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Holmfirth, West Yorkshire [73]

Scholes, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire [9]

Cartworth, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire [4]

Underbank, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire [3]

Holmfirth, West Riding of Yorkshire [2]

Arrunden, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire [1]

Burnlee, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire [1]

Cinderhills, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire [1]

Cross, Scholes, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire [1]

Flowery Field, Hade Edge, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire [1]

Gully, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire [1]

Magnum, Hade Edge, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire [1]

New Mill, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire [1]

Totties, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire [1]

Upperbridge, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [77]

Corporal [7]

Gunner [5]

Driver [3]

Lance Corporal [3]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Serjeant [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Rifleman [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Bombardier Acting Corporal [1]

Cadet [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Guardsman [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Sapper [1]

Signaller Acting Bombardier [1]

Trooper [1]

Unit

West Riding Regiment [39]

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [13]

Northumberland Fusiliers [10]

Royal Field Artillery [8]

West Yorkshire Regiment [8]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

Machine Gun Corps [4]

Durham Light Infantry [3]

Labour Corps [3]

East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [2]

Leicestershire Regiment [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

North Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Royal Engineers [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

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

Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Highland Light Infantry [1]

Household Battalion [1]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

Light Trench Mortar Battery attached Royal Field Artillery [1]

Liverpool Regiment [1]

London Regiment [1]

Manchester Regiment [1]

Manchester Regiment and Royal Flying Corps [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [1]

Royal Sussex Regiment [1]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1]

South Staffordshire Regiment [1]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

Service

British Army [99]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [24]

H [14]

S [10]

W [10]

C [8]

T [7]

M [5]

R [5]

A [3]

E [3]

F [3]

L [3]

D [2]

O [2]

J [1]

K [1]

Contribution

Military Service [97]

Country

United Kingdom [5]

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People [101] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Holmfirth, West Yorkshire [73] Scholes, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire [9] Cartworth, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire [4] Underbank, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire [3] Holmfirth, West Riding of Yorkshire [2] Arrunden, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire [1] Burnlee, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire [1] Cinderhills, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire [1] Cross, Scholes, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire [1] Flowery Field, Hade Edge, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire [1] Gully, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire [1] Magnum, Hade Edge, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire [1] New Mill, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire [1] Totties, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire [1] Upperbridge, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [77] Corporal [7] Gunner [5] Driver [3] Lance Corporal [3] Second Lieutenant [3] Serjeant [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Rifleman [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Bombardier Acting Corporal [1] Cadet [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Guardsman [1] Lieutenant [1] Sapper [1] Signaller Acting Bombardier [1] Trooper [1]

Unit

West Riding Regiment [39] Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [13] Northumberland Fusiliers [10] Royal Field Artillery [8] West Yorkshire Regiment [8] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] Machine Gun Corps [4] Durham Light Infantry [3] Labour Corps [3] East Yorkshire Regiment [2] Grenadier Guards [2] King's Own Scottish Borderers [2] Leicestershire Regiment [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] North Staffordshire Regiment [2] Royal Engineers [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [2] Yorkshire Regiment [2] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Army Service Corps [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Highland Light Infantry [1] Household Battalion [1] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1] Light Trench Mortar Battery attached Royal Field Artillery [1] Liverpool Regiment [1] London Regiment [1] Manchester Regiment [1] Manchester Regiment and Royal Flying Corps [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [1] Royal Sussex Regiment [1] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1] South Staffordshire Regiment [1] Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

Service

British Army [99] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [24] H [14] S [10] W [10] C [8] T [7] M [5] R [5] A [3] E [3] F [3] L [3] D [2] O [2] J [1] K [1]

Contribution

Military Service [97]

Country

United Kingdom [5]

Herbert Wadsworth Sykes

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 20246 Private West Riding Regiment

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Ronald Wilkinson

Born 1898

Died 1959

British Army 242812 Private West Riding Regiment

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Joshua Woodhead

Born 1890

Died 1943

British Army R/19771 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Lannas Mellor

Born 1891

Died 1973

British Army 29556 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers

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Harry O'melia

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 2196 Private West Riding Regiment

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Freddy Beardsell

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 242045 Private West Riding Regiment

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George Booth

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 3/20369 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 40801 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Harold Watthews

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant West Riding Regiment

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James Bower

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 210 Private Coldstream Guards

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Harry Holmes

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 241538 Private West Riding Regiment

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Christopher Smith Birch

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 29045 Private West Riding Regiment

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Samuel Earnshaw

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army L/25473 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army L/25473 Corporal Royal Field Artillery

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Harry Battye

Born 1889

British Army 204034 Lance Corporal West Riding Regiment

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John Edward Charlesworth

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 7199 Private Durham Light Infantry

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Harold Farrar

Died 1918

British Army C/7226 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Albert Battye

Born 1884

British Army 41575 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 61675 Private Royal Engineers

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Lewis Bailey

Born 1884

British Army 325045 Private Liverpool Regiment

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Wilfred Smith

Born 1899

British Army 41960 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army T/458907 Private Army Service Corps

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Booth Battye

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 79609 Private Durham Light Infantry

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Sam Marsden

Born 1888

British Army 205306 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 136468 Private Machine Gun Corps

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