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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]

William Dyson

British Army 40393 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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William H Dyson

British Army 80931 Driver Royal Horse Artillery

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P Dyson

British Army MS/3544 Private Indian Cavalry Supply Column

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Walter Dyson

British Army 31688 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 65155 Private Durham Light Infantry

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William Dyson

British Army 57638 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 33893 Private East Lancashire Regiment

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Samuel Dyson

British Army 36014 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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Robert W Dyson

British Army 31244 Private East Surrey Regiment

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Maurice Dyson

British Army 28235 York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 175777 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Peter Dyson

British Army 13963 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

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William Dyson

British Army 7233 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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William Dyson

British Army 107603 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Walter Dyson

British Army 56032 Private Lancashire Hussars

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William Dyson

British Army 143350 Private Machine Gun Corps

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Joseph T Dyson

British Army 147757 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Leonard Dyson

British Army 3457 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 202576 Private Highland Light Infantry

British Army 1050028 Private Royal Field Artillery

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Norman Dyson

British Army 2710 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Richard C Dyson

British Army 220539 Pioneer Royal Engineers

British Army WR/20050 Pioneer Royal Engineers

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William C Dyson

British Army 382558 Corporal Royal Garrison Artillery

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William Dyson

British Army 554050 Driver Royal Engineers

British Army 2620 Driver Royal Engineers Transport

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John S Dyson

British Army R/16449 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

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