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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]

Charles William Todd

Died 1917

British Army 27260 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 27260 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) 1st Garrison Battalion

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Victor Frank H Granger

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 13273 Private 4th Hussars

British Army 33159 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 13273 Private 8th Hussars

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George Francis Milner

Born 1863

Died 1921

British Army Brigadier General Cavalry Reserve Yorkshire

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Thomas Percival Anderson

Born 1885

Died 1936

British Army T4/126399 Driver Army Service Corps

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant Army Service Corps

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Henry De Lacy Wilson

Born 1876

Died 1940

British Army 404 Quarter Master Serjeant King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army Sergeant Infantry

British Army 404 Infantry Kings Royal Rifle Corps

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John William Wray Anfield

Born 1892

Died 1916

Royal Navy J1302

Royal Navy J.1302 (Ch) Leading Seaman HM Submarine E16

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Charles Ernest Bassett Lowthian Curzon

Born 1885

Royal Navy Lieutenant (Temporary) Royal Naval Reserve

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Samuel Sutton Brook

Born 1873

Died 1945

British Army 738 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army 123 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 273103 Private Royal Engineers

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Frederick Lionel Banon

Born 1862

Died 1950

British Army Colonel Temporary Brigadier General General Headquarters Staff

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Donald Bradshaw

Born 1897

Died 1956

British Army 1516 Private Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 240226 Private Yorkshire Regiment

British Army Yorkshire Regiment 5th Battalion

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Bertie Coore Dent

Born 1872

Died 1960

British Army Major Leicestershire Regiment

British Army Brigadier General Brigadier General GOC Infantry Brigade

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James Calpin

Died 1916

British Army 3716 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 201510 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 201510 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Albert Dinsdale

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 34949 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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Joseph Herbert Garbutt

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 763576 Serjeant London Regiment 28th lond Battalion

British Army 763576 Serjeant London Regiment (Artists' Rifles)

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Charles Taylor

Born 1877

Died 1916

British Army 17/161 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 17/161 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) 10th

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John Savile Hoole-Lowsley-Williams

Born 1898

Died 1958

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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Fred Hutchinson

Born 1887

Died 1914

British Army 6050 Private Scots Guards

British Army 6050 Lance Corporal Scots Guards

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Stanley Leeming

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 8793 Lance Corporal Dragoon Guards

British Army 51160 Lance Corporal Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

British Army 51160 Lance Corporal Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry)

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James Joseph Nacey

Died 1914

British Army 7465 Lance Corporal West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 7465 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 7465 Lance Corporal West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Wilfred Clifford

Born 1890

Died 1961

British Army 1357 Squadron Serjeant Major East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry

British Army GS-18303 Private Lancers

British Army 1357 Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 East Riding Yeomanry

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