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Sheffield, Yorkshire [8]

Doncaster, Yorkshire [6]

Yorkshire England [3]

Bedford, Bedfordshire [2]

Devonport Tasmania [2]

Fremantle Western Australia [2]

London England [2]

Sheffield [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

Wakefield, Yorkshire [2]

Auckland, Durham [1]

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Deloraine Tasmania [1]

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Dubbo New South Wales [1]

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Gringley-on-the-Hill, Lincolnshire [1]

Gundagai New South Wales [1]

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Maitland New South Wales [1]

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Morley,Yorkshire [1]

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Nottingham England [1]

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Paddington [1]

Plumstead, London [1]

Preston, Lancashire [1]

Preston, Lancs [1]

Toxteth, Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

Ulverstone Tasmania [1]

Umzinto [1]

Westminster, London [1]

Rank

Private [355]

Gunner [42]

Driver [29]

Corporal [21]

Second Lieutenant [19]

Sapper [18]

Lance Corporal [14]

Serjeant [14]

Lieutenant [13]

Captain [6]

Pioneer [6]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Bombardier [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Rifleman [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Able Seaman Driver [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Armourer [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant /Acting Captain [1]

Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1]

Major General [1]

Munitions Worker [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Sergeant [1]

Staff Serjeant /Acting Serjeant Major [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Trooper [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [47]

Labour Corps [45]

York and Lancaster Regiment [45]

Royal Engineers [38]

Army Service Corps [31]

West Yorkshire Regiment [26]

Royal Garrison Artillery [23]

Manchester Regiment [22]

Machine Gun Corps [21]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [21]

Cheshire Regiment [18]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [17]

Royal Army Medical Corps [17]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [17]

Northumberland Fusiliers [14]

East Yorkshire Regiment [13]

London Regiment [12]

Durham Light Infantry [10]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [10]

Lancashire Fusiliers [9]

Liverpool Regiment [9]

Royal Naval Division [9]

Lincolnshire Regiment [8]

Honourable Artillery Company [7]

Royal Army Service Corps [7]

Royal Flying Corps [7]

Leicestershire Regiment [6]

Royal Fusiliers [6]

Dragoon Guards [5]

East Lancashire Regiment [5]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [5]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5]

Scottish Rifles [5]

West Riding Regiment [5]

Yorkshire Regiment [5]

Army Cyclist Corps [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

Tank Corps [4]

Voluntary Aid Detachment [4]

East Kent Regiment [3]

Hussars [3]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [3]

North Staffordshire Regiment [3]

Northamptonshire Regiment [3]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [3]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [2]

Service

British Army [521]

Royal Navy [36]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [32]

Australian Imperial Force [22]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [13]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

L [630]

F [1]

Contribution

Military Service [624]

Merchant Navy [4]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [23]

South Africa [1]

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Place of birth

Sheffield, Yorkshire [8] Doncaster, Yorkshire [6] Yorkshire England [3] Bedford, Bedfordshire [2] Devonport Tasmania [2] Fremantle Western Australia [2] London England [2] Sheffield [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Wakefield, Yorkshire [2] Auckland, Durham [1] Bardsley, Lancashire [1] Barry Dock Wales [1] Bolton Lancashire [1] Bolton, Lancashire [1] Bradford,Yorkshire [1] Calcutta [1] Chelford, Cheshire [1] Clun, Shropshire [1] Darton, Yorkshire [1] Deloraine Tasmania [1] Devonport, Devon [1] Dubbo New South Wales [1] Elland, Halifax [1] Essex [1] Farnborough, Hampshire [1] Gringley-on-the-Hill, Lincolnshire [1] Gundagai New South Wales [1] Hearsley Bolton, Lancashire [1] Hertford England [1] Huddersfield, Yorkshire [1] Lancashire [1] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1] Maitland New South Wales [1] Mansfield, Nottingham [1] Many Peaks Queensland [1] Melbourne Victoria [1] Morley,Yorkshire [1] Mount Perry Queensland [1] Nottingham England [1] Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [1] Owlerton, Sheffield, Yorkshire [1] Paddington [1] Plumstead, London [1] Preston, Lancashire [1] Preston, Lancs [1] Toxteth, Liverpool, Lancashire [1] Ulverstone Tasmania [1] Umzinto [1] Westminster, London [1]

Rank

Private [355] Gunner [42] Driver [29] Corporal [21] Second Lieutenant [19] Sapper [18] Lance Corporal [14] Serjeant [14] Lieutenant [13] Captain [6] Pioneer [6] Acting Serjeant [4] Acting Corporal [3] Bombardier [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Rifleman [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Able Seaman Driver [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Armourer [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Deck Hand [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant /Acting Captain [1] Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1] Major General [1] Munitions Worker [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Sergeant [1] Staff Serjeant /Acting Serjeant Major [1] Temporary Captain [1] Trooper [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [47] Labour Corps [45] York and Lancaster Regiment [45] Royal Engineers [38] Army Service Corps [31] West Yorkshire Regiment [26] Royal Garrison Artillery [23] Manchester Regiment [22] Machine Gun Corps [21] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [21] Cheshire Regiment [18] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [17] Royal Army Medical Corps [17] Yorkshire Light Infantry [17] Northumberland Fusiliers [14] East Yorkshire Regiment [13] London Regiment [12] Durham Light Infantry [10] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [10] Lancashire Fusiliers [9] Liverpool Regiment [9] Royal Naval Division [9] Lincolnshire Regiment [8] Honourable Artillery Company [7] Royal Army Service Corps [7] Royal Flying Corps [7] Leicestershire Regiment [6] Royal Fusiliers [6] Dragoon Guards [5] East Lancashire Regiment [5] King's Own Scottish Borderers [5] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5] Scottish Rifles [5] West Riding Regiment [5] Yorkshire Regiment [5] Army Cyclist Corps [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] Tank Corps [4] Voluntary Aid Detachment [4] East Kent Regiment [3] Hussars [3] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [3] North Staffordshire Regiment [3] Northamptonshire Regiment [3] Royal Lancaster Regiment [3] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2] Army Veterinary Corps [2] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [2]

Service

British Army [521] Royal Navy [36] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [32] Australian Imperial Force [22] Canadian Expeditionary Force [13] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

L [630] F [1]

Contribution

Military Service [624] Merchant Navy [4] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [23] South Africa [1]

Ben Lindley

Born 1891

Died 1983

British Army P 15586 Private Military Foot Police

British Army 14440 Private West Yorkshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army P/15586 Lance Corporal Military Foot Police 1st Area Northern Command

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Irving Lindley

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 41914 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 2/5th (T.F.) Battalion

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Frank Louis Lindley

Born 1885

Died 1947

British Army F/17 Middlesex Regiment 5th Battalion

British Army F/17 Middlesex Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army F/17 Private Middlesex Regiment 17th (Service) Battalion

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Frederick James Lindley

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 203511 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

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Oswald Onsey Lindley

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 41023

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Charles William Lindley

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 111397

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George Lindley

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 166524

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Edwin Lindley

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 118140

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Albert Edward Lindley

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 111427

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Harry Lindley

Born 1877

Died 1916

British Army 3573 Quarter Master Serjeant Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 3573 Lieutenant and Quarter Master Leicestershire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Leicestershire Regiment

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John Lindley

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 81479

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George Lindley

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 104627

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James Henry Lindley

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 198971

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Samuel Farnworth

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 2240 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 2240 Private Loyal 3rd Battalion

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Bryant Lutellus Lindley

Born 1898

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

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Ernest Lindley

Died 1917

British Army 59903 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 59903 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Joseph Lindley

Born 1875

Died 1917

British Army 20368 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Fred Lindley

Died 1917

British Army 14/620 Serjeant York and Lancaster Regiment 14th Battalion (2nd Barnsley Pals)

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Wilfred Lindley

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 136114 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Donald William Lindley

Born 1896

Died 1956

British Army 1785 Serjeant Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant East Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 90003 Serjeant Royal Army Medical Corps

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