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Goole, Yorkshire [483]

Goole, Yorkshire, England [446]

Goole [202]

Swinefleet, Goole [51]

Rawcliffe, Goole, Yorkshire [40]

Rawcliffe, Goole [26]

Crowle, Lincolnshire [24]

Hull, Yorkshire [24]

Eastoft, Lincolnshire [18]

Reedness, Goole [16]

Swinefleet, Goole, Yorkshire [16]

Thorne [15]

Rawcliffe Bridge, Goole [13]

Hull [12]

Airmyn, Goole, Yorkshire [11]

Leeds, Yorkshire [11]

Rawcliffe Bridge, Goole, Yorkshire [11]

Whitgift, Goole [11]

Snaith, Goole [10]

York [10]

Garthorpe, Lincolnshire [9]

Hook, Goole [8]

Selby, Yorkshire [8]

Thorne, Doncaster [8]

Rawcliffe, Goole, Yorkshire, England [7]

Hook, Goole, Yorkshire [6]

Howden, Goole, Yorkshire [6]

Howden, Yorkshire [6]

Snaith, Goole, Yorkshire [6]

Swinefleet, Yorkshire, England [6]

Knottingley, Pontefract [5]

Leeds [5]

Old Goole, Goole, Yorkshire [5]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [5]

Bradford, Yorkshire [4]

Knottingley, Pontefract, Yorkshire [4]

Ulverston, Lancashire [4]

Whitgift, Yorkshire, England [4]

Adlingfleet, Goole [3]

Airmyn, Goole [3]

Blacktoft, Howden, Goole, Yorkshire [3]

Carlton, Selby, Yorkshire [3]

Doncaster, Yorkshire [3]

Eastoft, Lincolnshire, England [3]

Goole Yorkshire [3]

Goole, Yorkshire, England. [3]

Greenwich, London [3]

Hutton, Berwickshire [3]

Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [3]

Pollington, Goole [3]

Rank

Private [1168]

Gunner [152]

Sapper [124]

Corporal [120]

Serjeant [102]

Lance Corporal [100]

Driver [70]

Second Lieutenant [51]

Lieutenant [32]

Captain [29]

Acting Corporal [28]

Rifleman [26]

Acting Serjeant [19]

Bombardier [15]

Major [13]

Company Serjeant Major [11]

Able Seaman [9]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [9]

Lance Serjeant [8]

Pioneer [8]

Stoker 1st Class [8]

Corporal 2nd [7]

Sergeant [7]

2nd Lieutenant [6]

Trooper [6]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [5]

Acting Bombadier [4]

Acting Bombardier [4]

Bugler [4]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Ordinary Seaman [4]

Staff Serjeant [4]

Stoker 2nd Class [4]

Stoker II [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [3]

Bombadier [3]

Boy II [3]

Colonel [3]

Guardsman [3]

Lance Bombardier [3]

Stoker I [3]

Worker [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

CSM [2]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [2]

Company Sergeant Major [2]

Lance Sergeant [2]

Lieutenant Captain [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Major General [2]

Unit

Yorkshire Light Infantry [242]

Royal Engineers [217]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [209]

Royal Field Artillery [144]

East Yorkshire Regiment [127]

West Yorkshire Regiment [97]

Labour Corps [95]

Army Service Corps [86]

Royal Garrison Artillery [85]

York and Lancaster Regiment [80]

Lincolnshire Regiment [74]

Yorkshire Regiment [66]

Machine Gun Corps [62]

Northumberland Fusiliers [60]

Durham Light Infantry [44]

Royal Army Medical Corps [38]

Army Reserve [37]

West Riding Regiment [32]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [32]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [31]

Seaforth Highlanders [29]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [21]

Coldstream Guards [20]

Royal Army Service Corps [19]

London Regiment [18]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [18]

King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) [17]

Leicestershire Regiment [17]

Royal Naval Division [17]

Manchester Regiment [16]

Lancashire Fusiliers [15]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [15]

Royal Fusiliers [15]

Royal Defence Corps [13]

Royal Scots [13]

Border Regiment [12]

East Lancashire Regiment [12]

Essex Regiment [10]

North Staffordshire Regiment [10]

Rifle Brigade [10]

Liverpool Regiment [9]

Cameron Highlanders [8]

Cheshire Regiment [8]

South Staffordshire Regiment [8]

Training Reserve [8]

Bedfordshire Regiment [7]

Guards Machine Gun Regiment [7]

Middlesex Regiment [7]

South Lancashire Regiment [7]

Yorkshire Hussars [7]

Service

British Army [1822]

Royal Navy [76]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [23]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [17]

Australian Imperial Force [7]

Other Empire Force [5]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Last name first letter

D [250]

S [234]

C [230]

B [225]

H [223]

W [164]

M [145]

G [113]

P [110]

L [108]

A [102]

R [102]

T [94]

F [76]

J [70]

K [66]

E [52]

N [35]

O [26]

V [11]

I [7]

Y [7]

Q [4]

Contribution

Military Service [1921]

Merchant Navy [522]

Conscientious Objector [6]

Country

United Kingdom [800]

India [8]

Canada [6]

China [4]

France [1]

South Africa [1]

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Goole, Yorkshire [483] Goole, Yorkshire, England [446] Goole [202] Swinefleet, Goole [51] Rawcliffe, Goole, Yorkshire [40] Rawcliffe, Goole [26] Crowle, Lincolnshire [24] Hull, Yorkshire [24] Eastoft, Lincolnshire [18] Reedness, Goole [16] Swinefleet, Goole, Yorkshire [16] Thorne [15] Rawcliffe Bridge, Goole [13] Hull [12] Airmyn, Goole, Yorkshire [11] Leeds, Yorkshire [11] Rawcliffe Bridge, Goole, Yorkshire [11] Whitgift, Goole [11] Snaith, Goole [10] York [10] Garthorpe, Lincolnshire [9] Hook, Goole [8] Selby, Yorkshire [8] Thorne, Doncaster [8] Rawcliffe, Goole, Yorkshire, England [7] Hook, Goole, Yorkshire [6] Howden, Goole, Yorkshire [6] Howden, Yorkshire [6] Snaith, Goole, Yorkshire [6] Swinefleet, Yorkshire, England [6] Knottingley, Pontefract [5] Leeds [5] Old Goole, Goole, Yorkshire [5] Sheffield, Yorkshire [5] Bradford, Yorkshire [4] Knottingley, Pontefract, Yorkshire [4] Ulverston, Lancashire [4] Whitgift, Yorkshire, England [4] Adlingfleet, Goole [3] Airmyn, Goole [3] Blacktoft, Howden, Goole, Yorkshire [3] Carlton, Selby, Yorkshire [3] Doncaster, Yorkshire [3] Eastoft, Lincolnshire, England [3] Goole Yorkshire [3] Goole, Yorkshire, England. [3] Greenwich, London [3] Hutton, Berwickshire [3] Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [3] Pollington, Goole [3]

Rank

Private [1168] Gunner [152] Sapper [124] Corporal [120] Serjeant [102] Lance Corporal [100] Driver [70] Second Lieutenant [51] Lieutenant [32] Captain [29] Acting Corporal [28] Rifleman [26] Acting Serjeant [19] Bombardier [15] Major [13] Company Serjeant Major [11] Able Seaman [9] Warrant Officer Class 2 [9] Lance Serjeant [8] Pioneer [8] Stoker 1st Class [8] Corporal 2nd [7] Sergeant [7] 2nd Lieutenant [6] Trooper [6] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [5] Acting Bombadier [4] Acting Bombardier [4] Bugler [4] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Ordinary Seaman [4] Staff Serjeant [4] Stoker 2nd Class [4] Stoker II [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [3] Bombadier [3] Boy II [3] Colonel [3] Guardsman [3] Lance Bombardier [3] Stoker I [3] Worker [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] CSM [2] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [2] Company Sergeant Major [2] Lance Sergeant [2] Lieutenant Captain [2] Lieutenant Commander [2] Major General [2]

Unit

Yorkshire Light Infantry [242] Royal Engineers [217] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [209] Royal Field Artillery [144] East Yorkshire Regiment [127] West Yorkshire Regiment [97] Labour Corps [95] Army Service Corps [86] Royal Garrison Artillery [85] York and Lancaster Regiment [80] Lincolnshire Regiment [74] Yorkshire Regiment [66] Machine Gun Corps [62] Northumberland Fusiliers [60] Durham Light Infantry [44] Royal Army Medical Corps [38] Army Reserve [37] West Riding Regiment [32] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [32] King's Royal Rifle Corps [31] Seaforth Highlanders [29] King's Own Scottish Borderers [21] Coldstream Guards [20] Royal Army Service Corps [19] London Regiment [18] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [18] King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) [17] Leicestershire Regiment [17] Royal Naval Division [17] Manchester Regiment [16] Lancashire Fusiliers [15] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [15] Royal Fusiliers [15] Royal Defence Corps [13] Royal Scots [13] Border Regiment [12] East Lancashire Regiment [12] Essex Regiment [10] North Staffordshire Regiment [10] Rifle Brigade [10] Liverpool Regiment [9] Cameron Highlanders [8] Cheshire Regiment [8] South Staffordshire Regiment [8] Training Reserve [8] Bedfordshire Regiment [7] Guards Machine Gun Regiment [7] Middlesex Regiment [7] South Lancashire Regiment [7] Yorkshire Hussars [7]

Service

British Army [1822] Royal Navy [76] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [23] Canadian Expeditionary Force [17] Australian Imperial Force [7] Other Empire Force [5] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Last name first letter

D [250] S [234] C [230] B [225] H [223] W [164] M [145] G [113] P [110] L [108] A [102] R [102] T [94] F [76] J [70] K [66] E [52] N [35] O [26] V [11] I [7] Y [7] Q [4]

Contribution

Military Service [1921] Merchant Navy [522] Conscientious Objector [6]

Country

United Kingdom [800] India [8] Canada [6] China [4] France [1] South Africa [1]

Cecil Dodsworth

British Army S/12301 Private Middlesex Regiment Depot

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John Thomas Dodsworth

British Army SS/8812 Private Royal Army Service Corps

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William Dodsworth

British Army 1290 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 101566 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army WR/207178 Private Royal Engineers

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George W Dodsworth

British Army 38854 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army 93373 Private Royal Defence Corps

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George Dodsworth

British Army 751381 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 447615 Gunner Labour Corps

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Arthur Abson

British Army 18341 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

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James Anderson

British Army S/924 Private Seaforth Highlanders

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J M Campbell

British Army 38500 Serjeant Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Herbert Arthur Longhorn

British Army 260061 Private Middlesex Regiment

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Charles Monger

British Army G/774 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army GS/774 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

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Mary Dickson Bladworth

British Army Voluntary Aid Detachment

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Thomas Dealtrey

British Army 200188 Private Durham Light Infantry

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Donald Mackay

British Army 9325 Private Seaforth Highlanders

British Army 9325 Corporal Seaforth Highlanders

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James Mabon

British Army T4/123825 Driver Army Service Corps

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G S Mccreath

British Army S/24124 Acting Serjeant Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

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William Tighe

British Army 241488 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 372473 Private Labour Corps

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Albert Vennart

British Army 28091 Private Yorkshire Regiment

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George Buttery

British Army 34278 Private Royal Defence Corps 329th Provisional Company

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Emmanuel Shinwell

Born 1884

Died 1986

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Joseph Lalancette

Born 1895

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 672604

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