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Holmfirth, West Yorkshire [71]

Holmfirth [36]

Austonley, West Yorkshire [14]

Upperthong, West Yorkshire [11]

Fulstone, West Yorkshire [9]

Netherthong, West Yorkshire [9]

Scholes, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire [9]

Hepworth, West Yorkshire [7]

Holmbridge, West Yorkshire [7]

Holmfirth, Yorkshire [6]

Huddersfield, West Yorkshire [6]

Wooldale, West Yorkshire [6]

Holme, West Yorkshire [5]

Wooldale West Yorkshire [5]

Cartworth, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire [4]

Cartworth, West Yorkshire [4]

Huddersfield [4]

New Mill, West Yorkshire [4]

Hinchliffe Mill, Holmbridge, West Yorkshire [3]

Underbank, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire [3]

Crow Edge, Hepworth, West Yorkshire [2]

Deanhouse, Netherthong, West Yorkshire [2]

Elland, West Yorkshire [2]

Glasgow [2]

Hade Edge, Holmfirth, W Yorks [2]

Halifax, West Yorkshire [2]

Holmfirth, West Riding of Yorkshire [2]

Huddersfield, Yorkshire [2]

Lightcliffe, Halifax, West Yorkshire [2]

London [2]

Thongsbridge, West Yorkshire [2]

Wood Nook, Honley, West Yorkshire [2]

Arrunden, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire [1]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

Batley Carr, West Yorkshire [1]

Beeston, Nottinghamshire [1]

Black Syke, Austonley, Yorkshire [1]

Bolton, Lancashire [1]

Boston Spa, Yorkshire [1]

Brigouse [1]

Bromsgrove [1]

Burnlee, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire [1]

Bury [1]

Butterley, New Mill, West Yorkshire [1]

Cartworth, Holmfirth [1]

Catch Bar, Honley, West Yorkshire [1]

Chelsea, London [1]

Cinderhills, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire [1]

Clayton West [1]

Cliffe, Wooldale, West Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [297]

Corporal [26]

Gunner [23]

Serjeant [16]

Second Lieutenant [10]

Lance Corporal [9]

Rifleman [8]

Driver [7]

Acting Corporal [4]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Captain [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Sapper [2]

2/Lieutenant [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Bombardier Acting Corporal [1]

Cadet [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Fitter [1]

Guardsman [1]

L/Cpl [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Major [1]

Ord Seaman [1]

Private Lance Corporal [1]

Sergeant [1]

Signaller Acting Bombardier [1]

Staff Nurse Acting Sister [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Major [1]

Trooper [1]

Wireless Operator [1]

Unit

West Riding Regiment [151]

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [50]

Northumberland Fusiliers [31]

West Yorkshire Regiment [27]

Royal Field Artillery [21]

Durham Light Infantry [17]

Royal Garrison Artillery [15]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [14]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [10]

East Yorkshire Regiment [9]

York and Lancaster Regiment [9]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [7]

Leicestershire Regiment [7]

Machine Gun Corps [7]

Yorkshire Regiment [7]

Labour Corps [5]

Lincolnshire Regiment [5]

North Staffordshire Regiment [5]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [5]

Canadian Infantry [4]

Highland Light Infantry [4]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [4]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

Royal Engineers [4]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [4]

Coldstream Guards [3]

Grenadier Guards [3]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) [3]

South Staffordshire Regiment [3]

Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2]

Scottish Rifles [2]

Worcestershire Regiment [2]

1/5th West Riding Regiment [1]

2nd West Riding Regiment [1]

5th Battalion West Riding Regiment [1]

5th Battalion West Riding Regiment Territorial Force [1]

5th York and Lancaster Regiment [1]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Border Regiment [1]

British Red Cross Society [1]

Service

British Army [373]

Royal Navy [9]

Australian Imperial Force [6]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [5]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [76]

H [70]

S [33]

M [32]

C [27]

W [26]

L [17]

R [17]

T [17]

A [14]

D [12]

K [11]

G [9]

E [8]

F [7]

P [7]

N [4]

O [4]

J [3]

I [1]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [385]

Country

United Kingdom [21]

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People [396] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Holmfirth, West Yorkshire [71] Holmfirth [36] Austonley, West Yorkshire [14] Upperthong, West Yorkshire [11] Fulstone, West Yorkshire [9] Netherthong, West Yorkshire [9] Scholes, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire [9] Hepworth, West Yorkshire [7] Holmbridge, West Yorkshire [7] Holmfirth, Yorkshire [6] Huddersfield, West Yorkshire [6] Wooldale, West Yorkshire [6] Holme, West Yorkshire [5] Wooldale West Yorkshire [5] Cartworth, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire [4] Cartworth, West Yorkshire [4] Huddersfield [4] New Mill, West Yorkshire [4] Hinchliffe Mill, Holmbridge, West Yorkshire [3] Underbank, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire [3] Crow Edge, Hepworth, West Yorkshire [2] Deanhouse, Netherthong, West Yorkshire [2] Elland, West Yorkshire [2] Glasgow [2] Hade Edge, Holmfirth, W Yorks [2] Halifax, West Yorkshire [2] Holmfirth, West Riding of Yorkshire [2] Huddersfield, Yorkshire [2] Lightcliffe, Halifax, West Yorkshire [2] London [2] Thongsbridge, West Yorkshire [2] Wood Nook, Honley, West Yorkshire [2] Arrunden, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire [1] Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Batley Carr, West Yorkshire [1] Beeston, Nottinghamshire [1] Black Syke, Austonley, Yorkshire [1] Bolton, Lancashire [1] Boston Spa, Yorkshire [1] Brigouse [1] Bromsgrove [1] Burnlee, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire [1] Bury [1] Butterley, New Mill, West Yorkshire [1] Cartworth, Holmfirth [1] Catch Bar, Honley, West Yorkshire [1] Chelsea, London [1] Cinderhills, Holmfirth, West Yorkshire [1] Clayton West [1] Cliffe, Wooldale, West Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [297] Corporal [26] Gunner [23] Serjeant [16] Second Lieutenant [10] Lance Corporal [9] Rifleman [8] Driver [7] Acting Corporal [4] Acting Bombardier [2] Captain [2] Lieutenant [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Sapper [2] 2/Lieutenant [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Bombardier Acting Corporal [1] Cadet [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Deck Hand [1] Fitter [1] Guardsman [1] L/Cpl [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Major [1] Ord Seaman [1] Private Lance Corporal [1] Sergeant [1] Signaller Acting Bombardier [1] Staff Nurse Acting Sister [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Temporary Major [1] Trooper [1] Wireless Operator [1]

Unit

West Riding Regiment [151] Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [50] Northumberland Fusiliers [31] West Yorkshire Regiment [27] Royal Field Artillery [21] Durham Light Infantry [17] Royal Garrison Artillery [15] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [14] King's Royal Rifle Corps [10] East Yorkshire Regiment [9] York and Lancaster Regiment [9] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [7] Leicestershire Regiment [7] Machine Gun Corps [7] Yorkshire Regiment [7] Labour Corps [5] Lincolnshire Regiment [5] North Staffordshire Regiment [5] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [5] Canadian Infantry [4] Highland Light Infantry [4] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [4] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] Royal Engineers [4] Yorkshire Light Infantry [4] Coldstream Guards [3] Grenadier Guards [3] King's Own Scottish Borderers [3] Manchester Regiment [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3] Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) [3] South Staffordshire Regiment [3] Lancashire Fusiliers [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2] Scottish Rifles [2] Worcestershire Regiment [2] 1/5th West Riding Regiment [1] 2nd West Riding Regiment [1] 5th Battalion West Riding Regiment [1] 5th Battalion West Riding Regiment Territorial Force [1] 5th York and Lancaster Regiment [1] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Border Regiment [1] British Red Cross Society [1]

Service

British Army [373] Royal Navy [9] Australian Imperial Force [6] Canadian Expeditionary Force [5] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [76] H [70] S [33] M [32] C [27] W [26] L [17] R [17] T [17] A [14] D [12] K [11] G [9] E [8] F [7] P [7] N [4] O [4] J [3] I [1] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [385]

Country

United Kingdom [21]

Josiah Coker

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 21/804 Private Yorkshire Regiment 2nd west Battalion

British Army 21/804 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) 10th (Service) Battalion

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Herbert Hirst Naylor

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army 19705 Battery Serjeant Major Royal Garrison Artillery

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Arthur Heap

Born 1878

Died 1917

British Army 43036 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Willie Smith Wilkinson

Born 1887

Died 1943

British Army 240921 Company Serjeant Major West Riding Regiment

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Talbot Betts

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 326420 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Herbert Battye

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army C/7662 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army C/7662 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Fred Earnshaw

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army 27793 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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Charles Brook

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 27788 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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Harold Gill

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 23565 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Wilfred Charlesworth

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 242836 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 242836 Private Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

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Irvin Barrowclough

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 15210 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 15210 Private Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

British Army 15210 Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) 10th Battalion

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Harold Lodge

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 241083 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 241083 Lance Corporal Duke of Wellingtons (West Riding Regiment) 2/5th Battalion

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Oliver Howard

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army C/7893 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army C/7893 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Wilson Turton

Born 1880

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 5424

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Norman Holmes

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 29720 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 29720 Private Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

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Randal Atkinson

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 117807 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Albert George Thomas Cummings

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 15224 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

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Harold Hampshire

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 38748 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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John Dunn

Born 1877

Died 1916

British Army 15545 Private Yorkshire Regiment 10th Battalion

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Seth Coldwell

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 2414351 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 4711 241435 Private West Riding Regiment 1/5th Duke of Wellingtons Battalion

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