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Keighley, Yorkshire [458]

Keighley, Yorkshire, England [18]

Keighley, Bradford, Yorkshire [8]

Oakworth, Keighley, Yorkshire [8]

Silsden, Keighley, Yorkshire [7]

Keighley, West Yorkshire [6]

Steeton, Keighley, Yorkshire [6]

Bingley, Keighley, Yorkshire [5]

Haworth, Keighley, Yorkshire [5]

Ingrow, Keighley, Yorkshire [3]

Keighley,Yorkshire. [3]

Cross Hill, Keighley, Yorkshire [2]

Denholme, Keighley, Yorkshire [2]

Keighley Yorkshire [2]

Keighley, Yorkshire West Riding [2]

Keighley,West Yorkshire. [2]

Kildwick, Keighley, Yorkshire [2]

Bradley, Keighley, Yorkshire [1]

Cowling, Keighley, Yorkshire [1]

Eastwood, Keighley, Yorkshire [1]

Haworth near Keighley, Yorkshire [1]

Haworth,Keighley,West Yorkshire. [1]

Keighley, Yorkshire [1]

Keighley, Halifax, Yorkshire [1]

Keighley, Kildwick, Yorkshire [1]

Keighley, Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Keighley, Oxenhope, Yorkshire [1]

Keighley, West Riding, Yorkshire [1]

Keighley, Yorkshire England [1]

Keighley. Yorkshire. England. [1]

Mickley, Keighley, Yorkshire [1]

Oakworth near Keighley, Yorkshire [1]

Oxenhope, Keighley, Yorkshire [1]

Shipley, Keighley, Yorkshire [1]

Silsden Keighley, Yorkshire [1]

Silsden near Keighley, Yorkshire [1]

St Johns, Keighley, Yorkshire [1]

Steeton,Keighley,West Yorkshire. [1]

Sutton in Craven, Keighley, West Yorkshire [1]

Sutton, Keighley, Yorkshire [1]

Wilsden, Keighley, Yorkshire [1]

Worth Keighley, Yorkshire [1]

York, Keighley, Yorkshire [1]

keighley Yorkshire. [1]

Rank

Private [35]

Gunner [8]

Ordinary Seaman [8]

Stoker 1st Class [6]

Captain [4]

Driver [4]

Lance Corporal [4]

Deck Hand [3]

Lieutenant [3]

Major [3]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Serjeant [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [2]

Bombardier [2]

AC2 Fitter Aero Engines [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Captain and Adjutant [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Corporal [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Ordinary Seaman RNVR [1]

Sapper [1]

Senior Reserve Attendant [1]

Sergeant [1]

Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Temporary Major [1]

Unit

West Riding Regiment [14]

Royal Field Artillery [7]

Royal Garrison Artillery [6]

West Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Yorkshire Regiment [4]

1/6th West Riding Regiment [3]

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Royal Naval Reserve [3]

HMS Lion [2]

HMS NEPTUNE [2]

HMS Vivid I [2]

Labour Corps [2]

Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Engineers [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2]

York and Lancaster Regiment [2]

13th Battalion, Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) [1]

2nd West Riding Regiment [1]

3rd Royal Scots [1]

6th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment (Territorial Force) [1]

75 (HD) Squadron, Royal Air Force [1]

9th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's West Riding Regiment [1]

Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1]

Crystal Palace Reserves Depot (HMS Victory VI) [1]

Duke of Wellingtons Regiment [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

H.M.S. "Resolution" [1]

H.M.S. "Sandhurst." [1]

H.M.S. "Tristram." [1]

HMS Agincourt [1]

HMS BELLEROPHON [1]

HMS CANADA [1]

HMS Falcon [1]

HMS Falmouth [1]

HMS Hindustan [1]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [1]

HMS Indefatigable [1]

HMS OPAL [1]

HMS Queen Mary [1]

HMS Superb [1]

HMS Vindictive [1]

HMS White Oak [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [1]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

Service

Royal Navy [309]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [184]

British Army [57]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [78]

S [75]

H [53]

W [51]

M [41]

C [35]

D [31]

R [27]

P [26]

T [24]

L [21]

G [20]

F [17]

N [14]

A [13]

J [11]

E [10]

K [8]

O [6]

V [3]

I [1]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [544]

Merchant Navy [17]

Country

United Kingdom [25]

India [1]

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Place of birth

Keighley, Yorkshire [458] Keighley, Yorkshire, England [18] Keighley, Bradford, Yorkshire [8] Oakworth, Keighley, Yorkshire [8] Silsden, Keighley, Yorkshire [7] Keighley, West Yorkshire [6] Steeton, Keighley, Yorkshire [6] Bingley, Keighley, Yorkshire [5] Haworth, Keighley, Yorkshire [5] Ingrow, Keighley, Yorkshire [3] Keighley,Yorkshire. [3] Cross Hill, Keighley, Yorkshire [2] Denholme, Keighley, Yorkshire [2] Keighley Yorkshire [2] Keighley, Yorkshire West Riding [2] Keighley,West Yorkshire. [2] Kildwick, Keighley, Yorkshire [2] Bradley, Keighley, Yorkshire [1] Cowling, Keighley, Yorkshire [1] Eastwood, Keighley, Yorkshire [1] Haworth near Keighley, Yorkshire [1] Haworth,Keighley,West Yorkshire. [1] Keighley, Yorkshire [1] Keighley, Halifax, Yorkshire [1] Keighley, Kildwick, Yorkshire [1] Keighley, Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Keighley, Oxenhope, Yorkshire [1] Keighley, West Riding, Yorkshire [1] Keighley, Yorkshire England [1] Keighley. Yorkshire. England. [1] Mickley, Keighley, Yorkshire [1] Oakworth near Keighley, Yorkshire [1] Oxenhope, Keighley, Yorkshire [1] Shipley, Keighley, Yorkshire [1] Silsden Keighley, Yorkshire [1] Silsden near Keighley, Yorkshire [1] St Johns, Keighley, Yorkshire [1] Steeton,Keighley,West Yorkshire. [1] Sutton in Craven, Keighley, West Yorkshire [1] Sutton, Keighley, Yorkshire [1] Wilsden, Keighley, Yorkshire [1] Worth Keighley, Yorkshire [1] York, Keighley, Yorkshire [1] keighley Yorkshire. [1]

Rank

Private [35] Gunner [8] Ordinary Seaman [8] Stoker 1st Class [6] Captain [4] Driver [4] Lance Corporal [4] Deck Hand [3] Lieutenant [3] Major [3] Second Lieutenant [3] Serjeant [3] Able Seaman [2] Air Mechanic 1st Class [2] Bombardier [2] AC2 Fitter Aero Engines [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Captain and Adjutant [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Corporal [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1] Leading Seaman [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Ordinary Seaman RNVR [1] Sapper [1] Senior Reserve Attendant [1] Sergeant [1] Stoker Petty Officer [1] Temporary Major [1]

Unit

West Riding Regiment [14] Royal Field Artillery [7] Royal Garrison Artillery [6] West Yorkshire Regiment [4] Yorkshire Regiment [4] 1/6th West Riding Regiment [3] Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Royal Naval Reserve [3] HMS Lion [2] HMS NEPTUNE [2] HMS Vivid I [2] Labour Corps [2] Lancashire Fusiliers [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Engineers [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2] York and Lancaster Regiment [2] 13th Battalion, Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) [1] 2nd West Riding Regiment [1] 3rd Royal Scots [1] 6th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment (Territorial Force) [1] 75 (HD) Squadron, Royal Air Force [1] 9th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's West Riding Regiment [1] Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1] Crystal Palace Reserves Depot (HMS Victory VI) [1] Duke of Wellingtons Regiment [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] H.M.S. "Resolution" [1] H.M.S. "Sandhurst." [1] H.M.S. "Tristram." [1] HMS Agincourt [1] HMS BELLEROPHON [1] HMS CANADA [1] HMS Falcon [1] HMS Falmouth [1] HMS Hindustan [1] HMS INFLEXIBLE [1] HMS Indefatigable [1] HMS OPAL [1] HMS Queen Mary [1] HMS Superb [1] HMS Vindictive [1] HMS White Oak [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] King's Own Scottish Borderers [1] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

Service

Royal Navy [309] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [184] British Army [57] Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [78] S [75] H [53] W [51] M [41] C [35] D [31] R [27] P [26] T [24] L [21] G [20] F [17] N [14] A [13] J [11] E [10] K [8] O [6] V [3] I [1] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [544] Merchant Navy [17]

Country

United Kingdom [25] India [1]

Joshua H Ratlidge

Died 1917

British Army 44291 Gunner Royal Horse Artillery

British Army 44291 Serjeant Royal Horse Artillery 2nd/1st (Berkshire) Battery

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Robert Clough

Born 1874

British Army Second Lieutenant West Yorkshire Regiment 2nd Volunteer Battalion

British Army Captain West Yorkshire Regiment 2nd Volunteer Battalion

British Army Lieutenant West Yorkshire Regiment 2nd Volunteer Battalion

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John Thomas Wade

Born 1880

Died 1939

British Army 7069 Lance Corporal King's Own Scottish Borderers

British Army 7069 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers

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Albert Vernon Harcourt Smith

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 12748 Lance Corporal East Lancashire Regiment 7th Battalion

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John William Conway

Born 1880

Died 1915

British Army 5120 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 5120 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 1st Battalion

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Herbert Dickinson

Born 1879

Died 1914

British Army 6396 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Gilbert Hardy Midgley

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 72696 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery No 4 Depot

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Charles Watson

Born 1896

Died 1960

British Army 35088 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 35088 Private Yorkshire Regiment 25 Battalion

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John William Smith

Died 1917

British Army 63245 Driver Royal Field Artillery "D" Battery

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Joseph Briggs

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army 32089 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 32089 Private Manchester Regiment 12th Bn

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Wilfred Sutcliffe

Born 1895

Died 1915

Royal Navy 1209 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal

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Arthur John Clement

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 11/17869 Private West Riding Regiment 11th Battalion

British Army 5/6051 Private West Riding Regiment 5th Battalion

British Army 6051 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 10th Battalion

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Sam Hattersley Clough

Born 1893

Died 1974

British Army Second Lieutenant 1/6th West Riding Regiment

British Army Captain 1/6th West Riding Regiment

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Ernest Watson

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 28932 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 28932 Private Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

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Charles Ernest Freeman

Born 1899

Died 1938

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 282073

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Charles Summerscales

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 406850

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Edward Robinson

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 8028

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William Pickles

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 289854

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George Reynold Whipp

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 281445

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William Holmes

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 105930

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