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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 Welsh Fusiliers [9]

The Queen's Regiment [9]

Leicestershire Regiment [8]

Royal Sussex Regiment [8]

Army Veterinary Corps [7]

Coldstream Guards [7]

Essex Regiment [7]

Royal Scots [7]

Staff [7]

East Surrey Regiment [6]

North Staffordshire Regiment [6]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [6]

Royal West Kent Regiment [6]

South Wales Borderers [6]

Suffolk Regiment [6]

Tank Corps [6]

Norfolk 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 Welsh Fusiliers [9] The Queen's Regiment [9] Leicestershire Regiment [8] Royal Sussex Regiment [8] Army Veterinary Corps [7] Coldstream Guards [7] Essex Regiment [7] Royal Scots [7] Staff [7] East Surrey Regiment [6] North Staffordshire Regiment [6] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [6] Royal West Kent Regiment [6] South Wales Borderers [6] Suffolk Regiment [6] Tank Corps [6] Norfolk 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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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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George Eastwood

Born 1896

Died 1977

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

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

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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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Ronald Eastwood

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers

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George Edmund Eastwood

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 2128TF Lance Corporal Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 200374 Sergeant Gloucestershire Regiment 1st/4th Bn

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Aper Eastwood

Born 1876

Died 1917

British Army 16604 Private East Lancashire Regiment

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Ernest Edward Eastwood

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 282078

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Walter Eastwood

Born 1882

Died 1917

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 41685 Air Mechanic 1st Class Royal Flying Corps

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John Eastwood

Born 1895

British Army L/18251 Driver Royal Field Artillery B Battery

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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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Benjamin Eastwood

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 35695

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Allen Eastwood

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 22731

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Edward Osborne Eastwood

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 84498

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Clifford Gordon Eastwood

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 45239

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Isaac Eastwood

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 195677

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Simon Eastwood

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 95522

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Wilfred Eastwood

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 102492

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