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Ossett, Yorkshire [11]

Ossett [2]

Barugh Green, Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

Castleford, Yorkshire [1]

Darton, Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

Dewsbury England [1]

Dewsbury, West Yorkshire [1]

Dodworth, Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

Doncaster Yorkshire. [1]

Doncaster, Yorkshire [1]

Flockton, West Yorkshire [1]

Horbury or Ossett, Yorkshire [1]

Hoyland Common, Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

Leeds [1]

Leeds England [1]

Normanton, Yorkshire [1]

Ossett West Yorkshire [1]

Ossett, West Yorkshire [1]

Tasmania [1]

Wakefield [1]

Wood End, Hopton, Mirfield West Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [249]

Gunner [19]

Lance Corporal [16]

Corporal [10]

Serjeant [10]

Driver [7]

Sapper [6]

Acting Corporal [3]

Bombardier [2]

Rifleman [2]

Abel Seaman [1]

Captain [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Lance-Sergeant [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Ordinary Telegraphist [1]

Pioneer [1]

Recruit [1]

Second Lieutenant [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Trooper [1]

Wagoner [1]

Unit

Yorkshire Light Infantry [78]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [77]

West Yorkshire Regiment [24]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [20]

Royal Field Artillery [15]

York and Lancaster Regiment [12]

Durham Light Infantry [11]

Northumberland Fusiliers [11]

Royal Garrison Artillery [11]

West Riding Regiment [11]

Royal Engineers [8]

Army Service Corps [7]

Royal Army Medical Corps [7]

Yorkshire Regiment [7]

Royal Scots [6]

East Yorkshire Regiment [5]

Highland Light Infantry [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

Machine Gun Corps [4]

Cameron Highlanders [3]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [3]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [3]

Labour Corps [3]

Lancashire Fusiliers [3]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

Scottish Rifles [3]

Border Regiment [2]

Coldstream Guards [2]

Connaught Rangers [2]

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

East Kent Regiment [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

London Regiment [2]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [2]

Royal Irish Rifles [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2]

Royal Sussex Regiment [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

10th York and Lancaster Regiment [1]

13th Hussars [1]

1st Royal Scots [1]

ALIAS [1]

Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Service

British Army [306]

Royal Navy [8]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [35]

H [31]

B [27]

W [27]

G [25]

P [19]

T [19]

D [17]

C [16]

R [16]

A [14]

F [12]

L [11]

E [10]

N [9]

J [8]

I [7]

M [7]

O [4]

K [2]

V [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [311]

Country

United Kingdom [14]

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People [318] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Ossett, Yorkshire [11] Ossett [2] Barugh Green, Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Castleford, Yorkshire [1] Darton, Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Dewsbury England [1] Dewsbury, West Yorkshire [1] Dodworth, Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Doncaster Yorkshire. [1] Doncaster, Yorkshire [1] Flockton, West Yorkshire [1] Horbury or Ossett, Yorkshire [1] Hoyland Common, Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Leeds [1] Leeds England [1] Normanton, Yorkshire [1] Ossett West Yorkshire [1] Ossett, West Yorkshire [1] Tasmania [1] Wakefield [1] Wood End, Hopton, Mirfield West Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [249] Gunner [19] Lance Corporal [16] Corporal [10] Serjeant [10] Driver [7] Sapper [6] Acting Corporal [3] Bombardier [2] Rifleman [2] Abel Seaman [1] Captain [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Lance-Sergeant [1] Lieutenant [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Ordinary Telegraphist [1] Pioneer [1] Recruit [1] Second Lieutenant [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1] Trooper [1] Wagoner [1]

Unit

Yorkshire Light Infantry [78] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [77] West Yorkshire Regiment [24] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [20] Royal Field Artillery [15] York and Lancaster Regiment [12] Durham Light Infantry [11] Northumberland Fusiliers [11] Royal Garrison Artillery [11] West Riding Regiment [11] Royal Engineers [8] Army Service Corps [7] Royal Army Medical Corps [7] Yorkshire Regiment [7] Royal Scots [6] East Yorkshire Regiment [5] Highland Light Infantry [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] Machine Gun Corps [4] Cameron Highlanders [3] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [3] King's Own Scottish Borderers [3] Labour Corps [3] Lancashire Fusiliers [3] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [3] Manchester Regiment [3] Scottish Rifles [3] Border Regiment [2] Coldstream Guards [2] Connaught Rangers [2] Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [2] East Kent Regiment [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2] Essex Regiment [2] Grenadier Guards [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] Liverpool Regiment [2] London Regiment [2] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [2] Royal Irish Rifles [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2] Royal Sussex Regiment [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2] 10th York and Lancaster Regiment [1] 13th Hussars [1] 1st Royal Scots [1] ALIAS [1] Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own Yorkshire Regiment [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Service

British Army [306] Royal Navy [8] Australian Imperial Force [2] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [35] H [31] B [27] W [27] G [25] P [19] T [19] D [17] C [16] R [16] A [14] F [12] L [11] E [10] N [9] J [8] I [7] M [7] O [4] K [2] V [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [311]

Country

United Kingdom [14]

Harry Ellis

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 11228 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 11228 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Fred Talbot

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 25234 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 25234 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Albert Rayner Teale

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 4325 Private Royal Scots

British Army 251571 Private Royal Scots

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Robert E Pennington

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 107206 Driver Royal Engineers

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Willie Dews

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 25824 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 25824 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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David Rothery

Born 1875

Died 1915

British Army 3/2812 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 3/2812 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Clifford Crawshaw Pickles

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps

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Joseph Edward Smith

Born 1879

Died 1916

British Army 15602 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 43421 Lance Corporal West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) 10th

British Army Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) 2nd

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Fred Brammer

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 33376 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 37296 Private East Yorkshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Eli Townend Archer

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Archer Townend

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 89040 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Clifford Fozzard

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 5221 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 202322 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Cyril Denison

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 237 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

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John W Heaton

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 17412 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Edward Humphrey

Born 1885

Died 1917

Royal Navy KW/659 Royal Naval Division

Royal Navy Abel Seaman

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Lionel Edwin V Straw

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 8329 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) 4th Battalion

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Arthur J Parsons

British Army 53827 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Squire Cooper

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army 16217 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 16217 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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