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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]

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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]

Archie Holdsworth

Died 1917

British Army 75581 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Edward Holdsworth

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army 5792 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 202577 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Frank Holdsworth

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 16/9984 Private Army Cyclist Corps

British Army 43725 Private Essex Regiment

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George Henry Holdsworth

Born 1874

Died 1917

British Army 2383 Corporal West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 240560 Corporal West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 240560 Corporal West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Fred Holdsworth

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 41340 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 41340 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

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William Holdsworth

Died 1919

British Army 3/10576 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

British Army 22043 Private Norfolk Regiment

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Norman Holdsworth

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 37722 Private East Lancashire Regiment

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Irvine Holdsworth

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 3/1948 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 41458 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 41458 Lance Corporal Northumberland Fusiliers

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William A Holdsworth

Died 1917

British Army 2902 Private London Regiment

British Army 681159 Private London Regiment

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Sydney Holdsworth

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 20/11 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 20/11 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Joseph Holdsworth

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 9695 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 9695 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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James Edward Holdsworth

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 13/467 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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Raymond Holdsworth

Died 1917

British Army 47429 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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John Arthur Holdsworth

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 23206 Private East Lancashire Regiment

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Thomas Holdsworth

Died 1917

British Army 40551 Private Northumberland Fusiliers 16th Battalion

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Robert Willis Holdsworth

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 95501 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 95501 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

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Tom Holdsworth

Died 1916

British Army 7910 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

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Joseph Holdsworth

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 3/7923 Private Yorkshire Regiment

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John T Holdsworth

Died 1917

British Army 12558 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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John Holdsworth

Born 1899

Died 1916

British Army 28681 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 28681 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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