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Regimental Rolls

Roll of Honour, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, First World War, 1914-1918 - D

Listing soldiers of the King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment who died during the First World War, 1914-1918.

 

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Private Ebenezer William Dabbs Number: 29442 8 KO Killed in action 27 Sep 1918 Born: unknown Enlisted: Shrewsbury Commemorated: Buried in Lowrie Cemetery, Havrincourt, France

Private Arthur Dacre Number: 265073 8 KO Killed in action 29 Oct 1918 Born: Ulverston Enlisted: Ulverston Commemorated: Buried in Cross Roads Cemetery, France

Private Robert Dacre Number: 2506 1 KO Killed in action 11 Aug 1918 Born: St. Luke’s, Barrow-in-Furness Enlisted: Barrow-in-Furness Commemorated: Buried in Mont-Bernanchon British Cemetery, France

Private Henry Dagger Number: 9240 6 KO Died of wounds 13 Feb 1917 Born: Blackburn Enlisted: Blackburn Commemorated: Buried in Amara War Cemetery, Iraq

Private Thomas Dagger Number: 202408 8 KO Killed in action 16 Jun 1917 Born: Lytham Enlisted: Blackpool Commemorated: Arras Memorial, France

Private John Daggers Number: 17314 2 KO Killed in action 8 May 1915
Born: Blackburn Enlisted: Accrington Commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium

Private James Dagnall Number: 17165 6 KO Died 22 May 1916 Born: Liverpool Enlisted: Swansea Commemorated: Basra Memorial, Iraq

Private Harry Bertie Daines Number: 40972 1/4 KO Killed in action 10 May 1918 Born: unknown Enlisted: Warley Commemorated: Buried in Houchin British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.

Private Thomas Dainty Number: 241401 8 KO Killed in action 27 Sep 1918 Born: unknown Enlisted: Lancaster Commemorated: Buried in Lowrie Cemetery, Havrincourt, France

Private George Dakin Number: 8516 1 KO Killed in action 24 May 1915 Born: Macclesfield, Cheshire Enlisted: Macclesfield Commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium

Sergeant John Dakin Number: 13385 9 KO Killed in action Salonika 28 Apr 1917 Born: Blackpool Enlisted: Blackpool Commemorated: Buried in Karasouli Military Cemetery, Polycastron, Greece

Private Walter Dalby Number: 14720 6 KO Died of wounds Gallipoli 24 Aug 1915 Born: Colne Enlisted: Nelson Commemorated: Buried in Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery

Private James Dale Number: 28567 8 KO Killed in action 21 Mar 1918 Born: Stafford Enlisted: Mill Hill, Blackburn Commemorated: Arras Memorial, France

Private William Ernest Dale Number: 30327 1 KO Killed in action 12 Oct 1917 Born: Streford, Lancashire Enlisted: Manchester Commemorated: Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium

Corporal John Daley Number: 5362 1 KO Killed in action 5 Jul 1915 Born: Bridgetown, Barbados, West, Indies Enlisted: Lancaster Commemorated: Buried in Essex Farm Cemetery, Belgium

Private William Daley Number: 23855 6 KO Killed in action 8 Mar 1917 formerly 33280 Manchester Regiment Born: Manchester Enlisted: Manchester Commemorated: Basra Memorial, Iraq

Private Joseph Dalton Number: 242624 1/5 KO Died of wounds 1 May 1918 Born: Blackburn Enlisted: Blackburn Commemorated: Buried in Phalempin Communal Cemetery, France

Private Joseph Dalton Number: 481 1/5 KO Killed in action 3 Jun 1915 Born: Widnes, Lancashire Enlisted: Fleetwood Commemorated: Buried in Perth Cemetery (China Wall), Belgium

Corporal Herbert Daly Number: 6028 1/4 KO Killed in action 20 Nov 1917 Born: Hulme, Manchester Enlisted: Manchester Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme

Private James Daly Number: 14440 10 KO Died Home 15 Jun 1916 Born: Hulme, Manchester Enlisted: Manchester Commemorated: Buried in Wareham Cemetery, UK

Private John Daly Number: 242504 1/5 KO Killed in action 30 Nov 1917 Born: unknown Enlisted: Bury Commemorated: Cambrai Memorial, Louverval, France

Private John Joseph Daly Number: 29315 8 KO Died of wounds 23 Oct 1918 Born: Seacombe Enlisted: Chester Commemorated: Buried in Awoingt British Cemetery, France

Private Arthur Dalziel Number: 9408 1 KO Killed in action 6 Feb 1915 Born: Hulme, Manchester Enlisted: Lancaster Commemorated: Buried in Strand Military Cemetery, Belgium

Private Charles Dance (Served as Davis) Number: 12483 2 KO Killed in action 8 May 1915 Born: Walsall, Warwickshire Enlisted: Lancaster Commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium

Private William Charles Redvers Dando Number: 38249 1/4 KO Killed in action 20 Oct 1918 Born: unknown Enlisted: Cardiff Commemorated: Loos Memorial, France

Sergeant Ernest Charles Danes Number: 13521 9 KO Killed in action Salonika 19 Sep 1918 Born: Thorrock, Essex Enlisted: Woolwich Commemorated: Buried in Doiran Military Cemetery, Greece

Private Sidney Frank Danes Number: 28270 11 KO With the 848th Area Employment Company, Labour Corps as number 471211. Died 7 Jan 1918 Born: unknown Enlisted: unknown Commemorated: Buried in Les Baraques Military Cemetery, Sangate.

Private Elijah Daniels Number: 15680 8 KO Killed in action 2 Mar 1916 Born: Salford, Manchester Enlisted: Salford Commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium

2nd Lieutenant Thomas Harold Rayner Daniels 6 KO Killed in action 9 Apr 1916 (Sanna-i-yat, Mesopotamia) Born: unknown Enlisted: unknown Commemorated: Basra Memorial, Iraq

Private George Danson Number: 19597 6 KO Died 9 Apr 1916 Born: Stalmine, Lancashire Enlisted: Fleetwood Commemorated: Basra Memorial, Iraq

Company Quartermaster Sergeant Matthew Danvers Number: 1109 1 KO Died of wounds 6 Jun 1918 Born: Christchurch, North Shields Enlisted: Newcastle Commemorated: Buried in Pernes British Cemetery, France

Captain Percy Darbyshire KO Died of meningitis, 30 May 1918
Assistant Director of Recruiting TF Reserve Born: unknown Enlisted: unknown Commemorated: Buried in Bolton (Heaton) Cemetery, UK

Private William Darcy Number: 3621 1 KO Died of wounds 29 Jan 1915 Born: Kensington, London Enlisted: Finsbury Commemorated: Buried in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, France

Private Bethune Darling Number: 20193 2 KO Died of wounds 8 Oct 1915 formerly 49821 Royal Army Medical Corps Born: St. Leonard’s, Midlothian Enlisted: Leith Commemorated: Buried in Abbeville Communal Cemetery, France

Private Thomas Darling Number: 27237 8 KO Killed in action 23 Aug 1918 Born: Leeds Enlisted: Boston Commemorated: Buried in Bucquoy Road Cemetery, France

Temporary 2nd Lieutenant Albert John Dartnall 1/4 KO Killed in action 20 Nov 1917 (attack on Guillemont Farm, Battle of Cambrai, 1917) Born: unknown Enlisted: unknown Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme

Private Samuel Date Number: 2801 1/4 KO Killed in action 15 Jun 1915 Born: unknown Enlisted: Ulverston Commemorated: Le Touret Memorial, France

Private Arthur Davenport Number: 18390 6 KO Died 25 Apr 1916 Born: Howich, Lancashire Enlisted: Horwich, Lancashire Commemorated: Basra Memorial, Iraq

Private Francis Evan Davenport Number: 15608 8 KO Died of wounds 22 Aug 1916 Born: Freetown, Bury Enlisted: Horwich Commemorated: Buried in La Neuville British Cemetery, France

Sergeant Samuel Davenport Number: 11562 6 KO Killed in action 30 Jan 1917 Born: Manchester Enlisted: Manchester Commemorated: Basra Memorial, Iraq

Private Stephen Davenport Number: 11705 6 KO Killed in action 15 Dec 1916 Born: Hulme, Manchester Enlisted: Manchester Commemorated: Basra Memorial, Iraq

Lance Corporal William Davenport Number: 21418 10 KO Died accidentally Home 15 Mar 1916 Born: Manchester Enlisted: Manchester Commemorated: Buried in Salford (Weaste) Cemetery, UK

Corporal Cecil Fraser Davey Number: 14612 8 KO Killed in action 2 Mar 1916 Born: St. James’, Dublin Enlisted: Liverpool Commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium

Private Ernest Davey Number: 22062 7 KO Killed in action 7 Jun 1917 Born: Pudsey, Yorkshire Enlisted: Blackpool Commemorated: Buried in Croonaert Chapel Cemetery, Belgium

Private Walter Davey Number: 30513 8 KO Killed in action 26 Sep 1917 Born: Stockland, Devon Enlisted: Axminster Commemorated: Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium

Private Albert Davidson Number: 27808 1/4 KO Killed in action 23 Oct 1918 Born: unknown Enlisted: Barrow-in-Furness Commemorated: Loos Memorial, France

Private Albert Edward Davies Number: 49406 2/5 KO Killed in action 4 Oct 1918 Born: Hambleton, Lancashire Enlisted: Garstang Commemorated: Buried in Proville British Cemetery, France

Private Albert John Davies Number: 30551 8 KO Killed in action 26 Sep 1917 Born: Bristol Enlisted: Wells Commemorated: Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium

Private Charles Davies Number: 4197 1/4 KO Killed in action 3 Aug 1916 Born: Westhoughton, Lancashire Enlisted: Bolton Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme

Private Dennett Howard Davies Number: 2234 1/5 KO Killed in action 24 May 1915 Born: unknown Enlisted: Lancaster Commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium

Private Edward Davies Number: 8256 2 KO Died 16 Nov 1918 Born: St. George’s, Manchester Enlisted: Manchester Commemorated: Buried in Manchester (Philips Park) Cemetery, UK

Private Edward David Davies Number: 260033 1/5 KO Killed in action 21 Sep 1917 Born: unknown Enlisted: Garston Commemorated: Buried in Tyne Cot Cemetery, Belgium

Private Frederick James Davies Number: 24996 8 KO Died of wounds 13 Apr 1917 formerly 25424 East Lancashire Regiment Born: Longbridge, Preston Enlisted: Preston Commemorated: Buried in Duisans British Cemetery, France

Private George Davies Number: 10547 2 KO Killed in action 8 May 1915 Born: Birkenhead, Cheshire Enlisted: Manchester Commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium

Private John Davies Number: 8156 1 KO Killed in action 15 Sep 1914 Born: St. Mary’s, Bury Enlisted: Stockport Commemorated: La Ferte-Sous-Jouarre Memorial, France

Private John Davies Number: 1634 1 KO Killed in action 23 Oct 1916 Born: St. James, Barrow-in-Furness Enlisted: Barrow-in-Furness Commemorated: Buried in Guards Cemetery (Lesboeufs), France

Lance Corporal John Davies Number: 10132 2 KO Killed in action 12 Mar 1915 Born: Walton, Liverpool Enlisted: Liverpool Commemorated: Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium

Lance Corporal John Davies Number: 15013 6 KO Died of wounds Gallipoli 1 Sep 1915 Born: Dalton in Furness Enlisted: Dalton in Furness Commemorated: Buried in Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery

Private John Davies Number: 17371 6 KO Killed in action Gallipoli 14 Dec 1915 Born: Swinton, Manchester Enlisted: Manchester Commemorated: Helles Memorial, Turkey

Private John Davies Number: 20347 8 KO Killed in action 18 Jul 1916 Born: Manchester Enlisted: Manchester Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme

Private John Davies Number: 37041 8 KO Killed in action 21 Aug 1918 Born: Gilwen, Breconshire Enlisted: Brecon Commemorated: Vis-En-Artois Memorial, Haucourt, France

Private Joseph Davies Number: 16933 6 KO Killed in action 9 Feb 1917 Born: Pendlebury, Manchester Enlisted: Manchester Commemorated: Basra Memorial, Iraq

Private Leonard Tom Davies Number: 28660 1/5 KO Killed in action 26 Oct 1917 Born: Gloucester Enlisted: Gloucester Commemorated: Buried in Cement House Cemetery, Belgium

Private Richard Evan Davies Number: 42889 1/4 KO Killed in action 14 May 1918 Born: Pontypridd, Glamorgan Enlisted: Cardiff Commemorated: Buried in Houchin British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.

Private Robinson Davies Number: 20039(?) 3/5 KO Died at Blackpool, 17 Apr 1916. Born: Lancaster Enlisted: unknown Commemorated: Buried in Lancaster Cemetery, UK

Private Samuel Davies Number: 3531 1 KO Killed in action 24 May 1915 Born: St. Michael’s, Manchester Enlisted: Manchester Commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium

Private Thomas Davies Number: 34669 1/4 KO Died of wounds 20 Nov 1917 Born: Bolton Enlisted: Bolton Commemorated: Buried in Honnechy British Cemetery, France

Private Thomas Davies Number: 37310 1/4 KO Died of wounds 24 Oct 1918 Born: Atherton, Lancashire Enlisted: Leigh, Lancashire Commemorated: Buried in Awoingt British Cemetery, France

Sergeant Thomas Henry Davies Number: 12445 7 KO Killed in action 31 Jul 1917 Born: Oswestry, Salop Enlisted: Manchester Commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium

Temporary 2nd Lieutenant Walter Davies 9 KO Killed in action 18 Sep 1918 (Battle of Doiran, 1918 ) Born: unknown Enlisted: unknown Commemorated: Buried in Doiran Military Cemetery, Greece

Private Wilfred Davies Number: 27565 1 KO Killed in action 20 Nov 1916 Born: Knighton, Radnor Enlisted: Ebbe Vale, Wales Commemorated: Buried in Monchy British Cemetery, France

Lance Corporal William Davies Number: 2460 1 KO Killed in action 1 Jul 1916 Born: St. Stephen’s, Burnley Enlisted: Burnley, Lancashire Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme

Private William Davies Number: 37434 1/4 KO Died Home 7 Jan 1918 Born: Salop Enlisted: Ludlow Commemorated: Buried in Oswestry General Cemetery, UK

Acting Sergeant William Davies Number: 8521 6 KO Killed in action 30 Apr 1917 Born: Whalley, Lancashire Enlisted: Accrington Commemorated: Basra Memorial, Iraq

Private Albert Davis Number: 11253 1 KO Died of wounds 28 Nov 1914 Born: Accrington Enlisted: Preston (Accrington) Commemorated: Buried in Strand Military Cemetery, Belgium

Private Alfred Davis Number: 17496 2 KO Died 2 Jun 1917 Born: London Enlisted: Liverpool Commemorated: Buried in Sarigol Military Cemetery, Kriston, Greece

Private Charles Davis Number: 26873 1 KO Died 21 Dec 1916 formerly 30788 King's Royal Rifle Corps Born: Walthamstow Enlisted: Walthamstow Commemorated: Buried in St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, France

Private Claud Davis Number: 1610 1 KO Killed in action 4 Mar 1915 Born: London Enlisted: London Commemorated: Buried in Strand Military Cemetery, Belgium

Lance Corporal Edwin Albert Davis Number: 27236 1 KO Killed in action 26 Dec 1917 formerly 3519 Lincolnshire Regiment Born: Spalding Enlisted: Lincoln Commemorated: Buried in Monchy British Cemetery, France

Lance Corporal James Arthur Davis Number: 9108 1 KO Killed in action 24 May 1915 formerly 753 Manchester Regiment Born: St. Barnabas, Worcester Enlisted: Manchester (Worcester) Commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium

Private John Davis Number: 3628 1/5 KO Killed in action 16 Oct 1916 Born: unknown Enlisted: Lancaster Commemorated: Buried in Vlamertinghe Military Cemetery, Belgium

Lance Corporal John Edward Davis Number: 10791 1 KO Killed in action 12 Aug 1915 Born: Liverpool Enlisted: Liverpool Commemorated: Buried in Auchonvillers Communal Cemetery, France.

Private John Henry Davis Number: 242703 1/5 KO Killed in action 9 Apr 1918 Born: unknown Enlisted: Millom, Cumberland Commemorated: Loos Memorial, France

Private Thomas Davis Number: 14000 7 KO Died of wounds 8 Oct 1917 Born: Cark-in-Cartmell Enlisted: Ulverston Commemorated: Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium

Private Benjamin Taylor Davitt Number: 19759 6 KO Died 1 Sep 1917 Born: unknown Enlisted: unknown Commemorated: Buried in Lancaster Cemetery, UK

Private Harry Edwin Davy Number: 22428 11 KO Died of wounds 21 May 1917 Born: London Enlisted: Liverpool Commemorated: Buried in St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, France

Sergeant Albert Hartley Dawes Number: 1248 1/5 KO Killed in action 27 May 1915 Born: St. John’s, Lancaster Enlisted: Lancaster Commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium

Private Adam Dawson Number: 21188 8 KO Died of wounds 10 Sep 1918 Born: Darwen Enlisted: Darwen Commemorated: Buried in Terlincthun British Cemetery, France

Private Douglas M Dawson Number: 242993 1/5 KO Died of wounds 15 Aug 1916 Born: unknown Enlisted: Cottingham, Hull Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme

Lance Corporal Herbert Dawson Number: 36560 1 KO Died of wounds 8 Aug 1918 Born: Preston Enlisted: Preston Commemorated: Buried in Pernes British Cemetery, France

Private John Joseph Dawson Number: 9181 2 KO Killed in action 8 May 1915 Born: Douglas, Isle of Man Enlisted: Douglas Commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium

Private Robert Dawson Number: 240594 1/5 KO Killed in action 9 Mar 1917 Born: Lancaster Enlisted: Lancaster Commemorated: Buried in Vlamertinghe Military Cemetery, Belgium

Lance Corporal Robert Dawson Number: 200757 8 KO Killed in action 2 May 1918 Born: Millom Enlisted: Ulverston Commemorated: Buried in Chocques Military Cemetery, France

Private Thomas Dawson Number: 242084 2/5 KO Killed in action 28 Mar 1917 Born: Bolton Enlisted: Bolton Commemorated: Buried in Erquinghem-Lys Churchyard Extension Cemetery, France

Sergeant Thomas Dawson Number: 6471 8 KO Died of wounds 8 May 1918 MM Born: Manchester Enlisted: Liverpool Commemorated: Buried in Etaples Military Cemetery, France

Lance Corporal Percival Day Number: 13293 6 KO Died 14 Jul 1916 Born: Lytham Enlisted: Blackpool Commemorated: Buried in Amara War Cemetery, Iraq

Private Sidney Thomas Day Number: 41640 8 KO Killed in action 1 Oct 1918 Born: Paddington, London Enlisted: London Commemorated: Buried in Masnieres British Cemetery, France

Private Robert Henry Daynes Number: 30428 1 KO Died of wounds 21 Apr 1918 Born: unknown Enlisted: Keighley, Yorkshire Commemorated: Buried in Lapugnoy Military Cemetery, France

2nd Lieutenant Douglas Bayly De Bruyn KO Killed 27 May 1916 (Royal Flying Corps and KO) Born: unknown Enlisted: unknown Commemorated: Buried in Cambridge City Cemetery, UK

Acting Corporal Francis De Cruz (also shown as Frank Cruise) Number: 6659 1 KO Killed in action 15 Dec 1914 Born: Fleetwood Enlisted: Lancaster Commemorated: Buried in Tancrez Farm Cemetery, Belgium

Private Harry De Fraine Number: 26330 1 KO Killed in action 2 Sep 1918 Born: Marylebone Enlisted: Marylebone Commemorated: Buried in Windmill British Cemetery, France

Captain Thomas De La Rue KO Died 28 Jul 1917 Born: unknown Enlisted: unknown Commemorated: Buried in Lancaster (Scotforth) Cemetery, UK

Lieutenant Reginald Francis De Trafford 3 KO Died of wounds 9 May 1915 (attached 3rd Gloucestershire Regiment) Born: unknown Enlisted: unknown Commemorated: Buried in Le Touret Military Cemetery, Richebourg-L’Avoue

Lieutenant William Warren Deacon 1/5 KO Killed in action 22 Aug 1918 (by a direct hit on his dugout by shell-fire while in command of 'B' Company at Tramway House near Vaudricourt) MC Born: unknown Enlisted: unknown Commemorated: Buried in Houchin British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.

Lance Corporal Alfred H Dean Number: 37746 1/5 KO Killed in action 15 Sep 1918 Born: Liverpool Enlisted: Liverpool Commemorated: Buried in Houchin British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.

Lance Corporal Peter Dean Number: 17555 1 KO Killed in action 21 Oct 1916 Born: Edinburgh Enlisted: Liverpool Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme

Private W Dean Number: 32567 7 KO Died 20 Jan 1918 Born: unknown Enlisted: unknown Commemorated: Buried in Portwood (St. Paul) Churchyard, UK

Private William Dean Number: 4049 1/4 KO Killed in action 8 Aug 1916 Born: unknown Enlisted: Bolton Commemorated: Buried in Serre Road Cemetery Number 2, France

Private William Dean Number: 3721 2 KO Killed in action 6 May 1915 Born: Dukinfield, Lancashire Enlisted: Pendleton, Lancashire Commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium

Lance Corporal William Henry Dean Number: 9699 2 KO Killed in action 7 May 1915 Born: Macclesfield Enlisted: Macclesfield, Cheshire Commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium

Lance Sergeant Harry Dearden Number: 15975 2 KO Died of wounds 18 May 1915 Born: Heywood, Lancashire Enlisted: Rochdale, Lancashire Commemorated: Buried in Wimereux Communal Cemetery, France

Private James Dearden Number: 14902 7 KO Killed in action 16 Sep 1915 Born: Liverpool Enlisted: Liverpool Commemorated: Buried in Le Touret Military Cemetery, France

Private Thomas Dearden Number: 28976 8 KO Killed in action 10 May 1918 Born: unknown Enlisted: Halifax Commemorated: Buried in Sandpits British Cemetery, France

Private Owen Degnan Number: 3899 2 KO Killed in action 6 May 1915 Born: Preston Enlisted: Blackpool Commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium

Captain John Deighton 1/5 KO Died of wounds 20 Sep 1916 (Royal Army Medical Corps attached, wounded by shell-fire at Flers on the way up to the front line, 18 Sep 1916) Born: unknown Enlisted: unknown Commemorated: Buried in Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-L’Abbe, France

Temporary 2nd Lieutenant James Alfred Leo Delaney 7 KO Killed in action 10 Jun 1917 (attached Trench Mortar Battery) Born: unknown Enlisted: unknown Commemorated: Buried in Klein-Vierstraat British Cemetery, Belgium

Private Joseph Delaney Number: 2365 2 KO 8 May 1915 Born: St. Anne’s, Lancashire Enlisted: Lancaster Commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium

Private George William Delley Number: 19015 8 KO Killed in action 22 Jul 1916 Born: Dundalk Enlisted: Fleetwood Commemorated: Buried in Quarry Cemetery (Montauban), France

Private Edward Demaine Number: 21341 11 KO Died of wounds 29 Apr 1917 Born: Bolton Enlisted: Bolton Commemorated: Buried in Bray Military Cemetery, France

Private Thomas Ernest Demaine Number: 241703 2/5 KO Killed in action 26 Oct 1917 Born: Morecambe Enlisted: Morecambe Commemorated: Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium

Private Frank Dempsey Number: 15119 7 KO Died of wounds 12 Nov 1915 Born: Rusholme, Manchester Enlisted: Manchester Commemorated: Buried in Chocques Military Cemetery, France

Private Charles Denham Number: 22592 11 KO Died 4 Nov 1916 Born: Cardiff Enlisted: Cardiff Commemorated: Buried in Puchevillers British Cemetery, France

Temporary 2nd Lieutenant Vincent Alured Denne 10 KO attached 7 KO Died 5 Jan 1917 Born: unknown Enlisted: unknown Commemorated: Buried in Gezaincourt Communal Cemetery Extension, France

Lance Corporal Harold Victor Dennison Number: 243460 8 KO Died of wounds 27 Sep 1917 Born: unknown Enlisted: Lancaster Commemorated: Buried in Dozinghem Military Cemetery, Belgium

Lance Corporal John Denny Number: 24106 8 KO Died of wounds 22 Jun 1917 Born: Dalton, Lancashire Enlisted: Dalton Commemorated: Buried in Duisans British Cemetery, France

Private Harry Dent Number: 27240 1 KO Killed in action 23 Oct 1916 formerly 5110 Lincolnshire Regiment Born: Grimsby, Lincoln Enlisted: Grimsby Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme

Private George Denton Number: 41047 1/4 KO Died of wounds 23 Sep 1918 Born: Rushden, Northants Enlisted: Kettering Commemorated: Buried in Terlincthun British Cemetery, France

2nd Lieutenant Thomas William Denwood 3 KO Died 22 Oct 1918 (attached 2/6 Sussex Regiment) Born: unknown Enlisted: unknown Commemorated: Karachi 1914-1918 War Memorial, Pakistan

Private Alfred Derbyshire Number: 15964 8 KO Killed in action 12 Mar 1916 Born: Manchester Enlisted: Manchester Commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium

Lance Corporal Charles Derbyshire Number: 2586 2 KO Died 20 Aug 1916 Born: Beswick, Manchester Enlisted: Manchester Commemorated: Buried in Hamburg Cemetery, Germany

Private George Derbyshire Number: 16000 2 KO Died 8 May 1915 Born: Bradford, Manchester Enlisted: Manchester Commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium

Private Ralph Derbyshire Number: 18581 8 KO Killed in action 2 Mar 1916 Born: Tyldesley Enlisted: Manchester Commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium

Private Richard James Derbyshire Number: 30140 8 KO Killed in action 26 Apr 1917 Born: unknown Enlisted: Barrow in Furness Commemorated: Arras Memorial, France

Private Thomas Derbyshire Number: 14962 8 KO Killed in action 26 Apr 1917 Born: Church, Lancashire Enlisted: Rawtwenstall, Lancashire Commemorated: Arras Memorial, France

Private Norman Withers Derry Number: 33445 2 KO Died of wounds 13 Mar 1917 Born: Cornwall Enlisted: St. Anstell Commemorated: Buried in Salonika (Lembet Road) Military Cemetery, Greece

Private Thomas George Devall Number: 8509 1 KO Killed in action 20 Oct 1914 Born: Stow, Lichfield Enlisted: Warwick Commemorated: Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium

Private Harry Devaney Number: 16939 8 KO Killed in action 23 Aug 1918 MM Born: Liverpool Enlisted: Liverpool Commemorated: Buried in Gommecourt British Cemetery Number 3, France

Private John Devaney Number: 17111 2 KO Died 12 Jul 1917 Born: Manchester Enlisted: Manchester Commemorated: Buried in Cologne Southern Cemetery, Germany

Private Robert Devenport Number: 10130 2 KO Killed in action 19 Feb 1915 Born: Pendleton, Manchester Enlisted: Manchester Commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium

Private Alfred Devereux Number: 27116 1 KO Killed in action 23 Oct 1916 formerly 23685 Lincolnshire Regiment Born: Birmingham Enlisted: Walsall Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme

Private John Deves Number: 9253 2 KO Killed in action 7 May 1915 Born: St. Wilfred’s, Preston Enlisted: Lancaster Commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium

Private John Devin Number: 25317 6 KO Killed in action 24 Apr 1917 formerly 25209 South Lancashire Regiment Born: Warrington Enlisted: Warrington Commemorated: Basra Memorial, Iraq

Corporal Denis Francis Devine Number: 8711 1 KO Killed in action 20 Oct 1914 Born: Kinsale, County Cork Enlisted: Dublin Commemorated: Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium

Private Matthew Devlin Number: 16076 2 KO Killed in action 8 May 1915 Born: Blackburn Enlisted: Blackburn Commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium

Private Robert Dewhirst Number: 16897 2 KO Died 8 May 1915 Born: Bradford, Yorkshire Enlisted: Bradford Commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium

Private Arthur Dewhurst Number: 21577 8 KO Killed in action 10 May 1916 Born: Barrowford, Lancashire Enlisted: Nelson Commemorated: Buried in Kemmel Chateau Military Cemetery, Belgium

Private Isaac Dewhurst Number: 18764 8 KO Killed in action 2 Mar 1916 Born: Blackburn Enlisted: Darwen Commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium

Private John Edward Dewhurst Number: 23967 9 KO Died Salonika 21 Nov 1916
Born: Blackburn Enlisted: Blackburn Commemorated: Buried in Pieta Military Cemetery, Malta

Private John William Dewick Number: 18028 1 KO Killed in action 11 Feb 1916 Born: Hulme, Manchester Enlisted: Manchester Commemorated: Buried in Euston Road Cemetery, France

Private Herbert Dexter Number: 9054 2 KO Killed in action 25 Apr 1915 Born: Peterborough Enlisted: Ashton-under-Lyne Commemorated: Buried in Le Treport Military Cemetery, France

Private Arthur Frank Dickens Number: 27933 1 KO Died of wounds 13 Apr 1917 formerly 32218 Leicestershire Regiment Born: Lutterworth, Leicestershire Enlisted: Lutterworth Commemorated: Buried in Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension, France

Private George Dickens Number: 8171 6 KO Killed in action 5 Apr 1916 Born: Ravensthorpe, Northampton Enlisted: Lancaster Commemorated: Basra Memorial, Iraq

Lance Corporal John Dickie Number: 200741 1/4 KO Killed in action 26 Apr 1918 Born: Barrow-in-Furness Enlisted: Ulverston Commemorated: Loos Memorial, France

Private Arthur Dickin Number: 4047 2 KO Killed in action 8 May 1915 Born: Hurst, Lancashire Enlisted: Ashton-under-Lyne Commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium

Private Charles Henry Dickins Number: 15405 8 KO Killed in action 16 Aug 1916
Born: Sale, Cheshire Enlisted: Manchaster Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme

Private Albert Edwin Dickinson Number: 14135 7 KO Killed in action 31 Jul 1917 Born: Cark-in-Cartmell Enlisted: Morecambe Commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium

Private Alexander Dickinson Number: 12726 1/4 KO Died of wounds 8 Oct 1917 Born: Fleetwood Enlisted: Fleetwood Commemorated: Buried in Nine Elms British Cemetery, Belgium

Private Charles Dickinson Number: 28511 8 KO Killed in action 21 Aug 1918 Born: Sanbach, Cheshire Enlisted: Crewe Commemorated: Vis-En-Artois Memorial, Haucourt, France

Lance Corporal Edward Dickinson Number: 24584 7 KO Killed in action 31 Jul 1917 Born: Harrod Foot, Lancashire Enlisted: Ulverston Commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium

Lance Corporal George Dickinson Number: 15473 8 KO Died of wounds 29 Jul 1917 MM Born: Hollinwood, Oldham Enlisted: Oldham Commemorated: Buried in Grevillers British Cemetery, France

Private James Dickinson Number: 35161 9 KO Killed in action Salonika 18 Apr 1918 Born: Blackburn Enlisted: Blackburn Commemorated: Buried in Doiran Military Cemetery, Greece

Sergeant Louis Harold Dickinson Number: 241424 1/5 KO Killed in action 30 Nov 1917 MM Born: Nelson Enlisted: Lancaster Commemorated: Cambrai Memorial, Louverval, France

Private Robert Dickinson Number: 23727 1/4 KO Killed in action 20 Sep 1917 Born: Burnley Enlisted: Burnley Commemorated: Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium

Private William Dickinson Number: 11427 6 KO Died of wounds Gallipoli 14 Aug 1915 Born: Boston, Lincolnshire Enlisted: Fleetwood Commemorated: Buried in 7th Field Ambulance Cemetery, Turkey

Private William Henry Dickinson Number: 24916 7 KO Killed in action 3 Aug 1917 Born: Salmesbury, Lancashire Enlisted: Blackburn Commemorated: Buried in La Clytte Military Cemetery, Belgium

Lieutenant Angus Dickson 1/5 KO Killed in action 15 Oct 1916 (in the Ypres Salient, one of a chosen party for a raid on the ‘Mound’ on 15 Oct 1916, he was killed on 14 Oct 1916 in a revolver accident) Born: unknown Enlisted: unknown Commemorated: Buried in Vlamertinghe Military Cemetery, Belgium

Private John Dickson Number: 12310 6 KO Died 19 Jul 1916 Born: Pendleton, Manchester Enlisted: Manchester Commemorated: Buried in Amara War Cemetery, Iraq

Private Walter Dickson Number: 29446 8 KO Killed in action 27 Sep 1918 Born: unknown Enlisted: Seaforth, Liverpool Commemorated: Vis-En-Artois Memorial, Haucourt, France

Private George Didsbury Number: 16711 2 KO Killed in action 8 May 1915 Born: Frodsham, Cheshire Enlisted: Manchester Commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium

Lance Corporal Arthur Diggle Number: 4242 1/4 KO Killed in action 11 Sep 1916 Born: unknown Enlisted: Bolton Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme

Private George Dilkes Number: 23236 6 KO Killed in action 9 Feb 1917 Born: Claycross, Derby Enlisted: Chesterfield Commemorated: Basra Memorial, Iraq

Lance Corporal James Dillon Number: 15558 8 KO Killed in action 17 Oct 1915 Born: Manchester Enlisted: Manchester Commemorated: Buried in Divisional Cemetery, Belgium

Lance Corporal John Dillon Number: 4325 1 KO Died of wounds 19 Sep 1915 Born: Broughton, Salford Enlisted: Bury Commemorated: Buried in Mailly-Maillet Communal Cemetery Extension, France

Private John Michael Dillon Number: 3314 1 KO Killed in action 4 Feb 1917 Born: Canning Town, London Enlisted: Poplar Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme

Sergeant William Dillon Number: 9687 8 KO Killed in action 26 Sep 1917 Born: Bolton Enlisted: Manchester Commemorated: Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium

Colour Sergeant Thomas Dimelor Number: 4377 7 KO Killed in action 22 Jul 1916 Born: Chester Enlisted: Bridport Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme

Private Frederick George Phillip Dine Number: 22434 11 KO Died of wounds 28 Mar 1918 Born: Parkstone, Dorset Enlisted: Southend Commemorated: Buried in Duisans British Cemetery, France

Private Herbert Dingsdale Number: 23811 7 KO Killed in action 15 Nov 1916 formerly 24313 South Lancashire Regiment Born: Bolton Enlisted: Warrington Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme

Private George Dinsdale Number: 10223 2 KO Killed in action 20 Feb 1915 Born: Bangalore, India Enlisted: Lancaster Commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium

Private Henry Dinsdale Number: 9325 2 KO Killed in action 8 May 1915 Born: Collyhurst, Manchester Enlisted: Manchester Commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium

Private George Charles Dinwiddy Number: 28555 8 KO Killed in action 28 Mar 1918 Born: Aston, Warwick Enlisted: Birmingham Commemorated: Arras Memorial, France

Private Frederick Disley Number: 14713 6 KO Died Gallipoli 1 Aug 1915 Born: Southport Enlisted: Fleetwood Commemorated: Buried in Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery

Private Harold Disley Number: 41711 8 KO Died of wounds 27 Sep 1918 Born: Leigh, Lancashire Enlisted: Leigh Commemorated: Buried in Grevillers British Cemetery, France

Private Arthur Dixon Number: 32517 1 KO Killed in action 3 May 1917 formerly 24571 Border Regiment Born: Pickwell, Leicester Enlisted: Penrith, Cumberland Commemorated: Arras Memorial, France

Private Arthur Dixon Number: 202001 1/4 KO Died in Hospital of Meningitis 26 Jun 1917 Born: unknown Enlisted: Ulverston Commemorated: Buried in Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension, France

Private Ben Dixon Number: 200692 1/4 KO Killed in action 8 Aug 1916 Born: Manchester Enlisted: Ulverston Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme

Private Edward Bowker Dixon Number: 24981 8 KO Killed in action 26 Sep 1917 Born: Galgate, Lancashire Enlisted: Lancaster Commemorated: Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium

Private Ernest Dixon Number: 26538 9 KO Died Salonika 19 Sep 1918 formerly 19732 Northamptonshire Regiment Born: St. Bees, Cumberland Enlisted: King’s Lynn Commemorated: Doiran Memorial, Greece

Private Fred Dixon Number: 21687 8 KO Died of wounds 9 May 1917 Born: Chadderton Enlisted: Holllinwood Commemorated: Buried in Duisans British Cemetery, France

Private James W Dixon Number: 30125 8 KO Died 27 Oct 1917 with 185th Company Labour Corps. Born: unknown Enlisted: unknown Commemorated: Buried in Burr Cross Roads Cemetery

Private John Dixon Number: 242485 1 KO Killed in action 4 Apr 1917 Born: unknown Enlisted: Ulverston, Lancashire (Sawrey, Ambleside) Commemorated: Arras Memorial, France

Private John Dixon Number: 36473 3 KO Died Home 8 Feb 1918 Born: Whitehaven Enlisted: Whitehaven Commemorated: Buried in Whitehaven Cemetery, UK

Private Joseph Livingstone Dixon Number: 3414 1/5 KO Killed in action 4 May 1915 Born: Lancaster Enlisted: Lancaster Commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium

Private Richard Dixon Number: 20043 3/5 KO Died 12 Sep 1915  Born: unknown Enlisted: unknown Commemorated: Buried in Lancaster Cemetery, UK

Lance Corporal Robert Dixon Number: 200708 1/4 KO Killed in action 11 Sep 1916 Born: Dalton-in-Furness Enlisted: Ulverston Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme

Private Robert Dixon Number: 23840 6 KO Killed in action 9 Feb 1917 Born: Manchester Enlisted: Ashton-under-Lyne Commemorated: Basra Memorial, Iraq

Lance Corporal Thomas Dixon Number: 7623 2 KO Died of wounds 20 Feb 1915 Born: Waterhead, Oldham Enlisted: Manchester Commemorated: Buried in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, France

Sergeant George Dixon (Served as Richards) Number: 4838 1 KO Killed in action 26 Aug 1914 Born: Tranmere, Cheshire Enlisted: Liverpool Commemorated: La Ferte-Sous-Jouarre Memorial, France

Private Richard Harold Doble Number: 30427 1 KO Killed in action 12 Oct 1917 Born: unknown Enlisted: Bristol Commemorated: Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium

Private Albert Dobson Number: 240596 2/5 KO Died of wounds 26 May 1918 Born: Lancaster Enlisted: Lancaster Commemorated: Buried in Bagneux British Cemetery, France

Private Henry Dobson Number: 2907 1/4 KO Killed in action 10 Sep 1916 Born: unknown Enlisted: Ulverston Commemorated: Buried in Delville Wood Cemetery, France

Private Henry Herbert Dobson Number: 34509 1 KO Killed in action 28 Mar 1918 Born: Haverrigg, Cumberland Enlisted: Ulverston Commemorated: Arras Memorial, France

Sergeant Herbert Dobson Number: 2746 1/5 KO Killed in action 9 Aug 1916 MM  Born: Lancaster Enlisted: Lancaster Commemorated: Buried in Quarry Cemetery (Montauban), France

Private James Dobson Number: 33228 2/5 KO Killed in action 1 Oct 1918 Born: Barnacre, Lancashire Enlisted: Garstang, Lancashire Commemorated: Buried in Proville British Cemetery, France

Private John Dobson Number: 26648 8 KO Died 12 May 1917 Born: Lancaster Enlisted: Lancaster Commemorated: Arras Memorial, France

Private John Wilson Dobson Number: 19661 1 KO Died of wounds 24 Oct 1916 Born: Blackburn Enlisted: Blackburn Commemorated: Buried in Grove Town Cemetery, France

Lance Corporal Robert Dobson Number: 201692 1/4 KO Killed in action 20 Sep 1917 Born: Lancaster Enlisted: Lancaster Commemorated: Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium

Lance Corporal William Dockerty Number: 240197 1/5 KO Killed in action 30 Nov 1917 Born: St. Mary’s, Lancaster Enlisted: Lancaster Commemorated: Cambrai Memorial, Louverval, France

Private James Dodd Number: 2678 1/4 KO Killed in action 2 Jul 1915 Born: unknown Enlisted: Ulverston Commemorated: Buried in Aubers Ridge British Cemetery, France

Lance Corporal Walter Dodd Number: 32599 7 KO Killed in action 31 Jul 1917 Born: Hayton Enlisted: Brampton Commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium

Private Frederick Ashworth Dodds Number: 23658 7 KO Killed in action 31 Jul 1917 Born: Burnley Enlisted: Burnley Commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium

Private Harold Dodgson Number: 32511 7 KO Killed in action 31 Jul 1917 Born: Salterforth, Yorkshire Enlisted: Preston Commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium

Lance Corporal John Dodgson Number: 1009 1/5 KO Died of wounds 10 May 1915 Born: Pilling, Lancashire Enlisted: Fleetwood Commemorated: Buried in Hazebrouck Communal Cemetery, France

Private Robert Dodgson Number: 3958 1/5 KO Died of wounds 21 Jun 1916 Born: St. Mary’s Lancaster Enlisted: Lancaster Commemorated: Buried in Avesnes-le-Comte Communal Cemetery Extension, France

Private Percy Doe Number: 40974 1/4 KO Killed in action 1 Jun 1918 Born: Fairstead, Essex Enlisted: Warley Commemorated: Buried in Houchin British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.

Lance Corporal John Joseph Doick Number: 26071 7 KO Killed in action 7 Jun 1917 Born: Walker, Newcastle Enlisted: Newcastle Commemorated: Buried in Croonaert Chapel Cemetery, Belgium

Lance Corporal Hubert Dolan Number: 9197 1 KO Killed in action 1 Jul 1916 Born: Trinity, Durham Enlisted: Stockton-on-Tees Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme

Private Clement William Dolanore Number: 38874 8 KO Died 21 Nov 1918 Born: Sarratt, Hertfordshire Enlisted: Hertford Commemorated: Buried in Delsaux Farm Cemetery, France

Private Wilfred Reginald Dolby Number: 30182 8 KO Killed in action 26 Apr 1917 formerly 28688 Lancashire Fusiliers Born: Salford, Manchester Enlisted: Salford Commemorated: Buried in Tilloy British Cemetery, France

Private Francis Harold Done Number: 28194 7 KO Killed in action 22 Sep 1917 Born: Hanham, Gloucester Enlisted: Bristol Commemorated: Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium

Private Thomas Donegan Number: 16823 2 KO Killed in action 8 May 1915 Born: Widnes, Lancashire Enlisted: Warrington Commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium

Private Aubrey Donnell Number: 266166 8 KO Killed in action 13 Dec 1917 Born: Bristol Enlisted: Shrewsbury Commemorated: Buried in Queant Road Cemetery, France

Private J Donnelly Number: 8935 Depot KO Died 1 Feb 1918 Born: unknown Enlisted: unknown Commemorated: Buried in Manchester Southern Cemetery, UK

Corporal James Donohue Number: 240244 1/5 KO Killed in action 7 Jul 1918 Born: Blackpool Enlisted: Blackpool Commemorated: Buried in Houchin British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.

Corporal James Donovan Number: 242965 1/5 KO Killed in action 9 Apr 1918 Born: unknown Enlisted: Preston Commemorated: Loos Memorial, France

Private Robert Donovan Number: 200919 1/4 KO Killed in action 8 Aug 1916 Born: unknown Enlisted: Preston Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme

Lance Corporal Charles Henry Doody Number: 9171 1 KO Died of wounds 19 Mar 1915 Born: Leek, Stafford Enlisted: Leek Commemorated: Buried in Strand Military Cemetery, Belgium

Lance Corporal Michael Dooley Number: 25394 6 KO Killed in action 15 Dec 1916 Born: Liverpool Enlisted: Liverpool Commemorated: Basra Memorial, Iraq

Corporal Ernest Doorey Number: 1753 1 KO Killed in action 24 May 1915 Born: Lady of Rosary, Leigh Enlisted: Manchester Commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium

Private John Dootson Number: 17838 7 KO Killed in action 7 Nov 1916 Born: Bury Enlisted: Bolton Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme

Private William Henry Doran Number: 1945 1/5 KO Killed in action 11 Aug 1916 Born: Christchurch, Blackpool Enlisted: Blackpool Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme

Private Matthias Douglas Number: 24339 8 KO Killed in action 26 Apr 1917 Born: Workington Enlisted: Workington Commemorated: Arras Memorial, France

Lance Corporal William Douglas Number: 2419 & 200438 1/4 KO Killed in action 23 Dec 1916 Born: unknown Enlisted: Ulverston Commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium

2nd Lieutenant William Edward Dovey 1 KO Killed in action 23 Oct 1916 (Spectrum Trench, Battle of Transloy, the Somme) Born: unknown Enlisted: unknown Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme

Private James Dowell Number: 14372 9 KO Killed in action Salonika 19 Sep 1918 Born: St. Mary’s, Carlisle Enlisted: Carlisle Commemorated: Buried in Doiran Military Cemetery, Greece

Private Maurice Dower Number: 22437 8 KO Killed in action 12 May 1917 formerly 25154 South Lancashire Regiment Born: Warrington Enlisted: Warrington Commemorated: Arras Memorial, France

Private Thomas Davis Downend Number: 19735 11 KO Killed in action 12 Aug 1916 Born: Ashton-under-Lyne Enlisted: Ashton-under-Lyne Commemorated: Buried in Maroc British Cemetery, France

Private Edward Downes Number: 24404 7 KO Died Home 15 May 1917 Born: unknown Enlisted: Barrow-in-Furness Commemorated: Buried in Leeds Roman Catholic Cemetery, UK

Private Thomas Downes Number: 24689 1/5 KO Died of wounds 2 Dec 1917 Born: Bridnorth, Salop Enlisted: Sale, Cheshire Commemorated: Buried in Tincourt New British Cemetery, France

Temporary 2nd Lieutenant George Jamieson Downey 11 KO Died 24 Apr 1918 Born: unknown Enlisted: unknown Commemorated: Buried in Tidworth Military Cemetery, UK

Private Alfred Downham Number: 5011 1/4 KO Killed in action 27 Sep 1916 Born: unknown Enlisted: Morecambe Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, France

Private G Downham Number: 2239 1/5 KO Died 22 Oct 1918 Born: unknown Enlisted: unknown Commemorated: Buried in Morecambe and Heysham (Torrisholme) Cemetery, UK

Private James Downham Number: 201126 1/4 KO Killed in action 8 Aug 1916 Born: unknown Enlisted: Ulverston Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme

Private William Albert Downham Number: 1979 1/4 KO Killed in action 8 Aug 1916 Born: unknown Enlisted: Dalton-in-Furness Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme

Private Ernest Downs Number: 25920 9 KO Died of wounds Salonika 6 Jan 1917 Born: Kettlebrock, Warwicks Enlisted: Tamworth Commemorated: Buried in Doiran Military Cemetery, Greece

Private William Downs Number: 2964 1 KO Killed in action 1 Jul 1916 Born: St. Peter’s, Greengate Enlisted: Manchester Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme

Private William Downs Number: 6106 1 KO Killed in action 26 Aug 1914 Born: St. Bart, Salford Enlisted: Manchester Commemorated: La Ferte-Sous-Jouarre Memorial, France

Private Arthur Chapman Dowson Number: 25753 2 KO Died 19 Oct 1918 formerly 32984 Durham Light Infantry Born: Newcastle Enlisted: Felling Commemorated: Buried in Doiran Military Cemetery, Greece

Private Harold Hector Dowthwaite Number: 3002 1/5 KO Killed in action 22 Aug 1915 Born: unknown Enlisted: Lancaster Commemorated: Buried in Kemmel Chateau Military Cemetery, Belgium

Private Alfred Doyle Number: 14753 6 KO Died of wounds Gallipoli 13 Aug 1915 Born: Salford, Manchester Enlisted: Manchester Commemorated: Helles Memorial, Turkey

Private Hugh Doyle Number: 28017 1/4 KO Killed in action 20 Sep 1917 Born: Hebburn, Durham Enlisted: Hebburn Commemorated: Buried in Tyne Cot Cemetery, Belgium

Private Stanley Doyle Number: 13373 9 KO Died Salonika 9 Sep 1917 Born: Harpurhey, Lancashire Enlisted: Blackpool Commemorated: Buried in Mikra British Cemetery, Kalamaria, Greece

Private William Doyle Number: 3364 1 KO Killed in action 10 Aug 1916 Born: Whitechapel, London Enlisted: Startford Commemorated: Buried in Essex Farm Cemetery, Belgium

Private William Drader Number: 2923 1 KO Killed in action 2 May 1915 Born: Glasgow Enlisted: Barrow-in-Furness Commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium

Private Frederick Raymond Drake Number: 30081 8 KO Killed in action 12 May 1917 Born: unknown Enlisted: Manchester Commemorated: Arras Memorial, France

Private Norman Drake Number: 40868 8 KO Killed in action 27 Sep 1918 Born: Bradford Enlisted: Bradford Commemorated: Buried in Lowrie Cemetery, Havrincourt, France

Private William Charles Drake Number: 9332 1 KO Killed in action 28 Jun 1916 Born: St. Helen’s, Ipswich Enlisted: Ipswich Commemorated: Buried in Bertrancourt Military Cemetery, France

Private William Henry Drake Number: 26578 9 KO Died Salonika 16 Jan 1918 Born: Forncett, Norfolk Enlisted: Norwich Commemorated: Buried in Sarigol Military Cemetery, Kriston, Greece

Private Samuel Allen Draper Number: 33183 7 KO Killed in action 31 Jul 1917 Born: Nottingham Enlisted: Ripon Commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium

Private William Penrhyn Boddington Draper Number: 27821 1/4 KO Died of wounds Home 15 May 1918 Born: Shrewsbury Enlisted: Barrow-in-Furness Commemorated: Buried in Adel (St. John The Baptist) Churchyard, UK

Private Henry Charles Drew Number: 3408 2 KO Killed in action 19 May 1915 Born: Mile End, London Enlisted: Stratford, London Commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium

Corporal John Felix Driesen Number: 12930 7 KO Killed in action 4 Jul 1916 Born: Hoxton, London Enlisted: Shaw, Lancashire Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme

Private Fred Drinkall Number: 27235 1 KO Killed in action 10 Apr 1917 formerly 5163 Lincolnshire Regiment Born: South Ferriby, Lincoln Enlisted: South Ferriby Commemorated: Buried in Guards Cemetery (Lesboeufs), France

Private Thomas Drinkall Number: 17767 1 KO Killed in action 1 Jul 1916 Born: Barrow-in-Furness Enlisted: Fleetwood Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme

Private William Drinkall Number: 22027 6 KO Killed in action 8 Mar 1917 Born: Allithwaite, Lancashire Enlisted: Ulverston Commemorated: Basra Memorial, Iraq

Private Ernest Drinkwater Number: 27437 7 KO Killed in action 31 Jul 1917 formerly 4983 Lancashire Fusiliers Born: Birmingham Enlisted: Salford, Manchester Commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium

Private Charles Driscoll Number: 26035 1/5 KO Killed in action 9 Apr 1918 Born: unknown Enlisted: Ashton-under-Lyne Commemorated: Loos Memorial, France

Private Leonard Driver Number: 9300 2 KO Killed in action 8 May 1915 Born: Hadleigh, Suffolk Enlisted: Hadleigh Commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium

Private William Driver Number: 20533 9 KO Killed in action Salonika 28 Apr 1917 Born: Manchester Enlisted: Manchester Commemorated: Buried in Karasouli Military Cemetery, Polycastron, Greece

Private Alfred Dronsfield Number: 17426 1/4 KO Killed in action 9 Apr 1918 Born: St. James, Oldham Enlisted: Shaw, Lancashire Commemorated: Buried in Post Office Rifles Cemetery, France

Lance Sergeant John Angus Robert Drummond Number: 21544 7 KO Killed in action 31 Jul 1917 Born: Santiago, Chili, South America Enlisted: Liverpool Commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium

Private Christopher Drury Number: 17853 8 KO Killed in action 26 Apr 1917 Born: Liverpool Enlisted: Buxton Commemorated: Arras Memorial, France

Private Walter Ernest Du Feu Number: 9945 2 KO Killed in action 20 Feb 1915 Born: St. Heliers, Jersey Enlisted: Jersey Commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium

Private Alfred Duckworth Number: 8885 1 KO Killed in action 10 Jun 1915 Born: Karachi, Bombay, India Enlisted: Blackburn Commemorated: Buried in Essex Farm Cemetery, Belgium

Private James Duckworth Number: 48997 2/5 KO Killed in action 28 Sep 1918 Born: Blackburn Enlisted: Barrow Commemorated: Buried in Anneux British Cemetery, France

Private John Duckworth Number: 4187 1/4 KO Killed in action 8 Aug 1916 Born: unknown Enlisted: Bolton Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme

Corporal Joseph Duckworth Number: 13563 1/4 KO Killed in action 9 Apr 1918 Born: All Saints, Accrington Enlisted: Blackpool Commemorated: Buried in Vielle-Chapelle New Military Cemetery, France

Private Robert Duckworth Number: 19186 8 KO Killed in action 18 Jul 1916 Born: Salford Enlisted: Manchester Commemorated: Buried in Guillemont Road Cemetery, France

Private William Duckworth Number: 15728 2 KO Killed in action 8 May 1915 Born: St. George’s, Wigan Enlisted: Wigan Commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium

Private William Henry Duckworth Number: 19857 1 KO Killed in action 18 Apr 1918 Born: unknown Enlisted: Accrington (Blackburn) Commemorated: Loos Memorial, France

Private Ernest Charles Dudley Number: 26541 9 KO Died Salonika 18 Sep 1917 Born: Hoddersdon, Herts Enlisted: Hertford Commemorated: Buried in Sarigol Military Cemetery, Kriston, Greece

Private Fred Duerden Number: 11766 1 KO Killed in action 9 Jun 1915 Born: St. Michael’s, Blackburn Enlisted: Blackpool Commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium

Private Isaac Duerden Number: 13842 6 KO Died of wounds 13 Feb 1917 Born: Burnley Enlisted: Burnley Commemorated: Buried in Amara War Cemetery, Iraq

2nd Lieutenant John Duerden 2/4 KO attached East Lancashire Regiment, killed in action 10 Jun 1917 Born: unknown Enlisted: unknown Commemorated: Buried in Estaires Communal Cemetery Extension, France

Private Peter Duerden Number: 201770 1/4 KO Killed in action 20 Sep 1917 Born: Bacup, Lancashire Enlisted: Bacup Commemorated: Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium

Private Arthur Watson Duerdon Number: 32606 7 KO Killed in action 31 Jul 1917 Born: Great Harwood, Lancashire Enlisted: Accrington Commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium

Sergeant Thomas Duffin Number: 4374 6 KO Died of wounds Gallipoli 26 Oct 1915 Born: Liverpool Enlisted: Nottingham Commemorated: Buried in Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery

Private John James Duffy Number: 20456 9 KO Died Salonika 3 Oct 1918 Born: Oldham Enlisted: Hollinwood Commemorated: Buried in Mikra British Cemetery, Kalamaria, Greece

Private Patrick Duffy Number: 11395 6 KO Died 9 Apr 1916 Born: Mullingar, Westmeath Enlisted: Blackpool Commemorated: Basra Memorial, Iraq

Private William Dulien Number: 20133 6 KO Died of wounds 5 May 1916 formerly 41872 Royal Garrison Artillery Born: Bethnal Green, London Enlisted: Ipswich Commemorated: Buried in Amara War Cemetery, Iraq

Private Albert Dumbrell Number: 23812 8 KO Died of wounds 12 Apr 1917 Born: Horsham, Sussex Enlisted: Hastings Commemorated: Buried in Duisans British Cemetery, France

Private William Henry Dunbar Number: 11800 1 KO Killed in action 3 May 1917 Born: Newton Heath, Manchester Enlisted: Manchester Commemorated: Arras Memorial, France

Lance Corporal Thomas Dunbebin Number: 24652 1/4 KO Killed in action 26 Apr 1918 Born: Halton, Cheshire Enlisted: Runcorn Commemorated: Buried in Houchin British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.

Private Percy Dunitis Number: 41618 1 KO Killed in action 2 Sep 1918 Born: Russia Enlisted: London (North Woolwich) Commemorated: Vis-En-Artois Memorial, Haucourt, France

Private Thomas Dunkerley Number: 27515 8 KO Died of wounds 9 Apr 1917 Born: Barrow-in-Furness Enlisted: Barrow-in-Furness Commemorated: Buried in Duisans British Cemetery, France

Private Daniel Dunn Number: 12951 8 KO Killed in action 2 Mar 1916 Born: Gloucester Enlisted: Blackpool
Commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium

Lance Corporal Harold Dunn Number: 10654 2 KO Killed in action 20 Feb 1915 Born: Christchurch, Salford Enlisted: Manchester Commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium

2nd Lieutenant Herbert Arthur Raisbeck Dunn 3/4 KO Died 20 Jul 1916 at home. Born: unknown Enlisted: unknown Commemorated: Buried in Millom (St. George) Churchyard.

Lance Corporal James Dunn Number: 9744 2 KO Killed in action 19 Feb 1915 Born: St. Philip’s, Salford Enlisted: Manchester Commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium

Private Joseph Dunn Number: 201373 1/4 KO Killed in action 8 Aug 1916 Born: unknown Enlisted: Bolton Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme

Private Thomas Dunn Number: 21381 8 KO Killed in action 16 Aug 1916 Born: Rochdale Enlisted: Manchester Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme

Private Thomas Joseph Dunn Number: 11719 6 KO Died 15 Jul 1916 Born: West Harvey, Liverpool Enlisted: Liverpool Commemorated: Buried in Basra War Cemetery, Iraq

Sergeant Walter John Dunn Number: 4072 8 KO Killed in action 26 Sep 1917 DCM Born: Southwark Enlisted: London Commemorated: Buried in Buttes New British Cemetery, Belgium

Private Joseph Dunne Number: 7996 1 KO Killed in action 20 Nov 1914 Born: Miles Platting, Manchester Enlisted: Manchester Commemorated: Buried in Strand Military Cemetery, Belgium

Private John William Dunning Number: 15492 8 KO Killed in action 2 Mar 1916 Born: Withington, Lancashire Enlisted: Manchester Commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium

Private Arthur Durham Number: 28019 1/5 KO Killed in action 10 Jul 1918 Born: unknown Enlisted: Darlington Commemorated: Buried in Houchin British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.

Private George Henry Durham Number: 1853 1/4 KO Killed in action 15 Jun 1915 Born: unknown Enlisted: Millom, Cumberland Commemorated: Le Touret Memorial, France

Private Herbert Durham Number: 22806 8 KO Died of wounds 28 Sep 1918 formerly 24369 South Lancashire Regiment Born: Manchester Enlisted: Liverpool Commemorated: Buried in Thilloy Road Cemetery, France

Private Thomas Durkin Number: 13862 7 KO Killed in action 7 Jul 1916 Born: Blackpool Enlisted: Blackpool Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme

Private George Henry Dutfield Number: 40869 8 KO Killed in action 13 Apr 1918 Born: Mitcham Enlisted: Leicester Commemorated: Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium

Private Albert Dutton Number: 17485 1 KO Killed in action 1 Jul 1916 Born: Hulme, Manchester Enlisted: Manchester Commemorated: Buried in Euston Road Cemetery, France

Private Frank Dutton Number: 241612 2/5 KO Killed in action 13 Mar 1917 Born: Winsford, Cheshire Enlisted: Fleetwood Commemorated: Buried in Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium

Private Henry Dutton Number: 18153 2 KO Died of wounds 8 May 1915 formerly 5804 Border Regiment Born: Latham, Ormskirk, Lancashire Enlisted: Darwen Commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium

Private Henry George Dutton Number: 22505 11 KO Died of wounds 17 May 1917 Born: Nantwich, Cheshire Enlisted: Macclesfield Commemorated: Buried in La Chapelette British and Indian Cemetery, France

Temporary 2nd Lieutenant Arthur Duxbury 1/5 KO Killed in action 9 Apr 1918 ('B' Company, Battle of Estaires) Born: unknown Enlisted: unknown Commemorated: Buried in Chocques Military Cemetery, France

Private Harry Smith Duxbury Number: 23976 1/4 KO Killed in action 31 Jul 1917 formerly 25441 East Lancashire Regiment Born: Clayton-le-Moors Enlisted: Great Harwood Commemorated: Buried in Tyne Cot Cemetery, Belgium

Private William Duxbury Number: 24959 8 KO Died of wounds 26 Apr 1917 Born: Blackburn Enlisted: Blackburn Commemorated: Arras Memorial, France

Private Albert Dwyer Number: 14805 7 KO Killed in action 4 Jul 1916 Born: Liverpool Enlisted: Liverpool Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, Somme

Private Francis Dwyer Number: 9685 2 KO Killed in action 8 May 1915 Born: St. Heliers, Jersey Enlisted: Guernsey Commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium

Colour Sergeant Owen Dwyer Number: 6701 1 KO Died at sea, whilst attached to the Nigeria Regiment, Royal West African Frontier Force. 18 May 1918 Born: Wexford Enlisted: Manchester Commemorated: Hollbrook Memorial, Southampton.

Private Bert Dye Number: 15544 6 KO Killed in action 30 Apr 1917 Born: Sheffield Enlisted: Manchester Commemorated: Basra Memorial, Iraq

Private William Dyke Number: 12024 6 KO Killed in action Gallipoli 10 Aug 1915 Born: Heathtown, Wolverhampton Enlisted: Morecambe Commemorated: Helles Memorial, Turkey

Lieutenant Colonel Alfred McNair Dykes 1 KO Killed in action 26 Aug 1914 (Haucourt, Battle of Le Cateau) Born: unknown Enlisted: unknown Commemorated: La Ferte-Sous-Jouarre Memorial, France

Private John Alfred Dykes Number: 10722 1 KO Killed in action 8 May 1915 Born: Toxteth, Liverpool Enlisted: Liverpool Commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium

Private Joseph Dyson Number: 2335 1/4 KO Died of wounds 2 Sep 1916 Born: Birmingham Enlisted: Barrow-in-Furness Commemorated: Buried in Ste Marie, Cemetery, France

Private Josiah Dyson Number: 26751 7 KO Killed in action 31 Jul 1917 Born: unknown Enlisted: Oldham Commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium

Private Stanley Dyson Number: 11409 6 KO Died Home 5 Jun 1915
Born: Clifton, Yorks Enlisted: Lancaster Commemorated: Buried in Aldershot Military Cemetery, UK
 

 

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