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Pontefract, Yorkshire [293]

Pontefract, Yorkshire, England [11]

Knottingley, Pontefract, Yorkshire [9]

Castleford, Pontefract, Yorkshire [8]

Featherstone, Pontefract, Yorkshire [3]

Ferrybridge, Pontefract, Yorkshire [2]

Kellingley, Pontefract, Yorkshire [2]

Pontefract Yorkshire [2]

Pontefract, West Yorkshire [2]

Ackworth near Pontefract, Yorkshire [1]

Ackworth nr pontefract,Yorkshire [1]

Ackworth, Pontefract, Yorkshire [1]

Brotherton, Knottingley, Pontefract, Yorkshire [1]

Castleford Pontefract, Yorkshire [1]

Ferrybridge near Pontefract, Yorkshire [1]

Hemsworth Pontefract, Yorkshire [1]

Hemsworth, Pontefract, Yorkshire [1]

Kellingley, Knottingley, Pontefract, Yorkshire [1]

Kellington, Knottingley, Pontefract, Yorkshire [1]

Kellington, Pontefract, Yorkshire [1]

Knottingley near Pontefract, Yorkshire [1]

Knottingley, Pontefract, Yorkshire, England [1]

Knottingley, nr Pontefract, West Yorkshire [1]

Ledsham, Pontefract, Yorkshire [1]

Market Place, Pontefract, Yorkshire [1]

Methley, Pontefract, Yorkshire [1]

Monk Fryston, Pontefract, Yorkshire [1]

Monk Fryston,Pontefract,Yorkshire. [1]

Pontefract Yorkshire [1]

Pontefract Yorkshire England [1]

Pontefract district, Yorkshire [1]

Pontefract, Yorkshire, England [1]

Pontefract, Castleford, Yorkshire [1]

South Elmsall, Pontefract, Yorkshire [1]

South Milford, Pontefract, Yorkshire [1]

Streethouse, Pontefract, Yorkshire [1]

Sutton, Knottingley, Pontefract, Yorkshire [1]

Tanshelf Pontefract, Yorkshire [1]

Upton, Hemsworth, Pontefract, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [32]

Rifleman [6]

Corporal [4]

Munitions Worker [4]

Ordinary Seaman [4]

Lance Corporal [3]

Lieutenant [3]

Sapper [3]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Captain [2]

Ordinary Telegraphist [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Wireman 2nd Class [2]

Acting Corporal [1]

Armourer's Crew [1]

Carpenter's Crew [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Driver [1]

Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Guardsman [1]

Gunner [1]

Lance-Corporal [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major [1]

Major/ Brevet CSI [1]

Private Lance Corporal [1]

Serjeant [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Yeoman of Signals [1]

Unit

York and Lancaster Regiment [6]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [5]

Royal Engineers [5]

Machine Gun Corps [4]

West Yorkshire Regiment [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Labour Corps [3]

London Regiment [3]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [3]

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [2]

East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

HMS BELLEROPHON [2]

HMS CANADA [2]

HMS MALAYA [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [2]

Ministry of Munitions [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

3rd Hussars [1]

5th West Riding Regiment [1]

7th Hussars [1]

Army Service Corps Motor Transport [1]

Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corps [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [1]

HMS Calliope [1]

HMS Caroline [1]

HMS Collingwood [1]

HMS INVINCIBLE [1]

HMS NEPTUNE [1]

HMS Nonsuch [1]

HMS OAK [1]

HMS Queen Mary [1]

HMS ROYALIST [1]

Indian Army [1]

Leicestershire Regiment [1]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

Middlesex Yeomanry [1]

Ministry of Munitions - Barnbow [1]

Norfolk Regiment [1]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1]

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

Reserve of Officers/ Yeomanry [1]

Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Defence Corps [1]

Service

Royal Navy [217]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [81]

British Army [49]

Other Empire Force [4]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

W [46]

B [45]

S [35]

H [32]

M [24]

G [20]

C [19]

T [18]

F [17]

R [17]

D [16]

P [15]

E [11]

A [10]

L [10]

K [7]

J [5]

N [4]

O [3]

Q [3]

I [2]

V [2]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [348]

Merchant Navy [10]

Country

United Kingdom [32]

Bermuda [1]

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Place of birth

Pontefract, Yorkshire [293] Pontefract, Yorkshire, England [11] Knottingley, Pontefract, Yorkshire [9] Castleford, Pontefract, Yorkshire [8] Featherstone, Pontefract, Yorkshire [3] Ferrybridge, Pontefract, Yorkshire [2] Kellingley, Pontefract, Yorkshire [2] Pontefract Yorkshire [2] Pontefract, West Yorkshire [2] Ackworth near Pontefract, Yorkshire [1] Ackworth nr pontefract,Yorkshire [1] Ackworth, Pontefract, Yorkshire [1] Brotherton, Knottingley, Pontefract, Yorkshire [1] Castleford Pontefract, Yorkshire [1] Ferrybridge near Pontefract, Yorkshire [1] Hemsworth Pontefract, Yorkshire [1] Hemsworth, Pontefract, Yorkshire [1] Kellingley, Knottingley, Pontefract, Yorkshire [1] Kellington, Knottingley, Pontefract, Yorkshire [1] Kellington, Pontefract, Yorkshire [1] Knottingley near Pontefract, Yorkshire [1] Knottingley, Pontefract, Yorkshire, England [1] Knottingley, nr Pontefract, West Yorkshire [1] Ledsham, Pontefract, Yorkshire [1] Market Place, Pontefract, Yorkshire [1] Methley, Pontefract, Yorkshire [1] Monk Fryston, Pontefract, Yorkshire [1] Monk Fryston,Pontefract,Yorkshire. [1] Pontefract Yorkshire [1] Pontefract Yorkshire England [1] Pontefract district, Yorkshire [1] Pontefract, Yorkshire, England [1] Pontefract, Castleford, Yorkshire [1] South Elmsall, Pontefract, Yorkshire [1] South Milford, Pontefract, Yorkshire [1] Streethouse, Pontefract, Yorkshire [1] Sutton, Knottingley, Pontefract, Yorkshire [1] Tanshelf Pontefract, Yorkshire [1] Upton, Hemsworth, Pontefract, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [32] Rifleman [6] Corporal [4] Munitions Worker [4] Ordinary Seaman [4] Lance Corporal [3] Lieutenant [3] Sapper [3] Second Lieutenant [3] Able Seaman [2] Captain [2] Ordinary Telegraphist [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Wireman 2nd Class [2] Acting Corporal [1] Armourer's Crew [1] Carpenter's Crew [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Driver [1] Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Guardsman [1] Gunner [1] Lance-Corporal [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major [1] Major/ Brevet CSI [1] Private Lance Corporal [1] Serjeant [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Yeoman of Signals [1]

Unit

York and Lancaster Regiment [6] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [5] Royal Engineers [5] Machine Gun Corps [4] West Yorkshire Regiment [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Labour Corps [3] London Regiment [3] Yorkshire Light Infantry [3] Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [2] East Yorkshire Regiment [2] HMS BELLEROPHON [2] HMS CANADA [2] HMS MALAYA [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [2] Ministry of Munitions [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] 3rd Hussars [1] 5th West Riding Regiment [1] 7th Hussars [1] Army Service Corps Motor Transport [1] Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corps [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] Grenadier Guards [1] HMS BLACK PRINCE [1] HMS Calliope [1] HMS Caroline [1] HMS Collingwood [1] HMS INVINCIBLE [1] HMS NEPTUNE [1] HMS Nonsuch [1] HMS OAK [1] HMS Queen Mary [1] HMS ROYALIST [1] Indian Army [1] Leicestershire Regiment [1] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1] Middlesex Yeomanry [1] Ministry of Munitions - Barnbow [1] Norfolk Regiment [1] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1] Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) [1] Reserve of Officers/ Yeomanry [1] Royal Air Force [1] Royal Defence Corps [1]

Service

Royal Navy [217] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [81] British Army [49] Other Empire Force [4] Australian Imperial Force [1] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

W [46] B [45] S [35] H [32] M [24] G [20] C [19] T [18] F [17] R [17] D [16] P [15] E [11] A [10] L [10] K [7] J [5] N [4] O [3] Q [3] I [2] V [2] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [348] Merchant Navy [10]

Country

United Kingdom [32] Bermuda [1]

Eric Gordon England

Born 1887

Died 1965

British Army M/322168 Private Army Service Corps Motor Transport

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Lawrence Bellew

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 15894 Private Lance Corporal West Riding Regiment

British Army 15894 Acting Corporal West Riding Regiment

British Army 15894 Lance Corporal Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

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Wilfred Glassby

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 31171 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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Alfred Illingworth

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 373252 Private London Regiment

British Army 373252 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 6306 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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David Scott

Born 1891

British Army C/673 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army C.673 Lance-Corporal

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Fred Myers

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 4591 Private London Regiment

British Army 372134 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 4591 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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George Cookson Depledge

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army R/19475 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 11th

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Harry Daw Firth

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 16989 Private Northumberland Fusiliers 1st Battalion

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Harry Francis Bridges

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 1027 Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corps

British Army 25334 Private Lincolnshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Louis Pocklington

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army 17456 Lance Corporal West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 17456 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 17456 Lance Corporal West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) 9th Bn.

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Frederick George Todd

Born 1899

Died 1987

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 87688

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Joseph Hill

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 138532

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William Brennan

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 161686

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Ewyn Latimer Leng

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 213032

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Alexander Chamley

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 135960

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George Firth

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army 11037 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 11037 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 2nd Battalion

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William Dickinson Gelder

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 27564 Guardsman Grenadier Guards

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Joshua Hartley

Born 1893

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 440129

Canadian Expeditionary Force 440129 Private Canadian Infantry

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William Machen

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 40916 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 8/13247 Private York and Lancaster Regiment 8th Battalion

British Army 40916 Lance Corporal Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) 9th Battalion

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Thomas Henry Briggs

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 261684

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