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Halifax, Yorkshire [6]

Geelong Victoria [5]

Oldham [3]

Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire [1]

Bacup, Lancashire [1]

Batley, Yorkshire [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Bradford, Yorkshire [1]

Brunswick New South Wales [1]

Derby [1]

Dewsbury, Yorkshire [1]

Dudley, Worcestershire [1]

Elland, Yorkshire [1]

Geelong, Victoria [1]

Halifax, Elland, Yorkshire [1]

Handsworth, Staffordshire [1]

Handsworth, Staffs [1]

Isle of Man, Dumfriesshire, Scotland [1]

Melbourne Victoria [1]

Paddington New South Wales [1]

Place of birth - Geelong Victoria [1]

Rochdale [1]

Rochdale, Lancashire [1]

Salford, Lancashire [1]

Shawforth, Lancashire [1]

St Helens, Lancashire [1]

Sydney New South Wales [1]

Werneth Oldham [1]

Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [1]

Woodville, Derbyshire [1]

Yorkshire England [1]

Rank

Private [171]

Gunner [22]

Sapper [18]

Driver [12]

Corporal [10]

Lance Corporal [8]

Second Lieutenant [8]

Serjeant [8]

Bombardier [5]

Lieutenant [4]

Acting Corporal [2]

Guardsman [2]

Pioneer [2]

Squadron Serjeant Major [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting ERA 4th Class [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Captain [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

ERA 3c [1]

ERA 4th Class [1]

Flight Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Major [1]

Officer Cadet [1]

Private Lance Corporal [1]

Probationary Flight Officer [1]

Rifleman [1]

Second Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [30]

Royal Engineers [25]

Labour Corps [20]

Army Service Corps [15]

West Riding Regiment [13]

West Yorkshire Regiment [13]

Yorkshire Regiment [13]

Lancashire Fusiliers [11]

Machine Gun Corps [9]

Royal Army Medical Corps [8]

Royal Garrison Artillery [8]

Durham Light Infantry [7]

Liverpool Regiment [7]

Manchester Regiment [6]

Northumberland Fusiliers [6]

Royal Fusiliers [6]

Grenadier Guards [5]

North Staffordshire Regiment [5]

York and Lancaster Regiment [5]

Border Regiment [4]

East Lancashire Regiment [4]

East Yorkshire Regiment [4]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

Cheshire Regiment [3]

London Regiment [3]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3]

Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal [3]

Royal Naval Division [3]

Yorkshire Hussars [3]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Coldstream Guards [2]

Corps of Hussars [2]

Hussars [2]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [2]

Leicestershire Regiment [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Northamptonshire Regiment [2]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Royal Defence Corps [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Horse Artillery [2]

Royal Naval Division Engineers [2]

Royal Sussex Regiment [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

Seaforth Highlanders [2]

Tank Corps [2]

Service

British Army [263]

Royal Navy [21]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [18]

Australian Imperial Force [12]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [9]

Last name first letter

B [324]

Contribution

Military Service [321]

Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [8]

Isle of Man [1]

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People [324] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Halifax, Yorkshire [6] Geelong Victoria [5] Oldham [3] Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire [1] Bacup, Lancashire [1] Batley, Yorkshire [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Bradford, Yorkshire [1] Brunswick New South Wales [1] Derby [1] Dewsbury, Yorkshire [1] Dudley, Worcestershire [1] Elland, Yorkshire [1] Geelong, Victoria [1] Halifax, Elland, Yorkshire [1] Handsworth, Staffordshire [1] Handsworth, Staffs [1] Isle of Man, Dumfriesshire, Scotland [1] Melbourne Victoria [1] Paddington New South Wales [1] Place of birth - Geelong Victoria [1] Rochdale [1] Rochdale, Lancashire [1] Salford, Lancashire [1] Shawforth, Lancashire [1] St Helens, Lancashire [1] Sydney New South Wales [1] Werneth Oldham [1] Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [1] Woodville, Derbyshire [1] Yorkshire England [1]

Rank

Private [171] Gunner [22] Sapper [18] Driver [12] Corporal [10] Lance Corporal [8] Second Lieutenant [8] Serjeant [8] Bombardier [5] Lieutenant [4] Acting Corporal [2] Guardsman [2] Pioneer [2] Squadron Serjeant Major [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting ERA 4th Class [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Captain [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] ERA 3c [1] ERA 4th Class [1] Flight Sub-Lieutenant [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Major [1] Officer Cadet [1] Private Lance Corporal [1] Probationary Flight Officer [1] Rifleman [1] Second Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Staff Nurse [1] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Temporary Captain [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [30] Royal Engineers [25] Labour Corps [20] Army Service Corps [15] West Riding Regiment [13] West Yorkshire Regiment [13] Yorkshire Regiment [13] Lancashire Fusiliers [11] Machine Gun Corps [9] Royal Army Medical Corps [8] Royal Garrison Artillery [8] Durham Light Infantry [7] Liverpool Regiment [7] Manchester Regiment [6] Northumberland Fusiliers [6] Royal Fusiliers [6] Grenadier Guards [5] North Staffordshire Regiment [5] York and Lancaster Regiment [5] Border Regiment [4] East Lancashire Regiment [4] East Yorkshire Regiment [4] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] Cheshire Regiment [3] London Regiment [3] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3] Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal [3] Royal Naval Division [3] Yorkshire Hussars [3] Army Cyclist Corps [2] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Canadian Infantry [2] Coldstream Guards [2] Corps of Hussars [2] Hussars [2] King's Own Scottish Borderers [2] Leicestershire Regiment [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Northamptonshire Regiment [2] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [2] Royal Defence Corps [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Horse Artillery [2] Royal Naval Division Engineers [2] Royal Sussex Regiment [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2] Seaforth Highlanders [2] Tank Corps [2]

Service

British Army [263] Royal Navy [21] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [18] Australian Imperial Force [12] Canadian Expeditionary Force [9]

Last name first letter

B [324]

Contribution

Military Service [321] Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [8] Isle of Man [1]

Ernest Clement Brearley

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 175416 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 189th Siege Battery

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Fred Crossland Brearley

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 4563 Private Royal Fusiliers 201st Battalion

British Army 4563 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army 4563 Private Royal Fusiliers (city of London Regiment) 20th Bn

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Joseph Reginald Brearley

Born 1896

Died 1974

British Army Lieutenant 9th Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 4423 Private Manchester Regiment 3/9 Battalion

British Army 4423 Lance Corporal Manchester Regiment 8th Reserve Battalion

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Harold Beardsell Brearley

Born 1897

Died 1918

Royal Navy PI 38469 Probationary Flight Officer Royal Naval Air Service Crystal Palace-Chingford-Cranwell

Royal Navy PI 38469 Flight Sub-Lieutenant Royal Naval Air Service Cranwell-Calshot-Pegasus

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Arthur Joseph Brearley

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army Captain Devonshire Regiment 7th (Cyclist) Battalion (Territorial)

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Herbert William Brearley

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 261545

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James Brearley

Born 1883

Died 1915

British Army 10923 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 10923 Private Cheshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Norman Blackburn Brearley

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Warwickshire Regiment 12th Battalion

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Frank Brearley

Died 1918

British Army 229632 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 229632 Driver Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Field Artillery

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John Dearden Brearley

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 109688

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Herbert Brearley

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 139910

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Joseph William Brearley

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 29665

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Arthur Brearley

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 51707

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Harold Brearley

Died 1915

British Army R 11758 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army R/11758 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 7th Bn

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Charles Henry Brearley

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 41729 Private Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 30632 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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Ernest Vincent Brearley

Born 1890

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 21120

Canadian Expeditionary Force 21120 Private Canadian Infantry

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Norman Osborne Brearley

Born 1897

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 602786

Canadian Expeditionary Force 602786 Private Canadian Infantry

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Bernard Thomas Brearley

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 249770

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Arthur Lewis Brearley

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 27437 Private Yorkshire Regiment

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Frederick Brearley

Died 1917

British Army 84863 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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