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Halifax, West Yorkshire [17]

Lightcliffe, Halifax, West Yorkshire [10]

Hipperholme, Halifax, West Yorkshire [8]

West Vale, Halifax, Yorkshire [3]

Ambletown West Halifax, Yorkshire [1]

Barkisland, Halifax, West Yorkshire [1]

Halifax West Yorkshire [1]

Halifax, West Riding, Yorkshire [1]

Halifax, West Yorkshire, England [1]

Halifax,West Riding Yorkshire [1]

Hipperholme, HAlifax, West Yorkshire [1]

Mytholmroyd, Halifax West Yorkshire [1]

Norland, Halifax, West Yorkshire [1]

Ovenden, HAlifax, West Yorkshire [1]

West End, Halifax, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [27]

Corporal [6]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Serjeant [3]

Lieutenant [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Assistant Matron [1]

Captain [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Driver [1]

Gunner [1]

Lance Corporal [1]

Pioneer [1]

Pte. [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sapper [1]

Sister [1]

Unit

West Riding Regiment [13]

Royal Field Artillery [5]

West Yorkshire Regiment [5]

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [4]

Durham Light Infantry [3]

Royal Engineers [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Labour Corps [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [2]

8th Leicester Regiment [1]

Border Regiment [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Gordon Highlanders [1]

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [1]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

Leicestershire Regiment [1]

Lincolnshire Regiment [1]

Liverpool Regiment [1]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service General Hospital [1]

Queen's Hospital [1]

Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Flying Corps [1]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [1]

Royal Marine Artillery [1]

Tank Corps [1]

The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [1]

York and Lancaster Regiment [1]

Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [41]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [6]

Royal Navy [2]

Last name first letter

B [10]

S [8]

H [7]

W [7]

P [4]

R [4]

L [3]

T [2]

C [1]

G [1]

M [1]

N [1]

Contribution

Military Service [46]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [21]

Malta [1]

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People [49] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Halifax, West Yorkshire [17] Lightcliffe, Halifax, West Yorkshire [10] Hipperholme, Halifax, West Yorkshire [8] West Vale, Halifax, Yorkshire [3] Ambletown West Halifax, Yorkshire [1] Barkisland, Halifax, West Yorkshire [1] Halifax West Yorkshire [1] Halifax, West Riding, Yorkshire [1] Halifax, West Yorkshire, England [1] Halifax,West Riding Yorkshire [1] Hipperholme, HAlifax, West Yorkshire [1] Mytholmroyd, Halifax West Yorkshire [1] Norland, Halifax, West Yorkshire [1] Ovenden, HAlifax, West Yorkshire [1] West End, Halifax, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [27] Corporal [6] Second Lieutenant [4] Serjeant [3] Lieutenant [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Assistant Matron [1] Captain [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Driver [1] Gunner [1] Lance Corporal [1] Pioneer [1] Pte. [1] Rifleman [1] Sapper [1] Sister [1]

Unit

West Riding Regiment [13] Royal Field Artillery [5] West Yorkshire Regiment [5] Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [4] Durham Light Infantry [3] Royal Engineers [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Labour Corps [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [2] 8th Leicester Regiment [1] Border Regiment [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Gordon Highlanders [1] King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [1] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1] Lancashire Fusiliers [1] Leicestershire Regiment [1] Lincolnshire Regiment [1] Liverpool Regiment [1] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1] Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service General Hospital [1] Queen's Hospital [1] Royal Air Force [1] Royal Flying Corps [1] Royal Lancaster Regiment [1] Royal Marine Artillery [1] Tank Corps [1] The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [1] York and Lancaster Regiment [1] Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [41] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [6] Royal Navy [2]

Last name first letter

B [10] S [8] H [7] W [7] P [4] R [4] L [3] T [2] C [1] G [1] M [1] N [1]

Contribution

Military Service [46] Conscientious Objector [1] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [21] Malta [1]

William Henry Pollard

Born 1889

British Army 305631 Serjeant West Riding Regiment

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William Horton

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 142272

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Walter Stott

Born 1885

British Army 15478 Corporal Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 10th. Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant West Riding Regiment

British Army Lieutenant West Riding Regiment

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John Alexander Rose

Born 1897

Died 1976

British Army 202410 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

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Kenneth Raymond Berry

Born 1894

British Army 200708 Corporal West Riding Regiment

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Christ R Highley

Born 1888

Died 1931

British Army 52510 Lance Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army 52510 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Frank Herman Broadbent

Born 1896

Royal Navy 14389 Royal Marine Artillery

Royal Navy 3813 Royal Marine Artillery

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Human Haigh

Born 1892

Royal Navy J61161

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William May

Born 1875

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