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Burnley, Lancashire [13]

Colne, Lancashire [13]

Melbourne Victoria [11]

Nelson, Lancashire [9]

Leeds, Yorkshire [8]

Manchester, Lancashire [8]

Sydney New South Wales [7]

Bradford, Yorkshire [6]

Euroa Victoria [5]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [5]

Blackburn, Lancashire [4]

Liverpool, Lancashire [4]

Oldham, Lancashire [4]

Wakefield, Yorkshire [4]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [3]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [3]

Bolton, Lancashire [3]

Burnley England [3]

Bury, Lancashire [3]

Great Harwood, Lancashire [3]

Halifax, Yorkshire [3]

Keighley, Yorkshire [3]

Liverpool England [3]

Adelaide South Australia [2]

Bradford England [2]

Brierfield, Lancashire [2]

Brisbane Queensland [2]

Castleford, Yorkshire [2]

Chiswick, London [2]

Colne [2]

Darlington, Durham, England [2]

Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England [2]

Hebden Bridge [2]

Hull, Yorkshire [2]

Kilsyth Scotland [2]

Lancashire [2]

Lincoln, Lincolnshire [2]

London England [2]

Macclesfield, Cheshire [2]

Manchester England [2]

Mytholmroyd [2]

Newcastle New South Wales [2]

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [2]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [2]

Preston, Lancashire [2]

Salford, Lancashire [2]

Scarborough, Yorkshire [2]

South Shields, Durham, England [2]

Southport, Lancashire [2]

Stalybridge, Cheshire [2]

Rank

Private [1946]

Gunner [228]

Driver [177]

Corporal [130]

Serjeant [117]

Sapper [91]

Lance Corporal [68]

Second Lieutenant [66]

Lieutenant [48]

Captain [42]

Acting Corporal [30]

Pioneer [29]

Acting Serjeant [20]

Bombardier [14]

Staff Serjeant [12]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [10]

Major [9]

Worker [9]

Temporary Captain [7]

Company Serjeant Major [6]

Able Seaman [5]

Lance Serjeant [5]

Lieutenant Colonel [5]

Rifleman [5]

Staff Nurse [5]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Stoker 1st Class [4]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Corporal 2nd [3]

Lance Bombardier [3]

Private Lance Corporal [3]

Temporary Lieutenant [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Armourer Staff Serjeant [2]

Assistant Surgeon [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Farrier Serjeant [2]

Mechanist Staff Serjeant [2]

Second Lieutenant /Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Sergeant [2]

Shoeing Smith Corporal [2]

Special Military Probationer [2]

Sub Conductor [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Trooper [2]

2nd Corporal [1]

Acting Captain and Adjutant [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [280]

Labour Corps [243]

Royal Engineers [185]

Army Service Corps [165]

East Lancashire Regiment [151]

Royal Army Medical Corps [128]

Royal Garrison Artillery [125]

Machine Gun Corps [110]

West Riding Regiment [106]

West Yorkshire Regiment [104]

Lancashire Fusiliers [101]

Manchester Regiment [91]

Liverpool Regiment [86]

Northumberland Fusiliers [72]

Cheshire Regiment [60]

Yorkshire Regiment [60]

York and Lancaster Regiment [55]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [53]

Royal Fusiliers [52]

Durham Light Infantry [51]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [51]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [39]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [39]

East Yorkshire Regiment [38]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [38]

London Regiment [38]

South Lancashire Regiment [38]

Border Regiment [36]

Royal Army Service Corps [36]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [33]

Rifle Brigade [32]

Army Ordnance Corps [28]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [25]

Suffolk Regiment [24]

Lincolnshire Regiment [21]

Middlesex Regiment [21]

Royal Defence Corps [21]

South Wales Borderers [19]

Welsh Regiment [18]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [17]

Devonshire Regiment [16]

Royal Naval Division [15]

Tank Corps [15]

Army Veterinary Corps [14]

Canadian Infantry [14]

Grenadier Guards [14]

East Surrey Regiment [13]

Highland Light Infantry [13]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [13]

Coldstream Guards [12]

Service

British Army [2921]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [228]

Royal Navy [179]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [151]

Australian Imperial Force [96]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [29]

Last name first letter

H [3652]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3596]

Merchant Navy [39]

Conscientious Objector [11]

Country

United Kingdom [59]

United States [2]

Australia [1]

Canada [1]

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Place of birth

Burnley, Lancashire [13] Colne, Lancashire [13] Melbourne Victoria [11] Nelson, Lancashire [9] Leeds, Yorkshire [8] Manchester, Lancashire [8] Sydney New South Wales [7] Bradford, Yorkshire [6] Euroa Victoria [5] Sheffield, Yorkshire [5] Blackburn, Lancashire [4] Liverpool, Lancashire [4] Oldham, Lancashire [4] Wakefield, Yorkshire [4] Barnsley, Yorkshire [3] Birmingham, Warwickshire [3] Bolton, Lancashire [3] Burnley England [3] Bury, Lancashire [3] Great Harwood, Lancashire [3] Halifax, Yorkshire [3] Keighley, Yorkshire [3] Liverpool England [3] Adelaide South Australia [2] Bradford England [2] Brierfield, Lancashire [2] Brisbane Queensland [2] Castleford, Yorkshire [2] Chiswick, London [2] Colne [2] Darlington, Durham, England [2] Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England [2] Hebden Bridge [2] Hull, Yorkshire [2] Kilsyth Scotland [2] Lancashire [2] Lincoln, Lincolnshire [2] London England [2] Macclesfield, Cheshire [2] Manchester England [2] Mytholmroyd [2] Newcastle New South Wales [2] Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [2] Portsmouth, Hampshire [2] Preston, Lancashire [2] Salford, Lancashire [2] Scarborough, Yorkshire [2] South Shields, Durham, England [2] Southport, Lancashire [2] Stalybridge, Cheshire [2]

Rank

Private [1946] Gunner [228] Driver [177] Corporal [130] Serjeant [117] Sapper [91] Lance Corporal [68] Second Lieutenant [66] Lieutenant [48] Captain [42] Acting Corporal [30] Pioneer [29] Acting Serjeant [20] Bombardier [14] Staff Serjeant [12] Warrant Officer Class 2 [10] Major [9] Worker [9] Temporary Captain [7] Company Serjeant Major [6] Able Seaman [5] Lance Serjeant [5] Lieutenant Colonel [5] Rifleman [5] Staff Nurse [5] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Stoker 1st Class [4] Acting Bombardier [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Colour Serjeant [3] Corporal 2nd [3] Lance Bombardier [3] Private Lance Corporal [3] Temporary Lieutenant [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Armourer Staff Serjeant [2] Assistant Surgeon [2] Deck Hand [2] Farrier Serjeant [2] Mechanist Staff Serjeant [2] Second Lieutenant /Temporary Lieutenant [2] Sergeant [2] Shoeing Smith Corporal [2] Special Military Probationer [2] Sub Conductor [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Trooper [2] 2nd Corporal [1] Acting Captain and Adjutant [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [280] Labour Corps [243] Royal Engineers [185] Army Service Corps [165] East Lancashire Regiment [151] Royal Army Medical Corps [128] Royal Garrison Artillery [125] Machine Gun Corps [110] West Riding Regiment [106] West Yorkshire Regiment [104] Lancashire Fusiliers [101] Manchester Regiment [91] Liverpool Regiment [86] Northumberland Fusiliers [72] Cheshire Regiment [60] Yorkshire Regiment [60] York and Lancaster Regiment [55] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [53] Royal Fusiliers [52] Durham Light Infantry [51] Royal Lancaster Regiment [51] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [39] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [39] East Yorkshire Regiment [38] King's Royal Rifle Corps [38] London Regiment [38] South Lancashire Regiment [38] Border Regiment [36] Royal Army Service Corps [36] Yorkshire Light Infantry [33] Rifle Brigade [32] Army Ordnance Corps [28] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [25] Suffolk Regiment [24] Lincolnshire Regiment [21] Middlesex Regiment [21] Royal Defence Corps [21] South Wales Borderers [19] Welsh Regiment [18] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [17] Devonshire Regiment [16] Royal Naval Division [15] Tank Corps [15] Army Veterinary Corps [14] Canadian Infantry [14] Grenadier Guards [14] East Surrey Regiment [13] Highland Light Infantry [13] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [13] Coldstream Guards [12]

Service

British Army [2921] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [228] Royal Navy [179] Canadian Expeditionary Force [151] Australian Imperial Force [96] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [29]

Last name first letter

H [3652] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3596] Merchant Navy [39] Conscientious Objector [11]

Country

United Kingdom [59] United States [2] Australia [1] Canada [1]

William Hartley

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 121368 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 68996 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Edward Hartley

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 275987

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Richard Hartley

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 403746

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Joseph Hartley

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 118838

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Ernest Hartley

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 281582

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Samuel Howard Hartley

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 144321

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James Ernest Hartley

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army GS/47456 Corporal Royal Fusiliers 20th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 5th (Territorial) Battalion.

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Alfred Hartley

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 143953

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Fred Hartley

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 43116

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George Hartley

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 90656

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Joshua Hartley

Born 1893

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 440129

Canadian Expeditionary Force 440129 Private Canadian Infantry

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Francis Hartley

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 76157

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William Henry Hartley

Died 1919

British Army 366209 Pioneer Royal Engineers Tyne Electrical Engineers

British Army 660958 Private Labour Corps

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William Hartley

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 701529 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 330th Brigade

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Bradshaw Hartley

Born 1881

Died 1918

British Army 39546 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 46200 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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William Hartley

Born 1881

Died 1914

British Army 7104 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2nd Battalion.

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Wilson Hartley

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army C/6900 Corporal King's Royal Rifle Corps

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William Holliday Hartley

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 453 Private Royal Fusiliers 19th Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers 19th Battalion

British Army Lieutenant 8th (King's Royal Irish) Hussars

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Ernest Hartley

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army SD/3121 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 13th (3rd South Downs) Battalion

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Percy Hartley

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 162516

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