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Huddersfield, Yorkshire [17]

Leeds, Yorkshire [10]

Halifax, Yorkshire [8]

Sydney New South Wales [8]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [5]

Colchester, Essex [4]

Melbourne Victoria [4]

Ballarat Victoria [3]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [3]

Camberwell, Surrey [3]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [3]

Ipswich, Suffolk [3]

Lancashire [3]

Lowestoft, Suffolk [3]

Manchester England [3]

Saint Albans, Hertfordshire [3]

Blandford St Mary, Dorset [2]

Bournemouth, Hampshire [2]

Burnie Tasmania [2]

Camberwell, London [2]

Grimsby, Lincolnshire [2]

Hampshire [2]

Harrow, Middlesex [2]

Holmfirth, West Yorkshire [2]

Hull, Yorkshire [2]

Islington, London [2]

Lambeth, London [2]

Lindley, Yorkshire [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Marsden, Yorkshire [2]

Mistley, Essex, England [2]

Narrabri New South Wales [2]

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [2]

Oldham [2]

Plumstead, London [2]

Stonehouse, Devon [2]

Tadcaster, Yorkshire [2]

Tottenham, London [2]

Willingham, Cambridgeshire [2]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Altofts, Normanton, Wakefield, Yorkshire [1]

Armley, Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

At sea off [1]

Barrow-in-Furness [1]

Bedford England [1]

Bishop Auckland, Durham [1]

Blackwood Creek Tasmania [1]

Blean, Canterbury, Kent [1]

Bogantungan Queensland [1]

Rank

Private [937]

Gunner [107]

Driver [82]

Corporal [76]

Serjeant [54]

Lieutenant [44]

Second Lieutenant [42]

Sapper [34]

Captain [31]

Lance Corporal [30]

Acting Corporal [22]

Major [17]

Pioneer [16]

Acting Serjeant [15]

Rifleman [8]

Bombardier [7]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Lance Serjeant [5]

Staff Serjeant [5]

Acting Bombardier [4]

Colour Serjeant [4]

Deck Hand [4]

Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [3]

Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Temporary Lieutenant [3]

Temporary Major [3]

Acting Quarter Master and Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Acting Staff Serjeant [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Guardsman [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Nurse [2]

Quarter Master and Honorary Captain Retired Pay [2]

Second Corporal [2]

Sergeant [2]

Shoeing Smith [2]

Special Military Probationer [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Worker [2]

1st Class Mechanic [1]

Acting Saddler [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Armament Staff Serjeant [1]

Assistant [1]

Assistant Matron [1]

Assistant Paymaster [1]

Bandsman [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [118]

Royal Field Artillery [118]

Labour Corps [106]

Royal Engineers [91]

West Riding Regiment [81]

Royal Garrison Artillery [62]

West Yorkshire Regiment [61]

London Regiment [54]

Royal Army Medical Corps [51]

York and Lancaster Regiment [49]

Machine Gun Corps [47]

Northumberland Fusiliers [47]

Manchester Regiment [34]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [29]

Durham Light Infantry [27]

Yorkshire Regiment [25]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [23]

East Yorkshire Regiment [22]

Lancashire Fusiliers [22]

Suffolk Regiment [22]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [21]

Lincolnshire Regiment [21]

Leicestershire Regiment [20]

Liverpool Regiment [20]

Middlesex Regiment [18]

Royal Fusiliers [18]

Royal Naval Division [18]

Royal Army Service Corps [17]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [17]

Army Ordnance Corps [15]

Cheshire Regiment [12]

Rifle Brigade [12]

Royal Scots [12]

Border Regiment [11]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [11]

Coldstream Guards [10]

Essex Regiment [10]

Gloucestershire Regiment [10]

North Staffordshire Regiment [10]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [10]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [10]

Bedfordshire Regiment [9]

Canadian Infantry [9]

Royal Air Force [9]

Dorsetshire Regiment [8]

East Surrey Regiment [8]

Grenadier Guards [8]

Highland Light Infantry [8]

Northamptonshire Regiment [8]

Royal Sussex Regiment [8]

Service

British Army [1438]

Royal Navy [146]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [107]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [82]

Australian Imperial Force [52]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [27]

Other Empire Force [2]

Indian Army [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [1876]

L [2]

Contribution

Military Service [1842]

Merchant Navy [19]

Conscientious Objector [5]

Country

United Kingdom [53]

Argentina [1]

South Africa [1]

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Place of birth

Huddersfield, Yorkshire [17] Leeds, Yorkshire [10] Halifax, Yorkshire [8] Sydney New South Wales [8] Sheffield, Yorkshire [5] Colchester, Essex [4] Melbourne Victoria [4] Ballarat Victoria [3] Barnsley, Yorkshire [3] Camberwell, Surrey [3] Hull, Yorkshire, England [3] Ipswich, Suffolk [3] Lancashire [3] Lowestoft, Suffolk [3] Manchester England [3] Saint Albans, Hertfordshire [3] Blandford St Mary, Dorset [2] Bournemouth, Hampshire [2] Burnie Tasmania [2] Camberwell, London [2] Grimsby, Lincolnshire [2] Hampshire [2] Harrow, Middlesex [2] Holmfirth, West Yorkshire [2] Hull, Yorkshire [2] Islington, London [2] Lambeth, London [2] Lindley, Yorkshire [2] London, Middlesex [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Marsden, Yorkshire [2] Mistley, Essex, England [2] Narrabri New South Wales [2] Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [2] Oldham [2] Plumstead, London [2] Stonehouse, Devon [2] Tadcaster, Yorkshire [2] Tottenham, London [2] Willingham, Cambridgeshire [2] Adelaide South Australia [1] Altofts, Normanton, Wakefield, Yorkshire [1] Armley, Leeds, Yorkshire [1] At sea off [1] Barrow-in-Furness [1] Bedford England [1] Bishop Auckland, Durham [1] Blackwood Creek Tasmania [1] Blean, Canterbury, Kent [1] Bogantungan Queensland [1]

Rank

Private [937] Gunner [107] Driver [82] Corporal [76] Serjeant [54] Lieutenant [44] Second Lieutenant [42] Sapper [34] Captain [31] Lance Corporal [30] Acting Corporal [22] Major [17] Pioneer [16] Acting Serjeant [15] Rifleman [8] Bombardier [7] Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Lance Serjeant [5] Staff Serjeant [5] Acting Bombardier [4] Colour Serjeant [4] Deck Hand [4] Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Able Seaman [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [3] Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Temporary Lieutenant [3] Temporary Major [3] Acting Quarter Master and Temporary Lieutenant [2] Acting Staff Serjeant [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Guardsman [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Nurse [2] Quarter Master and Honorary Captain Retired Pay [2] Second Corporal [2] Sergeant [2] Shoeing Smith [2] Special Military Probationer [2] Temporary Captain [2] Worker [2] 1st Class Mechanic [1] Acting Saddler [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Armament Staff Serjeant [1] Assistant [1] Assistant Matron [1] Assistant Paymaster [1] Bandsman [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [118] Royal Field Artillery [118] Labour Corps [106] Royal Engineers [91] West Riding Regiment [81] Royal Garrison Artillery [62] West Yorkshire Regiment [61] London Regiment [54] Royal Army Medical Corps [51] York and Lancaster Regiment [49] Machine Gun Corps [47] Northumberland Fusiliers [47] Manchester Regiment [34] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [29] Durham Light Infantry [27] Yorkshire Regiment [25] Yorkshire Light Infantry [23] East Yorkshire Regiment [22] Lancashire Fusiliers [22] Suffolk Regiment [22] King's Royal Rifle Corps [21] Lincolnshire Regiment [21] Leicestershire Regiment [20] Liverpool Regiment [20] Middlesex Regiment [18] Royal Fusiliers [18] Royal Naval Division [18] Royal Army Service Corps [17] Royal Lancaster Regiment [17] Army Ordnance Corps [15] Cheshire Regiment [12] Rifle Brigade [12] Royal Scots [12] Border Regiment [11] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [11] Coldstream Guards [10] Essex Regiment [10] Gloucestershire Regiment [10] North Staffordshire Regiment [10] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [10] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [10] Bedfordshire Regiment [9] Canadian Infantry [9] Royal Air Force [9] Dorsetshire Regiment [8] East Surrey Regiment [8] Grenadier Guards [8] Highland Light Infantry [8] Northamptonshire Regiment [8] Royal Sussex Regiment [8]

Service

British Army [1438] Royal Navy [146] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [107] Canadian Expeditionary Force [82] Australian Imperial Force [52] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [27] Other Empire Force [2] Indian Army [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [1876] L [2]

Contribution

Military Service [1842] Merchant Navy [19] Conscientious Objector [5]

Country

United Kingdom [53] Argentina [1] South Africa [1]

William Beaumont

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 168087

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Horace William Beaumont

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 29905

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Harry Beaumont

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 43803

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Arthur Beaumont

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 88718

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Albert George Beaumont

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 131973

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The Hon. Wentworth Henry Canning Beaumont

Born 1890

Died 1956

British Army Captain 2nd Life Guards

British Army Major 2nd Life Guards

British Army Second Lieutenant 2nd Life Guards

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John Beaumont

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 148747

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Leonard Beaumont

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 131786

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Wallace Beaumont

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 71169

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Charles Henry Beaumont

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army 2144 Private Durham Light Infantry

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George Fred Beaumont

Born 1891

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 55157

Canadian Expeditionary Force 55157 Lance Corporal Canadian Infantry

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Harry Beaumont

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 234802

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Fred Marriott Beaumont

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 29551

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Henry Walter Beaumont

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 88318

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Thomas Beaumont

Died 1914

British Army 10702 Private Coldstream Guards

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Wilfred Newton Beaumont

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army 1093 Private London Regiment 28th lond Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Border Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Border Regiment

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George William Beaumont

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 3067 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 240553 Private West Riding Regiment

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Louis Archie Beaumont

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army 34637 Private Manchester Regiment 3rd manchest Battalion

British Army 34637 Private Manchester Regiment 3rd (Special Reserve) Battalion

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Thomas William Robinson Beaumont

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 247258

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Frank Beaumont

Born 1895

British Army 25049 1st Class Mechanic Royal Air Force

British Army 25049 Flight Serjeant Royal Air Force

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