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Todmorden, Yorkshire [110]

Todmorden, Yorkshire, England [13]

Todmorden,West Yorkshire. [4]

Eastwood, Todmorden, Yorkshire [3]

Todmorden Yorkshire [2]

Todmorden, West Yorkshire [2]

Charlestown, Todmorden, Yorkshire [1]

Cross Stone, Todmorden, Yorkshire [1]

Hebden Bridge,Todmorden,Yorkshire. [1]

Stansfield Todmorden, Yorkshire [1]

Stansfield,Todmorden,West Yorkshire. [1]

Rank

Private [16]

Serjeant [4]

Gunner [3]

Corporal [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Driver [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Rifleman [2]

Sapper [2]

Second Lieutenant [2]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Captain [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Lance Corporal [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Motor Mechanic [1]

Sergeant [1]

Trooper [1]

Unit

Lancashire Fusiliers [5]

Manchester Regiment [5]

Royal Field Artillery [4]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

HMS Vivid I [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Engineers [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Royal Naval Reserve [2]

West Yorkshire Regiment [2]

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

1/6th Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

23rd Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

5th Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

East Lancashire Regiment Territorial Force [1]

HMS Ajax [1]

HMS Ganges [1]

HMS Impregnable [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

Labour Corps [1]

Liverpool Regiment [1]

London Regiment [1]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

Naval Forces Royal Engineers [1]

Northumberland Fusiliers [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Artillery [1]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1]

Suffolk Regiment [1]

Wellington Mounted Rifles [1]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [53]

Royal Navy [40]

British Army [34]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [21]

H [21]

S [20]

G [17]

M [8]

P [8]

W [8]

B [7]

D [5]

F [5]

T [5]

L [4]

R [4]

A [2]

E [1]

J [1]

N [1]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [126]

Merchant Navy [13]

Country

United Kingdom [18]

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People [139] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Todmorden, Yorkshire [110] Todmorden, Yorkshire, England [13] Todmorden,West Yorkshire. [4] Eastwood, Todmorden, Yorkshire [3] Todmorden Yorkshire [2] Todmorden, West Yorkshire [2] Charlestown, Todmorden, Yorkshire [1] Cross Stone, Todmorden, Yorkshire [1] Hebden Bridge,Todmorden,Yorkshire. [1] Stansfield Todmorden, Yorkshire [1] Stansfield,Todmorden,West Yorkshire. [1]

Rank

Private [16] Serjeant [4] Gunner [3] Corporal [2] Deck Hand [2] Driver [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Rifleman [2] Sapper [2] Second Lieutenant [2] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Bombardier [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Captain [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Lance Corporal [1] Lieutenant [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Motor Mechanic [1] Sergeant [1] Trooper [1]

Unit

Lancashire Fusiliers [5] Manchester Regiment [5] Royal Field Artillery [4] Royal Fusiliers [3] East Lancashire Regiment [2] HMS Vivid I [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Engineers [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Royal Naval Reserve [2] West Yorkshire Regiment [2] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [2] 1/6th Lancashire Fusiliers [1] 23rd Lancashire Fusiliers [1] 5th Lancashire Fusiliers [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Army Service Corps [1] Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] East Lancashire Regiment Territorial Force [1] HMS Ajax [1] HMS Ganges [1] HMS Impregnable [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] Labour Corps [1] Liverpool Regiment [1] London Regiment [1] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1] Naval Forces Royal Engineers [1] Northumberland Fusiliers [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Artillery [1] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1] Suffolk Regiment [1] Wellington Mounted Rifles [1] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [53] Royal Navy [40] British Army [34] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [21] H [21] S [20] G [17] M [8] P [8] W [8] B [7] D [5] F [5] T [5] L [4] R [4] A [2] E [1] J [1] N [1] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [126] Merchant Navy [13]

Country

United Kingdom [18]

Tom Buckley

Born 1885

British Army 4615 Private 5th Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 201997 Private 23rd Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 897279 Private London Regiment 34th lond Battalion

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Clement Marshall

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 4761

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John William Johnson

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 156225

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John Stansfield

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 163347

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Eric Shawforth

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 164550

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Charles Sutcliffe

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 164922

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Ronald William Denys Gill

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 177265

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Fred Nicholas Fielden

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 187975

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Thomas Greenwood

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 194411

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John Stansfield

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 195751

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John Marshall

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 199962

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Arnold Stansfield

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 66916

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Frank Stansfield

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 68365

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Robert Danson Atkinson

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 11409 Serjeant Liverpool Regiment

British Army 11409 Private Liverpool Regiment 4th Battalion

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Tom Wood

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 15 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army L/32536 Gunner Royal Field Artillery d/110th Battalion

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Harry Taylor

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 239177

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William Crabtree

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 240596

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Harry Horsfall

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 250825

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Will Lord

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 247075

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Richard Crossland

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 4713 Private Royal Fusiliers 20th Battalion

British Army PS/4713 Private Royal Fusiliers 20th Battalion

British Army 4713 Private Royal Fusiliers

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