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Huddersfield, Yorkshire [9]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [7]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [5]

Yorkshire England [3]

Bradford, Yorkshire [2]

Brisbane Queensland [2]

Dublin [2]

Flockton, Wakefield, Yorkshire [2]

Fulstone, West Yorkshire [2]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2]

Hull, Yorkshire [2]

Leeds, Yorkshire [2]

Unley South Australia [2]

Wakefield, Yorkshire [2]

Albert Park Victoria [1]

Almondbury, Yorkshire [1]

Atcham, Shropshire [1]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

Blessington Tasmania [1]

Bolsover, Derbyshire [1]

Brixton, London [1]

Bromley, Yorkshire [1]

Brunswick New South Wales [1]

Canning Town, London [1]

Dalton, Huddersfield, Yorkshire [1]

Douglas, Isle of Man, England [1]

Elmhurst Victoria [1]

Eltham Victoria [1]

Flight Hill, Hepworth, West Yorkshire [1]

Flockton, Yorkshire [1]

Fremantle Western Australia [1]

Fulstone, Penistone, Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

Hepworth, West Yorkshire [1]

Holmfirth [1]

Hyde Park, Westminster, London [1]

Ilford, Essex [1]

Katoomba New South Wales [1]

Kensington, London [1]

Lanarkshire [1]

Leeds England [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

London [1]

Madron, Cornwall [1]

Maedon Victoria [1]

Malmsbury Victoria [1]

Manchester England [1]

Middlesex England [1]

Middleton, Lancashire [1]

Mirfield, Yorkshire [1]

New Mill, Holmfirth, Huddersfield [1]

Rank

Private [434]

Gunner [43]

Corporal [37]

Driver [34]

Serjeant [23]

Second Lieutenant [22]

Sapper [20]

Lieutenant [19]

Captain [17]

Lance Corporal [14]

Acting Corporal [10]

Acting Serjeant [7]

Major [6]

Pioneer [5]

Bombardier [3]

Colonel [3]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Commander [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Leading Seaman [2]

Major /Acting Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Rifleman [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Captain and Dental Surgeon [1]

Colonel/ Colonel [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Corporal Shoeing Smith [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Matron [1]

Medical Officer [1]

Private /Lance Corporal [1]

Sergeant [1]

Serjeant Major [1]

Sister [1]

Staff Serjeant Major Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Surgeon Captain [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Trooper [1]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

West Riding Regiment [77]

Labour Corps [62]

West Yorkshire Regiment [44]

Royal Field Artillery [43]

Royal Garrison Artillery [39]

Royal Engineers [37]

Army Service Corps [35]

York and Lancaster Regiment [29]

Royal Army Medical Corps [27]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [27]

Northumberland Fusiliers [22]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [20]

Liverpool Regiment [20]

Durham Light Infantry [15]

Machine Gun Corps [14]

Lancashire Fusiliers [12]

Lincolnshire Regiment [10]

London Regiment [10]

Leicestershire Regiment [9]

Middlesex Regiment [9]

Yorkshire Regiment [9]

North Staffordshire Regiment [8]

Royal Army Service Corps [8]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [8]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [8]

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [7]

Manchester Regiment [7]

Royal Fusiliers [7]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [7]

South Staffordshire Regiment [7]

East Yorkshire Regiment [6]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [6]

Royal Horse Artillery [6]

Royal Sussex Regiment [6]

Highland Light Infantry [5]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [5]

Royal Defence Corps [5]

Royal Highlanders [5]

Royal Irish Rifles [5]

Army Pay Corps [4]

Army Veterinary Corps [4]

British Red Cross Society and Order of St John of Jerusalem [4]

Cameron Highlanders [4]

Cheshire Regiment [4]

Hussars [4]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [4]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4]

Royal Air Force [4]

Coldstream Guards [3]

Essex Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [651]

Royal Navy [40]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [39]

Australian Imperial Force [26]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [21]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [10]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

K [801]

L [5]

B [1]

E [1]

M [1]

P [1]

R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [784]

Merchant Navy [16]

Conscientious Objector [8]

Country

United Kingdom [16]

France [1]

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Place of birth

Huddersfield, Yorkshire [9] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [7] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [5] Yorkshire England [3] Bradford, Yorkshire [2] Brisbane Queensland [2] Dublin [2] Flockton, Wakefield, Yorkshire [2] Fulstone, West Yorkshire [2] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [2] Hull, Yorkshire [2] Leeds, Yorkshire [2] Unley South Australia [2] Wakefield, Yorkshire [2] Albert Park Victoria [1] Almondbury, Yorkshire [1] Atcham, Shropshire [1] Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Blessington Tasmania [1] Bolsover, Derbyshire [1] Brixton, London [1] Bromley, Yorkshire [1] Brunswick New South Wales [1] Canning Town, London [1] Dalton, Huddersfield, Yorkshire [1] Douglas, Isle of Man, England [1] Elmhurst Victoria [1] Eltham Victoria [1] Flight Hill, Hepworth, West Yorkshire [1] Flockton, Yorkshire [1] Fremantle Western Australia [1] Fulstone, Penistone, Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Hepworth, West Yorkshire [1] Holmfirth [1] Hyde Park, Westminster, London [1] Ilford, Essex [1] Katoomba New South Wales [1] Kensington, London [1] Lanarkshire [1] Leeds England [1] Liverpool, Lancashire [1] London [1] Madron, Cornwall [1] Maedon Victoria [1] Malmsbury Victoria [1] Manchester England [1] Middlesex England [1] Middleton, Lancashire [1] Mirfield, Yorkshire [1] New Mill, Holmfirth, Huddersfield [1]

Rank

Private [434] Gunner [43] Corporal [37] Driver [34] Serjeant [23] Second Lieutenant [22] Sapper [20] Lieutenant [19] Captain [17] Lance Corporal [14] Acting Corporal [10] Acting Serjeant [7] Major [6] Pioneer [5] Bombardier [3] Colonel [3] Colour Serjeant [3] Commander [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Leading Seaman [2] Major /Acting Lieutenant Colonel [2] Rifleman [2] Temporary Captain [2] Acting Major [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Captain and Dental Surgeon [1] Colonel/ Colonel [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Corporal Shoeing Smith [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Matron [1] Medical Officer [1] Private /Lance Corporal [1] Sergeant [1] Serjeant Major [1] Sister [1] Staff Serjeant Major Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1] Surgeon Captain [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1] Trooper [1] Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Worker [1]

Unit

West Riding Regiment [77] Labour Corps [62] West Yorkshire Regiment [44] Royal Field Artillery [43] Royal Garrison Artillery [39] Royal Engineers [37] Army Service Corps [35] York and Lancaster Regiment [29] Royal Army Medical Corps [27] Yorkshire Light Infantry [27] Northumberland Fusiliers [22] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [20] Liverpool Regiment [20] Durham Light Infantry [15] Machine Gun Corps [14] Lancashire Fusiliers [12] Lincolnshire Regiment [10] London Regiment [10] Leicestershire Regiment [9] Middlesex Regiment [9] Yorkshire Regiment [9] North Staffordshire Regiment [8] Royal Army Service Corps [8] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [8] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [8] Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [7] Manchester Regiment [7] Royal Fusiliers [7] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [7] South Staffordshire Regiment [7] East Yorkshire Regiment [6] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [6] Royal Horse Artillery [6] Royal Sussex Regiment [6] Highland Light Infantry [5] King's Royal Rifle Corps [5] Royal Defence Corps [5] Royal Highlanders [5] Royal Irish Rifles [5] Army Pay Corps [4] Army Veterinary Corps [4] British Red Cross Society and Order of St John of Jerusalem [4] Cameron Highlanders [4] Cheshire Regiment [4] Hussars [4] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [4] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4] Royal Air Force [4] Coldstream Guards [3] Essex Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [651] Royal Navy [40] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [39] Australian Imperial Force [26] Canadian Expeditionary Force [21] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [10] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

K [801] L [5] B [1] E [1] M [1] P [1] R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [784] Merchant Navy [16] Conscientious Objector [8]

Country

United Kingdom [16] France [1]

George Kaye

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 1719 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 1719 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Ernest Kaye

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 50200 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 35114 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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David Kaye

Born 1880

Died 1916

British Army 29006 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 23797 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 23797 Private Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

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Harry Kaye

Died 1916

British Army 6018 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 6018 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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Dyson Kaye

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 41947 Private Manchester Regiment

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Mark Kaye

Died 1917

British Army S/18817 Private Cameron Highlanders

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George Kaye

Died 1916

British Army 3933 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 3933 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Lewis H Kaye

Died 1917

British Army 3847 Private Royal Scots

British Army 270125 Private Royal Scots

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John Kaye

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army 9175 Private Highland Light Infantry

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Herbert Kaye

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 2993 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Joseph Kaye

Born 1877

Died 1917

British Army 23985 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Oliver Kaye

Died 1916

British Army 3172 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 240912 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 240912 Private Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

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Alex R Kaye

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 572 Corporal Acting Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

British Army 572 Acting Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

British Army 572 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

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George Kaye

Died 1918

British Army 25000 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 156627 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 156627 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Joseph Kaye

Died 1915

British Army 3/8281 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 3/8281 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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George Henry Kaye

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 23950 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 40880 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Astley Eustace Kaye

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 38042 Serjeant East Surrey Regiment

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Frank Leon Kaye

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army SIK/137 Lance Corporal Royal Fusiliers

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers

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George Edgar Kaye

Died 1917

British Army 203496 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army 260074 Private North Staffordshire Regiment

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John Kaye

Died 1916

British Army 4182 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 4182 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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