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Abram, Wigan, Lancashire [1]

Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire [1]

Bolton Lancashire [1]

Bolton, Lancashire [1]

Bradford Registration District, Yorkshire [1]

Bury, Lancashire [1]

Byfield, Rockhampton Region, Queensland [1]

Castleton, Lancashire [1]

Clapham, Surrey [1]

Dover, Kent [1]

Grimsby, Lincolnshire [1]

Haswick Surrey [1]

Hobcroft House Mobberley Cheshire [1]

Lincoln, Lincolnshire [1]

Maidstone, Kent [1]

Manchester [1]

New Ferry, Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Nottingham [1]

Salford [1]

Salford, Lancashire [1]

St. Saviour Southwark London [1]

Stonham Aspal [1]

Stratton St. Margaret,Highworth,Wilts. [1]

Wallasey or Boughton, Cheshire [1]

West Kirby, Cheshire [1]

Withnell Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [150]

Second Lieutenant [15]

Captain [11]

Lieutenant [11]

Corporal [7]

Serjeant [6]

Lance Corporal [3]

Sergeant [3]

Major [2]

Rifleman [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Air Chief Marshal [1]

Air Vice Marshal [1]

Cadet [1]

Capt/Lt [1]

Chaplain [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

First Lieutenant [1]

Former Army Capt joined RAF [1]

Honorary Colonel [1]

Honorary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Leiutenant [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Officer Cadet [1]

Private (In the Field) [1]

Pte [1]

Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Reverend [1]

Sapper [1]

Second Lieutenant (Honorary Major) [1]

Serjeant Corporal [1]

Serjeant Private [1]

Squadron Leader [1]

Temp Captain [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Lancashire Fusiliers [133]

The Queen's Regiment [70]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [39]

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [36]

Labour Corps [33]

The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [23]

The Lancashire Fusiliers [14]

Liverpool Regiment [12]

Royal Fusiliers [12]

Northumberland Fusiliers [7]

London Regiment [6]

The King's (Liverpool) Regiment [6]

Army Service Corps [5]

East Lancashire Regiment [5]

King's Liverpool Regiment [5]

Manchester Regiment [5]

Royal Engineers [5]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5]

The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [5]

The King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) [5]

Rifle Brigade [4]

Royal Air Force [4]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3]

Royal Flying Corps [3]

South Lancashire Regiment [3]

Cameron Highlanders [2]

East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

Suffolk Regiment [2]

The King's (Shropshire Light Infantry) [2]

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [2]

Training Reserve [2]

105th Mahrattas [1]

11th Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

13th Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

16th Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

17th Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

1st Battalion The Kumaon Rifles [1]

1st Garrison Battalion Liverpool Regiment [1]

1st Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

2nd Dragoon [1]

2nd Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

2nd Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

5th Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

71st Inft Bgde 6th Division [1]

7th Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

8th Battalion The Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

9th (Service) Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

9th Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

Service

British Army [177]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [4]

Indian Army [2]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [21]

B [20]

S [18]

H [14]

M [12]

W [10]

G [9]

R [9]

T [9]

K [8]

A [7]

D [7]

E [7]

F [6]

J [5]

L [5]

P [5]

V [2]

I [1]

N [1]

O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [170]

Country

United Kingdom [26]

France [1]

Russian Federation [1]

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People [177] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Abram, Wigan, Lancashire [1] Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire [1] Bolton Lancashire [1] Bolton, Lancashire [1] Bradford Registration District, Yorkshire [1] Bury, Lancashire [1] Byfield, Rockhampton Region, Queensland [1] Castleton, Lancashire [1] Clapham, Surrey [1] Dover, Kent [1] Grimsby, Lincolnshire [1] Haswick Surrey [1] Hobcroft House Mobberley Cheshire [1] Lincoln, Lincolnshire [1] Maidstone, Kent [1] Manchester [1] New Ferry, Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Nottingham [1] Salford [1] Salford, Lancashire [1] St. Saviour Southwark London [1] Stonham Aspal [1] Stratton St. Margaret,Highworth,Wilts. [1] Wallasey or Boughton, Cheshire [1] West Kirby, Cheshire [1] Withnell Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [150] Second Lieutenant [15] Captain [11] Lieutenant [11] Corporal [7] Serjeant [6] Lance Corporal [3] Sergeant [3] Major [2] Rifleman [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Corporal [1] Air Chief Marshal [1] Air Vice Marshal [1] Cadet [1] Capt/Lt [1] Chaplain [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] First Lieutenant [1] Former Army Capt joined RAF [1] Honorary Colonel [1] Honorary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Leiutenant [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Officer Cadet [1] Private (In the Field) [1] Pte [1] Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Reverend [1] Sapper [1] Second Lieutenant (Honorary Major) [1] Serjeant Corporal [1] Serjeant Private [1] Squadron Leader [1] Temp Captain [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1] Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Lancashire Fusiliers [133] The Queen's Regiment [70] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [39] The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [36] Labour Corps [33] The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [23] The Lancashire Fusiliers [14] Liverpool Regiment [12] Royal Fusiliers [12] Northumberland Fusiliers [7] London Regiment [6] The King's (Liverpool) Regiment [6] Army Service Corps [5] East Lancashire Regiment [5] King's Liverpool Regiment [5] Manchester Regiment [5] Royal Engineers [5] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5] The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [5] The King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) [5] Rifle Brigade [4] Royal Air Force [4] Middlesex Regiment [3] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3] Royal Flying Corps [3] South Lancashire Regiment [3] Cameron Highlanders [2] East Yorkshire Regiment [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] Suffolk Regiment [2] The King's (Shropshire Light Infantry) [2] The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [2] Training Reserve [2] 105th Mahrattas [1] 11th Lancashire Fusiliers [1] 13th Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1] 16th Lancashire Fusiliers [1] 17th Lancashire Fusiliers [1] 1st Battalion The Kumaon Rifles [1] 1st Garrison Battalion Liverpool Regiment [1] 1st Lancashire Fusiliers [1] 2nd Dragoon [1] 2nd Lancashire Fusiliers [1] 2nd Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1] 5th Lancashire Fusiliers [1] 71st Inft Bgde 6th Division [1] 7th Lancashire Fusiliers [1] 8th Battalion The Lancashire Fusiliers [1] 9th (Service) Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers [1] 9th Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

Service

British Army [177] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [4] Indian Army [2] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [21] B [20] S [18] H [14] M [12] W [10] G [9] R [9] T [9] K [8] A [7] D [7] E [7] F [6] J [5] L [5] P [5] V [2] I [1] N [1] O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [170]

Country

United Kingdom [26] France [1] Russian Federation [1]

John Bollard

British Army 3659 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 1354 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army 203023 Private The Queen's Regiment

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Thomas Derbyshire

British Army 1820 Private East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 3368 Private The King's (Liverpool) Regiment

British Army 28336 Private Royal Irish Fusiliers

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Vernon Bayley

British Army Second Lieutenant 7th Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army Lieutenant The King's Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

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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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Dennis Kelleher

British Army 42831 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 70430 Private Labour Corps

British Army 56098 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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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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Henry R Smith

British Army 241684 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army 47238 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 66251 Private Yorkshire Regiment

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Frederick Adamson

British Army 11309 Private East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 64496 Private South Wales Borderers

British Army 53069 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Percy Croft

British Army 46248 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army T 95 Private Royal Engineers

British Army 532026 Private Royal Engineers

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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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Edward T Rowbotham

British Army 11981 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 53329 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 41554 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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Leonard Adams

British Army 11757 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 18782 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army 63383 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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Martin R Hanness

British Army 6/588 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 102583 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 57790 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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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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Thomas Mckerracher

British Army 5458 Private Highland Light Infantry

British Army 15112 Private Leinster Regiment

British Army 408761 Private Labour Corps

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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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Fred Monks

British Army 34231 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 25707 Private The King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

British Army

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