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Pontefract, Yorkshire [2]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Bishop Auckland, Durham [1]

Bridlington England [1]

Canton [1]

Catford, Kent [1]

Collingwood Victoria [1]

Deptford, Kent [1]

Doncaster, Yorkshire [1]

Essex England [1]

Goole, Yorkshire [1]

Guisborough, Yorkshire [1]

Headingley, Yorkshire [1]

Hong Kong [1]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [1]

Islington, London [1]

Islington, London, Middlesex [1]

Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

London England [1]

Minyip Victoria [1]

Near Pickering, Yorkshire [1]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [1]

Ripon, Yorkshire [1]

South Shields, Durham, England [1]

Sydney New South Wales [1]

Tottenham, London [1]

Tottenham, Middlesex [1]

Tottenham, Middlesex, England [1]

York, Yorkshire [1]

Yorkshire England [1]

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Private [78]

Gunner [12]

Corporal [10]

Serjeant [9]

Sapper [8]

Driver [7]

Lieutenant [5]

Captain [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Lance Corporal [2]

Second Lieutenant [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Bombardier [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Labourer [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Orderly [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Private Lance Corporal [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sergeant [1]

Squadron Serjeant Major [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Trooper [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

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Royal Engineers [16]

Royal Field Artillery [13]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [13]

Army Service Corps [11]

Durham Light Infantry [10]

Labour Corps [9]

Northumberland Fusiliers [7]

Yorkshire Regiment [7]

London Regiment [6]

Royal Garrison Artillery [6]

Royal Army Medical Corps [5]

York and Lancaster Regiment [5]

East Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Leicestershire Regiment [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Army Pay Corps [2]

Border Regiment [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

French Red Cross [2]

Highland Light Infantry [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

West Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Army Reserve [1]

Army Service Corps Transport [1]

Battalion [1]

British Red Cross Society [1]

British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [1]

Chinese Porter Corps [1]

Coldstream Guards Scots Guards [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

General List [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

Hussars [1]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [1]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

Labour Corps Western Command [1]

Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

Lancers [1]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [143]

Royal Navy [15]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [14]

Australian Imperial Force [7]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [7]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4]

Last name first letter

L [199]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [188]

Merchant Navy [8]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [3]

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Place of birth

Pontefract, Yorkshire [2] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Bishop Auckland, Durham [1] Bridlington England [1] Canton [1] Catford, Kent [1] Collingwood Victoria [1] Deptford, Kent [1] Doncaster, Yorkshire [1] Essex England [1] Goole, Yorkshire [1] Guisborough, Yorkshire [1] Headingley, Yorkshire [1] Hong Kong [1] Hull, Yorkshire, England [1] Islington, London [1] Islington, London, Middlesex [1] Leeds, Yorkshire [1] London England [1] Minyip Victoria [1] Near Pickering, Yorkshire [1] Portsmouth, Hampshire [1] Ripon, Yorkshire [1] South Shields, Durham, England [1] Sydney New South Wales [1] Tottenham, London [1] Tottenham, Middlesex [1] Tottenham, Middlesex, England [1] York, Yorkshire [1] Yorkshire England [1]

Rank

Private [78] Gunner [12] Corporal [10] Serjeant [9] Sapper [8] Driver [7] Lieutenant [5] Captain [3] Acting Corporal [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Lance Corporal [2] Second Lieutenant [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Bombardier [1] Deck Hand [1] Labourer [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Orderly [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Private Lance Corporal [1] Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Rifleman [1] Sergeant [1] Squadron Serjeant Major [1] Staff Nurse [1] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Trooper [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [16] Royal Field Artillery [13] Yorkshire Light Infantry [13] Army Service Corps [11] Durham Light Infantry [10] Labour Corps [9] Northumberland Fusiliers [7] Yorkshire Regiment [7] London Regiment [6] Royal Garrison Artillery [6] Royal Army Medical Corps [5] York and Lancaster Regiment [5] East Yorkshire Regiment [4] Leicestershire Regiment [3] Royal Air Force [3] Army Pay Corps [2] Border Regiment [2] Essex Regiment [2] French Red Cross [2] Highland Light Infantry [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] West Yorkshire Regiment [2] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Army Reserve [1] Army Service Corps Transport [1] Battalion [1] British Red Cross Society [1] British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [1] Chinese Porter Corps [1] Coldstream Guards Scots Guards [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] General List [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] Hussars [1] King's Own Scottish Borderers [1] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] Labour Corps Western Command [1] Lancashire Fusiliers [1] Lancers [1] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1] Middlesex Regiment [1] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [143] Royal Navy [15] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [14] Australian Imperial Force [7] Canadian Expeditionary Force [7] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4]

Last name first letter

L [199] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [188] Merchant Navy [8] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [3]

George Leng

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 108377

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Arthur Leng

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 30180

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Ewyn Latimer Leng

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 213032

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Edward Leng

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 60219

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Henry Equity Leng

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 216642

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Albert Leng

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 4593 Private London Regiment

British Army 551788 Private London Regiment

British Army 551788 Rifleman London Regiment 16 london regiment (queen's west Battalion

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Albert Ernest Leng

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 240754 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 3268 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Richard J Leng

Died 1916

British Army 11594 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

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Ernest Henry Leng

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 311734

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Richard Leng

Died 1918

British Army 241031 Serjeant Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 3292 Sergeant King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Leslie Noel Leng

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 164535

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Charles Thompson Leng

Born 1888

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 23000 Otago Infantry Regiment

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John Greenhill Leng

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 313803

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William Hardcastle Leng

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 318963

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Robert Henry Leng

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 83828

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Wilfred Leng

Died 1918

British Army 14/470 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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William Leng

Died 1918

British Army 15461 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 102793 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 102793 Private Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

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Harold Leng

Died 1918

British Army 15023 Private Hampshire Regiment

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George Leng

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 41882 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Robert James Amery Leng

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 43284 Private Essex Regiment

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