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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]

Wilfred Bellamy

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 59592 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Albert Rolla Niven

Born 1880

Died 1916

British Army 28287 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Hedley Clough

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 29605 Private Yorkshire Regiment 10th Battalion

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Horace Bland

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army S/19787 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

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Stanley Gibson

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 17/758 Corporal Yorkshire Regiment 17th west Battalion

British Army 17/758 Lance Serjeant West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) 17th Battalion

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Henry Gibson

Born 1893

Died 1914

British Army 2198 Private London Regiment 14th lond Battalion

British Army 2198 Private London Regiment (London Scottish)

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Walter Dodson

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army 4627 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) 3rd/7th Reserve Bn.

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Alfred Taylor

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 25048 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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John William Dunwell Goodall Taylor

Born 1892

Died 1914

British Army 9022 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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John William Bates

Died 1914

British Army 8681 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Fred Ladley

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 40061 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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Hedley Haigh

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 33423 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 33423 Lance Corporal King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 2nd Battalion

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Daniel Howley

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army 7556 Serjeant West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 7556 Serjeant West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Arthur Drummer

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 114555 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 114055 Driver Royal Field Artillery "C" Bty. 160th Bde.

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Cyril Thewlis

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 17/2105 Private Royal Irish Rifles

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George Firth

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 21505 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers

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Henry Paver

Born 1881

Australian Imperial Force 5436

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Herbert Archer Hill

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 15/1489 West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 15/1489 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 15/1489 Lance Corporal Prince Of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) 15th

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Norman Edwin Vaugham Higginbottom

Born 1896

Died 1916

Royal Navy 1202 S Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division

British Army PO/1202 (S) Lance Corporal Royal Marine Light Infantry

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Oliver Ainsworth

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army 35761 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 35761 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 2nd

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