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Barnsley, Yorkshire [7]

Wombwell, Barnsley, Yorkshire [3]

Rotherham, Yorkshire [2]

3 Norfolk Crescent, Hyde Park, London [1]

Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [1]

Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire [1]

Barnsley [1]

Barnsley, Lancashire [1]

Barry Dock, Glamorgan, Wales [1]

Birth 2 - 2 -1891 •Station Road, Wombwell, Yorkshire, England [1]

Bolton Upon Dearne [1]

Bradford, Yorkshire [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire [1]

Chesterfield England [1]

Doncaster England [1]

Eagle, Lincolnshire [1]

East Runton, Cromer [1]

Elsecar, Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

Euston England [1]

Fairburn [1]

Filey, Yorkshire [1]

Goldthorpe, Rotherham, Yorkshire [1]

Halifax, Yorkshire [1]

Hatfield Woodhouse, Yorks [1]

Horncastle, Lincolnshire [1]

Hoylandswaine, Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

Hoyle Mill, Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

Huddersfield, Yorkshire [1]

Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Monk Bretton,Barnsley,Yorkshire. [1]

Netherton, Staffordshire [1]

Newcastle upon Tyne, [1]

Newton, Derbyshire [1]

Nottingham [1]

Plymouth, Devon [1]

Sandfield Lichfield Staffordshire [1]

Tankersley, Yorkshire [1]

WOMBWELL, BARNSLEY [1]

Wallsall Staffs [1]

Whitwell, Derbyshire [1]

Wombswell, Yorkshire [1]

Wombwell, Main, Barnsley [1]

Wombwell, South Yorkshire [1]

Wombwell, Yorkshire [1]

Worsborough, Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

Worsbro' Dale, Barnsley [1]

Worsbrough Dale, Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

womwell [1]

Rank

Private [273]

Lance Corporal [28]

Serjeant [20]

Gunner [18]

Corporal [17]

Sapper [12]

Stoker 1st Class [9]

Second Lieutenant [6]

Acting Serjeant [5]

Acting Corporal [4]

Driver [4]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Pioneer [3]

Rifleman [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Bombardier [2]

Corporal 2nd [2]

Sergeant [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

2nd Corporal [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Captain [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Filter [1]

Lance Corps [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Major [1]

Miss [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Second Hand [1]

Second Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Skipper [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Stoker [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

York and Lancaster Regiment [151]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [23]

Royal Engineers [17]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [13]

Northumberland Fusiliers [13]

Royal Field Artillery [12]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [11]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [11]

Royal Garrison Artillery [11]

Coldstream Guards [10]

West Yorkshire Regiment [10]

Yorkshire Regiment [10]

Royal Naval Division [7]

Army Service Corps [6]

East Yorkshire Regiment [6]

Lincolnshire Regiment [6]

Machine Gun Corps [6]

Royal Horse Artillery [6]

Durham Light Infantry [5]

Labour Corps [5]

West Riding Regiment [5]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [5]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [4]

Manchester Regiment [4]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4]

Royal Marine Light Infantry [4]

HMS Good Hope [3]

Lancashire Fusiliers [3]

10th York and Lancaster Regiment [2]

8th York and Lancaster Regiment [2]

9th York and Lancaster Regiment [2]

Connaught Rangers [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

HMS Indefatigable [2]

HMS New Zealand [2]

HMS Princess Royal [2]

Leicestershire Regiment [2]

London Regiment [2]

North Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Northamptonshire Regiment [2]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [2]

Royal Naval Reserve [2]

South Wales Borderers [2]

14th York and Lancaster Regiment [1]

22nd RFA [1]

Australian Infantry [1]

Cameron Highlanders [1]

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [358]

Royal Navy [28]

Australian Imperial Force [3]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [50]

W [43]

S [39]

B [37]

C [25]

P [23]

M [22]

L [21]

R [18]

D [17]

G [16]

T [14]

A [10]

J [10]

F [9]

K [9]

O [7]

E [5]

N [5]

U [4]

I [3]

V [3]

Contribution

Military Service [376]

Country

United Kingdom [32]

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Place of birth

Barnsley, Yorkshire [7] Wombwell, Barnsley, Yorkshire [3] Rotherham, Yorkshire [2] 3 Norfolk Crescent, Hyde Park, London [1] Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [1] Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire [1] Barnsley [1] Barnsley, Lancashire [1] Barry Dock, Glamorgan, Wales [1] Birth 2 - 2 -1891 •Station Road, Wombwell, Yorkshire, England [1] Bolton Upon Dearne [1] Bradford, Yorkshire [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire [1] Chesterfield England [1] Doncaster England [1] Eagle, Lincolnshire [1] East Runton, Cromer [1] Elsecar, Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Euston England [1] Fairburn [1] Filey, Yorkshire [1] Goldthorpe, Rotherham, Yorkshire [1] Halifax, Yorkshire [1] Hatfield Woodhouse, Yorks [1] Horncastle, Lincolnshire [1] Hoylandswaine, Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Hoyle Mill, Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Huddersfield, Yorkshire [1] Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Monk Bretton,Barnsley,Yorkshire. [1] Netherton, Staffordshire [1] Newcastle upon Tyne, [1] Newton, Derbyshire [1] Nottingham [1] Plymouth, Devon [1] Sandfield Lichfield Staffordshire [1] Tankersley, Yorkshire [1] WOMBWELL, BARNSLEY [1] Wallsall Staffs [1] Whitwell, Derbyshire [1] Wombswell, Yorkshire [1] Wombwell, Main, Barnsley [1] Wombwell, South Yorkshire [1] Wombwell, Yorkshire [1] Worsborough, Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Worsbro' Dale, Barnsley [1] Worsbrough Dale, Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] womwell [1]

Rank

Private [273] Lance Corporal [28] Serjeant [20] Gunner [18] Corporal [17] Sapper [12] Stoker 1st Class [9] Second Lieutenant [6] Acting Serjeant [5] Acting Corporal [4] Driver [4] Lance Serjeant [3] Pioneer [3] Rifleman [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Bombardier [2] Corporal 2nd [2] Sergeant [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] 2nd Corporal [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Captain [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Deck Hand [1] Filter [1] Lance Corps [1] Leading Seaman [1] Lieutenant [1] Major [1] Miss [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Second Hand [1] Second Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Skipper [1] Staff Nurse [1] Stoker [1] Worker [1]

Unit

York and Lancaster Regiment [151] Yorkshire Light Infantry [23] Royal Engineers [17] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [13] Northumberland Fusiliers [13] Royal Field Artillery [12] King's Own Scottish Borderers [11] King's Royal Rifle Corps [11] Royal Garrison Artillery [11] Coldstream Guards [10] West Yorkshire Regiment [10] Yorkshire Regiment [10] Royal Naval Division [7] Army Service Corps [6] East Yorkshire Regiment [6] Lincolnshire Regiment [6] Machine Gun Corps [6] Royal Horse Artillery [6] Durham Light Infantry [5] Labour Corps [5] West Riding Regiment [5] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [5] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [4] Manchester Regiment [4] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4] Royal Marine Light Infantry [4] HMS Good Hope [3] Lancashire Fusiliers [3] 10th York and Lancaster Regiment [2] 8th York and Lancaster Regiment [2] 9th York and Lancaster Regiment [2] Connaught Rangers [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2] Grenadier Guards [2] HMS Indefatigable [2] HMS New Zealand [2] HMS Princess Royal [2] Leicestershire Regiment [2] London Regiment [2] North Staffordshire Regiment [2] Northamptonshire Regiment [2] Royal Lancaster Regiment [2] Royal Naval Reserve [2] South Wales Borderers [2] 14th York and Lancaster Regiment [1] 22nd RFA [1] Australian Infantry [1] Cameron Highlanders [1] Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [1] Essex Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [358] Royal Navy [28] Australian Imperial Force [3] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [50] W [43] S [39] B [37] C [25] P [23] M [22] L [21] R [18] D [17] G [16] T [14] A [10] J [10] F [9] K [9] O [7] E [5] N [5] U [4] I [3] V [3]

Contribution

Military Service [376]

Country

United Kingdom [32]

Newton Bamford

British Army DM2/164358 Private Army Service Corps

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A Charlesworth

British Army Miss Territorial Force Nursing Service

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Charles Minett

British Army C/475 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Ezra Major Hitchen

Born 1890

Died 1917

Royal Navy KW/45 Able Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Anson Battalion - Royal Naval Division

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Ernest Oliver

Died 1915

British Army 10829 Lance Corporal York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 10829 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 10829 Lance Corporal York and Lancaster

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James Hirst

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 1184 Lance Corporal London Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment

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Frank Guest

Royal Navy Z/4756 Royal Naval Division

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Harold Skinner

British Army R/16952 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Howard Lloyd

British Army 1562 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 476291 Sapper Royal Engineers

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S Blacker

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army 14/1157 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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Albert James Wilson

Born 1895

Died 1915

Royal Navy Z/3578 Royal Naval Division

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Charles Henry Costello

Born 1882

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 1524

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Isaac John Corbett

Born 1862

Died 1916

British Army 136087 Sapper Royal Engineers 174 Tunnelling Company

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Austin Thickett

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 2490

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William Stenton

Died 1918

British Army 53781 Private Manchester Regiment 2nd/7th Battalion

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Ernest Wilson

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 15064 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 15064 Lance Corporal York and Lancaster Regiment

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Wilfred Haigh

Born 1897

Died 1916

Royal Navy SS6447 Ordinary Seaman HMS Indefatigable

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William Harding

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 20766 Private Yorkshire Regiment 4th Battalion

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Willie Taylor

Died 1917

British Army 240758 Corporal York and Lancaster Regiment

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Mark Ruckledge

Died 1917

British Army 23964 Private West Riding Regiment

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