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York, Yorkshire [937]

York [708]

York Western Australia [302]

York England [160]

New York [62]

New York, United States of America [47]

New York USA South Australia [44]

New York Of America [25]

Brooklyn, New York [17]

York, Ontario [13]

Acomb, York, Yorkshire [12]

York South Australia [12]

Fulford, York, Yorkshire [9]

New York City [9]

Heworth, York, Yorkshire [7]

Selby, York, Yorkshire [7]

Toronto, York, Ontario [7]

Clifton, York, Yorkshire [6]

Holgate, York, Yorkshire [6]

York Peninsula South Australia [6]

New York, America [5]

York, Yorkshire, England [5]

Dringhouses, York, Yorkshire [4]

Stamford Bridge, York, Yorkshire [4]

York Town, Surrey [4]

Brooklyn New York [3]

Buffalo, New York [3]

East Cottingwith, near York, Yorkshire [3]

New York of America [3]

New York City, New York [3]

Tadcaster, York, Yorkshire [3]

York Plains Tasmania [3]

York Town South Australia [3]

York, Western Australia [3]

Bishopthorpe, York, Yorkshire [2]

Brooklyn, New York City, New York [2]

Cape York Queensland [2]

Dunnington, York, Yorkshire [2]

Escrick, York [2]

Escrick, York, Yorkshire [2]

Fulford, York [2]

Haxby, York, Yorkshire [2]

King Township, York County, Ontario [2]

Long Island, New York [2]

Malton, York, Yorkshire [2]

Pocklington, York, Yorkshire [2]

Saint Mary's York, Yorkshire [2]

St Johns, York, Yorkshire [2]

York Yorkshire [2]

York, North Yorkshire [2]

Rank

Private [201]

Second Lieutenant [35]

Lieutenant [34]

Captain [26]

Corporal [24]

Lance Corporal [24]

Able Seaman [23]

Gunner [23]

Serjeant [23]

Stoker 1st Class [18]

Major [17]

Driver [11]

Nursing Sister [10]

Ordinary Seaman [10]

Sapper [10]

Sergeant [8]

Deck Hand [5]

Lance Serjeant [5]

Leading Seaman [5]

Leading Stoker [5]

Lieutenant Colonel [5]

Temporary Lieutenant [5]

Boy 1st Class [4]

Boy 2nd Class [4]

Brigadier General [3]

First Lieutenant [3]

Nurse [3]

Ordinary Signalman [3]

Petty Officer [3]

Reverend [3]

Rifleman [3]

Stoker 2nd Class [3]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Chaplain [2]

Chief Stoker [2]

Clerk [2]

Colour Sergeant [2]

Commander [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Junior Reserve Attendant [2]

Lance Bombardier [2]

Leading Signalman [2]

Officer's Steward 2nd Class [2]

Pioneer [2]

Signal Boy [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Waggoner [2]

1st Class AIr Mechanic [1]

1st Lieutenant [1]

Unit

West Yorkshire Regiment [40]

Royal Field Artillery [19]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [18]

Canadian Infantry [17]

Royal Engineers [15]

Royal Garrison Artillery [15]

Durham Light Infantry [14]

Royal Naval Reserve [14]

Army Service Corps [13]

East Yorkshire Regiment [13]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [13]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [12]

Yorkshire Regiment [12]

American Expeditionary Force - III Corps [11]

Royal Flying Corps [11]

Northumberland Fusiliers [10]

Royal Army Medical Corps [9]

Labour Corps [8]

London Regiment [8]

Royal Fusiliers [8]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [7]

Royal Air Force [7]

HMS IRON DUKE [6]

16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [5]

HMS Ajax [5]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [5]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [5]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [5]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5]

American Expeditionary Force - II Corps [4]

East Lancashire Regiment [4]

HMS Good Hope [4]

Hussars [4]

Lancashire Fusiliers [4]

Machine Gun Corps [4]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4]

10th (Prince of Wales's Own Royal) Hussars [3]

Australian Infantry [3]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [3]

HMS BLACK PRINCE [3]

HMS BULWARK [3]

HMS NEPTUNE [3]

Lancers [3]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3]

Royal Army Chaplain's Department [3]

South Wales Borderers [3]

York and Lancaster Regiment [3]

106th Infantry Regiment [2]

312th Infantry Regiment [2]

4th Hussars [2]

Service

Royal Navy [1094]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [641]

Australian Imperial Force [570]

British Army [307]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [60]

Other Empire Force [29]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [328]

W [262]

S [249]

H [239]

C [200]

M [166]

D [151]

R [138]

P [124]

T [122]

G [120]

F [113]

A [101]

L [92]

K [58]

N [54]

J [50]

E [47]

O [23]

V [20]

I [19]

Y [18]

Q [7]

U [3]

Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2642]

Merchant Navy [23]

Country

United Kingdom [148]

Canada [8]

India [6]

United States [6]

Barbados [1]

Bermuda [1]

Egypt [1]

Hong Kong [1]

New Zealand [1]

Trinidad and Tobago [1]

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York, Yorkshire [937] York [708] York Western Australia [302] York England [160] New York [62] New York, United States of America [47] New York USA South Australia [44] New York Of America [25] Brooklyn, New York [17] York, Ontario [13] Acomb, York, Yorkshire [12] York South Australia [12] Fulford, York, Yorkshire [9] New York City [9] Heworth, York, Yorkshire [7] Selby, York, Yorkshire [7] Toronto, York, Ontario [7] Clifton, York, Yorkshire [6] Holgate, York, Yorkshire [6] York Peninsula South Australia [6] New York, America [5] York, Yorkshire, England [5] Dringhouses, York, Yorkshire [4] Stamford Bridge, York, Yorkshire [4] York Town, Surrey [4] Brooklyn New York [3] Buffalo, New York [3] East Cottingwith, near York, Yorkshire [3] New York of America [3] New York City, New York [3] Tadcaster, York, Yorkshire [3] York Plains Tasmania [3] York Town South Australia [3] York, Western Australia [3] Bishopthorpe, York, Yorkshire [2] Brooklyn, New York City, New York [2] Cape York Queensland [2] Dunnington, York, Yorkshire [2] Escrick, York [2] Escrick, York, Yorkshire [2] Fulford, York [2] Haxby, York, Yorkshire [2] King Township, York County, Ontario [2] Long Island, New York [2] Malton, York, Yorkshire [2] Pocklington, York, Yorkshire [2] Saint Mary's York, Yorkshire [2] St Johns, York, Yorkshire [2] York Yorkshire [2] York, North Yorkshire [2]

Rank

Private [201] Second Lieutenant [35] Lieutenant [34] Captain [26] Corporal [24] Lance Corporal [24] Able Seaman [23] Gunner [23] Serjeant [23] Stoker 1st Class [18] Major [17] Driver [11] Nursing Sister [10] Ordinary Seaman [10] Sapper [10] Sergeant [8] Deck Hand [5] Lance Serjeant [5] Leading Seaman [5] Leading Stoker [5] Lieutenant Colonel [5] Temporary Lieutenant [5] Boy 1st Class [4] Boy 2nd Class [4] Brigadier General [3] First Lieutenant [3] Nurse [3] Ordinary Signalman [3] Petty Officer [3] Reverend [3] Rifleman [3] Stoker 2nd Class [3] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Chaplain [2] Chief Stoker [2] Clerk [2] Colour Sergeant [2] Commander [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Junior Reserve Attendant [2] Lance Bombardier [2] Leading Signalman [2] Officer's Steward 2nd Class [2] Pioneer [2] Signal Boy [2] Temporary Captain [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Waggoner [2] 1st Class AIr Mechanic [1] 1st Lieutenant [1]

Unit

West Yorkshire Regiment [40] Royal Field Artillery [19] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [18] Canadian Infantry [17] Royal Engineers [15] Royal Garrison Artillery [15] Durham Light Infantry [14] Royal Naval Reserve [14] Army Service Corps [13] East Yorkshire Regiment [13] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [13] Canadian Army Medical Corps [12] Yorkshire Regiment [12] American Expeditionary Force - III Corps [11] Royal Flying Corps [11] Northumberland Fusiliers [10] Royal Army Medical Corps [9] Labour Corps [8] London Regiment [8] Royal Fusiliers [8] King's Royal Rifle Corps [7] Royal Air Force [7] HMS IRON DUKE [6] 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [5] HMS Ajax [5] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [5] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [5] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [5] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5] American Expeditionary Force - II Corps [4] East Lancashire Regiment [4] HMS Good Hope [4] Hussars [4] Lancashire Fusiliers [4] Machine Gun Corps [4] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4] 10th (Prince of Wales's Own Royal) Hussars [3] Australian Infantry [3] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [3] HMS BLACK PRINCE [3] HMS BULWARK [3] HMS NEPTUNE [3] Lancers [3] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3] Royal Army Chaplain's Department [3] South Wales Borderers [3] York and Lancaster Regiment [3] 106th Infantry Regiment [2] 312th Infantry Regiment [2] 4th Hussars [2]

Service

Royal Navy [1094] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [641] Australian Imperial Force [570] British Army [307] Canadian Expeditionary Force [60] Other Empire Force [29] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [328] W [262] S [249] H [239] C [200] M [166] D [151] R [138] P [124] T [122] G [120] F [113] A [101] L [92] K [58] N [54] J [50] E [47] O [23] V [20] I [19] Y [18] Q [7] U [3] Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2642] Merchant Navy [23]

Country

United Kingdom [148] Canada [8] India [6] United States [6] Barbados [1] Bermuda [1] Egypt [1] Hong Kong [1] New Zealand [1] Trinidad and Tobago [1]

Albert Brough

Born 1885

Died 1919

British Army 55607 Serjeant Major York and Lancaster Regiment Depot

British Army 55607 Company Serjeant Major York and Lancaster Regiment 18th Battalion

British Army 7840 Acting Regimental Serjeant Major West Yorkshire Regiment 2/7th Battalion

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Archibald Joseph Swalwell

Born 1885

Died 1928

British Army 9/2645 Private Durham Light Infantry 1st./9th. Battalion

British Army 323510 Lance Corporal Durham Light Infantry 1st./9th Battalion

British Army 325310 Corporal Durham Light Infantry 1st/9th.Battalion

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Leslie Irving Howden

Born 1897

Died 1978

British Army 24733 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 665731 Private Labour Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 24733 Private Royal Flying Corps Number 6 Squadron

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John Dixon Mais

Born 1881

Died 1944

British Army 20302 Private Coldstream Guards

British Army 20302 Guardsman Coldstream Guards

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Charles Sydney Webster

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 240833 Private Leicestershire Regiment 1st/5th Bn.

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Robert Nutbrown

Born 1886

Died 1961

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 34318 Air Mechanic 2nd Class Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 34318 Air Mechanic 3rd Class Royal Air Force

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 34318 Air Mechanic 2nd Class Royal Air Force

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George Edwin Ellison

Born 1878

Died 1918

British Army L/16063 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army L/12643 Private Corps of Lancers 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers

British Army SE/6722 Private 5th Lancers

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Albert Hogg

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 54661 Serjeant Durham Light Infantry

British Army 54661 Serjeant Durham Light Infantry 19th

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John Bigelow Dodge

Born 1894

Died 1960

Royal Navy Sub Lieutenant Royal Naval Division - Hood Battalion

Royal Navy Temporary Lieutenant 63rd (Royal Naval) Division 7th (Hood) Battalion

Royal Navy Temporary Lieutenant 63rd (Royal Naval) Division 2nd (Reserve) Battalion

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Godfrey Seymour Tearle

Born 1884

Died 1953

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 130588 Gunner Royal Horse Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery

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Frederick Leslie Dunwell

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers

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Frederick Kenyon

Born 1893

Died 1972

British Army 16126 Private West Yorkshire Regiment 12th

British Army 16126 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

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Charles Swalwell

Born 1878

Died 1939

British Army 241711 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 46102 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 46102 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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Wilfred Taylor

Born 1892

Died 1970

British Army 12/344 Lance Corporal East Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 12/344 Private East Yorkshire Regimentk

British Army 12/344 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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Thomas Howard Duffin

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army 18340 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 18340 Private West Yorkshire (Prince of Wales's Own) 9th Battalion

British Army 18340 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Bertha Gavin 'betty' Stevenson

Born 1896

Died 1918

Other Empire Force Motor Driver Young Mens Christian Association

Other Empire Force Motor Driver and Canteen Worker Young Mens Christian Association

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John Calpin

Born 1877

Died 1916

British Army 3/9865 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 3/9865 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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George Nutbrown

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 1533 Private Durham Light Infantry 1/5th Battalion [Territorial Force]

British Army 45562 Private Durham Light Infantry 15th (Service) Battalion

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Thomas Hudson Nutbrown

Born 1884

Died 1958

British Army 89431 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery Siege Batteries

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Fred Nutbrown

Born 1891

Died 1958

British Army 57525 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 57525 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 57525 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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