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Sheffield, Yorkshire [7]

Huddersfield, Yorkshire [4]

Leeds, Yorkshire [4]

Bendigo Victoria [3]

Manchester, Lancashire [3]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [2]

Bradford, Yorkshire [2]

Fulham, London, Middlesex [2]

Heckmondwike, Yorkshire [2]

Manchester [2]

Manchester England [2]

Norwood South Australia [2]

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [2]

Sheffield [2]

Sheffield Tasmania [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

Wakefield, Yorkshire [2]

Worksop, Nottinghamshire [2]

Accrington, Lancashire [1]

Ancoats, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Bakewell, Derbyshire [1]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

Bilbao [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1]

Birkenhead, Lancashire [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Birstall, Yorkshire [1]

Bourke New South Wales [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Burham, Kent, England [1]

Calwich, Staffordshire [1]

Chatham, Kent [1]

Cheshire [1]

Chorlton-cum-Hardy [1]

Congleton [1]

Coolamon New South Wales [1]

Darley Dale, Derbyshire [1]

Deloraine Tasmania [1]

Essex [1]

Frodsham, Cheshire [1]

Fulham, London [1]

Goole, Yorkshire [1]

Halifax, Yorkshire [1]

Harrogate, Yorkshire [1]

Hawthorn Victoria [1]

Hitchen, Hertfordshire [1]

Holmfirth, West Riding of Yorkshire [1]

Holmfirth, West Yorkshire [1]

Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England [1]

Hull, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [402]

Gunner [44]

Driver [31]

Corporal [29]

Serjeant [28]

Sapper [25]

Second Lieutenant [25]

Lance Corporal [16]

Pioneer [10]

Acting Corporal [7]

Captain [7]

Lieutenant [7]

Bombardier [6]

Major [6]

Acting Serjeant [5]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Bugler [3]

Acting Captain [2]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Guardsman [2]

Private Acting Corporal [2]

Rifleman [2]

Serjeant /Acting Serjeant Major [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Temporary Major [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Trumpeter [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Bombardier Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Forewoman [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Colonel [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Corporal Acting Corporal [1]

Corporal Shoeing Smith [1]

Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1]

Fitter [1]

Junior Reserve Attendant [1]

Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1]

Leading Deck Hand [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Miss [1]

Petty Officer Stoker [1]

Private Acting Serjeant [1]

Serjeant Major [1]

Sister [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [50]

Royal Engineers [45]

Labour Corps [42]

Army Service Corps [37]

West Riding Regiment [27]

Royal Garrison Artillery [25]

York and Lancaster Regiment [25]

Royal Army Medical Corps [22]

Lincolnshire Regiment [21]

Manchester Regiment [21]

Machine Gun Corps [20]

London Regiment [18]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [18]

West Yorkshire Regiment [17]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [17]

Leicestershire Regiment [15]

Cheshire Regiment [14]

Yorkshire Regiment [14]

North Staffordshire Regiment [13]

Royal Fusiliers [11]

East Yorkshire Regiment [10]

Liverpool Regiment [10]

Northumberland Fusiliers [10]

Durham Light Infantry [9]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [9]

Royal Army Service Corps [9]

Lancashire Fusiliers [8]

Royal Naval Division [7]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [7]

Royal Defence Corps [6]

South Staffordshire Regiment [6]

Worcestershire Regiment [6]

Army Cyclist Corps [5]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [5]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [4]

Rifle Brigade [4]

Royal Horse Artillery [4]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Army Veterinary Corps [3]

Border Regiment [3]

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [3]

Grenadier Guards [3]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

Military Foot Police [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [3]

The Queen's Regiment [3]

6th Dragoon Guards [2]

British Red Cross Society [2]

Service

British Army [620]

Royal Navy [61]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [40]

Australian Imperial Force [29]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [28]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

C [791]

B [1]

T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [780]

Merchant Navy [8]

Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [30]

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Place of birth

Sheffield, Yorkshire [7] Huddersfield, Yorkshire [4] Leeds, Yorkshire [4] Bendigo Victoria [3] Manchester, Lancashire [3] Birkenhead, Cheshire [2] Bradford, Yorkshire [2] Fulham, London, Middlesex [2] Heckmondwike, Yorkshire [2] Manchester [2] Manchester England [2] Norwood South Australia [2] Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [2] Sheffield [2] Sheffield Tasmania [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Wakefield, Yorkshire [2] Worksop, Nottinghamshire [2] Accrington, Lancashire [1] Ancoats, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Bakewell, Derbyshire [1] Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Bilbao [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1] Birkenhead, Lancashire [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Birstall, Yorkshire [1] Bourke New South Wales [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Burham, Kent, England [1] Calwich, Staffordshire [1] Chatham, Kent [1] Cheshire [1] Chorlton-cum-Hardy [1] Congleton [1] Coolamon New South Wales [1] Darley Dale, Derbyshire [1] Deloraine Tasmania [1] Essex [1] Frodsham, Cheshire [1] Fulham, London [1] Goole, Yorkshire [1] Halifax, Yorkshire [1] Harrogate, Yorkshire [1] Hawthorn Victoria [1] Hitchen, Hertfordshire [1] Holmfirth, West Riding of Yorkshire [1] Holmfirth, West Yorkshire [1] Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England [1] Hull, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [402] Gunner [44] Driver [31] Corporal [29] Serjeant [28] Sapper [25] Second Lieutenant [25] Lance Corporal [16] Pioneer [10] Acting Corporal [7] Captain [7] Lieutenant [7] Bombardier [6] Major [6] Acting Serjeant [5] Acting Bombardier [3] Bugler [3] Acting Captain [2] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Guardsman [2] Private Acting Corporal [2] Rifleman [2] Serjeant /Acting Serjeant Major [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Temporary Major [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Trumpeter [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Bombardier Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Forewoman [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Colonel [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Corporal Acting Corporal [1] Corporal Shoeing Smith [1] Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1] Fitter [1] Junior Reserve Attendant [1] Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1] Leading Deck Hand [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Miss [1] Petty Officer Stoker [1] Private Acting Serjeant [1] Serjeant Major [1] Sister [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [50] Royal Engineers [45] Labour Corps [42] Army Service Corps [37] West Riding Regiment [27] Royal Garrison Artillery [25] York and Lancaster Regiment [25] Royal Army Medical Corps [22] Lincolnshire Regiment [21] Manchester Regiment [21] Machine Gun Corps [20] London Regiment [18] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [18] West Yorkshire Regiment [17] Yorkshire Light Infantry [17] Leicestershire Regiment [15] Cheshire Regiment [14] Yorkshire Regiment [14] North Staffordshire Regiment [13] Royal Fusiliers [11] East Yorkshire Regiment [10] Liverpool Regiment [10] Northumberland Fusiliers [10] Durham Light Infantry [9] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [9] Royal Army Service Corps [9] Lancashire Fusiliers [8] Royal Naval Division [7] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [7] Royal Defence Corps [6] South Staffordshire Regiment [6] Worcestershire Regiment [6] Army Cyclist Corps [5] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [5] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [4] Rifle Brigade [4] Royal Horse Artillery [4] Army Ordnance Corps [3] Army Veterinary Corps [3] Border Regiment [3] Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [3] Grenadier Guards [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] Military Foot Police [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [3] The Queen's Regiment [3] 6th Dragoon Guards [2] British Red Cross Society [2]

Service

British Army [620] Royal Navy [61] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [40] Australian Imperial Force [29] Canadian Expeditionary Force [28] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

C [791] B [1] T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [780] Merchant Navy [8] Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [30]

Thomas Charlesworth

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 21420 Acting Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

British Army 21420 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

British Army 21420 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Herbert Charlesworth

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 8049 Private Army Cyclist Corps

British Army 3963 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army 104496 Second Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps

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John Charlesworth

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army G/365 Corporal East Kent Regiment

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Percy Grace Charlesworth

Died 1917

British Army 202248 Private Seaforth Highlanders 5th Battalion

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Harold Charlesworth

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 28959 Private Durham Light Infantry

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John Charlesworth

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 258325 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 40950 Sapper Lancashire Fusiliers 20th Battalion

British Army 40950 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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Fred Charlesworth

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 202253 Private North Staffordshire Regiment 2nd/5th

British Army 202253 Private North Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 202253 North Staffordshire Regiment 2/5th

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Jesse Charlesworth

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army 55011 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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Edward Charlesworth

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 4577 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps 1st Battalion

British Army 4577 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Lewis Charlesworth

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 163 Private Manchester Regiment 2nd manchest Battalion

British Army 163 Lance Corporal Manchester Regiment 20th Battalion

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Fred Charlesworth

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 11539 Private Yorkshire Regiment 6th east Battalion

British Army 11539 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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James Charlesworth

Born 1887

British Army M2/10084 Private Army Service Corps

British Army Royal Army Service Corps

British Army M2/10084 Royal Army Service Corps

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Isaac Charlesworth

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 199638

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George Frederick Charlesworth

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 30317

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Arthur Charlesworth

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 195917

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John Thomas Charlesworth

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 191119

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Harry Kingstone Charlesworth

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 20066

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Frederick Charlesworth

Born 1878

Died 1919

British Army 12/561 Serjeant York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant West Riding Regiment

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

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George Wrightson Charlesworth

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 116157

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Wilfred Charlesworth

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 242836 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 242836 Private Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

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