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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]

Frederick Cyril Driffill

Born 1881

Died 1918

Royal Navy Z/2343 Able Seaman Royal Naval Division Hawke Bn.

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Tom Hunter

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 20136 Private East Yorkshire Regiment 3rd Bn.

British Army 20136 Private East Yorkshire Regiment 1st Bn.

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John Cowe

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army S/6670 Private Seaforth Highlanders 7th Bn.

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Robert Batty

Born 1896

Died 1985

British Army 309181 Driver Royal Garrison Artillery Clearing Office

British Army 309181 Driver Royal Garrison Artillery 'W' Battery

British Army 129200 Driver Royal Field Artillery No. 1 Depot

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Joe Spilman

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army 3/1929 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 9th Bn.

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John Garland

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 159114 Sapper Royal Engineers 100th Field Company

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William Frederick Cowling

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 240350 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Bernard Francis Kelly

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 18444 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 18444 Lance Corporal King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) 8th Bn.

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Samuel L Cowling

Born 1889

Died 1941

British Army 316316 Private Labour Corps 414th Agricultural Company

British Army 316316 Private Labour Corps 492nd Agricultural Company

British Army 316316 Private Labour Corps

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George Ashford Bessant

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 2438 Serjeant King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army G/25684 Serjeant The Queen's Regiment 11th Bn

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George Kirk

Born 1884

Died 1962

British Army 149686 Sapper Royal Engineers IWD

British Army WR/501908 A/2/Corporal Royal Engineers IWD

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Arthur Binns

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 16413 Private Lincolnshire Regiment 3rd Bn

British Army 21506 Private Lincolnshire Regiment 1st Bn

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George Waterland

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 115393 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 115393 Bombadier Royal Field artillery

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Charles Leggott

Born 1879

Died 1918

British Army M/20462 Warrant Officer Class 1 Army Service Corps

British Army 4988 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army M/20462 Private Army Service Corps

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George Will Fielder

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army Army Reserve

British Army 30108 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 3rd Bn.

British Army 30108 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry Depot

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Arthur Laverack

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 18517 Private East Lancashire Regiment

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Herbert Everatt

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army T/4510 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 291260 Private Northumberland Fusiliers 1/7th Bn. (Territorials).

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John Allan Gray

Born 1890

Died 1958

British Army 24896 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers

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Thomas Buck

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 10/806 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 10/806 Acting Serjeant East Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 10/806 Corporal East Yorkshire Regiment 10th Bn

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Thomas Burtwhistle

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army 2793 Private Lincolnshire Regiment 5th Bn

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