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Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire [65]

Hebden Bridge [36]

Hebden Bridge, Yorks [5]

Hebden Bridge, Halifax, Yorkshire [4]

Heptonstall, Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire [4]

Erringden, Hebden Bridge [2]

Hebden Bridge, Lancashire [2]

Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire, England [2]

Wadsworth, Hebden Bridge [2]

16 Balmoral Street, Wadsworth, Hebden Bridge [1]

Barkers Terrace, Heptonstall, Hebden Bridge [1]

Buttress Brink, Hebden Bridge [1]

Erringden, Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire [1]

HEBDEN BRIDGE, YORKS [1]

Hebden Bridge England [1]

Hebden Bridge Near Halifax, Yorkshire [1]

Hebden Bridge Yorkshire [1]

Hebden Bridge, [1]

Hebden Bridge,Todmorden,Yorks. [1]

Hebden Bridge,Todmorden,Yorkshire. [1]

Heptonstall, near Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire [1]

Old Chamber, Errinden, Hebden Bridge, W. Yorkshire [1]

Old Town, near Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [46]

Gunner [9]

Corporal [5]

Driver [4]

Serjeant [3]

Lance Corporal [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Rifleman [2]

Sergeant [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Bombardier/Acting Corporal [1]

Captain [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Sapper [1]

Second Lieutenant [1]

Sub Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

West Riding Regiment [13]

Royal Field Artillery [11]

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [7]

West Yorkshire Regiment [6]

Royal Fusiliers [5]

Lancashire Fusiliers [3]

Northumberland Fusiliers [3]

Royal Garrison Artillery [3]

Tank Corps [3]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [3]

Yorkshire Regiment [3]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

London Regiment [2]

Royal West Kent Regiment [2]

1/4th Battalion, West Riding Regiment (Duke of Wellington's) (Territorial Force) [1]

103 Brigade (3rd Tyneside Irish) [1]

62 Brigade 21st Division [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

General List Attached West African Air Force [1]

HMS Tiger [1]

HMS Vivid I [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

Highland Light Infantry [1]

Honourable Artillery Company [1]

Honourable Artillery Company (Territorial) (Infantry). [1]

Labour Corps [1]

Leicestershire Regiment [1]

Lincolnshire Regiment [1]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Manchester Regiment [1]

Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [1]

Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regiment. [1]

Reserve Cavalry Regiment [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Engineers [1]

Royal Flying Corps [1]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [1]

Royal Naval Division [1]

Royal Scots [1]

Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) [1]

Sierra Leone Carrier Corps [1]

The Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding) Regiment [1]

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

York and Lancaster Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [69]

Royal Navy [44]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [20]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [23]

C [18]

H [16]

T [11]

W [9]

G [8]

B [6]

D [6]

L [6]

A [5]

M [5]

F [4]

R [4]

I [3]

P [3]

U [3]

K [2]

O [2]

E [1]

J [1]

Contribution

Military Service [133]

Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [42]

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Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire [65] Hebden Bridge [36] Hebden Bridge, Yorks [5] Hebden Bridge, Halifax, Yorkshire [4] Heptonstall, Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire [4] Erringden, Hebden Bridge [2] Hebden Bridge, Lancashire [2] Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire, England [2] Wadsworth, Hebden Bridge [2] 16 Balmoral Street, Wadsworth, Hebden Bridge [1] Barkers Terrace, Heptonstall, Hebden Bridge [1] Buttress Brink, Hebden Bridge [1] Erringden, Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire [1] HEBDEN BRIDGE, YORKS [1] Hebden Bridge England [1] Hebden Bridge Near Halifax, Yorkshire [1] Hebden Bridge Yorkshire [1] Hebden Bridge, [1] Hebden Bridge,Todmorden,Yorks. [1] Hebden Bridge,Todmorden,Yorkshire. [1] Heptonstall, near Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire [1] Old Chamber, Errinden, Hebden Bridge, W. Yorkshire [1] Old Town, near Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [46] Gunner [9] Corporal [5] Driver [4] Serjeant [3] Lance Corporal [2] Lieutenant [2] Rifleman [2] Sergeant [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Bombardier/Acting Corporal [1] Captain [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Sapper [1] Second Lieutenant [1] Sub Lieutenant [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

West Riding Regiment [13] Royal Field Artillery [11] Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [7] West Yorkshire Regiment [6] Royal Fusiliers [5] Lancashire Fusiliers [3] Northumberland Fusiliers [3] Royal Garrison Artillery [3] Tank Corps [3] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [3] Yorkshire Regiment [3] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] London Regiment [2] Royal West Kent Regiment [2] 1/4th Battalion, West Riding Regiment (Duke of Wellington's) (Territorial Force) [1] 103 Brigade (3rd Tyneside Irish) [1] 62 Brigade 21st Division [1] Army Service Corps [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] General List Attached West African Air Force [1] HMS Tiger [1] HMS Vivid I [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] Highland Light Infantry [1] Honourable Artillery Company [1] Honourable Artillery Company (Territorial) (Infantry). [1] Labour Corps [1] Leicestershire Regiment [1] Lincolnshire Regiment [1] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Manchester Regiment [1] Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [1] Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regiment. [1] Reserve Cavalry Regiment [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Engineers [1] Royal Flying Corps [1] Royal Lancaster Regiment [1] Royal Naval Division [1] Royal Scots [1] Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) [1] Sierra Leone Carrier Corps [1] The Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding) Regiment [1] The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1] York and Lancaster Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [69] Royal Navy [44] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [20] Australian Imperial Force [1] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [23] C [18] H [16] T [11] W [9] G [8] B [6] D [6] L [6] A [5] M [5] F [4] R [4] I [3] P [3] U [3] K [2] O [2] E [1] J [1]

Contribution

Military Service [133] Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [42]

James Henry Williams

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 277578

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Esbet Stuttard

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 43318

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Albany Astin

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 84734

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Samuel Stansfield

Born 1878

British Army 96156 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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John Willie Thomas

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 204584 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 41st Reserve Bty

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William Bolton Bamford

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army GS/18810 Lance Corporal Royal Fusiliers 9th Battalion

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John Stamper

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 20345 Private Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

British Army 40841 Private Northumberland Fusiliers 23rd (Service) Battalion (4th Tyneside Scottish)

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Leonard Swallow

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 3948 Private Honourable Artillery Company

British Army 3948 Warrant Officer Class 2 Honourable Artillery Company

British Army 3538 Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regiment. 5th. Battalion

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Joseph Walker

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 41673 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 41673 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) 16th Battalion

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Geoffrey Hodgson Horsfall

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 13154 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 13154 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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Ralph Sunderland Moss

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 1917 Private West Riding Regiment

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William Ingham Stansfield

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army 202418 Private West Riding Regiment

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Atherstone Uttley

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 283154

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Reuben Leslie Haigh

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 96104

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Jeremiah Cherry

Born 1887

Died 1960

Royal Navy J53034 Ordinary Seaman HMS Tiger

Royal Navy J53034 Able Seaman HMS Tiger

Royal Navy J53034 Ordinary Seaman HMS Vivid I

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William Greenwood

Born 1891

British Army 80522 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Harry Victor Barker

Born 1897

Died 1979

British Army 5965 Private London Regiment 19th lond Battalion

British Army 612276 Private London Regiment 19th lond Battalion

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Maurice Hopwood

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army P/6986 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army G/16528 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army G/16528 Private Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)

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Arthur Walton

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 15272 Private Devonshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Arthur Sutcliffe

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 243653

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