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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]

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Birstall, Yorkshire [1]

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Coolamon New South Wales [1]

Darley Dale, Derbyshire [1]

Deloraine Tasmania [1]

Essex [1]

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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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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]

George Frederick Charlesworth

Born 1892

Died 1918

Royal Navy K8898 Petty Officer Stoker HMS Mimosa

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Alfred Archibald Charlesworth

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 120885

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Harold Samuel Charlesworth

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 269784

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Sam Charlesworth

Died 1916

British Army 9235 Private Yorkshire Regiment

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Fred Charlesworth

Born 1878

Died 1917

British Army 203485 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army 260050 Private Monmouthshire Regiment

British Army 260050 Rifleman Monmouthshire Regiment

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John Lambert Charlesworth

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 200896 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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Clement Charlesworth

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 10535 Corporal Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 10535 Corporal Yorkshire Regiment

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Charles Charlesworth

Died 1917

British Army 8947 Private North Staffordshire Regiment

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John Charlesworth

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 33635 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 33635 Lance Corporal Manchester Regiment

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Thomas Edward Charlesworth

Died 1917

British Army 1517 Private Essex Yeomanry

British Army 80431 Private Essex Yeomanry

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Alfred Charlesworth

Born 1881

Died 1914

British Army 7033 Private Lincolnshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 7033 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

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Tom Charlesworth

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 3173 Lance Corporal West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 3173 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 3173 Lance Corporal West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Harry H Charlesworth

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 205467 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 60329 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Joseph Henry Charlesworth

Died 1916

British Army 43186 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 43186 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Alfred H Charlesworth

Died 1918

British Army G/63504 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army G/63504 Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

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Thomas Samuel Charlesworth

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 78331 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Willie Charlesworth

Died 1915

British Army 20580 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 20580 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Walter Charlesworth

Died 1918

British Army 52607 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Francis Charlesworth

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 74456 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 8th Brigade

British Army 74456 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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George J Charlesworth

Died 1918

British Army 143260 Sapper Royal Engineers

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