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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 [150]

Lance Corporal [93]

Acting Corporal [27]

Lieutenant [19]

Second Lieutenant [19]

Acting Serjeant [17]

Captain [12]

Company Serjeant Major [12]

Lance Serjeant [10]

Colour Serjeant [7]

Major [7]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Acting Captain [4]

Regimental Serjeant Major [4]

Sergeant [4]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Acting Major [2]

Colonel [2]

Corporal 2nd [2]

Drummer [2]

Pioneer [2]

Private /Lance Corporal [2]

Sapper [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

2nd Lt [1]

A/Cpl [1]

ALIAS Private [1]

Act. RSM [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Apprentice [1]

Bandsman Private [1]

Captain and Honorary Major [1]

Commander [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]

Lance-Corporal [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]

South Lancashire Regiment [20]

Labour Corps [19]

The Loyal Regiment [19]

East Surrey Regiment [18]

Durham Light Infantry [16]

Army Cyclist Corps [15]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [13]

Cheshire Regiment [10]

Manitoba Regiment [10]

Suffolk Regiment [9]

Border Regiment [8]

The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [8]

Royal Fusiliers [7]

Yorkshire Regiment [7]

Army Service Corps [6]

Lincolnshire Regiment [6]

Loyal North lancashire Regiment [6]

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

The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire) [6]

Middlesex Regiment [5]

Northumberland Fusiliers [5]

1/5th Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [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]

15th Punjab Regiment [2]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Indian Army [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]

Service

British Army [3539]

Indian Army [5]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [386]

H [371]

C [309]

W [305]

S [292]

M [280]

R [184]

G [165]

L [165]

D [153]

P [143]

F [140]

T [135]

A [104]

J [90]

K [87]

E [73]

N [56]

O [31]

Y [27]

I [14]

U [13]

V [11]

Q [7]

Contribution

Military Service [3445]

Country

United Kingdom [240]

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 [150] Lance Corporal [93] Acting Corporal [27] Lieutenant [19] Second Lieutenant [19] Acting Serjeant [17] Captain [12] Company Serjeant Major [12] Lance Serjeant [10] Colour Serjeant [7] Major [7] Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Acting Captain [4] Regimental Serjeant Major [4] Sergeant [4] Lieutenant Colonel [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Acting Major [2] Colonel [2] Corporal 2nd [2] Drummer [2] Pioneer [2] Private /Lance Corporal [2] Sapper [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Temporary Captain [2] 2nd Lt [1] A/Cpl [1] ALIAS Private [1] Act. RSM [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Lance Serjeant [1] Apprentice [1] Bandsman Private [1] Captain and Honorary Major [1] Commander [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] Lance-Corporal [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] South Lancashire Regiment [20] Labour Corps [19] The Loyal Regiment [19] East Surrey Regiment [18] Durham Light Infantry [16] Army Cyclist Corps [15] Royal Lancaster Regiment [13] Cheshire Regiment [10] Manitoba Regiment [10] Suffolk Regiment [9] Border Regiment [8] The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [8] Royal Fusiliers [7] Yorkshire Regiment [7] Army Service Corps [6] Lincolnshire Regiment [6] Loyal North lancashire Regiment [6] The King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) [6] The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire) [6] Middlesex Regiment [5] Northumberland Fusiliers [5] 1/5th Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [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] 15th Punjab Regiment [2] Army Veterinary Corps [2] Devonshire Regiment [2] East Yorkshire Regiment [2] Indian Army [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]

Service

British Army [3539] Indian Army [5] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [386] H [371] C [309] W [305] S [292] M [280] R [184] G [165] L [165] D [153] P [143] F [140] T [135] A [104] J [90] K [87] E [73] N [56] O [31] Y [27] I [14] U [13] V [11] Q [7]

Contribution

Military Service [3445]

Country

United Kingdom [240] India [16] Canada [2]

Charles Riley

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army 6791 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 6791 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 2nd, 3rd and 7th Battalions

British Army 6791 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment Reserves 2nd, 3rd and 7th Battalions

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Harry Morris

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 5358 Private The Royal Fusiliers 20th (Service) Battalion (3rd Public Schools)

British Army Second Lieutenant The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 2/5th Battalion

British Army First Lieutenant The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 2/5th Battalion

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Anthony Bond

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 27589 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 10th Battalion

British Army 27589 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 10th battalion

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Arthur Best

Born 1862

Died 1917

British Army 3033 Serjeant 4th Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 3033 Serjeant The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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George Brindle

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 1906 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 1906 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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Henry Clitheroe

Born 1879

Died 1916

British Army 20314 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 20314 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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John Bond

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 37599 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 37599 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 1/4th battalion

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Septimus Hargreaves Bond

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army 20030 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 6th Battalion

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Joseph Park

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army 13973 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 8th

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John Ashcroft

Born 1877

Died 1916

British Army 22551 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 22551 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 22551 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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Edgar Reginald Alford

Born 1889

Died 1951

British Army 5960 Corporal 2nd 5th Dragoon Guards

British Army 5960 Dragoon Dragoons of the Line 1st Dragoon Guards

British Army 5960 Lance Corporal (unpaid) Dragoons of the Line 1st Dragoon Guards

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Leonard Heath

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army P/1763 Private Military Foot Police

British Army 40395 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 12th Battalion

British Army 40395 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 1/4 Battalion

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David Beaver

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 2299 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 1/4th Battalion (territorial force)

British Army 2299 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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George Baxendale

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 3914 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 3914 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 1/4th Battalion (territorial force)

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James Finch

Born 1881

Died 1915

British Army 3541 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 3541 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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Edward Cross

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army 735 Sergeant Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 4th Battalion (Territorial)

British Army 735 Serjeant The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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Henry Clarkson

Born 1878

Died 1915

British Army 120 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 120 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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Walter Bentham

Born 1879

Died 1915

British Army 10873 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 10873 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 6th battalion

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William Dixon

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 37653 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 37653 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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James Herbert Heald

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 13088 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 7th Battalion

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