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Melbourne Victoria [8]

Sydney New South Wales [6]

Bradford, Yorkshire [5]

Leeds, Yorkshire [5]

Halifax, Yorkshire [3]

Bendigo Victoria [2]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Geelong Victoria [2]

Huddersfield, Yorkshire [2]

Knaresborough England [2]

London England [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

Warracknabeal Victoria [2]

Addiscombe, Croydon, Surrey [1]

Aston Birmingham [1]

Barnes, London [1]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

Barrow in Furness, Lancashire [1]

Bath, Somerset, England [1]

Batley, Yorkshire [1]

Belfast, Antrim [1]

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Gosforth, Northumberland [1]

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Hackney, Middlesex [1]

Halifax England [1]

Handsworth, Staffs [1]

Harpurhey, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Heighley, Staffordshire, England [1]

Hepworth, West Yorkshire [1]

Horton Bradford, Yorkshire [1]

Hull, Yorkshire [1]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [1]

Rank

Private [474]

Gunner [56]

Driver [35]

Serjeant [34]

Corporal [29]

Sapper [23]

Lieutenant [21]

Second Lieutenant [21]

Lance Corporal [16]

Captain [13]

Pioneer [10]

Bombardier [8]

Acting Serjeant [7]

Lieutenant Colonel [5]

Major [4]

StaffSerjeant [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Corporal [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Guardsman [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

2nd Lietenant [1]

2nd Lieut [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Adjutant [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Bandsman [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Boy Artificer [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal /Lance Serjeant [1]

ERA 5th Class [1]

Honorary Lieutenant [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant (Temporary) [1]

Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Lieutenant Colonel and Brevet Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [1]

Lieutenant/ Acting Captain [1]

Lieutenant/Acting Captain [1]

Munitions Worker [1]

Unit

West Yorkshire Regiment [75]

Royal Field Artillery [69]

Labour Corps [63]

West Riding Regiment [62]

Army Service Corps [60]

Royal Engineers [49]

Royal Garrison Artillery [31]

Yorkshire Regiment [29]

Machine Gun Corps [25]

Royal Army Medical Corps [24]

Northumberland Fusiliers [23]

Royal Fusiliers [20]

York and Lancaster Regiment [20]

Liverpool Regiment [19]

Durham Light Infantry [17]

East Yorkshire Regiment [15]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [15]

London Regiment [14]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [14]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [12]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [11]

Manchester Regiment [11]

East Lancashire Regiment [9]

Lancashire Fusiliers [9]

Gloucestershire Regiment [7]

Lincolnshire Regiment [7]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7]

Border Regiment [6]

Leicestershire Regiment [6]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [6]

Royal Defence Corps [6]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [6]

Royal Naval Division [6]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [6]

Bedfordshire Regiment [5]

Hussars [5]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [5]

Royal Flying Corps [5]

Indian Army Reserve of Officers [4]

Middlesex Regiment [4]

Rifle Brigade [4]

Royal Scots [4]

Scottish Rifles [4]

South Staffordshire Regiment [4]

The Queen's Regiment [4]

Army Cyclist Corps [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Canadian Infantry [3]

Cheshire Regiment [3]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [723]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [53]

Royal Navy [53]

Australian Imperial Force [45]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [24]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [7]

Other Empire Force [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

H [916]

O [4]

M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [903]

Merchant Navy [13]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [22]

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Melbourne Victoria [8] Sydney New South Wales [6] Bradford, Yorkshire [5] Leeds, Yorkshire [5] Halifax, Yorkshire [3] Bendigo Victoria [2] Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Geelong Victoria [2] Huddersfield, Yorkshire [2] Knaresborough England [2] London England [2] London, Middlesex [2] Warracknabeal Victoria [2] Addiscombe, Croydon, Surrey [1] Aston Birmingham [1] Barnes, London [1] Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Barrow in Furness, Lancashire [1] Bath, Somerset, England [1] Batley, Yorkshire [1] Belfast, Antrim [1] Bermondsey, London [1] Bermondsey, Surrey [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1] Bradford England [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [1] Brixton, London [1] Burneston, Yorkshire [1] Burnley, Lancashire [1] Camberwell, London [1] Campbelltown New South Wales [1] Chicklade, Wiltshire, England [1] Deptford, London [1] Digby, Nova Scotia [1] Dunedin NZ [1] Fulstone, West Yorkshire [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1] Gosforth, Northumberland [1] Great Western Victoria [1] Greenwich, Kent [1] Hackney, Middlesex [1] Halifax England [1] Handsworth, Staffs [1] Harpurhey, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Heighley, Staffordshire, England [1] Hepworth, West Yorkshire [1] Horton Bradford, Yorkshire [1] Hull, Yorkshire [1] Hull, Yorkshire, England [1]

Rank

Private [474] Gunner [56] Driver [35] Serjeant [34] Corporal [29] Sapper [23] Lieutenant [21] Second Lieutenant [21] Lance Corporal [16] Captain [13] Pioneer [10] Bombardier [8] Acting Serjeant [7] Lieutenant Colonel [5] Major [4] StaffSerjeant [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Corporal [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Guardsman [2] Leading Seaman [2] Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] 2nd Lietenant [1] 2nd Lieut [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Lance Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Adjutant [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Bandsman [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Boy Artificer [1] Brigadier General [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal /Lance Serjeant [1] ERA 5th Class [1] Honorary Lieutenant [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant (Temporary) [1] Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Lieutenant Colonel and Brevet Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [1] Lieutenant/ Acting Captain [1] Lieutenant/Acting Captain [1] Munitions Worker [1]

Unit

West Yorkshire Regiment [75] Royal Field Artillery [69] Labour Corps [63] West Riding Regiment [62] Army Service Corps [60] Royal Engineers [49] Royal Garrison Artillery [31] Yorkshire Regiment [29] Machine Gun Corps [25] Royal Army Medical Corps [24] Northumberland Fusiliers [23] Royal Fusiliers [20] York and Lancaster Regiment [20] Liverpool Regiment [19] Durham Light Infantry [17] East Yorkshire Regiment [15] Yorkshire Light Infantry [15] London Regiment [14] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [14] King's Royal Rifle Corps [12] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [11] Manchester Regiment [11] East Lancashire Regiment [9] Lancashire Fusiliers [9] Gloucestershire Regiment [7] Lincolnshire Regiment [7] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7] Border Regiment [6] Leicestershire Regiment [6] Royal Berkshire Regiment [6] Royal Defence Corps [6] Royal Lancaster Regiment [6] Royal Naval Division [6] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [6] Bedfordshire Regiment [5] Hussars [5] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [5] Royal Flying Corps [5] Indian Army Reserve of Officers [4] Middlesex Regiment [4] Rifle Brigade [4] Royal Scots [4] Scottish Rifles [4] South Staffordshire Regiment [4] The Queen's Regiment [4] Army Cyclist Corps [3] Army Ordnance Corps [3] Canadian Infantry [3] Cheshire Regiment [3] Devonshire Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [723] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [53] Royal Navy [53] Australian Imperial Force [45] Canadian Expeditionary Force [24] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [7] Other Empire Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

H [916] O [4] M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [903] Merchant Navy [13] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [22]

Henry Bernard Holdsworth

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant Durham Light Infantry

British Army Captain Durham Light Infantry 8th Battalion

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Thomas Wendell Holdsworth

Born 1870

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force Lieutenant 27th Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force Lieutenant Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment) 27th Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force 463419 Lieutenant 45th Overseas Battalion

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Arthur Mervin Holdsworth

Born 1875

Died 1916

British Army Captain Royal Berkshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Berkshire Regiment

British Army Devon Militia

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Frederick John Cropper Holdsworth

Born 1887

Died 1951

British Army Lieutenant Devonshire Regiment

British Army 2nd Lietenant Devonshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army Captain Devonshire Regiment 2nd Battallan

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Geoffrey Lisle Holdsworth

Born 1894

Died 1955

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 52009

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Harold Holdsworth

Born 1893

Royal Navy K.P/593 Royal Naval Division Anson Battallion

Royal Navy K.P/593 Royal Naval Division Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve

British Army 201512 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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William Holdsworth

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 123801

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John Henry Holdsworth

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 66237

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Richard Norman Holdsworth

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 63849

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Joseph Holdsworth

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 132952

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Arthur Robert Holdsworth

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 47326

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Tom Brown Holdsworth

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 24912 Private Border Regiment

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John Aubrey Holdsworth

Born 1889

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 270075

Canadian Expeditionary Force 270075 Private Canadian Infantry

Canadian Expeditionary Force Sgt 38th Battalion

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Matthew Holdsworth

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 281675

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Samuel Holdsworth

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 266554

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Max Ernest Holdsworth

Born 1895

Died 1982

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers

British Army Lieutenant Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Herbert Thomas Holdsworth

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 263941

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Frederick W Holdsworth

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 44115 Private Cheshire Regiment

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Thomas Alfred Holdsworth

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 68493

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Frederick Ernest Holdsworth

Born 1892

Died 1965

British Army 1553 Lance Serjeant West Riding Regiment

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