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Bradford, Yorkshire [3]

Leicester, Leicestershire [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Manchester, Lancashire [2]

Swindon, Wiltshire [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

Ashfield New South Wales [1]

Barkers Creek Victoria [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Battersea, Surrey [1]

Burley, Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Burnley, Lancashire [1]

Cheltenham [1]

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1]

Cheshunt, Hertfordshire [1]

Chittenden, Gloucestershire [1]

Clitheroe, Lancashire [1]

Colyton, near Wellington [1]

Dewsbury, Yorkshire [1]

Dunbar, East Lothian [1]

Dunbar, Haddington [1]

Dunmow, Essex [1]

Dunstall, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [1]

Guiseley, West Yorkshire [1]

Haddington Scotland [1]

Hamilton ON [1]

Harrogate, Yorkshire [1]

Hartshead, Yorkshire [1]

Herne, Herne Bay, Kent [1]

Hertford [1]

Hull, Yorkshire [1]

Islington, Middlesex [1]

Lancashire [1]

Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Lincoln [1]

Morton Nr Bingley [1]

Mulgrave Victoria [1]

Norwich, England [1]

Oldham, Lancashire [1]

Place of birth - Prahran Victoria [1]

Portsmouth [1]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [1]

Rowley Regis, Worcestershire [1]

Shetford, Suffolk [1]

South Shields [1]

South Shields, Durham [1]

St George New South Wales [1]

Suffolk [1]

Sunbury Victoria [1]

Sydney, New South Wales [1]

Rank

Private [268]

Gunner [28]

Corporal [22]

Second Lieutenant [18]

Driver [15]

Lieutenant [14]

Sapper [13]

Serjeant [11]

Captain [8]

Lance Corporal [5]

Pioneer [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3]

Rifleman [3]

Staff Nurse [3]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [3]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Major [2]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Air Mechanic Second Class [1]

Air Mechanic Third Class [1]

Aircrafman [1]

Bombardier [1]

Cyclist [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Driver Lance Bombardier [1]

Farrier Serjeant [1]

Guardsman [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1]

Lieutenant/Temporary Captain [1]

Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Owner Driver [1]

Painter 2nd Class [1]

Private Acting Serjeant [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Saddler [1]

Seaman [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Transport Corporal [1]

Transport Serjeant [1]

Trooper [1]

Unpaid Lance Corporal [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [36]

Royal Field Artillery [28]

Royal Engineers [24]

Labour Corps [19]

Machine Gun Corps [19]

Royal Army Medical Corps [19]

Royal Fusiliers [19]

London Regiment [17]

Royal Garrison Artillery [17]

West Riding Regiment [17]

West Yorkshire Regiment [14]

Lincolnshire Regiment [13]

York and Lancaster Regiment [13]

Manchester Regiment [10]

Durham Light Infantry [8]

East Lancashire Regiment [6]

Gloucestershire Regiment [6]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [6]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [6]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [6]

Army Ordnance Corps [5]

Cheshire Regiment [5]

Lancashire Fusiliers [5]

Leicestershire Regiment [5]

Northamptonshire Regiment [5]

Royal Irish Rifles [5]

South Lancashire Regiment [5]

The Queen's Regiment [5]

Yorkshire Regiment [5]

East Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Highland Light Infantry [4]

Liverpool Regiment [4]

Northumberland Fusiliers [4]

Border Regiment [3]

Honourable Artillery Company [3]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [3]

Royal Flying Corps [3]

Royal Naval Division [3]

Royal Sussex Regiment [3]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3]

Worcestershire Regiment [3]

21st Lancers [2]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [2]

Coldstream Guards [2]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [396]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [36]

Royal Navy [27]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [15]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [13]

Australian Imperial Force [10]

Last name first letter

C [502]

G [1]

Contribution

Military Service [495]

Merchant Navy [5]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [14]

Canada [1]

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Place of birth

Bradford, Yorkshire [3] Leicester, Leicestershire [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Manchester, Lancashire [2] Swindon, Wiltshire [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Ashfield New South Wales [1] Barkers Creek Victoria [1] Battersea, London [1] Battersea, Surrey [1] Burley, Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Burnley, Lancashire [1] Cheltenham [1] Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1] Cheshunt, Hertfordshire [1] Chittenden, Gloucestershire [1] Clitheroe, Lancashire [1] Colyton, near Wellington [1] Dewsbury, Yorkshire [1] Dunbar, East Lothian [1] Dunbar, Haddington [1] Dunmow, Essex [1] Dunstall, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [1] Guiseley, West Yorkshire [1] Haddington Scotland [1] Hamilton ON [1] Harrogate, Yorkshire [1] Hartshead, Yorkshire [1] Herne, Herne Bay, Kent [1] Hertford [1] Hull, Yorkshire [1] Islington, Middlesex [1] Lancashire [1] Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Lincoln [1] Morton Nr Bingley [1] Mulgrave Victoria [1] Norwich, England [1] Oldham, Lancashire [1] Place of birth - Prahran Victoria [1] Portsmouth [1] Portsmouth, Hampshire [1] Rowley Regis, Worcestershire [1] Shetford, Suffolk [1] South Shields [1] South Shields, Durham [1] St George New South Wales [1] Suffolk [1] Sunbury Victoria [1] Sydney, New South Wales [1]

Rank

Private [268] Gunner [28] Corporal [22] Second Lieutenant [18] Driver [15] Lieutenant [14] Sapper [13] Serjeant [11] Captain [8] Lance Corporal [5] Pioneer [4] Acting Corporal [3] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3] Rifleman [3] Staff Nurse [3] Temporary Second Lieutenant [3] Acting Serjeant [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Major [2] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Captain [1] Air Mechanic Second Class [1] Air Mechanic Third Class [1] Aircrafman [1] Bombardier [1] Cyclist [1] Deck Hand [1] Driver Lance Bombardier [1] Farrier Serjeant [1] Guardsman [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1] Lieutenant/Temporary Captain [1] Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Owner Driver [1] Painter 2nd Class [1] Private Acting Serjeant [1] Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Saddler [1] Seaman [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Transport Corporal [1] Transport Serjeant [1] Trooper [1] Unpaid Lance Corporal [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [36] Royal Field Artillery [28] Royal Engineers [24] Labour Corps [19] Machine Gun Corps [19] Royal Army Medical Corps [19] Royal Fusiliers [19] London Regiment [17] Royal Garrison Artillery [17] West Riding Regiment [17] West Yorkshire Regiment [14] Lincolnshire Regiment [13] York and Lancaster Regiment [13] Manchester Regiment [10] Durham Light Infantry [8] East Lancashire Regiment [6] Gloucestershire Regiment [6] King's Own Scottish Borderers [6] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [6] King's Royal Rifle Corps [6] Army Ordnance Corps [5] Cheshire Regiment [5] Lancashire Fusiliers [5] Leicestershire Regiment [5] Northamptonshire Regiment [5] Royal Irish Rifles [5] South Lancashire Regiment [5] The Queen's Regiment [5] Yorkshire Regiment [5] East Yorkshire Regiment [4] Highland Light Infantry [4] Liverpool Regiment [4] Northumberland Fusiliers [4] Border Regiment [3] Honourable Artillery Company [3] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Berkshire Regiment [3] Royal Flying Corps [3] Royal Naval Division [3] Royal Sussex Regiment [3] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3] Worcestershire Regiment [3] 21st Lancers [2] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [2] Coldstream Guards [2] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2] East Surrey Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [396] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [36] Royal Navy [27] Canadian Expeditionary Force [15] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [13] Australian Imperial Force [10]

Last name first letter

C [502] G [1]

Contribution

Military Service [495] Merchant Navy [5] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [14] Canada [1]

Arthur Clapham

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 28486

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Alfred James Clapham

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 3880

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Vernon Cyril Charles Clapham

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 6508

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Alan Charles Clapham

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Yorkshire Regiment 4th battalion east Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant East Yorkshire Regiment

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Wilfred Walter Clapham

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 127308 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Thomas Clapham

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 22908 Private Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 22908 Acting Corporal Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 22908 Corporal Yorkshire Regiment

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Harold Sidney Clapham

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 216581

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Roland George Clapham

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 245500

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Joseph Clapham

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 249527

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Paul Clapham

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 22621 Guardsman Grenadier Guards

British Army 22621 Private Grenadier Guards

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Albert John Clapham

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army 14149 Private Bedfordshire Regiment 7th bedford Battalion

British Army 14149 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

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Herbert Neville Clapham

Born 1894

Died 1970

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 13616

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Christopher Clapham

Born 1891

British Army 11101 Private West Riding Regiment 8th Battalion

British Army 11101 Unpaid Lance Corporal West Riding Regiment 8th Battalion

British Army Lance Corporal West Riding Regiment 8th Battalion

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James Ellis Clapham

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 19399

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Frank Clapham

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 247188

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Gilbert Norman Clapham

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 250522

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Arthur Henry Clapham

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 251717

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William Clapham

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 253818

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Sam Clapham

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 22758

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Sidney Clapham

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 6444 Essex Regiment

British Army 5579 Border Regiment

British Army 27520 Private Border Regiment

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