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Huddersfield, Yorkshire [2]

Ackworth, Yorkshire [1]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Bethnal Green, London, Middlesex [1]

Cartworth, West Yorkshire [1]

Dewsbury, Yorkshire [1]

Diss, Norfolk [1]

Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. [1]

Haddersfield, Yorkshire [1]

Halifa [1]

Halifax [1]

Harpurhey, Lancashire [1]

Holmfirth England [1]

Huddersfield [1]

Lancashire [1]

Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

London, Middlesex [1]

Lower Wortley, Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Manchester [1]

Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Manchester, Lancashire, England [1]

Margate, Kent [1]

Meltham, Huddersfield, Yorkshire [1]

Norfolk [1]

Perth Western Australia [1]

Ravensthorpe, Yorkshire [1]

Saint Marylebone, London [1]

Streatham, London [1]

Suffolk England [1]

Sunderland, County Durham, England [1]

Tasefield, Suffolk [1]

Thongsbridge, Huddersfield, Yorkshire [1]

Tunbridge Wells [1]

Wisbech, Cambridgeshire [1]

Witton Le Wear Victoria [1]

Wramplingham, Wymondham, Norfolk [1]

rotherham [1]

Rank

Private [140]

Gunner [16]

Serjeant [13]

Corporal [12]

Driver [10]

Lance Corporal [8]

Second Lieutenant [6]

Acting Corporal [5]

Sapper [5]

Rifleman [4]

Trooper [4]

Lieutenant [3]

Pioneer [3]

Second Corporal [3]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Staff Nurse [2]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Chaplain to the Forces Class III [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Lieutenant (Acting) [1]

Lieutenant Emergency List [1]

Private Rifleman [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Reverend [1]

Saddler [1]

Sister [1]

Steward [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [17]

Royal Field Artillery [15]

West Yorkshire Regiment [15]

Labour Corps [13]

West Riding Regiment [13]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [11]

Norfolk Regiment [10]

Royal Garrison Artillery [10]

Manchester Regiment [9]

Army Service Corps [7]

London Regiment [6]

Northumberland Fusiliers [6]

Royal Army Medical Corps [6]

Durham Light Infantry [5]

Middlesex Regiment [5]

Machine Gun Corps [4]

Rifle Brigade [4]

Suffolk Regiment [4]

York and Lancaster Regiment [4]

East Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3]

Northamptonshire Regiment [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Horse Guards [3]

Territorial Force Nursing Service [3]

Welsh Regiment [3]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [3]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [3]

21st Lancers [2]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Corps of Hussars [2]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

Dorsetshire Regiment [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

Gordon Highlanders [2]

Guards Machine Gun Regiment [2]

Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

Royal Irish Rifles [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2]

Royal Sussex Regiment [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

Yorkshire Regiment [2]

1/6th West Riding Regiment [1]

1st Household Battalion [1]

2nd Indian Cavalry Supply Column [1]

2nd Machine Gun Corps [1]

Service

British Army [213]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [21]

Royal Navy [16]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [12]

Australian Imperial Force [4]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [273]

M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [268]

Merchant Navy [3]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [9]

Ireland [2]

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People [274] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Huddersfield, Yorkshire [2] Ackworth, Yorkshire [1] Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Bethnal Green, London, Middlesex [1] Cartworth, West Yorkshire [1] Dewsbury, Yorkshire [1] Diss, Norfolk [1] Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. [1] Haddersfield, Yorkshire [1] Halifa [1] Halifax [1] Harpurhey, Lancashire [1] Holmfirth England [1] Huddersfield [1] Lancashire [1] Leeds, Yorkshire [1] London, Middlesex [1] Lower Wortley, Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Manchester [1] Manchester, Lancashire [1] Manchester, Lancashire, England [1] Margate, Kent [1] Meltham, Huddersfield, Yorkshire [1] Norfolk [1] Perth Western Australia [1] Ravensthorpe, Yorkshire [1] Saint Marylebone, London [1] Streatham, London [1] Suffolk England [1] Sunderland, County Durham, England [1] Tasefield, Suffolk [1] Thongsbridge, Huddersfield, Yorkshire [1] Tunbridge Wells [1] Wisbech, Cambridgeshire [1] Witton Le Wear Victoria [1] Wramplingham, Wymondham, Norfolk [1] rotherham [1]

Rank

Private [140] Gunner [16] Serjeant [13] Corporal [12] Driver [10] Lance Corporal [8] Second Lieutenant [6] Acting Corporal [5] Sapper [5] Rifleman [4] Trooper [4] Lieutenant [3] Pioneer [3] Second Corporal [3] Acting Serjeant [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Staff Nurse [2] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Chaplain to the Forces Class III [1] Deck Hand [1] Lieutenant (Acting) [1] Lieutenant Emergency List [1] Private Rifleman [1] Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Reverend [1] Saddler [1] Sister [1] Steward [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [17] Royal Field Artillery [15] West Yorkshire Regiment [15] Labour Corps [13] West Riding Regiment [13] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [11] Norfolk Regiment [10] Royal Garrison Artillery [10] Manchester Regiment [9] Army Service Corps [7] London Regiment [6] Northumberland Fusiliers [6] Royal Army Medical Corps [6] Durham Light Infantry [5] Middlesex Regiment [5] Machine Gun Corps [4] Rifle Brigade [4] Suffolk Regiment [4] York and Lancaster Regiment [4] East Yorkshire Regiment [3] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3] Northamptonshire Regiment [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Horse Guards [3] Territorial Force Nursing Service [3] Welsh Regiment [3] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [3] Yorkshire Light Infantry [3] 21st Lancers [2] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Army Veterinary Corps [2] Corps of Hussars [2] Devonshire Regiment [2] Dorsetshire Regiment [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] Essex Regiment [2] Gordon Highlanders [2] Guards Machine Gun Regiment [2] Lancashire Fusiliers [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] Royal Irish Rifles [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2] Royal Sussex Regiment [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] Yorkshire Regiment [2] 1/6th West Riding Regiment [1] 1st Household Battalion [1] 2nd Indian Cavalry Supply Column [1] 2nd Machine Gun Corps [1]

Service

British Army [213] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [21] Royal Navy [16] Canadian Expeditionary Force [12] Australian Imperial Force [4] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [273] M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [268] Merchant Navy [3] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [9] Ireland [2]

Norris Benjamin Batley

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 205258 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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John Ernest Batley

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 34479 Driver Royal Field Artillery 41st Battalion

British Army 34479 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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William H Batley

Died 1916

British Army 6936 Private Norfolk Regiment

British Army 6936 Private Norfolk Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Brook Batley

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 94350

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Harry Arthur Batley

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 402982

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Bertie Batley

Born 1881

Died 1946

British Army 111311 Acting Corporal Royal Garrison Artillery

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Harold Batley

Died 1916

British Army 6954 Private Manchester Regiment 16th manchest Battalion

British Army 6954 Lance Corporal Manchester Regiment

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Harry Batley

Died 1918

British Army 47657 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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William George Batley

Died 1916

British Army 1537 Private London Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 1537 Private London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)

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Norman Batley

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 178568

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Ronald Leslie Batley

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 183057 Private

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James Batley

Australian Imperial Force 7422

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Archibald Edward Batley

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army 45530 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Ernest Batley

Died 1918

British Army 6521 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 307558 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 307558 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Harold Batley

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 7197 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 268266 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 268266 Rifleman West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Leonard Henry Batley

Died 1917

British Army 30060 Yorkshire Dragoons 2/1st Battalion

British Army 36819 Private King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) 1st/5th Battalion

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Charles George Batley

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 24117 Private Suffolk Regiment

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John Greaves Batley

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 11415

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Ernest Pierssene Batley

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 156990

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P Batley

Died 1914

British Army 7980 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

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