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Huddersfield, Yorkshire [18]

Leeds, Yorkshire [7]

Melbourne Victoria [7]

Huddersfield England [5]

Accrington, Lancashire [3]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [3]

Geelong Victoria [3]

Hobart Tas Tasmania [3]

Mirfield, Yorkshire [3]

Rochdale, Lancashire [3]

Bolton, Lancashire [2]

Burnley, Lancashire [2]

Devonport, Devon [2]

Doncaster, Yorkshire [2]

Gateshead, Durham [2]

Gillingham, Kent [2]

Holloway, London [2]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2]

Matlock, Derbyshire [2]

Slaithwaite, Yorkshire [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

Todmorden, Yorkshire [2]

Ancoats, Manchester [1]

Barkley, Yorkshire [1]

Barnsley [1]

Batley, Yorkshire [1]

Beechburn, Aukland, Durham [1]

Black Syke, Austonley, Yorkshire [1]

Boscombe, Bournemouth, Hampshire [1]

Bowes Park, Middlesex [1]

Bradford, Yorkshire [1]

Bramley, Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Brighouse, Yorkshire [1]

Brighouse, Yorkshire, England [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Bundaberg Queensland [1]

Burton on Trent, Staffordshire [1]

Burwood New South Wales [1]

Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk [1]

Carcoar New South Wales [1]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire [1]

Cleckheaton, Yorkshire [1]

Clifton, Huddersfield [1]

Colne, Burnley, Lancashire [1]

Dewsbury, Yorkshire [1]

Ecclesfield, Yorkshire [1]

Flighthill, Hepworth, West Yorkshire [1]

Glebe, Sydney, New South Wales [1]

Glodwick, Oldham, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [994]

Gunner [98]

Driver [69]

Corporal [68]

Serjeant [63]

Sapper [51]

Second Lieutenant [33]

Lieutenant [28]

Lance Corporal [27]

Captain [16]

Pioneer [15]

Acting Corporal [13]

Acting Serjeant [12]

Bombardier [8]

Company Serjeant Major [7]

Rifleman [6]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Lance Serjeant [5]

Major [5]

Staff Serjeant [5]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Temporary Lieutenant [3]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Corporal 2nd [2]

Fitter Corporal [2]

Private Acting Serjeant [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Trooper [2]

Worker [2]

A/CERA c2c [1]

Acting Artificer Engineer (Temporary) [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Captain Lieutenant [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Paymaster [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

CERA 2c [1]

Cadet Serjeant [1]

Civilian Armourer [1]

Colonel [1]

Commander [1]

Corporal/Acting Serjeant [1]

Cpl. [1]

Unit

West Riding Regiment [146]

Labour Corps [127]

West Yorkshire Regiment [123]

Royal Field Artillery [115]

York and Lancaster Regiment [93]

Army Service Corps [89]

Royal Engineers [87]

Royal Garrison Artillery [63]

Northumberland Fusiliers [55]

Machine Gun Corps [50]

Royal Army Medical Corps [49]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [46]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [46]

Durham Light Infantry [37]

Manchester Regiment [33]

East Lancashire Regiment [26]

Yorkshire Regiment [26]

East Yorkshire Regiment [22]

Liverpool Regiment [22]

Royal Fusiliers [22]

Lancashire Fusiliers [21]

London Regiment [21]

Lincolnshire Regiment [19]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [18]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [15]

Leicestershire Regiment [15]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [15]

Army Ordnance Corps [14]

Cheshire Regiment [14]

Highland Light Infantry [14]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [14]

North Staffordshire Regiment [14]

Royal Army Service Corps [13]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [12]

Border Regiment [11]

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [10]

Royal Defence Corps [10]

Royal Naval Division [10]

Middlesex Regiment [9]

Royal Scots [9]

Coldstream Guards [8]

Hampshire Regiment [8]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [8]

Rifle Brigade [8]

Welsh Regiment [8]

Royal Air Force [7]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7]

Suffolk Regiment [7]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [6]

South Lancashire Regiment [6]

Service

British Army [1467]

Royal Navy [95]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [94]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [52]

Australian Imperial Force [35]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [21]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [1785]

Contribution

Military Service [1758]

Merchant Navy [12]

Conscientious Objector [10]

Country

United Kingdom [37]

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Place of birth

Huddersfield, Yorkshire [18] Leeds, Yorkshire [7] Melbourne Victoria [7] Huddersfield England [5] Accrington, Lancashire [3] Barnsley, Yorkshire [3] Geelong Victoria [3] Hobart Tas Tasmania [3] Mirfield, Yorkshire [3] Rochdale, Lancashire [3] Bolton, Lancashire [2] Burnley, Lancashire [2] Devonport, Devon [2] Doncaster, Yorkshire [2] Gateshead, Durham [2] Gillingham, Kent [2] Holloway, London [2] Hull, Yorkshire, England [2] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2] Matlock, Derbyshire [2] Slaithwaite, Yorkshire [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Todmorden, Yorkshire [2] Ancoats, Manchester [1] Barkley, Yorkshire [1] Barnsley [1] Batley, Yorkshire [1] Beechburn, Aukland, Durham [1] Black Syke, Austonley, Yorkshire [1] Boscombe, Bournemouth, Hampshire [1] Bowes Park, Middlesex [1] Bradford, Yorkshire [1] Bramley, Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Brighouse, Yorkshire [1] Brighouse, Yorkshire, England [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Bundaberg Queensland [1] Burton on Trent, Staffordshire [1] Burwood New South Wales [1] Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk [1] Carcoar New South Wales [1] Cardiff, Glamorganshire [1] Cleckheaton, Yorkshire [1] Clifton, Huddersfield [1] Colne, Burnley, Lancashire [1] Dewsbury, Yorkshire [1] Ecclesfield, Yorkshire [1] Flighthill, Hepworth, West Yorkshire [1] Glebe, Sydney, New South Wales [1] Glodwick, Oldham, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [994] Gunner [98] Driver [69] Corporal [68] Serjeant [63] Sapper [51] Second Lieutenant [33] Lieutenant [28] Lance Corporal [27] Captain [16] Pioneer [15] Acting Corporal [13] Acting Serjeant [12] Bombardier [8] Company Serjeant Major [7] Rifleman [6] Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Lance Serjeant [5] Major [5] Staff Serjeant [5] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Acting Bombardier [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Temporary Lieutenant [3] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Corporal 2nd [2] Fitter Corporal [2] Private Acting Serjeant [2] Temporary Captain [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Trooper [2] Worker [2] A/CERA c2c [1] Acting Artificer Engineer (Temporary) [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Captain Lieutenant [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Paymaster [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] CERA 2c [1] Cadet Serjeant [1] Civilian Armourer [1] Colonel [1] Commander [1] Corporal/Acting Serjeant [1] Cpl. [1]

Unit

West Riding Regiment [146] Labour Corps [127] West Yorkshire Regiment [123] Royal Field Artillery [115] York and Lancaster Regiment [93] Army Service Corps [89] Royal Engineers [87] Royal Garrison Artillery [63] Northumberland Fusiliers [55] Machine Gun Corps [50] Royal Army Medical Corps [49] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [46] Yorkshire Light Infantry [46] Durham Light Infantry [37] Manchester Regiment [33] East Lancashire Regiment [26] Yorkshire Regiment [26] East Yorkshire Regiment [22] Liverpool Regiment [22] Royal Fusiliers [22] Lancashire Fusiliers [21] London Regiment [21] Lincolnshire Regiment [19] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [18] King's Royal Rifle Corps [15] Leicestershire Regiment [15] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [15] Army Ordnance Corps [14] Cheshire Regiment [14] Highland Light Infantry [14] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [14] North Staffordshire Regiment [14] Royal Army Service Corps [13] Royal Lancaster Regiment [12] Border Regiment [11] Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [10] Royal Defence Corps [10] Royal Naval Division [10] Middlesex Regiment [9] Royal Scots [9] Coldstream Guards [8] Hampshire Regiment [8] King's Own Scottish Borderers [8] Rifle Brigade [8] Welsh Regiment [8] Royal Air Force [7] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7] Suffolk Regiment [7] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [6] South Lancashire Regiment [6]

Service

British Army [1467] Royal Navy [95] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [94] Canadian Expeditionary Force [52] Australian Imperial Force [35] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [21] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [1785]

Contribution

Military Service [1758] Merchant Navy [12] Conscientious Objector [10]

Country

United Kingdom [37]

Herbert Hirst

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 41219

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Allen Hirst

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 86515

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Edwin Watson Hirst

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 288011

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Joseph Hirst

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 304183

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Thomas Hirst

Died 1917

British Army 240360 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 240360 Corporal York and Lancaster Regiment 1st/5th Battalion

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Frank Hirst

Born 1897

Died 1919

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 38401

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Fred Hirst

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 297653

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William Hirst

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 107771

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Cyril Hirst

Born 1889

Died 1971

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 179733

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Frank Hirst

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 66741

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George Henry Hirst

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 22199

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Joseph Hirst

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 308991

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Alfred Hirst

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 56333

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Frank Hirst

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 260913

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Edwin Hirst

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 410222

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Frederick W Hirst

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 36187 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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Earnshaw Hirst

Died 1918

British Army 22363 Private Durham Light Infantry Depot

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Jack Edwin Hirst

Born 1886

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 454243

Canadian Expeditionary Force 454243 Corporal Canadian Infantry

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Samuel Hirst

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 81856

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John Hirst

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army 14908 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 14908 Private Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

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