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Huddersfield, Yorkshire [5]

Chesterfield, Derbyshire [3]

Leeds, Yorkshire [3]

Moama New South Wales [3]

Shobrooke, Devon [3]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [2]

Canning Town, London [2]

Chatham, Kent [2]

Feltham, Middlesex [2]

Harwich, Essex, England [2]

Holbeck, Leeds, Yorkshire [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

Retford, Nottinghamshire [2]

Richmond, Surrey [2]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [2]

Williamson Street, Holbeck, Leeds, Yorkshire [2]

Ashford, Kent [1]

Austonley, West Yorkshire [1]

Barby, Northamptonshire [1]

Bendigo Victoria [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Bolton on Dearne, Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

Brading, Isle of Wight [1]

Brightlingsea, Essex [1]

Brixton, London [1]

Brownhills [1]

Burnley, Lancashire [1]

Burton on Trent, Staffordshire [1]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire [1]

Chelsea, London, Middlesex [1]

Cinder Hill, Staffordshire [1]

Clerkheaton, Yorkshire [1]

Conisbrough, Yorkshire [1]

Cork, Ireland [1]

Dewsbury, Yorkshire [1]

Durham, Durham [1]

Fermoy, Cork [1]

Fyansford Victoria [1]

Grays, Essex, England [1]

Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1]

Grimesthorpe, Sheffield, Yorkshire [1]

Hampstead, London [1]

Harwich, Essex [1]

Hathersage, Derbyshire [1]

Headingley Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Hillsborough, Sheffield, Yorkshire [1]

Holborn, London [1]

Holborn, London, Middlesex [1]

Huddersfield [1]

Hull, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [405]

Gunner [41]

Driver [38]

Corporal [34]

Serjeant [34]

Sapper [25]

Lance Corporal [13]

Lieutenant [12]

Second Lieutenant [11]

Captain [8]

Acting Corporal [7]

Company Serjeant Major [5]

Pioneer [5]

Lance Serjeant [4]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Drummer [3]

Staff Nurse [3]

Temporary Lieutenant [3]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Bombardier [2]

Chief Warrant Officer [2]

Farrier Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Major [2]

Private Acting Serjeant [2]

Rifleman [2]

Sergeant [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Corporal 2nd [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

CSM [1]

Commissioned Recruiter [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Corporal Lance Serjeant [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Deck hand [1]

Flight Sergeant [1]

Flying Officer [1]

Leading Signalman [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [57]

Royal Engineers [51]

Labour Corps [49]

Army Service Corps [45]

West Yorkshire Regiment [33]

Royal Garrison Artillery [32]

Royal Army Medical Corps [28]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [24]

York and Lancaster Regiment [24]

West Riding Regiment [22]

Lincolnshire Regiment [14]

Manchester Regiment [14]

Durham Light Infantry [13]

Lancashire Fusiliers [13]

Machine Gun Corps [13]

Northumberland Fusiliers [13]

East Yorkshire Regiment [12]

London Regiment [12]

Royal Fusiliers [12]

Liverpool Regiment [11]

Norfolk Regiment [10]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [10]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [10]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [9]

Cheshire Regiment [8]

Leicestershire Regiment [8]

Essex Regiment [7]

Gloucestershire Regiment [7]

Royal Army Service Corps [7]

Royal Defence Corps [7]

Yorkshire Regiment [7]

Hussars [6]

Rifle Brigade [6]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [6]

South Lancashire Regiment [6]

South Staffordshire Regiment [6]

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

Army Ordnance Corps [5]

Bedfordshire Regiment [5]

Devonshire Regiment [5]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [5]

Royal Irish Rifles [5]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [4]

East Kent Regiment [4]

East Lancashire Regiment [4]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [4]

Suffolk Regiment [4]

The Queen's Regiment [4]

Worcestershire Regiment [4]

Army Veterinary Corps [3]

Service

British Army [625]

Royal Navy [59]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [46]

Australian Imperial Force [19]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [18]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Last name first letter

L [784]

B [1]

Contribution

Military Service [768]

Merchant Navy [11]

Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [19]

Malta [2]

India [1]

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Huddersfield, Yorkshire [5] Chesterfield, Derbyshire [3] Leeds, Yorkshire [3] Moama New South Wales [3] Shobrooke, Devon [3] Bristol, Gloucestershire [2] Canning Town, London [2] Chatham, Kent [2] Feltham, Middlesex [2] Harwich, Essex, England [2] Holbeck, Leeds, Yorkshire [2] London, Middlesex [2] Retford, Nottinghamshire [2] Richmond, Surrey [2] Sheffield, Yorkshire [2] Williamson Street, Holbeck, Leeds, Yorkshire [2] Ashford, Kent [1] Austonley, West Yorkshire [1] Barby, Northamptonshire [1] Bendigo Victoria [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Bolton on Dearne, Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Brading, Isle of Wight [1] Brightlingsea, Essex [1] Brixton, London [1] Brownhills [1] Burnley, Lancashire [1] Burton on Trent, Staffordshire [1] Cardiff, Glamorganshire [1] Chelsea, London, Middlesex [1] Cinder Hill, Staffordshire [1] Clerkheaton, Yorkshire [1] Conisbrough, Yorkshire [1] Cork, Ireland [1] Dewsbury, Yorkshire [1] Durham, Durham [1] Fermoy, Cork [1] Fyansford Victoria [1] Grays, Essex, England [1] Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1] Grimesthorpe, Sheffield, Yorkshire [1] Hampstead, London [1] Harwich, Essex [1] Hathersage, Derbyshire [1] Headingley Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Hillsborough, Sheffield, Yorkshire [1] Holborn, London [1] Holborn, London, Middlesex [1] Huddersfield [1] Hull, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [405] Gunner [41] Driver [38] Corporal [34] Serjeant [34] Sapper [25] Lance Corporal [13] Lieutenant [12] Second Lieutenant [11] Captain [8] Acting Corporal [7] Company Serjeant Major [5] Pioneer [5] Lance Serjeant [4] Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Acting Serjeant [3] Drummer [3] Staff Nurse [3] Temporary Lieutenant [3] Air Mechanic 1st Class [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Bombardier [2] Chief Warrant Officer [2] Farrier Serjeant [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Major [2] Private Acting Serjeant [2] Rifleman [2] Sergeant [2] Staff Serjeant [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Corporal 2nd [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] CSM [1] Commissioned Recruiter [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Corporal Lance Serjeant [1] Deck Hand [1] Deck hand [1] Flight Sergeant [1] Flying Officer [1] Leading Signalman [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Ordinary Seaman [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [57] Royal Engineers [51] Labour Corps [49] Army Service Corps [45] West Yorkshire Regiment [33] Royal Garrison Artillery [32] Royal Army Medical Corps [28] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [24] York and Lancaster Regiment [24] West Riding Regiment [22] Lincolnshire Regiment [14] Manchester Regiment [14] Durham Light Infantry [13] Lancashire Fusiliers [13] Machine Gun Corps [13] Northumberland Fusiliers [13] East Yorkshire Regiment [12] London Regiment [12] Royal Fusiliers [12] Liverpool Regiment [11] Norfolk Regiment [10] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [10] Yorkshire Light Infantry [10] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [9] Cheshire Regiment [8] Leicestershire Regiment [8] Essex Regiment [7] Gloucestershire Regiment [7] Royal Army Service Corps [7] Royal Defence Corps [7] Yorkshire Regiment [7] Hussars [6] Rifle Brigade [6] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [6] South Lancashire Regiment [6] South Staffordshire Regiment [6] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [6] Army Ordnance Corps [5] Bedfordshire Regiment [5] Devonshire Regiment [5] King's Royal Rifle Corps [5] Royal Irish Rifles [5] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [4] East Kent Regiment [4] East Lancashire Regiment [4] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [4] Suffolk Regiment [4] The Queen's Regiment [4] Worcestershire Regiment [4] Army Veterinary Corps [3]

Service

British Army [625] Royal Navy [59] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [46] Australian Imperial Force [19] Canadian Expeditionary Force [18] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Last name first letter

L [784] B [1]

Contribution

Military Service [768] Merchant Navy [11] Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [19] Malta [2] India [1]

John William Littlewood

Born 1876

Died 1918

British Army 464211 Private Labour Corps ex Training Reserve

British Army 464211 Private Labour Corps

British Army 464211 Private Training Reserve 80th Battalion

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James Littlewood

Born 1896

Died 1954

British Army 2705 Air Mechanic 1st Class Royal Flying Corps

British Army 2705 Royal Army Medical Corps 2nd West Riding Field Ambulance

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 2705 Flight Sergeant

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Arthur Littlewood

Born 1876

Died 1915

British Army 18995 Private East Lancashire Regiment "D" Coy., 1st Bn.

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Walter Littlewood

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 50991 Private Lincolnshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Wilson Littlewood

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 53767 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

British Army 31416 Private Northumberland Fusiliers 8th Battalion

British Army 31416 Private Northumberland Fusiliers 23rd Battalion

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Arthur Littlewood

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 2713 Private Yorkshire Dragoons

British Army 32181 Private York and Lancaster Regiment 10th (Service) Battalion

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John Littlewood

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 283510

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Walter Vernon Littlewood

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 16340

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Edward Benjamin Littlewood

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 138458

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Ernest Harry Littlewood

Born 1883

Died 1963

British Army 6588 Company Quarter Master Serjeant Devonshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Devonshire Regiment

British Army Captain Devonshire Regiment

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Alfred George John Littlewood

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 68843

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James Littlewood

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 264773

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Ernest Archibald Littlewood

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 77939

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Abraham Littlewood

Born 1877

Died 1917

British Army 6676 Private South Staffordshire Regiment 8th Battalion

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William Littlewood

Born 1885

Died 1968

British Army 7119 Serjeant Devonshire Regiment

British Army 7119 Warrant Officer Class 2 Devonshire Regiment

British Army Corporal Devonshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Arthur Littlewood

Born 1873

Died 1916

British Army 132966 Sapper Royal Engineers 174 Tunnelling Company

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Harry Hope Mervin Littlewood

Born 1870

Died 1917

British Army 103024 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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John William Littlewood

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 22878

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Archibald Littlewood

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 402154

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John Vincent Littlewood

Born 1865

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 8338

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