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Beverley, East Yorkshire [44]

Hull, East Yorkshire [24]

Hull [13]

Beverley, Yorkshire [3]

Beverley [2]

Caister, Lincolnshire [2]

Cottingham, East Yorkshire [2]

Normanton, Yorkshire [2]

Allerton, Yorkshire [1]

Anlaby, Yorkshire, England [1]

Barton-upon-Humber, Lincolnshire [1]

Beeford, East Yorkshire [1]

Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire [1]

Beverley,East Yorkshire [1]

Brompton, Yorkshire [1]

Buckhurst Hill, Essex [1]

Burton Pidsea, East Yorkshire [1]

Consett [1]

Cottingham [1]

Driffield, East Yorkshire [1]

East Yorkshire [1]

Hotham, Yorkshire [1]

Hull, Yorkshire [1]

Hull. East Yorkshire [1]

Kingston upon Hull [1]

Kirkella, Hull, East Yorkshire [1]

Leeds [1]

Lockington, East Yorkshire [1]

London [1]

Merthy Tydfil, Galmorganshire, Wales [1]

Paull, near Hull, East Yorkshire [1]

Phoenix Park, Dublin [1]

Rosedale Abbey, Pickering, Yorkshire [1]

Sheffield [1]

Sunderland [1]

Walsden. Yorkshire. [1]

Weatherthorpe, Yorkshire [1]

Withernwick, East Yorkshire [1]

Wolverhampton [1]

Wraby [1]

Rank

Private [174]

Corporal [13]

Lance Corporal [10]

Gunner [7]

Second Lieutenant [7]

Serjeant [7]

Sapper [6]

Driver [4]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Acting Corporal [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

L/Cpl [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting L/ Cpl [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Sgt [1]

Bombardier [1]

Captain and Adjutant [1]

Clerk 1 [1]

Company Quarter Master Sargent [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Cpl [1]

Drummer [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lance-Corporal [1]

Pioneer [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Sergeant [1]

Serjeant Major [1]

Sgt [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

East Yorkshire Regiment [114]

Yorkshire Regiment [48]

Labour Corps [16]

Royal Engineers [13]

York and Lancaster Regiment [12]

Army Service Corps [7]

Durham Light Infantry [6]

Northumberland Fusiliers [6]

Royal Field Artillery [6]

West Riding Regiment [6]

East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry [5]

Coldstream Guards [4]

West Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [4]

East Riding Yeomanry [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Royal Garrison Artillery [3]

East Kent Regiment [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Defence Corps [2]

Training Reserve Battalion [2]

8th Divisional Artillery Column Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

8th Royal Defence Corps [1]

Army Service Corps Transport [1]

Auckland Infantry Regiment [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

Corps of Hussars [1]

Corps of Royal Engineers [1]

Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid) [1]

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

HMS Hindustan [1]

HMS Resolution [1]

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [1]

King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [1]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [1]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps Depot [1]

Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

London Electrical Engineers [1]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1]

Manchester Regiment Depot [1]

Northumberland Fusilierd [1]

Northumberland Fusiliers Depot [1]

Northumberland Fusiliers. [1]

Northumberland Fusiliers. (Tyneside Irish) [1]

Royal Army Service Corps [1]

Royal Engineer [1]

Service

British Army [214]

Royal Navy [5]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [22]

H [19]

J [18]

W [18]

G [17]

S [17]

A [14]

M [14]

L [12]

C [10]

R [9]

T [9]

D [8]

E [7]

F [7]

P [7]

K [6]

O [3]

Q [3]

N [2]

I [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [223]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [88]

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People [224] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Beverley, East Yorkshire [44] Hull, East Yorkshire [24] Hull [13] Beverley, Yorkshire [3] Beverley [2] Caister, Lincolnshire [2] Cottingham, East Yorkshire [2] Normanton, Yorkshire [2] Allerton, Yorkshire [1] Anlaby, Yorkshire, England [1] Barton-upon-Humber, Lincolnshire [1] Beeford, East Yorkshire [1] Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire [1] Beverley,East Yorkshire [1] Brompton, Yorkshire [1] Buckhurst Hill, Essex [1] Burton Pidsea, East Yorkshire [1] Consett [1] Cottingham [1] Driffield, East Yorkshire [1] East Yorkshire [1] Hotham, Yorkshire [1] Hull, Yorkshire [1] Hull. East Yorkshire [1] Kingston upon Hull [1] Kirkella, Hull, East Yorkshire [1] Leeds [1] Lockington, East Yorkshire [1] London [1] Merthy Tydfil, Galmorganshire, Wales [1] Paull, near Hull, East Yorkshire [1] Phoenix Park, Dublin [1] Rosedale Abbey, Pickering, Yorkshire [1] Sheffield [1] Sunderland [1] Walsden. Yorkshire. [1] Weatherthorpe, Yorkshire [1] Withernwick, East Yorkshire [1] Wolverhampton [1] Wraby [1]

Rank

Private [174] Corporal [13] Lance Corporal [10] Gunner [7] Second Lieutenant [7] Serjeant [7] Sapper [6] Driver [4] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Acting Corporal [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] L/Cpl [2] Lieutenant [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting L/ Cpl [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Sgt [1] Bombardier [1] Captain and Adjutant [1] Clerk 1 [1] Company Quarter Master Sargent [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Cpl [1] Drummer [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lance-Corporal [1] Pioneer [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Sergeant [1] Serjeant Major [1] Sgt [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

East Yorkshire Regiment [114] Yorkshire Regiment [48] Labour Corps [16] Royal Engineers [13] York and Lancaster Regiment [12] Army Service Corps [7] Durham Light Infantry [6] Northumberland Fusiliers [6] Royal Field Artillery [6] West Riding Regiment [6] East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry [5] Coldstream Guards [4] West Yorkshire Regiment [4] Yorkshire Light Infantry [4] East Riding Yeomanry [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Royal Garrison Artillery [3] East Kent Regiment [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Defence Corps [2] Training Reserve Battalion [2] 8th Divisional Artillery Column Royal Garrison Artillery [1] 8th Royal Defence Corps [1] Army Service Corps Transport [1] Auckland Infantry Regiment [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] Corps of Hussars [1] Corps of Royal Engineers [1] Devonport Naval Base (HMS Vivid) [1] Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment) [1] HMS Hindustan [1] HMS Resolution [1] King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [1] King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [1] King's Own Scottish Borderers [1] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps Depot [1] Lancashire Fusiliers [1] London Electrical Engineers [1] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1] Manchester Regiment Depot [1] Northumberland Fusilierd [1] Northumberland Fusiliers Depot [1] Northumberland Fusiliers. [1] Northumberland Fusiliers. (Tyneside Irish) [1] Royal Army Service Corps [1] Royal Engineer [1]

Service

British Army [214] Royal Navy [5] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [22] H [19] J [18] W [18] G [17] S [17] A [14] M [14] L [12] C [10] R [9] T [9] D [8] E [7] F [7] P [7] K [6] O [3] Q [3] N [2] I [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [223] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [88]

Charles Thomas Henry Espin

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 13/696 Private East Yorkshire Regiment 13th (Service Battalion)

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Spenceley Brown

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 12/1251 Private East Yorkshire Regiment 8th Battalion

British Army 12/1251 Private East Yorkshire Regiment 8th Battalion

British Army 12/1251 Private East Yorkshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Thomas Arthur Beadle

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 11/754 Private East Yorkshire Regiment 11th (Service) Battalion

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Harry Wardell

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 15890 Private Coldstream Guards 2nd Battalion Household Battalion

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Frank Danson

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 22839 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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John William Leighton

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 38358 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 44168 Private Durham Light Infantry 1/6th Battalion

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Reginald Easingwood

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 12/316 Corporal East Yorkshire Regiment 12th (Service) Battalion

British Army 12/316 Serjeant East Yorkshire Regiment 12th (Service) Battaliom

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Frederick Henry Moxon

Born 1899

Died 1968

British Army R4/067769 Private Army Service Corps

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John Dutchman

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 6098 Private York and Lancaster Regiment 1/5th (T.F.) Battalion

British Army 32/16 Private Northumberland Fusiliers 32nd (Reserve) Battalion

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Tom Botham

Born 1898

Died 1971

British Army TR/5/81945 Private East Yorkshire Regiment 90th Battalion

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Frederick Theodore Minter M.i.d.

Born 1884

Died 1962

British Army 7727 Corporal East Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 7727 Corporal East Yorkshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Alfred Moulds

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 12/231 Private East Yorkshire Regiment 12th (Service) Battalion

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John Nevison Taylor

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 2113 Private Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 235417 Private Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment) 2/4th Battalion

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William James Billham

Born 1881

Died 1938

British Army 25008 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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Albert Willcox

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 11/1217 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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Leonard Young

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 10/350 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 10/350 East Yorkshire Regiment 10th (Service) Battalion

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Frank Green

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Yorkshire Regiment 5th Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Yorkshire Regiment 5th Battalion

British Army Lieutenant East Riding Yeomanry

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John Robert Bonewell

Born 1885

British Army 6890 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 203298 Lance Corporal Yorkshire Light Infantry 4th Reserve Battalion

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George Henry Eldon

Born 1874

Died 1921

British Army 398086 Private Labour Corps

British Army 19332 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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Walter Stanley Everingham

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 10/875 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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