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Keighley, Yorkshire [458]

Keighley [22]

Keighley England [18]

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]

Ingrow, Keighley [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, Yorks [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]

Silsden, Keighley [1]

St Johns, Keighley, Yorkshire [1]

St Peters, Keighley [1]

Steeton,Keighley,West Yorkshire. [1]

Sutton Keighley [1]

Sutton Mill-in-Craven, Keighley [1]

Sutton in Craven, Keighley, West Yorkshire [1]

Sutton, Keighley, Yorkshire [1]

Wilsden, Keighley, Yorkshire [1]

Worth Keighley, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [58]

Gunner [9]

Ordinary Seaman [8]

Stoker 1st Class [6]

Driver [5]

Captain [4]

Lance Corporal [4]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Deck Hand [3]

Lieutenant [3]

Major [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]

Acting Serjeant [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]

Petty Officer [1]

Private - Clerk [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sapper [1]

Senior Reserve Attendant [1]

Sergeant [1]

Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Temporary Major [1]

Unit

West Riding Regiment [22]

Royal Field Artillery [7]

Royal Garrison Artillery [7]

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [6]

West Yorkshire Regiment [6]

Yorkshire Regiment [5]

Machine Gun Corps [4]

1/6th West Riding Regiment [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Royal Naval Reserve [3]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [3]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [3]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

HMS Lion [2]

HMS NEPTUNE [2]

HMS Vivid I [2]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [2]

Labour Corps [2]

Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Engineers [2]

Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) [2]

South Wales Borderers [2]

Training 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]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1]

Army Pay Corps [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

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

Duke of Wellingtons 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]

Service

Royal Navy [310]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [185]

British Army [83]

Australian Imperial Force [19]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

S [88]

B [81]

H [57]

W [57]

M [46]

C [39]

D [33]

R [28]

P [26]

T [24]

L [23]

G [22]

F [19]

N [14]

A [13]

J [13]

E [10]

K [8]

O [6]

V [3]

I [1]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [588]

Merchant Navy [17]

Country

United Kingdom [33]

India [1]

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Place of birth

Keighley, Yorkshire [458] Keighley [22] Keighley England [18] 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] Ingrow, Keighley [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, Yorks [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] Silsden, Keighley [1] St Johns, Keighley, Yorkshire [1] St Peters, Keighley [1] Steeton,Keighley,West Yorkshire. [1] Sutton Keighley [1] Sutton Mill-in-Craven, Keighley [1] Sutton in Craven, Keighley, West Yorkshire [1] Sutton, Keighley, Yorkshire [1] Wilsden, Keighley, Yorkshire [1] Worth Keighley, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [58] Gunner [9] Ordinary Seaman [8] Stoker 1st Class [6] Driver [5] Captain [4] Lance Corporal [4] Second Lieutenant [4] Deck Hand [3] Lieutenant [3] Major [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] Acting Serjeant [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] Petty Officer [1] Private - Clerk [1] Rifleman [1] Sapper [1] Senior Reserve Attendant [1] Sergeant [1] Stoker Petty Officer [1] Temporary Major [1]

Unit

West Riding Regiment [22] Royal Field Artillery [7] Royal Garrison Artillery [7] Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [6] West Yorkshire Regiment [6] Yorkshire Regiment [5] Machine Gun Corps [4] 1/6th West Riding Regiment [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Royal Naval Reserve [3] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [3] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [3] Durham Light Infantry [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2] HMS Lion [2] HMS NEPTUNE [2] HMS Vivid I [2] King's Own Scottish Borderers [2] Labour Corps [2] Lancashire Fusiliers [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Engineers [2] Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) [2] South Wales Borderers [2] Training 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] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1] Army Pay Corps [1] Army Service Corps [1] Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Crystal Palace Reserves Depot (HMS Victory VI) [1] Duke of Wellingtons 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]

Service

Royal Navy [310] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [185] British Army [83] Australian Imperial Force [19] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

S [88] B [81] H [57] W [57] M [46] C [39] D [33] R [28] P [26] T [24] L [23] G [22] F [19] N [14] A [13] J [13] E [10] K [8] O [6] V [3] I [1] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [588] Merchant Navy [17]

Country

United Kingdom [33] India [1]

George Smith

Born 1896

Died 1958

British Army 7905 Private South Lancashire Regiment

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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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George Frederick Day

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 44973 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 65475 Training Reserve 86th Battalion

British Army 44973 Private Durham Light Infantry durham light infantry 23rd Battalion

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Richard Veevers Lister

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army B/20332 Private Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 26th Battalion

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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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Albert Bailey Sampson

Born 1893

Died 1940

British Army 11174 Acting Serjeant Army Pay Corps

British Army 39120 Private West Yorkshire Regiment Army Reserve class 'B'

British Army 11174 Private - Clerk Army Pay Corps

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Cyril Hugh Jowett

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 202570 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

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William Mason

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army 3/10908 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 3/10908 Private Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

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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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P Stott

Died 1915

British Army 13740 Private West Riding Regiment 10th. Battalion

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George Albert Dumbleton

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 266775 Private West Riding Regiment

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Alfred Lewis Slater

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 40401 South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 28583 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers kings own scottish borderers 1st Battalion

British Army

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Harry Sawley

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army T4/253639 Driver Army Service Corps

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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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George Frederick Woollard

Born 1896

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

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Harry Wood

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 41402 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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