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Halifax, Yorkshire [9]

Oldham Lancashire [9]

Sydney New South Wales [9]

Huddersfield, Yorkshire [8]

Leeds, Yorkshire [7]

Oldham, Lancashire [5]

Cherry Gardens South Australia [4]

Manchester, Lancashire [4]

Melbourne Victoria [4]

Newcastle New South Wales [4]

Dimboola Victoria [3]

Adelaide South Australia [2]

Armley, Yorkshire [2]

Audley, Staffordshire [2]

Brunswick New South Wales [2]

Burnside South Australia [2]

Canterbury, Kent [2]

Coburg Victoria [2]

Diggle Saddleworth Yorkshire [2]

Douglas [2]

Hunslet, Leeds, Yorkshire [2]

Hyde, Cheshire [2]

New York USA South Australia [2]

Shipley, Yorkshire [2]

St Pancras, London, Middlesex [2]

Ardwick, Lancashire [1]

Armley, Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Atherton, Lancashire [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Barton, Lancashire [1]

Batley, Yorkshire [1]

Beaufort Victoria [1]

Bendigo Victoria [1]

Brearley [1]

Bridgnorth, Shropshire [1]

Brighton Victoria [1]

Brisbane Queensland [1]

Broadbottom, Hyde, Cheshire [1]

Buttervant, Cork [1]

Calf Heath, Staffordshire [1]

Cheshire [1]

Churwell Leeds Yorkshire [1]

Clifton Hill Victoria [1]

Colne England [1]

Cragg Vale [1]

Crewe, Cheshire [1]

Dandenong Victoria [1]

Delph, Yorkshire [1]

Denton, Lancashire [1]

Dobcross Saddleworth Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [614]

Gunner [52]

Driver [47]

Corporal [42]

Sapper [27]

Serjeant [25]

Second Lieutenant [22]

Lance Corporal [19]

Captain [14]

Acting Serjeant [8]

Acting Corporal [7]

Lieutenant [6]

Major [5]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Bombardier [3]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Nurse [3]

Pioneer [3]

Private Lance Corporal [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Coal Mine Worker [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

private [2]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Captain Major [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal Private [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Driver Acting Bombardier [1]

Driver Lance Corporal [1]

Engineer Captain [1]

Farrier Serjeant [1]

Housekeeper [1]

Lady Superintendent [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant and Captain [1]

Major and Brevet Colonel [1]

Major and Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major and Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Temporary Brigadier General [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Reverend [1]

Rifleman [1]

Serjeant /Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Serjeant Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [76]

West Riding Regiment [66]

Royal Field Artillery [63]

Manchester Regiment [57]

Army Service Corps [54]

Royal Engineers [53]

West Yorkshire Regiment [50]

Royal Army Medical Corps [39]

Cheshire Regiment [26]

Liverpool Regiment [26]

Machine Gun Corps [23]

Royal Garrison Artillery [23]

Northumberland Fusiliers [22]

York and Lancaster Regiment [22]

Yorkshire Regiment [21]

Durham Light Infantry [20]

Lancashire Fusiliers [20]

London Regiment [18]

East Lancashire Regiment [14]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [14]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [13]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [11]

East Yorkshire Regiment [10]

Rifle Brigade [10]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [10]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [10]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [9]

Royal Fusiliers [9]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [9]

Worcestershire Regiment [9]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [8]

Leicestershire Regiment [8]

South Lancashire Regiment [8]

Army Ordnance Corps [7]

Coldstream Guards [7]

Lincolnshire Regiment [7]

South Wales Borderers [7]

Canadian Infantry [6]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [6]

Middlesex Regiment [6]

Royal Flying Corps [6]

South Staffordshire Regiment [6]

Welsh Regiment [6]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [5]

Royal Air Force [5]

Royal Army Service Corps [5]

Royal Defence Corps [5]

Royal Scots [5]

Tank Corps [5]

Army Veterinary Corps [4]

Service

British Army [863]

Royal Navy [73]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [60]

Australian Imperial Force [58]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [44]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [12]

Other Empire Force [4]

Indian Army [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [1118]

H [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1108]

Merchant Navy [5]

Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [24]

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Halifax, Yorkshire [9] Oldham Lancashire [9] Sydney New South Wales [9] Huddersfield, Yorkshire [8] Leeds, Yorkshire [7] Oldham, Lancashire [5] Cherry Gardens South Australia [4] Manchester, Lancashire [4] Melbourne Victoria [4] Newcastle New South Wales [4] Dimboola Victoria [3] Adelaide South Australia [2] Armley, Yorkshire [2] Audley, Staffordshire [2] Brunswick New South Wales [2] Burnside South Australia [2] Canterbury, Kent [2] Coburg Victoria [2] Diggle Saddleworth Yorkshire [2] Douglas [2] Hunslet, Leeds, Yorkshire [2] Hyde, Cheshire [2] New York USA South Australia [2] Shipley, Yorkshire [2] St Pancras, London, Middlesex [2] Ardwick, Lancashire [1] Armley, Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Atherton, Lancashire [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Barton, Lancashire [1] Batley, Yorkshire [1] Beaufort Victoria [1] Bendigo Victoria [1] Brearley [1] Bridgnorth, Shropshire [1] Brighton Victoria [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Broadbottom, Hyde, Cheshire [1] Buttervant, Cork [1] Calf Heath, Staffordshire [1] Cheshire [1] Churwell Leeds Yorkshire [1] Clifton Hill Victoria [1] Colne England [1] Cragg Vale [1] Crewe, Cheshire [1] Dandenong Victoria [1] Delph, Yorkshire [1] Denton, Lancashire [1] Dobcross Saddleworth Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [614] Gunner [52] Driver [47] Corporal [42] Sapper [27] Serjeant [25] Second Lieutenant [22] Lance Corporal [19] Captain [14] Acting Serjeant [8] Acting Corporal [7] Lieutenant [6] Major [5] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Bombardier [3] Colour Serjeant [3] Nurse [3] Pioneer [3] Private Lance Corporal [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Coal Mine Worker [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] private [2] Acting Captain [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Brigadier General [1] Captain Major [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal Private [1] Deck Hand [1] Driver Acting Bombardier [1] Driver Lance Corporal [1] Engineer Captain [1] Farrier Serjeant [1] Housekeeper [1] Lady Superintendent [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant and Captain [1] Major and Brevet Colonel [1] Major and Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major and Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Temporary Brigadier General [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Private Acting Lance Corporal [1] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Reverend [1] Rifleman [1] Serjeant /Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Serjeant Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [76] West Riding Regiment [66] Royal Field Artillery [63] Manchester Regiment [57] Army Service Corps [54] Royal Engineers [53] West Yorkshire Regiment [50] Royal Army Medical Corps [39] Cheshire Regiment [26] Liverpool Regiment [26] Machine Gun Corps [23] Royal Garrison Artillery [23] Northumberland Fusiliers [22] York and Lancaster Regiment [22] Yorkshire Regiment [21] Durham Light Infantry [20] Lancashire Fusiliers [20] London Regiment [18] East Lancashire Regiment [14] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [14] Royal Lancaster Regiment [13] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [11] East Yorkshire Regiment [10] Rifle Brigade [10] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [10] Yorkshire Light Infantry [10] King's Royal Rifle Corps [9] Royal Fusiliers [9] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [9] Worcestershire Regiment [9] King's Own Scottish Borderers [8] Leicestershire Regiment [8] South Lancashire Regiment [8] Army Ordnance Corps [7] Coldstream Guards [7] Lincolnshire Regiment [7] South Wales Borderers [7] Canadian Infantry [6] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [6] Middlesex Regiment [6] Royal Flying Corps [6] South Staffordshire Regiment [6] Welsh Regiment [6] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [5] Royal Air Force [5] Royal Army Service Corps [5] Royal Defence Corps [5] Royal Scots [5] Tank Corps [5] Army Veterinary Corps [4]

Service

British Army [863] Royal Navy [73] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [60] Australian Imperial Force [58] Canadian Expeditionary Force [44] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [12] Other Empire Force [4] Indian Army [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [1118] H [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1108] Merchant Navy [5] Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [24]

Bertram Thomas Broadbent

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 37871

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Thomas Broadbent

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 103946

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Wilfred Stuart Stidston Broadbent

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps

British Army Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Ernest Axon Broadbent

Born 1880

Died 1916

British Army 37388 Private Liverpool Regiment

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Thomas Henry Broadbent

Died 1916

British Army 22436 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 22436 Private Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) 2nd Bn

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Ernest Arthur Broadbent

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 16924 Private Somerset Light Infantry 8th Battalion

British Army 16924 Corporal Somerset Light Infantry 8th Battalion

British Army 16924 Corporal Somerset Light Infantry

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Herbert Broadbent

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 34119 Private Manchester Regiment 22nd Bn

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Benjamin Franklin Broadbent

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 224119

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Norman Broadbent

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 231953

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John Broadbent

Died 1915

British Army 2043 Private Manchester Regiment 9th manchest Battalion

British Army 2043 Private Manchester Regiment

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John James Broadbent

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 263519

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William Smith Broadbent

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 261362

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Frank Broadbent

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 238971

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James Edward Broadbent

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 2564 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 2564 Lance Corporal Manchester Regiment

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Thomas Broadbent

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 405626

British Army 918 Private West Riding Regiment 7th Battalion

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Hilda Margaret Broadbent

Born 1894

Died 1965

Royal Navy

Royal Navy Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS)

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Frank Seton Broadbent

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 33289

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Irvine Broadbent

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 48010

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Albert Broadbent

Died 1916

British Army 8464 Private Leinster Regiment

British Army 8464 Corporal Leinster Regiment

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Harold Broadbent

Died 1917

British Army 36939 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 42208 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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