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Bradford, Yorkshire [6]

Leeds, Yorkshire [6]

Halifax, Yorkshire [5]

Sydney New South Wales [5]

Birmingham [2]

Brisbane Queensland [2]

Derby, Derbyshire [2]

Hull, Yorkshire [2]

Keighley, Yorkshire [2]

Lancashire [2]

Malton, Yorkshire [2]

Manningham, Bradford, Yorkshire [2]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [2]

Barnolds Wick Near Burnley, Lancashire [1]

Bendigo Victoria [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1]

Bradford England [1]

Bradford Yorkshire [1]

Burnley, Lancashire [1]

Castleton, York, Yorkshire [1]

Durham England [1]

Earby, Yorkshire [1]

East Riding England [1]

Gilling, North Yorkshire [1]

Goole, Yorkshire [1]

Hebden Bridge,Todmorden,Yorks. [1]

Hebden Bridge,Todmorden,Yorkshire. [1]

Honeywell Lane, Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

Hull [1]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [1]

Hyde, Cheshire [1]

Kirkstall, Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Lancashire Manchester [1]

Lismore New South Wales [1]

Littleton, Liversedge [1]

Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Minyip Victoria [1]

Miranda New South Wales [1]

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [1]

Oldham Lancs [1]

Ossett, Wakefield, Yorkshire [1]

Pontefract, Yorkshire [1]

Rochdale [1]

Rochdale England [1]

Rochdale, Lancashire [1]

Salford, Lancashire [1]

Seaforth, Lancashire, England [1]

Selby England [1]

Selby, Yorkshire [1]

Sheffield England [1]

Rank

Private [368]

Driver [38]

Gunner [38]

Corporal [30]

Serjeant [27]

Sapper [21]

Second Lieutenant [18]

Lance Corporal [12]

Acting Corporal [7]

Bombardier [4]

Lieutenant [4]

Pioneer [4]

Captain [3]

Waggoner [3]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Guardsman [2]

Major [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Wheeler [2]

3rd Class Air Mechanic [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Aircraft Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Bombardier Wheeler [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Corporal of Horse [1]

Driver Acting Serjeant [1]

Drummer [1]

Engineer Sub Lieutenant (Temporary) [1]

Engineer Sub-Lieutenant [1]

First Engineer [1]

Gunner Lance Bombardier [1]

Gunner Signaller [1]

Naval Instructor [1]

Nursing member [1]

Orderly [1]

Private /now Corporal [1]

Private 1st Class [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Rifleman [1]

Shoe Smith [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Signal Boy [1]

Sister [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Trooper [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [60]

West Yorkshire Regiment [58]

Labour Corps [46]

Royal Engineers [45]

West Riding Regiment [44]

Army Service Corps [39]

Royal Army Medical Corps [25]

Manchester Regiment [23]

Lancashire Fusiliers [17]

Royal Garrison Artillery [17]

Machine Gun Corps [16]

Northumberland Fusiliers [15]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [13]

East Yorkshire Regiment [12]

Liverpool Regiment [12]

Royal Fusiliers [12]

Durham Light Infantry [11]

York and Lancaster Regiment [11]

Yorkshire Regiment [10]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [8]

Royal Army Service Corps [7]

Cheshire Regiment [6]

London Regiment [6]

Rifle Brigade [6]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [6]

Royal Defence Corps [6]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [6]

Army Ordnance Corps [5]

Royal Horse Artillery [5]

Training Reserve Battalion [5]

Border Regiment [4]

Dorsetshire Regiment [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

Lincolnshire Regiment [4]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4]

Royal Naval Division [4]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4]

Welsh Regiment [4]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [4]

Army Veterinary Corps [3]

Canadian Infantry [3]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

East Lancashire Regiment [3]

Highland Light Infantry [3]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [3]

Leicestershire Regiment [3]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [3]

Military Foot Police [3]

North Staffordshire Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [547]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [51]

Royal Navy [35]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [26]

Australian Imperial Force [21]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [8]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [697]

L [1]

Contribution

Military Service [683]

Merchant Navy [9]

Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [20]

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People [698] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Bradford, Yorkshire [6] Leeds, Yorkshire [6] Halifax, Yorkshire [5] Sydney New South Wales [5] Birmingham [2] Brisbane Queensland [2] Derby, Derbyshire [2] Hull, Yorkshire [2] Keighley, Yorkshire [2] Lancashire [2] Malton, Yorkshire [2] Manningham, Bradford, Yorkshire [2] Portsmouth, Hampshire [2] Barnolds Wick Near Burnley, Lancashire [1] Bendigo Victoria [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1] Bradford England [1] Bradford Yorkshire [1] Burnley, Lancashire [1] Castleton, York, Yorkshire [1] Durham England [1] Earby, Yorkshire [1] East Riding England [1] Gilling, North Yorkshire [1] Goole, Yorkshire [1] Hebden Bridge,Todmorden,Yorks. [1] Hebden Bridge,Todmorden,Yorkshire. [1] Honeywell Lane, Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Hull [1] Hull, Yorkshire, England [1] Hyde, Cheshire [1] Kirkstall, Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Lancashire Manchester [1] Lismore New South Wales [1] Littleton, Liversedge [1] Manchester, Lancashire [1] Minyip Victoria [1] Miranda New South Wales [1] Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [1] Oldham Lancs [1] Ossett, Wakefield, Yorkshire [1] Pontefract, Yorkshire [1] Rochdale [1] Rochdale England [1] Rochdale, Lancashire [1] Salford, Lancashire [1] Seaforth, Lancashire, England [1] Selby England [1] Selby, Yorkshire [1] Sheffield England [1]

Rank

Private [368] Driver [38] Gunner [38] Corporal [30] Serjeant [27] Sapper [21] Second Lieutenant [18] Lance Corporal [12] Acting Corporal [7] Bombardier [4] Lieutenant [4] Pioneer [4] Captain [3] Waggoner [3] Acting Serjeant [2] Guardsman [2] Major [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Wheeler [2] 3rd Class Air Mechanic [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Lance Serjeant [1] Aircraft Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Bombardier Wheeler [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Corporal of Horse [1] Driver Acting Serjeant [1] Drummer [1] Engineer Sub Lieutenant (Temporary) [1] Engineer Sub-Lieutenant [1] First Engineer [1] Gunner Lance Bombardier [1] Gunner Signaller [1] Naval Instructor [1] Nursing member [1] Orderly [1] Private /now Corporal [1] Private 1st Class [1] Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Rifleman [1] Shoe Smith [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Signal Boy [1] Sister [1] Staff Nurse [1] Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Trooper [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [60] West Yorkshire Regiment [58] Labour Corps [46] Royal Engineers [45] West Riding Regiment [44] Army Service Corps [39] Royal Army Medical Corps [25] Manchester Regiment [23] Lancashire Fusiliers [17] Royal Garrison Artillery [17] Machine Gun Corps [16] Northumberland Fusiliers [15] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [13] East Yorkshire Regiment [12] Liverpool Regiment [12] Royal Fusiliers [12] Durham Light Infantry [11] York and Lancaster Regiment [11] Yorkshire Regiment [10] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [8] Royal Army Service Corps [7] Cheshire Regiment [6] London Regiment [6] Rifle Brigade [6] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [6] Royal Defence Corps [6] Royal Lancaster Regiment [6] Army Ordnance Corps [5] Royal Horse Artillery [5] Training Reserve Battalion [5] Border Regiment [4] Dorsetshire Regiment [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] Lincolnshire Regiment [4] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4] Royal Naval Division [4] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4] Welsh Regiment [4] Yorkshire Light Infantry [4] Army Veterinary Corps [3] Canadian Infantry [3] Devonshire Regiment [3] East Lancashire Regiment [3] Highland Light Infantry [3] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [3] Leicestershire Regiment [3] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [3] Military Foot Police [3] North Staffordshire Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [547] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [51] Royal Navy [35] Canadian Expeditionary Force [26] Australian Imperial Force [21] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [8] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [697] L [1]

Contribution

Military Service [683] Merchant Navy [9] Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [20]

Walter Midgley

Died 1918

British Army 129787 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Edward F Midgley

Died 1916

British Army 40144 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

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Frank Midgley

Died 1916

British Army 43728 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 43728 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Charles Eli Midgley

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 15152 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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H Midgley

Died 1918

British Army 18634 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 18634 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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Harry Midgley

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 32643 Private North Staffordshire Regiment

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Frank Midgley

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 166687 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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John C Midgley

Died 1918

British Army 4990 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 202316 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 202316 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Harold Midgley

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 200992 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 200992 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Mark Midgley

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 33394 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 33394 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Herbert Midgley

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 18826 Private Coldstream Guards

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James Arthur Midgley

Died 1915

British Army 15233 Private Yorkshire Regiment

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Ormond Parkinson Midgley

Died 1918

British Army M2/114089 Private Army Service Corps

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Edgar Midgley

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 160259 Sapper Royal Engineers

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George Henry Midgley

Died 1919

British Army 127698 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Frederick Midgley

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 3/2142 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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James W Midgley

Died 1915

British Army 16615 Private Yorkshire Regiment

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Henry Midgley

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army 16083 Private South Lancashire Regiment

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Edwin Midgley

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 13/601 Private York and Lancaster Regiment 13th Battalion (1st Barnsley Pals)

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William Arthur Midgley

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 179651

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