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Hipperholme, Halifax, West Yorkshire [8]

Lightcliffe, Halifax, West Yorkshire [8]

Bailiffe Bridge, Brighouse, West Yorkshire [2]

Huby, Leeds, West Yorkshire [2]

Wyke, Bradford, West Yorkshire [2]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Bowling Green, Wyke, Bradford, West Yorkshire [1]

Bradford, West Yorkshire [1]

Brighouse, West Yorkshire [1]

Brighouse, Yorkshire [1]

Castleton, West Yorkshire [1]

Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire [1]

Halifax, Westt Yorkshire [1]

Halifax, Yorkshire [1]

Hipperholme, HAlifax, West Yorkshire [1]

Huby Weeton, Yorkshire [1]

Killerby, Yorkshire, England [1]

Kirkstall, Leeds, West Yorkshie [1]

Norwood Green, Yorkshire [1]

Oakenshaw cum Woodlands, Yorkshire [1]

Oakenshaw, Yorkshire [1]

Oldham, Lancashire [1]

Ovenden, HAlifax, West Yorkshire [1]

The Green, Wallsend, Northumberland [1]

Wallsend, Northumberland [1]

West Bowling, Bradford, Yorks [1]

Wokingham, Berkshire [1]

Wold Newton, Bridlington, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [37]

Captain [5]

Serjeant [5]

Corporal [4]

Lieutenant [4]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Gunner [3]

Lance Corporal [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Guardsman [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Unit

West Riding Regiment [13]

West Yorkshire Regiment [8]

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [7]

Northumberland Fusiliers [5]

Royal Field Artillery [5]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [4]

Army Service Corps [3]

Coldstream Guards [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Yorkshire Regiment [2]

171st Light Trench Mortar Battery [1]

3rd South African Infantry [1]

Duke of Wellingtons Regiment [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

Gordon Highlanders [1]

King's African Rifles [1]

King's Liverpool Regiment [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

Labour Corps [1]

Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

Lincolnshire Regiment [1]

Liverpool Regiment [1]

London Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1]

Monmouthshire Regiment [1]

North Staffordshire Regiment [1]

Northumberland Hussars [1]

Northumberland Yeomanry [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Engineers [1]

Royal Flying Corps [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [1]

Royal Irish Rifles [1]

South Wales Borderers [1]

Tank Corps [1]

The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [1]

York and Lancaster Regiment [1]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

Service

British Army [53]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [4]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

S [14]

B [12]

A [4]

H [4]

N [4]

P [4]

W [4]

F [3]

R [3]

Q [2]

D [1]

G [1]

K [1]

L [1]

Contribution

Military Service [56]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [17]

Malta [1]

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People [58] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Hipperholme, Halifax, West Yorkshire [8] Lightcliffe, Halifax, West Yorkshire [8] Bailiffe Bridge, Brighouse, West Yorkshire [2] Huby, Leeds, West Yorkshire [2] Wyke, Bradford, West Yorkshire [2] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Bowling Green, Wyke, Bradford, West Yorkshire [1] Bradford, West Yorkshire [1] Brighouse, West Yorkshire [1] Brighouse, Yorkshire [1] Castleton, West Yorkshire [1] Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire [1] Halifax, Westt Yorkshire [1] Halifax, Yorkshire [1] Hipperholme, HAlifax, West Yorkshire [1] Huby Weeton, Yorkshire [1] Killerby, Yorkshire, England [1] Kirkstall, Leeds, West Yorkshie [1] Norwood Green, Yorkshire [1] Oakenshaw cum Woodlands, Yorkshire [1] Oakenshaw, Yorkshire [1] Oldham, Lancashire [1] Ovenden, HAlifax, West Yorkshire [1] The Green, Wallsend, Northumberland [1] Wallsend, Northumberland [1] West Bowling, Bradford, Yorks [1] Wokingham, Berkshire [1] Wold Newton, Bridlington, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [37] Captain [5] Serjeant [5] Corporal [4] Lieutenant [4] Second Lieutenant [4] Gunner [3] Lance Corporal [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Guardsman [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Unit

West Riding Regiment [13] West Yorkshire Regiment [8] Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [7] Northumberland Fusiliers [5] Royal Field Artillery [5] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [4] Army Service Corps [3] Coldstream Guards [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] Grenadier Guards [2] Royal Air Force [2] Yorkshire Regiment [2] 171st Light Trench Mortar Battery [1] 3rd South African Infantry [1] Duke of Wellingtons Regiment [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] Gordon Highlanders [1] King's African Rifles [1] King's Liverpool Regiment [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] Labour Corps [1] Lancashire Fusiliers [1] Lincolnshire Regiment [1] Liverpool Regiment [1] London Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1] Monmouthshire Regiment [1] North Staffordshire Regiment [1] Northumberland Hussars [1] Northumberland Yeomanry [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Engineers [1] Royal Flying Corps [1] Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Royal Irish Fusiliers [1] Royal Irish Rifles [1] South Wales Borderers [1] Tank Corps [1] The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [1] York and Lancaster Regiment [1] Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

Service

British Army [53] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [4] Australian Imperial Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

S [14] B [12] A [4] H [4] N [4] P [4] W [4] F [3] R [3] Q [2] D [1] G [1] K [1] L [1]

Contribution

Military Service [56] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [17] Malta [1]

Thomas Henry Stocks

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army S/13485 Private Gordon Highlanders

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Kenneth Raymond Berry

Born 1894

British Army 200708 Corporal West Riding Regiment

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Leonard Sucksmith

Born 1898

Died 1920

British Army 203483 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army 260076 Private Monmouthshire Regiment

British Army 260076 Private South Wales Borderers

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James Smallwood

Died 1917

British Army 26387 Guardsman Grenadier Guards

British Army 26387 Private Grenadier Guards

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Aaron Sucksmith

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 31827 Private Durham Light Infantry 13th Battalion

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Albert Erwin Quarmby

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 75064 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Gerald White

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 203819 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 203819 Lance Corporal West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) 12th (Service) Battalion

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Arthur Charles Needham

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant North Staffordshire Regiment

British Army Captain East Lancashire Regiment

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Herbert Pybus

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 29323 Private Grenadier Guards

British Army 29323 Lance Corporal Grenadier Guards

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Henry Edward Pohlmann

Born 1893

Died 1978

British Army 1165 Private West Riding Regiment

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant Royal Air Force

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Lieutenant Royal Air Force

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Robert Brier Brownrigg

Born 1896

Died 1919

British Army M2/051999 Private Army Service Corps 662nd Company (Park Royal)

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Fred Booth

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 12172 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 39004 Corporal Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Reginald Peel Pohlmann

Born 1898

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 64896 Air Mechanic 3rd Class Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

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Giordano Bruno Wakefield

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army 6848 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Robert R Byers

Born 1875

Died 1915

British Army 18994 Private Yorkshire Regiment

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Joe Lumb Brook

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 241284 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 241284 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 33rd Battalion, 33rd Brigade

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Herbert Addy

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army L/18870 Gunner Royal Field Artillery Q Battery

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Reginald Naylor

Born 1882

Died 1916

South African Services 1337 Private 3rd South African Infantry

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