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Bradford, Yorkshire [2]

Leyton, Essex [2]

Port Pirie South Australia [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

north Rigton Yorkshire [2]

Amherst, Nova Scotia [1]

Bradford England [1]

Carlton Victoria [1]

Darlington, Durham [1]

Fitzroy Victoria [1]

Gillingham, Kent [1]

Guiseley,Yorkshire [1]

Halifax, Yorkshire, England [1]

Hartley Wintney, Hampshire [1]

Hay New South Wales [1]

Horsforth, Yorkshire [1]

Kilbane [1]

Kogarah New South Wales [1]

Liverpool [1]

London [1]

London, Middlesex [1]

Longreach Queensland [1]

Menindee New South Wales [1]

New Brompton, Kent [1]

Newston, Yorkshire [1]

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England [1]

Stonehouse, Devon [1]

Ulverston Tasmania [1]

Woolwich, Kent [1]

Yeadon, Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Yeadon, Yorkshire [1]

York, Yorkshire [1]

Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [85]

Captain [15]

Second Lieutenant [15]

Lieutenant [12]

Driver [11]

Gunner [11]

Lance Corporal [8]

Corporal [7]

Major [7]

Serjeant [6]

Sapper [5]

Commander [4]

Pioneer [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Major Acting Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Midshipman [2]

Nurse [2]

Sister [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Admiral [1]

Boy Telegraphist [1]

Brevet Major [1]

Captain (Temporary) [1]

Captain Adjutant [1]

Engineer [1]

General Major [1]

Honorary Captain [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Lieutenant-Commander [1]

Lieutenant/Temporary Captain [1]

Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Rifleman [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Major [1]

Temporary Serjeant [1]

Unit

West Yorkshire Regiment [18]

Royal Engineers [15]

Royal Field Artillery [14]

Labour Corps [9]

London Regiment [9]

Royal Garrison Artillery [9]

Army Service Corps [8]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [7]

Canadian Infantry [5]

Manchester Regiment [5]

East Yorkshire Regiment [4]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [4]

Tank Corps [4]

West Riding Regiment [4]

Dragoons [3]

Grenadier Guards [3]

Lincolnshire Regiment [3]

Liverpool Regiment [3]

Northumberland Fusiliers [3]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Defence Corps [3]

Royal Highlanders [3]

Royal Horse Artillery [3]

Royal Naval Division [3]

Training Reserve Battalion [3]

Voluntary Aid Detachment [3]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

Highland Light Infantry [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Horse and Royal Field Artillery [2]

Royal Irish Rifles [2]

Scottish Rifles [2]

South Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Territorial Force Nursing Service [2]

York and Lancaster Regiment [2]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Army Ordnance Department [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

Border Regiment [1]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [1]

Canadian Engineers [1]

Canadian Mounted Rifles [1]

Service

British Army [173]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [25]

Royal Navy [19]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [15]

Australian Imperial Force [13]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

D [254]

Contribution

Military Service [249]

Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [8]

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Place of birth

Bradford, Yorkshire [2] Leyton, Essex [2] Port Pirie South Australia [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] north Rigton Yorkshire [2] Amherst, Nova Scotia [1] Bradford England [1] Carlton Victoria [1] Darlington, Durham [1] Fitzroy Victoria [1] Gillingham, Kent [1] Guiseley,Yorkshire [1] Halifax, Yorkshire, England [1] Hartley Wintney, Hampshire [1] Hay New South Wales [1] Horsforth, Yorkshire [1] Kilbane [1] Kogarah New South Wales [1] Liverpool [1] London [1] London, Middlesex [1] Longreach Queensland [1] Menindee New South Wales [1] New Brompton, Kent [1] Newston, Yorkshire [1] Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England [1] Stonehouse, Devon [1] Ulverston Tasmania [1] Woolwich, Kent [1] Yeadon, Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Yeadon, Yorkshire [1] York, Yorkshire [1] Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [85] Captain [15] Second Lieutenant [15] Lieutenant [12] Driver [11] Gunner [11] Lance Corporal [8] Corporal [7] Major [7] Serjeant [6] Sapper [5] Commander [4] Pioneer [3] Acting Corporal [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Major Acting Lieutenant Colonel [2] Midshipman [2] Nurse [2] Sister [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Able Seaman [1] Admiral [1] Boy Telegraphist [1] Brevet Major [1] Captain (Temporary) [1] Captain Adjutant [1] Engineer [1] General Major [1] Honorary Captain [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Lieutenant-Commander [1] Lieutenant/Temporary Captain [1] Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Rifleman [1] Staff Nurse [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Temporary Major [1] Temporary Serjeant [1]

Unit

West Yorkshire Regiment [18] Royal Engineers [15] Royal Field Artillery [14] Labour Corps [9] London Regiment [9] Royal Garrison Artillery [9] Army Service Corps [8] King's Royal Rifle Corps [7] Canadian Infantry [5] Manchester Regiment [5] East Yorkshire Regiment [4] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [4] Tank Corps [4] West Riding Regiment [4] Dragoons [3] Grenadier Guards [3] Lincolnshire Regiment [3] Liverpool Regiment [3] Northumberland Fusiliers [3] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Defence Corps [3] Royal Highlanders [3] Royal Horse Artillery [3] Royal Naval Division [3] Training Reserve Battalion [3] Voluntary Aid Detachment [3] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [3] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] Highland Light Infantry [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Horse and Royal Field Artillery [2] Royal Irish Rifles [2] Scottish Rifles [2] South Staffordshire Regiment [2] Territorial Force Nursing Service [2] York and Lancaster Regiment [2] Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] Yorkshire Regiment [2] Army Ordnance Department [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1] Border Regiment [1] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [1] Canadian Engineers [1] Canadian Mounted Rifles [1]

Service

British Army [173] Canadian Expeditionary Force [25] Royal Navy [19] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [15] Australian Imperial Force [13] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

D [254]

Contribution

Military Service [249] Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [8]

Bertram Noel Denison

Born 1883

Died 1914

British Army Captain King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

Royal Navy Midshipman

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Harry Denison

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army Captain Royal Horse Artillery

British Army Major Royal Horse Artillery

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George Edward Denison

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 284140

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William Herbert Denison

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 130472

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Percival Barr Denison

Born 1877

Died 1925

British Army Second Lieutenant Interpreter

British Army Lieutenant Army Ordnance Department

British Army Major Royal Naval Division

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Florence Denison

Born 1871

Died 1917

Other Empire Force Nurse Voluntary Aid Detachment Tooting Military Hospital

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Frank Denison

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 31264

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Harry Denison

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 111852 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

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Robert Charles Denison

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army Captain Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Edgar Street Denison

Born 1879

Died 1915

Canadian Expeditionary Force 51141

Canadian Expeditionary Force 51141 Lance Corporal Canadian Infantry

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James Thomas Denison

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 123090

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Hugo William Cecil Denison

Born 1894

Died 1937

British Army Second Lieutenant Life Guards

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Cyril Denison

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 237 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

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William Frank Evelyn Denison

Born 1878

Died 1918

British Army 63921 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

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Ernest Abbott Denison

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 31483

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George Lawrence Denison

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 165542

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Harold Ingham Denison

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 89288

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Cyril Denison

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 16/1660 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 16/1660 Lance Corporal West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Abraham Denison

Born 1876

Died 1915

British Army 10001 Serjeant Scottish Rifles

British Army 10001 Serjeant Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

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Gerald Evelyn Henry Denison

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Rifle Brigade

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