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Barnsley, Yorkshire [940]

Wombwell, Barnsley, Yorkshire [32]

Monk Bretton, Barnsley, Yorkshire [17]

Hoyland, Barnsley, Yorkshire [15]

Ardsley, Barnsley, Yorkshire [13]

Darfield, Barnsley, Yorkshire [12]

Stairfoot, Barnsley, Yorkshire [12]

Darton, Barnsley, Yorkshire [11]

Royston, Barnsley, Yorkshire [11]

Cudworth, Barnsley, Yorkshire [10]

Hoyle Mill, Barnsley, Yorkshire [10]

Dodworth, Barnsley, Yorkshire [9]

Elsecar, Barnsley, Yorkshire [9]

Worsborough Dale, Barnsley, Yorkshire [9]

Worsborough, Barnsley, Yorkshire [9]

Hoyland Common, Barnsley, Yorkshire [7]

Penistone, Barnsley, Yorkshire [7]

Tankersley, Barnsley, Yorkshire [7]

Birdwell, Barnsley, Yorkshire [6]

Carlton, Barnsley, Yorkshire [5]

Great Houghton, Barnsley, Yorkshire [5]

Mapplewell, Barnsley, Yorkshire [5]

Platts Common, Barnsley, Yorkshire [5]

Staincross, Barnsley, Yorkshire [5]

Barnsley Yorkshire [4]

Barnsley, South Yorkshire [4]

Gawber, Barnsley, Yorkshire [4]

Higham, Barnsley, Yorkshire [4]

Jump, Barnsley, Yorkshire [4]

Worsborough Common, Barnsley, Yorkshire [4]

Barnsley,Yorkshire. [3]

Barugh Green, Barnsley, Yorkshire [3]

Blacker Hill, Barnsley, Yorkshire [3]

Bolton on Dearne, Barnsley, Yorkshire [3]

Elsecar, nr Barnsley, Yorkshire [3]

Silkstone, Barnsley, Yorkshire [3]

St Johns, Barnsley, Yorkshire [3]

Worsbrough Common, Barnsley, Yorkshire [3]

Broomhill, Barnsley, Yorkshire [2]

Hoyle Mill, Ardsley, Barnsley, Yorkshire [2]

Kexborough, Barnsley, Yorkshire [2]

Kexborough, nr Barnsley, Yorkshire [2]

Kingstone Place, Barnsley, Yorkshire [2]

Mapplewell, Barnsley, South Yorkshire [2]

Monk Bretton,Barnsley,Yorkshire. [2]

Near Barnsley, Yorkshire [2]

Roystone, Barnsley, Yorkshire, England [2]

Shafton, Barnsley, Yorkshire [2]

Woolley, Barnsley, Yorkshire [2]

Woolley, near Barnsley, Yorkshire [2]

Rank

Private [438]

Lance Corporal [40]

Corporal [31]

Stoker 1st Class [30]

Ordinary Seaman [24]

Gunner [20]

Sapper [20]

Second Lieutenant [20]

Serjeant [19]

Able Seaman [15]

Captain [10]

Driver [10]

Lieutenant [9]

Leading Seaman [5]

Acting Corporal [4]

Lance Sergeant [4]

Rifleman [4]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Bombardier [3]

Deck Hand [3]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [3]

Leading Stoker [3]

Pioneer [3]

Stoker 2nd Class [3]

2nd Engineer [2]

Acting Leading Seaman [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Corporal 2nd [2]

House Member [2]

Lance-Corporal [2]

Major [2]

Nurse [2]

Sergeant [2]

Signalman [2]

Stoker [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Able seaman [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Petty Officer [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Acting Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Clerk 2 [1]

Unit

York and Lancaster Regiment [219]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [45]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [30]

Royal Engineers [29]

West Yorkshire Regiment [27]

Royal Field Artillery [18]

Labour Corps [17]

Yorkshire Regiment [17]

Machine Gun Corps [16]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [14]

Northumberland Fusiliers [12]

West Riding Regiment [12]

East Yorkshire Regiment [10]

Royal Highlanders [10]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [10]

Durham Light Infantry [9]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [9]

Royal Army Medical Corps [9]

Coldstream Guards [8]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [7]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [7]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [7]

Manchester Regiment [7]

Royal Garrison Artillery [7]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [7]

Army Service Corps [6]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [6]

Lancashire Fusiliers [6]

Royal Army Service Corps [6]

Royal Marine Light Infantry [6]

Canadian Infantry [5]

Cheshire Regiment [5]

Royal Fusiliers [5]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [5]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [5]

Training Reserve [5]

British Red Cross Society [4]

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [4]

Middlesex Regiment [4]

Royal Air Force [4]

Royal Horse Artillery [4]

Royal Marine Artillery [4]

Royal Naval Division [4]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [4]

Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) [4]

South Wales Borderers [4]

Army Cyclist Corps [3]

HMS Active [3]

HMS Erin [3]

HMS Warrior [3]

Service

British Army [551]

Royal Navy [486]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [261]

Other Empire Force [13]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [11]

Australian Imperial Force [4]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Last name first letter

B [183]

H [134]

S [132]

W [125]

M [79]

C [78]

G [74]

P [67]

T [66]

R [56]

L [51]

D [47]

F [47]

J [36]

A [34]

E [31]

N [25]

K [20]

O [17]

V [9]

Y [5]

U [4]

I [2]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1263]

Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [352]

Germany [2]

Australia [1]

Canada [1]

India [1]

Isle of Man [1]

Malta [1]

New Zealand [1]

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Place of birth

Barnsley, Yorkshire [940] Wombwell, Barnsley, Yorkshire [32] Monk Bretton, Barnsley, Yorkshire [17] Hoyland, Barnsley, Yorkshire [15] Ardsley, Barnsley, Yorkshire [13] Darfield, Barnsley, Yorkshire [12] Stairfoot, Barnsley, Yorkshire [12] Darton, Barnsley, Yorkshire [11] Royston, Barnsley, Yorkshire [11] Cudworth, Barnsley, Yorkshire [10] Hoyle Mill, Barnsley, Yorkshire [10] Dodworth, Barnsley, Yorkshire [9] Elsecar, Barnsley, Yorkshire [9] Worsborough Dale, Barnsley, Yorkshire [9] Worsborough, Barnsley, Yorkshire [9] Hoyland Common, Barnsley, Yorkshire [7] Penistone, Barnsley, Yorkshire [7] Tankersley, Barnsley, Yorkshire [7] Birdwell, Barnsley, Yorkshire [6] Carlton, Barnsley, Yorkshire [5] Great Houghton, Barnsley, Yorkshire [5] Mapplewell, Barnsley, Yorkshire [5] Platts Common, Barnsley, Yorkshire [5] Staincross, Barnsley, Yorkshire [5] Barnsley Yorkshire [4] Barnsley, South Yorkshire [4] Gawber, Barnsley, Yorkshire [4] Higham, Barnsley, Yorkshire [4] Jump, Barnsley, Yorkshire [4] Worsborough Common, Barnsley, Yorkshire [4] Barnsley,Yorkshire. [3] Barugh Green, Barnsley, Yorkshire [3] Blacker Hill, Barnsley, Yorkshire [3] Bolton on Dearne, Barnsley, Yorkshire [3] Elsecar, nr Barnsley, Yorkshire [3] Silkstone, Barnsley, Yorkshire [3] St Johns, Barnsley, Yorkshire [3] Worsbrough Common, Barnsley, Yorkshire [3] Broomhill, Barnsley, Yorkshire [2] Hoyle Mill, Ardsley, Barnsley, Yorkshire [2] Kexborough, Barnsley, Yorkshire [2] Kexborough, nr Barnsley, Yorkshire [2] Kingstone Place, Barnsley, Yorkshire [2] Mapplewell, Barnsley, South Yorkshire [2] Monk Bretton,Barnsley,Yorkshire. [2] Near Barnsley, Yorkshire [2] Roystone, Barnsley, Yorkshire, England [2] Shafton, Barnsley, Yorkshire [2] Woolley, Barnsley, Yorkshire [2] Woolley, near Barnsley, Yorkshire [2]

Rank

Private [438] Lance Corporal [40] Corporal [31] Stoker 1st Class [30] Ordinary Seaman [24] Gunner [20] Sapper [20] Second Lieutenant [20] Serjeant [19] Able Seaman [15] Captain [10] Driver [10] Lieutenant [9] Leading Seaman [5] Acting Corporal [4] Lance Sergeant [4] Rifleman [4] Acting Bombardier [3] Bombardier [3] Deck Hand [3] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [3] Leading Stoker [3] Pioneer [3] Stoker 2nd Class [3] 2nd Engineer [2] Acting Leading Seaman [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Corporal 2nd [2] House Member [2] Lance-Corporal [2] Major [2] Nurse [2] Sergeant [2] Signalman [2] Stoker [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Able seaman [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Petty Officer [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Acting Stoker Petty Officer [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Aircraftman 2nd Class [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Clerk 2 [1]

Unit

York and Lancaster Regiment [219] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [45] Yorkshire Light Infantry [30] Royal Engineers [29] West Yorkshire Regiment [27] Royal Field Artillery [18] Labour Corps [17] Yorkshire Regiment [17] Machine Gun Corps [16] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [14] Northumberland Fusiliers [12] West Riding Regiment [12] East Yorkshire Regiment [10] Royal Highlanders [10] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [10] Durham Light Infantry [9] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [9] Royal Army Medical Corps [9] Coldstream Guards [8] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [7] King's Own Scottish Borderers [7] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [7] Manchester Regiment [7] Royal Garrison Artillery [7] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [7] Army Service Corps [6] King's Royal Rifle Corps [6] Lancashire Fusiliers [6] Royal Army Service Corps [6] Royal Marine Light Infantry [6] Canadian Infantry [5] Cheshire Regiment [5] Royal Fusiliers [5] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [5] Royal Munster Fusiliers [5] Training Reserve [5] British Red Cross Society [4] Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [4] Middlesex Regiment [4] Royal Air Force [4] Royal Horse Artillery [4] Royal Marine Artillery [4] Royal Naval Division [4] Royal Scots Fusiliers [4] Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) [4] South Wales Borderers [4] Army Cyclist Corps [3] HMS Active [3] HMS Erin [3] HMS Warrior [3]

Service

British Army [551] Royal Navy [486] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [261] Other Empire Force [13] Canadian Expeditionary Force [11] Australian Imperial Force [4] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Last name first letter

B [183] H [134] S [132] W [125] M [79] C [78] G [74] P [67] T [66] R [56] L [51] D [47] F [47] J [36] A [34] E [31] N [25] K [20] O [17] V [9] Y [5] U [4] I [2] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1263] Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [352] Germany [2] Australia [1] Canada [1] India [1] Isle of Man [1] Malta [1] New Zealand [1]

Thomas Musgreave

Born 1882

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 706979 Private Canadian Infantry

Canadian Expeditionary Force 103rd battalion

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John W Luty

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army 14/821 Private York and Lancaster Regiment 14th Battalion (2nd Barnsley Pals)

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Henry Dyson

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 13/236 York and Lancaster Regiment 13th Battalion (1st Barnsley Pals)

British Army 112695 Sapper Royal Engineers 172 Tunnelling Company

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Frank Winter

Born 1883

British Army 9436 Private Dragoon Guards 5th Battalion

British Army 706749 Corporal Chinese Labour Corps 113th Company

British Army Private 7th Queens' Own Hussars

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George Henry Allott

Born 1870

British Army 973 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 11th (Service) Battalion

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William Richardson

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 28125 Private York and Lancaster Regiment 15th Battalion

British Army 28125 Private York and Lancaster Regiment 1st/4th Battalion

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Charles Heppenstall

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army 2205 Private York and Lancaster Regiment 5th (T F ) Battalion

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John T Johnson

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 16000 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 16000 Acting Sergeant Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (KOYLI) 8th (Service) Battalion

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William Emsley Raley

Born 1859

Died 1938

British Army Lieutenant Colonel York and Lancaster Regiment

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Henry Poxon

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army 2126 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 2126 Serjeant York and Lancaster Regiment 1st/5th Battalion

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Frank Myers

Born 1889

Died 1916

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 21275 Air Mechanic 2nd Class Royal Flying Corps

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Fred Stansfield

Born 1869

Died 1917

British Army 2688 Private York and Lancaster Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 103844 Sapper Royal Engineers 146th Army Troops Company

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Ernest Elvin

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 37909 Acting Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

British Army 37909 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 69th Battery

British Army 37909 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery "D" Battery 162nd Brigade.

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Tom Gascoigne

Born 1874

Died 1916

British Army 3717 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army 266335 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 6th (Perthshire) Battalion (Territorial)

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Edward Cecil Murgatroyd

Born 1894

Died 1961

British Army 1334 York and Lancaster Regiment 14th Battalion

British Army 31913 Private Machine Gun Corps

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Frank Botham

Born 1894

Died 1941

Australian Imperial Force 6156 Corporal 2nd Field Artillery Brigade

Australian Imperial Force Gunner

Australian Imperial Force 6156 Corporal Australian Field Artillery

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George Henry Frudd

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 104567 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Frederick Bassett

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 44565 Private Lincolnshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 30105 Leicestershire Regiment 51st Battalion

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Harry Sargeant

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 25535 Private York and Lancaster Regiment 14th (Service) (2nd Barnsley) Battalion

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Joseph England

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 104500 Sapper Royal Engineers 228th Field Company

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