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Batley, Yorkshire [3]

Blackburn, Lancashire [3]

Lambeth, London [3]

Belfast, Down [2]

Burnley, Lancashire [2]

Hull [2]

Hull England [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

Preston, Lancashire [2]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

Acomb, Yorkshire [1]

Aldborough, Yorkshire [1]

Aldershot, Surrey [1]

Banbury, Oxfordshire [1]

Beechworth Victoria [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire, England [1]

Birstall, Yorkshire [1]

Bishop Auckland, Durham [1]

Bolton [1]

Bolton, Lancashire [1]

Broughton in Amounderness, Preston, Lancashire [1]

Burniston, Yorkshire, England [1]

Canterbury, Kent [1]

Chorley, Lancashire [1]

Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire [1]

Darlington, Durham [1]

Driffield, Yorkshire [1]

Durham [1]

East Moor, Wakefield, Yorkshire [1]

Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [1]

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Forest & Frith, Teesdale [1]

Fulham, London [1]

Gatebeck, Kendal, Westmorland [1]

Gateshead, Durham [1]

Highgate, Pancras, Middlesex [1]

Homerton, London, Middlesex [1]

Hull, Yorkshire [1]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [1]

Hyde, Cheshire [1]

Ipswich, Suffolk [1]

Jarrow, Durham [1]

Kirby Lonsdale, Westmorland [1]

Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmoreland [1]

Kirkby, Westmoreland [1]

Lancashire [1]

Lancaster [1]

Leeds [1]

Rank

Private [378]

Gunner [51]

Driver [34]

Corporal [32]

Sapper [31]

Serjeant [24]

Lance Corporal [17]

Second Lieutenant [17]

Acting Corporal [12]

Lieutenant Colonel [6]

Staff Serjeant [6]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Bombardier [3]

Major [3]

Pioneer [3]

Rifleman [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Colonel [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Corporal Sergeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Captain [1]

Chaplain [1]

Civilian [1]

Clerk 3rd Class [1]

Commandant and Matron [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Engineer Lieutenant Commander [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Mechanist Serjeant Major [1]

Mechanist Staff Serjeant [1]

Mechanist Staff Serjeant /Temporary Mechanist Serjeant Major [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Private Lance Corporal [1]

Quarter Master and Lieutenant [1]

Regimental Quarter Master Sergeant [1]

Reverend [1]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Transport Serjeant [1]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [58]

Labour Corps [51]

Royal Engineers [48]

Army Service Corps [46]

Royal Garrison Artillery [27]

West Yorkshire Regiment [26]

Yorkshire Regiment [22]

Durham Light Infantry [20]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [19]

Northumberland Fusiliers [19]

Royal Army Medical Corps [19]

London Regiment [17]

Machine Gun Corps [17]

East Yorkshire Regiment [16]

Manchester Regiment [16]

Liverpool Regiment [14]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [13]

Lancashire Fusiliers [11]

West Riding Regiment [11]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [10]

Middlesex Regiment [10]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [10]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [9]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [8]

Royal Army Service Corps [8]

South Staffordshire Regiment [8]

Border Regiment [7]

Lincolnshire Regiment [7]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [7]

Coldstream Guards [6]

East Lancashire Regiment [6]

Royal Defence Corps [6]

York and Lancaster Regiment [6]

Army Ordnance Corps [5]

Rifle Brigade [5]

Royal Flying Corps [5]

Tank Corps [5]

Cheshire Regiment [4]

Devonshire Regiment [4]

Northamptonshire Regiment [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Royal Horse Artillery [4]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [4]

Royal Naval Division [4]

East Kent Regiment [3]

Hampshire Regiment [3]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [3]

North Staffordshire Regiment [3]

Royal Marine Artillery [3]

South Lancashire Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [601]

Royal Navy [61]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [44]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [24]

Australian Imperial Force [16]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [12]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

C [775]

H [1]

Contribution

Military Service [755]

Merchant Navy [11]

Conscientious Objector [6]

Country

United Kingdom [20]

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Place of birth

Batley, Yorkshire [3] Blackburn, Lancashire [3] Lambeth, London [3] Belfast, Down [2] Burnley, Lancashire [2] Hull [2] Hull England [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] Preston, Lancashire [2] Sheffield, Yorkshire [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Acomb, Yorkshire [1] Aldborough, Yorkshire [1] Aldershot, Surrey [1] Banbury, Oxfordshire [1] Beechworth Victoria [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire, England [1] Birstall, Yorkshire [1] Bishop Auckland, Durham [1] Bolton [1] Bolton, Lancashire [1] Broughton in Amounderness, Preston, Lancashire [1] Burniston, Yorkshire, England [1] Canterbury, Kent [1] Chorley, Lancashire [1] Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire [1] Darlington, Durham [1] Driffield, Yorkshire [1] Durham [1] East Moor, Wakefield, Yorkshire [1] Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [1] Fleetwood [1] Forest & Frith, Teesdale [1] Fulham, London [1] Gatebeck, Kendal, Westmorland [1] Gateshead, Durham [1] Highgate, Pancras, Middlesex [1] Homerton, London, Middlesex [1] Hull, Yorkshire [1] Hull, Yorkshire, England [1] Hyde, Cheshire [1] Ipswich, Suffolk [1] Jarrow, Durham [1] Kirby Lonsdale, Westmorland [1] Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmoreland [1] Kirkby, Westmoreland [1] Lancashire [1] Lancaster [1] Leeds [1]

Rank

Private [378] Gunner [51] Driver [34] Corporal [32] Sapper [31] Serjeant [24] Lance Corporal [17] Second Lieutenant [17] Acting Corporal [12] Lieutenant Colonel [6] Staff Serjeant [6] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4] Acting Serjeant [3] Bombardier [3] Major [3] Pioneer [3] Rifleman [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Colonel [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Corporal Sergeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Captain [1] Chaplain [1] Civilian [1] Clerk 3rd Class [1] Commandant and Matron [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Deck Hand [1] Engineer Lieutenant Commander [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Mechanist Serjeant Major [1] Mechanist Staff Serjeant [1] Mechanist Staff Serjeant /Temporary Mechanist Serjeant Major [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Private Lance Corporal [1] Quarter Master and Lieutenant [1] Regimental Quarter Master Sergeant [1] Reverend [1] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Transport Serjeant [1] Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [58] Labour Corps [51] Royal Engineers [48] Army Service Corps [46] Royal Garrison Artillery [27] West Yorkshire Regiment [26] Yorkshire Regiment [22] Durham Light Infantry [20] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [19] Northumberland Fusiliers [19] Royal Army Medical Corps [19] London Regiment [17] Machine Gun Corps [17] East Yorkshire Regiment [16] Manchester Regiment [16] Liverpool Regiment [14] Royal Lancaster Regiment [13] Lancashire Fusiliers [11] West Riding Regiment [11] King's Royal Rifle Corps [10] Middlesex Regiment [10] Yorkshire Light Infantry [10] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [9] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [8] Royal Army Service Corps [8] South Staffordshire Regiment [8] Border Regiment [7] Lincolnshire Regiment [7] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [7] Coldstream Guards [6] East Lancashire Regiment [6] Royal Defence Corps [6] York and Lancaster Regiment [6] Army Ordnance Corps [5] Rifle Brigade [5] Royal Flying Corps [5] Tank Corps [5] Cheshire Regiment [4] Devonshire Regiment [4] Northamptonshire Regiment [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] Royal Horse Artillery [4] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [4] Royal Naval Division [4] East Kent Regiment [3] Hampshire Regiment [3] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [3] North Staffordshire Regiment [3] Royal Marine Artillery [3] South Lancashire Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [601] Royal Navy [61] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [44] Canadian Expeditionary Force [24] Australian Imperial Force [16] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [12] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

C [775] H [1]

Contribution

Military Service [755] Merchant Navy [11] Conscientious Objector [6]

Country

United Kingdom [20]

Frederick Collinson

Born 1874

Died 1915

British Army 2213 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 2213 Lancashire Fusiliers 1/5th Battalion

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John Alfred Collinson

Born 1880

Died 1961

British Army 286209 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery No 4 Depot

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Arthur Green Collinson

Born 1897

Died 1972

British Army 42220 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 291770 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Daniel George Collinson

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 3114 Corporal Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 241051 Corporal Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 241051 Corporal King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 2nd/5th Battalion

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Ernest Collinson

Born 1891

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 281940 Clerk 3rd Class 209th Training Depot School

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Frank Graham Collinson

Born 1865

Died 1919

British Army Lieutenant Colonel London Regiment 6th lond Battalion

British Army Colonel London Regiment 6th lond Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Colonel London Regiment (City of London Rifles)

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Edgar Collinson

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 12/830 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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Gibson Collinson

Born 1893

Died 1962

British Army 145573 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Harry Collinson

Born 1881

Died 1944

British Army R/10940 Warrant Officer Class 2 King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army Quarter Master and Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Frederick Campion Collinson

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 29431

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Robert Collinson

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 101175

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John Carson Collinson

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 77414

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Tom Collinson

Born 1867

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 283809

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Albert Edward Collinson

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 63592

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Arthur Goodhand Collinson

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 92395

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Harold Collinson

Born 1876

British Army Colonel 62nd West Riding Division

British Army Lieutenant Colonel 2nd West Riding Regiment Field Ambulance

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James Collinson

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 139833

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Leonard Collinson

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 68571

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H Collinson

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 123088

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William Braithwaite Collinson

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 59388

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