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Selby, Yorkshire [128]

Selby, Yorkshire, England [29]

Selby, York, Yorkshire [7]

Carlton, Selby, Yorkshire [4]

Selby Yorkshire [4]

Cawood, Selby, Yorkshire [3]

Barlby, Selby, Yorkshire [2]

Chapel Haddlesey, Selby, Yorkshire [2]

Newland, Drax, Selby, Yorkshire [2]

Newland, Selby, Yorkshire [2]

Wistow, Selby, Yorkshire [2]

Ancaster, Selby, Yorkshire [1]

Bubwith, Selby, Yorkshire [1]

Cawood, nr Selby, North Yorkshire. [1]

Drax, Selby, Yorkshire [1]

Ellerton Selby, Yorkshire [1]

Haddlesey near Selby, Yorkshire [1]

Hirst Courtney, Selby, Yorkshire [1]

Newland Selby, Yorkshire [1]

Riccall, Selby, Yorkshire [1]

Selby York, Yorkshire [1]

Selby, Yorkshire, England [1]

Selby, Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Selby, Yorkshire, England. [1]

Skipwith, Selby, Yorkshire [1]

Wistow Near Selby, Yorkshire [1]

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Private [17]

Gunner [4]

Lance Corporal [3]

Sapper [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Second Lieutenant [2]

Serjeant [2]

Acting Corporal [1]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [1]

Captain [1]

Corporal [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Driver [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

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Royal Engineers [4]

East Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Royal Garrison Artillery [3]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [3]

London Regiment [2]

West Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

(RFR. P.O. B/6978). H.M.S. "Europa" [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Canadian Forestry Corps [1]

Duke of Wellington West Riding Regiment [1]

General List Royal Flying Corps [1]

Guards Machine Gun Regiment [1]

HMS Castor [1]

HMS Falmouth [1]

Hussars [1]

Labour Corps [1]

Northumberland Fusiliers [1]

Northumberland Fusiliers attached Hampshire Regiment [1]

Otago Infantry Regiment [1]

Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment) [1]

Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Field Artillery [1]

Royal Fusiliers [1]

Royal Highlanders [1]

Royal Naval Reserve [1]

Royal Naval Reserve - HM Trawler Arfon [1]

West Riding Regiment [1]

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

Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [88]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [50]

British Army [30]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [26]

H [21]

S [21]

C [18]

R [13]

D [11]

A [9]

P [9]

T [9]

W [9]

G [8]

L [8]

M [8]

F [7]

J [5]

E [4]

K [4]

N [3]

O [2]

Y [2]

I [1]

U [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [169]

Merchant Navy [30]

Country

United Kingdom [7]

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Selby, Yorkshire [128] Selby, Yorkshire, England [29] Selby, York, Yorkshire [7] Carlton, Selby, Yorkshire [4] Selby Yorkshire [4] Cawood, Selby, Yorkshire [3] Barlby, Selby, Yorkshire [2] Chapel Haddlesey, Selby, Yorkshire [2] Newland, Drax, Selby, Yorkshire [2] Newland, Selby, Yorkshire [2] Wistow, Selby, Yorkshire [2] Ancaster, Selby, Yorkshire [1] Bubwith, Selby, Yorkshire [1] Cawood, nr Selby, North Yorkshire. [1] Drax, Selby, Yorkshire [1] Ellerton Selby, Yorkshire [1] Haddlesey near Selby, Yorkshire [1] Hirst Courtney, Selby, Yorkshire [1] Newland Selby, Yorkshire [1] Riccall, Selby, Yorkshire [1] Selby York, Yorkshire [1] Selby, Yorkshire, England [1] Selby, Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Selby, Yorkshire, England. [1] Skipwith, Selby, Yorkshire [1] Wistow Near Selby, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [17] Gunner [4] Lance Corporal [3] Sapper [3] Able Seaman [2] Second Lieutenant [2] Serjeant [2] Acting Corporal [1] Aircraftman 2nd Class [1] Captain [1] Corporal [1] Deck Hand [1] Driver [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [4] East Yorkshire Regiment [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Royal Garrison Artillery [3] Yorkshire Light Infantry [3] London Regiment [2] West Yorkshire Regiment [2] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] (RFR. P.O. B/6978). H.M.S. "Europa" [1] Army Service Corps [1] Canadian Forestry Corps [1] Duke of Wellington West Riding Regiment [1] General List Royal Flying Corps [1] Guards Machine Gun Regiment [1] HMS Castor [1] HMS Falmouth [1] Hussars [1] Labour Corps [1] Northumberland Fusiliers [1] Northumberland Fusiliers attached Hampshire Regiment [1] Otago Infantry Regiment [1] Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment) [1] Royal Air Force [1] Royal Field Artillery [1] Royal Fusiliers [1] Royal Highlanders [1] Royal Naval Reserve [1] Royal Naval Reserve - HM Trawler Arfon [1] West Riding Regiment [1] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [1] Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [88] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [50] British Army [30] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [26] H [21] S [21] C [18] R [13] D [11] A [9] P [9] T [9] W [9] G [8] L [8] M [8] F [7] J [5] E [4] K [4] N [3] O [2] Y [2] I [1] U [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [169] Merchant Navy [30]

Country

United Kingdom [7]

Herbert Cottis

Born 1881

British Army 89 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 410369 Aircraftman 2nd Class Royal Air Force

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Sidney Herbert Rutherford

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 21743 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 36213 Private Yorkshire Regiment 2nd Bn.

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Tom Cogan

Born 1889

Died 1918

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 30179 Otago Infantry Regiment 1st Battalion

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John William Smith

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 406631

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Thomas Frinton Burton

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 267376

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Jesse Swales

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 280620

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Edward J Duncan

Died 1918

British Army S/13314 Serjeant Royal Highlanders 4/5th (Angus & Dundee) Bn. (Territorial)

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William Luford

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 301360

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William Oswald Richardson

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 30038

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John William Ringrose

Born 1893

Died 1959

British Army 290224 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army WR290464 Sapper Royal Engineers

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George William Olive

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 229894

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John Finnigan

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 25002 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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Lewis Haddlesey

Born 1894

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 1038074

Canadian Expeditionary Force 1038074 Private Canadian Forestry Corps

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James William Sharp

Born 1890

Died 1914

Royal Navy SS2923 Able Seaman (RFR. P.O. B/6978). H.M.S. "Europa"

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George Clarkson

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 5045

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Hubert Cooper

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 192241

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Thomas Finnigan

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 201377 Serjeant West Riding Regiment

British Army Duke of Wellington West Riding Regiment 2nd/4thbn.

British Army 201377 Serjeant

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George Alfred Richardson

Born 1885

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 1253

Canadian Expeditionary Force 1253 Lance Corporal Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)

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Ernest Heptonstall

Born 1888

Died 1971

British Army M2/183512 Private Army Service Corps

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Alfred T Dodsworth

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 25323 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

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