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Carlisle, Cumberland [5]

Manchester, Lancashire [2]

Salford, Lancashire [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

Aldershot, Hampshire [1]

Ambleside, Westmorland [1]

Berksley, Gloucestershire [1]

Bermuda [1]

Beverley, Yorkshire [1]

Carlisle, Cumberland, England [1]

Cockermouth, Cumberland [1]

Durham [1]

Frizington, Cumberland [1]

Gibralter [1]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1]

Goole, Yorkshire [1]

Hawley, Aldershot, Hampshire [1]

Hereford [1]

Hobart Tas Tasmania [1]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [1]

Kendal, Westmoreland [1]

Kildale England [1]

Lancaster [1]

Leeds England [1]

Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

Martham Norfolk [1]

Newcastle [1]

Newcastle on Tyne England [1]

Penrith, UK [1]

Saint Pancras, London [1]

Sandip, Hamilton [1]

Seale, Yorkshire [1]

Settle, Yorkshire [1]

Shofton, Yorkshire [1]

Silloth, Cumberland, England [1]

South Shields, Durham [1]

St Helens, Lancashire [1]

St Pancras, Middlesex, England [1]

Sub District of Penrith [1]

Thirsk, Yorkshire, England [1]

Ventnor England [1]

West Hartlepool, Durham [1]

Windermere, Kendal, Westmorland [1]

Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [173]

Driver [26]

Gunner [23]

Serjeant [15]

Corporal [11]

Sapper [9]

Lance Corporal [6]

Pioneer [5]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Lance Bombardier [3]

Lieutenant [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Corporal [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Bombardier [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Acting Warrant Steward [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Bearer [1]

Chaplain 4th Class [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Driver Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sergeant [1]

Serjeant Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Staff Serjeant Acting Sub Conductor [1]

Waggoner [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [35]

Army Service Corps [26]

Labour Corps [21]

Border Regiment [20]

Royal Engineers [18]

Machine Gun Corps [14]

West Yorkshire Regiment [11]

Durham Light Infantry [9]

Manchester Regiment [9]

Northumberland Fusiliers [9]

Yorkshire Regiment [9]

East Yorkshire Regiment [7]

Royal Garrison Artillery [7]

Lancashire Fusiliers [6]

Liverpool Regiment [5]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [5]

Tank Corps [5]

Army Ordnance Corps [4]

London Regiment [4]

Royal Army Service Corps [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Army Veterinary Corps [3]

East Surrey Regiment [3]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Royal Scots [3]

Scottish Rifles [3]

South Lancashire Regiment [3]

The Queen's Regiment [3]

West Riding Regiment [3]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [3]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [3]

Canadian Infantry [2]

City of London Yeomanry [2]

Coldstream Guards [2]

Corps of Dragoons [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

Highland Light Infantry [2]

Hussars [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Monmouthshire Regiment [2]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2]

Royal Defence Corps [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2]

Royal Marine Artillery [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

South Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [272]

Royal Navy [35]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [22]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [9]

Australian Imperial Force [7]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

H [356]

Contribution

Military Service [347]

Merchant Navy [7]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [5]

New Zealand [1]

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People [356] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Carlisle, Cumberland [5] Manchester, Lancashire [2] Salford, Lancashire [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Aldershot, Hampshire [1] Ambleside, Westmorland [1] Berksley, Gloucestershire [1] Bermuda [1] Beverley, Yorkshire [1] Carlisle, Cumberland, England [1] Cockermouth, Cumberland [1] Durham [1] Frizington, Cumberland [1] Gibralter [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1] Goole, Yorkshire [1] Hawley, Aldershot, Hampshire [1] Hereford [1] Hobart Tas Tasmania [1] Hull, Yorkshire, England [1] Kendal, Westmoreland [1] Kildale England [1] Lancaster [1] Leeds England [1] Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Liverpool, Lancashire [1] Martham Norfolk [1] Newcastle [1] Newcastle on Tyne England [1] Penrith, UK [1] Saint Pancras, London [1] Sandip, Hamilton [1] Seale, Yorkshire [1] Settle, Yorkshire [1] Shofton, Yorkshire [1] Silloth, Cumberland, England [1] South Shields, Durham [1] St Helens, Lancashire [1] St Pancras, Middlesex, England [1] Sub District of Penrith [1] Thirsk, Yorkshire, England [1] Ventnor England [1] West Hartlepool, Durham [1] Windermere, Kendal, Westmorland [1] Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [173] Driver [26] Gunner [23] Serjeant [15] Corporal [11] Sapper [9] Lance Corporal [6] Pioneer [5] Second Lieutenant [4] Lance Bombardier [3] Lieutenant [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Corporal [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Bombardier [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Acting Captain [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Acting Warrant Steward [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Bearer [1] Chaplain 4th Class [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Driver Acting Lance Corporal [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Nursing Sister [1] Rifleman [1] Sergeant [1] Serjeant Acting Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Staff Serjeant Acting Sub Conductor [1] Waggoner [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [35] Army Service Corps [26] Labour Corps [21] Border Regiment [20] Royal Engineers [18] Machine Gun Corps [14] West Yorkshire Regiment [11] Durham Light Infantry [9] Manchester Regiment [9] Northumberland Fusiliers [9] Yorkshire Regiment [9] East Yorkshire Regiment [7] Royal Garrison Artillery [7] Lancashire Fusiliers [6] Liverpool Regiment [5] Royal Lancaster Regiment [5] Tank Corps [5] Army Ordnance Corps [4] London Regiment [4] Royal Army Service Corps [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] Army Veterinary Corps [3] East Surrey Regiment [3] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Royal Scots [3] Scottish Rifles [3] South Lancashire Regiment [3] The Queen's Regiment [3] West Riding Regiment [3] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [3] Yorkshire Light Infantry [3] Canadian Infantry [2] City of London Yeomanry [2] Coldstream Guards [2] Corps of Dragoons [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] Highland Light Infantry [2] Hussars [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] Monmouthshire Regiment [2] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2] Royal Defence Corps [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2] Royal Marine Artillery [2] Royal Naval Division [2] Royal Scots Fusiliers [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] South Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [272] Royal Navy [35] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [22] Canadian Expeditionary Force [9] Australian Imperial Force [7] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

H [356]

Contribution

Military Service [347] Merchant Navy [7] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [5] New Zealand [1]

John R Hayton

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 82304 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 82304 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Tom Hayton

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 4615 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 4615 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Frank Hayton

Died 1918

British Army 60017 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 60017 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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William Ward Hayton

Died 1918

British Army 32958 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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Walter Hayton

Born 1883

Died 1916

British Army 17/885 Serjeant West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 17/885 Serjeant West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Bethel Hayton

Died 1917

British Army 33228 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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Harold Hayton

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 34130 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 34130 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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William Hayton

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 1351 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 1351 Corporal Lancashire Fusiliers

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Tom Hayton

Born 1893

Died 1982

British Army 1567 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 463770 Private Labour Corps

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John William Hayton

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 4371 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 53752 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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William Hayton

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 14010 Private Border Regiment

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Frederick William Hayton

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 220984

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Edmund James Hayton

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 237009

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George William Hayton

Australian Imperial Force 9884

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Percy Maurice Hayton

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 227684

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Edmund Hayton

Died 1918

British Army T4/083497 Driver Army Service Corps

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Fred Gilbert Hayton

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 2686 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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Edward Hayton

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 8512 Acting Serjeant Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 8512 Serjeant King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

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William Hayton

Died 1916

British Army 15464 Private Border Regiment

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Richard William Hayton

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 35087 Private Border Regiment

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