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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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People [1323] Stories Communities

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]

Florence Bailey

Born 1898

Other Empire Force House Member British Red Cross Society

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Sarah Brooke

Born 1890

British Army House Member British Red Cross Society

Other Empire Force Worker British Red Cross Society

British Army Nurse British Red Cross Society

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Joseph Hopwood

Born 1888

Died 1915

Royal Navy KP/7 Able Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Drake Battalion - Royal Naval Division

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