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Halifax, Yorkshire [8]

Huddersfield, Yorkshire [4]

Leeds, Yorkshire [4]

Burnley, Lancashire [2]

Edgbaston, Birmingham [2]

Halifax England [2]

Hull, Yorkshire [2]

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Wakefield, Yorkshire [1]

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York, Yorkshire [1]

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Private [325]

Gunner [46]

Corporal [19]

Driver [19]

Sapper [18]

Serjeant [13]

Second Lieutenant [10]

Captain [9]

Lieutenant [9]

Lance Corporal [7]

Acting Corporal [6]

Rifleman [4]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Deck Hand [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Bombardier [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Major [2]

Pioneer [2]

2nd Serjeant [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Farrier Serjeant [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Bearer [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Honorary Major [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Master [1]

Sergeant [1]

Serjeant/Artillery Clerk /Acting Staff Serjeant Artillery Clerk [1]

Squadron Leader [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Surgeon [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

West Riding Regiment [54]

Royal Field Artillery [46]

Labour Corps [36]

West Yorkshire Regiment [36]

Royal Engineers [32]

Army Service Corps [30]

Royal Garrison Artillery [24]

Royal Army Medical Corps [22]

Machine Gun Corps [18]

Lancashire Fusiliers [17]

Durham Light Infantry [16]

Manchester Regiment [16]

Northumberland Fusiliers [16]

East Yorkshire Regiment [12]

Liverpool Regiment [10]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [10]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [9]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [9]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [8]

London Regiment [7]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [7]

Lincolnshire Regiment [6]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [6]

Army Veterinary Corps [5]

Cheshire Regiment [5]

Devonshire Regiment [5]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [5]

Royal Defence Corps [5]

Tank Corps [5]

York and Lancaster Regiment [5]

Coldstream Guards [4]

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [4]

East Lancashire Regiment [4]

Royal Naval Division [4]

South Staffordshire Regiment [4]

Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Army Cyclist Corps [3]

Border Regiment [3]

East Surrey Regiment [3]

Norfolk Regiment [3]

Reserve of Officers/ Dragoon Guards [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Royal Naval Reserve [3]

Royal Scots [3]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3]

Seaforth Highlanders [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Cameron Highlanders [2]

Service

British Army [478]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [38]

Royal Navy [33]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [20]

Australian Imperial Force [11]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [587]

Contribution

Military Service [581]

Conscientious Objector [3]

Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [14]

United States [1]

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People [587] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Halifax, Yorkshire [8] Huddersfield, Yorkshire [4] Leeds, Yorkshire [4] Burnley, Lancashire [2] Edgbaston, Birmingham [2] Halifax England [2] Hull, Yorkshire [2] Leeds England [2] Manchester, Lancashire [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Ballynatray, Co. Waterford [1] Barrow, Lancashire [1] Bradford, Yorkshire [1] Brighouse, Shipley, Yorkshire [1] Brighouse, Yorkshire [1] Doncaster, Yorkshire [1] Greetland, Halifax, Yorkshire. [1] Guildford, Surrey [1] Hallifax, Yorkshire [1] Haywood near Bury, Lancashire [1] Honley, Huddersfield, Yorkshire [1] Hoxton England [1] Hunslet, Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Lancashire [1] Marsden England [1] Milnrow [1] Nottingham England [1] Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England [1] Otley,Wharfdale, Yorkshire [1] Pontefract, Yorkshire [1] Rastrick, Yorkshire [1] Salford, Lancashire [1] Sheffield, Yorkshire [1] Stainland, Yorkshire [1] Stanley Lane End, West Riding of Yorkshire [1] Sunderland, Durham [1] Wakefield, Yorkshire [1] Wellington NZ [1] West Hartlepool, Durham [1] Westminster, London [1] York, Yorkshire [1] Yorkshire England [1]

Rank

Private [325] Gunner [46] Corporal [19] Driver [19] Sapper [18] Serjeant [13] Second Lieutenant [10] Captain [9] Lieutenant [9] Lance Corporal [7] Acting Corporal [6] Rifleman [4] Acting Serjeant [3] Deck Hand [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Bombardier [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Major [2] Pioneer [2] 2nd Serjeant [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Farrier Serjeant [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Bearer [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Honorary Major [1] Leading Seaman [1] Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Master [1] Sergeant [1] Serjeant/Artillery Clerk /Acting Staff Serjeant Artillery Clerk [1] Squadron Leader [1] Staff Nurse [1] Surgeon [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Worker [1]

Unit

West Riding Regiment [54] Royal Field Artillery [46] Labour Corps [36] West Yorkshire Regiment [36] Royal Engineers [32] Army Service Corps [30] Royal Garrison Artillery [24] Royal Army Medical Corps [22] Machine Gun Corps [18] Lancashire Fusiliers [17] Durham Light Infantry [16] Manchester Regiment [16] Northumberland Fusiliers [16] East Yorkshire Regiment [12] Liverpool Regiment [10] Yorkshire Light Infantry [10] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [9] Royal Lancaster Regiment [9] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [8] London Regiment [7] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [7] Lincolnshire Regiment [6] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [6] Army Veterinary Corps [5] Cheshire Regiment [5] Devonshire Regiment [5] King's Royal Rifle Corps [5] Royal Defence Corps [5] Tank Corps [5] York and Lancaster Regiment [5] Coldstream Guards [4] Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [4] East Lancashire Regiment [4] Royal Naval Division [4] South Staffordshire Regiment [4] Yorkshire Regiment [4] Army Cyclist Corps [3] Border Regiment [3] East Surrey Regiment [3] Norfolk Regiment [3] Reserve of Officers/ Dragoon Guards [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Royal Naval Reserve [3] Royal Scots [3] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3] Seaforth Highlanders [3] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Cameron Highlanders [2]

Service

British Army [478] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [38] Royal Navy [33] Canadian Expeditionary Force [20] Australian Imperial Force [11] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [587]

Contribution

Military Service [581] Conscientious Objector [3] Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [14] United States [1]

John Othic Holroyd

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army 12622 Serjeant Norfolk Regiment 7th Battalion

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Cyril Bernardine Holroyd

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 4381 Rifleman London Regiment 16th (County of London) Battalion (Queen's Westmininster)

British Army 4381 Private London Regiment 16th (County of London) Battalion (Queen's Westminster)

British Army 4381 Rifleman London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles)

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Lewis Holroyd

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 176389 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 176389 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 355th Siege Battery

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Matthew Henry Holroyd

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 9929 Private Army Cyclist Corps

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Alvin Holroyd

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 201707 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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William Holroyd

British Army M2/051828 Private Army Service Corps.(TF) 263. Coy.

British Army M2/051828 Private Army Service Corps. 619 (MT) Coy.

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Wilfred Hugh Holroyd

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 12632 Corporal Norfolk Regiment

British Army 12632 Serjeant Norfolk Regiment 7th Battalion

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Albert Holroyd

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 240758 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 240758 Lance Corporal Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 240758 Lance Corporal Lancashire Fusiliers

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John Percy Holroyd

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 267969

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William Henry Holroyd

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 193320

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Horace Holroyd

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 162740

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Ernest James Holroyd

Born 1869

Died 1918

Other Empire Force Master Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy)

Other Empire Force Master Mercantile Marine - SS War Knight

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Herbert Holroyd

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 305972

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John Herbert Stead Holroyd

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 60854

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George Holroyd

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 246034

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Ernest Holroyd

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 96514

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Horace Holroyd

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 119717

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Samuel Lawrence Holroyd

Died 1917

British Army 6300 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 242991 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Harold Holroyd

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 14318 Private Manchester Regiment

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Norman Holroyd

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 203748 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 203748 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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