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Ossett, Yorkshire [53]

Ossett, Leeds, Yorkshire [4]

Ossett, Yorkshire, England [4]

Ossett, Wakefield, Yorkshire [3]

Flushdyke, Ossett, Yorkshire [1]

Gowthorpe, Ossett, Yorkshire [1]

Horbury or Ossett, Yorkshire [1]

North Ossett, Yorkshire [1]

Ossett West Yorkshire [1]

Ossett, Dewsbury, Yorkshire [1]

Ossett, West Yorkshire [1]

South Ossett, Ossett, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [10]

Lieutenant [2]

Second Lieutenant [2]

Acting Captain [1]

Captain [1]

Driver [1]

Gunner [1]

Serjeant [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

acting Lieutenant [1]

Unit

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [4]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

West Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire Regiment [1]

Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [1]

Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1]

Manchester Regiment [1]

Relinquished Commission [1]

Royal Field Artillery [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Royal Horse and Royal Field Artillery [1]

Training Reserve [1]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [1]

York and Lancaster Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [27]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [26]

British Army [15]

Last name first letter

H [12]

B [8]

S [8]

M [7]

W [7]

G [4]

T [4]

A [3]

E [3]

C [2]

F [2]

K [2]

N [2]

O [2]

P [2]

D [1]

I [1]

L [1]

R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [65]

Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [4]

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People [72] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Ossett, Yorkshire [53] Ossett, Leeds, Yorkshire [4] Ossett, Yorkshire, England [4] Ossett, Wakefield, Yorkshire [3] Flushdyke, Ossett, Yorkshire [1] Gowthorpe, Ossett, Yorkshire [1] Horbury or Ossett, Yorkshire [1] North Ossett, Yorkshire [1] Ossett West Yorkshire [1] Ossett, Dewsbury, Yorkshire [1] Ossett, West Yorkshire [1] South Ossett, Ossett, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [10] Lieutenant [2] Second Lieutenant [2] Acting Captain [1] Captain [1] Driver [1] Gunner [1] Serjeant [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1] acting Lieutenant [1]

Unit

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [4] Durham Light Infantry [2] West Yorkshire Regiment [2] Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own Yorkshire Regiment [1] Army Service Corps [1] Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire Regiment [1] Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [1] Lancashire Fusiliers [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1] Manchester Regiment [1] Relinquished Commission [1] Royal Field Artillery [1] Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Royal Horse and Royal Field Artillery [1] Training Reserve [1] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [1] York and Lancaster Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [27] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [26] British Army [15]

Last name first letter

H [12] B [8] S [8] M [7] W [7] G [4] T [4] A [3] E [3] C [2] F [2] K [2] N [2] O [2] P [2] D [1] I [1] L [1] R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [65] Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [4]

Herbert Milner

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 294053

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Herbert Harrison

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 175131

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William Holder

Born 1874

Died 1917

Royal Navy M9887

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Willie Ely

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 247457

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Harold Nettleton

Born 1895

Died 1918

Royal Navy J20766

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Kisby Brook

Born 1897

Died 1917

Royal Navy J67874

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Sam William Bedford

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 212666

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Walter William Charlwood

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 294747

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Reginald L Hope

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 321473

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Arthur Oldroyd

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 64807

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Walter Leonard Patterson

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 10259

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George Edward Pickersgill

Born 1879

British Army 5859 Serjeant Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 66341 Serjeant Durham Light Infantry

British Army 4/120 Serjeant Durham Light Infantry

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Joseph Benjamin Wilby

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 282735

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George Mitchell

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 309441

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John William Atkinson

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 6070 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 242421 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 242421 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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William Gawthorpe

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 13143 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 13143 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) 34th Battalion

British Army 25613 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Willie Gladstone Thompson

Born 1898

Royal Navy J67769

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Harry Kemp

Born 1899

Royal Navy J78915

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Thomas Mitchell Ellis

Born 1878

Royal Navy F31548

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Wilfred Jackson White

Born 1899

Royal Navy F45136

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