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Ryhill, Wakefield, Yorkshire [6]

Shafton [4]

Shafton, Nr Barnsley [4]

South Hiendley, Wakefield, West Yorkshire [4]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [2]

Havercroft [2]

Mapplewell, Barnsley, South Yorkshire [2]

Royston [2]

Sharlston, Wakefield, West Yorkshire [2]

Wibsey, Bradford [2]

Ackworth [1]

Alverthorpe,Castleford,Wakefield,Yorkshire. [1]

Ardagh [1]

Balby, Donscater [1]

Barnsley [1]

Bawtry, Doncaster [1]

Birmingham [1]

Blockley England [1]

Brierley [1]

Carlton, Barnsley [1]

Castleford [1]

Coronation Cottages, Shafton, Barnsley [1]

Crofton, Wakefield [1]

Cross Lane, Royston [1]

Cudworth, Barnsley [1]

Cudworth,Barnsley,Yorkshire. [1]

Cumberworth, Huddersfield, Yorkshire [1]

Darton, Barnsley [1]

Doncaster [1]

Dove Hill, Royston [1]

Durham [1]

Everton, Liverpool [1]

Featherstone [1]

Foulby, Wakefield [1]

Guisborough [1]

Hednesford, Staffordshire [1]

Heminfield [1]

Holywell, Huntingdonshire [1]

Howden Clough, Batley, West yorkshire [1]

Hull England [1]

Hundon, Suffolk [1]

Idle, Bradford [1]

Kimberley, Notts [1]

Leeds [1]

Leesfield, Oldham [1]

Letwell, Rotherham [1]

Melbourne, Derbyshire [1]

Methley Junction, Barnsley [1]

Monckton Row, Havercroft, West Yorkshire [1]

Monk Bretton, Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [136]

Gunner [14]

Lance Corporal [13]

Corporal [12]

Driver [6]

Serjeant [5]

Acting Corporal [3]

Bombardier [3]

Sapper [3]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Worker [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Captain [1]

Guardsman [1]

Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1]

Pioneer [1]

Private Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Trooper [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

York and Lancaster Regiment [46]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [37]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [35]

Royal Field Artillery [11]

Northumberland Fusiliers [6]

Royal Garrison Artillery [6]

Royal Engineers [5]

West Yorkshire Regiment [5]

Canadian Infantry [4]

Cameron Highlanders [3]

Connaught Rangers [3]

Labour Corps [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [3]

Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

North Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders [2]

Royal Irish Rifles [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry [2]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [2]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [2]

York and Lancaster [2]

13th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment [1]

2nd Pioneers [1]

5th Infantry Brigade [1]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

Highland Light Infantry [1]

Household Battalion [1]

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

King's Own Scottish Borderers [1]

Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

Leicestershire Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1]

Northumberland Regiment [1]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

Royal Flying Corps [1]

Royal Fusiliers [1]

Royal Highlanders [1]

Service

British Army [170]

Royal Navy [10]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [4]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Last name first letter

W [31]

B [22]

C [19]

H [16]

M [12]

S [12]

D [11]

T [9]

F [8]

G [8]

P [8]

J [6]

E [5]

O [5]

V [4]

L [3]

A [2]

N [2]

R [2]

K [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [187]

Country

United Kingdom [69]

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People [187] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Ryhill, Wakefield, Yorkshire [6] Shafton [4] Shafton, Nr Barnsley [4] South Hiendley, Wakefield, West Yorkshire [4] Barnsley, Yorkshire [2] Havercroft [2] Mapplewell, Barnsley, South Yorkshire [2] Royston [2] Sharlston, Wakefield, West Yorkshire [2] Wibsey, Bradford [2] Ackworth [1] Alverthorpe,Castleford,Wakefield,Yorkshire. [1] Ardagh [1] Balby, Donscater [1] Barnsley [1] Bawtry, Doncaster [1] Birmingham [1] Blockley England [1] Brierley [1] Carlton, Barnsley [1] Castleford [1] Coronation Cottages, Shafton, Barnsley [1] Crofton, Wakefield [1] Cross Lane, Royston [1] Cudworth, Barnsley [1] Cudworth,Barnsley,Yorkshire. [1] Cumberworth, Huddersfield, Yorkshire [1] Darton, Barnsley [1] Doncaster [1] Dove Hill, Royston [1] Durham [1] Everton, Liverpool [1] Featherstone [1] Foulby, Wakefield [1] Guisborough [1] Hednesford, Staffordshire [1] Heminfield [1] Holywell, Huntingdonshire [1] Howden Clough, Batley, West yorkshire [1] Hull England [1] Hundon, Suffolk [1] Idle, Bradford [1] Kimberley, Notts [1] Leeds [1] Leesfield, Oldham [1] Letwell, Rotherham [1] Melbourne, Derbyshire [1] Methley Junction, Barnsley [1] Monckton Row, Havercroft, West Yorkshire [1] Monk Bretton, Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [136] Gunner [14] Lance Corporal [13] Corporal [12] Driver [6] Serjeant [5] Acting Corporal [3] Bombardier [3] Sapper [3] Second Lieutenant [3] Worker [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Captain [1] Guardsman [1] Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1] Pioneer [1] Private Acting Lance Serjeant [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Trooper [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

York and Lancaster Regiment [46] Yorkshire Light Infantry [37] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [35] Royal Field Artillery [11] Northumberland Fusiliers [6] Royal Garrison Artillery [6] Royal Engineers [5] West Yorkshire Regiment [5] Canadian Infantry [4] Cameron Highlanders [3] Connaught Rangers [3] Labour Corps [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [3] Yorkshire Regiment [3] Army Service Corps [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] East Yorkshire Regiment [2] Grenadier Guards [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] North Staffordshire Regiment [2] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders [2] Royal Irish Rifles [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry [2] Royal Munster Fusiliers [2] Royal Scots Fusiliers [2] York and Lancaster [2] 13th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment [1] 2nd Pioneers [1] 5th Infantry Brigade [1] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [1] Coldstream Guards [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] Highland Light Infantry [1] Household Battalion [1] King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) [1] King's Own Scottish Borderers [1] Lancashire Fusiliers [1] Leicestershire Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1] Northumberland Regiment [1] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1] Royal Flying Corps [1] Royal Fusiliers [1] Royal Highlanders [1]

Service

British Army [170] Royal Navy [10] Canadian Expeditionary Force [4] Australian Imperial Force [2] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Last name first letter

W [31] B [22] C [19] H [16] M [12] S [12] D [11] T [9] F [8] G [8] P [8] J [6] E [5] O [5] V [4] L [3] A [2] N [2] R [2] K [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [187]

Country

United Kingdom [69]

Frank Wright

Died 1916

British Army 12/229 Corporal Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 12/229 Corporal King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 12th Battalion

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Joe Ormondroyd

Died 1916

British Army 3770 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 3770 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 4th Battalion

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Joseph Boocock

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 16166 Private York and Lancaster Regiment 12th

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Walter Johnson

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 21175 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 21175 Acting Corporal Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 21175 Corporal King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Fred Davy

Born 1894

Australian Imperial Force 1181

Australian Imperial Force 1181 Private 5th Infantry Brigade 20th Infantry Battalion

Australian Imperial Force 1181 Private 2nd Pioneers

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William Cusworth

Born 1900

Died 1979

British Army 10982 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 46185 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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Albert Edward Bettley

Born 1898

Died 1917

Royal Navy PLY/1048/S Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division

Royal Navy PO/1048/S Private Royal Marine Light Infantry 1st Royal Marine Battalion

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Maurice Bradley Parker Boyd

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 336 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 290324 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Ernest Storrs

Born 1889

Died 1940

British Army 13873 Private York and Lancaster Regiment 13th Battalion

British Army 13/873 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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Joseph Alfred Parkinson

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army 14/324 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 14/324 Private York and Lancaster 14th Battalion

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Frederick Pickets

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 3170 Private Cameron Highlanders

British Army S/40034 Private Cameron Highlanders

British Army S/40034 Private Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders 7th Battalion

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Frank Valda Stewart

Born 1897

Died 1976

British Army 28128 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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Thomas Webb

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 3998 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 3998 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 1st/4th Battalion

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James Arthur Fitzgerald Hunt

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 234324 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Henry Godliph Gartenfeld

Died 1917

British Army 18000 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 13144 Corporal Machine Gun Corps

British Army 13144 Corporal Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Walter Storrs

Born 1895

Died 1984

Royal Navy RMA/283/S Gunner Royal Marine Artillery

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Frederick George Henry King

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 41277 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Luke Callinan

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 6/10794 Private Royal Irish Rifles

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Norman Bradbury

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army C/12707 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army C/12707 Lance Corporal King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Ernest Wood

Born 1883

Died 1916

British Army 21004 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 21004 Private York and Lancaster Regiment 6th Battalion

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