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Swinefleet, Goole [37]

Goole [11]

Reedness, Goole [10]

Swinefleet, Goole, Yorkshire [8]

Swinefleet, Yorkshire, England [8]

Goole, Yorkshire, England [7]

Goole, Yorkshire [6]

Crowle, Lincolnshire [4]

High Street, Swinefleet [3]

Hook, Goole [3]

Doncaster, Yorkshire [2]

High Street, Swinefleet, Goole [2]

Low Street, Swinefleet, Goole, Yorkshire [2]

Reedness, Yorkshire, England [2]

Swinefleet [2]

Swinefleet Common, Goole [2]

Whitgift, Goole [2]

Whitgift, Yorkshire, England [2]

Yeadon, West Yorkshire [2]

45 Couper Street, Old Goole, Yorkshire [1]

Beechburn, Aukland, Durham [1]

Bromley, Poplar, London [1]

Bubwith, Howden [1]

Chapel Haddlesey, Selby, Yorkshire [1]

Common Piece, Swinefleet, Goole [1]

Crowle, Thorne [1]

Eastoft [1]

Eastoft, Goole, Yorkshire [1]

Garthorpe, Lincolnshire [1]

Goole Fields, Goole [1]

Goole Fields, Yorkshire [1]

Haxey [1]

Haxey, Lincolnshire [1]

Hull, Yorkshire [1]

Knottingley, Pontefract [1]

Laverack's Row, Swinefleet, Goole [1]

Leeds [1]

Leeds, West Yorkshire [1]

Low Burnham, Lincolnshire [1]

Luddington, Lincolnshire [1]

Mirfield, Dewsbury, Yorkshire [1]

Old Goole [1]

Old Goole, Goole [1]

Ousefleet Pastures, Swinefleet, Goole [1]

Owston Ferry, Lincolnshire [1]

Peat Moss Works, Swinefleet [1]

Pollington, Goole [1]

Rawcliffe Bridge [1]

Rawcliffe, Goole [1]

Rawcliffe, Goole, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [82]

Gunner [18]

Lance Corporal [16]

Driver [11]

Sapper [9]

Corporal [8]

Serjeant [4]

Acting Bombadier [2]

Bombadier [2]

Bombardier [2]

Stoker I [2]

Stoker II [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 - RSM [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Guardsman [1]

Gunner (Paid as Saddler) [1]

Gunner (U/L/Br) [1]

Lance Gunner [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Pioneer [1]

Prvatei [1]

Saddler [1]

Second Lieutenant [1]

Sergeant [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Stoker Class II [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Unpaid Lance Corporal [1]

Unit

Yorkshire Light Infantry [23]

Royal Field Artillery [17]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [16]

Royal Engineers [14]

Royal Garrison Artillery [12]

Labour Corps [10]

Army Service Corps [9]

Northumberland Fusiliers [8]

York and Lancaster Regiment [8]

Machine Gun Corps [7]

West Yorkshire Regiment [7]

Durham Light Infantry [5]

Royal Naval Division [5]

Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [4]

West Riding Regiment [3]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [3]

Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Army Reserve [2]

East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) [2]

Leicestershire Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Victory II [2]

158th Brigade [1]

19th Division Machine Gun Corps [1]

1st Reserve Brigade [1]

3/1st West Riding Brigade RFA [1]

38 Divisional Ammunition Column [1]

49th Divisional Training Battery [1]

4B Reserve Brigade RFA - Boyton [1]

57 Brigade RFA [1]

62nd (2nd West Riding) Divison [1]

67 Brigade RFA [1]

72nd Divisional Artillery [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Barham [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

Fearless [1]

Gibraltar [1]

Guards Machine Gun Regiment [1]

HMS Bulwark [1]

HMS Pembroke [1]

HMS Queen Mary [1]

HMS Victory II [1]

King's Liverpool Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [132]

Royal Navy [13]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [25]

B [23]

S [18]

W [13]

G [10]

H [10]

T [10]

D [9]

A [8]

P [6]

F [5]

K [5]

M [5]

E [3]

N [3]

O [3]

J [2]

L [2]

R [2]

V [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [146]

Merchant Navy [18]

Country

United Kingdom [106]

India [2]

Canada [1]

China [1]

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Swinefleet, Goole [37] Goole [11] Reedness, Goole [10] Swinefleet, Goole, Yorkshire [8] Swinefleet, Yorkshire, England [8] Goole, Yorkshire, England [7] Goole, Yorkshire [6] Crowle, Lincolnshire [4] High Street, Swinefleet [3] Hook, Goole [3] Doncaster, Yorkshire [2] High Street, Swinefleet, Goole [2] Low Street, Swinefleet, Goole, Yorkshire [2] Reedness, Yorkshire, England [2] Swinefleet [2] Swinefleet Common, Goole [2] Whitgift, Goole [2] Whitgift, Yorkshire, England [2] Yeadon, West Yorkshire [2] 45 Couper Street, Old Goole, Yorkshire [1] Beechburn, Aukland, Durham [1] Bromley, Poplar, London [1] Bubwith, Howden [1] Chapel Haddlesey, Selby, Yorkshire [1] Common Piece, Swinefleet, Goole [1] Crowle, Thorne [1] Eastoft [1] Eastoft, Goole, Yorkshire [1] Garthorpe, Lincolnshire [1] Goole Fields, Goole [1] Goole Fields, Yorkshire [1] Haxey [1] Haxey, Lincolnshire [1] Hull, Yorkshire [1] Knottingley, Pontefract [1] Laverack's Row, Swinefleet, Goole [1] Leeds [1] Leeds, West Yorkshire [1] Low Burnham, Lincolnshire [1] Luddington, Lincolnshire [1] Mirfield, Dewsbury, Yorkshire [1] Old Goole [1] Old Goole, Goole [1] Ousefleet Pastures, Swinefleet, Goole [1] Owston Ferry, Lincolnshire [1] Peat Moss Works, Swinefleet [1] Pollington, Goole [1] Rawcliffe Bridge [1] Rawcliffe, Goole [1] Rawcliffe, Goole, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [82] Gunner [18] Lance Corporal [16] Driver [11] Sapper [9] Corporal [8] Serjeant [4] Acting Bombadier [2] Bombadier [2] Bombardier [2] Stoker I [2] Stoker II [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 - RSM [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Guardsman [1] Gunner (Paid as Saddler) [1] Gunner (U/L/Br) [1] Lance Gunner [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Pioneer [1] Prvatei [1] Saddler [1] Second Lieutenant [1] Sergeant [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1] Stoker Class II [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1] Unpaid Lance Corporal [1]

Unit

Yorkshire Light Infantry [23] Royal Field Artillery [17] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [16] Royal Engineers [14] Royal Garrison Artillery [12] Labour Corps [10] Army Service Corps [9] Northumberland Fusiliers [8] York and Lancaster Regiment [8] Machine Gun Corps [7] West Yorkshire Regiment [7] Durham Light Infantry [5] Royal Naval Division [5] Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [4] West Riding Regiment [3] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [3] Yorkshire Regiment [3] Army Reserve [2] East Yorkshire Regiment [2] King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) [2] Leicestershire Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Victory II [2] 158th Brigade [1] 19th Division Machine Gun Corps [1] 1st Reserve Brigade [1] 3/1st West Riding Brigade RFA [1] 38 Divisional Ammunition Column [1] 49th Divisional Training Battery [1] 4B Reserve Brigade RFA - Boyton [1] 57 Brigade RFA [1] 62nd (2nd West Riding) Divison [1] 67 Brigade RFA [1] 72nd Divisional Artillery [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Barham [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Essex Regiment [1] Fearless [1] Gibraltar [1] Guards Machine Gun Regiment [1] HMS Bulwark [1] HMS Pembroke [1] HMS Queen Mary [1] HMS Victory II [1] King's Liverpool Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [132] Royal Navy [13] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [25] B [23] S [18] W [13] G [10] H [10] T [10] D [9] A [8] P [6] F [5] K [5] M [5] E [3] N [3] O [3] J [2] L [2] R [2] V [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [146] Merchant Navy [18]

Country

United Kingdom [106] India [2] Canada [1] China [1]

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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Robert John Gringley

Born 1879

Died 1949

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 277025

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Fred Cash

Born 1893

Died 1976

British Army 1219 Private East Yorkshire Regiment 12th (Service) Bn

British Army 10311 Private Army Cyclist Corps 17th Bn

British Army 10311 Private Army Cyclist Corps 8th Bn

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Stephen Cook

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 27809 Corporal Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 27809 Corporal King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 2nd Bn.

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Charles Wilson

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 240101 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 1/5th Bn

British Army 1875 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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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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Arthur Shipley

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 19588 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 61780 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 22605 Private Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Marmaduke Sykes

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army 42325 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 615753 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 250708 Private Durham Light Infantry

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Walter Aistrope

Born 1894

Died 1929

British Army 18220 Serjeant Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 20049 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 20049 Serjeant 19th Division Machine Gun Corps

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Fred Gill

Born 1902

Died 1923

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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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Fred Chafer

Born 1887

Died 1967

British Army 84095 RFA 1st Reserve Battalion

British Army 84095 Driver RFA 4th Battery

British Army 15474 Private Royal Fusiliers 5th Battalion

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Harry W Maw

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 1515 Private Suffolk Yeomanry (Duke of York's Own Loyal Hussars) Terratorial

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant Bedfordshire Regiment 7th Bn

British Army Second Lieutenant Bedfordshire Regiment 1st Bn

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John Maltus Gill

Born 1877

Died 1942

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Harry Champion

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 12097 Lance Corporal King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) 2/5th Bn

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Arthur Buttrick

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army 8396 Private York and Lancaster Regiment 1st Bn

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Herbert Nicholson

Born 1893

Died 1951

British Army 73697 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Albert William Selby

Born 1892

Died 1961

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George William Setterington

Born 1894

Died 1967

British Army 168061 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 1st Reserve Brigade

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