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People [36] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Batley, Yorkshire [1] Dewsbury, Yorkshire [1] Surrey [1]

Rank

Private [11] Gunner [5] Corporal [2] Sapper [2] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Captain [1] Captain Lieutenant [1] Lance Corporal [1] Leading Seaman [1] Lieutenant [1] Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Royal Garrison Artillery [7] Labour Corps [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] West Riding Regiment [3] Royal Engineers [2] West Yorkshire Regiment [2] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [2] Devonshire Regiment [1] Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] HMS Seagull [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Fusiliers [1] Royal Garrison Artillery Special Reserve [1] Royal Scots [1] Royal Sussex Regiment [1] Yorkshire Dragoons [1] Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

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British Army [24] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [7] Canadian Expeditionary Force [3] Royal Navy [1]

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B [36]

Contribution

Military Service [35] Merchant Navy [1]

Horace Brearey

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 198941

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Arnold Brooke Brearey

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 21/546 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 21/546 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Walter Brearey

Died 1917

British Army 41623 Private Royal Scots

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Edward Brearey

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 60829 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 60829 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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James Herbert Brearey

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 119062

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Georges C Brearey

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 42199 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army GS/76491 Private Royal Fusiliers

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Willie Brearey

Died 1918

British Army 49473 Private Devonshire Regiment

British Army 104480 Private Labour Corps

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Alfred Brearey

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 205106 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 205106 Private Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

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Thomas Brearey

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 73977

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Tom Stanley Brearey

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 81792

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Reuben Brearey

Born 1893

Royal Navy J9386 Leading Seaman HMS Seagull

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Harry Brearey

Born 1881

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3031802

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Thomas Brearey

Born 1897

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2768014

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W H Brearey

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

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Charles Victor Brearey

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

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Harold Jackson Brearey

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

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Walter Henry Brearey

Born 1897

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Arthur Brearey

Born 1890

Canadian Expeditionary Force 851059

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Edward G Brearey

British Army 4273 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army 201378 Private Middlesex Regiment

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Edward Brearey

British Army 77729 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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