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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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Place of birth

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]

Tom Parkin Littlewood

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 132364

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William Henry Littlewood

Born 1891

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 887343

Canadian Expeditionary Force 887343 Private Canadian Infantry

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Edward Ewen Littlewood

Australian Imperial Force 4139

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Joseph Littlewood

Born 1894

Died 1916

Royal Navy SS116244

Royal Navy S.S.116244 (Dev) Stoker 1st Class HMS Defence

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George Frederick Littlewood

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 208007

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Colyn Volta Littlewood

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 275077

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James William T Littlewood

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 282521

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Albert Littlewood

Born 1882

Died 1915

British Army 25270 Private Cheshire Regiment

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Albert Edward Littlewood

Died 1918

British Army 40909 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 40909 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Albert Littlewood

Died 1915

British Army 12281 Private Scottish Rifles

British Army 12281 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

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Rowland K Littlewood

Died 1918

British Army 60517 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 60517 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Charles Littlewood

Died 1916

British Army R/2188 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army C762 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army R/2188 Lance Corporal King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Ernest Frank Littlewood

Died 1916

British Army 43661 Private Norfolk Regiment

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Duncan Alfred Littlewood

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 41061 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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Ernest Littlewood

Died 1915

British Army 3149 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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Stanley Littlewood

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 65718 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Frank Littlewood

Died 1917

British Army 241936 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 241936 Private Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

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John Littlewood

Died 1918

British Army R/15807 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army R/15807 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Herbert Littlewood

Died 1917

British Army 52619 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 52619 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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George E Littlewood

Died 1918

British Army 453 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 478707 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 4200 Sapper Royal Engineers

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