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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]

Albert Hartley Sutcliffe

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 183536 Private 2nd Class Royal Air Force

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John Willie Drake

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 4960 Private Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) 2/4 Battalion

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Charles William Fouweather

Born 1891

Died 1968

British Army 3/10387 Private South Wales Borderers (Special Reserve) 3rd (Reserve) Battalion

British Army 10387 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Verney Barrett Hellowell

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army STK/2267 Private Royal Fusiliers 10th (Stockbrokers') Battalion

British Army 2267 Private Royal Fusiliers 1st Battalion

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Robert Halliwell Alsop

Born 1899

Royal Navy Mersey Z/3648 Telegraphist Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Royal Navy Mersey Z/3648 Ordinary Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Royal Navy Mersey Z/3648 Telegrapher Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

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Richard Cyril Byrne Haking

Born 1862

Died 1945

British Army Brigadier General Hampshire Regiment

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Colonel Hampshire Regiment

British Army Brevet Lieutenant General Commander, XI Corps

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William Hardy

Born 1882

Died 1915

British Army 7408 Private Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) 2nd Battalion

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George Taylor Ramsden

Born 1879

Died 1936

British Army Captain Royal Field Artillery

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Albert Bate

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 1150 Corporal 2nd Royal Field Artillery

British Army 795703 Corporal 2nd Royal Field Artillery

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Tom Collins Espar Bottomley

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army 3165 Company Sergeant Major King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army 3165 Warrant Officer Class 2 King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army Sergeant King's Royal Rifle Corps 3rd Battalion

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William Galvin

Born 1886

British Army 24637 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 24637 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

British Army 24637 Royal Horse and Field Artillery 59th Reserve Battery

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Thornton Jowett

Died 1916

British Army 29/405 Private Northumberland Fusiliers 9th Battalion

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Ralph Graham

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 40050 Private Northamptonshire Regiment 7th Battalion

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Frank Gordon Stott

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps 14th. Trench Mortar Battery

British Army Second Lieutenant Cheshire Regiment. (Territorial) 5th. Battalion. (Earl of Chesters)

British Army Lieutenant Cheshire Regiment

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Edward Lloyd Rayner

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 185786 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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William Frederick O'rourke

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 12723 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 12723 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

British Army 12723 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 6th Battalion

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Wilfred White

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 281182

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Louis Leonard Greenwood

Born 1889

Died 1914

Royal Navy

Royal Navy HMS Triumph

Royal Navy SS2077 Able Seaman HMS Cressy

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James Whitley Crossley

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 36829

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Samuel Clegg

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 194390

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