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Bolton Lancashire [126]

Preston [22]

Preston, Lancashire [17]

Manchester [13]

Preston Lancashire [13]

Bolton [10]

Bolton, Lancashire [10]

Liverpool [8]

Chorley, Lancashire [6]

Farnworth Lancashire [6]

Wigan, Lancashire [5]

Chorley Lancashire [4]

Liverpool Lancashire [4]

St Helens, Lancashire [4]

Blackburn, Lancashire [3]

Burnley, Lancashire [3]

Kearsley, Lancashire [3]

Salford [3]

Astley Bridge Bolton Lancashire [2]

Burnley [2]

Burnley Lancashire [2]

Croston, Lancashire [2]

Farnworth, Lancashire [2]

Fleetwood [2]

Hindley Lancashire [2]

Horwich Lancashire [2]

Leyland Lancashire [2]

Leyland, Lancashire [2]

Maidstone, Kent [2]

Oldham Lancashire [2]

Oldham, Lancashire [2]

Preston, Lancashire, England [2]

Preston, lancashire [2]

Preston,Lancashire. [2]

Radcliffe Lancashire [2]

Rawtenstall, Lancs [2]

Rochdale Lancashire [2]

St Annes-on-Sea, Lancs [2]

Surrey [2]

Wigan Lancashire [2]

25 Clover Street, Preston [1]

Accrington Lancashire [1]

Adlington Lancashire [1]

Adlington, Lancashire [1]

Ainsworth, Bolton Lancashire [1]

Aintree Lancashire [1]

Alfreton Derbyshire [1]

Anerley Bromley Kent [1]

Ashton in Makerfield, Lancashire [1]

Askin, Lancs [1]

Rank

Private [3216]

Corporal [177]

Serjeant [145]

Lance Corporal [91]

Acting Corporal [27]

Lieutenant [18]

Acting Serjeant [16]

Company Serjeant Major [12]

Second Lieutenant [12]

Captain [11]

Lance Serjeant [10]

Major [6]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Colour Serjeant [4]

Regimental Serjeant Major [4]

Sergeant [4]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Colonel [2]

Corporal 2nd [2]

Drummer [2]

Pioneer [2]

Private /Lance Corporal [2]

Sapper [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

2nd Lt [1]

A/Cpl [1]

ALIAS Private [1]

Act. RSM [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Acting Major [1]

Apprentice [1]

Bandsman Private [1]

Captain and Honorary Major [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Cpl [1]

Dragoon [1]

Driver [1]

First Lieutenant [1]

Honorary Major [1]

Horse Keeper [1]

Lance Corporal (unpaid) [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Lieutenant-Colonel [1]

Midshipman [1]

Pioneer Sergeant [1]

Unit

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3451]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3327]

Manchester Regiment [96]

East Lancashire Regiment [45]

North Lancashire Regiment [32]

The Queen's Regiment [29]

Lancashire Fusiliers [26]

Liverpool Regiment [26]

North Staffordshire Regiment [22]

Labour Corps [19]

South Lancashire Regiment [19]

East Surrey Regiment [18]

Durham Light Infantry [16]

Army Cyclist Corps [15]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [13]

Cheshire Regiment [10]

Manitoba Regiment [10]

Border Regiment [8]

Suffolk Regiment [8]

The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [8]

Yorkshire Regiment [7]

Army Service Corps [6]

Lincolnshire Regiment [6]

Loyal North lancashire Regiment [6]

Royal Fusiliers [6]

The King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) [6]

The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire) [6]

Middlesex Regiment [5]

1/5th Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4]

Northumberland Fusiliers [4]

Royal Defence Corps [4]

Royal Engineers [4]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4]

4th Battalion North Lancashire Regiment [3]

Labour Company [3]

Loyal North Lancashire [3]

Loyal North Lancashire Reg. [3]

Royal Field Artillery [3]

15th Punjab Regiment [2]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Indian Staff Corps [2]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

London Regiment [2]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. [2]

Loyal North Lancs [2]

Loyal North Lancs Regiment [2]

Loyal North Lancs Regt. [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Military Foot Police [2]

Service

British Army [3519]

Indian Army [3]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [385]

H [369]

C [307]

W [303]

S [290]

M [278]

R [183]

L [164]

G [163]

D [152]

P [143]

F [140]

T [135]

A [103]

J [88]

K [86]

E [72]

N [56]

O [31]

Y [26]

I [14]

U [13]

V [11]

Q [7]

Contribution

Military Service [3423]

Country

United Kingdom [238]

India [16]

Canada [2]

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Place of birth

Bolton Lancashire [126] Preston [22] Preston, Lancashire [17] Manchester [13] Preston Lancashire [13] Bolton [10] Bolton, Lancashire [10] Liverpool [8] Chorley, Lancashire [6] Farnworth Lancashire [6] Wigan, Lancashire [5] Chorley Lancashire [4] Liverpool Lancashire [4] St Helens, Lancashire [4] Blackburn, Lancashire [3] Burnley, Lancashire [3] Kearsley, Lancashire [3] Salford [3] Astley Bridge Bolton Lancashire [2] Burnley [2] Burnley Lancashire [2] Croston, Lancashire [2] Farnworth, Lancashire [2] Fleetwood [2] Hindley Lancashire [2] Horwich Lancashire [2] Leyland Lancashire [2] Leyland, Lancashire [2] Maidstone, Kent [2] Oldham Lancashire [2] Oldham, Lancashire [2] Preston, Lancashire, England [2] Preston, lancashire [2] Preston,Lancashire. [2] Radcliffe Lancashire [2] Rawtenstall, Lancs [2] Rochdale Lancashire [2] St Annes-on-Sea, Lancs [2] Surrey [2] Wigan Lancashire [2] 25 Clover Street, Preston [1] Accrington Lancashire [1] Adlington Lancashire [1] Adlington, Lancashire [1] Ainsworth, Bolton Lancashire [1] Aintree Lancashire [1] Alfreton Derbyshire [1] Anerley Bromley Kent [1] Ashton in Makerfield, Lancashire [1] Askin, Lancs [1]

Rank

Private [3216] Corporal [177] Serjeant [145] Lance Corporal [91] Acting Corporal [27] Lieutenant [18] Acting Serjeant [16] Company Serjeant Major [12] Second Lieutenant [12] Captain [11] Lance Serjeant [10] Major [6] Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Colour Serjeant [4] Regimental Serjeant Major [4] Sergeant [4] Lieutenant Colonel [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Colonel [2] Corporal 2nd [2] Drummer [2] Pioneer [2] Private /Lance Corporal [2] Sapper [2] Staff Serjeant [2] 2nd Lt [1] A/Cpl [1] ALIAS Private [1] Act. RSM [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Lance Serjeant [1] Acting Major [1] Apprentice [1] Bandsman Private [1] Captain and Honorary Major [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Cpl [1] Dragoon [1] Driver [1] First Lieutenant [1] Honorary Major [1] Horse Keeper [1] Lance Corporal (unpaid) [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Lieutenant-Colonel [1] Midshipman [1] Pioneer Sergeant [1]

Unit

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3451] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3327] Manchester Regiment [96] East Lancashire Regiment [45] North Lancashire Regiment [32] The Queen's Regiment [29] Lancashire Fusiliers [26] Liverpool Regiment [26] North Staffordshire Regiment [22] Labour Corps [19] South Lancashire Regiment [19] East Surrey Regiment [18] Durham Light Infantry [16] Army Cyclist Corps [15] Royal Lancaster Regiment [13] Cheshire Regiment [10] Manitoba Regiment [10] Border Regiment [8] Suffolk Regiment [8] The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [8] Yorkshire Regiment [7] Army Service Corps [6] Lincolnshire Regiment [6] Loyal North lancashire Regiment [6] Royal Fusiliers [6] The King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) [6] The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire) [6] Middlesex Regiment [5] 1/5th Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4] Northumberland Fusiliers [4] Royal Defence Corps [4] Royal Engineers [4] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4] 4th Battalion North Lancashire Regiment [3] Labour Company [3] Loyal North Lancashire [3] Loyal North Lancashire Reg. [3] Royal Field Artillery [3] 15th Punjab Regiment [2] Army Veterinary Corps [2] East Yorkshire Regiment [2] Indian Staff Corps [2] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] London Regiment [2] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. [2] Loyal North Lancs [2] Loyal North Lancs Regiment [2] Loyal North Lancs Regt. [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Military Foot Police [2]

Service

British Army [3519] Indian Army [3] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [385] H [369] C [307] W [303] S [290] M [278] R [183] L [164] G [163] D [152] P [143] F [140] T [135] A [103] J [88] K [86] E [72] N [56] O [31] Y [26] I [14] U [13] V [11] Q [7]

Contribution

Military Service [3423]

Country

United Kingdom [238] India [16] Canada [2]

George Taylor

British Army 17354 Corporal The Queen's Regiment

British Army 56176 Corporal Labour Corps

British Army 30545 Corporal Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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Norman Clayton

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant The King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) 4 Battalion (Territorial Force)

British Army 241521 Lance Serjeant Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 5 Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Oliver Davis

British Army 45289 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 45289 Private The King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) Depot

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Thomas Bernard Boylin

British Army 57414 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 201438 Private The King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) 1/4 Battalion (Territorial Force)

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Stephen Lone

British Army 9442 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 3846697 Serjeant The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

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Leslie Hall Ffrance Aiston

Born 1901

Died 1957

British Army 44890 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 1/5th Battalion

British Army 28791 Private Royal Highlanders (Black Watch)

Other Empire Force Apprentice Mercantile Marine - S.S. Knight of The Thistle

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Sidney Colquhoun

British Army 18802 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army 24169 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 45140 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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T C Mintoft

British Army Captain Yorkshire Regiment

British Army Captain Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army Captain The Green Howards

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Henry Salt

British Army 3/27820 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army WR/208111 Private Royal Engineers

British Army 85541 Private Liverpool Regiment

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William R Wickens

British Army 3250 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army 266415 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 205135 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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Ernest Hanson

British Army 40322 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 9366 Private West Yorkshire Regiment 2 Battalion

British Army 63710 Private The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)

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Albert E Brierley

British Army 3789 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 29403 Private Suffolk Regiment

British Army 34929 Private The Queen's Regiment

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Peter Greenhalgh

British Army 18345 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 62902 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army GS/76302 Private London Regiment 4th lond Battalion

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Samuel G Gunner

British Army 282970 Pioneer Royal Engineers

British Army G/8677 Pioneer The Queen's Regiment

British Army 35067 Pioneer Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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Alfred Pettifor

British Army 274171 Pioneer Royal Engineers

British Army 809 Pioneer The Queen's Regiment

British Army 35321 Pioneer Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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Arthur Evetts

British Army 271720 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 18194 Sapper The Queen's Regiment

British Army 35024 Sapper Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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William H James

British Army 16122 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 592139 Private Labour Corps

British Army 28635 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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William C Tollick

British Army 7734 Private Devonshire Regiment

British Army 104598 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army 38724 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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A Heyworth

British Army 1749 Private Army Cyclist Corps

British Army 13858 Private Army Cyclist Corps

British Army 3850341 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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