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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]

Albert Edward Eastwood

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army S/12142 Private Seaforth Highlanders

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Albert Eastwood

Died 1916

British Army 20677 Private Cheshire Regiment

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Allan Eastwood

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 17578 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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George William Eastwood

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 115548

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Harold Eastwood

Australian Imperial Force

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Richard Eastwood

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 73665 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army M2/204345 Gunner Royal Army Service Corps

British Army M2/204345 Private Army Service Corps

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Henry Knight Eastwood

Born 1880

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 690764

Canadian Expeditionary Force 690764 Private Canadian Infantry

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Frederick Allen Eastwood

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 10145 Private Acting Corporal Cheshire Regiment

British Army 10145 Lance Corporal Cheshire Regiment

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Alfred Eastwood

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 30804 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 46104 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

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Cecil M Eastwood

Born 1894

Died 1968

British Army 11421 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 61827 Private Suffolk Regiment

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Charles Edward Framfield Eastwood

Born 1894

Died 1914

British Army L/10255 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army L/10255 Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

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Albert George Eastwood

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army 316343 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Edgar Alexander Eastwood

Born 1885

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 892639

Canadian Expeditionary Force 892639 Private Canadian Infantry

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John Stafford Eastwood

Australian Imperial Force 2300

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Anthony Eastwood

Died 1918

British Army 29003 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 5347 Private Royal Irish Regiment

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Frank Eastwood

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 106028

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George Eastwood

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 148399

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Fred Eastwood

Died 1917

British Army 19389 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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Clarence Eastwood

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 231110

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H R Eastwood

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 240719 Serjeant West Riding Regiment

British Army 240719 Serjeant Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

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