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Huddersfield, Yorkshire [22]

Halifax, Yorkshire [7]

Perth Western Australia [5]

Clare, Suffolk [4]

Latrobe Tasmania [4]

Kempsey New South Wales [3]

Leeds, Yorkshire [3]

Manchester, Lancashire [3]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [3]

South Melbourne Victoria [3]

Bradford, Yorkshire [2]

Bundarra New South Wales [2]

Carlton Victoria [2]

Dromana Victoria [2]

Durham England [2]

Elland, Yorkshire [2]

Findon South Australia [2]

Hull, Yorkshire [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2]

Nelson, Lancashire [2]

Pontefract, Yorkshire [2]

Rochdale, Lancashire [2]

South Yarra Victoria [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

Wakefield, Yorkshire [2]

West Ham, Essex [2]

Alfredton, Ballarat, Victoria [1]

Almondbury, Yorkshire [1]

Alverthorpe, Wakefield, Yorkshire [1]

Ashton Lyne, Lancashire [1]

Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire [1]

Auburn Victoria [1]

Ballarat, Victoria [1]

Banaford, Lancashire [1]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Birmingham [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Blackman England [1]

Bolsterstone Yorkshire [1]

Bosheston, Pembrokeshire [1]

Bradford [1]

Brighouse, Halifax, Yorkshire [1]

Broadwater Victoria [1]

Bromley, Kent [1]

Burnley Wood, Burnley, Lancashire [1]

Burnley, Lancashire [1]

Bury, Lancashire [1]

Buttington Wales [1]

Rank

Private [908]

Gunner [108]

Driver [88]

Serjeant [66]

Corporal [55]

Sapper [39]

Lance Corporal [35]

Lieutenant [33]

Second Lieutenant [29]

Acting Corporal [15]

Captain [13]

Pioneer [12]

Acting Serjeant [9]

Bombardier [8]

Lance Serjeant [8]

Major [7]

Rifleman [6]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [5]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Lance Bombardier [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Gunner [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Major Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Shoeing Smith [2]

Staff Quartermaster Serjeant [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

ALIAS Private [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Boy [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Canteener [1]

Colonel Serjeant [1]

Corporal Paid Lance Serjeant [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Driver /Lance Corporal [1]

Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Unit

West Riding Regiment [125]

Royal Field Artillery [124]

Labour Corps [95]

Royal Engineers [89]

Army Service Corps [86]

West Yorkshire Regiment [76]

Royal Army Medical Corps [74]

York and Lancaster Regiment [67]

Royal Garrison Artillery [64]

Manchester Regiment [57]

Lancashire Fusiliers [50]

Machine Gun Corps [45]

Northumberland Fusiliers [43]

Liverpool Regiment [27]

London Regiment [26]

Durham Light Infantry [25]

East Yorkshire Regiment [24]

Royal Fusiliers [23]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [22]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [21]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [19]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [18]

East Lancashire Regiment [17]

Yorkshire Regiment [17]

Leicestershire Regiment [15]

Lincolnshire Regiment [15]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [15]

Royal Army Service Corps [12]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [12]

Cheshire Regiment [11]

East Surrey Regiment [10]

Essex Regiment [10]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [10]

Royal Naval Division [10]

Army Ordnance Corps [9]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [9]

Rifle Brigade [9]

Royal Scots [9]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [9]

Worcestershire Regiment [9]

Highland Light Infantry [8]

Middlesex Regiment [8]

Corps of Hussars [7]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [7]

Royal Air Force [7]

Royal Defence Corps [7]

Royal Flying Corps [7]

Royal Irish Regiment [7]

South Lancashire Regiment [7]

Army Cyclist Corps [6]

Service

British Army [1380]

Royal Navy [105]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [93]

Australian Imperial Force [62]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [50]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [10]

Last name first letter

D [1707]

G [1]

H [1]

P [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1697]

Merchant Navy [6]

Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [32]

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Huddersfield, Yorkshire [22] Halifax, Yorkshire [7] Perth Western Australia [5] Clare, Suffolk [4] Latrobe Tasmania [4] Kempsey New South Wales [3] Leeds, Yorkshire [3] Manchester, Lancashire [3] Sheffield, Yorkshire [3] South Melbourne Victoria [3] Bradford, Yorkshire [2] Bundarra New South Wales [2] Carlton Victoria [2] Dromana Victoria [2] Durham England [2] Elland, Yorkshire [2] Findon South Australia [2] Hull, Yorkshire [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2] Nelson, Lancashire [2] Pontefract, Yorkshire [2] Rochdale, Lancashire [2] South Yarra Victoria [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Wakefield, Yorkshire [2] West Ham, Essex [2] Alfredton, Ballarat, Victoria [1] Almondbury, Yorkshire [1] Alverthorpe, Wakefield, Yorkshire [1] Ashton Lyne, Lancashire [1] Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire [1] Auburn Victoria [1] Ballarat, Victoria [1] Banaford, Lancashire [1] Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Birmingham [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Blackman England [1] Bolsterstone Yorkshire [1] Bosheston, Pembrokeshire [1] Bradford [1] Brighouse, Halifax, Yorkshire [1] Broadwater Victoria [1] Bromley, Kent [1] Burnley Wood, Burnley, Lancashire [1] Burnley, Lancashire [1] Bury, Lancashire [1] Buttington Wales [1]

Rank

Private [908] Gunner [108] Driver [88] Serjeant [66] Corporal [55] Sapper [39] Lance Corporal [35] Lieutenant [33] Second Lieutenant [29] Acting Corporal [15] Captain [13] Pioneer [12] Acting Serjeant [9] Bombardier [8] Lance Serjeant [8] Major [7] Rifleman [6] Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [5] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Colour Serjeant [3] Lance Bombardier [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Gunner [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Major Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Shoeing Smith [2] Staff Quartermaster Serjeant [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] ALIAS Private [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Boy [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Canteener [1] Colonel Serjeant [1] Corporal Paid Lance Serjeant [1] Deck Hand [1] Driver /Lance Corporal [1] Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Unit

West Riding Regiment [125] Royal Field Artillery [124] Labour Corps [95] Royal Engineers [89] Army Service Corps [86] West Yorkshire Regiment [76] Royal Army Medical Corps [74] York and Lancaster Regiment [67] Royal Garrison Artillery [64] Manchester Regiment [57] Lancashire Fusiliers [50] Machine Gun Corps [45] Northumberland Fusiliers [43] Liverpool Regiment [27] London Regiment [26] Durham Light Infantry [25] East Yorkshire Regiment [24] Royal Fusiliers [23] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [22] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [21] Royal Lancaster Regiment [19] Yorkshire Light Infantry [18] East Lancashire Regiment [17] Yorkshire Regiment [17] Leicestershire Regiment [15] Lincolnshire Regiment [15] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [15] Royal Army Service Corps [12] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [12] Cheshire Regiment [11] East Surrey Regiment [10] Essex Regiment [10] King's Royal Rifle Corps [10] Royal Naval Division [10] Army Ordnance Corps [9] King's Own Scottish Borderers [9] Rifle Brigade [9] Royal Scots [9] Royal Scots Fusiliers [9] Worcestershire Regiment [9] Highland Light Infantry [8] Middlesex Regiment [8] Corps of Hussars [7] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [7] Royal Air Force [7] Royal Defence Corps [7] Royal Flying Corps [7] Royal Irish Regiment [7] South Lancashire Regiment [7] Army Cyclist Corps [6]

Service

British Army [1380] Royal Navy [105] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [93] Australian Imperial Force [62] Canadian Expeditionary Force [50] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [10]

Last name first letter

D [1707] G [1] H [1] P [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1697] Merchant Navy [6] Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [32]

Arthur William James Dyson

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 32715

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Francis Carr Dyson

Born 1890

Died 1914

British Army 9159 Corporal York and Lancaster Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Hinchcliffe Dyson

Died 1918

British Army 54345 Private Manchester Regiment

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John Dyson

Died 1916

British Army 9973 Corporal Manchester Regiment

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Ernest W Dyson

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 394602 Private London Regiment

British Army 27751 Private Wiltshire Regiment

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Franklin Dyson

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 8072 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 203734 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 203734 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Ernest Dyson

Died 1919

British Army 7116 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 142003 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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George Earnshaw Dyson

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 199445 Driver Royal Engineers

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Walter Dyson

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 2712 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 375795 Private Manchester Regiment

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Will Dyson

Born 1880

Died 1938

Australian Imperial Force Lieutenant Official Artist to the A.I.F.

Australian Imperial Force Lieutenant Official War Artist

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James Dyson

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 25493 Serjeant Durham Light Infantry

British Army 25493 Warrant Officer Class 2 Durham Light Infantry

British Army 25493 Company Serjeant Major Durham Light Infantry

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Joseph William Dyson

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 104309

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George Dyson

Born 1883

Died 1964

British Army Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers

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Robert Dyson

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 262071

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William Henry Dyson

Born 1880

Died 1938

Australian Imperial Force Lieutenant Commissioned War Artist

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William Dyson

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 312130

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Reginald Threadingham Dyson

Born 1884

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 311368

Canadian Expeditionary Force 311368 Driver Canadian Field Artillery 3rd Divisional Ammunition Column

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Harry Dyson

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 282554

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Frederick Thomas Dyson

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 95512

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Walter Dyson

Born 1878

Died 1918

British Army 27472 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 27472 Private Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

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