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Bradford, Yorkshire [12]

Leeds, Yorkshire [8]

Halifax, Yorkshire [6]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [5]

Huddersfield, Yorkshire [5]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [5]

Bacchus Marsh Victoria [3]

Dewsbury, Yorkshire [3]

Pontefract, Yorkshire [3]

Selby, Yorkshire, England [3]

Wakefield, Yorkshire [3]

Yorkshire [3]

Dumfries Scotland [2]

Hobart Tasmania [2]

Hull, Yorkshire [2]

Leeds England [2]

Macedon Victoria [2]

Morley, Yorkshire [2]

Newcastle, Durham [2]

Old Wolverton, Buckinghamshire [2]

Oldham, Lancashire [2]

Pelliga New South Wales [2]

Stockport, Cheshire [2]

Waterloo Victoria [2]

West Ham, Essex [2]

Albury New South Wales [1]

BArrow in Furness, Lancashire [1]

BArrow in Furness, Lancashire, England [1]

Batley England [1]

Bendigo Victoria [1]

Beverley, Yorkshire [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Blackpool, Lancashire [1]

Bolton, Lancashire [1]

Bombay [1]

Bondi New South Wales [1]

Bradford England [1]

Brentwood, Essex [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Camberwell, Surrey [1]

Canning Town, London [1]

Canterbury [1]

Cassilis New South Wales [1]

Castleford, Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Chelsea, Middlesex, England [1]

Churwell, West Yorkshire [1]

Clayton West, Huddersfield, Yorkshire [1]

Clayton, Bradford, Yorkshire [1]

Clayton, Yorkshire [1]

Clifton Hill Victoria [1]

Rank

Private [874]

Gunner [107]

Corporal [79]

Serjeant [72]

Sapper [68]

Driver [64]

Second Lieutenant [39]

Lance Corporal [32]

Captain [20]

Pioneer [19]

Lieutenant [14]

Acting Serjeant [13]

Bombardier [13]

Acting Corporal [8]

Temporary Lieutenant [6]

Worker [5]

Major [4]

Regimental Serjeant Major [4]

Staff Serjeant [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [3]

Colonel [3]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Reverend [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Battery Serjeant Major [2]

Civilian [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Sergeant [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

2nd Serjeant [1]

3rd Class Assistant Surgeon [1]

Acting Captain Quarter Master and Adjutant [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Brigade Signals Officer [1]

Captain /Acting Major [1]

Chaplain [1]

Chaplain to the Forces 3rd Class [1]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1]

Corporal/Acting Serjeant [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [134]

Royal Engineers [123]

West Yorkshire Regiment [107]

Labour Corps [86]

West Riding Regiment [86]

Army Service Corps [85]

Royal Garrison Artillery [62]

Northumberland Fusiliers [55]

Royal Army Medical Corps [54]

York and Lancaster Regiment [53]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [48]

Yorkshire Regiment [47]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [45]

Durham Light Infantry [31]

Lancashire Fusiliers [29]

Machine Gun Corps [29]

East Yorkshire Regiment [24]

Liverpool Regiment [23]

Manchester Regiment [23]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [23]

Cheshire Regiment [15]

Lincolnshire Regiment [15]

London Regiment [15]

Royal Fusiliers [14]

Royal Naval Division [14]

East Lancashire Regiment [13]

Tank Corps [13]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [12]

Seaforth Highlanders [12]

Hampshire Regiment [11]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [11]

North Staffordshire Regiment [10]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [10]

Royal Air Force [10]

Royal Defence Corps [10]

South Lancashire Regiment [10]

Army Cyclist Corps [9]

Border Regiment [9]

Royal Army Service Corps [9]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [9]

Leicestershire Regiment [8]

Norfolk Regiment [8]

Worcestershire Regiment [8]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [7]

Scottish Rifles [7]

Canadian Infantry [6]

Dorsetshire Regiment [6]

Grenadier Guards [6]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [6]

Middlesex Regiment [6]

Service

British Army [1385]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [119]

Royal Navy [92]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [60]

Australian Imperial Force [46]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [12]

Other Empire Force [3]

Indian Army [2]

Last name first letter

F [1740]

H [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1714]

Merchant Navy [18]

Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [32]

Germany [1]

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Bradford, Yorkshire [12] Leeds, Yorkshire [8] Halifax, Yorkshire [6] Barnsley, Yorkshire [5] Huddersfield, Yorkshire [5] Sheffield, Yorkshire [5] Bacchus Marsh Victoria [3] Dewsbury, Yorkshire [3] Pontefract, Yorkshire [3] Selby, Yorkshire, England [3] Wakefield, Yorkshire [3] Yorkshire [3] Dumfries Scotland [2] Hobart Tasmania [2] Hull, Yorkshire [2] Leeds England [2] Macedon Victoria [2] Morley, Yorkshire [2] Newcastle, Durham [2] Old Wolverton, Buckinghamshire [2] Oldham, Lancashire [2] Pelliga New South Wales [2] Stockport, Cheshire [2] Waterloo Victoria [2] West Ham, Essex [2] Albury New South Wales [1] BArrow in Furness, Lancashire [1] BArrow in Furness, Lancashire, England [1] Batley England [1] Bendigo Victoria [1] Beverley, Yorkshire [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Blackpool, Lancashire [1] Bolton, Lancashire [1] Bombay [1] Bondi New South Wales [1] Bradford England [1] Brentwood, Essex [1] Camberwell, London [1] Camberwell, Surrey [1] Canning Town, London [1] Canterbury [1] Cassilis New South Wales [1] Castleford, Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Chelsea, Middlesex, England [1] Churwell, West Yorkshire [1] Clayton West, Huddersfield, Yorkshire [1] Clayton, Bradford, Yorkshire [1] Clayton, Yorkshire [1] Clifton Hill Victoria [1]

Rank

Private [874] Gunner [107] Corporal [79] Serjeant [72] Sapper [68] Driver [64] Second Lieutenant [39] Lance Corporal [32] Captain [20] Pioneer [19] Lieutenant [14] Acting Serjeant [13] Bombardier [13] Acting Corporal [8] Temporary Lieutenant [6] Worker [5] Major [4] Regimental Serjeant Major [4] Staff Serjeant [4] Able Seaman [3] Air Mechanic 1st Class [3] Colonel [3] Colour Serjeant [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Reverend [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Battery Serjeant Major [2] Civilian [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Sergeant [2] Temporary Captain [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] 2nd Serjeant [1] 3rd Class Assistant Surgeon [1] Acting Captain Quarter Master and Adjutant [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Brigade Signals Officer [1] Captain /Acting Major [1] Chaplain [1] Chaplain to the Forces 3rd Class [1] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1] Corporal/Acting Serjeant [1] Deck Hand [1] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [134] Royal Engineers [123] West Yorkshire Regiment [107] Labour Corps [86] West Riding Regiment [86] Army Service Corps [85] Royal Garrison Artillery [62] Northumberland Fusiliers [55] Royal Army Medical Corps [54] York and Lancaster Regiment [53] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [48] Yorkshire Regiment [47] Yorkshire Light Infantry [45] Durham Light Infantry [31] Lancashire Fusiliers [29] Machine Gun Corps [29] East Yorkshire Regiment [24] Liverpool Regiment [23] Manchester Regiment [23] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [23] Cheshire Regiment [15] Lincolnshire Regiment [15] London Regiment [15] Royal Fusiliers [14] Royal Naval Division [14] East Lancashire Regiment [13] Tank Corps [13] King's Royal Rifle Corps [12] Seaforth Highlanders [12] Hampshire Regiment [11] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [11] North Staffordshire Regiment [10] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [10] Royal Air Force [10] Royal Defence Corps [10] South Lancashire Regiment [10] Army Cyclist Corps [9] Border Regiment [9] Royal Army Service Corps [9] Royal Lancaster Regiment [9] Leicestershire Regiment [8] Norfolk Regiment [8] Worcestershire Regiment [8] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [7] Scottish Rifles [7] Canadian Infantry [6] Dorsetshire Regiment [6] Grenadier Guards [6] King's Own Scottish Borderers [6] Middlesex Regiment [6]

Service

British Army [1385] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [119] Royal Navy [92] Canadian Expeditionary Force [60] Australian Imperial Force [46] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [12] Other Empire Force [3] Indian Army [2]

Last name first letter

F [1740] H [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1714] Merchant Navy [18] Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [32] Germany [1]

Willie Firth

Died 1918

British Army 42280 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

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John Kenneth Firth

Died 1918

British Army 39149 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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William Firth

Died 1915

British Army 9206 Private Essex Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 9206 Private Essex Regiment

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Kate Elizabeth Firth

Born 1881

Royal Navy G6235

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Fred Firth

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 58119 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 58119 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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James Arthur Firth

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 1576 Private 1/2nd West Riding Field Ambulance

British Army 1576 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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George Firth

Died 1918

British Army 93852 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 93852 Private Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

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Frederick William Firth

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 3192 Private London Regiment

British Army 3192 Private London Regiment 2/1st Battalion

British Army 3192 Private London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)

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Harry Firth

Died 1917

British Army 5319 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 242051 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 242051 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Clifford Firth

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 307841

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John Firth

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 21794 Private Manchester Regiment

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James A Firth

Died 1917

British Army 781447 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Arthur Charles Douglas Firth

Born 1880

Died 1948

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps

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Edwin Norris Firth

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant Yorkshire Regiment 8th west Battalion

British Army 294 Lance Corporal Royal Army Medical Corps

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

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Arthur Firth

Born 1881

Died 1918

British Army 10505 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 202105 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Edmund Firth

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 25845 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 38835 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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John Thomas Firth

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 253441

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Allan Firth

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 34114 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 34114 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Ernest Hedley Firth

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 176234

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John Firth

Died 1914

British Army 8380 Private Cheshire Regiment

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