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Sheffield, Yorkshire [3458]

Heeley, Sheffield, Yorkshire [51]

Attercliffe, Sheffield, Yorkshire [49]

Brightside, Sheffield, Yorkshire [41]

Ecclesall, Sheffield, Yorkshire [35]

Walkley, Sheffield, Yorkshire [33]

Pitsmoor, Sheffield, Yorkshire [30]

Ecclesfield, Sheffield, Yorkshire [23]

Sharrow, Sheffield, Yorkshire [23]

Sheffield,Yorkshire [23]

Hillsborough, Sheffield, Yorkshire [14]

St Johns, Sheffield, Yorkshire [13]

Darnall, Sheffield, Yorkshire [12]

Crookes, Sheffield, Yorkshire [11]

Woodhouse, Sheffield, Yorkshire [11]

Norton, Sheffield, Yorkshire [9]

Burngreave, Sheffield, Yorkshire [7]

Carbrook, Sheffield, Yorkshire [7]

Grimesthorpe, Sheffield, Yorkshire [7]

Owlerton, Sheffield, Yorkshire [7]

Sheffield, South Yorkshire [6]

Attercliffe Sheffield, Yorkshire [5]

Chapeltown, Sheffield, Yorkshire [5]

Ecclesall Bierlow, Sheffield, Yorkshire [5]

Handsworth, Sheffield, Yorkshire [5]

Sheffield Yorkshire [5]

Broomhill, Sheffield, Yorkshire [4]

Highfield, Sheffield, Yorkshire [4]

Sheffield, Yorkshire, England [4]

Thurgoland, Sheffield, Yorkshire [4]

Wortley, Sheffield, Yorkshire [4]

Fulwood, Sheffield, Yorkshire [3]

Crookesmoor, Sheffield, Yorkshire [2]

Healey, Sheffield, Yorkshire [2]

Highfields, Sheffield, Yorkshire [2]

Intake, Sheffield, Yorkshire [2]

Nether Hallam, Sheffield, Yorkshire. [2]

North Sheffield, Yorkshire [2]

Park Sheffield, Yorkshire [2]

Penistone, Sheffield, Yorkshire [2]

Rotherham, Sheffield, Yorkshire [2]

Sheffield,Yorkshire. [2]

St George's, Sheffield, Yorkshire [2]

Tinsley, Sheffield, Yorkshire [2]

Wadsley, Sheffield, Yorkshire [2]

Wales, Sheffield, Yorkshire [2]

Wincobank, Sheffield, Yorkshire [2]

14 Botanical Road, Sheffield, Yorkshire [1]

14 Well Road, Nether Hallam, Sheffield, Yorkshire [1]

200 South Street, Moor, Sheffield, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [238]

Able Seaman [66]

Stoker 1st Class [53]

Ordinary Seaman [33]

Second Lieutenant [26]

Lance Corporal [24]

Boy 1st Class [21]

Corporal [17]

Lieutenant [15]

Serjeant [14]

Boy 2nd Class [13]

Rifleman [13]

Gunner [11]

Captain [10]

Deck Hand [9]

Driver [9]

Leading Seaman [9]

Sapper [6]

Acting Corporal [5]

Leading Stoker [5]

Sergeant [5]

Signal Boy [5]

Stoker Petty Officer [5]

Armourer's Crew [4]

First Lieutenant [4]

Ordinary Signalman [4]

Pioneer [4]

Stoker 2nd Class [4]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3]

Boy Telegraphist [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [3]

Major [3]

Petty Officer [3]

Petty Officer Stoker [3]

Stoker [3]

Acting Captain [2]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [2]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [2]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [2]

Nurse [2]

Ordinary Telegraphist [2]

Private 2nd Class [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

AM3 Fitter Aero Engines [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Unit

York and Lancaster Regiment [75]

Machine Gun Corps [20]

Royal Field Artillery [18]

Royal Engineers [16]

Labour Corps [14]

Royal Naval Reserve [14]

HMS INVINCIBLE [13]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [13]

South Wales Borderers [13]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [13]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [12]

East Yorkshire Regiment [11]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [11]

HMS Good Hope [10]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [9]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [9]

West Yorkshire Regiment [9]

Army Service Corps [8]

HMS IRON DUKE [8]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [8]

Northumberland Fusiliers [8]

Royal Air Force [8]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [8]

Durham Light Infantry [7]

HMS Agincourt [7]

HMS VALIANT [7]

Lincolnshire Regiment [7]

London Regiment [7]

Coldstream Guards [6]

HMS MALAYA [6]

HMS Princess Royal [6]

Royal Flying Corps [6]

HMS INDEFATIGABLE [5]

HMS INDOMITABLE [5]

HMS NEPTUNE [5]

Rifle Brigade [5]

Royal Naval Air Service [5]

HMS CANADA [4]

HMS Ganges [4]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [4]

HMS QUEEN MARY [4]

HMS Victory I [4]

Leicestershire Regiment [4]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [4]

Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Cameron Highlanders [3]

Canadian Infantry [3]

HMS Ajax [3]

HMS BELLEROPHON [3]

Service

Royal Navy [2317]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1403]

British Army [332]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [8]

Australian Imperial Force [5]

Other Empire Force [5]

Last name first letter

B [527]

H [417]

S [413]

W [388]

C [286]

M [272]

G [185]

R [185]

T [178]

L [172]

P [169]

D [160]

F [141]

A [121]

J [109]

E [78]

N [71]

K [54]

O [50]

Y [22]

V [20]

I [17]

U [13]

Q [5]

Contribution

Military Service [4017]

Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [173]

India [5]

Canada [2]

France [2]

Australia [1]

China [1]

Germany [1]

Greece [1]

Malta [1]

Pakistan [1]

South Africa [1]

Turkey [1]

United States [1]

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Place of birth

Sheffield, Yorkshire [3458] Heeley, Sheffield, Yorkshire [51] Attercliffe, Sheffield, Yorkshire [49] Brightside, Sheffield, Yorkshire [41] Ecclesall, Sheffield, Yorkshire [35] Walkley, Sheffield, Yorkshire [33] Pitsmoor, Sheffield, Yorkshire [30] Ecclesfield, Sheffield, Yorkshire [23] Sharrow, Sheffield, Yorkshire [23] Sheffield,Yorkshire [23] Hillsborough, Sheffield, Yorkshire [14] St Johns, Sheffield, Yorkshire [13] Darnall, Sheffield, Yorkshire [12] Crookes, Sheffield, Yorkshire [11] Woodhouse, Sheffield, Yorkshire [11] Norton, Sheffield, Yorkshire [9] Burngreave, Sheffield, Yorkshire [7] Carbrook, Sheffield, Yorkshire [7] Grimesthorpe, Sheffield, Yorkshire [7] Owlerton, Sheffield, Yorkshire [7] Sheffield, South Yorkshire [6] Attercliffe Sheffield, Yorkshire [5] Chapeltown, Sheffield, Yorkshire [5] Ecclesall Bierlow, Sheffield, Yorkshire [5] Handsworth, Sheffield, Yorkshire [5] Sheffield Yorkshire [5] Broomhill, Sheffield, Yorkshire [4] Highfield, Sheffield, Yorkshire [4] Sheffield, Yorkshire, England [4] Thurgoland, Sheffield, Yorkshire [4] Wortley, Sheffield, Yorkshire [4] Fulwood, Sheffield, Yorkshire [3] Crookesmoor, Sheffield, Yorkshire [2] Healey, Sheffield, Yorkshire [2] Highfields, Sheffield, Yorkshire [2] Intake, Sheffield, Yorkshire [2] Nether Hallam, Sheffield, Yorkshire. [2] North Sheffield, Yorkshire [2] Park Sheffield, Yorkshire [2] Penistone, Sheffield, Yorkshire [2] Rotherham, Sheffield, Yorkshire [2] Sheffield,Yorkshire. [2] St George's, Sheffield, Yorkshire [2] Tinsley, Sheffield, Yorkshire [2] Wadsley, Sheffield, Yorkshire [2] Wales, Sheffield, Yorkshire [2] Wincobank, Sheffield, Yorkshire [2] 14 Botanical Road, Sheffield, Yorkshire [1] 14 Well Road, Nether Hallam, Sheffield, Yorkshire [1] 200 South Street, Moor, Sheffield, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [238] Able Seaman [66] Stoker 1st Class [53] Ordinary Seaman [33] Second Lieutenant [26] Lance Corporal [24] Boy 1st Class [21] Corporal [17] Lieutenant [15] Serjeant [14] Boy 2nd Class [13] Rifleman [13] Gunner [11] Captain [10] Deck Hand [9] Driver [9] Leading Seaman [9] Sapper [6] Acting Corporal [5] Leading Stoker [5] Sergeant [5] Signal Boy [5] Stoker Petty Officer [5] Armourer's Crew [4] First Lieutenant [4] Ordinary Signalman [4] Pioneer [4] Stoker 2nd Class [4] Acting Serjeant [3] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3] Boy Telegraphist [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [3] Major [3] Petty Officer [3] Petty Officer Stoker [3] Stoker [3] Acting Captain [2] Aircraftman 2nd Class [2] Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [2] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [2] Nurse [2] Ordinary Telegraphist [2] Private 2nd Class [2] Temporary Captain [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] AM3 Fitter Aero Engines [1] Acting Bombardier [1]

Unit

York and Lancaster Regiment [75] Machine Gun Corps [20] Royal Field Artillery [18] Royal Engineers [16] Labour Corps [14] Royal Naval Reserve [14] HMS INVINCIBLE [13] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [13] South Wales Borderers [13] Yorkshire Light Infantry [13] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [12] East Yorkshire Regiment [11] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [11] HMS Good Hope [10] HMS BLACK PRINCE [9] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [9] West Yorkshire Regiment [9] Army Service Corps [8] HMS IRON DUKE [8] King's Royal Rifle Corps [8] Northumberland Fusiliers [8] Royal Air Force [8] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [8] Durham Light Infantry [7] HMS Agincourt [7] HMS VALIANT [7] Lincolnshire Regiment [7] London Regiment [7] Coldstream Guards [6] HMS MALAYA [6] HMS Princess Royal [6] Royal Flying Corps [6] HMS INDEFATIGABLE [5] HMS INDOMITABLE [5] HMS NEPTUNE [5] Rifle Brigade [5] Royal Naval Air Service [5] HMS CANADA [4] HMS Ganges [4] HMS INFLEXIBLE [4] HMS QUEEN MARY [4] HMS Victory I [4] Leicestershire Regiment [4] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [4] Yorkshire Regiment [4] Cameron Highlanders [3] Canadian Infantry [3] HMS Ajax [3] HMS BELLEROPHON [3]

Service

Royal Navy [2317] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1403] British Army [332] Canadian Expeditionary Force [8] Australian Imperial Force [5] Other Empire Force [5]

Last name first letter

B [527] H [417] S [413] W [388] C [286] M [272] G [185] R [185] T [178] L [172] P [169] D [160] F [141] A [121] J [109] E [78] N [71] K [54] O [50] Y [22] V [20] I [17] U [13] Q [5]

Contribution

Military Service [4017] Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [173] India [5] Canada [2] France [2] Australia [1] China [1] Germany [1] Greece [1] Malta [1] Pakistan [1] South Africa [1] Turkey [1] United States [1]

William Jackson

Born 1896

Royal Navy J22033 Able Seaman HMS Erin

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George Baxter

Born 1893

Royal Navy SS112497 Stoker 1st Class HMS NEPTUNE

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Edward Robinson

Born 1896

Royal Navy J29472 Able Seaman HMS VALIANT

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Oswald Gott

Born 1895

Royal Navy J14561 Able Seaman HMS INFLEXIBLE

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James Henry Wilson

Born 1888

Royal Navy F10166 Royal Naval Air Service

Royal Navy F10166 Petty Officer Mechanic RNAS Armoured Car Division (Russia)

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William Mason

Born 1892

Royal Navy J5313 Able Seaman HMS TIGER

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George Harrison

Born 1897

Royal Navy J58298 Ordinary Seaman HMS Vivid I

Royal Navy DA 13470 Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve

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Whittey Sellars

Born 1894

Royal Navy SS113803 Stoker 1st Class HMS IRON DUKE

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Cecil Harrison

Born 1892

Royal Navy J61660 Ordinary Seaman HMS Victory I

Royal Navy DA 14167 Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve

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Joseph Kitchen

Born 1893

Royal Navy J13335 Able Seaman HMS Vanguard

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Joseph Cropper

Born 1893

Royal Navy J5024 Boy 2nd Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy J5024 Boy 1st Class HMS Ganges

Royal Navy J5024 Ordinary Seaman HMS Cochrane

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Benjamin Gott

Born 1898

Royal Navy J31143 Boy 1st Class HMS THUNDERER

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Ernest Clarkson

Born 1890

Royal Navy 237344 Able Seaman HMS VALIANT

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William Henry Fairbrother

Born 1899

Royal Navy J38497 Boy Telegraphist HMS BELLEROPHON

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John King

Born 1891

British Army 2516 Private Yorkshire Dragoons

British Army 175062 Private Yorkshire Dragoons

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 403222

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John William Antcliffe

Born 1891

Royal Navy K11338 Stoker 1st Class HMS INFLEXIBLE

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George Keen

Born 1891

Royal Navy 239184 Able Seaman HMS CANADA

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James Edward Hollinrake

Born 1887

British Army 202590 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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Samuel Akers

Born 1887

Royal Navy 312276 Stoker 1st Class HMS Superb

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John George Short

Born 1893

Royal Navy J52918 Ordinary Seaman HMS Victory I

Royal Navy SD 4892 Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve

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