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Leeds, Yorkshire [4567]

Hunslet, Leeds, Yorkshire [205]

Holbeck, Leeds, Yorkshire [112]

Armley, Leeds, Yorkshire [86]

Burley, Leeds, Yorkshire [64]

Woodhouse, Leeds, Yorkshire [52]

Bramley, Leeds, Yorkshire [46]

Wortley, Leeds, Yorkshire [34]

Leeds Yorkshire [32]

Pudsey, Leeds, Yorkshire [31]

Morley, Leeds, Yorkshire [30]

New Wortley, Leeds, Yorkshire [29]

Leeds, West Yorkshire [28]

Horsforth, Leeds, Yorkshire [21]

Kirkstall, Leeds, Yorkshire [20]

Leeds, Yorkshire, England [20]

Yeadon, Leeds, Yorkshire [19]

Chapeltown, Leeds, Yorkshire [18]

Meanwood, Leeds, Yorkshire [14]

Harehills, Leeds, Yorkshire [13]

Otley, Leeds, Yorkshire [13]

Batley, Leeds, Yorkshire [12]

Beeston, Leeds, Yorkshire [12]

Headingley, Leeds, Yorkshire [12]

Roundhay, Leeds, Yorkshire [12]

Rawdon, Leeds, Yorkshire [11]

Hunslet Leeds, Yorkshire [10]

Leeds,Yorkshire [10]

Rothwell, Leeds, Yorkshire [10]

St Johns, Leeds, Yorkshire [10]

Stanningley, Leeds, Yorkshire [10]

West Leeds, Yorkshire [10]

Birstall, Leeds, Yorkshire [9]

Seacroft, Leeds, Yorkshire [9]

Chapel Allerton, Leeds, Yorkshire [8]

Farnley, Leeds, Yorkshire [8]

Farsley, Leeds, Yorkshire [8]

Leeds,Yorkshire. [8]

Burmantofts, Leeds, Yorkshire [7]

Garforth, Leeds, Yorkshire [7]

Buslingthorpe, Leeds, Yorkshire [6]

Dewsbury, Leeds, Yorkshire [6]

East Leeds, Yorkshire [6]

Halton, Leeds, Yorkshire [6]

Armley Leeds, Yorkshire [5]

Calverley, Leeds, Yorkshire [5]

Gildersome, Leeds, Yorkshire [5]

Guiseley, Leeds, Yorkshire [5]

Rodley, Leeds, Yorkshire [5]

St Hilda's, Leeds, Yorkshire [5]

Rank

Private [271]

Able Seaman [71]

Stoker 1st Class [59]

Ordinary Seaman [55]

Corporal [31]

Lance Corporal [31]

Deck Hand [25]

Boy 1st Class [24]

Gunner [23]

Serjeant [20]

Lieutenant [19]

Second Lieutenant [18]

Rifleman [15]

Captain [14]

Stoker 2nd Class [13]

Driver [9]

Munitions Worker [8]

Sapper [8]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [7]

Leading Seaman [7]

Boy 2nd Class [6]

Boy Telegraphist [6]

Wireman 2nd Class [6]

Leading Stoker [5]

Armourer's Crew [4]

Cook's Mate [4]

Major [4]

Sergeant [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3]

Airman [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [3]

Officer's Steward 3rd Class [3]

Pioneer [3]

Stoker Petty Officer [3]

Acting Captain [2]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [2]

Aircraftman 1st Class [2]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [2]

Armourer's Mate [2]

Armourer’s Crew [2]

Bombardier [2]

Boy Artificer [2]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [2]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Corporal Mechanic [2]

Drummer [2]

Unit

West Yorkshire Regiment [79]

Royal Naval Reserve [30]

Royal Field Artillery [26]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [26]

HMS MALAYA [21]

Labour Corps [21]

HMS CANADA [18]

Canadian Infantry [16]

Northumberland Fusiliers [16]

Royal Air Force [16]

Royal Engineers [16]

Yorkshire Regiment [15]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [14]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [14]

Army Service Corps [13]

HMS INVINCIBLE [13]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [13]

HMS IRON DUKE [11]

London Regiment [11]

HMS Victory I [10]

West Riding Regiment [10]

York and Lancaster Regiment [10]

HMS Good Hope [9]

Lancashire Fusiliers [9]

Royal Flying Corps [9]

South Wales Borderers [9]

HMS Agincourt [8]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [8]

Machine Gun Corps [8]

Royal Army Medical Corps [8]

Cheshire Regiment [7]

Durham Light Infantry [7]

Royal Garrison Artillery [7]

HMS BULWARK [6]

HMS NEPTUNE [6]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [6]

Manchester Regiment [6]

Royal Naval Air Service [6]

HMS Fearless [5]

HMS Princess Royal [5]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [5]

Royal Defence Corps [5]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5]

The Prince of Wales’ Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) [5]

Training Reserve [5]

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [4]

HMS Ajax [4]

HMS BELLEROPHON [4]

HMS BROKE [4]

HMS Hampshire [4]

Service

Royal Navy [3256]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2281]

British Army [380]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [29]

Other Empire Force [15]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

Indian Army [2]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [707]

S [618]

W [594]

H [586]

C [410]

M [393]

R [308]

L [287]

T [271]

G [260]

P [257]

D [246]

F [202]

J [162]

A [156]

K [118]

N [116]

E [102]

I [51]

O [49]

V [32]

Y [22]

U [6]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [5893]

Merchant Navy [18]

Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [234]

Canada [8]

India [3]

Egypt [1]

France [1]

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Place of birth

Leeds, Yorkshire [4567] Hunslet, Leeds, Yorkshire [205] Holbeck, Leeds, Yorkshire [112] Armley, Leeds, Yorkshire [86] Burley, Leeds, Yorkshire [64] Woodhouse, Leeds, Yorkshire [52] Bramley, Leeds, Yorkshire [46] Wortley, Leeds, Yorkshire [34] Leeds Yorkshire [32] Pudsey, Leeds, Yorkshire [31] Morley, Leeds, Yorkshire [30] New Wortley, Leeds, Yorkshire [29] Leeds, West Yorkshire [28] Horsforth, Leeds, Yorkshire [21] Kirkstall, Leeds, Yorkshire [20] Leeds, Yorkshire, England [20] Yeadon, Leeds, Yorkshire [19] Chapeltown, Leeds, Yorkshire [18] Meanwood, Leeds, Yorkshire [14] Harehills, Leeds, Yorkshire [13] Otley, Leeds, Yorkshire [13] Batley, Leeds, Yorkshire [12] Beeston, Leeds, Yorkshire [12] Headingley, Leeds, Yorkshire [12] Roundhay, Leeds, Yorkshire [12] Rawdon, Leeds, Yorkshire [11] Hunslet Leeds, Yorkshire [10] Leeds,Yorkshire [10] Rothwell, Leeds, Yorkshire [10] St Johns, Leeds, Yorkshire [10] Stanningley, Leeds, Yorkshire [10] West Leeds, Yorkshire [10] Birstall, Leeds, Yorkshire [9] Seacroft, Leeds, Yorkshire [9] Chapel Allerton, Leeds, Yorkshire [8] Farnley, Leeds, Yorkshire [8] Farsley, Leeds, Yorkshire [8] Leeds,Yorkshire. [8] Burmantofts, Leeds, Yorkshire [7] Garforth, Leeds, Yorkshire [7] Buslingthorpe, Leeds, Yorkshire [6] Dewsbury, Leeds, Yorkshire [6] East Leeds, Yorkshire [6] Halton, Leeds, Yorkshire [6] Armley Leeds, Yorkshire [5] Calverley, Leeds, Yorkshire [5] Gildersome, Leeds, Yorkshire [5] Guiseley, Leeds, Yorkshire [5] Rodley, Leeds, Yorkshire [5] St Hilda's, Leeds, Yorkshire [5]

Rank

Private [271] Able Seaman [71] Stoker 1st Class [59] Ordinary Seaman [55] Corporal [31] Lance Corporal [31] Deck Hand [25] Boy 1st Class [24] Gunner [23] Serjeant [20] Lieutenant [19] Second Lieutenant [18] Rifleman [15] Captain [14] Stoker 2nd Class [13] Driver [9] Munitions Worker [8] Sapper [8] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [7] Leading Seaman [7] Boy 2nd Class [6] Boy Telegraphist [6] Wireman 2nd Class [6] Leading Stoker [5] Armourer's Crew [4] Cook's Mate [4] Major [4] Sergeant [4] Acting Corporal [3] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3] Airman [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [3] Officer's Steward 3rd Class [3] Pioneer [3] Stoker Petty Officer [3] Acting Captain [2] Air Mechanic 1st Class [2] Aircraftman 1st Class [2] Aircraftman 2nd Class [2] Armourer's Mate [2] Armourer’s Crew [2] Bombardier [2] Boy Artificer [2] Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [2] Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Corporal Mechanic [2] Drummer [2]

Unit

West Yorkshire Regiment [79] Royal Naval Reserve [30] Royal Field Artillery [26] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [26] HMS MALAYA [21] Labour Corps [21] HMS CANADA [18] Canadian Infantry [16] Northumberland Fusiliers [16] Royal Air Force [16] Royal Engineers [16] Yorkshire Regiment [15] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [14] Yorkshire Light Infantry [14] Army Service Corps [13] HMS INVINCIBLE [13] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [13] HMS IRON DUKE [11] London Regiment [11] HMS Victory I [10] West Riding Regiment [10] York and Lancaster Regiment [10] HMS Good Hope [9] Lancashire Fusiliers [9] Royal Flying Corps [9] South Wales Borderers [9] HMS Agincourt [8] HMS BLACK PRINCE [8] Machine Gun Corps [8] Royal Army Medical Corps [8] Cheshire Regiment [7] Durham Light Infantry [7] Royal Garrison Artillery [7] HMS BULWARK [6] HMS NEPTUNE [6] King's Royal Rifle Corps [6] Manchester Regiment [6] Royal Naval Air Service [6] HMS Fearless [5] HMS Princess Royal [5] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [5] Royal Defence Corps [5] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5] The Prince of Wales’ Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) [5] Training Reserve [5] Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [4] HMS Ajax [4] HMS BELLEROPHON [4] HMS BROKE [4] HMS Hampshire [4]

Service

Royal Navy [3256] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2281] British Army [380] Canadian Expeditionary Force [29] Other Empire Force [15] Australian Imperial Force [2] Indian Army [2] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [707] S [618] W [594] H [586] C [410] M [393] R [308] L [287] T [271] G [260] P [257] D [246] F [202] J [162] A [156] K [118] N [116] E [102] I [51] O [49] V [32] Y [22] U [6] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [5893] Merchant Navy [18] Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [234] Canada [8] India [3] Egypt [1] France [1]

Charles Leonard Brooks

Born 1899

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Frederick Bramham

Born 1875

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John Bennett

Born 1879

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Mary Sedgwick

Born 1899

British Army Women's Army Auxiliary Corps

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Herbert Reginald Farries Scupham

Born 1899

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George William Horton

Born 1890

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Tom Johnson

Born 1899

Royal Navy J32278 Boy 1st Class HMS Vanguard

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Sydney Akeroyd

Born 1897

Royal Navy 3286 Midshipman (Temporary) Royal Naval Reserve

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William Ewart Roberts

Born 1891

Royal Navy J48270 Ordinary Seaman HMS CANADA

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William Whitear

Born 1898

Royal Navy J32327 Oridnary Seaman HMS Ajax

Royal Navy J32327 Boy 1st Class HMS Ajax

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Frank Littlewood

Born 1891

Royal Navy J46366 Ordinary Seaman HMS MALAYA

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Fred Woodhead

Born 1888

Royal Navy J46372 Ordinary Seaman HMS MALAYA

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Edward Booth

Born 1898

Royal Navy J68494

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Fred Sharp

Born 1882

Died 1957

British Army 50309 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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