734 Private Machine Gun Corps (Motors) 70th Coy

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Andrew Bain Jackson

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 2249 Gunner Machine Gun Corps (Motors)

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Samuel H Chadwick

Born 1882

Died 1919

British Army 79492 Gunner Machine Gun Corps

British Army 79492 Gunner Machine Gun Corps (Motors) 32nd Reserve Coy

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George Rutherford Johnson

Born 1877

Died 1918

British Army 38690 Gunner Machine Gun Corps

British Army 38690 Gunner Machine Gun Corps (Motors)

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Horice France

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 930 Gunner Machine Gun Corps

British Army 930 Gunner Machine Gun Corps (Motors)

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Charles William Webb Hayward

Died 1918

British Army 80096 Serjeant Machine Gun Corps

British Army 80096 Serjeant Machine Gun Corps (Motors)

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Arthur Thomas

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 1535 Gunner Machine Gun Corps

British Army 1535 Gunner Machine Gun Corps (Motors)

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George Joseph Smith

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 79464 Gunner Machine Gun Corps

British Army 79464 Gunner Machine Gun Corps (Motors)

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William Robertson

Born 1879

Died 1918

British Army 983 Gunner Machine Gun Corps

British Army 983 Private Machine Gun Corps (Motors)

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David Jackson

Died 1918

British Army 79548 Gunner Machine Gun Corps

British Army 79548 Gunner Machine Gun Corps (Motors)

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Albert Terheege

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 685 Gunner Machine Gun Corps 11th Battalion

British Army 685 Gunner Machine Gun Corps (Motors)

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Richard Henry Cripps

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 231 Gunner Machine Gun Corps

British Army 231 Gunner Machine Gun Corps (Motors)

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Leonard Dufner

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 80120 Serjeant Machine Gun Corps

British Army 80120 Serjeant Machine Gun Corps (Motors)

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George Hunt

Died 1921

British Army 7817683 Acting Serjeant Machine Gun Corps Motors

British Army 7817683 Serjeant Machine Gun Corps (Motors)

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Albert Edward Castle

Died 1918

British Army 79675 Serjeant Machine Gun Corps

British Army 79675 Serjeant Machine Gun Corps (Motors)

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