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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]

George Edward Casement

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 219745

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Frank Wroe

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 235039

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Cyril Simpkiss

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 28787 Private Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

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Eric Leslie Richardson

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 3/8559 Private Bedfordshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 318559 Private Bedfordshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Frank Mellor

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army C/12349 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army C/12349 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps 21st Battalion

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Edward Bleakley Stott

Died 1918

British Army 59519 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 5th (Reserve) Battalion-Territorial

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Tom Newton

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 148940

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Bernard Sykes

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 163833

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John Edward Robinson

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 282304

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Thomas Daw

Born 1891

Died 1914

British Army 7742 Private Coldstream Guards

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Milton Aspinall

Born 1885

Died 1919

British Army 95019 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 516563 Gunner Labour Corps

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Frank Widdop

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 156432

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Arthur Becton Marsden

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 176883

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John Collins

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 177047

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John Clifford Bailey

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 189856

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Willie Goulding

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 197848

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George Wilfrid Pollard

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 26434

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James Arnold Bell

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 316966

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Milton Empsall

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 318964

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Frank Lee

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 211118

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