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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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People [164] Stories Communities

Place of birth

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]

Edward Lester

Born 1887

Died 1924

British Army 212957 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 258537 Royal Army Service Corps Remount

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Walter Fillingham Laverack

Born 1893

Died 1977

British Army M2/134540 Private Army Service Corps

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Herbert Shipley

Born 1894

Died 1964

British Army 4285 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army WR306050 Private Royal Engineers

British Army 265472 Private Royal Engineers

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John Henry Hodgson

Born 1881

British Army 203633 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 235079 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

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