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Todmorden, Yorkshire [110]

Todmorden, Lancashire [50]

Todmorden [19]

Todmorden, Yorkshire, England [13]

Todmorden,West Yorkshire. [4]

Eastwood, Todmorden, Yorkshire [3]

Todmorden England [3]

Lineholme,Todmorden, Lancashire [2]

Todmorden Yorkshire [2]

Todmorden, Lancashire, England [2]

Todmorden, West Yorkshire [2]

Todmorden, Yorks [2]

Charlestown, Todmorden, Yorkshire [1]

Cornholme, Todmorden [1]

Cross Stone, Todmorden, Yorkshire [1]

Dules Gate,Walsden & Todmorden,Lancashire. [1]

Hebden Bridge,Todmorden,Yorks. [1]

Hebden Bridge,Todmorden,Yorkshire. [1]

Stansfield Todmorden, Yorkshire [1]

Stansfield,Todmorden,West Yorkshire. [1]

Todmorden, Lancs [1]

Todmorden, Yorkhire [1]

Todmorden,Lancs. [1]

Todmorden. [1]

Walsden, Todmorden,Lancs. [1]

Walsden,Todmorden [1]

Rank

Private [43]

Serjeant [6]

Second Lieutenant [5]

Corporal [4]

Deck Hand [4]

Gunner [4]

Ordinary Seaman [4]

Driver [3]

Lance Corporal [2]

Rifleman [2]

Sapper [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Armoured Car Driver [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Captain [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Gunner RMA [1]

Leading Signalman [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Motor Mechanic [1]

Ordinary Telegraphist [1]

Sergeant [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Trooper [1]

Unit

Lancashire Fusiliers [9]

Labour Corps [5]

Manchester Regiment [5]

Royal Field Artillery [5]

Devonshire Regiment [4]

East Lancashire Regiment [4]

HMS Vivid I [4]

Royal Naval Reserve [4]

Army Service Corps [3]

Northumberland Fusiliers [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

West Yorkshire Regiment [3]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [3]

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Engineers [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2]

West Riding Regiment [2]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

York and Lancaster Regiment [2]

(RFR/PO/B/10910). H.M.S. "Formidable." [1]

1/6th Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

23rd Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

4th Royal Marine Battalion [1]

5th Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

East Lancashire Regiment Territorial Force [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

HMS Ajax [1]

HMS Cassandra [1]

HMS Ganges [1]

HMS Impregnable [1]

HMS LION [1]

HMS Vivid II [1]

Highland Light Infantry [1]

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [1]

Liverpool Regiment [1]

London Regiment [1]

Naval Forces Royal Engineers [1]

Norfolk Regiment [1]

North Staffordshire Regiment [1]

Royal Artillery [1]

Service

Royal Navy [88]

British Army [69]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [54]

Australian Imperial Force [3]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [36]

C [33]

S [32]

G [21]

B [13]

P [11]

D [10]

T [10]

M [9]

W [9]

F [8]

L [7]

A [5]

R [5]

J [4]

N [4]

K [3]

E [2]

O [2]

U [2]

Contribution

Military Service [212]

Merchant Navy [13]

Country

United Kingdom [36]

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People [226] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Todmorden, Yorkshire [110] Todmorden, Lancashire [50] Todmorden [19] Todmorden, Yorkshire, England [13] Todmorden,West Yorkshire. [4] Eastwood, Todmorden, Yorkshire [3] Todmorden England [3] Lineholme,Todmorden, Lancashire [2] Todmorden Yorkshire [2] Todmorden, Lancashire, England [2] Todmorden, West Yorkshire [2] Todmorden, Yorks [2] Charlestown, Todmorden, Yorkshire [1] Cornholme, Todmorden [1] Cross Stone, Todmorden, Yorkshire [1] Dules Gate,Walsden & Todmorden,Lancashire. [1] Hebden Bridge,Todmorden,Yorks. [1] Hebden Bridge,Todmorden,Yorkshire. [1] Stansfield Todmorden, Yorkshire [1] Stansfield,Todmorden,West Yorkshire. [1] Todmorden, Lancs [1] Todmorden, Yorkhire [1] Todmorden,Lancs. [1] Todmorden. [1] Walsden, Todmorden,Lancs. [1] Walsden,Todmorden [1]

Rank

Private [43] Serjeant [6] Second Lieutenant [5] Corporal [4] Deck Hand [4] Gunner [4] Ordinary Seaman [4] Driver [3] Lance Corporal [2] Rifleman [2] Sapper [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Armoured Car Driver [1] Bombardier [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Captain [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Gunner RMA [1] Leading Signalman [1] Lieutenant [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Motor Mechanic [1] Ordinary Telegraphist [1] Sergeant [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1] Trooper [1]

Unit

Lancashire Fusiliers [9] Labour Corps [5] Manchester Regiment [5] Royal Field Artillery [5] Devonshire Regiment [4] East Lancashire Regiment [4] HMS Vivid I [4] Royal Naval Reserve [4] Army Service Corps [3] Northumberland Fusiliers [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] West Yorkshire Regiment [3] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [3] Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Engineers [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2] West Riding Regiment [2] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] York and Lancaster Regiment [2] (RFR/PO/B/10910). H.M.S. "Formidable." [1] 1/6th Lancashire Fusiliers [1] 23rd Lancashire Fusiliers [1] 4th Royal Marine Battalion [1] 5th Lancashire Fusiliers [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] East Lancashire Regiment Territorial Force [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] HMS Ajax [1] HMS Cassandra [1] HMS Ganges [1] HMS Impregnable [1] HMS LION [1] HMS Vivid II [1] Highland Light Infantry [1] King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [1] Liverpool Regiment [1] London Regiment [1] Naval Forces Royal Engineers [1] Norfolk Regiment [1] North Staffordshire Regiment [1] Royal Artillery [1]

Service

Royal Navy [88] British Army [69] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [54] Australian Imperial Force [3] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [36] C [33] S [32] G [21] B [13] P [11] D [10] T [10] M [9] W [9] F [8] L [7] A [5] R [5] J [4] N [4] K [3] E [2] O [2] U [2]

Contribution

Military Service [212] Merchant Navy [13]

Country

United Kingdom [36]

William Nothard

Born 1881

Died 1941

British Army M1/08959 Private Army Service Corps

British Army M1/08959 Private Army Service Corps

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Willie Cockcroft

Born 1878

Died 1917

British Army 85639 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Robert Suthers

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 38564 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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John Bentley

Born 1890

Died 1974

British Army L/32479 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

British Army L/32479 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

British Army L/32479 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

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Harry Barnes

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 11683 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment 6th Battalion

British Army 11683 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 6th Battalion

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Barker Crabtree

Born 1891

Died 1938

British Army 9268 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 261225 Private Labour Corps

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Herbert Teasdale

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 302145 Private Royal Scots

British Army 302145 Private Royal Scots 2nd Battalion

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Ernest George Hopkinson

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 13692 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

British Army 13692 Private West Yorkshire Regiment 10th Battalion

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Arthur Taylor

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 241257 Serjeant Lancashire Fusiliers

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Samuel Sutcliffe

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 60370 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 60370 Rifleman West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) 2nd/7th Bn

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Percy Edmund Tamblin

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 13113 Private Suffolk Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 13113 Lance Corporal Suffolk Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Austin Thorp

Born 1873

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Artillery

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Archibald Simpson

Born 1878

Died 1917

British Army 16057 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 308116 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 308116 Private Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

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William Feber

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 15271 Private Devonshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 15271 Private Devonshire Regiment

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Percy Needham Cockcroft

Born 1895

Died 1950

British Army 28270 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Maurice Charles Pilfold Headeach

Born 1874

Died 1916

British Army 12/392 Acting Serjeant York and Lancaster Regiment

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Arthur Calvert

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 21107 Private Manchester Regiment 22nd Battalion

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John Hawksworth Jackson Barker

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant East Lancashire Regiment Territorial Force

British Army Lieutenant East Lancashire Regiment 5th Battalion

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John Herbert Garside

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 28243 Corporal Royal Army Medical Corps

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Walter Lingard

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 28637 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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