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Castleford, Yorkshire [282]

Castleford, Yorkshire, England [18]

Castleford [14]

Castleford England [10]

Castleford, Pontefract, Yorkshire [8]

Castleford Yorkshire [4]

Castleford, Leeds, Yorkshire [3]

Castleford, Yorks [2]

32 Robin Hood Street Castleford, England [1]

Allerton Bywater, Castleford, Yorks [1]

Alverthorpe,Castleford,Wakefield,Yorkshire. [1]

Burton Salmon, Castleford, Yorkshire [1]

Castleford Pontefract, Yorkshire [1]

Castleford, Yorkshire [1]

Castleford, Yorkshire, England [1]

Castleford, England [1]

Castleford, Sussex [1]

Fryston, Castleford, West Yorkshire [1]

Methley, Castleford, Yorkshire [1]

Newton-Le-Willows, Castleford [1]

Pontefract, Castleford, Yorkshire [1]

St Peter's, Castleford, Yorkshire [1]

Wheldon, Castleford. [1]

Whitwood Mere, Castleford, Yorkshire [1]

Whitwood, Castleford, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [41]

Gunner [7]

Lance Corporal [5]

Stoker 1st Class [5]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Sergeant [3]

Serjeant [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Sapper [2]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Captain [1]

Chaplain to the Forces [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer [1]

Cook's Mate [1]

Corporal [1]

Munitions Worker [1]

Nurse [1]

Petty Officer Stoker [1]

Private Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Reverend [1]

Rifleman [1]

Trimmer [1]

VAD [1]

Unit

West Yorkshire Regiment [9]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [7]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [6]

Royal Engineers [5]

York and Lancaster Regiment [5]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [4]

Royal Field Artillery [4]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Royal Naval Reserve [3]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

London Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Royal Artillery [2]

Royal Marine Artillery [2]

Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

British Red Cross Society [1]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

H.M.S. "Hampshire" [1]

HMS 'Barham' [1]

HMS Calliope [1]

HMS Caroline [1]

HMS INVINCIBLE [1]

HMS IRON DUKE [1]

HMS MALAYA [1]

HMS NEPTUNE [1]

HMS Pegasus [1]

HMS Queen Mary [1]

HMS SHARK [1]

HMS Warrior [1]

Household Cavalry and Cavalry of the Line [1]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

Labour Corps Works Company [1]

Life Guards [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1]

Manchester Regiment [1]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

Ministry of Munitions [1]

Northern Cyclist Battalion [1]

Northumberland Fusiliers [1]

Prince Of Wales's (North Staffordshire Regiment) [1]

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

Rifle Brigade [1]

Royal Army Chaplain's Department [1]

Service

Royal Navy [198]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [66]

British Army [63]

Australian Imperial Force [10]

Other Empire Force [2]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [53]

W [50]

H [37]

C [24]

G [23]

S [23]

F [22]

D [18]

P [17]

T [17]

M [15]

A [12]

R [11]

L [8]

E [7]

J [5]

K [5]

N [3]

O [3]

U [2]

V [2]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [330]

Merchant Navy [19]

Country

United Kingdom [24]

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Place of birth

Castleford, Yorkshire [282] Castleford, Yorkshire, England [18] Castleford [14] Castleford England [10] Castleford, Pontefract, Yorkshire [8] Castleford Yorkshire [4] Castleford, Leeds, Yorkshire [3] Castleford, Yorks [2] 32 Robin Hood Street Castleford, England [1] Allerton Bywater, Castleford, Yorks [1] Alverthorpe,Castleford,Wakefield,Yorkshire. [1] Burton Salmon, Castleford, Yorkshire [1] Castleford Pontefract, Yorkshire [1] Castleford, Yorkshire [1] Castleford, Yorkshire, England [1] Castleford, England [1] Castleford, Sussex [1] Fryston, Castleford, West Yorkshire [1] Methley, Castleford, Yorkshire [1] Newton-Le-Willows, Castleford [1] Pontefract, Castleford, Yorkshire [1] St Peter's, Castleford, Yorkshire [1] Wheldon, Castleford. [1] Whitwood Mere, Castleford, Yorkshire [1] Whitwood, Castleford, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [41] Gunner [7] Lance Corporal [5] Stoker 1st Class [5] Ordinary Seaman [3] Second Lieutenant [3] Sergeant [3] Serjeant [3] Able Seaman [2] Deck Hand [2] Lieutenant [2] Sapper [2] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Captain [1] Chaplain to the Forces [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer [1] Cook's Mate [1] Corporal [1] Munitions Worker [1] Nurse [1] Petty Officer Stoker [1] Private Acting Lance Serjeant [1] Reverend [1] Rifleman [1] Trimmer [1] VAD [1]

Unit

West Yorkshire Regiment [9] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [7] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [6] Royal Engineers [5] York and Lancaster Regiment [5] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [4] Royal Field Artillery [4] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Royal Naval Reserve [3] Cheshire Regiment [2] London Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Royal Artillery [2] Royal Marine Artillery [2] Yorkshire Regiment [2] Army Cyclist Corps [1] British Red Cross Society [1] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] Grenadier Guards [1] H.M.S. "Hampshire" [1] HMS 'Barham' [1] HMS Calliope [1] HMS Caroline [1] HMS INVINCIBLE [1] HMS IRON DUKE [1] HMS MALAYA [1] HMS NEPTUNE [1] HMS Pegasus [1] HMS Queen Mary [1] HMS SHARK [1] HMS Warrior [1] Household Cavalry and Cavalry of the Line [1] King's Own Scottish Borderers [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] Labour Corps Works Company [1] Life Guards [1] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1] Manchester Regiment [1] Middlesex Regiment [1] Ministry of Munitions [1] Northern Cyclist Battalion [1] Northumberland Fusiliers [1] Prince Of Wales's (North Staffordshire Regiment) [1] Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire) Regiment [1] Rifle Brigade [1] Royal Army Chaplain's Department [1]

Service

Royal Navy [198] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [66] British Army [63] Australian Imperial Force [10] Other Empire Force [2] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [53] W [50] H [37] C [24] G [23] S [23] F [22] D [18] P [17] T [17] M [15] A [12] R [11] L [8] E [7] J [5] K [5] N [3] O [3] U [2] V [2] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [330] Merchant Navy [19]

Country

United Kingdom [24]

Sydney Watson Featherstone

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 2403 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 2403 Serjeant West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 2403 Serjeant West Yorkshire Regiment 1st/6th Battalion

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Alfred Charles Featherstone

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 2472 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 2472 Rifleman West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Stanley Hampshire

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 4159 Private London Regiment 28th lond Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant East Lancashire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant East Lancashire Regiment

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Fred Phipps

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 58149 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 58149 Lance Corporal Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Edwin Bullock

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army 14/8 Serjeant York and Lancaster Regiment 8th (Service) Battalion

British Army 20149 Private Royal Artillery

British Army 14/8 Sergeant York and Lancaster Regiment 14th Battalion (2nd Barnsley Pals)

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Ernest Copley

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 13367 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 13367 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Harold Nathan Nicholson

Born 1896

Died 1974

British Army 2539 Private Army Cyclist Corps

British Army 14142 Private Army Cyclist Corps

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John Arthur Teale

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 18603 Private Acting Lance Serjeant Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army Second Lieutenant Northumberland Fusiliers 11th Bn.

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Reginald Lewis Castle

Born 1884

Died 1966

British Army 255361 Sapper Royal Engineers

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James William Clayton

Died 1916

British Army 17281 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 17281 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) 1st Battalion

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Arthur E Smith

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 43293 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Wilfred Howson

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 22769 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 22769 Private Yorks and Lancs Regiment 10th Bn.

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Tom Dunwell

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army 1651 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 16516 Private Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire) Regiment 1st Battalion

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Eliza Grant

Born 1876

Died 1916

Other Empire Force Munitions Worker Ministry of Munitions

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Thomas Midwinter

Born 1879

Died 1914

British Army 12385 Private Prince Of Wales's (North Staffordshire Regiment) 9th Battalion

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George Westerman

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army F/937 Private Middlesex Regiment

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Charles William Goodwin

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 19684 Private South Wales Borderers

British Army 19684 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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Walter Norman Parnaby

Born 1886

Died 1973

British Army 2553 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 2553 Chaplain to the Forces Royal Army Chaplain's Department

British Army 2553 Reverend Royal Army Chaplain's Department

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Herbert W Broadhead

Born 1891

Died 1963

British Army 84294 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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John Wordsworth

Born 1886

Died 1974

British Army 225 Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 Royal Army Medical Corps

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