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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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Place of birth

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]

Henry Wilcock

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 2355 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 2355 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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John Raftery

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 200789 Lance Serjeant West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 2453 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

British Army 200789 Serjeant West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) 1/5th Battalion

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Donald Owen Howard Tripp

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army Temporary Captain Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army Captain The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 1st Battalion

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John Banford

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 312101 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 312101 Lance Bombardier Royal Garrison Artillery

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John T Darling

Born 1896

Died 1967

British Army M2/269111 Private Army Service Corps

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Francis Bradshaw

Born 1892

Died 1957

British Army 13190 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 60779 Lance Serjeant Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 10/13190 Lance Sargent West Yorkshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Frederick Thomas Graysmark

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army GS/62588 Private Royal Fusiliers 9th Battalion

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Walter George Gowland

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 24911 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 41612 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Gordon Hinton Bateman

Born 1889

Died 1942

British Army Temporary Chaplain to the Forces Class 4 Royal Army Chaplains Department

British Army Chaplain to the forces Class 4 Royal Army Chaplains Department

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James Arthur Batchelor

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 21257 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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Charles William Tanner

Born 1898

Died 1967

British Army 124330 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Robert Henry Nutbrown

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 1481 Corporal Alexandra Princess of Wales’ Own (Yorkshire Regiment) (“Green Howards”) 5th Battalion

British Army 240210 Serjeant Alexandra Princess of Wales’ Own (Yorkshire Regiment) (“Green Howards”)

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Henry Richard Deighton Simpson

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant 6th Dragoons

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

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Allan Darnbrough

Born 1901

Died 1956

British Army 1044982 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Arthur Pollin

Born 1885

Died 1946

British Army Corporal Scots Guards

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Cecil Norman Nottingham

Born 1894

Died 1965

British Army M2/193030 Private Royal Army Service Corps

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Claude Thomas Paine

Born 1891

Died 1965

Australian Imperial Force 3199 Private 48th Australian Infantry Battalion

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Frank Whincup

Born 1874

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps

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Edward William Charlton

Born 1895

Died 1914

British Army TS/43 Driver Army Service Corps 7th Division Headquarters

British Army TS/43 Private Royal Army Service Corps 7th Division Headquarters

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Herbert Watson Atkinson

Born 1873

Died 1916

British Army 3/11427 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 3/11427 Serjeant West Riding Regiment

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