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Halifax, Yorkshire [1320]

Halifax, Yorkshire, England [111]

Elland, Halifax, Yorkshire [18]

Halifax, West Yorkshire [17]

Lightcliffe, Halifax, West Yorkshire [10]

Brighouse, Halifax, Yorkshire [9]

Hipperholme, Halifax, West Yorkshire [8]

Sowerby Bridge, Halifax, Yorkshire [8]

Halifax Yorkshire [7]

Halifax,Yorkshire [5]

Northowram, Halifax, Yorkshire [5]

Ripponden, Halifax, Yorkshire [5]

Stainland, Halifax, Yorkshire [5]

Halifax, Yorkshire. England [4]

Hebden Bridge, Halifax, Yorkshire [4]

Hipperholme, Halifax, Yorkshire [4]

Queensbury, Halifax, Yorkshire [4]

Sowerby, Halifax, Yorkshire [4]

Greetland, Halifax, Yorkshire [3]

Pellon, Halifax, Yorkshire [3]

Shelf, Halifax, Yorkshire [3]

West Vale, Halifax, Yorkshire [3]

Wheatley, Halifax, Yorkshire [3]

Halifax, Elland, Yorkshire [2]

Holmfield, Halifax, Yorkshire [2]

Lee Mount, Halifax, Yorkshire [2]

Lightcliffe, Halifax, Yorkshire [2]

Luddenden Foot, Halifax, Yorkshire [2]

Southowram, Halifax, Yorkshire [2]

Ambletown West Halifax, Yorkshire [1]

Attercliffe, Halifax, Yorkshire [1]

Barkisland, Halifax, West Yorkshire [1]

Booth Town, Halifax, Yorkshire [1]

Boothtown, Halifax, Yorkshire [1]

Brighouse Halifax, Yorkshire [1]

Claremont, Halifax, Yorkshire [1]

Coley, Halifax, Yorkshire [1]

Cragg Vale near Mytholmroyd, near Halifax, Yorkshire [1]

Elland near Halifax, Yorkshire [1]

Exley, Halifax, Yorkshire [1]

Greetland, Halifax, Yorkshire. [1]

Halifax Yorkshire [1]

Halifax , Yorkshire [1]

Halifax West Yorkshire [1]

Halifax, West Riding, Yorkshire [1]

Halifax, West Yorkshire, England [1]

Halifax, Westt Yorkshire [1]

Halifax, York, Yorkshire [1]

Halifax,West Riding Yorkshire [1]

Halifax. Yorkshire. [1]

Rank

Private [115]

Ordinary Seaman [19]

Second Lieutenant [17]

Stoker 1st Class [14]

Corporal [13]

Able Seaman [12]

Lance Corporal [12]

Lieutenant [11]

Serjeant [10]

Captain [8]

Deck Hand [8]

Gunner [7]

Rifleman [6]

Sergeant [5]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [4]

Sapper [4]

Driver [3]

Leading Stoker [3]

Stoker 2nd Class [3]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Corporal 2nd [2]

Ordinary Telegraphist [2]

Private 2nd Class [2]

Telegraphist [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

2nd Corporal [1]

AC2 Electrician [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Group Captain [1]

Air Commodore [1]

Air Marshal [1]

Air Mechanic (1st Class) [1]

Air Mechanic (2nd Class) [1]

Air Mechanic (3rd Class) [1]

Air Vice-Marshal [1]

Aircraft Mechanic [1]

Assistant Matron [1]

Band Corporal [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Boy Telegraphist [1]

Brevet Lieutenant General [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Captain and Adjutant [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Chief Stoker [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Unit

West Riding Regiment [34]

Royal Field Artillery [12]

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [9]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [9]

Royal Naval Reserve [9]

West Yorkshire Regiment [9]

Royal Army Medical Corps [8]

Manchester Regiment [7]

Royal Air Force [7]

Royal Engineers [7]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [7]

Durham Light Infantry [6]

Machine Gun Corps [6]

Army Service Corps [5]

Cheshire Regiment [4]

HMS BELLEROPHON [4]

HMS LION [4]

HMS Vivid I [4]

Labour Corps [4]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [4]

HMS Good Hope [3]

Lancashire Fusiliers [3]

London Regiment [3]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3]

North Staffordshire Regiment [3]

Royal Flying Corps [3]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [3]

York and Lancaster Regiment [3]

Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Border Regiment [2]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

HMS COLLINGWOOD [2]

HMS Hampshire [2]

HMS INDEFATIGABLE [2]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [2]

HMS Monmouth [2]

HMS Princess Royal [2]

HMS QUEEN MARY [2]

HMS VALIANT [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Prince Of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians) [2]

Royal Marine Artillery [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2]

The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [2]

Service

Royal Navy [838]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [507]

British Army [165]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [5]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [213]

H [185]

S [185]

C [144]

W [136]

M [118]

G [77]

F [72]

T [66]

L [65]

P [56]

R [56]

D [50]

A [49]

K [34]

N [32]

J [28]

E [22]

O [9]

Y [8]

V [7]

U [5]

Q [4]

I [3]

Contribution

Military Service [1498]

Merchant Navy [111]

Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [84]

India [3]

France [1]

Ireland [1]

Malta [1]

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Halifax, Yorkshire [1320] Halifax, Yorkshire, England [111] Elland, Halifax, Yorkshire [18] Halifax, West Yorkshire [17] Lightcliffe, Halifax, West Yorkshire [10] Brighouse, Halifax, Yorkshire [9] Hipperholme, Halifax, West Yorkshire [8] Sowerby Bridge, Halifax, Yorkshire [8] Halifax Yorkshire [7] Halifax,Yorkshire [5] Northowram, Halifax, Yorkshire [5] Ripponden, Halifax, Yorkshire [5] Stainland, Halifax, Yorkshire [5] Halifax, Yorkshire. England [4] Hebden Bridge, Halifax, Yorkshire [4] Hipperholme, Halifax, Yorkshire [4] Queensbury, Halifax, Yorkshire [4] Sowerby, Halifax, Yorkshire [4] Greetland, Halifax, Yorkshire [3] Pellon, Halifax, Yorkshire [3] Shelf, Halifax, Yorkshire [3] West Vale, Halifax, Yorkshire [3] Wheatley, Halifax, Yorkshire [3] Halifax, Elland, Yorkshire [2] Holmfield, Halifax, Yorkshire [2] Lee Mount, Halifax, Yorkshire [2] Lightcliffe, Halifax, Yorkshire [2] Luddenden Foot, Halifax, Yorkshire [2] Southowram, Halifax, Yorkshire [2] Ambletown West Halifax, Yorkshire [1] Attercliffe, Halifax, Yorkshire [1] Barkisland, Halifax, West Yorkshire [1] Booth Town, Halifax, Yorkshire [1] Boothtown, Halifax, Yorkshire [1] Brighouse Halifax, Yorkshire [1] Claremont, Halifax, Yorkshire [1] Coley, Halifax, Yorkshire [1] Cragg Vale near Mytholmroyd, near Halifax, Yorkshire [1] Elland near Halifax, Yorkshire [1] Exley, Halifax, Yorkshire [1] Greetland, Halifax, Yorkshire. [1] Halifax Yorkshire [1] Halifax , Yorkshire [1] Halifax West Yorkshire [1] Halifax, West Riding, Yorkshire [1] Halifax, West Yorkshire, England [1] Halifax, Westt Yorkshire [1] Halifax, York, Yorkshire [1] Halifax,West Riding Yorkshire [1] Halifax. Yorkshire. [1]

Rank

Private [115] Ordinary Seaman [19] Second Lieutenant [17] Stoker 1st Class [14] Corporal [13] Able Seaman [12] Lance Corporal [12] Lieutenant [11] Serjeant [10] Captain [8] Deck Hand [8] Gunner [7] Rifleman [6] Sergeant [5] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [4] Sapper [4] Driver [3] Leading Stoker [3] Stoker 2nd Class [3] Acting Serjeant [2] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Corporal 2nd [2] Ordinary Telegraphist [2] Private 2nd Class [2] Telegraphist [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] 2nd Corporal [1] AC2 Electrician [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Group Captain [1] Air Commodore [1] Air Marshal [1] Air Mechanic (1st Class) [1] Air Mechanic (2nd Class) [1] Air Mechanic (3rd Class) [1] Air Vice-Marshal [1] Aircraft Mechanic [1] Assistant Matron [1] Band Corporal [1] Bombardier [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Boy Telegraphist [1] Brevet Lieutenant General [1] Brigadier General [1] Captain and Adjutant [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Chief Stoker [1] Colour Serjeant [1]

Unit

West Riding Regiment [34] Royal Field Artillery [12] Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [9] King's Royal Rifle Corps [9] Royal Naval Reserve [9] West Yorkshire Regiment [9] Royal Army Medical Corps [8] Manchester Regiment [7] Royal Air Force [7] Royal Engineers [7] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [7] Durham Light Infantry [6] Machine Gun Corps [6] Army Service Corps [5] Cheshire Regiment [4] HMS BELLEROPHON [4] HMS LION [4] HMS Vivid I [4] Labour Corps [4] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [4] HMS Good Hope [3] Lancashire Fusiliers [3] London Regiment [3] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3] North Staffordshire Regiment [3] Royal Flying Corps [3] Royal Lancaster Regiment [3] York and Lancaster Regiment [3] Yorkshire Regiment [3] Border Regiment [2] Devonshire Regiment [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2] East Yorkshire Regiment [2] HMS COLLINGWOOD [2] HMS Hampshire [2] HMS INDEFATIGABLE [2] HMS INFLEXIBLE [2] HMS Monmouth [2] HMS Princess Royal [2] HMS QUEEN MARY [2] HMS VALIANT [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Prince Of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians) [2] Royal Marine Artillery [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2] The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [2]

Service

Royal Navy [838] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [507] British Army [165] Canadian Expeditionary Force [5] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [213] H [185] S [185] C [144] W [136] M [118] G [77] F [72] T [66] L [65] P [56] R [56] D [50] A [49] K [34] N [32] J [28] E [22] O [9] Y [8] V [7] U [5] Q [4] I [3]

Contribution

Military Service [1498] Merchant Navy [111] Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [84] India [3] France [1] Ireland [1] Malta [1]

Harold Todkill

Born 1882

Died 1941

British Army 203060 Private Border Regiment 4th (Reserve) Battalion

British Army 203060 Private Border Regiment 8th (Service) Battalion

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Frederick William Knowles

Born 1898

Died 1975

British Army 32248 Private The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) 13th (Reserve) Battalion

British Army 32248 Private The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) 6th (Training Reserve) Battalion

British Army 32248 Private The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) 9th (Training Reserve) Battalion

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Ernest Holway

Born 1891

Died 1949

Royal Navy 1093/S Lance Corporal Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division 1st Battalion

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John Sutcliffe Bates

Born 1866

British Army T/2SR/01835 Driver Army Service Corps 9th Reserve Park

British Army T/2SR/01835 Warrant Officer Class II (Staff Serjeant) Army Service Corps 9th Reserve Park

British Army T/2SR/01835 WO Class II (Staff Sergeant Major) Army Service Corps 9th Reserve Park

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Isaac Johnston

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army S/43203 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

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Harold Vincent Mackintosh

Born 1891

Died 1964

Royal Navy Sub Lieutenant (Temporary) Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

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Alfred Stephen Todkill

Born 1875

Died 1960

British Army 65400 Sapper Royal Engineers 461st Field Company

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Arundel Mosley Penberthy

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 12673 Private Norfolk Regiment

British Army 12673 Lance Corporal Norfolk Regiment 7th Battalion

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Stephen H Leach

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army 9363 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 9363 Pte. Lancashire Fusiliers 1st

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Harry Bate

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 23385 Private Royal Army Medical Corps 44th Casualty Clearing Station

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Sam Hird Royals

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army 17182 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 17182 Lance Corporal Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 1889 Private Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) 4th Battalion

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Norman Birtwhistle

Born 1894

Died 1952

British Army 99018 Private Not Known

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 99018 Air Mechanic (3rd Class) Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 401447 Air Mechanic (3rd Class) Royal Flying Corps

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George Clewer

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 100801 Private Royal Army Medical Corps 33rd Field Ambulance

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Richard Edwin Feather

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army C/12291 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps 21st Battalion

British Army C/12291 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Willie Raymond Bairstow

Born 1896

Died 1965

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Dorothy Helen Thwaite

Born 1898

Died 1980

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Royal Flying Corps Netheravon

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 7002 Member Women's Royal Air Force RAF Netheravon

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Arnold Clifford Stirzaker

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 2353 Corporal West Riding Regiment

British Army 2353 Warrant Officer Class 2 West Riding Regiment

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Charles Arnold Briggs

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 37052 North Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 49991 Private King's (Liverpool Regiment) 6th Battalion

British Army 49991 Rifleman The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 1st/6th Battalion

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David Bamford

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 241158 Private East Lancashire Regiment 1/5th Battalion

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Albert Town

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 60037 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 60037 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

British Army 60037 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

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