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Halifax, Yorkshire [7]

Bradford, Yorkshire [6]

Sydney New South Wales [5]

Leeds, Yorkshire [3]

Manchester, Lancashire [3]

Beaufort Victoria [2]

Burnley, Lancashire [2]

Falmouth Tasmania [2]

Gateshead, Durham [2]

Harrogate, Yorkshire [2]

Huddersfield, Yorkshire [2]

Hull, Yorkshire [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

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Rochdale, Lancashire [2]

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Bentley Heath, Knowle, Warwickshire [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

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Burnley England [1]

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Cimber [1]

Colne, Lancashire [1]

Dumfries Scotland [1]

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Ilkley, Yorkshire [1]

Keighley, West Yorkshire [1]

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Knowle, Warwickshire [1]

Lancashire [1]

Lancashire England [1]

Laverton Victoria [1]

London [1]

Maitland New South Wales [1]

Rank

Private [471]

Gunner [57]

Corporal [36]

Driver [30]

Sapper [29]

Serjeant [29]

Second Lieutenant [25]

Pioneer [12]

Lance Corporal [9]

Acting Serjeant [8]

Acting Corporal [6]

Captain [6]

Lieutenant [5]

Rifleman [4]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3]

Bombardier [3]

Deck Hand [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Guardsman [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Acting Sister [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Assistant Quartermaster [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Bombardier/Acting Corporal [1]

Civilian [1]

Commissary [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1]

Drummer [1]

Honorary Lieutenant [1]

Lieutenant / Acting Captain [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Lieutenant Acting Corporal [1]

Male Orderly [1]

Night Telephonist [1]

Private acting Lance Corporal [1]

Sister [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Corporal [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [68]

Royal Engineers [66]

Labour Corps [65]

West Riding Regiment [64]

West Yorkshire Regiment [51]

Army Service Corps [35]

Yorkshire Regiment [25]

Manchester Regiment [24]

Royal Garrison Artillery [24]

Royal Army Medical Corps [20]

Machine Gun Corps [19]

York and Lancaster Regiment [17]

East Yorkshire Regiment [15]

Lincolnshire Regiment [15]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [14]

Liverpool Regiment [13]

Northumberland Fusiliers [13]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [13]

Cheshire Regiment [11]

Durham Light Infantry [11]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [11]

Lancashire Fusiliers [10]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [9]

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [8]

East Lancashire Regiment [8]

North Staffordshire Regiment [8]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [8]

Border Regiment [7]

London Regiment [7]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [7]

Royal Fusiliers [7]

Middlesex Regiment [6]

Bedfordshire Regiment [5]

Devonshire Regiment [5]

Highland Light Infantry [5]

Rifle Brigade [5]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [5]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5]

South Staffordshire Regiment [5]

Army Ordnance Corps [4]

British West Indies Regiment [4]

Essex Regiment [4]

Leicestershire Regiment [4]

Military Foot Police [4]

Royal Army Service Corps [4]

Royal Defence Corps [4]

Royal Flying Corps [4]

Royal Naval Division [4]

Royal Scots [4]

South Lancashire Regiment [4]

Service

British Army [693]

Royal Navy [56]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [53]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [37]

Australian Imperial Force [29]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [5]

Other Empire Force [4]

Last name first letter

B [875]

N [1]

T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [865]

Merchant Navy [3]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [16]

Jamaica [1]

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Place of birth

Halifax, Yorkshire [7] Bradford, Yorkshire [6] Sydney New South Wales [5] Leeds, Yorkshire [3] Manchester, Lancashire [3] Beaufort Victoria [2] Burnley, Lancashire [2] Falmouth Tasmania [2] Gateshead, Durham [2] Harrogate, Yorkshire [2] Huddersfield, Yorkshire [2] Hull, Yorkshire [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] Queensbury, Bradford, Yorkshire [2] Rochdale, Lancashire [2] Barrow England [1] Batley, Yorkshire [1] Benalla Victoria [1] Bentley Heath, Knowle, Warwickshire [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Blackley, Manchester [1] Bloxwich, Staffordshire [1] Burnley England [1] Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk [1] Calverley, Yorskhire [1] Cimber [1] Colne, Lancashire [1] Dumfries Scotland [1] Eastoft, Lincolnshire [1] Fifeshire Scotland [1] Gainsborough, Lincolnshire [1] Gomersal, West Yorkshire [1] Goole, Yorkshire [1] Grangemouth, Stirlingshire [1] Halifax England [1] Hampstead, Middlesex [1] Harpurhey, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Haworth, Yorkshire [1] Highgate, London [1] Huddersfield [1] Hull, England [1] Ilkley, Yorkshire [1] Keighley, West Yorkshire [1] Kingston, Surrey [1] Knowle, Warwickshire [1] Lancashire [1] Lancashire England [1] Laverton Victoria [1] London [1] Maitland New South Wales [1]

Rank

Private [471] Gunner [57] Corporal [36] Driver [30] Sapper [29] Serjeant [29] Second Lieutenant [25] Pioneer [12] Lance Corporal [9] Acting Serjeant [8] Acting Corporal [6] Captain [6] Lieutenant [5] Rifleman [4] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3] Bombardier [3] Deck Hand [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Guardsman [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Acting Sister [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Assistant Quartermaster [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Bombardier/Acting Corporal [1] Civilian [1] Commissary [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1] Drummer [1] Honorary Lieutenant [1] Lieutenant / Acting Captain [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Lieutenant Acting Corporal [1] Male Orderly [1] Night Telephonist [1] Private acting Lance Corporal [1] Sister [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Corporal [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Temporary Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [68] Royal Engineers [66] Labour Corps [65] West Riding Regiment [64] West Yorkshire Regiment [51] Army Service Corps [35] Yorkshire Regiment [25] Manchester Regiment [24] Royal Garrison Artillery [24] Royal Army Medical Corps [20] Machine Gun Corps [19] York and Lancaster Regiment [17] East Yorkshire Regiment [15] Lincolnshire Regiment [15] Yorkshire Light Infantry [14] Liverpool Regiment [13] Northumberland Fusiliers [13] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [13] Cheshire Regiment [11] Durham Light Infantry [11] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [11] Lancashire Fusiliers [10] King's Royal Rifle Corps [9] Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [8] East Lancashire Regiment [8] North Staffordshire Regiment [8] Royal Lancaster Regiment [8] Border Regiment [7] London Regiment [7] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [7] Royal Fusiliers [7] Middlesex Regiment [6] Bedfordshire Regiment [5] Devonshire Regiment [5] Highland Light Infantry [5] Rifle Brigade [5] Royal Berkshire Regiment [5] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5] South Staffordshire Regiment [5] Army Ordnance Corps [4] British West Indies Regiment [4] Essex Regiment [4] Leicestershire Regiment [4] Military Foot Police [4] Royal Army Service Corps [4] Royal Defence Corps [4] Royal Flying Corps [4] Royal Naval Division [4] Royal Scots [4] South Lancashire Regiment [4]

Service

British Army [693] Royal Navy [56] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [53] Canadian Expeditionary Force [37] Australian Imperial Force [29] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [5] Other Empire Force [4]

Last name first letter

B [875] N [1] T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [865] Merchant Navy [3] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [16] Jamaica [1]

Percy Vere Binns

Born 1893

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force Temporary Captain Canadian Engineers

Canadian Expeditionary Force Lieutenant Canadian Engineers

Canadian Expeditionary Force Captain Canadian Engineers

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Charles Frederick Binns

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 1439 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 1439 Private Manchester Regiment 1st/6th Battalion

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Arthur Binns

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 16413 Private Lincolnshire Regiment 3rd Bn

British Army 21506 Private Lincolnshire Regiment 1st Bn

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George William Binns

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 16795 Acting Serjeant 10th York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 16795 Serjeant York and Lancaster Regiment

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Ray Ellerton Binns

Born 1889

Died 1974

Canadian Expeditionary Force 229 Gunner Borden's Armoured Machine Gun Battery

British Army Lieutenant / Acting Captain Royal Engineers 179th Tank Company

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Frederick Binns

Born 1895

Died 1919

British Army T3/027631 Driver Army Service Corps

British Army T3/027631 Driver Royal Army Service Corps 237th H.T. Coy.

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Clement Stanley Binns

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Northumberland Fusiliers 20th (Tyneside Scottish) Battalion

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Ernest Binns

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 26737

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John Henry Binns

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 56149

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William Binns

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 37079

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John Robinson Binns

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 72775

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John Binns

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 38397

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William Henry Binns

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 35231

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Jonathan Eric Binns

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army Lance Corporal Royal Fusiliers 19th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Wiltshire Regiment 3rd Battalion, attached 5th Battalion

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Thomas Edmondson Binns

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 31552 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 20th Battalion

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Mileswilliam Binns

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 90273

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Charlie Binns

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 148224

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Lewis Binns

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 44299

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Joseph Binns

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 61833 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 61833 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) 10th (Service) Battalion

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Reginald Binns

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 24048 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

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