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Holmfirth, West Yorkshire [73]

Holmfirth, Yorkshire [46]

Holmfirth [39]

Holmfirth, Huddersfield, Yorkshire [11]

Scholes, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire [9]

Cartworth, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire [4]

Underbank, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire [3]

Hade Edge, Holmfirth, W Yorks [2]

Holmfirth England [2]

Holmfirth, West Riding of Yorkshire [2]

Holmfirth, Yorkshire, England [2]

Wooldale, Holmfirth, Yorkshire [2]

Arrunden, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire [1]

Burnlee, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire [1]

Cartworth, Holmfirth [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]

Hade Edge, Holmfirth [1]

Hepworth, Holmfirth, Yorkshire [1]

Hinchcliffe Mill near Holmfirth, Yorkshire [1]

Hinchcliffe Mill, Holmfirth, Yorkshire [1]

Holmfirth Huddersfield [1]

Holmfirth, Halifax, Yorkshire [1]

Holmfirth,Yorkshire [1]

Honley, Holmfirth, Yorkshire [1]

Magnum Bonam, Hade Edge, Holmfirth, W Yorks [1]

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

New Mill, Holmfirth, Huddersfield [1]

New Mill, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire [1]

New Mill, Holmfirth, Yorkshire [1]

Round Close, Hade Edge, Holmfirth, W Yorks [1]

Totties, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire [1]

Underbank within Holmfirth , Yorkshire [1]

Upperbridge, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire [1]

Wooldale Holmfirth [1]

Rank

Private [123]

Corporal [10]

Gunner [9]

Lance Corporal [6]

Serjeant [5]

Driver [4]

Rifleman [4]

Deck Hand [3]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Corporal [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [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 [65]

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [22]

Northumberland Fusiliers [13]

West Yorkshire Regiment [11]

Royal Field Artillery [10]

Durham Light Infantry [7]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [7]

Machine Gun Corps [5]

Royal Garrison Artillery [5]

East Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Labour Corps [4]

Royal Naval Reserve [4]

Leicestershire Regiment [3]

Lincolnshire Regiment [3]

Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

North Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2]

Royal Engineers [2]

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

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Army Service Corps Motor Transport [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Duke of Wellingtons (West Riding Regiment) [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]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [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]

Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) [1]

South Staffordshire Regiment [1]

Victim of German Bombardment [1]

Service

British Army [155]

Royal Navy [31]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [29]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

Other Empire Force [2]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [55]

H [36]

W [21]

C [17]

S [15]

M [13]

T [11]

L [9]

R [8]

A [7]

K [5]

D [4]

E [4]

F [3]

G [3]

N [3]

O [3]

J [1]

P [1]

Contribution

Military Service [213]

Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [13]

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People [220] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Holmfirth, West Yorkshire [73] Holmfirth, Yorkshire [46] Holmfirth [39] Holmfirth, Huddersfield, Yorkshire [11] Scholes, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire [9] Cartworth, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire [4] Underbank, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire [3] Hade Edge, Holmfirth, W Yorks [2] Holmfirth England [2] Holmfirth, West Riding of Yorkshire [2] Holmfirth, Yorkshire, England [2] Wooldale, Holmfirth, Yorkshire [2] Arrunden, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire [1] Burnlee, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire [1] Cartworth, Holmfirth [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] Hade Edge, Holmfirth [1] Hepworth, Holmfirth, Yorkshire [1] Hinchcliffe Mill near Holmfirth, Yorkshire [1] Hinchcliffe Mill, Holmfirth, Yorkshire [1] Holmfirth Huddersfield [1] Holmfirth, Halifax, Yorkshire [1] Holmfirth,Yorkshire [1] Honley, Holmfirth, Yorkshire [1] Magnum Bonam, Hade Edge, Holmfirth, W Yorks [1] Magnum, Hade Edge, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire [1] New Mill, Holmfirth, Huddersfield [1] New Mill, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire [1] New Mill, Holmfirth, Yorkshire [1] Round Close, Hade Edge, Holmfirth, W Yorks [1] Totties, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire [1] Underbank within Holmfirth , Yorkshire [1] Upperbridge, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire [1] Wooldale Holmfirth [1]

Rank

Private [123] Corporal [10] Gunner [9] Lance Corporal [6] Serjeant [5] Driver [4] Rifleman [4] Deck Hand [3] Second Lieutenant [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Corporal [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Lance Corporal [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 [65] Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [22] Northumberland Fusiliers [13] West Yorkshire Regiment [11] Royal Field Artillery [10] Durham Light Infantry [7] King's Royal Rifle Corps [7] Machine Gun Corps [5] Royal Garrison Artillery [5] East Yorkshire Regiment [4] Labour Corps [4] Royal Naval Reserve [4] Leicestershire Regiment [3] Lincolnshire Regiment [3] Yorkshire Regiment [3] Army Service Corps [2] Grenadier Guards [2] King's Own Scottish Borderers [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] North Staffordshire Regiment [2] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2] Royal Engineers [2] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [2] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Army Service Corps Motor Transport [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Duke of Wellingtons (West Riding Regiment) [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] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [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] Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) [1] South Staffordshire Regiment [1] Victim of German Bombardment [1]

Service

British Army [155] Royal Navy [31] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [29] Australian Imperial Force [2] Other Empire Force [2] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [55] H [36] W [21] C [17] S [15] M [13] T [11] L [9] R [8] A [7] K [5] D [4] E [4] F [3] G [3] N [3] O [3] J [1] P [1]

Contribution

Military Service [213] Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [13]

Arnold Marshall

Born 1899

Died 1960

British Army 102106 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

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Joe Anderson

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 204474 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) 10th Battalion

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Harry Singleton

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 45028 Private York and Lancaster Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Gamaliel Boothroyd

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 23419 Private Durham Light Infantry 20th Battalion

British Army Durham Light Infantry 20th Battalion

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John Wallace Battye

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 25430 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

British Army Private East Yorkshire Regiment 13th Battalion ( Hull T’others)

British Army 25430 Private East Yorkshire Regiment 12th Battalion

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George Henry Broadbent

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 7515 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 307156 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

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Joshua Marsden Brook

Born 1889

Died 1978

British Army M2227435 Acting Lance Corporal Army Service Corps Motor Transport

British Army M2227435 Private Army Service Corps Motor Transport

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Irvin Barrowclough

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 15210 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 15210 Private Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

British Army 15210 Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) 10th Battalion

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Harold Lodge

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 241083 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 241083 Lance Corporal Duke of Wellingtons (West Riding Regiment) 2/5th Battalion

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Randal Atkinson

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 117807 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Charles Brook

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 27788 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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Harold Lockwood

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 8432 Corporal West Riding Regiment

British Army 8432 Serjeant West Riding Regiment

British Army 8432 Serjeant Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

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Albert Helm

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 12592 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 12592 Private Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

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George William Beaumont

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 3067 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 240553 Private West Riding Regiment

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Fred Turton

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army 32665 Private Durham Light Infantry

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Joshua Brooke

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 21/409 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

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Willie Hinchliffe

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 152570 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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John Hirst

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army 14908 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 14908 Private Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

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Harold Kaye

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 6138 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 301793 Private Durham Light Infantry

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Benjamin Brook

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 6131 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 301786 Private Durham Light Infantry

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