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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]

Charles Wallace Crawford Mackechnie

Born 1897

Died 1949

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 150893

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Ruby Gordon Peterkin

Born 1887

Died 1961

Canadian Expeditionary Force 4387 Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps

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Leslie Norman Stewart

Born 1895

Died 1966

Australian Imperial Force 2130 Private 51st Australian Infantry Battalion

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Leonard Sanderson

Born 1885

Died 1932

British Army 68861 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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James Miles Langstaff

Born 1883

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force Major Capt. / Adjutant/ a.Major 75th Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force Major Canadian Infantry

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Frederick Nottingham

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 19178 Private The Prince of Wales’ Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)

British Army 19178 Private The Prince of Wales’ Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) 2nd Battalion

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Mary Jane Weyland

Born 1894

Died 1982

British Army 14925 Private Women's Army Auxiliary Corps No. 1 Distribution Park Royal Flying Corps [Bradford Yorkshire]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 6465 Private Women's Royal Air Force No. 1 Distribution Park Royal Air Force [Bradford Yorkshire]

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Charles Beveridge

Born 1869

Died 1917

British Army 33657 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 6893 East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 67350 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 3rd Garrison Battalion

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Alwyne Percy Dale

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army Major Yorkshire Regiment 3rd west Battalion

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

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Ronald Marshall

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army 2094 Lance Corporal West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 2094 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 2094 Lance Corporal West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Frank Gutherless

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 37898 Private East Yorkshire Regiment 10th Battalion

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Arthur Archwell Davis

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 27996 Lance Corpral Royal Welsh Fusiliers 15th Battalion

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Harry Lockey

Born 1886

Died 1917

Royal Navy 2689DA Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy DA 2689 Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve H.M.S. "Q20."

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George Thomas Illing

Born 1889

Died 1915

Royal Navy S 2831 Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 2831/S Stoker Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S "Cove."

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Charles William Pexton

Born 1879

Died 1914

Royal Navy 283978 Leading Stoker HMS BULWARK

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Robert Wrigglesworth

Born 1891

Died 1974

British Army 16397 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army P/18227 Private Military Foot Police

British Army P/18227 Sergeant Military Police

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Cecil Samuel Molyneux

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 312308 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery West Riding Heavy Battery

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Charles William Dickson

Born 1894

Died 1915

Royal Navy K23818 Stoker 2nd Class H.M.S. "Victory"

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Frank Dyson

Died 1918

British Army 3892 Private Royal Scots

British Army 270133 Private Royal Scots

British Army 270133 Private Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) 15th Battalion

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Percy Charles Postill

Died 1916

British Army 22546 Private Manchester Regiment Depot Battalion

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