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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]

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]

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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]

Arthur Ernest Collinson

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 16146 Private Yorkshire Regiment

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John G Collinson

Died 1917

British Army 1061 Trooper Household Battalion

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Thomas Collinson

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 19936 Private Durham Light Infantry

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John Harold Collinson

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 99792 Machine Gun Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps

British Army 99792 Lance Corporal Machine Gun Corps

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Stanley Collinson

Died 1918

British Army 45439 Private Yorkshire Regiment

British Army G/52228 Private Middlesex Regiment

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Leonard Collinson

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 36482 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 36482 Private Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

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Eric Osmond Collinson

Born 1888

Died 1915

Canadian Expeditionary Force 28603

Canadian Expeditionary Force 28603 Private Canadian Infantry

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John Collinson

Born 1896

Died 1920

Canadian Expeditionary Force 1070011

Canadian Expeditionary Force 1070011 Private Canadian Infantry

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Frank Collinson

Died 1917

British Army 19992 Lance Corporal Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 19992 Lance Corporal The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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Frederick George Collinson

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 15908 Private Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 15908 Corporal Yorkshire Regiment

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John Collinson

Died 1914

British Army 8719 Private Scots Guards

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Harold Lindley Collinson

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 35678 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 5373 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 202202 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Ernest Edward Collinson

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 31342 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Thomas Gibson Collinson

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 18699 Private Yorkshire Regiment

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George Collinson

Died 1915

British Army 20906 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 20906 Lance Corporal Northumberland Fusiliers

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John Edward Collinson

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 18/1491 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 18/1491 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Harry Collinson

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 23443

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Arthur Collinson

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 30732

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William Joseph Walter Collinson

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 83580

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Frank Collinson

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 13751

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