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Goole, Yorkshire [726]

Goole, Yorkshire, England [484]

Goole [215]

Swinefleet, Goole [52]

Rawcliffe, Goole, Yorkshire [41]

Rawcliffe, Goole [26]

Swinefleet, Goole, Yorkshire [17]

Reedness, Goole [16]

Rawcliffe Bridge, Goole [13]

Airmyn, Goole, Yorkshire [11]

Rawcliffe Bridge, Goole, Yorkshire [11]

Whitgift, Goole [11]

Goole England [10]

Snaith, Goole [10]

Snaith, Goole, Yorkshire [10]

Hook, Goole [8]

Howden, Goole, Yorkshire [8]

Hook, Goole, Yorkshire [7]

Old Goole, Goole, Yorkshire [7]

Rawcliffe, Goole, Yorkshire, England [7]

Goole, Yorkshire, England. [6]

Blacktoft, Howden, Goole, Yorkshire [4]

Pollington, Snaith, Goole, Yorkshire [4]

Adlingfleet, Goole [3]

Airmyn, Goole [3]

Goole Fields, Yorkshire [3]

Goole Yorkshire [3]

Goole, Hull, Yorkshire [3]

Old Goole, Goole [3]

Ousefleet, Goole [3]

Pollington, Goole [3]

Cowick, Goole [2]

Cowick, Goole, Yorkshire [2]

East Cowick, Snaith, Goole, Yorkshire [2]

Fockerby, Goole, Yorkshire [2]

Goole Fields, Goole [2]

Goole, Lincolnshire [2]

Goole,Yorkshire [2]

Goole. Yorkshire [2]

High Street, Swinefleet, Goole [2]

Howden, Goole [2]

Low Street, Swinefleet, Goole, Yorkshire [2]

Old Goole [2]

Reedness, Goole, Yorkshire [2]

Swinefleet Common, Goole [2]

Swinefleet,Goole [2]

Whitgift, Goole, Yorkshire [2]

45 Couper Street, Old Goole, Yorkshire [1]

Balne, Snaith, Goole, Yorkshire [1]

Barmby on the Marsh, Howden, Goole, Yorkshire, England [1]

Rank

Private [627]

Gunner [95]

Sapper [89]

Corporal [61]

Serjeant [56]

Driver [50]

Lance Corporal [47]

Second Lieutenant [17]

Rifleman [14]

Acting Corporal [12]

Acting Serjeant [9]

Bombardier [8]

Captain [8]

Able Seaman [7]

Lieutenant [7]

Corporal 2nd [6]

Lance Serjeant [5]

Ordinary Seaman [5]

Pioneer [5]

Stoker 2nd Class [5]

Stoker 1st Class [4]

Stoker II [4]

Trooper [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [3]

Bombadier [3]

Boy 1st Class [3]

Bugler [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Deck Hand [3]

Engineman [3]

Stoker I [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Acting Bombadier [2]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Boy II [2]

CSM [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Petty Officer [2]

Private Acting Serjeant [2]

Sergeant [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

A.B. [1]

A/ Lance Corporal [1]

A/2/Corporal [1]

A/C QMS [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [151]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [151]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [134]

Royal Field Artillery [81]

East Yorkshire Regiment [79]

Army Service Corps [57]

Labour Corps [52]

Royal Garrison Artillery [52]

York and Lancaster Regiment [50]

West Yorkshire Regiment [48]

Machine Gun Corps [33]

Yorkshire Regiment [32]

Northumberland Fusiliers [30]

Lincolnshire Regiment [28]

Army Reserve [27]

Durham Light Infantry [23]

Royal Army Medical Corps [22]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [17]

West Riding Regiment [16]

Royal Army Service Corps [14]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [14]

Royal Naval Division [10]

Royal Naval Reserve [10]

Coldstream Guards [9]

Lancashire Fusiliers [8]

Cheshire Regiment [7]

East Lancashire Regiment [7]

King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) [7]

Leicestershire Regiment [7]

Rifle Brigade [7]

Royal Defence Corps [7]

Essex Regiment [6]

London Regiment [6]

Manchester Regiment [6]

North Staffordshire Regiment [6]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [6]

Royal Fusiliers [6]

Royal Scots [6]

Training Reserve [6]

Border Regiment [5]

Liverpool Regiment [5]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [5]

South Staffordshire Regiment [5]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [5]

Army Cyclist Corps [4]

Cameron Highlanders [4]

East Surrey Regiment [4]

Yorkshire Dragoons [4]

Bedfordshire Regiment [3]

Gloucestershire Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [990]

Royal Navy [205]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [102]

Australian Imperial Force [11]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [7]

Other Empire Force [3]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [186]

H [182]

C [181]

B [168]

W [133]

M [102]

L [96]

G [89]

R [86]

D [82]

P [81]

A [76]

T [74]

J [60]

K [51]

F [50]

E [43]

N [29]

O [13]

I [9]

Y [7]

V [6]

U [3]

Q [2]

Contribution

Military Service [1293]

Merchant Navy [506]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [450]

Canada [4]

China [3]

India [3]

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Place of birth

Goole, Yorkshire [726] Goole, Yorkshire, England [484] Goole [215] Swinefleet, Goole [52] Rawcliffe, Goole, Yorkshire [41] Rawcliffe, Goole [26] Swinefleet, Goole, Yorkshire [17] Reedness, Goole [16] Rawcliffe Bridge, Goole [13] Airmyn, Goole, Yorkshire [11] Rawcliffe Bridge, Goole, Yorkshire [11] Whitgift, Goole [11] Goole England [10] Snaith, Goole [10] Snaith, Goole, Yorkshire [10] Hook, Goole [8] Howden, Goole, Yorkshire [8] Hook, Goole, Yorkshire [7] Old Goole, Goole, Yorkshire [7] Rawcliffe, Goole, Yorkshire, England [7] Goole, Yorkshire, England. [6] Blacktoft, Howden, Goole, Yorkshire [4] Pollington, Snaith, Goole, Yorkshire [4] Adlingfleet, Goole [3] Airmyn, Goole [3] Goole Fields, Yorkshire [3] Goole Yorkshire [3] Goole, Hull, Yorkshire [3] Old Goole, Goole [3] Ousefleet, Goole [3] Pollington, Goole [3] Cowick, Goole [2] Cowick, Goole, Yorkshire [2] East Cowick, Snaith, Goole, Yorkshire [2] Fockerby, Goole, Yorkshire [2] Goole Fields, Goole [2] Goole, Lincolnshire [2] Goole,Yorkshire [2] Goole. Yorkshire [2] High Street, Swinefleet, Goole [2] Howden, Goole [2] Low Street, Swinefleet, Goole, Yorkshire [2] Old Goole [2] Reedness, Goole, Yorkshire [2] Swinefleet Common, Goole [2] Swinefleet,Goole [2] Whitgift, Goole, Yorkshire [2] 45 Couper Street, Old Goole, Yorkshire [1] Balne, Snaith, Goole, Yorkshire [1] Barmby on the Marsh, Howden, Goole, Yorkshire, England [1]

Rank

Private [627] Gunner [95] Sapper [89] Corporal [61] Serjeant [56] Driver [50] Lance Corporal [47] Second Lieutenant [17] Rifleman [14] Acting Corporal [12] Acting Serjeant [9] Bombardier [8] Captain [8] Able Seaman [7] Lieutenant [7] Corporal 2nd [6] Lance Serjeant [5] Ordinary Seaman [5] Pioneer [5] Stoker 2nd Class [5] Stoker 1st Class [4] Stoker II [4] Trooper [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [3] Bombadier [3] Boy 1st Class [3] Bugler [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Deck Hand [3] Engineman [3] Stoker I [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Acting Bombadier [2] Acting Bombardier [2] Boy II [2] CSM [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Leading Seaman [2] Petty Officer [2] Private Acting Serjeant [2] Sergeant [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] A.B. [1] A/ Lance Corporal [1] A/2/Corporal [1] A/C QMS [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [151] Yorkshire Light Infantry [151] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [134] Royal Field Artillery [81] East Yorkshire Regiment [79] Army Service Corps [57] Labour Corps [52] Royal Garrison Artillery [52] York and Lancaster Regiment [50] West Yorkshire Regiment [48] Machine Gun Corps [33] Yorkshire Regiment [32] Northumberland Fusiliers [30] Lincolnshire Regiment [28] Army Reserve [27] Durham Light Infantry [23] Royal Army Medical Corps [22] King's Royal Rifle Corps [17] West Riding Regiment [16] Royal Army Service Corps [14] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [14] Royal Naval Division [10] Royal Naval Reserve [10] Coldstream Guards [9] Lancashire Fusiliers [8] Cheshire Regiment [7] East Lancashire Regiment [7] King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) [7] Leicestershire Regiment [7] Rifle Brigade [7] Royal Defence Corps [7] Essex Regiment [6] London Regiment [6] Manchester Regiment [6] North Staffordshire Regiment [6] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [6] Royal Fusiliers [6] Royal Scots [6] Training Reserve [6] Border Regiment [5] Liverpool Regiment [5] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [5] South Staffordshire Regiment [5] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [5] Army Cyclist Corps [4] Cameron Highlanders [4] East Surrey Regiment [4] Yorkshire Dragoons [4] Bedfordshire Regiment [3] Gloucestershire Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [990] Royal Navy [205] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [102] Australian Imperial Force [11] Canadian Expeditionary Force [7] Other Empire Force [3] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [186] H [182] C [181] B [168] W [133] M [102] L [96] G [89] R [86] D [82] P [81] A [76] T [74] J [60] K [51] F [50] E [43] N [29] O [13] I [9] Y [7] V [6] U [3] Q [2]

Contribution

Military Service [1293] Merchant Navy [506] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [450] Canada [4] China [3] India [3]

George Waterland

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 115393 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 115393 Bombadier Royal Field artillery

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Charles Wilson

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 240101 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 1/5th Bn

British Army 1875 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Stanley Brunyee

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 107137 Sapper Royal Engineers 231st Field Coy.

British Army 107137 Sapper Royal Engineers 73rd Field Coy.

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Tom Scruton

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army 16065 Unpaid Lance Corporal York and Lancaster Regiment 6th Bn

British Army 16065 Private York and Lancaster Regiment 6th Bn

British Army 16065 Acting Lance Corporal York and Lancaster Regiment 6th Bn

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Edwin Chafer

Born 1890

Died 1947

British Army WR/502404 Lance Corporal Royal Engineers IWT

British Army 156893 Sapper Royal Engineers IWT

British Army WR/502404 Sapper Royal Engineers IWT

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Norris Haigh

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 1151 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 22728 Private Machine Gun Corps

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Reginald Steel

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 203 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 203 Acting Bombardier Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 124th Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery

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John Henry Pepper

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army 21775 East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 44535 Serjeant Manchester Regiment 12th Bn.

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Arthur Rusling

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 20323 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 1st Bn

British Army 20323 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

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John Darley Clark

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army R/16686 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 5th Bn

British Army R/16686 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 7th Bn

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Matthias Kay

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 13/1167 Private East Yorkshire Regiment 13th Bn.

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John Brunyee

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 10/466 Private East Yorkshire Regiment 10th Bn

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Foster Wilson Woodhead

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 69297 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 161 Siege Battery

British Army 69297 Private Army Reserve

British Army 69297 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Roy Vincent Hedley

Born 1893

Died 1939

British Army 240087 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Herbert Marritt

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 3907 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 241302 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 2/5th Bn.

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Stephen Edward Andrew

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 35296 Serjeant Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 35296 Serjeant King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Charles Hubert Lill

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 16308 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 16308 Lance Corporal York and Lancaster Regiment 2nd Bn.

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Henry Bateman

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 30072 Private Yorkshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 30072 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 2/4th Bn.

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Charles Cobb

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 27401 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 17/2056 Private Royal Irish Rifles

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Frank Hind

Born 1879

Died 1914

British Army 2nd Lieutenant East Yorkshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant East Yorkshire Regiment

British Army Captain East Yorkshire Regiment 1st Bn

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