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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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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]

Seth Coldwell

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 2414351 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 4711 241435 Private West Riding Regiment 1/5th Duke of Wellingtons Battalion

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John Marsden

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army 19158 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 19158 Private Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

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Benjamin Senior

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 77454 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Sam Hinchliffe

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 2215 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 305638 Private West Riding Regiment

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Percy Booth

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 2816 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 2816 Private Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

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Willie Armitage

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army C/7912 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Herbert Charlesworth

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 8049 Private Army Cyclist Corps

British Army 3963 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army 104496 Second Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps

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Turner Thorpe

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 24793 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 1036 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 24793 Private Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

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Fred Beardsell

Born 1897

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 1469

Australian Imperial Force 1469 Private 35 Battalion

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Ben Cartwright

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 4/5328 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 202166 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 1/4th Battalion (terr

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Harold Heeley

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 19329 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 19329 Private West Riding Regiment 10th Battalion

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Irving Mellor

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 20125 Private West Riding Regiment

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James Arthur Heap

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 241715 Private West Riding Regiment

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Leonard Buckley

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 14231 Private West Riding Regiment

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Harold Naylor

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 3542 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 3547 Private West Riding Regiment 5th Duke of Wellington

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Lewis Coldwell

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 20191 Private West Riding Regiment

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Joseph Tedbar Wimpenny

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 21439 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

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Fred O'melia

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 2939 Private West Riding Regiment

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Joseph Walker Wood

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army 299 Private West Riding Regiment

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Thomas Rodger Booth

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 24863 Private West Riding Regiment

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