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Leeds, Yorkshire [5]

Alberton Victoria [4]

Bradford, Yorkshire [3]

Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, England [3]

Goole, Yorkshire [3]

Goole, Yorkshire, England [3]

Binginwarri Victoria [2]

Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire [2]

Gippsland Victoria [2]

Peckham, London [2]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [2]

Yarram Victoria [2]

Alnwick, Northumberland [1]

Ardwick Manchester [1]

Birmingham [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire, England [1]

Boston, Lincolnshire [1]

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [1]

Croydon, Surrey [1]

Darlington, Durham [1]

Dublin [1]

Durham [1]

Ely, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [1]

Fulham, South West London [1]

Galt, Ontario [1]

Gilliondale Victoria [1]

Goole [1]

Hackney, Middlesex (now London) [1]

Homerton, London [1]

Homerton, Middlesex [1]

Huddersfield England [1]

Hunslet, Yorkshire [1]

Kensington, Middlesex [1]

Lambeth, London [1]

Lambeth, Surrey [1]

Leeds [1]

Little Horton, Bradford, Yorkshire [1]

Lofthouse Gate, Wakefield [1]

London England [1]

Manchester [1]

Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Marsh, Huddersfield, Yorkshire [1]

Marylebone, London, Middlesex [1]

Melbourne Victoria [1]

Middlesbro, Yorkshire [1]

Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [1]

Morley, West Yorkshire [1]

Mytholmroyd [1]

Newport England [1]

Northalerton, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [251]

Gunner [41]

Corporal [24]

Driver [17]

Second Lieutenant [15]

Serjeant [14]

Sapper [12]

Lieutenant [11]

Lance Corporal [7]

Pioneer [5]

Captain [4]

Temporary Captain [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Bombardier [2]

Staff Nurse [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Corporal 2nd [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Royal Marine Gunner [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Fitter Staff Serjeant [1]

Hon Capt [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Rifleman [1]

Second Lieurenant [1]

Serjeant /Since Commissioned [1]

Signaller [1]

Sister [1]

Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Staff Captain [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

West Yorkshire Regiment [39]

Royal Engineers [37]

Royal Field Artillery [34]

Labour Corps [33]

Army Service Corps [29]

Royal Garrison Artillery [27]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [18]

Northumberland Fusiliers [15]

West Riding Regiment [14]

Machine Gun Corps [13]

Manchester Regiment [13]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [12]

Lincolnshire Regiment [12]

London Regiment [12]

York and Lancaster Regiment [12]

Royal Army Medical Corps [11]

Yorkshire Regiment [11]

Durham Light Infantry [9]

East Yorkshire Regiment [8]

Royal Fusiliers [8]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [7]

Cheshire Regiment [6]

Royal Naval Division [5]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [5]

Coldstream Guards [4]

North Staffordshire Regiment [4]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [4]

Welsh Regiment [4]

Border Regiment [3]

Canadian Infantry [3]

Dorsetshire Regiment [3]

Lancashire Fusiliers [3]

Liverpool Regiment [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Defence Corps [3]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [3]

Royal Sussex Regiment [3]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Corps of Hussars [2]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

New Zealand Rifle Brigade [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers Depot [2]

Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Service

British Army [392]

Royal Navy [38]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [36]

Australian Imperial Force [18]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [16]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

A [517]

Contribution

Military Service [504]

Merchant Navy [9]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [20]

Canada [1]

Ireland [1]

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Place of birth

Leeds, Yorkshire [5] Alberton Victoria [4] Bradford, Yorkshire [3] Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, England [3] Goole, Yorkshire [3] Goole, Yorkshire, England [3] Binginwarri Victoria [2] Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire [2] Gippsland Victoria [2] Peckham, London [2] Sheffield, Yorkshire [2] Yarram Victoria [2] Alnwick, Northumberland [1] Ardwick Manchester [1] Birmingham [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire, England [1] Boston, Lincolnshire [1] Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [1] Croydon, Surrey [1] Darlington, Durham [1] Dublin [1] Durham [1] Ely, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [1] Fulham, South West London [1] Galt, Ontario [1] Gilliondale Victoria [1] Goole [1] Hackney, Middlesex (now London) [1] Homerton, London [1] Homerton, Middlesex [1] Huddersfield England [1] Hunslet, Yorkshire [1] Kensington, Middlesex [1] Lambeth, London [1] Lambeth, Surrey [1] Leeds [1] Little Horton, Bradford, Yorkshire [1] Lofthouse Gate, Wakefield [1] London England [1] Manchester [1] Manchester, Lancashire [1] Marsh, Huddersfield, Yorkshire [1] Marylebone, London, Middlesex [1] Melbourne Victoria [1] Middlesbro, Yorkshire [1] Middlesbrough, Yorkshire [1] Morley, West Yorkshire [1] Mytholmroyd [1] Newport England [1] Northalerton, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [251] Gunner [41] Corporal [24] Driver [17] Second Lieutenant [15] Serjeant [14] Sapper [12] Lieutenant [11] Lance Corporal [7] Pioneer [5] Captain [4] Temporary Captain [4] Acting Corporal [3] Acting Serjeant [3] Bombardier [2] Staff Nurse [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Corporal 2nd [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Royal Marine Gunner [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Deck Hand [1] Fitter Staff Serjeant [1] Hon Capt [1] Leading Seaman [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Private Acting Lance Corporal [1] Rifleman [1] Second Lieurenant [1] Serjeant /Since Commissioned [1] Signaller [1] Sister [1] Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Staff Captain [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Worker [1]

Unit

West Yorkshire Regiment [39] Royal Engineers [37] Royal Field Artillery [34] Labour Corps [33] Army Service Corps [29] Royal Garrison Artillery [27] Yorkshire Light Infantry [18] Northumberland Fusiliers [15] West Riding Regiment [14] Machine Gun Corps [13] Manchester Regiment [13] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [12] Lincolnshire Regiment [12] London Regiment [12] York and Lancaster Regiment [12] Royal Army Medical Corps [11] Yorkshire Regiment [11] Durham Light Infantry [9] East Yorkshire Regiment [8] Royal Fusiliers [8] King's Royal Rifle Corps [7] Cheshire Regiment [6] Royal Naval Division [5] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [5] Coldstream Guards [4] North Staffordshire Regiment [4] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4] Royal Lancaster Regiment [4] Welsh Regiment [4] Border Regiment [3] Canadian Infantry [3] Dorsetshire Regiment [3] Lancashire Fusiliers [3] Liverpool Regiment [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Defence Corps [3] Royal Scots Fusiliers [3] Royal Sussex Regiment [3] Army Cyclist Corps [2] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Army Veterinary Corps [2] Corps of Hussars [2] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2] New Zealand Rifle Brigade [2] Northumberland Fusiliers Depot [2] Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Service

British Army [392] Royal Navy [38] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [36] Australian Imperial Force [18] Canadian Expeditionary Force [16] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [6] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

A [517]

Contribution

Military Service [504] Merchant Navy [9] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [20] Canada [1] Ireland [1]

Harold Appleyard

Died 1917

British Army 36345 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 36345 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Charles Courtney Appleyard

Australian Imperial Force 3751

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Stanley Thomas Appleyard

Died 1918

British Army 202784 Private North Staffordshire Regiment

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Robert Timothy Appleyard

Australian Imperial Force

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James Appleyard

Born 1881

Died 1918

British Army 35009 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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Samuel Appleyard

Born 1885

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 467218

Canadian Expeditionary Force 467218 Private Canadian Infantry

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Harry Appleyard

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 16792 Lance Corporal Scottish Rifles

British Army 16792 Private Scottish Rifles

British Army 16792 Lance Corporal Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

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Arthur Stead Appleyard

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 146747 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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James Edward Appleyard

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 4481 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 4/7552 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 6/5807 Private Durham Light Infantry

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Herbert Appleyard

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 47877

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Harry Appleyard

Born 1878

Died 1917

British Army 6959 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 11266 Private Seaforth Highlanders

British Army 6959 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Walter Appleyard

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 5479 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 35681 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Charles Edward Appleyard

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 27524

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Ernest Appleyard

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 72805 Private Welsh Regiment 13th Battalion

British Army 46502 Private Training Reserve 59th Battalion

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Wilfred Appleyard

Died 1916

British Army 26995 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 26995 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Norman Gaunt Appleyard

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 319819

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Ernest Appleyard

Died 1917

British Army 32996 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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Herbert Appleyard

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 37290 Private North Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 52207 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

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Thomas Fillingham Appleyard

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 45250

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Alfred Henry Appleyard

Australian Imperial Force

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