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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]

Herbert Wilson Brook

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 131828 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 131828 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Ernest Sanderson

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 77893 Private Durham Light Infantry

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Harry Aspinall

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army R/19769 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army R/19769 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Harry Clay

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 24516 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 24516 Private Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

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Joseph E Hobson

British Army 17907 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 17907 Corporal Royal Army Medical Corps

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John Woodcock

Born 1899

Died 1970

British Army 37156 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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Leslie Peech Aizlewood

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army Temporary Lieutenant 5th York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army Captain Royal Air Force

British Army Temporary Major Royal Air Force

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Alexander Robert Mitchell

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 201013 Corporal West Riding Regiment

British Army 201013 Corporal Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

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Victor Haigh

Born 1887

Died 1960

British Army 167694 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Charles Albert Hudson

Born 1894

British Army 14233 Private West Riding Regiment

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Willie Lockwood

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 1525 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 24769 Lance Corporal Machine Gun Corps

British Army 24769 Lance Corporal Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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James Mckenzie

Born 1884

Died 1948

British Army SE/12172 Private Army Veterinary Corps

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Benjamin Ellerton

Born 1892

Died 1970

British Army 21955 Private Grenadier Guards

British Army 21955 Serjeant Grenadier Guards

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Harold Battye

British Army 4319 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 203144 Private Highland Light Infantry 16th Battalion

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A Denham

British Army 203650 Private West Riding Regiment

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Catherine Murray Roy, Rrc

British Army Staff Nurse Acting Sister Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service

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