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FIRST WORLD WAR LIVERPOOL
A COLLECTION OF RESEARCH PROJECTS BY AMANDA TAYLOR
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15501 Lance Corporal Arthur William Collinson, 17th Bn The King's Liverpool Regiment
Arthur William Collinson was born on 9th December 1892 in Liverpool and Christened at St Clement’s Church, Toxteth on May 16th 1894 along...


104110 Sergeant John William Learoyd, Notts & Derbyshire Regiment (Sherwood Foresters).
John William Learoyd (known as John Willie) was my 2x Great Grandfather. John William Learoyd was born in 1881 in Leeds, his parents were...


Private 325922 George Learoyd, Royal Scots
George Learoyd was the cousin of my 2xgreat grandfather. George's service records have survived and they paint quite a sorry picture....


15235 Private Amos Learoyd, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Amos Learoyd was a cousin to my 2x great grandfather. Amos Learoyd was born on the 23rd November 1890 in Stanley, Yorkshire. His parents...


9027 Bombadier William Etherington,Royal Field Artillery
This serviceman was not connected to Liverpool but he was my Great-Grandfather. William Edward Gordon Delatouche Etherington was born on...
Thomas Groome Crotty
The original information about Thomas G Crotty came from the Myrtle Street Asylum memorial records. The application form for this war...


Corporal Robert Isherwood 2232, 7th Bn The King's Liverpool Regiment
Identification There were 4 CWGC results for Robert Isherwood, one of them was in the King's Liverpool Regiment and the 'other...


359540 Private James Irvine, 10th Batt. The King's Liverpool Regiment.
Identification I made the assumption that if James Irvine had a middle name it would have been on the war memorial, so only counted...


184987 Staff Sergeant Thomas Middleton Hulme, Royal Engineers
Identification The CWGC database had 14 possible results for Thomas or T Hulme but no record of a Thomas M Hulme. I looked through the...


242828 Private Isaac Lucas Hilton, 6th Batt. The King's Liverpool Regiment
Identification There was only one Isaac Hilton in the CWGC records and he proved to be from Liverpool. Family Information Isaac Lucas...


240606 Rifleman Percy Harold Harwood, 6th King's Liverpool Regiment
Identification There were two CWGC entries for Percy H Harwood, both men were called Percy Harold but one was from Liverpool and the...


17613 Corporal George J Harker, 19th Liverpool Regiment
Identification. There was only one George J Harker in the CWGC database and he lived near St James’ Church so I am satisfied that it is...


14502 Private Matthew Thomas Hamilton, 4th Bn,The King's Liverpool Regiment
Identification The fact that there were two Hamiltons on the memorial suggested that they were brothers and this helped in the...


200051 Private Frederick Hamilton, The King's Liverpool Regiment
Identification I have taken my main information for this soldier from a pension record. This record shows that Frederick Hamilton served...


9243 Private Thomas William Halpin The King's Liverpool Regiment
Identification There was only one record for Thomas W Halpin on the CWGC website and he was in the King's (Liverpool) Regiment and...


3969 Private Lamont Grave, 10th Battalion The King’s Liverpool Regiment
Identification With such an unusual name I could be sure I had the right person, there was only one entry in the CWGC, one medal card and...


157051 Private Thomas Herman Lindberg / Girvin, Machine Gun Corps
Identification This man presented a puzzle, he was one of the last men to be identified and I was able to identify him thanks to the help...


2499 Private John Henry Fitzsimmons 2nd Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment
Identification The CWGC database has two John H Fitzsimmons but one was Canadian and UK Soldiers in the Great War showed that the other J...


4th Engineer Officer William Henry Irving Elliott
Identification There is a discrepancy in the names here, the memorial clearly says William H J Elliott but his name was in fact William...


240091 Sergeant Hugh "Stan" Stanhope Elliott 6th Battalion The King's Liverpool Regiment
Identification There was only one Hugh S Elliott in the CWGC database and he was in the King's (Liverpool) Regiment, research showed he...
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