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Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

Cunnamulla Queensland [1]

Darlington, Durham [1]

Daylesford Victoria [1]

Eagnstown Victoria [1]

Leeds England [1]

Lower Broughton, Manchester [1]

Stutton, Tadcaster [1]

Tadcaster, Yorkshire [1]

Whangateau, North Auckland [1]

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Private [53]

Driver [13]

Corporal [7]

Serjeant [7]

Gunner [4]

Bombardier [3]

Pioneer [3]

Sapper [3]

Lance Corporal [2]

Acting Corporal [1]

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Lieutenant [1]

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Rifleman [1]

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Signaller [1]

Trooper [1]

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West Yorkshire Regiment [13]

Army Service Corps [11]

Royal Field Artillery [11]

Royal Engineers [10]

Labour Corps [7]

Lincolnshire Regiment [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

West Riding Regiment [3]

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

Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

London Regiment [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

York and Lancaster Regiment [2]

Yorkshire Hussars [2]

2nd Life Guards [1]

2nd West Riding Regiment [1]

Auckland Mounted Rifles [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

Devon Regiment [1]

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

HMS Barham [1]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [1]

Liverpool Regiment [1]

London Regiment (Artists' Rifles) [1]

North Staffordshire Regiment [1]

Northern Cyclist Battalion [1]

Northumberland Regiment [1]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

RAD [1]

Rifle Brigade [1]

Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Army Service Corps [1]

Royal Army Service Corps Motor Transport [1]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [1]

Royal Corps of Signals [1]

Royal Engineers M Depot Company [1]

Royal Fusiliers [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery Territorial Force [1]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [1]

Service

British Army [90]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [10]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [5]

Royal Navy [5]

Australian Imperial Force [4]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

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Military Service [118]

Country

United Kingdom [3]

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People [118] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Cunnamulla Queensland [1] Darlington, Durham [1] Daylesford Victoria [1] Eagnstown Victoria [1] Leeds England [1] Lower Broughton, Manchester [1] Stutton, Tadcaster [1] Tadcaster, Yorkshire [1] Whangateau, North Auckland [1]

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Private [53] Driver [13] Corporal [7] Serjeant [7] Gunner [4] Bombardier [3] Pioneer [3] Sapper [3] Lance Corporal [2] Acting Corporal [1] Filter [1] Lieutenant [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Rifleman [1] Second Lieutenant [1] Signaller [1] Trooper [1]

Unit

West Yorkshire Regiment [13] Army Service Corps [11] Royal Field Artillery [11] Royal Engineers [10] Labour Corps [7] Lincolnshire Regiment [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Manchester Regiment [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] West Riding Regiment [3] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [3] Yorkshire Regiment [3] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Army Veterinary Corps [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] London Regiment [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Royal Naval Division [2] York and Lancaster Regiment [2] Yorkshire Hussars [2] 2nd Life Guards [1] 2nd West Riding Regiment [1] Auckland Mounted Rifles [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] Devon Regiment [1] Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [1] Grenadier Guards [1] HMS Barham [1] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [1] Liverpool Regiment [1] London Regiment (Artists' Rifles) [1] North Staffordshire Regiment [1] Northern Cyclist Battalion [1] Northumberland Regiment [1] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1] RAD [1] Rifle Brigade [1] Royal Air Force [1] Royal Army Service Corps [1] Royal Army Service Corps Motor Transport [1] Royal Berkshire Regiment [1] Royal Corps of Signals [1] Royal Engineers M Depot Company [1] Royal Fusiliers [1] Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Royal Garrison Artillery Territorial Force [1] Royal Irish Fusiliers [1]

Service

British Army [90] Canadian Expeditionary Force [10] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [5] Royal Navy [5] Australian Imperial Force [4] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [118]

Contribution

Military Service [118]

Country

United Kingdom [3]

William Birdsall

Born 1895

Royal Navy 16439 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division

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James George Birdsall

Australian Imperial Force 1795

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William Birdsall

Born 1884

Royal Navy R/ 3752 Royal Naval Division

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James Harold Birdsall

Born 1899

Royal Navy SS119037

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Clifford Samuel Birdsall

Born 1889

Canadian Expeditionary Force 529090

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Edmund Birdsall

Born 1881

Canadian Expeditionary Force 1018369

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Joseph Lewis Birdsall

Born 1899

Canadian Expeditionary Force 335457

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William Michael Birdsall

Born 1879

Canadian Expeditionary Force 65082

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Russell Wallace Birdsall

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

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Eliza Birdsall

Born 1899

British Army Women's Army Auxiliary Corps

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Joseph Birdsall

Born 1897

Royal Navy SS6523 Ordinary Seaman HMS Barham

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Elmer Birdsall

Born 1895

Canadian Expeditionary Force 514208

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Harry Everett Birdsall

Born 1898

Canadian Expeditionary Force 797595

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William Elliott Birdsall

Born 1882

Canadian Expeditionary Force 523077

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Fred Birdsall

Born 1892

Canadian Expeditionary Force 291597

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Harry Birdsall

Born 1887

Canadian Expeditionary Force 430859

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Thomas Henry Birdsall

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

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Frank Arnold Birdsall

Born 1888

Royal Navy Z/ 1096 Royal Naval Division

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Francis Everett Birdsall

Born 1889

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George Birdsall

British Army DM2/163048 Private Army Service Corps

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