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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]

Thomas John William Hebden Shirtcliffe

Born 1885

Royal Navy 209471

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Wilfred Cree Stanley

Born 1883

Royal Navy 211599

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Frederick Gaynon

Born 1885

Royal Navy 213946

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James Anthony Rolfe

Born 1885

Royal Navy 216338

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Tom Bramhill

Born 1887

Royal Navy 221483

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Harry Jennison

Born 1889

Royal Navy SS112766 Stoker 1st Class HMS Nestor

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Alfred Frederick Finney

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 91832

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Walter Henry Simcox

Born 1893

Died 1930

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2502861

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Horace Loy

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 38713 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 38713 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Harry Cloke

Born 1895

British Army 2277 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 23668 Corporal Machine Gun Corps

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Ernest Gale

Born 1890

British Army 827 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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William James Reeve

Born 1897

Royal Navy 3801 Royal Marine Artillery

Royal Navy 14271 Gunner Royal Marine Artillery - HMS THUNDERER

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F M Sykes

Born 1880

British Army Chaplain to the Forces 3rd Class Army Chaplain's Department

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George B Chandler

Born 1896

British Army 123148 Private Machine Gun Corps

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Charles Bowen Adams

Born 1881

Other Empire Force Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy)

Royal Navy SD 2651 Second Hand Royal Naval Reserve

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Alfred Horace Aizlewood

Born 1890

Died 1969

British Army GS/13796 Private Royal Fusiliers 25th Battalion

British Army 13796 Private Royal Fusiliers 24th Battalion

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Charles Edward Bishop

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 292974

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Arthur Gamble

Born 1892

Royal Navy 15946 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

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Christopher Dilcock

Born 1895

Died 1951

British Army 22657 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

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Herbert Edwin Ibberson

Born 1880

British Army 30077 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 11098 Private Labour Corps

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