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York [17]

Hawick [11]

Gateshead [10]

Sunderland [10]

Edinburgh [9]

Newcastle [8]

Glasgow [7]

Middlesborough [7]

Allerston, North Yorkshire [4]

Brompton, North Yorkshire [4]

Hull [4]

West Hartlepool [4]

Allerston [3]

Belford, Northumberland [3]

Hartlepool [3]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [3]

Leamington Spa [3]

Manchester [3]

Snainton [3]

Amble, Northumberland [2]

Beckenham, Kent [2]

Belfast [2]

Blackhill [2]

Bournemouth [2]

Brisbane [2]

Byker, Newcastle [2]

Calcutta [2]

Camberwell Victoria [2]

Cawood, Selby [2]

Cowpen, Northumberland [2]

Dalkeith [2]

Dundee [2]

EDINBURGH [2]

EWES, DUMFRIESSHIRE [2]

Ebberston [2]

Kensington [2]

Lilliesleaf, Roxburghshire [2]

Liverpool [2]

Malton [2]

Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [2]

Ripon [2]

Scarborough [2]

Scarborough, Yorkshire [2]

Seaham Harbour, Durham [2]

Selkirk [2]

Wallsend [2]

Wylam, Northumberland [2]

York, Yorkshire [2]

18, Cumberland Terrace, Regent's Park, London [1]

1874 [1]

Rank

Private [417]

Second Lieutenant [81]

Captain [60]

Lieutenant [59]

Corporal [49]

Lance Corporal [37]

Gunner [33]

Serjeant [24]

Major [18]

Driver [16]

Lieutenant Colonel [12]

Sapper [11]

Acting Corporal [8]

Rifleman [7]

2nd Lieutenant [6]

Lance Serjeant [6]

Able Seaman [5]

Acting Serjeant [5]

Reverend [5]

2nd Lt [4]

Colour Serjeant [4]

Pioneer [4]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Bombardier [3]

Commander [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Sergeant [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Acting Major [2]

Drummer [2]

Fitter [2]

Guardsman [2]

L/CPL [2]

Lance Sargent [2]

Major General [2]

Master Mariner [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

3rd Engineer [1]

A.M.3 [1]

A/Sergeant [1]

Act.Petty Officer [1]

Acting Brigadier Major [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Petty Officer [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Adjutant [1]

Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [1]

Unit

Yorkshire Regiment [74]

Northumberland Fusiliers [62]

Royal Field Artillery [45]

Durham Light Infantry [43]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [30]

West Yorkshire Regiment [26]

Royal Engineers [23]

London Regiment [21]

East Yorkshire Regiment [19]

Army Service Corps [18]

Royal Garrison Artillery [18]

Highland Light Infantry [17]

Royal Scots [17]

Machine Gun Corps [15]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [15]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [14]

Royal Army Medical Corps [13]

Canadian Infantry [11]

Labour Corps [11]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [10]

Gordon Highlanders [10]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [10]

Royal Naval Division [10]

West Riding Regiment [10]

Rifle Brigade [9]

Royal Air Force [9]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [8]

Royal Army Service Corps [8]

Royal Fusiliers [8]

Scottish Rifles [8]

Cameron Highlanders [7]

Lancashire Fusiliers [7]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [7]

Royal Flying Corps [7]

Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) [7]

York and Lancaster Regiment [7]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [7]

Army Cyclist Corps [6]

Gloucestershire Regiment [6]

Royal Highlanders [6]

Liverpool Regiment [5]

Middlesex Regiment [5]

The Queen's Regiment [5]

Yorkshire Regiment (Alexandra) [5]

Border Regiment [4]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [4]

Coldstream Guards [4]

General List [4]

Manchester Regiment [4]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [4]

Service

British Army [688]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [58]

Royal Navy [54]

Australian Imperial Force [38]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [33]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [18]

Other Empire Force [2]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

T [584]

W [33]

C [32]

H [29]

B [27]

D [24]

S [24]

M [19]

R [18]

F [17]

A [16]

G [16]

P [13]

E [9]

J [8]

L [8]

Y [5]

V [4]

I [2]

K [2]

N [2]

O [2]

Contribution

Military Service [873]

Merchant Navy [15]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [251]

Australia [10]

Canada [3]

Ireland [3]

New Zealand [2]

Ghana [1]

India [1]

Isle of Man [1]

Sierra Leone [1]

South Africa [1]

United States [1]

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People [894] Stories Communities

Place of birth

York [17] Hawick [11] Gateshead [10] Sunderland [10] Edinburgh [9] Newcastle [8] Glasgow [7] Middlesborough [7] Allerston, North Yorkshire [4] Brompton, North Yorkshire [4] Hull [4] West Hartlepool [4] Allerston [3] Belford, Northumberland [3] Hartlepool [3] Hull, Yorkshire, England [3] Leamington Spa [3] Manchester [3] Snainton [3] Amble, Northumberland [2] Beckenham, Kent [2] Belfast [2] Blackhill [2] Bournemouth [2] Brisbane [2] Byker, Newcastle [2] Calcutta [2] Camberwell Victoria [2] Cawood, Selby [2] Cowpen, Northumberland [2] Dalkeith [2] Dundee [2] EDINBURGH [2] EWES, DUMFRIESSHIRE [2] Ebberston [2] Kensington [2] Lilliesleaf, Roxburghshire [2] Liverpool [2] Malton [2] Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [2] Ripon [2] Scarborough [2] Scarborough, Yorkshire [2] Seaham Harbour, Durham [2] Selkirk [2] Wallsend [2] Wylam, Northumberland [2] York, Yorkshire [2] 18, Cumberland Terrace, Regent's Park, London [1] 1874 [1]

Rank

Private [417] Second Lieutenant [81] Captain [60] Lieutenant [59] Corporal [49] Lance Corporal [37] Gunner [33] Serjeant [24] Major [18] Driver [16] Lieutenant Colonel [12] Sapper [11] Acting Corporal [8] Rifleman [7] 2nd Lieutenant [6] Lance Serjeant [6] Able Seaman [5] Acting Serjeant [5] Reverend [5] 2nd Lt [4] Colour Serjeant [4] Pioneer [4] Acting Bombardier [3] Bombardier [3] Commander [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Sergeant [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Acting Major [2] Drummer [2] Fitter [2] Guardsman [2] L/CPL [2] Lance Sargent [2] Major General [2] Master Mariner [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Temporary Captain [2] 3rd Engineer [1] A.M.3 [1] A/Sergeant [1] Act.Petty Officer [1] Acting Brigadier Major [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Petty Officer [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Adjutant [1] Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [1]

Unit

Yorkshire Regiment [74] Northumberland Fusiliers [62] Royal Field Artillery [45] Durham Light Infantry [43] King's Own Scottish Borderers [30] West Yorkshire Regiment [26] Royal Engineers [23] London Regiment [21] East Yorkshire Regiment [19] Army Service Corps [18] Royal Garrison Artillery [18] Highland Light Infantry [17] Royal Scots [17] Machine Gun Corps [15] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [15] King's Royal Rifle Corps [14] Royal Army Medical Corps [13] Canadian Infantry [11] Labour Corps [11] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [10] Gordon Highlanders [10] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [10] Royal Naval Division [10] West Riding Regiment [10] Rifle Brigade [9] Royal Air Force [9] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [8] Royal Army Service Corps [8] Royal Fusiliers [8] Scottish Rifles [8] Cameron Highlanders [7] Lancashire Fusiliers [7] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [7] Royal Flying Corps [7] Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) [7] York and Lancaster Regiment [7] Yorkshire Light Infantry [7] Army Cyclist Corps [6] Gloucestershire Regiment [6] Royal Highlanders [6] Liverpool Regiment [5] Middlesex Regiment [5] The Queen's Regiment [5] Yorkshire Regiment (Alexandra) [5] Border Regiment [4] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [4] Coldstream Guards [4] General List [4] Manchester Regiment [4] Royal Scots Fusiliers [4]

Service

British Army [688] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [58] Royal Navy [54] Australian Imperial Force [38] Canadian Expeditionary Force [33] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [18] Other Empire Force [2] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

T [584] W [33] C [32] H [29] B [27] D [24] S [24] M [19] R [18] F [17] A [16] G [16] P [13] E [9] J [8] L [8] Y [5] V [4] I [2] K [2] N [2] O [2]

Contribution

Military Service [873] Merchant Navy [15] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [251] Australia [10] Canada [3] Ireland [3] New Zealand [2] Ghana [1] India [1] Isle of Man [1] Sierra Leone [1] South Africa [1] United States [1]

John Alexander Dunnington-Jefferson

Born 1884

Died 1979

British Army Captainand Battalion Major Royal Fusiliers

British Army Captainand Battalion Major Commands and Staff

British Army Lieutenant-Colonel Royal Fusiliers

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William Appleyard

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Yorkshire Regiment 6th Battalion

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Geoffrey Herbert Malins

Born 1886

Died 1940

Canadian Expeditionary Force Cinematographer

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Harold George Leake

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 18/1063 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 18/1063 Acting Corporal Durham Light Infantry

British Army 18/1063 Corporal Durham Light Infantry

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Harry Lawrence Oakley

Born 1882

British Army Second Lieutenant Yorkshire Regiment

British Army Captain Yorkshire Regiment

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Vivian Holmes Watkins

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army Captain Monmouthshire Regiment

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David Turnbull

Born 1893

Royal Navy K25466

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Simons Archibald Turnbull

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

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William Turnbull

Died 1914

British Army 6833 Lance Serjeant Royal Irish Rifles

British Army 6833 Serjeant Royal Irish Rifles

British Army 6833 Serjeant Royal Irish Regiment 2nd Battalion

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G W Cooper

Died 1914

British Army 710 Corporal Lancers

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William Harold Haynes

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army Captain Yorkshire Regiment

British Army Captain Royal Air Force

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Leone Sextus Tollemache

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army Captain Leicestershire Regiment

British Army Acting Brigadier Major Australian Division

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Humphry Osbaldeston Brooke Firman

Born 1886

Died 1916

Royal Navy Lieutenant

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Hugh Marjoribanks Craigie-Halkett

Born 1880

Died 1952

British Army Major and Brevet Lieutenant Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General Highland Light Infantry/Commands and Staff

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Highland Light Infantry 2nd Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Colonel North Lancashire Regiment 9th Battalion

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