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Huddersfield, Yorkshire [15]

Leeds, Yorkshire [10]

Melbourne Victoria [7]

Halifax, Yorkshire [6]

Adelaide South Australia [4]

Bradford, Yorkshire [4]

Ipswich Queensland [4]

West Ham, Essex [4]

Hastings, Sussex [3]

Holmfirth [3]

London England [3]

Maidstone, Kent [3]

Wakefield, Yorkshire [3]

Alfreton, Derbyshire [2]

Ballarat Victoria [2]

Bathurst New South Wales [2]

Beaudesert Queensland [2]

Bermondsey, Surrey [2]

Brighouse, Yorkshire [2]

Chiddingly [2]

Dawlish, Devon [2]

East Molesey, Surrey [2]

Goole, Yorkshire, England [2]

Hailsham [2]

Hereford, Herefordshire [2]

Ipswich, Suffolk [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

Murrurundi New South Wales [2]

Ninfield [2]

Orange New South Wales [2]

Sandal, Wakefield, Yorkshire [2]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [2]

Tonbridge, Kent [2]

Wallsend, Northumberland [2]

Wooldale West Yorkshire [2]

Aldershot England [1]

Andenshaw Manchester [1]

Anthony Queensland [1]

Ashford, Kent [1]

Avenel Victoria [1]

Bearsted, Kent [1]

Bedford, Bedfordshire [1]

Belvedere, Kent [1]

Benalla Victoria [1]

Bengal, India [1]

Bermondsey, London [1]

Blackpool, Lancashire [1]

Blantyre Queensland [1]

Borong Victoria [1]

Bowling, Bradford, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [811]

Gunner [89]

Driver [65]

Corporal [60]

Sapper [51]

Serjeant [50]

Second Lieutenant [35]

Acting Corporal [23]

Lance Corporal [20]

Acting Serjeant [15]

Captain [15]

Lieutenant [11]

Pioneer [11]

Major [9]

Bombardier [7]

Lieutenant Colonel [5]

Rifleman [5]

Colour Serjeant [4]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Engineer Lieutenant Commander [2]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [2]

Nurse [2]

Sergeant [2]

Staff Nurse [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Worker [2]

2nd Class Chaplain to the Forces [1]

3rd Class Chaplain [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Assistant Sergeant Major [1]

Boy Sailor [1]

Captain Quarter Master [1]

Captain and Quarter Master [1]

Colonel [1]

Commissary [1]

Company Quarter Master Havildar [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant Acting Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Doctor [1]

Driver Lance Bombardier [1]

Unit

West Riding Regiment [135]

West Yorkshire Regiment [110]

Royal Field Artillery [96]

Army Service Corps [93]

Royal Engineers [92]

Labour Corps [75]

Royal Garrison Artillery [56]

Royal Army Medical Corps [49]

Machine Gun Corps [42]

Yorkshire Regiment [37]

Durham Light Infantry [34]

London Regiment [33]

Northumberland Fusiliers [30]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [26]

Royal Fusiliers [25]

York and Lancaster Regiment [23]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [22]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [21]

Royal Army Service Corps [20]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [19]

Royal Sussex Regiment [16]

East Yorkshire Regiment [15]

Manchester Regiment [15]

Lancashire Fusiliers [14]

Liverpool Regiment [13]

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [12]

Cheshire Regiment [11]

Hampshire Regiment [10]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [10]

Lincolnshire Regiment [10]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [10]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [9]

Royal West Kent Regiment [9]

Army Ordnance Corps [8]

Leicestershire Regiment [8]

Middlesex Regiment [8]

North Staffordshire Regiment [8]

Rifle Brigade [8]

Royal Scots [8]

Coldstream Guards [7]

Devonshire Regiment [7]

Essex Regiment [7]

Tank Corps [7]

The Queen's Regiment [7]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [6]

Norfolk Regiment [6]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [6]

South Lancashire Regiment [6]

Worcestershire Regiment [6]

Army Cyclist Corps [5]

Service

British Army [1236]

Royal Navy [114]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [107]

Australian Imperial Force [67]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [32]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [13]

Indian Army [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [1579]

D [8]

F [1]

M [1]

V [1]

W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1566]

Merchant Navy [11]

Conscientious Objector [8]

Country

United Kingdom [33]

New Zealand [1]

South Africa [1]

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Huddersfield, Yorkshire [15] Leeds, Yorkshire [10] Melbourne Victoria [7] Halifax, Yorkshire [6] Adelaide South Australia [4] Bradford, Yorkshire [4] Ipswich Queensland [4] West Ham, Essex [4] Hastings, Sussex [3] Holmfirth [3] London England [3] Maidstone, Kent [3] Wakefield, Yorkshire [3] Alfreton, Derbyshire [2] Ballarat Victoria [2] Bathurst New South Wales [2] Beaudesert Queensland [2] Bermondsey, Surrey [2] Brighouse, Yorkshire [2] Chiddingly [2] Dawlish, Devon [2] East Molesey, Surrey [2] Goole, Yorkshire, England [2] Hailsham [2] Hereford, Herefordshire [2] Ipswich, Suffolk [2] London, Middlesex [2] Murrurundi New South Wales [2] Ninfield [2] Orange New South Wales [2] Sandal, Wakefield, Yorkshire [2] Sheffield, Yorkshire [2] Tonbridge, Kent [2] Wallsend, Northumberland [2] Wooldale West Yorkshire [2] Aldershot England [1] Andenshaw Manchester [1] Anthony Queensland [1] Ashford, Kent [1] Avenel Victoria [1] Bearsted, Kent [1] Bedford, Bedfordshire [1] Belvedere, Kent [1] Benalla Victoria [1] Bengal, India [1] Bermondsey, London [1] Blackpool, Lancashire [1] Blantyre Queensland [1] Borong Victoria [1] Bowling, Bradford, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [811] Gunner [89] Driver [65] Corporal [60] Sapper [51] Serjeant [50] Second Lieutenant [35] Acting Corporal [23] Lance Corporal [20] Acting Serjeant [15] Captain [15] Lieutenant [11] Pioneer [11] Major [9] Bombardier [7] Lieutenant Colonel [5] Rifleman [5] Colour Serjeant [4] Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Lance Serjeant [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Deck Hand [2] Engineer Lieutenant Commander [2] Lieutenant Acting Captain [2] Nurse [2] Sergeant [2] Staff Nurse [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Worker [2] 2nd Class Chaplain to the Forces [1] 3rd Class Chaplain [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Assistant Sergeant Major [1] Boy Sailor [1] Captain Quarter Master [1] Captain and Quarter Master [1] Colonel [1] Commissary [1] Company Quarter Master Havildar [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant Acting Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Doctor [1] Driver Lance Bombardier [1]

Unit

West Riding Regiment [135] West Yorkshire Regiment [110] Royal Field Artillery [96] Army Service Corps [93] Royal Engineers [92] Labour Corps [75] Royal Garrison Artillery [56] Royal Army Medical Corps [49] Machine Gun Corps [42] Yorkshire Regiment [37] Durham Light Infantry [34] London Regiment [33] Northumberland Fusiliers [30] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [26] Royal Fusiliers [25] York and Lancaster Regiment [23] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [22] Yorkshire Light Infantry [21] Royal Army Service Corps [20] King's Royal Rifle Corps [19] Royal Sussex Regiment [16] East Yorkshire Regiment [15] Manchester Regiment [15] Lancashire Fusiliers [14] Liverpool Regiment [13] Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [12] Cheshire Regiment [11] Hampshire Regiment [10] King's Own Scottish Borderers [10] Lincolnshire Regiment [10] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [10] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [9] Royal West Kent Regiment [9] Army Ordnance Corps [8] Leicestershire Regiment [8] Middlesex Regiment [8] North Staffordshire Regiment [8] Rifle Brigade [8] Royal Scots [8] Coldstream Guards [7] Devonshire Regiment [7] Essex Regiment [7] Tank Corps [7] The Queen's Regiment [7] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [6] Norfolk Regiment [6] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [6] South Lancashire Regiment [6] Worcestershire Regiment [6] Army Cyclist Corps [5]

Service

British Army [1236] Royal Navy [114] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [107] Australian Imperial Force [67] Canadian Expeditionary Force [32] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [13] Indian Army [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [1579] D [8] F [1] M [1] V [1] W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1566] Merchant Navy [11] Conscientious Objector [8]

Country

United Kingdom [33] New Zealand [1] South Africa [1]

William Bernard Brook

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 7598 Private London Regiment 7th lond Battalion

British Army 250319 Private London Regiment 7th lond Battalion

British Army 295598 Private London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) 1st/4th Battalion

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William Brook

Died 1918

British Army 48502 Private Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 28468 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 1st/5th (Territorial) Battalion.

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George Brook

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 29190 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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John Brook

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army G/4938 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army GS/4938 Private Kent Regiment 1st Battalion

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Sidney William Brook

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 10606 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

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William Brook

Died 1915

British Army GS/819 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Albert Edward Brook

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 195728

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George Fred Brook

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 229031

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H Brook

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 27585 Lance Corporal Machine Gun Corps

British Army 27585 Corporal Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Raymond Tyas Brook

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 42003 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Harry Brook

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 161698 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Harold Brook

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 127658

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Ernest Brook

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 129850

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Seth Brook

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 5532

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John Brook

Born 1887

Died 1974

British Army 3094 Private Essex Regiment 2/8th (Cyclist) Battalion

British Army 58781 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 25th Battalion

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Charles Bertram Brook

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 262533

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Herbert Henry Brook

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 292212

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Cecil Brook

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army GS/7419 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army Lance Corporal Royal West Kent 8th Battalion

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Hildred Brook

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 10601 Private Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) 2nd Battalion

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Herbert Wilson Brook

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 131828 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 131828 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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