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Leeds, Yorkshire [6]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [6]

Bradford, Yorkshire [4]

Ballarat Victoria [3]

Chester, Cheshire [3]

Goole, Yorkshire, England [3]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [3]

Liverpool, Lancashire [3]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [3]

Alverstoke, Hampshire [2]

Bendigo Victoria [2]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [2]

Charters Towers Queensland [2]

Glasgow Scotland [2]

Goole, Yorkshire [2]

Gosport, Hampshire [2]

Halifax, Yorkshire [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Nottingham [2]

South Melbourne Victoria [2]

Wakefield, Yorkshire [2]

York [2]

Bacup, Lancashire [1]

Baildon England [1]

Balmain New South Wales [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Bishop Auckland, Durham, England [1]

Blackburn, Lancashire [1]

Bolton, Lancashire [1]

Boston, Lincolnshire [1]

Bradford [1]

Bradford England [1]

Brisbane Queensland [1]

Bulwell, Nottinghamshire [1]

Burley Leeds West yorkshire [1]

Burnley, Lancashire [1]

Calthorpe, Leicestershire [1]

Calverley, Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Camberwell, London South East [1]

Chester [1]

Clayton,Bradford,Yorks [1]

Clybanke Scotland [1]

Combe Abbey, Warwickshire [1]

Coventry [1]

Dover, Kent [1]

Dublin, Ireland [1]

Eaglehawk Victoria [1]

Exmouth, Devon [1]

Rank

Private [629]

Gunner [69]

Driver [56]

Corporal [42]

Serjeant [39]

Sapper [37]

Second Lieutenant [30]

Lance Corporal [22]

Captain [14]

Acting Corporal [7]

Acting Serjeant [7]

Bombardier [7]

Lieutenant [6]

Pioneer [6]

Rifleman [6]

Colour Serjeant [5]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [5]

Major [5]

Acting Bombardier [4]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Worker [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Commander [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Lieutenant-Commander [2]

Reverend [2]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Commander [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Chief Sick Berth Steward [1]

Colonel [1]

Commissary of Ordnance and Honorary Captain [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Directrice [1]

Driver /Lance Corporal [1]

Farrier [1]

First Lieutenant [1]

Major Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Matron [1]

Midshipman [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [94]

Labour Corps [81]

Royal Engineers [62]

West Yorkshire Regiment [62]

Army Service Corps [44]

West Riding Regiment [43]

Royal Garrison Artillery [39]

Royal Army Medical Corps [34]

Machine Gun Corps [33]

Manchester Regiment [33]

Northumberland Fusiliers [33]

Yorkshire Regiment [30]

Liverpool Regiment [21]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [21]

York and Lancaster Regiment [19]

Cheshire Regiment [18]

South Lancashire Regiment [18]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [18]

London Regiment [17]

Royal Fusiliers [16]

Lincolnshire Regiment [15]

Durham Light Infantry [14]

Hampshire Regiment [14]

Rifle Brigade [12]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [11]

Leicestershire Regiment [11]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [11]

Army Ordnance Corps [10]

East Lancashire Regiment [10]

East Yorkshire Regiment [10]

Lancashire Fusiliers [10]

Border Regiment [9]

Welsh Regiment [9]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [8]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [8]

Royal Naval Division [8]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [8]

South Staffordshire Regiment [8]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [7]

Connaught Rangers [6]

Essex Regiment [6]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [6]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [6]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [6]

Worcestershire Regiment [6]

Canadian Infantry [5]

East Surrey Regiment [5]

Northamptonshire Regiment [5]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [5]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [5]

Service

British Army [944]

Royal Navy [81]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [53]

Australian Imperial Force [48]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [43]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [9]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

C [1201]

H [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1169]

Merchant Navy [23]

Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [29]

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Leeds, Yorkshire [6] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [6] Bradford, Yorkshire [4] Ballarat Victoria [3] Chester, Cheshire [3] Goole, Yorkshire, England [3] Hull, Yorkshire, England [3] Liverpool, Lancashire [3] Sheffield, Yorkshire [3] Alverstoke, Hampshire [2] Bendigo Victoria [2] Birkenhead, Cheshire [2] Charters Towers Queensland [2] Glasgow Scotland [2] Goole, Yorkshire [2] Gosport, Hampshire [2] Halifax, Yorkshire [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Nottingham [2] South Melbourne Victoria [2] Wakefield, Yorkshire [2] York [2] Bacup, Lancashire [1] Baildon England [1] Balmain New South Wales [1] Battersea, London [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Bishop Auckland, Durham, England [1] Blackburn, Lancashire [1] Bolton, Lancashire [1] Boston, Lincolnshire [1] Bradford [1] Bradford England [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Bulwell, Nottinghamshire [1] Burley Leeds West yorkshire [1] Burnley, Lancashire [1] Calthorpe, Leicestershire [1] Calverley, Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Camberwell, London South East [1] Chester [1] Clayton,Bradford,Yorks [1] Clybanke Scotland [1] Combe Abbey, Warwickshire [1] Coventry [1] Dover, Kent [1] Dublin, Ireland [1] Eaglehawk Victoria [1] Exmouth, Devon [1]

Rank

Private [629] Gunner [69] Driver [56] Corporal [42] Serjeant [39] Sapper [37] Second Lieutenant [30] Lance Corporal [22] Captain [14] Acting Corporal [7] Acting Serjeant [7] Bombardier [7] Lieutenant [6] Pioneer [6] Rifleman [6] Colour Serjeant [5] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [5] Major [5] Acting Bombardier [4] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Temporary Captain [3] Worker [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] Commander [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Lieutenant Commander [2] Lieutenant-Commander [2] Reverend [2] Acting Captain [1] Acting Commander [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1] Brigadier General [1] Chief Sick Berth Steward [1] Colonel [1] Commissary of Ordnance and Honorary Captain [1] Deck Hand [1] Directrice [1] Driver /Lance Corporal [1] Farrier [1] First Lieutenant [1] Major Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Matron [1] Midshipman [1] Petty Officer [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [94] Labour Corps [81] Royal Engineers [62] West Yorkshire Regiment [62] Army Service Corps [44] West Riding Regiment [43] Royal Garrison Artillery [39] Royal Army Medical Corps [34] Machine Gun Corps [33] Manchester Regiment [33] Northumberland Fusiliers [33] Yorkshire Regiment [30] Liverpool Regiment [21] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [21] York and Lancaster Regiment [19] Cheshire Regiment [18] South Lancashire Regiment [18] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [18] London Regiment [17] Royal Fusiliers [16] Lincolnshire Regiment [15] Durham Light Infantry [14] Hampshire Regiment [14] Rifle Brigade [12] King's Royal Rifle Corps [11] Leicestershire Regiment [11] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [11] Army Ordnance Corps [10] East Lancashire Regiment [10] East Yorkshire Regiment [10] Lancashire Fusiliers [10] Border Regiment [9] Welsh Regiment [9] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [8] Royal Lancaster Regiment [8] Royal Naval Division [8] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [8] South Staffordshire Regiment [8] King's Own Scottish Borderers [7] Connaught Rangers [6] Essex Regiment [6] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [6] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [6] Royal Scots Fusiliers [6] Worcestershire Regiment [6] Canadian Infantry [5] East Surrey Regiment [5] Northamptonshire Regiment [5] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [5] Royal Irish Fusiliers [5]

Service

British Army [944] Royal Navy [81] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [53] Australian Imperial Force [48] Canadian Expeditionary Force [43] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [9] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

C [1201] H [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1169] Merchant Navy [23] Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [29]

James Craven

Died 1917

British Army 12357 Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 12357 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 242231 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 2/6th Battalion

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James Craven

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army S1251 Private Rifle Brigade

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Algernon Craven

Died 1918

British Army 17843 Private Cheshire Regiment 9th Battalion

British Army 17843 Private Cheshire Regiment 14th Battalion

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Horace Craven

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 37934 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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Robert Craven

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 61876 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Herman Craven

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 5491 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 6022 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 25851 Private Machine Gun Corps

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William Alfred Craven

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 231821

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Sidney Mortimer Craven

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 56682

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Joshua Craven

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 44928

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Charles Worthington Craven

Born 1884

Died 1944

Royal Navy Lieutenant

Royal Navy Acting Commander HM Submarines

Royal Navy Commander

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Arthur Craven

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 23360

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Joe William Craven

Born 1899

Died 1979

British Army 50026 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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Jonathan Nowell Craven

Born 1868

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 310546

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Geoffrey Craven

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 690

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Arthur Julius Craven

Born 1867

Died 1933

British Army Major Royal Engineers company royal engineers 24th Company

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Engineers

British Army Brigadier General Corps Commander Royal Engineers, V Corps

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Horace Craven

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 123030

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Thomas Craven

Born 1871

Died 1915

British Army 3/10161 Private Northamptonshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 3/10161 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

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Jonathan Craven

Died 1915

British Army 7706 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 7706 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers

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Alfred Craven

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 267367 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 267367 Private Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

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Robert Allison Craven

Born 1881

Died 1918

British Army 171118 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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