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Mytholmroyd [52]

Hebden Bridge [30]

Halifax [26]

Cragg Vale [21]

Mytholmroyd, Yorkshire [21]

Halifax, Yorkshire [12]

Sydney New South Wales [11]

Melbourne Victoria [8]

Todmorden [8]

Sowerby [7]

Adelaide South Australia [4]

Liverpool [4]

Ballarat Victoria [3]

Elland [3]

Hebden Bridge, Yorks [3]

Luddenden [3]

Mytholmroyd Yorks [3]

Accrington [2]

Billingborough, Lincs [2]

Bradford [2]

Brearley, Luddendenfoot [2]

Calcutta [2]

Clifton, Brighouse [2]

Erringden, Hebden Bridge [2]

Halifax, Yorkshire. England [2]

Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire [2]

Heptonstall [2]

Hobart Tasmania [2]

Ilkley, Yorkshire [2]

Launceston Tasmania [2]

Luddendenfoot [2]

Midgley, Yorkshire [2]

Perth Western Australia [2]

Pontefract [2]

Ripponden, Yorkshire [2]

Salford [2]

Walcha New South Wales [2]

Warley, Halifax [2]

9 Milner Royd, Sowerby Bridge. [1]

Aberaman Glamorganshire [1]

Abergavenny [1]

Accommodation Road, Leeds, West Riding of Yorks [1]

Addingham, Yorks [1]

Adelaide [1]

Aldershot, Hampshire [1]

Allen Croft, Bradford [1]

Alverthorpe, Wakefield, Yorkshire [1]

Anfield, Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

Antrim [1]

Appin Victoria [1]

Rank

Private [723]

Second Lieutenant [123]

Captain [107]

Lieutenant [103]

Gunner [50]

Lance Corporal [46]

Corporal [41]

Major [40]

Serjeant [34]

Lieutenant Colonel [26]

Sapper [19]

Driver [18]

Acting Corporal [11]

Temporary Captain [10]

Acting Serjeant [9]

Rifleman [9]

Sergeant [7]

Temporary Lieutenant [6]

Bombardier [5]

Company Serjeant Major [5]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [5]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [5]

Colonel [4]

Acting Captain [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Brevet Major [3]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Pioneer [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Major [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Brevet Colonel [2]

Brigade Colonel [2]

Brigadier General [2]

Guardsman [2]

Honorary Lieutenant [2]

Midshipman [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Second Lieutenant/Temporary Lieutenant [2]

1st Captain [1]

1st Lieutenant [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Corporal 2nd [1]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Unit

West Riding Regiment [272]

West Yorkshire Regiment [108]

York and Lancaster Regiment [67]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [58]

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [53]

Royal Field Artillery [50]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [50]

Royal Engineers [42]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [40]

Yorkshire Regiment [39]

Royal Army Medical Corps [36]

Royal Fusiliers [36]

Royal Garrison Artillery [31]

London Regiment [28]

Labour Corps [27]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [23]

Machine Gun Corps [22]

East Yorkshire Regiment [21]

Army Service Corps [17]

Durham Light Infantry [16]

Northumberland Fusiliers [16]

Lancashire Fusiliers [13]

Canadian Infantry [11]

Royal West Kent Regiment [10]

Lincolnshire Regiment [9]

Liverpool Regiment [9]

Royal Scots [9]

Gordon Highlanders [7]

Northamptonshire Regiment [7]

Army Cyclist Corps [6]

Highland Light Infantry [6]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [6]

Manchester Regiment [6]

Seaforth Highlanders [6]

South Lancashire Regiment [6]

South Staffordshire Regiment [6]

Tank Corps [6]

Border Regiment [5]

East Lancashire Regiment [5]

East Surrey Regiment [5]

Grenadier Guards [5]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [5]

Rifle Brigade [5]

Royal Irish Rifles [5]

Leicestershire Regiment [4]

North Staffordshire Regiment [4]

Royal Air Force [4]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [4]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4]

Somerset Light Infantry [4]

Service

British Army [1134]

Australian Imperial Force [112]

Royal Navy [31]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [24]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [17]

Other Empire Force [6]

Indian Army [4]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

H [160]

C [130]

S [126]

B [112]

W [108]

M [96]

G [79]

T [67]

F [61]

A [56]

P [55]

R [50]

L [46]

J [35]

D [34]

O [25]

K [21]

N [19]

I [18]

E [14]

U [6]

V [5]

Q [2]

Y [2]

Contribution

Military Service [1298]

Conscientious Objector [9]

Country

United Kingdom [357]

India [3]

South Africa [3]

Ireland [2]

Bermuda [1]

Gibraltar [1]

Guyana [1]

Hong Kong [1]

Myanmar [1]

New Zealand [1]

Sierra Leone [1]

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People [1327] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Mytholmroyd [52] Hebden Bridge [30] Halifax [26] Cragg Vale [21] Mytholmroyd, Yorkshire [21] Halifax, Yorkshire [12] Sydney New South Wales [11] Melbourne Victoria [8] Todmorden [8] Sowerby [7] Adelaide South Australia [4] Liverpool [4] Ballarat Victoria [3] Elland [3] Hebden Bridge, Yorks [3] Luddenden [3] Mytholmroyd Yorks [3] Accrington [2] Billingborough, Lincs [2] Bradford [2] Brearley, Luddendenfoot [2] Calcutta [2] Clifton, Brighouse [2] Erringden, Hebden Bridge [2] Halifax, Yorkshire. England [2] Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire [2] Heptonstall [2] Hobart Tasmania [2] Ilkley, Yorkshire [2] Launceston Tasmania [2] Luddendenfoot [2] Midgley, Yorkshire [2] Perth Western Australia [2] Pontefract [2] Ripponden, Yorkshire [2] Salford [2] Walcha New South Wales [2] Warley, Halifax [2] 9 Milner Royd, Sowerby Bridge. [1] Aberaman Glamorganshire [1] Abergavenny [1] Accommodation Road, Leeds, West Riding of Yorks [1] Addingham, Yorks [1] Adelaide [1] Aldershot, Hampshire [1] Allen Croft, Bradford [1] Alverthorpe, Wakefield, Yorkshire [1] Anfield, Liverpool, Lancashire [1] Antrim [1] Appin Victoria [1]

Rank

Private [723] Second Lieutenant [123] Captain [107] Lieutenant [103] Gunner [50] Lance Corporal [46] Corporal [41] Major [40] Serjeant [34] Lieutenant Colonel [26] Sapper [19] Driver [18] Acting Corporal [11] Temporary Captain [10] Acting Serjeant [9] Rifleman [9] Sergeant [7] Temporary Lieutenant [6] Bombardier [5] Company Serjeant Major [5] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [5] Temporary Second Lieutenant [5] Colonel [4] Acting Captain [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Brevet Major [3] Lance Serjeant [3] Pioneer [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Major [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Brevet Colonel [2] Brigade Colonel [2] Brigadier General [2] Guardsman [2] Honorary Lieutenant [2] Midshipman [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Second Lieutenant/Temporary Lieutenant [2] 1st Captain [1] 1st Lieutenant [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Corporal 2nd [1] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Acting Sergeant [1]

Unit

West Riding Regiment [272] West Yorkshire Regiment [108] York and Lancaster Regiment [67] King's Royal Rifle Corps [58] Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [53] Royal Field Artillery [50] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [50] Royal Engineers [42] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [40] Yorkshire Regiment [39] Royal Army Medical Corps [36] Royal Fusiliers [36] Royal Garrison Artillery [31] London Regiment [28] Labour Corps [27] Yorkshire Light Infantry [23] Machine Gun Corps [22] East Yorkshire Regiment [21] Army Service Corps [17] Durham Light Infantry [16] Northumberland Fusiliers [16] Lancashire Fusiliers [13] Canadian Infantry [11] Royal West Kent Regiment [10] Lincolnshire Regiment [9] Liverpool Regiment [9] Royal Scots [9] Gordon Highlanders [7] Northamptonshire Regiment [7] Army Cyclist Corps [6] Highland Light Infantry [6] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [6] Manchester Regiment [6] Seaforth Highlanders [6] South Lancashire Regiment [6] South Staffordshire Regiment [6] Tank Corps [6] Border Regiment [5] East Lancashire Regiment [5] East Surrey Regiment [5] Grenadier Guards [5] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [5] Rifle Brigade [5] Royal Irish Rifles [5] Leicestershire Regiment [4] North Staffordshire Regiment [4] Royal Air Force [4] Royal Berkshire Regiment [4] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4] Somerset Light Infantry [4]

Service

British Army [1134] Australian Imperial Force [112] Royal Navy [31] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [24] Canadian Expeditionary Force [17] Other Empire Force [6] Indian Army [4] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

H [160] C [130] S [126] B [112] W [108] M [96] G [79] T [67] F [61] A [56] P [55] R [50] L [46] J [35] D [34] O [25] K [21] N [19] I [18] E [14] U [6] V [5] Q [2] Y [2]

Contribution

Military Service [1298] Conscientious Objector [9]

Country

United Kingdom [357] India [3] South Africa [3] Ireland [2] Bermuda [1] Gibraltar [1] Guyana [1] Hong Kong [1] Myanmar [1] New Zealand [1] Sierra Leone [1]

Fred Fox

British Army 3/4509 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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Bernard Vincent Fulcher

Died 1914

British Army Second Lieutenant South Lancashire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army Lieutenant South Lancashire Regiment

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Enderley Gordon Lutyens

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Lieutenant and Adjutant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Major Royal Field Artillery

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Andre Adolph Walser

British Army Captain London Regiment

British Army Squadron Leader Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force

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Hugh Roger Headlam

Born 1877

Died 1955

British Army Captain York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army Major Acting Brevet Colonel York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army Colonel York and Lancaster Regiment

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Cornelius O'leary

Born 1893

British Army 6018 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 242374 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

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Mackenzie Furniss

British Army Lieutenant Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

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