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Huddersfield, Yorkshire [6]

Leeds, Yorkshire [5]

Goole, Yorkshire [4]

Halifax, Yorkshire [4]

Accrington, Lancashire [3]

Burnley, Lancashire [3]

Hackney, London [3]

Hastings, Sussex [3]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3]

Manchester, Lancashire [3]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [3]

Yorkshire [3]

Alfreton, Derbyshire [2]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [2]

Bradford, Yorkshire [2]

Brighton, Sussex [2]

Edmonton, London [2]

Glenferrie Victoria [2]

Hull, Yorkshire [2]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

Macclesfield, Cheshire [2]

Manchester, Lancashire, England [2]

Oldham, Lancashire [2]

Portsea, Hampshire [2]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [2]

Skipton, Yorkshire [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

Thebarton South Australia [2]

Wentworth New South Wales [2]

Aberford, Yorkshire [1]

Ascrington, Lancashire [1]

Ashton, Cheshire [1]

Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire [1]

Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Barnoldswick, Yorkshire [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Blackburn, Lancashire [1]

Bow, London [1]

Brisbane Queensland [1]

Burnie Tasmania [1]

Burnley Lancs [1]

Burnley, Lancashire, England [1]

Calverley, Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Canterbury, Kent [1]

Caulfield Victoria [1]

Chatham, Kent [1]

Chatswood New South Wales [1]

Rank

Private [696]

Gunner [84]

Corporal [56]

Driver [56]

Second Lieutenant [36]

Sapper [34]

Serjeant [33]

Lieutenant [21]

Captain [20]

Lance Corporal [14]

Acting Corporal [13]

Pioneer [10]

Acting Serjeant [7]

Colonel [7]

Bombardier [4]

Lance Serjeant [4]

Major [4]

Nursing Sister [4]

Rifleman [4]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Guardsman [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Trooper [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Corporal 2nd [2]

Honorary Lieutenant [2]

Private Acting Corporal [2]

Shoeing Smith [2]

Temporary Quarter Master and Honorary Lieutenant [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Worker [2]

2nd Cabin Bedroom Steward [1]

3rd Serjeant [1]

A/Capt [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Artificer Engineer [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Captain /Temporary Major [1]

Captain Temporary Major [1]

Captain and Brevet Major [1]

Captain and Quartermaster [1]

Colonel Retired Pay [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [91]

Labour Corps [90]

Army Service Corps [74]

Royal Engineers [73]

West Riding Regiment [53]

Royal Garrison Artillery [52]

Royal Army Medical Corps [49]

Lancashire Fusiliers [40]

Manchester Regiment [40]

East Lancashire Regiment [37]

Machine Gun Corps [36]

West Yorkshire Regiment [35]

Liverpool Regiment [28]

Cheshire Regiment [23]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [23]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [22]

London Regiment [21]

Yorkshire Regiment [21]

Rifle Brigade [20]

York and Lancaster Regiment [20]

Northumberland Fusiliers [18]

Royal Fusiliers [16]

East Yorkshire Regiment [15]

Lincolnshire Regiment [13]

Durham Light Infantry [12]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [12]

Royal Army Service Corps [12]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [11]

Border Regiment [9]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [9]

Middlesex Regiment [9]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [9]

Royal Defence Corps [9]

Royal Sussex Regiment [9]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [9]

The Queen's Regiment [9]

Leicestershire Regiment [8]

Army Veterinary Corps [7]

Coldstream Guards [7]

Essex Regiment [7]

Royal Scots [7]

East Surrey Regiment [6]

North Staffordshire Regiment [6]

South Wales Borderers [6]

Staff [6]

Suffolk Regiment [6]

East Kent Regiment [5]

Norfolk Regiment [5]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [5]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5]

Service

British Army [1059]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [98]

Royal Navy [91]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [61]

Australian Imperial Force [35]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [9]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

E [1371]

G [1]

L [1]

M [1]

T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1349]

Merchant Navy [17]

Conscientious Objector [6]

Country

United Kingdom [26]

Canada [1]

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Place of birth

Huddersfield, Yorkshire [6] Leeds, Yorkshire [5] Goole, Yorkshire [4] Halifax, Yorkshire [4] Accrington, Lancashire [3] Burnley, Lancashire [3] Hackney, London [3] Hastings, Sussex [3] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [3] Manchester, Lancashire [3] Sheffield, Yorkshire [3] Yorkshire [3] Alfreton, Derbyshire [2] Birkenhead, Cheshire [2] Bradford, Yorkshire [2] Brighton, Sussex [2] Edmonton, London [2] Glenferrie Victoria [2] Hull, Yorkshire [2] Hull, Yorkshire, England [2] London, Middlesex [2] Macclesfield, Cheshire [2] Manchester, Lancashire, England [2] Oldham, Lancashire [2] Portsea, Hampshire [2] Portsmouth, Hampshire [2] Skipton, Yorkshire [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Thebarton South Australia [2] Wentworth New South Wales [2] Aberford, Yorkshire [1] Ascrington, Lancashire [1] Ashton, Cheshire [1] Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire [1] Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Barnoldswick, Yorkshire [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Blackburn, Lancashire [1] Bow, London [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Burnie Tasmania [1] Burnley Lancs [1] Burnley, Lancashire, England [1] Calverley, Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Canterbury, Kent [1] Caulfield Victoria [1] Chatham, Kent [1] Chatswood New South Wales [1]

Rank

Private [696] Gunner [84] Corporal [56] Driver [56] Second Lieutenant [36] Sapper [34] Serjeant [33] Lieutenant [21] Captain [20] Lance Corporal [14] Acting Corporal [13] Pioneer [10] Acting Serjeant [7] Colonel [7] Bombardier [4] Lance Serjeant [4] Major [4] Nursing Sister [4] Rifleman [4] Acting Bombardier [3] Guardsman [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Trooper [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Corporal 2nd [2] Honorary Lieutenant [2] Private Acting Corporal [2] Shoeing Smith [2] Temporary Quarter Master and Honorary Lieutenant [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Worker [2] 2nd Cabin Bedroom Steward [1] 3rd Serjeant [1] A/Capt [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Artificer Engineer [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Captain /Temporary Major [1] Captain Temporary Major [1] Captain and Brevet Major [1] Captain and Quartermaster [1] Colonel Retired Pay [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [91] Labour Corps [90] Army Service Corps [74] Royal Engineers [73] West Riding Regiment [53] Royal Garrison Artillery [52] Royal Army Medical Corps [49] Lancashire Fusiliers [40] Manchester Regiment [40] East Lancashire Regiment [37] Machine Gun Corps [36] West Yorkshire Regiment [35] Liverpool Regiment [28] Cheshire Regiment [23] Royal Lancaster Regiment [23] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [22] London Regiment [21] Yorkshire Regiment [21] Rifle Brigade [20] York and Lancaster Regiment [20] Northumberland Fusiliers [18] Royal Fusiliers [16] East Yorkshire Regiment [15] Lincolnshire Regiment [13] Durham Light Infantry [12] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [12] Royal Army Service Corps [12] Yorkshire Light Infantry [11] Border Regiment [9] King's Royal Rifle Corps [9] Middlesex Regiment [9] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [9] Royal Defence Corps [9] Royal Sussex Regiment [9] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [9] The Queen's Regiment [9] Leicestershire Regiment [8] Army Veterinary Corps [7] Coldstream Guards [7] Essex Regiment [7] Royal Scots [7] East Surrey Regiment [6] North Staffordshire Regiment [6] South Wales Borderers [6] Staff [6] Suffolk Regiment [6] East Kent Regiment [5] Norfolk Regiment [5] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [5] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5]

Service

British Army [1059] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [98] Royal Navy [91] Canadian Expeditionary Force [61] Australian Imperial Force [35] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [9] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

E [1371] G [1] L [1] M [1] T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1349] Merchant Navy [17] Conscientious Objector [6]

Country

United Kingdom [26] Canada [1]

Richard Carr Eastwood

Born 1893

Died 1978

British Army 2145 Acting Corporal Liverpool Regiment

British Army 215113 Acting Corporal Corps of Hussars

British Army Second Lieutenant Denbighshire Yeomanry

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George Eastwood

Born 1896

Died 1977

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

Air Force (RAF/RFC) A/Capt 20 San

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Samuel Eastwood

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 20682 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 20682 Lance Sergeant Durham Light Infantry 10th Service Battalion

British Army 20682 Corporal Durham Light Infantry

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Thomas Eastwood

Born 1868

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant Army Veterinary Corps

British Army Captain Army Veterinary Corps

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Squire Eastwood

Born 1877

Died 1938

British Army 122367 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army WR/501085 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 122367 Corporal Royal Engineers Inland Water Transport

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Allen Eastwood

Born 1877

Died 1915

British Army 10746 Private Cheshire Regiment

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Albert Henry Eastwood

Born 1883

Died 1916

British Army 1990 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 200451 Private West Riding Regiment

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Ernest Eastwood

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 126959

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Charles Eastwood

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 194958

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Arthur Eastwood

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 35941

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Allen Eastwood

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 22731

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Harry Eastwood

Died 1917

British Army 242365 Private East Surrey Regiment

British Army 30149 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 30149 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 4th/5th (Territorial) Battalion.

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Harold Edmund Eastwood

British Army Temporary Captain Royal Army Ordnance Corps

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Army Ordnance Department

British Army Temporary Captain Army Ordnance Department

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Ernest Eastwood

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 45262

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Wilfred Eastwood

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 102492

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Aper Eastwood

Born 1876

Died 1917

British Army 16604 Private East Lancashire Regiment

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Clifford Gordon Eastwood

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 45239

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George Samuel Eastwood

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 266673

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Edmund Eastwood

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 35888

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Benjamin Eastwood

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 35695

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