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Soldiers in 1914 Date in Page Surname Full Name Regiment, Battalion Newspaper Number Ackrill Private W.H Soldiers in 1914 Date in Page Surname Full name Regiment, battalion Newspaper Number Ackrill Private W.H. Ackrill King's Shropshire Light Infantry 26 December 5 Aldridge Private Harold Aldridge Grenadier Guards 19 December 5 Andrew Private Harry Andrew 9th (Ashton) Battalion Manchester 07 November 6 Regiment Territorials Anstiss Private Henry Cecil Royal Marine Light Infantry 03 October 8 Anstiss Antiss Private Henry Cecil Royal Marine Light Infantry 03 October 7 Anstiss Armitage Private Leonard 3rd Cheshires Battalion 12 December 5 Armitage Ashton Lance Corporal Ashton Kings Own R L R 19 December 8 Ashton Private Albert Ashton 2nd Manchesters Reservist 14 November 5 Ashworth Lance Corporal W. 2nd Manchester Regiment 19 December 5 Ashworth Atherton Piper G.B. Atherton Royal Scots Fusiliers 19 December 5 Atherton Private Ernest Atherton 2nd Battalion Manchester Regiment 19 December 5 Atherton Private E. Atherton Ashton Territorials 31 October 8 Atkinson Private Atkinson Scots Guards 21 November 8 Avery Bugler Arthur Avery 26 December 6 Bailey Leading Stoker James H M S Empress 12 December 5 Bailey Baker Private Henry Alfred King's Royal Rifles 14 November 5 Baker Bardsley First Class Stoker 12 December 5 Bardsley Bardsley Private Samuel Bardsley Section D Cheshire Regiment 05 December 8 Bardsley 1st Class Stoker Leonard H.M.S. Good Hope 05 December 8 Bardsley Bardsley Gunner John Edward 114th Battery R.F.A. 24 October 8 Bardsley Bardsley Gunner John Edward 114th Battery R.F.A. 17 October 6 Bardsley Barlow Private Ernest Barlow North Staffordshire Regiment 28 November 8 Barrett Able Seaman Barrett 05 December 8 Bennett Private J. Bennett Manchesters 26 September 6 Bentley Private Percy Senior 20th Hussars 14 November 8 Bentley Bentley Private Percy S. Bentley D Squadron, Royal Horse Guards 14 November 5 Bertenshaw Private Joseph 12 December 5 Bertenshaw Birchenall Lieutenant Alfred 9th (Ashton) Battalion Manchester 12 September 6 Gordon Birchenall Regiment Territorials Birchinall Leiutenat Birchinall Territorials. Armoury. 12 September 6 Bland Private Joe Bland Manchester Regiment 19 September 6 Bold Private James Bold Scottish fusiliers 07 November 6 Boon Lance Corporal T.W. 19 December 5 Boon Bottomley Lieutenant James 6th Cheshire Regiment 07 November 8 Bottomley Bowers Private James Bowers 1st Battalion King's Shropshire Light 05 December 6 Infantry Bowers Private James Bowers Shropshire Light Infantry 05 December 6 Bradshaw Lance Corporal W. 2nd Battalion Manchester Regiment 07 November 6 Bradshaw Brierley Private Wilfred Brierley 9th Battalion Manchester Regiment 21 November 4 Broadbent Major J. Broadbent 9th (Ashton) Battalion Manchester 12 September 8 Regiment Territorials Broadhurst Private Allen Broadhurst Ashton Territorials 17 October 6 Broadhurst Private James Garside 9th (Ashton) Battalion Manchester 17 October 6 Broadhurst Regiment Territorials Broadhurst Private Edward W. Army Service Corps 17 October 6 Broadhurst Broonhall Private H. Broonhall Q Company, 2nd Battalion Coldstream 28 November 5 Guards Brown Lance Corporal John Army Service Corps 19 December 5 Brown Brown Private Edwin Brown 3rd Cheshire Regiment 19 December 5 Brown Private William Brown 3rd Manchester Regiment 19 December 5 Brown Private James Brown 6th Chshire Territorials 19 December 5 Bruell William Bruell A M 12 December 5 Buckley Corporal J H Buckley Canadian Contingent 19 December 8 Burgess Quartermaster Sergeant 9th Battalion Manchester Regiment 28 November 8 T. Burgess Burrows Lieutenant Burrows 2nd Battalion Manchester Regiment 17 October 4 Burrows Lieutenant R.F.G. 2nd Manchester Regiment 12 September 6 Burrows Butlin Corporal A E Butlin 03 October 6 Butter Staff Sergeant J.W. 1st Lincoln Regiment 26 September 6 Butter Butterworth Private Samuel 12 December 8 Butterworth Butterworth Private Samuel Loyal North Lancs. Regiment 12 December 5 Butterworth Butterworth Private Samuel 12 December 8 Butterworth Butterworth Private Samuel 1st loyal North lancashire Regiment 28 November 8 Butterworth Byrne Sapper Gilbert Hugh Royal Engineers 17 October 5 Byrne Byrne Sapper Gilbert Hugh Royal Engineers 17 October 4 Byrne Byrne Sapper Gilbert Byrne Royal Engineers 26 September 6 Carter Private Walter Carter 1st Cheshires 19 September 6 Cawley Major J S Cawley 20th Hussars 10 October Cawley Major J S Cawley 19 September 5 Cawley Major John Stephen 20th Hussars, 1st Cavalry Brigade 12 September 6 Cawley Cawley Major John Stephen 20th Hussars, 1st Cavalry Brigade 05 September 4 Cawley Chadwick Private James Chadwick King's Own Royal Lancasters 12 December 8 Charnock Private Jack Charnock 2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards 28 November 5 Chatburn Private J W Chatburn 24 October 6 Connery Sergeant Major J. 9th Battalion Manchester Regiment 26 September 6 Connery Territorials Connery Major M.H. Connery 9th Battalion 08 August 5 Connory Major Connory. Quarter 9th 10 October Master Cooke Ptrivate James Cooke 14 November 8 Cooke Private James Cooke Royal Lancashire Regiment No.7916 07 November 6 Cooney Private Dan Cooney Shropshire Light Infantry 12 December 8 Cooney Private Dan Cooney D Company Shropshire Light Infantry 12 December 5 Coop Private Rupert Coop City of Liverpool Regiment, Pals 14 November 5 Battalion Coop Corporal Henry Coop Canadian Contingent 14 November 5 Coop Private Wilfred Coop Liverpool Scottish Regiment 14 November 5 Cooper Private Thomas Cooper 1st Royal Warwickshire Regiment 14 November 8 Corcoran Private Corcoran East Cheshires 26 September 6 Crank Sergeant T. Crank King's Own Royal Lancashire Regiment 26 December 5 Cropper Private Titus Cropper Ashton Territorials 03 October 7 Cropper Private J. Cropper Ashton Territorials 03 October 7 Crossley Driver Simeon Crossley Royal Field Artilliary 05 September 6 Cumberland Lance Corporal Tom 05 December 6 Cumberland Cumberland Private J Cumberland Sherwood Foresters 05 December 8 Cummings Private Samuel 3rd Battalion Cheshire Regiment 19 December 5 Cummings Cunliff Colonel Cunliff Ashton Territorials 10 October 4 Cunliffe Colonel Cunliffe 6th Battalion Manchester Regiment 17 October 4 Curran Sergeant Albert Edward King's Own Royal Lancasters 19 December 8 Curran Curran Sergeant A E Curran 19 December 8 Cuttle Corporal H. Cuttle 26 December 5 Daley Private Miles Daley Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 17 October 6 Darbyshire Private Ernest Cheshire Regiment 03 October 10 Darbyshire Davies Private Robert Davies Stalybridge Territorials 26 December 5 Derham Colonel F.S. Derham East Lancashire Territorial Infantry 10 October 5 Derwent Corporal Mathew 05 December 8 Derwent Devlin Private J. Devlin Cheshire Regiment 10 October 5 Dinsdale Private J W Dinsdale Manchesters 21 November 6 Dodgson 1st Class Stoker John 2nd Royal Navy Brigade 17 October 4 William Dodgson Dodgson First Class Stoker John 17 October 6 William Dodgson Done Private Elias Done 2nd Battalion Lancashire fusiliers 03 October 10 Done Private Charles Done 03 October 10 Done Private Thomas Done 03 October 10 Drawshaw Second Lieutenant C B H R E 05 December 4 Crawshaw Drury Private Hy Drury Kings Shropshire Light Infantry 05 December 6 Dryland Private leonard Dryland Royal Marine Light Infantry 28 November 8 Dryland Private Leonard Dryland Royal Marine Light Infantry, H.M.S. 28 November 8 Monmouth Duddy Naval Reservist Frank H.M.S. Good Hope 14 November 8 Duddy Duddy Frank Duddy H M S Good Hope 14 November 8 Duncan Lieutenant Duncan 10 October 5 Dunn Private Janes (Jas) Dunn 2nd Cheshire Regiment 03 October 7 eastwood Driver S. Eastwood Royal Field Artillery 21 November 8 Ellio Private Thomas Elliot Shropshire Light Infantry 05 December 6 Elliott Private Thomas Elliott Shropshire Light Infantry 12 December 8 Elloitt Captain (Dr) Elliott 12 December 5 English Sergeant J. English 2nd Manchester Regiment 31 October 8 English Sergeant J English 2nd Manchesters 31 October 8 Fagan Private W. Fagan Royal Welsh Fusiliers 03 October 6 Finucane Private Fred Finucane Ashton Territorials 05 December 8 Fish Private H Fish 26 December 6 Fish Private Herbert Fish 9th Battalion 31 October 5 Fisher Private Richard Fisher 2nd Grenadier Guards 12 December 8 Ford Private Arthur Ford 6th Cheshire Territorials 05 December 6 Ford Private Fred Ford Territorial Reserve 05 December 6 Ford Private John Ford 11th Hussars 05 December 6 France Private J.W. France Shropshire Light Infantry 05 December 6 Frazer Lieutenant Frazer Field Surgeon 05 December 8 Fry Stoker Reginald Fry Royal Navy 05 December 8 Fuller Private Tom Fuller Lancashire Fusiliers, 5th Brigade 28 November 8 Fuller Private Arthue R. Fuller 7th West Riding Regiment 28 November 8 Fuller Private Richard Fuller Lancashire Fusiliers 28 November 8 Fuller Private William Fuller Durham Light Infantry 28 November 8 Furnival Private Richard Edward 2nd Battalion Manchester Regiment 17 October 6 Furnival Furnival Private Richard Edward 2nd Battalion Manchester Regiment 17 October 6 Furnival Garlick Gunner Josiah Garlick Royal Field Artillery 10 October 4 Garner Private W. Garner Ashton Territorials 03 October 7 Garrett Private S Garrett Royal Lancashire Regiment 26 December 6 Garrett Private Fred Garrett King's Royal Rifles 24 October 6 Gee Sergeant Harold Gee Royal Irish Regiment 31 October 6 Gibbins Private Harold Gibbins 31 October 5 Gibson Private G.H. Gibson 2nd Battalion Manchester Regiment 26 September 6 Gidman Private Fred Gidman Cheshire Regiment 03 October 3 Gilbert Private Walter Gilbert Loyal north Lancashire Regiment 24 October 8 Gimson Captain Gimson 05 December 8 Goddard Corporal John W. 15th
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