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Knottingley, Yorkshire, England [62]

Knottingley, Yorkshire [54]

Knottingley, Pontefract, Yorkshire [9]

Knottingley, Yorkshire, England. [9]

Knottingley, Yorkshire, England [7]

Brotherton, Knottingley, Pontefract, Yorkshire [1]

Kellingley, Knottingley, Pontefract, Yorkshire [1]

Kellington, Knottingley, Pontefract, Yorkshire [1]

Knottingley near Pontefract, Yorkshire [1]

Knottingley, Pontefract, Yorkshire, England [1]

Knottingley, nr Pontefract, West Yorkshire [1]

Sutton, Knottingley, Pontefract, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [10]

Corporal [2]

Acting Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Gunner [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sapper [1]

Second Lieutenant [1]

Serjeant [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Wireman 2nd Class [1]

Unit

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [4]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Royal Engineers [2]

West Yorkshire Regiment [2]

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

Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

Army Service Corps [1]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

HMS INDOMITABLE [1]

HMS Monmouth [1]

HMS Princess Royal [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

Labour Corps [1]

Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

Lincolnshire Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

York and Lancaster Regiment [1]

Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [43]

British Army [16]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [12]

Last name first letter

B [17]

C [15]

H [15]

S [14]

A [12]

F [10]

W [10]

D [9]

M [9]

R [7]

P [6]

G [5]

J [5]

L [5]

T [4]

E [3]

O [2]

Contribution

Merchant Navy [77]

Military Service [71]

Country

United Kingdom [4]

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People [148] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Knottingley, Yorkshire, England [62] Knottingley, Yorkshire [54] Knottingley, Pontefract, Yorkshire [9] Knottingley, Yorkshire, England. [9] Knottingley, Yorkshire, England [7] Brotherton, Knottingley, Pontefract, Yorkshire [1] Kellingley, Knottingley, Pontefract, Yorkshire [1] Kellington, Knottingley, Pontefract, Yorkshire [1] Knottingley near Pontefract, Yorkshire [1] Knottingley, Pontefract, Yorkshire, England [1] Knottingley, nr Pontefract, West Yorkshire [1] Sutton, Knottingley, Pontefract, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [10] Corporal [2] Acting Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Gunner [1] Rifleman [1] Sapper [1] Second Lieutenant [1] Serjeant [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Wireman 2nd Class [1]

Unit

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [4] Machine Gun Corps [3] Royal Engineers [2] West Yorkshire Regiment [2] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [2] Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] Army Service Corps [1] Cambridgeshire Regiment [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] HMS INDOMITABLE [1] HMS Monmouth [1] HMS Princess Royal [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] Labour Corps [1] Lancashire Fusiliers [1] Lincolnshire Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1] Royal Garrison Artillery [1] York and Lancaster Regiment [1] Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [43] British Army [16] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [12]

Last name first letter

B [17] C [15] H [15] S [14] A [12] F [10] W [10] D [9] M [9] R [7] P [6] G [5] J [5] L [5] T [4] E [3] O [2]

Contribution

Merchant Navy [77] Military Service [71]

Country

United Kingdom [4]

James Aaron

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 19728 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 19728 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Alan Percy Plowman

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 189143

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George Henry Gibson

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 36581 Acting Corporal Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 36581 Acting Serjeant Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army Second Lieutenant West Yorkshire Regiment

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Charles Reginald Harper Archer

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 2538 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment

British Army 21927 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 21927 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Moses Winterbottom

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 306398

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Bob Walker

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 276585

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Samuel Bugg

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 284859 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Joseph Ashton

Born 1880

Died 1914

Royal Navy 270589 Acting Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class HMS Monmouth

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John Rowbottom

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 304486

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John Mackley

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 6147

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Thomas Mark Hepworth

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 406194

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Frank Hoult

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 2555 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 2555 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 1st/4th Bn

British Army 2555 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 1st/4th Bn.

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Ralph Williams Marsden

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 137766

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Claude Bentley

Born 1896

Died 1970

British Army M2/177003 Private Army Service Corps

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George Aaron Hargrave

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 212810

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John Bradford

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 299651

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Bertie Foster

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 299480

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William Bennett France

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 247817

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William Cawthorn

Born 1877

Died 1964

British Army 122463 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army WR/501127 Corporal Royal Engineers

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John Bagley Senior

Born 1901

Died 1918

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