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Pontefract, Yorkshire [293]

Pontefract [17]

Pontefract England [11]

Pontefract, Yorkshire, England [11]

Knottingley, Pontefract, Yorkshire [9]

Castleford, Pontefract, Yorkshire [8]

Knottingley, Pontefract [5]

Featherstone, Pontefract, Yorkshire [3]

Ferrybridge, Pontefract, Yorkshire [2]

Great Heck, Pontefract [2]

Kellingley, Pontefract, Yorkshire [2]

Pontefract Yorkshire [2]

Pontefract, West Yorkshire [2]

Pontefract, Yorks [2]

Ackworth near Pontefract, Yorkshire [1]

Ackworth nr pontefract,Yorkshire [1]

Ackworth, Pontefract, Yorkshire [1]

Brotherton, Knottingley, Pontefract, Yorkshire [1]

Castleford Pontefract, Yorkshire [1]

Fairburn, Pontefract [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 [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]

Little Smeaton, Pontefract [1]

Market Place, Pontefract, Yorkshire [1]

Methley, Pontefract [1]

Methley, Pontefract, Yorkshire [1]

Monk Fryston, Pontefract, Yorkshire [1]

Monk Fryston,Pontefract,Yorkshire. [1]

Moor Top, Near Pontefract [1]

Nottingley, Pontefract, York [1]

Pontefract Yorkshire [1]

Pontefract Yorkshire England [1]

Pontefract Yorks [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]

Rank

Private [54]

Rifleman [6]

Corporal [5]

Gunner [5]

Lance Corporal [5]

Second Lieutenant [5]

Captain [4]

Lieutenant [4]

Munitions Worker [4]

Ordinary Seaman [4]

Sapper [4]

Able Seaman [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]

Greaser [1]

Guardsman [1]

Lance-Corporal [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major [1]

Major/ Brevet CSI [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Private Lance Corporal [1]

Pvte [1]

Serjeant [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Yeoman of Signals [1]

Unit

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [13]

York and Lancaster Regiment [9]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [9]

Royal Engineers [6]

Machine Gun Corps [5]

West Yorkshire Regiment [5]

Labour Corps [4]

Royal Field Artillery [4]

East Yorkshire Regiment [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

London Regiment [3]

Northumberland Fusiliers [3]

South Wales Borderers [3]

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

Durham Light Infantry [2]

HMS BELLEROPHON [2]

HMS CANADA [2]

HMS MALAYA [2]

Leicestershire Regiment [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [2]

Ministry of Munitions [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Royal Scots [2]

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

3rd Hussars [1]

5th West Riding Regiment [1]

7th Hussars [1]

Army Reserve [1]

Army Service Corps Motor Transport [1]

Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corps [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

DLI [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

Guards Machine Gun Regiment [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]

Service

Royal Navy [220]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [81]

British Army [79]

Australian Imperial Force [12]

Other Empire Force [5]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [51]

W [51]

S [39]

H [32]

M [25]

T [24]

F [21]

G [21]

C [20]

P [20]

R [18]

D [17]

E [12]

A [11]

L [11]

J [8]

K [7]

N [5]

O [5]

Q [3]

I [2]

V [2]

Y [2]

Contribution

Military Service [391]

Merchant Navy [10]

Country

United Kingdom [45]

Bermuda [1]

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People [407] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Pontefract, Yorkshire [293] Pontefract [17] Pontefract England [11] Pontefract, Yorkshire, England [11] Knottingley, Pontefract, Yorkshire [9] Castleford, Pontefract, Yorkshire [8] Knottingley, Pontefract [5] Featherstone, Pontefract, Yorkshire [3] Ferrybridge, Pontefract, Yorkshire [2] Great Heck, Pontefract [2] Kellingley, Pontefract, Yorkshire [2] Pontefract Yorkshire [2] Pontefract, West Yorkshire [2] Pontefract, Yorks [2] Ackworth near Pontefract, Yorkshire [1] Ackworth nr pontefract,Yorkshire [1] Ackworth, Pontefract, Yorkshire [1] Brotherton, Knottingley, Pontefract, Yorkshire [1] Castleford Pontefract, Yorkshire [1] Fairburn, Pontefract [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 [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] Little Smeaton, Pontefract [1] Market Place, Pontefract, Yorkshire [1] Methley, Pontefract [1] Methley, Pontefract, Yorkshire [1] Monk Fryston, Pontefract, Yorkshire [1] Monk Fryston,Pontefract,Yorkshire. [1] Moor Top, Near Pontefract [1] Nottingley, Pontefract, York [1] Pontefract Yorkshire [1] Pontefract Yorkshire England [1] Pontefract Yorks [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]

Rank

Private [54] Rifleman [6] Corporal [5] Gunner [5] Lance Corporal [5] Second Lieutenant [5] Captain [4] Lieutenant [4] Munitions Worker [4] Ordinary Seaman [4] Sapper [4] Able Seaman [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] Greaser [1] Guardsman [1] Lance-Corporal [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major [1] Major/ Brevet CSI [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Private Lance Corporal [1] Pvte [1] Serjeant [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Yeoman of Signals [1]

Unit

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [13] York and Lancaster Regiment [9] Yorkshire Light Infantry [9] Royal Engineers [6] Machine Gun Corps [5] West Yorkshire Regiment [5] Labour Corps [4] Royal Field Artillery [4] East Yorkshire Regiment [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] London Regiment [3] Northumberland Fusiliers [3] South Wales Borderers [3] Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] HMS BELLEROPHON [2] HMS CANADA [2] HMS MALAYA [2] Leicestershire Regiment [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [2] Ministry of Munitions [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Royal Scots [2] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [2] 3rd Hussars [1] 5th West Riding Regiment [1] 7th Hussars [1] Army Reserve [1] Army Service Corps Motor Transport [1] Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corps [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] Coldstream Guards [1] DLI [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [1] Grenadier Guards [1] Guards Machine Gun Regiment [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]

Service

Royal Navy [220] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [81] British Army [79] Australian Imperial Force [12] Other Empire Force [5] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [51] W [51] S [39] H [32] M [25] T [24] F [21] G [21] C [20] P [20] R [18] D [17] E [12] A [11] L [11] J [8] K [7] N [5] O [5] Q [3] I [2] V [2] Y [2]

Contribution

Military Service [391] Merchant Navy [10]

Country

United Kingdom [45] Bermuda [1]

Arthur Victor Thompson

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 10996 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 10996 Lance Corporal York & Lancaster Regiment

British Army 10996 Lance Corporal York and Lancaster Regiment

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Frank Ogden

Born 1894

Died 1972

British Army WR/178869 Sapper Royal Engineers 118th Railway Company

British Army 266441 Sapper Royal Engineers Railway Operating Divisional

British Army 4909 Private Seaforth Highlanders 3/4th, 4th (Reserve) Battalion

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Eric Gordon England

Born 1887

Died 1965

British Army M/322168 Private Army Service Corps Motor Transport

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Alfred Travis

Born 1899

Died 1959

British Army 6066 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 200713 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 29949 Pvte KOYLI 8 Battn

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Charles Mundy Jackson

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 23319 Private Army Reserve York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 23319 Private York and Lancaster Regiment 3rd Bn.

British Army 23319 Private York and Lancaster Regiment Base Depot

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Charles Arthur Webb

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 270304 Private Royal Scots

British Army 270304 Private Royal Scots 1st/9th Battalion

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John Westwood

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 22117 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 22117 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 22117 Private Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 2nd Battalion

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John William Axup

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 20778 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry 1st Bn.

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John Arthur Pickles

Born 1892

Died 1948

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army Captain King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Harry Briggs

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 18669 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

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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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Tom Bentley

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 5th Battalion

British Army 27826 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 3133 Private Fife and Forfar Yeomanry (Territorial Force)

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Arthur Sheard

Born 1893

Died 1916

Royal Navy Z/7008 Royal Naval Division

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George Tose

Born 1894

Died 1972

British Army 295617 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Edward Digby

Born 1880

British Army 8118 Private South Wales Borderers

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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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Richard Julien

Born 1876

Died 1915

British Army 12997 Private Acting Corporal Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 12997 Corporal Royal Welsh Fusiliers 9th Battalion

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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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