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Leeds, Yorkshire [10]

Halifax, Yorkshire [9]

Yorkshire [6]

Huddersfield, Yorkshire [5]

Sydney New South Wales [5]

Todmorden, Yorkshire [5]

Bradford, Yorkshire [4]

Gloucester, Gloucestershire [4]

Oldham, Lancashire [4]

Deal, Kent [3]

Grafton New South Wales [3]

Bexley Heath, Kent [2]

Bolton, Lancashire [2]

Brisbane Queensland [2]

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [2]

Christchurch, Hampshire [2]

Clapham, London [2]

Dewsbury, Yorkshire [2]

Hull, Yorkshire [2]

Kidderminster, Worcestershire [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Manchester, Lancashire [2]

Morley, Yorkshire [2]

Wolverhampton [2]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Altofts,Normanton,Yorks [1]

Armley, Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Ashcott [1]

Balsall Heath, Worcestershire [1]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

Batley, Yorkshire [1]

Birkdale, Lancashire [1]

Blackley, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Brenchley, Pembury, Kent [1]

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Bromley by Bow, London [1]

Broughton, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Burnley, Lancashire [1]

Burton on Trent, Staffordshire [1]

Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire [1]

Bury, Lancashire [1]

Chatham, Kent [1]

Chelsea, London [1]

Collector New South Wales [1]

Darlington, Durham [1]

Derby, Derbyshire [1]

Dublin [1]

Earlestown, Lancashire [1]

Elland, Halifax, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [822]

Gunner [102]

Driver [72]

Corporal [54]

Serjeant [48]

Sapper [40]

Second Lieutenant [31]

Pioneer [19]

Lance Corporal [16]

Acting Corporal [14]

Captain [14]

Acting Serjeant [11]

Bombardier [11]

Lieutenant [10]

Staff Serjeant [6]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Worker [4]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Private Acting Corporal [3]

Trooper [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [2]

Commander [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [2]

Guardsman [2]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Major [2]

Private Acting Serjeant [2]

Rifleman [2]

Shoeing Smith [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Armourer's Crew [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Boy Artificer [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Corporal /Acting Corporal [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 5th Class [1]

Filter Staff Serjeant [1]

Fitter [1]

Gunner 2nd Class [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [121]

Royal Field Artillery [108]

Royal Engineers [88]

West Riding Regiment [81]

Army Service Corps [77]

West Yorkshire Regiment [68]

Royal Garrison Artillery [60]

Manchester Regiment [44]

Lancashire Fusiliers [43]

Machine Gun Corps [36]

Northumberland Fusiliers [35]

Royal Army Medical Corps [35]

Durham Light Infantry [33]

Yorkshire Regiment [31]

York and Lancaster Regiment [27]

East Lancashire Regiment [25]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [25]

Royal Fusiliers [23]

Cheshire Regiment [21]

Liverpool Regiment [21]

South Staffordshire Regiment [20]

East Yorkshire Regiment [19]

London Regiment [19]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [18]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [16]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [16]

Lincolnshire Regiment [14]

Middlesex Regiment [14]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [14]

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [12]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [12]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [12]

Rifle Brigade [12]

Royal Army Service Corps [11]

Army Ordnance Corps [10]

Leicestershire Regiment [10]

South Lancashire Regiment [10]

Worcestershire Regiment [10]

Army Veterinary Corps [9]

Welsh Regiment [9]

Gloucestershire Regiment [8]

North Staffordshire Regiment [8]

Royal Defence Corps [8]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [8]

Tank Corps [8]

Devonshire Regiment [7]

Dorsetshire Regiment [7]

Royal Air Force [7]

Royal Naval Division [7]

Training Reserve [7]

Service

British Army [1224]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [110]

Royal Navy [96]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [35]

Australian Imperial Force [33]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [11]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [1533]

Contribution

Military Service [1506]

Merchant Navy [15]

Conscientious Objector [7]

Country

United Kingdom [37]

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Place of birth

Leeds, Yorkshire [10] Halifax, Yorkshire [9] Yorkshire [6] Huddersfield, Yorkshire [5] Sydney New South Wales [5] Todmorden, Yorkshire [5] Bradford, Yorkshire [4] Gloucester, Gloucestershire [4] Oldham, Lancashire [4] Deal, Kent [3] Grafton New South Wales [3] Bexley Heath, Kent [2] Bolton, Lancashire [2] Brisbane Queensland [2] Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [2] Christchurch, Hampshire [2] Clapham, London [2] Dewsbury, Yorkshire [2] Hull, Yorkshire [2] Kidderminster, Worcestershire [2] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Manchester, Lancashire [2] Morley, Yorkshire [2] Wolverhampton [2] Adelaide South Australia [1] Altofts,Normanton,Yorks [1] Armley, Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Ashcott [1] Balsall Heath, Worcestershire [1] Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Batley, Yorkshire [1] Birkdale, Lancashire [1] Blackley, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Brenchley, Pembury, Kent [1] Brighton Victoria [1] Bromley by Bow, London [1] Broughton, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Burnley, Lancashire [1] Burton on Trent, Staffordshire [1] Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire [1] Bury, Lancashire [1] Chatham, Kent [1] Chelsea, London [1] Collector New South Wales [1] Darlington, Durham [1] Derby, Derbyshire [1] Dublin [1] Earlestown, Lancashire [1] Elland, Halifax, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [822] Gunner [102] Driver [72] Corporal [54] Serjeant [48] Sapper [40] Second Lieutenant [31] Pioneer [19] Lance Corporal [16] Acting Corporal [14] Captain [14] Acting Serjeant [11] Bombardier [11] Lieutenant [10] Staff Serjeant [6] Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Worker [4] Colour Serjeant [3] Private Acting Corporal [3] Trooper [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [2] Commander [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [2] Guardsman [2] Lieutenant Acting Captain [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Major [2] Private Acting Serjeant [2] Rifleman [2] Shoeing Smith [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Serjeant Major [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Armourer's Crew [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Boy Artificer [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Corporal /Acting Corporal [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Deck Hand [1] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 5th Class [1] Filter Staff Serjeant [1] Fitter [1] Gunner 2nd Class [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [121] Royal Field Artillery [108] Royal Engineers [88] West Riding Regiment [81] Army Service Corps [77] West Yorkshire Regiment [68] Royal Garrison Artillery [60] Manchester Regiment [44] Lancashire Fusiliers [43] Machine Gun Corps [36] Northumberland Fusiliers [35] Royal Army Medical Corps [35] Durham Light Infantry [33] Yorkshire Regiment [31] York and Lancaster Regiment [27] East Lancashire Regiment [25] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [25] Royal Fusiliers [23] Cheshire Regiment [21] Liverpool Regiment [21] South Staffordshire Regiment [20] East Yorkshire Regiment [19] London Regiment [19] Yorkshire Light Infantry [18] Royal Lancaster Regiment [16] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [16] Lincolnshire Regiment [14] Middlesex Regiment [14] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [14] Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [12] King's Royal Rifle Corps [12] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [12] Rifle Brigade [12] Royal Army Service Corps [11] Army Ordnance Corps [10] Leicestershire Regiment [10] South Lancashire Regiment [10] Worcestershire Regiment [10] Army Veterinary Corps [9] Welsh Regiment [9] Gloucestershire Regiment [8] North Staffordshire Regiment [8] Royal Defence Corps [8] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [8] Tank Corps [8] Devonshire Regiment [7] Dorsetshire Regiment [7] Royal Air Force [7] Royal Naval Division [7] Training Reserve [7]

Service

British Army [1224] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [110] Royal Navy [96] Canadian Expeditionary Force [35] Australian Imperial Force [33] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [11] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [1533]

Contribution

Military Service [1506] Merchant Navy [15] Conscientious Objector [7]

Country

United Kingdom [37]

Alfred Edward Crowther

Born 1894

Died 1974

British Army 13723 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 8th (Service) Battalion

British Army 13723 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 12th (Service) Battalion

British Army 68333 Private Cheshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Edward Henry Crowther

Born 1886

Died 1947

British Army 38276 Driver Royal Engineers

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William Edward Lodewyk Hamilton Crowther

Born 1887

Australian Imperial Force

Australian Imperial Force Lieutenant Colonel 5th Australian Field Ambulance

Australian Imperial Force Captain Australian Army Medical Corps 7th Field Ambulance

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Henry Victor Crowther

Born 1894

Died 1949

British Army 38768 Driver Royal Engineers

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Stanley Crowther

Born 1896

Died 1968

British Army 11941 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 8th (Service) Battalion

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John William Crowther

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 4782 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 266098 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 6/4782 then 266098 Private 1/6th

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Thomas George Crowther

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 53491 Lance Corporal Cheshire Regiment 11th Battalion

British Army 15968 Private Welsh Regiment

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Fred Walker Crowther

Born 1889

Died 1915

Canadian Expeditionary Force 6669

Canadian Expeditionary Force 6669 Lance Corporal Canadian Infantry

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Wilfred Crowther

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 22274 Private East Lancashire Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army 22274 Private East Lancashire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Charles John Crowther

Born 1887

Died 1914

Royal Navy 271317 Boy Artificer

Royal Navy 271317 Engine Room Artificer 5th Class

Royal Navy 271317 Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class HMS Drake

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John Joseph Crowther

Died 1916

British Army 4951 Private London Regiment 8th lond Battalion

British Army 4951 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 372357 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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John H Crowther

Born 1879

Died 1922

British Army 77973 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Henry William Crowther

Born 1882

Died 1967

British Army 3032 Private Suffolk Regiment

British Army 41111 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

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Leslie Benson Crowther

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 410224

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Norman Crowther

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 185261

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Francis Joseph Crowther

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 54447

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George Crowther

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 102640

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Virgil Crowther

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 294984

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Charles Crowther

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 61376

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Alfred Crowther

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 31157

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