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Holmfirth, West Yorkshire [73]

Holmfirth, Yorkshire [46]

Holmfirth, Huddersfield, Yorkshire [11]

Scholes, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire [9]

Cartworth, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire [4]

Underbank, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire [3]

Holmfirth, West Riding of Yorkshire [2]

Holmfirth, Yorkshire, England [2]

Wooldale, Holmfirth, 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]

Hepworth, Holmfirth, Yorkshire [1]

Hinchcliffe Mill near Holmfirth, Yorkshire [1]

Hinchcliffe Mill, Holmfirth, Yorkshire [1]

Holmfirth, Halifax, Yorkshire [1]

Holmfirth,Yorkshire [1]

Honley, Holmfirth, Yorkshire [1]

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

New Mill, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire [1]

New Mill, Holmfirth, Yorkshire [1]

Totties, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire [1]

Underbank within Holmfirth , Yorkshire [1]

Upperbridge, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [81]

Corporal [8]

Gunner [6]

Driver [4]

Lance Corporal [4]

Deck Hand [3]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Serjeant [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Corporal [2]

Rifleman [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Bombardier Acting Corporal [1]

Cadet [1]

Civilian [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Engineer Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Guardsman [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Sapper [1]

Signaller Acting Bombardier [1]

Temporary Engineer Sub Lieutenant [1]

Trooper [1]

Unit

West Riding Regiment [40]

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [15]

Northumberland Fusiliers [11]

Royal Field Artillery [9]

West Yorkshire Regiment [8]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

Machine Gun Corps [4]

Royal Naval Reserve [4]

Durham Light Infantry [3]

Labour Corps [3]

Royal Garrison Artillery [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

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]

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

Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

HMS Vivid I [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]

Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Army Service Corps [1]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [1]

Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Sarnia." [1]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1]

Royal Sussex Regiment [1]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1]

South Staffordshire Regiment [1]

Victim of German Bombardment [1]

York and Lancaster Regiment [1]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

Service

British Army [107]

Royal Navy [31]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [29]

Other Empire Force [2]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [38]

H [27]

W [19]

C [13]

S [13]

M [10]

T [10]

R [8]

L [7]

A [4]

E [4]

D [3]

F [3]

G [3]

N [2]

O [2]

J [1]

K [1]

P [1]

Contribution

Military Service [163]

Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [9]

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Holmfirth, West Yorkshire [73] Holmfirth, Yorkshire [46] Holmfirth, Huddersfield, Yorkshire [11] Scholes, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire [9] Cartworth, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire [4] Underbank, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire [3] Holmfirth, West Riding of Yorkshire [2] Holmfirth, Yorkshire, England [2] Wooldale, Holmfirth, 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] Hepworth, Holmfirth, Yorkshire [1] Hinchcliffe Mill near Holmfirth, Yorkshire [1] Hinchcliffe Mill, Holmfirth, Yorkshire [1] Holmfirth, Halifax, Yorkshire [1] Holmfirth,Yorkshire [1] Honley, Holmfirth, Yorkshire [1] Magnum, Hade Edge, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire [1] New Mill, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire [1] New Mill, Holmfirth, Yorkshire [1] Totties, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire [1] Underbank within Holmfirth , Yorkshire [1] Upperbridge, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [81] Corporal [8] Gunner [6] Driver [4] Lance Corporal [4] Deck Hand [3] Second Lieutenant [3] Serjeant [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Corporal [2] Rifleman [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Bombardier Acting Corporal [1] Cadet [1] Civilian [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Engineer Sub-Lieutenant [1] Guardsman [1] Lieutenant [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Sapper [1] Signaller Acting Bombardier [1] Temporary Engineer Sub Lieutenant [1] Trooper [1]

Unit

West Riding Regiment [40] Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [15] Northumberland Fusiliers [11] Royal Field Artillery [9] West Yorkshire Regiment [8] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] Machine Gun Corps [4] Royal Naval Reserve [4] Durham Light Infantry [3] Labour Corps [3] Royal Garrison Artillery [3] Army Service Corps [2] 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] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [2] Yorkshire Regiment [2] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Essex Regiment [1] HMS Vivid I [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] Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Army Service Corps [1] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [1] Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Sarnia." [1] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1] Royal Sussex Regiment [1] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1] South Staffordshire Regiment [1] Victim of German Bombardment [1] York and Lancaster Regiment [1] Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

Service

British Army [107] Royal Navy [31] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [29] Other Empire Force [2] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [38] H [27] W [19] C [13] S [13] M [10] T [10] R [8] L [7] A [4] E [4] D [3] F [3] G [3] N [2] O [2] J [1] K [1] P [1]

Contribution

Military Service [163] Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [9]

Harold Bilson

Born 1885

Died 1918

Royal Navy Temporary Engineer Sub Lieutenant Royal Naval Reserve

Other Empire Force Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy)

Royal Navy Engineer Sub-Lieutenant Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Sarnia."

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William Bertram Coldwell

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 53387 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 53387 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Herbert Battye

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army C/7662 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army C/7662 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Sam Illingworth Fearnes

Born 1891

Died 1919

British Army 33381 Corporal Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army 24017 Corporal Labour Corps

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Joseph Charles Darby

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 41974 Private Manchester Regiment

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Charlie Ramsden

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 220497 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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Irvine Middleton

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 197041

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Ebby Wadsworth

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army L/28096 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army L/28096 Acting Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

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Arthur Heeley

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 29323 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 29323 Private Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

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Norman Holmes

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 29720 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 29720 Private Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

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Norman Preston Ricketts

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 60476 Rifleman West Yorkshire Regiment 7 (Reserve) Battalion

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George Frederick Roberts

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 295507

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William Lodge

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 195875

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Harry Shore

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 191190

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Arthur Barber

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 277540

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Herbert Sykes Battye

Born 1898

Died 1967

British Army L/29364 Signaller Acting Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

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Brook Heywood

Born 1893

Died 1986

British Army 41187 Corporal West Yorkshire Regiment

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Harry Lawrence

Born 1895

Died 1983

British Army 141775 Bombardier Acting Corporal Royal Garrison Artillery

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Arthur Whiteley

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 202293 Private Highland Light Infantry

British Army 42060 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers

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Norman Butterworth

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Manchester Regiment and Royal Flying Corps

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