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Darlington, Durham [8]

Leeds, Yorkshire [6]

Newcastle New South Wales [6]

Hartlepool, Durham, England [4]

London, Middlesex, England [4]

Newcastle, Northumberland [4]

Sydney New South Wales [4]

Brisbane Queensland [3]

Durham [3]

Hull, Yorkshire [3]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [3]

Ingleton, Yorkshire [3]

Ripon, Yorkshire [3]

Rochdale, Lancashire [3]

Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [2]

Belfast, Antrim [2]

Bishop Auckland, Durham [2]

Burnley, Lancashire [2]

Calcutta [2]

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [2]

Chesterfield, Derbyshire [2]

Coopernook New South Wales [2]

Forest Hill, London [2]

Islington, London [2]

Kyneton Victoria [2]

Lambton New South Wales [2]

Lancaster, Lancashire [2]

Leeds England [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2]

London England [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

Macclesfield, Cheshire [2]

Melbourne Victoria [2]

Montreal, Canada [2]

Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [2]

Newton-le-Willows, Yorkshire [2]

Norfolk Island New South Wales [2]

Ossett, Yorkshire [2]

Skipton, Yorkshire [2]

Sunderland, Durham [2]

West Hartlepool, Durham [2]

West Maitland New South Wales [2]

Yorkshire [2]

Aldershot, Hampshire [1]

Armidale New South Wales [1]

Auckland [1]

Aysgarth, Yorkshire [1]

Bainbridge, Yorkshire [1]

Bampton, Westmorland [1]

Banff, Banffshire, Scotland [1]

Rank

Private [1059]

Gunner [133]

Driver [106]

Serjeant [93]

Corporal [66]

Sapper [62]

Lance Corporal [39]

Lieutenant [36]

Second Lieutenant [36]

Captain [26]

Pioneer [19]

Bombardier [15]

Acting Corporal [11]

Company Serjeant Major [11]

Major [11]

Acting Serjeant [9]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [8]

Acting Bombardier [7]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [6]

Lance Serjeant [6]

Rifleman [6]

Worker [6]

Colour Serjeant [5]

Lieutenant Colonel [5]

Able Seaman [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [3]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3]

Lance Bombardier [3]

Shoeing Smith [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Waggoner [3]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [2]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Brevet Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [2]

Brigadier General [2]

Guardsman [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Nurse [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Private Acting Corporal [2]

Saddler [2]

Serjeant /Acting Company Serjeant Major [2]

Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Trooper [2]

ALIAS Private [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [171]

Labour Corps [127]

Royal Engineers [118]

Army Service Corps [116]

West Yorkshire Regiment [102]

West Riding Regiment [94]

Durham Light Infantry [87]

Royal Garrison Artillery [79]

Northumberland Fusiliers [67]

Yorkshire Regiment [62]

Royal Army Medical Corps [50]

Manchester Regiment [49]

Machine Gun Corps [44]

York and Lancaster Regiment [37]

East Yorkshire Regiment [35]

Liverpool Regiment [33]

East Lancashire Regiment [28]

Royal Fusiliers [27]

Lancashire Fusiliers [26]

London Regiment [26]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [26]

Border Regiment [25]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [25]

Lincolnshire Regiment [24]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [21]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [20]

Cheshire Regiment [17]

Royal Army Service Corps [17]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [16]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [14]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [13]

Rifle Brigade [13]

Royal Naval Division [13]

Scottish Rifles [12]

Coldstream Guards [11]

Highland Light Infantry [11]

Northamptonshire Regiment [11]

Canadian Infantry [10]

Leicestershire Regiment [10]

Middlesex Regiment [10]

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [9]

Hussars [9]

Royal Air Force [9]

Royal Defence Corps [9]

Gordon Highlanders [8]

Royal Horse Artillery [8]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [8]

Royal West Kent Regiment [8]

Tank Corps [8]

South Lancashire Regiment [7]

Service

British Army [1674]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [141]

Royal Navy [127]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [107]

Australian Imperial Force [60]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [19]

Indian Army [3]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [2167]

Contribution

Military Service [2126]

Merchant Navy [36]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [38]

Australia [1]

Canada [1]

India [1]

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Place of birth

Darlington, Durham [8] Leeds, Yorkshire [6] Newcastle New South Wales [6] Hartlepool, Durham, England [4] London, Middlesex, England [4] Newcastle, Northumberland [4] Sydney New South Wales [4] Brisbane Queensland [3] Durham [3] Hull, Yorkshire [3] Hull, Yorkshire, England [3] Ingleton, Yorkshire [3] Ripon, Yorkshire [3] Rochdale, Lancashire [3] Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire [2] Belfast, Antrim [2] Bishop Auckland, Durham [2] Burnley, Lancashire [2] Calcutta [2] Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [2] Chesterfield, Derbyshire [2] Coopernook New South Wales [2] Forest Hill, London [2] Islington, London [2] Kyneton Victoria [2] Lambton New South Wales [2] Lancaster, Lancashire [2] Leeds England [2] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2] London England [2] London, Middlesex [2] Macclesfield, Cheshire [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] Montreal, Canada [2] Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [2] Newton-le-Willows, Yorkshire [2] Norfolk Island New South Wales [2] Ossett, Yorkshire [2] Skipton, Yorkshire [2] Sunderland, Durham [2] West Hartlepool, Durham [2] West Maitland New South Wales [2] Yorkshire [2] Aldershot, Hampshire [1] Armidale New South Wales [1] Auckland [1] Aysgarth, Yorkshire [1] Bainbridge, Yorkshire [1] Bampton, Westmorland [1] Banff, Banffshire, Scotland [1]

Rank

Private [1059] Gunner [133] Driver [106] Serjeant [93] Corporal [66] Sapper [62] Lance Corporal [39] Lieutenant [36] Second Lieutenant [36] Captain [26] Pioneer [19] Bombardier [15] Acting Corporal [11] Company Serjeant Major [11] Major [11] Acting Serjeant [9] Warrant Officer Class 2 [8] Acting Bombardier [7] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [6] Lance Serjeant [6] Rifleman [6] Worker [6] Colour Serjeant [5] Lieutenant Colonel [5] Able Seaman [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Acting Company Serjeant Major [3] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3] Lance Bombardier [3] Shoeing Smith [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Temporary Captain [3] Waggoner [3] Air Mechanic 1st Class [2] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Brevet Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [2] Brigadier General [2] Guardsman [2] Leading Seaman [2] Nurse [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Private Acting Corporal [2] Saddler [2] Serjeant /Acting Company Serjeant Major [2] Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] Trooper [2] ALIAS Private [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [171] Labour Corps [127] Royal Engineers [118] Army Service Corps [116] West Yorkshire Regiment [102] West Riding Regiment [94] Durham Light Infantry [87] Royal Garrison Artillery [79] Northumberland Fusiliers [67] Yorkshire Regiment [62] Royal Army Medical Corps [50] Manchester Regiment [49] Machine Gun Corps [44] York and Lancaster Regiment [37] East Yorkshire Regiment [35] Liverpool Regiment [33] East Lancashire Regiment [28] Royal Fusiliers [27] Lancashire Fusiliers [26] London Regiment [26] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [26] Border Regiment [25] Royal Lancaster Regiment [25] Lincolnshire Regiment [24] King's Royal Rifle Corps [21] Yorkshire Light Infantry [20] Cheshire Regiment [17] Royal Army Service Corps [17] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [16] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [14] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [13] Rifle Brigade [13] Royal Naval Division [13] Scottish Rifles [12] Coldstream Guards [11] Highland Light Infantry [11] Northamptonshire Regiment [11] Canadian Infantry [10] Leicestershire Regiment [10] Middlesex Regiment [10] Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [9] Hussars [9] Royal Air Force [9] Royal Defence Corps [9] Gordon Highlanders [8] Royal Horse Artillery [8] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [8] Royal West Kent Regiment [8] Tank Corps [8] South Lancashire Regiment [7]

Service

British Army [1674] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [141] Royal Navy [127] Canadian Expeditionary Force [107] Australian Imperial Force [60] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [19] Indian Army [3] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [2167]

Contribution

Military Service [2126] Merchant Navy [36] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [38] Australia [1] Canada [1] India [1]

Edward Dudley Metcalfe

Born 1887

Died 1957

Indian Army Second Lieutenant Unattached List Auxiliary Forces

Indian Army Second Lieutenant Unattached List

British Army Second Lieutenant Connaught Rangers Seconded from Indian Army List

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Charles H Metcalfe

Born 1899

Died 1955

British Army 19214 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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Francis William Metcalfe

Born 1891

Died 1976

British Army 204056 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Michael Charles Metcalfe

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 6172 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment

British Army 327867 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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James John William Turner Metcalfe

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 2329 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 2329 Corporal West Riding Regiment

British Army 2329 Serjt. Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment 1st/6th Battalion

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Harry Metcalfe

Born 1893

Died 1965

British Army 3936 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 3936 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 3936 Private Manchester Regiment 12th manchest Battalion

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Walter Metcalfe

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 15/642 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 15/642 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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William Metcalfe

Born 1895

Died 1967

British Army 26017 Private Border Regiment

British Army 49132 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 389164 Private Labour Corps

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George Metcalfe

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 266960 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 266960 Private Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) 2nd/6th Battalion

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Morton Metcalfe

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 232869 Driver Royal Field Artillery 44th Res. Bty. 86th Bde.

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Joseph Albert Metcalfe

Born 1891

British Army 11613 Private East Lancashire Regiment 6th Battalion

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Cecil Edward Metcalfe

Born 1880

Died 1918

British Army 4505 Private Suffolk Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 9827 Colour Serjeant Duke of Wellington's Own West Riding Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 9827 Serjeant Duke of Wellington's Own West Riding Regiment 2nd Battalion

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George Harrison Metcalfe

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 9148

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Arthur Frederic Metcalfe

Born 1890

Died 1915

Canadian Expeditionary Force 6367

Canadian Expeditionary Force 6367 Lance Corporal Canadian Infantry

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William Metcalfe

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 51413

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Christopher James Metcalfe

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 405736

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John Metcalfe

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 63029

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John Metcalfe

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 246676

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Fred Metcalfe

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 43861

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George Metcalfe

Born 1893

British Army 1372 West Riding Regiment 6th Battalion

British Army 6/1372 Sergeant West Riding Regiment

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