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Doncaster, Yorkshire [681]

Doncaster, Yorkshire, England [47]

Balby, Doncaster, Yorkshire [6]

Bentley, Doncaster, Yorkshire [5]

Thorne, Doncaster, Yorkshire [5]

Wheatley, Doncaster, Yorkshire [5]

Hexthorpe, Doncaster, Yorkshire [4]

Hyde Park, Doncaster, Yorkshire [4]

Tickhill, Doncaster, Yorkshire [4]

Crowle, Thorne, Doncaster, Yorkshire [3]

Doncaster Yorkshire [3]

Doncaster,Yorkshire. [3]

Bawtry, Doncaster, Yorkshire [2]

Conisbrough, Doncaster, Yorkshire [2]

Denaby Main, Doncaster, Yorkshire [2]

Doncaster, South Yorkshire [2]

Mexborough, Doncaster, Yorkshire [2]

Swinton, Doncaster, Yorkshire [2]

6 Dockin Hill Road, Doncaster, Yorkshire [1]

Austerfield, Doncaster, Yorkshire [1]

Balne, Doncaster, Yorkshire [1]

Batley, Doncaster, Yorkshire [1]

Blaxton, Doncaster, Yorkshire [1]

Burghwallis, Doncaster, Yorkshire [1]

Campsall, Doncaster, Yorkshire [1]

Christ Church, Doncaster, Yorkshire [1]

Conisbrough Doncaster Yorkshire [1]

Denaby,Doncaster,Yorkshire. [1]

Doncaster Yorkshire [1]

Doncaster Yorkshire. [1]

Doncaster, Yorkshire, England [1]

Doncaster, Balby, Yorkshire [1]

Doncaster, St Johns, Yorkshire [1]

Doncaster, West Yorkshire [1]

Doncaster, York, Yorkshire [1]

Doncaster,Yorkshire [1]

Eastoft, Thorne, Doncaster, Yorkshire [1]

Fishlake, Doncaster, Yorkshire [1]

Hatfield Woodhouse, Doncaster, Yorkshire [1]

Haworth, Doncaster, Yorkshire [1]

Hexthorpe Doncaster, Yorkshire [1]

Loversall, Doncaster, Yorkshire [1]

Melton, Doncaster, Yorkshire [1]

Mooredges, Thorne, Doncaster, Yorkshire [1]

New Conisborough, Denaby, Doncaster, Yorkshire [1]

Norton, Askern, Doncaster, Yorkshire [1]

Ravenfield, nr Doncaster, Yorkshire [1]

Rotherham, Doncaster, Yorkshire [1]

Saint James Doncaster, Yorkshire [1]

Saint Johns Doncaster, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [43]

Able Seaman [16]

Serjeant [9]

Ordinary Seaman [8]

Stoker 1st Class [7]

Second Lieutenant [6]

Corporal [5]

Deck Hand [4]

Captain [3]

Gunner [3]

Sapper [3]

Stoker 2nd Class [3]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Boy 2nd Class [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Major [2]

Petty Officer [2]

2nd Sick Berth Steward [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 1st class [1]

Armourer's Crew [1]

Bombardier [1]

Driver [1]

Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1]

Lance Corporal [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Leading Telegraphist [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Master-at-Arms [1]

Munitions Worker [1]

Orderly [1]

Pilot Serjeant [1]

Rifleman [1]

Signal Boy [1]

Signalman [1]

Stoker Class II [1]

Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Sub Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Wireless Telegraphist Officer [1]

Yeoman of Signals [1]

Unit

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [8]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [8]

York and Lancaster Regiment [7]

HMS IRON DUKE [6]

Royal Engineers [5]

Army Service Corps [4]

London Regiment [4]

Royal Field Artillery [4]

Royal Naval Division [4]

Royal Naval Reserve [4]

West Yorkshire Regiment [4]

HMS Queen Mary [3]

Labour Corps [3]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [3]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [3]

Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

HMS Agincourt [2]

HMS Ganges [2]

HMS INDEFATIGABLE [2]

HMS INVINCIBLE [2]

HMS Princess Royal [2]

HMS Victory I [2]

HMS Vivid I [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Training Reserve Battalion [2]

Yorkshire Dragoons [2]

8th Hussars [1]

Army Audit Staff [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Canadian Field Artillery [1]

Corps of Hussars [1]

Fort Garry Horse [1]

French Red Cross [1]

HM Submarine E20 [1]

HMS Ajax [1]

HMS Ardent [1]

HMS BELLEROPHON [1]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [1]

HMS BULWARK [1]

HMS CANADA [1]

HMS Erin [1]

HMS Fearless [1]

HMS Goliath [1]

HMS Good Hope [1]

HMS Hercules [1]

Service

Royal Navy [472]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [237]

British Army [71]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

Other Empire Force [3]

Last name first letter

H [94]

B [93]

S [77]

W [74]

C [66]

M [44]

R [43]

G [42]

T [40]

D [39]

P [39]

L [36]

A [26]

F [22]

E [19]

J [18]

N [16]

K [14]

O [8]

V [8]

U [3]

Y [3]

I [2]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [772]

Merchant Navy [46]

Country

United Kingdom [43]

Canada [2]

India [2]

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Place of birth

Doncaster, Yorkshire [681] Doncaster, Yorkshire, England [47] Balby, Doncaster, Yorkshire [6] Bentley, Doncaster, Yorkshire [5] Thorne, Doncaster, Yorkshire [5] Wheatley, Doncaster, Yorkshire [5] Hexthorpe, Doncaster, Yorkshire [4] Hyde Park, Doncaster, Yorkshire [4] Tickhill, Doncaster, Yorkshire [4] Crowle, Thorne, Doncaster, Yorkshire [3] Doncaster Yorkshire [3] Doncaster,Yorkshire. [3] Bawtry, Doncaster, Yorkshire [2] Conisbrough, Doncaster, Yorkshire [2] Denaby Main, Doncaster, Yorkshire [2] Doncaster, South Yorkshire [2] Mexborough, Doncaster, Yorkshire [2] Swinton, Doncaster, Yorkshire [2] 6 Dockin Hill Road, Doncaster, Yorkshire [1] Austerfield, Doncaster, Yorkshire [1] Balne, Doncaster, Yorkshire [1] Batley, Doncaster, Yorkshire [1] Blaxton, Doncaster, Yorkshire [1] Burghwallis, Doncaster, Yorkshire [1] Campsall, Doncaster, Yorkshire [1] Christ Church, Doncaster, Yorkshire [1] Conisbrough Doncaster Yorkshire [1] Denaby,Doncaster,Yorkshire. [1] Doncaster Yorkshire [1] Doncaster Yorkshire. [1] Doncaster, Yorkshire, England [1] Doncaster, Balby, Yorkshire [1] Doncaster, St Johns, Yorkshire [1] Doncaster, West Yorkshire [1] Doncaster, York, Yorkshire [1] Doncaster,Yorkshire [1] Eastoft, Thorne, Doncaster, Yorkshire [1] Fishlake, Doncaster, Yorkshire [1] Hatfield Woodhouse, Doncaster, Yorkshire [1] Haworth, Doncaster, Yorkshire [1] Hexthorpe Doncaster, Yorkshire [1] Loversall, Doncaster, Yorkshire [1] Melton, Doncaster, Yorkshire [1] Mooredges, Thorne, Doncaster, Yorkshire [1] New Conisborough, Denaby, Doncaster, Yorkshire [1] Norton, Askern, Doncaster, Yorkshire [1] Ravenfield, nr Doncaster, Yorkshire [1] Rotherham, Doncaster, Yorkshire [1] Saint James Doncaster, Yorkshire [1] Saint Johns Doncaster, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [43] Able Seaman [16] Serjeant [9] Ordinary Seaman [8] Stoker 1st Class [7] Second Lieutenant [6] Corporal [5] Deck Hand [4] Captain [3] Gunner [3] Sapper [3] Stoker 2nd Class [3] Boy 1st Class [2] Boy 2nd Class [2] Lieutenant [2] Major [2] Petty Officer [2] 2nd Sick Berth Steward [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 1st class [1] Armourer's Crew [1] Bombardier [1] Driver [1] Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1] Lance Corporal [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Stoker [1] Leading Telegraphist [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Master-at-Arms [1] Munitions Worker [1] Orderly [1] Pilot Serjeant [1] Rifleman [1] Signal Boy [1] Signalman [1] Stoker Class II [1] Stoker Petty Officer [1] Sub Lieutenant [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Wireless Telegraphist Officer [1] Yeoman of Signals [1]

Unit

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [8] Yorkshire Light Infantry [8] York and Lancaster Regiment [7] HMS IRON DUKE [6] Royal Engineers [5] Army Service Corps [4] London Regiment [4] Royal Field Artillery [4] Royal Naval Division [4] Royal Naval Reserve [4] West Yorkshire Regiment [4] HMS Queen Mary [3] Labour Corps [3] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [3] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [3] Yorkshire Regiment [3] Army Cyclist Corps [2] East Yorkshire Regiment [2] HMS Agincourt [2] HMS Ganges [2] HMS INDEFATIGABLE [2] HMS INVINCIBLE [2] HMS Princess Royal [2] HMS Victory I [2] HMS Vivid I [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Royal Air Force [2] Training Reserve Battalion [2] Yorkshire Dragoons [2] 8th Hussars [1] Army Audit Staff [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Canadian Field Artillery [1] Corps of Hussars [1] Fort Garry Horse [1] French Red Cross [1] HM Submarine E20 [1] HMS Ajax [1] HMS Ardent [1] HMS BELLEROPHON [1] HMS BLACK PRINCE [1] HMS BULWARK [1] HMS CANADA [1] HMS Erin [1] HMS Fearless [1] HMS Goliath [1] HMS Good Hope [1] HMS Hercules [1]

Service

Royal Navy [472] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [237] British Army [71] Canadian Expeditionary Force [3] Other Empire Force [3]

Last name first letter

H [94] B [93] S [77] W [74] C [66] M [44] R [43] G [42] T [40] D [39] P [39] L [36] A [26] F [22] E [19] J [18] N [16] K [14] O [8] V [8] U [3] Y [3] I [2] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [772] Merchant Navy [46]

Country

United Kingdom [43] Canada [2] India [2]

Herbert Wade

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 164435

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Arthur Percy Barker

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 37178

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Reginald Arthur Procter

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 401879

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Ernest Scott

Born 1894

Died 1969

British Army 2050 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Charles Edward Wood

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 62357

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John Thomas Langfield

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 34611

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Harry Johnson

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 262794

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William Francis Burdett

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 200069

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John Law

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 126053

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Arthur Knott

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 304195

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Harry Brownlow

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 305092

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Albert Francis Vaux

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 265821

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Ernest Edward Bowser

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 141768

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Wilfred Randall Beall

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 12/39 Acting Serjeant York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 12/39 Acting Sergeant York and Lancaster Regiment 12th (Service) (Sheffield) Battalion

British Army 12/39 Serjeant York and Lancaster Regiment 1st/14th Battalion

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Albert Scott

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 3865 Corporal York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 4/3865 Corporal York and Lancaster Regiment

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Charles Edwin Walker

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 190192

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Hubert Mansfield Earnshaw

Born 1886

Died 1941

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

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Arthur Pennington

Born 1890

Died 1920

British Army 10853 Private South Wales Borderers

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John Albert Rowing

Born 1894

Died 1960

British Army DM2/189414 Private Army Service Corps

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Albert Leedle

Born 1895

Died 1976

British Army 145714 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army WR/42882 Sapper Royal Engineers

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