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Northampton [2]

Ballylongford, County Kerry [1]

Belfast [1]

Brafield on the Green, Northamptonshire [1]

Brayfield, Northampton [1]

Brighton [1]

Chard, Somerset [1]

Cheetham, Manchester [1]

City of Belfast [1]

Cookham, Maidenhead, Berkshire [1]

Devizes, Wiltshire [1]

Dewsbury [1]

Dewsbury, Yorkshire [1]

Edinburgh, Scotland [1]

Hanging Heaton, Dewsbury, Yorkshire [1]

Lurgan, County Armagh, Northern Ireland [1]

Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Netherton, Yorkshire [1]

Ossett [1]

Ossett, West Yorkshire [1]

Southborough, Tunbridge Wells, Tonbridge, Kent, England [1]

Swindon, Wiltshire [1]

Willaston, Cheshire [1]

Rank

Private [24]

Lieutenant [7]

Second Lieutenant [6]

Captain [5]

Gunner [3]

Lance Corporal [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Bombardier [2]

Corporal [2]

Field Marshal [2]

Serjeant [2]

2nd Leuitenant [1]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Brevet Colonel [1]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Brevet Major [1]

Captain and Adjutant [1]

Colonel [1]

Driver [1]

General [1]

Gunner Corporal 2nd [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leuitenant [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Lieutenant General [1]

Major [1]

Major General [1]

Midshipman [1]

Sapper [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Leiutenant [1]

Unit

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [5]

Royal Engineers [5]

Labour Corps [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Royal Field Artillery [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Staff [2]

14th Royal Irish Rifles [1]

17th Lancers [1]

17th Lancers. [1]

18th Hussars [1]

2nd York and Lancaster Regiment [1]

7th Hussars [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

HMS Colossus [1]

Kings Own Scottish Borderers [1]

London Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1]

Norfolk Regiment [1]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps Special List [1]

Royal Artillery [1]

Royal Flying Corps [1]

Royal Irish Rifles [1]

Royal Irish Rifles (South Antrim Volunteers) [1]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1]

Royal Scots [1]

Royal West Kent Regiment [1]

Somerset Light Infantry [1]

Suffolk Regiment [1]

Tank Corps [1]

West Riding Regiment [1]

West Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Wiltshire Regiment [1]

Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [44]

Royal Navy [2]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Last name first letter

B [9]

G [6]

M [5]

E [4]

L [3]

S [3]

A [2]

C [2]

D [2]

H [2]

K [2]

N [2]

T [2]

P [1]

W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [45]

Country

United Kingdom [12]

Ireland [2]

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People [46] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Northampton [2] Ballylongford, County Kerry [1] Belfast [1] Brafield on the Green, Northamptonshire [1] Brayfield, Northampton [1] Brighton [1] Chard, Somerset [1] Cheetham, Manchester [1] City of Belfast [1] Cookham, Maidenhead, Berkshire [1] Devizes, Wiltshire [1] Dewsbury [1] Dewsbury, Yorkshire [1] Edinburgh, Scotland [1] Hanging Heaton, Dewsbury, Yorkshire [1] Lurgan, County Armagh, Northern Ireland [1] Manchester, Lancashire [1] Netherton, Yorkshire [1] Ossett [1] Ossett, West Yorkshire [1] Southborough, Tunbridge Wells, Tonbridge, Kent, England [1] Swindon, Wiltshire [1] Willaston, Cheshire [1]

Rank

Private [24] Lieutenant [7] Second Lieutenant [6] Captain [5] Gunner [3] Lance Corporal [3] Acting Corporal [2] Bombardier [2] Corporal [2] Field Marshal [2] Serjeant [2] 2nd Leuitenant [1] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Able Seaman [1] Brevet Colonel [1] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1] Brevet Major [1] Captain and Adjutant [1] Colonel [1] Driver [1] General [1] Gunner Corporal 2nd [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leuitenant [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Lieutenant General [1] Major [1] Major General [1] Midshipman [1] Sapper [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Leiutenant [1]

Unit

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [5] Royal Engineers [5] Labour Corps [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Royal Field Artillery [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Yorkshire Light Infantry [3] Army Service Corps [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Staff [2] 14th Royal Irish Rifles [1] 17th Lancers [1] 17th Lancers. [1] 18th Hussars [1] 2nd York and Lancaster Regiment [1] 7th Hussars [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] Grenadier Guards [1] HMS Colossus [1] Kings Own Scottish Borderers [1] London Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1] Norfolk Regiment [1] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1] Royal Army Medical Corps Special List [1] Royal Artillery [1] Royal Flying Corps [1] Royal Irish Rifles [1] Royal Irish Rifles (South Antrim Volunteers) [1] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1] Royal Scots [1] Royal West Kent Regiment [1] Somerset Light Infantry [1] Suffolk Regiment [1] Tank Corps [1] West Riding Regiment [1] West Yorkshire Regiment [1] Wiltshire Regiment [1] Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [44] Royal Navy [2] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Last name first letter

B [9] G [6] M [5] E [4] L [3] S [3] A [2] C [2] D [2] H [2] K [2] N [2] T [2] P [1] W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [45]

Country

United Kingdom [12] Ireland [2]

Warren Hamilton Lewis

Born 1895

Died 1973

British Army Captain Army Service Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Army Service Corps

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Harold Grace

Died 1918

British Army 77274 Private Durham Light Infantry 2nd Battalion

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John James Digges La Touche

Born 1892

Died 1965

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps Special List

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Alexander Arthur Digges La Touche

Born 1899

Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander

Royal Navy Midshipman HMS Colossus

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Robert Fred Ellingworth

British Army 459 Lance Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army 532195 Lance Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers

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Bennett Brook

British Army 11662 Acting Corporal Machine Gun Corps

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Willie Chappell

British Army 201720 Private Yorkshire Regiment 1/4th Battalion

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William Gawthorpe

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 13143 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 13143 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) 34th Battalion

British Army 25613 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Ernest Shaw

British Army 14983 Private Cheshire Regiment

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George W Bradley

British Army 94079 Corporal Royal Engineers

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Harry Moon

Died 1917

British Army 97 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 292080 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Walter Moon

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 14152 Lance Serjeant Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 14152 Corporal Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 14152 Lance Serjeant King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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James B Noble

British Army 73200 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 1009497 Gunner Royal Artillery

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Harold Grace

British Army 56258 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

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William H Bedford

British Army 2926 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Harold Herbert Wiles

British Army Lieutenant Wiltshire Regiment

British Army Captain and Adjutant Labour Corps

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Gordon Land

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 200565 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Leonard Bell

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 200687 Serjeant King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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George Sanderson

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army L/12050 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

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John Restorick Parsons

Born 1895

Died 1980

British Army 47631 Lance Corporal Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 47631 Serjeant Royal Army Medical Corps

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