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Rotherham, Yorkshire [515]

Rotherham [45]

Rotherham England [34]

Rotherham, Yorkshire, England [22]

Parkgate, Rotherham, Yorkshire [12]

Swinton, Rotherham, Yorkshire [7]

Rawmarsh, Rotherham, Yorkshire [6]

Rotherham Yorkshire [5]

Eastwood, Rotherham, Yorkshire [4]

Kimberworth, Rotherham, Yorkshire [4]

West Melton, Rotherham, Yorkshire [4]

Brampton, Rotherham, Yorkshire [3]

Mexborough, Rotherham, Yorkshire [3]

Park Gate, Rotherham, Yorkshire [3]

Tickhill, Rotherham, Yorkshire [3]

Treeton, Rotherham, Yorkshire [3]

Goldthorpe, Rotherham, Yorkshire [2]

Maltby, Rotherham, Yorkshire [2]

Masbrough, Rotherham, Yorkshire [2]

Mexborough, Rotherham, Yorkshire [2]

Rotherham, Sheffield, Yorkshire [2]

Rotherham, York, Yorkshire [2]

Swinton, Rotherham [2]

Thorpe Hesley, Rotherham, Yorkshire [2]

Wath upon Dearne, Rotherham [2]

Wath upon Dearne, Rotherham, Yorkshire [2]

Wentworth, Rotherham, Yorkshire [2]

Wickersley, Rotherham, Yorkshire [2]

103 St Johns Road Rotherham [1]

Aston, Rotherham [1]

Aston, Rotherham, Yorkshire [1]

Aston-cum-Aughton, Rotherham, Yorkshire [1]

Bolton on Dearne, Rotherham,Yorks [1]

Bradgate, Rotherham, Yorkshire [1]

Braithwell, Rotherham, Yorkshire [1]

Bramley, Rotherham, Yorkshire [1]

Denaby Main nr Rotherham [1]

Denaby Main, Rotherham, Yorkshire [1]

Denaby Mair Rotherham, Yorkshire [1]

Effingham Street,Rotherham,(Barnsley),Yorkshire. [1]

Firbeck, near Rotherham, Yorkshire [1]

Freeton (Treeton ?) Rotherham [1]

Greasbrough, Rotherham, Yorkshire [1]

Harley, Rotherham, Yorkshire [1]

Harley, Wentworth, Rotherham, Yorkshire [1]

Ickles, Rotherham, Yorkshire [1]

Ickles, Rotherham, Yorkshire. [1]

James Street, Rotherham [1]

KILNHURST, ROTHERHAM, SOUTH YORKSHIRE. [1]

Kilnhurst, Rotherham [1]

Rank

Private [115]

Gunner [16]

Sapper [10]

Second Lieutenant [9]

Corporal [8]

Serjeant [8]

Stoker 1st Class [7]

Able Seaman [4]

Ordinary Seaman [4]

Deck Hand [3]

Driver [3]

Leading Stoker [3]

Sergeant [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic Class 3 [1]

Air Mechanic First Class [1]

Armourer's Crew [1]

Assistant Paymaster [1]

Bombardier [1]

Canteen Worker [1]

Captain [1]

Chaplain to the Forces 3rd Class [1]

Drummer [1]

Electrical Artificer 4th Class [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Lieutenant (Acting Captain) [1]

Lieutenant and Lieutenant Temporary Captain [1]

Major [1]

Musician [1]

Pioneer [1]

Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Rifleman [1]

Second Corporal [1]

Second Hand [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Major [1]

Transport Corporal [1]

Trimmer [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

York and Lancaster Regiment [43]

Royal Field Artillery [15]

Royal Engineers [12]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [11]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [9]

Machine Gun Corps [6]

Royal Garrison Artillery [6]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [6]

Labour Corps [5]

Royal Naval Reserve [5]

West Yorkshire Regiment [5]

Army Service Corps [4]

South Wales Borderers [4]

Durham Light Infantry [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

London Regiment [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [3]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Coldstream Guards [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

HMS Nestor [2]

HMS TURBULENT [2]

HMS VALIANT [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Marines Divisional Engineers [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment) [2]

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

1/4th Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

12th Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

19th Hussars [1]

2nd South African Infantry [1]

49 Division. 148 Brigade [1]

4th York and Lancaster Regiment [1]

5th York and Lancaster Regiment [1]

80th Company, Machine Gun Corps [1]

8th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment [1]

8th York and Lancaster Regiment [1]

Army Chaplain's Department [1]

Army Pay Corps [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Border Regiment [1]

Canadian Army Service Corps [1]

Canadian Mounted Rifles [1]

Service

Royal Navy [360]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [190]

British Army [164]

Australian Imperial Force [35]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [5]

Other Empire Force [2]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [99]

C [84]

S [76]

H [66]

W [62]

M [47]

T [39]

G [37]

R [36]

L [35]

P [34]

A [32]

D [28]

F [28]

J [20]

K [11]

E [9]

N [9]

O [9]

V [4]

U [3]

I [2]

Y [2]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [735]

Merchant Navy [21]

Country

United Kingdom [81]

Canada [2]

India [2]

Australia [1]

United States [1]

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People [773] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Rotherham, Yorkshire [515] Rotherham [45] Rotherham England [34] Rotherham, Yorkshire, England [22] Parkgate, Rotherham, Yorkshire [12] Swinton, Rotherham, Yorkshire [7] Rawmarsh, Rotherham, Yorkshire [6] Rotherham Yorkshire [5] Eastwood, Rotherham, Yorkshire [4] Kimberworth, Rotherham, Yorkshire [4] West Melton, Rotherham, Yorkshire [4] Brampton, Rotherham, Yorkshire [3] Mexborough, Rotherham, Yorkshire [3] Park Gate, Rotherham, Yorkshire [3] Tickhill, Rotherham, Yorkshire [3] Treeton, Rotherham, Yorkshire [3] Goldthorpe, Rotherham, Yorkshire [2] Maltby, Rotherham, Yorkshire [2] Masbrough, Rotherham, Yorkshire [2] Mexborough, Rotherham, Yorkshire [2] Rotherham, Sheffield, Yorkshire [2] Rotherham, York, Yorkshire [2] Swinton, Rotherham [2] Thorpe Hesley, Rotherham, Yorkshire [2] Wath upon Dearne, Rotherham [2] Wath upon Dearne, Rotherham, Yorkshire [2] Wentworth, Rotherham, Yorkshire [2] Wickersley, Rotherham, Yorkshire [2] 103 St Johns Road Rotherham [1] Aston, Rotherham [1] Aston, Rotherham, Yorkshire [1] Aston-cum-Aughton, Rotherham, Yorkshire [1] Bolton on Dearne, Rotherham,Yorks [1] Bradgate, Rotherham, Yorkshire [1] Braithwell, Rotherham, Yorkshire [1] Bramley, Rotherham, Yorkshire [1] Denaby Main nr Rotherham [1] Denaby Main, Rotherham, Yorkshire [1] Denaby Mair Rotherham, Yorkshire [1] Effingham Street,Rotherham,(Barnsley),Yorkshire. [1] Firbeck, near Rotherham, Yorkshire [1] Freeton (Treeton ?) Rotherham [1] Greasbrough, Rotherham, Yorkshire [1] Harley, Rotherham, Yorkshire [1] Harley, Wentworth, Rotherham, Yorkshire [1] Ickles, Rotherham, Yorkshire [1] Ickles, Rotherham, Yorkshire. [1] James Street, Rotherham [1] KILNHURST, ROTHERHAM, SOUTH YORKSHIRE. [1] Kilnhurst, Rotherham [1]

Rank

Private [115] Gunner [16] Sapper [10] Second Lieutenant [9] Corporal [8] Serjeant [8] Stoker 1st Class [7] Able Seaman [4] Ordinary Seaman [4] Deck Hand [3] Driver [3] Leading Stoker [3] Sergeant [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Leading Seaman [2] Lieutenant [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic Class 3 [1] Air Mechanic First Class [1] Armourer's Crew [1] Assistant Paymaster [1] Bombardier [1] Canteen Worker [1] Captain [1] Chaplain to the Forces 3rd Class [1] Drummer [1] Electrical Artificer 4th Class [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Lieutenant (Acting Captain) [1] Lieutenant and Lieutenant Temporary Captain [1] Major [1] Musician [1] Pioneer [1] Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Rifleman [1] Second Corporal [1] Second Hand [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Stoker Petty Officer [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Temporary Major [1] Transport Corporal [1] Trimmer [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

York and Lancaster Regiment [43] Royal Field Artillery [15] Royal Engineers [12] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [11] Yorkshire Light Infantry [9] Machine Gun Corps [6] Royal Garrison Artillery [6] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [6] Labour Corps [5] Royal Naval Reserve [5] West Yorkshire Regiment [5] Army Service Corps [4] South Wales Borderers [4] Durham Light Infantry [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] London Regiment [3] Manchester Regiment [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [3] Canadian Infantry [2] Coldstream Guards [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2] HMS Nestor [2] HMS TURBULENT [2] HMS VALIANT [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Marines Divisional Engineers [2] Royal Naval Division [2] Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment) [2] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [2] 1/4th Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1] 12th Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1] 19th Hussars [1] 2nd South African Infantry [1] 49 Division. 148 Brigade [1] 4th York and Lancaster Regiment [1] 5th York and Lancaster Regiment [1] 80th Company, Machine Gun Corps [1] 8th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment [1] 8th York and Lancaster Regiment [1] Army Chaplain's Department [1] Army Pay Corps [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Border Regiment [1] Canadian Army Service Corps [1] Canadian Mounted Rifles [1]

Service

Royal Navy [360] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [190] British Army [164] Australian Imperial Force [35] Canadian Expeditionary Force [5] Other Empire Force [2] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [99] C [84] S [76] H [66] W [62] M [47] T [39] G [37] R [36] L [35] P [34] A [32] D [28] F [28] J [20] K [11] E [9] N [9] O [9] V [4] U [3] I [2] Y [2] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [735] Merchant Navy [21]

Country

United Kingdom [81] Canada [2] India [2] Australia [1] United States [1]

Allen Turner

Born 1885

Died 1963

British Army 63272 Private York and Lancaster Regiment 1/4th Battalion

British Army 63272 Private York and Lancaster Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army 63272 Private York and Lancaster Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Frank Stacey

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army Gunner Royal Field Artillery 90th Battery

British Army 47786 Gunner Royal Field Artillery Reserves

British Army 47786 Acting Bombardier Royal Field Artillery 45th Brigade

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George Henry Middleton

Born 1898

Died 1973

British Army 54960 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 44 Company

British Army 54960 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 19 Siege Company

British Army 54960 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery Siege Artillery Reserve, and then Signalling Depot

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Ronald Thomson

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers 185 Tunnelling Coy

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers 185 Tunnelling Coy

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Thomas Wilkinson Bagshaw

Born 1891

Died 1976

British Army 75121 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 4th Reserve Battalion

British Army 75121 Gunner Royal Garrison artillery Heavy Artillery Training Company

British Army 75121 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery RGA Depot

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Ernest Claude Conway

Born 1894

Died 1981

British Army T/3685 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 478559 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Erasmus Orwin

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 33466 Private Machine Gun Corps

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Joseph Carey Crabtree Taylor

Born 1896

Died 1967

British Army 24513 Air Mechanic 1st Class Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 70 Squadron

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 24513 Air Mechanic First Class Royal Flying Corps 70 Squadron

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Joseph Verity

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 96348 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Percy William Middleton Rickett

Born 1896

Died 1942

British Army 5280 Private Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment) 3/7th Battalion - later 7th Reserve Battalion

British Army M2/202433 Private Army Service Corps MT Reserve Depot

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Arthur Ardron

Born 1895

Died 1954

British Army 21426 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 7th (Service) Battalion

British Army 305189 Private Tank Corps

British Army 305189 Private Tank Corps

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Harrison Parkinson

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 15935 Private Hampshire Regiment 14th Battalion

British Army 18728 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

British Army 7/11993 Private York and Lancaster 7th Battalion

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Albert France

Born 1894

Died 1963

British Army 23837 Private Royal Irish Fusiliers

British Army 23837 Private Royal Irish Fusiliers 8 Battalion

British Army 23837 Private Royal Irish Fusiliers 1 Battalion

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Arthur Ashton

Born 1896

Died 1982

British Army 5887 Private London Regiment 2/28th lond Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant 12th Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 5887 Acting Captain 1/4th Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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William Henry Hirst

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army T/387 Driver Army Service Corps

British Army T4/249756 Driver Army Service Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant West Yorkshire Regiment

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Frank Cecil Foers

Born 1878

Died 1917

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 60840

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Clifford Frank Marshall

Died 1915

British Army 2985 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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Charles Ernest Portman

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 107639 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Joseph Bagnall

Born 1883

Died 1956

British Army 14367 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 7090 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 320018 Private Durham Light Infantry

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George Victor Middleton

Born 1897

Died 1955

British Army M2/100746 Private Army Service Corps Variety of Motor Transport Companies supporting Royal Garrison Artillery

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