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Holbeck, Leeds, Yorkshire [112]

Holbeck, Yorkshire [20]

Holbeck Leeds, Yorkshire [3]

Williamson Street, Holbeck, Leeds, Yorkshire [2]

Holbeck, Yorkshire, England [1]

Holbeck,Leeds,Yorkshire. [1]

Leeds, Holbeck, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [6]

Corporal [4]

AM 2 (Draught) [1]

AM3 [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 2 (E) [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Engine Room Artificer [1]

Flight Sergeant [1]

Gunner [1]

Midshipman (Temporary) [1]

Sergeant [1]

Unit

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

HMS Good Hope [1]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [1]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

Labour Corps [1]

Labour Corps ex Training Reserve [1]

Manchester Regiment [1]

Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Field Artillery [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Royal Naval Reserve [1]

South Wales Borderers [1]

South Wales Borderers (Special Reserve) [1]

The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) [1]

Training Reserve [1]

West Yorkshire Regiment [1]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [1]

York and Lancaster Regiment [1]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [112]

Royal Navy [18]

British Army [11]

Last name first letter

B [18]

H [16]

L [14]

S [12]

W [12]

G [10]

A [7]

C [7]

M [7]

R [7]

J [6]

P [5]

T [4]

D [3]

K [3]

N [3]

F [2]

O [2]

E [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [138]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [9]

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People [140] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Holbeck, Leeds, Yorkshire [112] Holbeck, Yorkshire [20] Holbeck Leeds, Yorkshire [3] Williamson Street, Holbeck, Leeds, Yorkshire [2] Holbeck, Yorkshire, England [1] Holbeck,Leeds,Yorkshire. [1] Leeds, Holbeck, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [6] Corporal [4] AM 2 (Draught) [1] AM3 [1] Able Seaman [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 2 (E) [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Engine Room Artificer [1] Flight Sergeant [1] Gunner [1] Midshipman (Temporary) [1] Sergeant [1]

Unit

Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] HMS Good Hope [1] King's Own Scottish Borderers [1] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1] Labour Corps [1] Labour Corps ex Training Reserve [1] Manchester Regiment [1] Royal Air Force [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Field Artillery [1] Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Royal Naval Reserve [1] South Wales Borderers [1] South Wales Borderers (Special Reserve) [1] The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) [1] Training Reserve [1] West Yorkshire Regiment [1] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [1] York and Lancaster Regiment [1] Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [112] Royal Navy [18] British Army [11]

Last name first letter

B [18] H [16] L [14] S [12] W [12] G [10] A [7] C [7] M [7] R [7] J [6] P [5] T [4] D [3] K [3] N [3] F [2] O [2] E [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [138] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [9]

John Henry Crosland

Born 1882

Died 1914

Royal Navy 205430 Able Seaman HMS Good Hope

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Edward Greenwood

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 318242

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Middy Middleton

Born 1888

Royal Navy F11910

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Peter O'donnell

Born 1897

Royal Navy J57696

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John Arthur Horsfield

Born 1896

Royal Navy J61798

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Harry Vernon Butterfield

Born 1889

Royal Navy 271869

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Gilbert Preston

Born 1892

Royal Navy F11940

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Charles Henry Walshaw

Born 1879

Royal Navy F28813

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Sydney Holland

Born 1895

Royal Navy K22900

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George Hargreaves

Born 1898

Royal Navy M24355

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Samuel Booth

Born 1880

Royal Navy 292386

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Lawrence Witton

Born 1893

Died 1941

British Army 11332 Corporal King's Own Scottish Borderers

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John William Brabbs

Born 1883

Royal Navy 210119

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Stephen Auckland

Born 1894

Royal Navy F11832

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Albert Towers

Born 1897

Royal Navy J63029

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William Marotte

Born 1900

Royal Navy J46224

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Sydney Akeroyd

Born 1897

Royal Navy 3286 Midshipman (Temporary) Royal Naval Reserve

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Frederick Richardson

Born 1892

Royal Navy J7955

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Fred Gill

Born 1876

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Thomas Beecroft

Born 1882

Royal Navy F25031

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