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Sowerby Bridge, Yorkshire [46]

Sowerby, Yorkshire [16]

Sowerby Bridge, Halifax, Yorkshire [8]

Sowerby Bridge, Yorkshire, England [4]

Sowerby, Halifax, Yorkshire [4]

Sowerby, Thirsk, Yorkshire [3]

Sowerby Yorkshire [2]

Sowerby, Sowerby Bridge, Yorkshire [2]

Providence Place, Sowerby, Near Halifax, Yorkshire [1]

Sowerby near Thursk, Yorkshire [1]

Sowerby, North Yorkshire [1]

Sowerby, Yorkshire, England [1]

Rank

Private [12]

Corporal [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [1]

Lance Corporal [1]

Private 2nd Class [1]

Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

HMS BELLEROPHON [2]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

Army Service Corps [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

HMS President III [1]

HMS Vivid I [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps Depot [1]

Labour Corps [1]

Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1]

Manchester Regiment [1]

Northumberland Fusiliers [1]

Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) [1]

Royal Naval Air Service [1]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - S.S. "Gretaston" [1]

West Yorkshire Regiment [1]

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

Yorkshire Hussars [1]

Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [41]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [28]

British Army [16]

Last name first letter

H [13]

W [13]

S [10]

B [7]

C [7]

R [5]

T [5]

L [4]

P [4]

E [3]

G [3]

N [3]

D [2]

F [2]

K [2]

A [1]

I [1]

J [1]

M [1]

O [1]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [83]

Merchant Navy [5]

Country

United Kingdom [7]

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People [89] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Sowerby Bridge, Yorkshire [46] Sowerby, Yorkshire [16] Sowerby Bridge, Halifax, Yorkshire [8] Sowerby Bridge, Yorkshire, England [4] Sowerby, Halifax, Yorkshire [4] Sowerby, Thirsk, Yorkshire [3] Sowerby Yorkshire [2] Sowerby, Sowerby Bridge, Yorkshire [2] Providence Place, Sowerby, Near Halifax, Yorkshire [1] Sowerby near Thursk, Yorkshire [1] Sowerby, North Yorkshire [1] Sowerby, Yorkshire, England [1]

Rank

Private [12] Corporal [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Aircraftman 2nd Class [1] Lance Corporal [1] Private 2nd Class [1] Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Army Medical Corps [3] HMS BELLEROPHON [2] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] Army Service Corps [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] HMS President III [1] HMS Vivid I [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps Depot [1] Labour Corps [1] Lancashire Fusiliers [1] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1] Manchester Regiment [1] Northumberland Fusiliers [1] Royal Air Force [1] Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) [1] Royal Naval Air Service [1] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve - S.S. "Gretaston" [1] West Yorkshire Regiment [1] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [1] Yorkshire Hussars [1] Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [41] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [28] British Army [16]

Last name first letter

H [13] W [13] S [10] B [7] C [7] R [5] T [5] L [4] P [4] E [3] G [3] N [3] D [2] F [2] K [2] A [1] I [1] J [1] M [1] O [1] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [83] Merchant Navy [5]

Country

United Kingdom [7]

Thomas Herbert Broadbent

Born 1872

Died 1921

British Army SS/20441 Private Army Service Corps

British Army 307776 Private Labour Corps 730 Company

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Benjamin Holden

Born 1876

Died 1916

British Army 2675 Corporal Manchester Regiment

British Army 2675 Private Manchester Regiment

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William Henry Warren

Born 1880

Died 1918

British Army 68451 Corporal Machine Gun Corps

British Army 68451 Corporal Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

British Army 68451 Machine Gun Corps

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John Bottomley Warren

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 36693 Private East Yorkshire Regiment 12th Battalion

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Joseph E Robertshaw

Born 1891

Died 1963

British Army 36726 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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William Walker

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 78464

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Joseph Wilkinson Pickles

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 28353 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Harry Greenwood

Born 1871

Died 1917

British Army 5513 Private Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 242705 Private Yorkshire Regiment

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Arthur Gordon Wood

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army B/20045 Private Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 26th Battalion

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John Matthew Norman

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 241963

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Frank Bousfield Dent

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 242377 Private East Surrey Regiment

British Army 30146 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 4th/5th (Territorial) Battalion.

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Harold Holgate

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 265185

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David Pickles

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 283181

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Emerson Lumb

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 213087

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Harry Austin Livermore

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 265160

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Percy Pickles

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 275103

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Arthur Corney

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 298216

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Willie Fleming

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 5499

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Albert Taylor

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 311158

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Stanley Everett Evans

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 241524

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