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Brighouse, Yorkshire [135]

Brighouse, Yorkshire, England [15]

Rastrick, Brighouse, Yorkshire [10]

Brighouse, Halifax, Yorkshire [9]

Brighouse, Huddersfield, Yorkshire [3]

Bailiffe Bridge, Brighouse, West Yorkshire [2]

Brighouse , Yorkshire [1]

Brighouse Halifax, Yorkshire [1]

Brighouse West Yorkshire [1]

Brighouse, Bradford, Yorkshire [1]

Brighouse, Sheffield, Yorkshire [1]

Brighouse, Shipley, Yorkshire [1]

Brighouse, West Yorkshire [1]

Brighouse, Yorkshire. [1]

Brighouse,Yorkshire [1]

Clifton, Brighouse, Yorkshire [1]

Hartshead, Brighouse, Yorkshire [1]

Lightcliffe, Brighouse, Yorkshire [1]

Slead Hall, Brighouse, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [23]

Ordinary Seaman [4]

Serjeant [4]

Deck Hand [3]

Boy 2nd Class [2]

Sapper [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Stoker 2nd Class [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Captain [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Corporal [1]

Guardsman [1]

Gunner [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Midshipman [1]

Quarter Master Sergeant [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sergeant [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [3]

Royal Naval Reserve [3]

York and Lancaster Regiment [3]

HMS Erin [2]

HMS Vivid I [2]

HMS Vivid II [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

West Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Yorkshire Regiment [2]

129 Labour Corps [1]

152 Labour Corps [1]

178 Labour Corps [1]

3rd South African Infantry [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Cameron Highlanders [1]

Canadian Railway Troops [1]

Civil Hospital Reserve/General Hospital [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1]

Duke of Wellington's West Riding Regiment [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

HMS Gibraltar [1]

HMS Good Hope [1]

HMS Pembroke I [1]

HMS Powerful [1]

HMS Prince of Wales [1]

HMS Q1 [1]

HMS VALIANT [1]

HMS Victory I [1]

Labour Corps [1]

Lincolnshire Regiment [1]

Liverpool Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Norfolk Regiment Cyclist Battalion [1]

Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service [1]

Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Defence Corps. [1]

Royal Engineers [1]

Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1]

Seaforth Highlanders [1]

Somerset Light Infantry [1]

West Riding Regiment [1]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [1]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

York and Lancaster [1]

Service

Royal Navy [78]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [61]

British Army [32]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

S [30]

W [27]

H [24]

B [20]

C [17]

G [12]

F [10]

D [6]

M [6]

P [6]

R [6]

L [4]

T [4]

I [3]

J [3]

A [2]

E [2]

K [2]

N [2]

O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [167]

Merchant Navy [15]

Country

United Kingdom [9]

Canada [1]

India [1]

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People [187] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Brighouse, Yorkshire [135] Brighouse, Yorkshire, England [15] Rastrick, Brighouse, Yorkshire [10] Brighouse, Halifax, Yorkshire [9] Brighouse, Huddersfield, Yorkshire [3] Bailiffe Bridge, Brighouse, West Yorkshire [2] Brighouse , Yorkshire [1] Brighouse Halifax, Yorkshire [1] Brighouse West Yorkshire [1] Brighouse, Bradford, Yorkshire [1] Brighouse, Sheffield, Yorkshire [1] Brighouse, Shipley, Yorkshire [1] Brighouse, West Yorkshire [1] Brighouse, Yorkshire. [1] Brighouse,Yorkshire [1] Clifton, Brighouse, Yorkshire [1] Hartshead, Brighouse, Yorkshire [1] Lightcliffe, Brighouse, Yorkshire [1] Slead Hall, Brighouse, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [23] Ordinary Seaman [4] Serjeant [4] Deck Hand [3] Boy 2nd Class [2] Sapper [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Stoker 2nd Class [2] Able Seaman [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Captain [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Corporal [1] Guardsman [1] Gunner [1] Leading Stoker [1] Midshipman [1] Quarter Master Sergeant [1] Rifleman [1] Sergeant [1] Staff Nurse [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [3] Royal Naval Reserve [3] York and Lancaster Regiment [3] HMS Erin [2] HMS Vivid I [2] HMS Vivid II [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] West Yorkshire Regiment [2] Yorkshire Regiment [2] 129 Labour Corps [1] 152 Labour Corps [1] 178 Labour Corps [1] 3rd South African Infantry [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Cameron Highlanders [1] Canadian Railway Troops [1] Civil Hospital Reserve/General Hospital [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1] Duke of Wellington's West Riding Regiment [1] Grenadier Guards [1] HMS Gibraltar [1] HMS Good Hope [1] HMS Pembroke I [1] HMS Powerful [1] HMS Prince of Wales [1] HMS Q1 [1] HMS VALIANT [1] HMS Victory I [1] Labour Corps [1] Lincolnshire Regiment [1] Liverpool Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Norfolk Regiment Cyclist Battalion [1] Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service [1] Royal Air Force [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Defence Corps. [1] Royal Engineers [1] Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) [1] Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1] Seaforth Highlanders [1] Somerset Light Infantry [1] West Riding Regiment [1] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [1] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [1] York and Lancaster [1]

Service

Royal Navy [78] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [61] British Army [32] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

S [30] W [27] H [24] B [20] C [17] G [12] F [10] D [6] M [6] P [6] R [6] L [4] T [4] I [3] J [3] A [2] E [2] K [2] N [2] O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [167] Merchant Navy [15]

Country

United Kingdom [9] Canada [1] India [1]

John Albert Drake

Born 1879

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 490290

Canadian Expeditionary Force 490290 Sapper Canadian Railway Troops 9th Battalion

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Jo Heaton

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 2021 Private Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 10th (Stockbrokers') Battalion

British Army STK/2021 Private Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 23rd Battalion

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John Frederick Cocker

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 2153 Private Duke of Wellington's West Riding Regiment 1st/4th Battalion

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Walter Edward Furness

Born 1893

Died 1978

British Army 4897 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 23809 Private Machine Gun Corps

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Ethel Fearnley

Born 1885

Died 1914

British Army Staff Nurse Civil Hospital Reserve/General Hospital

British Army Staff Nurse Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service

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Norman A Hirst

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army S 25325 Private Cameron Highlanders 1st Battalion

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Edgar Sutcliffe

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 12/2151 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry 10th Bn

British Army 12/2151 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Reginald Hanson Ormerod

Born 1898

Died 1918

Royal Navy Midshipman

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Allen Shaw

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 282077

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John William Swan

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 60139

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Ernest Mellor

Born 1899

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 99882 Serjeant

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John Anderson Wright-Barker

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 300469

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Henry Sykes

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 305708

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Tom Collins Espar Bottomley

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army 3165 Company Sergeant Major King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army 3165 Warrant Officer Class 2 King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army Sergeant King's Royal Rifle Corps 3rd Battalion

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John Ernest Rushton

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 224135

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Albert Wood

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 245610

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Albert Shepperd

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 246703

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James Edward Stott

Died 1918

British Army 37825 Private West Yorkshire Regiment 12th Battalion

British Army 37825 Private West Yorkshire Regiment 9th. Battalion

British Army 72247 Private Royal Defence Corps. 462nd. Protection Coy.

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Reginald Naylor

Born 1882

Died 1916

South African Services 1337 Private 3rd South African Infantry

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Wilfred Settle

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 24123 Guardsman Grenadier Guards

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