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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]

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Barnes, London [1]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

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Bath, Somerset, England [1]

Batley, Yorkshire [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]

Arthur Leonard Holdsworth

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 48031

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George Arthur Holdsworth

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 6380

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Ira William Holdsworth

Born 1883

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 2/2027 New Zealand Field Artillery

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George Samuel Holdsworth

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 218282

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George Alan Holdsworth

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 228962

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Harold Holdsworth

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 21142

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Edward Holdsworth

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 22463

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Thomas Holdsworth

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 287285

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Frederick John Holdsworth

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 308551

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Arthur Holdsworth

Died 1914

British Army 8149 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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Albert Edwin Holdsworth

Died 1917

British Army 5260 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 36364 Private Yorkshire Regiment

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Arthur Holdsworth

Died 1917

British Army 3228 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army 40423 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 40423 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Herbert Holdsworth

Died 1917

British Army 42645 Private Yorkshire Regiment

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Herbert Holdsworth

Died 1915

British Army 10984 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 10984 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Charles Herbert Holdsworth

Born 1886

Died 1961

British Army 241670 Private West Riding Regiment

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Arthur Holdsworth

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 17/1713 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 17/1713 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Alfred Holdsworth

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 29307 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

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Edward Colston Holdsworth

Died 1916

British Army 37464 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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Harry Holdsworth

Died 1916

British Army PS/5070 Private Royal Fusiliers

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Arthur Holdsworth

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 240911 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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