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Morley, West Yorkshire [59]

Gildersome, West Yorkshire [6]

Morley, Yorkshire [5]

East Ardsley, West Yorkshire [4]

Churwell, West Yorkshire [3]

Hunslet, Leeds, West Yorkshire [3]

Leeds, West Yorkshire [3]

Leeds, Yorkshire [2]

Morley [2]

Ardsley, West Yorkshire [1]

Batley, West Yorkshire [1]

Beeston, Leeds, West Yorkshire [1]

Beeston, West Yorkshire [1]

Bingley, West Yorkshire [1]

Bradford [1]

Bradford, Yorkshire [1]

Bramley, West Yorkshire [1]

Bruntcliffe, West Yorkshire [1]

Churwell,West Yorkshire [1]

Coalville, Leicestershire [1]

Drighlington, West Yorkshire [1]

Drighlington, Yorks [1]

Emley, Yorkshire [1]

Gildersome [1]

Gildersome, Yorks [1]

Guiseley, West Yorkshire [1]

Haverhill, Suffolk [1]

Leeds [1]

Lennoxtown, Stirlingshire [1]

Longton, Staffordshire [1]

Methley, West Yorkshire [1]

Mingate, County Durham [1]

Morley, Leeds [1]

Morley, Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Morley, West Yorkshire. [1]

Ollerton, Nottinghamshire [1]

Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire [1]

Pontefract, West Yorkshire [1]

Pontefract, Yorkshire [1]

Rangoon [1]

Robin Hood, Yorkshire [1]

Sandal, West Yorkshire [1]

Sculcoates [1]

Sileby, Leicestershire [1]

Stilton, Huntingdon [1]

Thornhill, Yorks [1]

Tingley, West Yorkshire [1]

Town End, Morley, Yorkshire [1]

Wakefield, Yorks [1]

Wellington, Shropshire [1]

Rank

Private [149]

Lance Corporal [12]

Corporal [11]

Serjeant [9]

Second Lieutenant [7]

Driver [6]

Gunner [6]

Sapper [5]

Rifleman [4]

Captain [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Acting Captain [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Bombardier [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Pioneer [1]

Sergeant [1]

Sgt [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Yorkshire Light Infantry [43]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [34]

West Yorkshire Regiment [31]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [19]

Royal Field Artillery [12]

Royal Engineers [10]

West Riding Regiment [8]

York and Lancaster Regiment [8]

Yorkshire Regiment [8]

Army Service Corps [5]

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [4]

East Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Northumberland Fusiliers [4]

Highland Light Infantry [3]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [3]

London Regiment [3]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [3]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Labour Corps [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2]

Prince Of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Horse Artillery [2]

Royal Irish Rifles [2]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [2]

Royal Scots [2]

Scots Guards [2]

Worcestershire Regiment [2]

10th Entrenching Battalion [1]

11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars [1]

11th Hussars [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Attached West Riding Regiment [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Connaught Rangers [1]

Corps Of Royal Engineers [1]

Duke Of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [1]

H.M.S. "Russell." [1]

HMS INDEFATIGABLE [1]

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [1]

King's Own Yorkshire LIght Infantry [1]

Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

Service

British Army [192]

Royal Navy [3]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [31]

B [27]

S [16]

W [16]

M [15]

A [12]

F [12]

C [10]

T [10]

G [9]

D [7]

E [6]

N [5]

R [5]

L [4]

P [4]

J [2]

K [2]

O [2]

I [1]

Contribution

Military Service [185]

Country

United Kingdom [104]

India [1]

Ireland [1]

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People [196] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Morley, West Yorkshire [59] Gildersome, West Yorkshire [6] Morley, Yorkshire [5] East Ardsley, West Yorkshire [4] Churwell, West Yorkshire [3] Hunslet, Leeds, West Yorkshire [3] Leeds, West Yorkshire [3] Leeds, Yorkshire [2] Morley [2] Ardsley, West Yorkshire [1] Batley, West Yorkshire [1] Beeston, Leeds, West Yorkshire [1] Beeston, West Yorkshire [1] Bingley, West Yorkshire [1] Bradford [1] Bradford, Yorkshire [1] Bramley, West Yorkshire [1] Bruntcliffe, West Yorkshire [1] Churwell,West Yorkshire [1] Coalville, Leicestershire [1] Drighlington, West Yorkshire [1] Drighlington, Yorks [1] Emley, Yorkshire [1] Gildersome [1] Gildersome, Yorks [1] Guiseley, West Yorkshire [1] Haverhill, Suffolk [1] Leeds [1] Lennoxtown, Stirlingshire [1] Longton, Staffordshire [1] Methley, West Yorkshire [1] Mingate, County Durham [1] Morley, Leeds [1] Morley, Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Morley, West Yorkshire. [1] Ollerton, Nottinghamshire [1] Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire [1] Pontefract, West Yorkshire [1] Pontefract, Yorkshire [1] Rangoon [1] Robin Hood, Yorkshire [1] Sandal, West Yorkshire [1] Sculcoates [1] Sileby, Leicestershire [1] Stilton, Huntingdon [1] Thornhill, Yorks [1] Tingley, West Yorkshire [1] Town End, Morley, Yorkshire [1] Wakefield, Yorks [1] Wellington, Shropshire [1]

Rank

Private [149] Lance Corporal [12] Corporal [11] Serjeant [9] Second Lieutenant [7] Driver [6] Gunner [6] Sapper [5] Rifleman [4] Captain [3] Able Seaman [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Acting Captain [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Bombardier [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Lieutenant [1] Pioneer [1] Sergeant [1] Sgt [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Yorkshire Light Infantry [43] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [34] West Yorkshire Regiment [31] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [19] Royal Field Artillery [12] Royal Engineers [10] West Riding Regiment [8] York and Lancaster Regiment [8] Yorkshire Regiment [8] Army Service Corps [5] Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [4] East Yorkshire Regiment [4] Northumberland Fusiliers [4] Highland Light Infantry [3] King's Own Scottish Borderers [3] London Regiment [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] Royal Scots Fusiliers [3] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Labour Corps [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] Liverpool Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2] Prince Of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Horse Artillery [2] Royal Irish Rifles [2] Royal Lancaster Regiment [2] Royal Scots [2] Scots Guards [2] Worcestershire Regiment [2] 10th Entrenching Battalion [1] 11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars [1] 11th Hussars [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Attached West Riding Regiment [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Connaught Rangers [1] Corps Of Royal Engineers [1] Duke Of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [1] H.M.S. "Russell." [1] HMS INDEFATIGABLE [1] King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [1] King's Own Yorkshire LIght Infantry [1] Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

Service

British Army [192] Royal Navy [3] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1] Australian Imperial Force [1] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [31] B [27] S [16] W [16] M [15] A [12] F [12] C [10] T [10] G [9] D [7] E [6] N [5] R [5] L [4] P [4] J [2] K [2] O [2] I [1]

Contribution

Military Service [185]

Country

United Kingdom [104] India [1] Ireland [1]

Walter Metcalfe

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 15/642 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 15/642 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Donald James Watson

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 358110 Private Liverpool Regiment

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Albert Waring

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 245459 Private Manchester Regiment

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Joseph Horace Saville

Born 1878

Died 1918

British Army 34308 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Albert Bradshaw

Born 1879

Died 1914

British Army 8163 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Clarence Copley

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 107141 Pioneer Royal Engineers

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James Bateson

Born 1881

Died 1921

British Army 17/26 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

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Joseph Clegg

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army Captain Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Albert Gregson

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army 6112 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 242927 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Jonathan Howarth

Born 1887

Died 1914

British Army 7775 Private Royal Munster Fusiliers

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Albert Naylor

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 5996 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 242482 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Walter Crabtree

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army C/6788 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army C/6788 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Thomas Flockton Bolton

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 242029 Private 10th Entrenching Battalion

British Army 42221 Private Royal Scots

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Frederick James Hardy

Born 1886

Died 1914

British Army 3881 Lance Corporal 11th Hussars

British Army 3881 Private 11th Hussars

British Army 3881 Lance Corporal 11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars

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Gladstone Roberts

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 202480 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 260063 Private Middlesex Regiment

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John William Mollitt

Born 1878

Died 1917

British Army 4163 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 266631 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 266631 Lance Corporal West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) 1st/7th Battalion

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Joseph Lorriman

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 18872 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Truelove Ward

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army 2102 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Dennis Andrews

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 4935 Corporal King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 24057 Corporal King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 240577 Corporal King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 1st/5th Battalion

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George Firth

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army 11037 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 11037 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 2nd Battalion

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