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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]

George Jaques

Born 1873

Died 1915

British Army 3/4541 Corporal York and Lancaster Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Thomas Watson

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 27259 Private York and Lancaster Regiment 13th (Service) Battalion (1st Barnsley Pals)

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Harry Brunton Scuffham

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army M2/033842 Private Army Service Corps

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Henry Wilkinson Brown

Born 1893

Died 1915

Royal Navy J7134 Signalman HM Submarine E20

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Ernest Walker

Born 1883

Died 1916

British Army 13/740 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 13/740 Lance Corporal York and Lancaster Regiment 13 Service Battalion

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Frederick Barman

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 5235 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 202334 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 2/4th Battalion

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James A Buckley

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 14/1360 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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Alfred Hall

Born 1899

British Army 51737 Private Manchester Regiment

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John Shepherd

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 14/835 Private York and Lancaster Regiment 14th Battalion (2nd Barnsley Pals)

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Newby Thornley

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 209619 Private Royal Army Service Corps

British Army 90795 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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George Watson

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 3/2390 Private York and Lancaster Regiment 5th (T F ) Battalion

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Harold Tingle

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 13/958 Private York and Lancaster Regiment 13th Battalion

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Robert Woodhead

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 104506 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Fred Swaine

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 495 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 38984 Private Northumberland Fusiliers 21st (Tyneside Scottish) Battalion

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Thomas Henry Wagstaff

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 9823 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 2125 Private York and Lancaster Regiment Special Reserve

British Army 18970 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 7th Battalion

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George Burrows

Born 1873

Died 1917

British Army RMA/4327 Gunner Royal Marine Artillery H.Q. (Eastney)

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James Rudd

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army 22514 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 22514 Private Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

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Henry Andrews

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 22098 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 8th Battalion

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Frank Borrill

Born 1900

British Army 48389 Private Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 48389 Private The Yorkshire Regiment (Green Howards)

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Harry Taylor

Born 1882

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 575 Private 9th Brigade 36th Battalion

Australian Imperial Force 575 Private 14th Brigade 54th Battalion

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