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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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Place of birth

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]

James Tatham

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 276371

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William Wilson

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 77637

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Arthur William Saunders

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 49746

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Thomas William Fleming

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 54465

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John Garnett Fawthrop

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 282305

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Harry Alderson

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 305298

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Arnold Dennis Peckett

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 192570

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Willie Gething

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 141719

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Joe Smithies

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 278742

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Walter Edward Turner

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 192260

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Harold Booth

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 282791

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Richard Amos Hanson

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 28814

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Harry Hargraves

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 309946

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Harry Barraclough

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 268070

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Richard Barrett

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 188481

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Joseph Taylor

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 188633

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Robert Hunter

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 291340

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Levis Prestley Alderson

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 87769

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Tom Tye

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 141101

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Ernest Wilson

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 286408

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