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Harrogate, Yorkshire [264]

Harrogate, Yorkshire, England [36]

Bilton, Harrogate, Yorkshire [4]

Harrogate, North Yorkshire [3]

Knaresborough, Harrogate, Yorkshire [3]

Starbeck, Harrogate, Yorkshire [3]

Birstwith, Harrogate, Yorkshire [2]

Harrogate Yorkshire [2]

Pateley Bridge, Harrogate, Yorkshire [2]

Beckwithshaw, Harrogate, Yorkshire [1]

Bishop Thornton, Harrogate, Yorkshire [1]

Burton Leonard, Harrogate, Yorkshire [1]

Christchurch Harrogate, Yorkshire [1]

Dacre, Harrogate, Yorkshire [1]

Darley, Harrogate, Yorkshire [1]

Harrogate Yorkshire [1]

Harrogate Ripon, Yorkshire [1]

Harrogate, Knaresborough, Yorkshire [1]

Harrogate, York, Yorkshire [1]

Knaresborough,Harrogate, Yorkshire [1]

Massam, Harrogate, Yorkshire [1]

Near Harrogate, Yorkshire [1]

Pannal, Harrogate, Yorkshire [1]

Spofforth, Harrogate, Yorkshire [1]

St Mary's, Harrogate, Yorkshire [1]

Starbeck Harrogate, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [17]

Able Seaman [5]

Gunner [3]

Serjeant [3]

Captain [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Nurse [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Second Lieutenant [2]

Shoeing Smith [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

2nd Lieutenant (on probation) [1]

A/Cpt [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Air Mechanic Second Class [1]

Air Mechanic Third Class [1]

Aircrafman [1]

Aircraftman [1]

Armourer [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Boy Telegraphist [1]

Cadet (Flying) [1]

Cadet Lance Corporal [1]

Captain (on mobilisation) [1]

Corporal [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Driver [1]

Drummer [1]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1]

Flying Officer [1]

Lance Corporal [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major [1]

Major (on mobilisation) [1]

Ordinary Telegraphist [1]

Pioneer [1]

Private 2nd Class [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sergeant Observer [1]

Signal Boy [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Supernumerary Second Lieutenant [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Royal Air Force [5]

Royal Field Artillery [5]

West Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

HMS LION [2]

HMS MALAYA [2]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

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

Yorkshire Regiment [2]

15th (The King's) Hussars [1]

211th Squadron, Royal Air Force [1]

21st (Empress of India's) Lancers [1]

24th General Hospital [1]

2nd General Hospital [1]

British Red Cross [1]

Cameron Highlanders [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

HM Submarine D5 [1]

HMS Ajax [1]

HMS Ganges [1]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [1]

HMS NEPTUNE [1]

HMS PRINCESS ROYAL [1]

HMS Powerful [1]

HMS Queen Mary [1]

HMS SUPERB [1]

HMS Unity [1]

HMS. Black Prince [1]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [1]

Labour Corps [1]

Lincolnshire Regiment [1]

London Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Northumberland Fusiliers [1]

Officers Training Corps [1]

Postal Department [1]

Rifle Brigade [1]

Royal Engineers [1]

Royal Fusiliers [1]

Royal Fusilliers [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Royal Marine Artillery [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [1]

Royal Naval Reserve [1]

Voluntary Aid Detachment [1]

West Riding Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [175]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [95]

British Army [31]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [43]

S [42]

W [39]

C [36]

H [28]

D [19]

L [16]

P [16]

F [14]

M [12]

T [12]

R [11]

E [10]

A [9]

G [8]

J [8]

K [5]

N [5]

O [2]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [298]

Merchant Navy [36]

Country

United Kingdom [24]

Egypt [1]

India [1]

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Place of birth

Harrogate, Yorkshire [264] Harrogate, Yorkshire, England [36] Bilton, Harrogate, Yorkshire [4] Harrogate, North Yorkshire [3] Knaresborough, Harrogate, Yorkshire [3] Starbeck, Harrogate, Yorkshire [3] Birstwith, Harrogate, Yorkshire [2] Harrogate Yorkshire [2] Pateley Bridge, Harrogate, Yorkshire [2] Beckwithshaw, Harrogate, Yorkshire [1] Bishop Thornton, Harrogate, Yorkshire [1] Burton Leonard, Harrogate, Yorkshire [1] Christchurch Harrogate, Yorkshire [1] Dacre, Harrogate, Yorkshire [1] Darley, Harrogate, Yorkshire [1] Harrogate Yorkshire [1] Harrogate Ripon, Yorkshire [1] Harrogate, Knaresborough, Yorkshire [1] Harrogate, York, Yorkshire [1] Knaresborough,Harrogate, Yorkshire [1] Massam, Harrogate, Yorkshire [1] Near Harrogate, Yorkshire [1] Pannal, Harrogate, Yorkshire [1] Spofforth, Harrogate, Yorkshire [1] St Mary's, Harrogate, Yorkshire [1] Starbeck Harrogate, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [17] Able Seaman [5] Gunner [3] Serjeant [3] Captain [2] Lieutenant [2] Nurse [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Second Lieutenant [2] Shoeing Smith [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) [1] A/Cpt [1] Acting Corporal [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Air Mechanic Second Class [1] Air Mechanic Third Class [1] Aircrafman [1] Aircraftman [1] Armourer [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Boy Telegraphist [1] Cadet (Flying) [1] Cadet Lance Corporal [1] Captain (on mobilisation) [1] Corporal [1] Deck Hand [1] Driver [1] Drummer [1] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1] Flying Officer [1] Lance Corporal [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Leading Seaman [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major [1] Major (on mobilisation) [1] Ordinary Telegraphist [1] Pioneer [1] Private 2nd Class [1] Rifleman [1] Sergeant Observer [1] Signal Boy [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Supernumerary Second Lieutenant [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Royal Air Force [5] Royal Field Artillery [5] West Yorkshire Regiment [3] Army Service Corps [2] HMS LION [2] HMS MALAYA [2] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [2] Yorkshire Regiment [2] 15th (The King's) Hussars [1] 211th Squadron, Royal Air Force [1] 21st (Empress of India's) Lancers [1] 24th General Hospital [1] 2nd General Hospital [1] British Red Cross [1] Cameron Highlanders [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] HM Submarine D5 [1] HMS Ajax [1] HMS Ganges [1] HMS INFLEXIBLE [1] HMS NEPTUNE [1] HMS PRINCESS ROYAL [1] HMS Powerful [1] HMS Queen Mary [1] HMS SUPERB [1] HMS Unity [1] HMS. Black Prince [1] King's Own Scottish Borderers [1] Labour Corps [1] Lincolnshire Regiment [1] London Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Northumberland Fusiliers [1] Officers Training Corps [1] Postal Department [1] Rifle Brigade [1] Royal Engineers [1] Royal Fusiliers [1] Royal Fusilliers [1] Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Royal Marine Artillery [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [1] Royal Naval Reserve [1] Voluntary Aid Detachment [1] West Riding Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [175] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [95] British Army [31] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [43] S [42] W [39] C [36] H [28] D [19] L [16] P [16] F [14] M [12] T [12] R [11] E [10] A [9] G [8] J [8] K [5] N [5] O [2] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [298] Merchant Navy [36]

Country

United Kingdom [24] Egypt [1] India [1]

Hubert Weightman

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 201752

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Richard Newins

Born 1878

Died 1918

British Army SS/9547 Private Army Service Corps

British Army 306507 Private Labour Corps

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Cecil Mann Carr

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 217936

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Arthur Baden Powell Whincup

Born 1899

Died 1924

British Army 62815 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 80464 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 4682293 Lance Sergeant King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 1st Battalion

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Herbert Edward Bolton

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 232283

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Leonard George Baldwin

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 148923

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John Kavanagh

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 199146

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William Henry Shires

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 62989

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Arthur Bennett

Born 1873

British Army 137392 Pioneer Royal Engineers

British Army 137392 Pioneer Postal Department

British Army CAM 2976 Private Cameron Highlanders

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James Smith

Born 1897

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 214816

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Thomas John Ellis

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 228609

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Harold Wilson Fortune

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 229773

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Walter Gordon Ridehalgh

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 236805

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Albert Newby

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 238873

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Joseph Craggs

Born 1892

Died 1919

British Army Z736 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army Z/736 Rifleman Rifle Brigade 3rd Battalion

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Henry Mears Partridge

Born 1899

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 317264 Sergeant Observer 211th Squadron, Royal Air Force

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Richard Dickinson

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 11254

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John Frederick Shute

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 286784

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Robert Vernon Bruce

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 235225 Serjeant West Riding Regiment

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Walter Swires

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 224458

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