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Morley, Yorkshire [143]

Morley, West Yorkshire [59]

Morley, Leeds, Yorkshire [30]

Morley [9]

Morley England [2]

Morley St Peter, Norfolk [2]

Morley, Derbyshire [2]

Morley, Leeds [2]

34 Morley Place, Plymouth [1]

7 Alfred Terrace, Morley, Nr Leeds [1]

Brean Down, Morley [1]

Churwell, Morley, Yorkshire [1]

Gildersome, Morley, Yorkshire [1]

Morley Yorkshire [1]

Morley Dewsbury, Yorkshire [1]

Morley Leeds [1]

Morley Saint Botolph Wymondham, Norfolk [1]

Morley St Botolph with St Peter [1]

Morley Western Australia [1]

Morley Yorkshire [1]

Morley near Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Morley, Devon [1]

Morley, Dewsbury, Yorkshire [1]

Morley, Durham [1]

Morley, Norfolk [1]

Morley, Saint Botolph, Wymondham [1]

Morley, Salford [1]

Morley, Staffordshire [1]

Morley, West Yorkshire. [1]

Morley, Yorkshire, England [1]

Morley,Yorkshire [1]

St Johns, Morley, Yorkshire [1]

Swanton Morley Norfolk [1]

Swanton Morley, Norfolk [1]

Town End, Morley, Yorkshire [1]

Woodkirk, Morley, Yorkshire [1]

swanton morley,norfolk [1]

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Private [76]

Lance Corporal [8]

Serjeant [7]

Corporal [6]

Gunner [5]

Captain [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Driver [3]

Rifleman [3]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Pioneer [2]

Sapper [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

AC2 Driver [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy [1]

Clerk 3rd Class [1]

Leading Deck Hand [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Leading Telegraphist [1]

Major [1]

Munitions Worker [1]

Ordinary Signalman [1]

Signal Boy [1]

Unit

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [20]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [16]

West Yorkshire Regiment [14]

Royal Engineers [6]

Royal Field Artillery [6]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [6]

Yorkshire Regiment [5]

Northumberland Fusiliers [4]

York and Lancaster Regiment [4]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [3]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [3]

East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Highland Light Infantry [2]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Labour Corps [2]

Leicestershire Regiment [2]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2]

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

Royal Horse Artillery [2]

Scottish Rifles [2]

11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars [1]

11th Hussars [1]

1st Royal Munster Fusiliers [1]

209th Training Depot School [1]

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

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Attached West Riding Regiment [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

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

HMS Contest [1]

HMS Good Hope [1]

HMS INDEFATIGABLE [1]

HMS LION [1]

HMS Morning Star [1]

HMS WARSPITE [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (KOYLI) [1]

Lincolnshire Regiment [1]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1]

Machine Gun Corps, Durham Light Infantry [1]

Manchester Regiment [1]

Ministry of Munitions - Barnbow [1]

Service

Royal Navy [106]

British Army [103]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [62]

Australian Imperial Force [4]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [37]

H [36]

S [33]

C [27]

W [19]

T [17]

M [15]

A [14]

R [14]

F [13]

D [10]

L [10]

G [8]

N [8]

E [5]

P [4]

J [3]

K [3]

I [1]

O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [273]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [73]

Canada [2]

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People [278] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Morley, Yorkshire [143] Morley, West Yorkshire [59] Morley, Leeds, Yorkshire [30] Morley [9] Morley England [2] Morley St Peter, Norfolk [2] Morley, Derbyshire [2] Morley, Leeds [2] 34 Morley Place, Plymouth [1] 7 Alfred Terrace, Morley, Nr Leeds [1] Brean Down, Morley [1] Churwell, Morley, Yorkshire [1] Gildersome, Morley, Yorkshire [1] Morley Yorkshire [1] Morley Dewsbury, Yorkshire [1] Morley Leeds [1] Morley Saint Botolph Wymondham, Norfolk [1] Morley St Botolph with St Peter [1] Morley Western Australia [1] Morley Yorkshire [1] Morley near Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Morley, Devon [1] Morley, Dewsbury, Yorkshire [1] Morley, Durham [1] Morley, Norfolk [1] Morley, Saint Botolph, Wymondham [1] Morley, Salford [1] Morley, Staffordshire [1] Morley, West Yorkshire. [1] Morley, Yorkshire, England [1] Morley,Yorkshire [1] St Johns, Morley, Yorkshire [1] Swanton Morley Norfolk [1] Swanton Morley, Norfolk [1] Town End, Morley, Yorkshire [1] Woodkirk, Morley, Yorkshire [1] swanton morley,norfolk [1]

Rank

Private [76] Lance Corporal [8] Serjeant [7] Corporal [6] Gunner [5] Captain [4] Able Seaman [3] Driver [3] Rifleman [3] Second Lieutenant [3] Lance Serjeant [2] Lieutenant [2] Pioneer [2] Sapper [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] AC2 Driver [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Bombardier [1] Boy [1] Clerk 3rd Class [1] Leading Deck Hand [1] Leading Seaman [1] Leading Telegraphist [1] Major [1] Munitions Worker [1] Ordinary Signalman [1] Signal Boy [1]

Unit

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [20] Yorkshire Light Infantry [16] West Yorkshire Regiment [14] Royal Engineers [6] Royal Field Artillery [6] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [6] Yorkshire Regiment [5] Northumberland Fusiliers [4] York and Lancaster Regiment [4] Machine Gun Corps [3] Royal Scots Fusiliers [3] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [3] East Yorkshire Regiment [2] Highland Light Infantry [2] King's Own Scottish Borderers [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Labour Corps [2] Leicestershire Regiment [2] Liverpool Regiment [2] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2] Prince Of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) [2] Royal Horse Artillery [2] Scottish Rifles [2] 11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars [1] 11th Hussars [1] 1st Royal Munster Fusiliers [1] 209th Training Depot School [1] 75 (HD) Squadron, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Army Service Corps [1] Attached West Riding Regiment [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] H.M.S. "Russell." [1] HMS Contest [1] HMS Good Hope [1] HMS INDEFATIGABLE [1] HMS LION [1] HMS Morning Star [1] HMS WARSPITE [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (KOYLI) [1] Lincolnshire Regiment [1] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1] Machine Gun Corps, Durham Light Infantry [1] Manchester Regiment [1] Ministry of Munitions - Barnbow [1]

Service

Royal Navy [106] British Army [103] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [62] Australian Imperial Force [4] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [37] H [36] S [33] C [27] W [19] T [17] M [15] A [14] R [14] F [13] D [10] L [10] G [8] N [8] E [5] P [4] J [3] K [3] I [1] O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [273] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [73] Canada [2]

Maurice Crossley

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 54014 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 54014 Rifleman West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Walter Metcalfe

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 15/642 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 15/642 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Horace Stakes

Born 1889

Died 1976

British Army 47545 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Harold Carr

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army 66232 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 16551 Private Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (KOYLI) 7th Battalion

British Army 16551 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Frederick Arthur Birds

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 99 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 165332 Gunner Royal Field Artillery "D" Battery

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James Castle

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 66 Private Yorkshire Regiment 4th Battalion

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Samuel Buttrey Birds

Born 1871

Died 1960

Canadian Expeditionary Force Lieutenant

Canadian Expeditionary Force Captain

Canadian Expeditionary Force Major

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Benjamin Sedgwick Baines

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 23018 Private Cheshire Regiment

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George Robert Moody

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 10758 Private Scottish Rifles 2nd Battalion attached 179th Tunnelling Company Royal Engineers

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Joseph Turnbull

Died 1915

British Army 3/826 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 3/826 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry 2nd Bn

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Charles William Foster

Born 1902

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 82905 Boy Royal Air Force

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Arnold Barron

Born 1898

British Army 41074 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 15250 Private Royal Munster Fusiliers

British Army 15250 Private 1st Royal Munster Fusiliers

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Fred Carr

Born 1892

Died 1966

British Army 33054 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 616418 Private Royal Engineers

British Army 30534 Private West Yorkshire Regiment 3

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Walter Pope Scott

Born 1885

Died 1917

Royal Navy 217712 Leading Seaman HMS Contest

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Donald James Watson

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 358110 Private Liverpool Regiment

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Albert Waring

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 245459 Private Manchester Regiment

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Joseph Horace Saville

Born 1878

Died 1918

British Army 34308 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Albert Gregson

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army 6112 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 242927 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Herbert Hardy

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 45058 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Joseph Arthur Redit

Born 1885

Died 1959

British Army 43658 Driver Royal Horse Artillery

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