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Blackburn, Lancashire [2]

Bradford England [2]

Bradford, Yorkshire [2]

Dewsbury, Yorkshire [2]

Halifax, Yorkshire [2]

Strathalbyn South Australia [2]

Woolwich, Kent [2]

Birkenhead England [1]

Birstall, Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Blackwood Victoria [1]

Burton, Staffordshire [1]

Buttershaw, Bradford, Yorkshire [1]

Chesterfield, Derbyshire [1]

Daylesford Victoria [1]

Dublin, Suffolk, England [1]

East Keal, Lincolnshire [1]

Eastleigh, Hampshire [1]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1]

Gympie Queensland [1]

Huddersfield, Yorkshire [1]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [1]

Ipswich [1]

Leeds England [1]

Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1]

Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Marylebone, London [1]

Menston, Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

North Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Penistone, Yorkshire [1]

Perthshire [1]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [1]

Rochdale, Lancashire [1]

Rockdale England [1]

Rotherham, Yorkshire [1]

Saltaire, Bradford, Yorkshire [1]

Sheffield [1]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [1]

Stapenhill, Derbyshire [1]

Stratford, West Ham, Essex [1]

Sunderland England [1]

West Ham, Essex [1]

Worksop, Nottinghamshire [1]

York, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [208]

Gunner [30]

Driver [20]

Lieutenant [17]

Serjeant [15]

Sapper [13]

Corporal [11]

Lance Corporal [10]

Captain [9]

Second Lieutenant [9]

Major [6]

Acting Corporal [3]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Pioneer [3]

Rifleman [3]

Company Serjeant Major /Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [2]

Nurse [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Able Seaman (Rigger) [1]

Acting Assistant Forewoman [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Assistant Forewoman [1]

Captain /Temporary Major [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Dental Surgeon [1]

Guardsman [1]

Lieutenant /Acting Major [1]

Lieutenant Quarter Master [1]

Private /Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Quarter Master and Lieutenant [1]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Signaller [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Superintendent Clerk [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Trooper [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [33]

Royal Field Artillery [29]

Army Service Corps [26]

West Riding Regiment [25]

West Yorkshire Regiment [25]

Royal Engineers [23]

Royal Garrison Artillery [14]

Liverpool Regiment [12]

York and Lancaster Regiment [12]

Lancashire Fusiliers [11]

Royal Army Medical Corps [11]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [10]

South Lancashire Regiment [9]

Yorkshire Regiment [9]

Manchester Regiment [8]

Northumberland Fusiliers [8]

Leicestershire Regiment [7]

Machine Gun Corps [7]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [7]

London Regiment [6]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [6]

Royal Naval Division [6]

Durham Light Infantry [5]

East Lancashire Regiment [5]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [5]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [5]

Lincolnshire Regiment [5]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [5]

Royal Defence Corps [4]

Cheshire Regiment [3]

Grenadier Guards [3]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Royal Highlanders [3]

Scots Guards [3]

Tank Corps [3]

Worcestershire Regiment [3]

Yorkshire Hussars [3]

Auckland Infantry Regiment [2]

Border Regiment [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Cheshire Regiment Depot [2]

Coldstream Guards [2]

Derby Yeomanry [2]

Dragoon Guards [2]

East Kent Regiment [2]

East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [342]

Royal Navy [32]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [20]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [13]

Australian Imperial Force [11]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [9]

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M [435]

Contribution

Military Service [427]

Merchant Navy [6]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [11]

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People [435] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Blackburn, Lancashire [2] Bradford England [2] Bradford, Yorkshire [2] Dewsbury, Yorkshire [2] Halifax, Yorkshire [2] Strathalbyn South Australia [2] Woolwich, Kent [2] Birkenhead England [1] Birstall, Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Blackwood Victoria [1] Burton, Staffordshire [1] Buttershaw, Bradford, Yorkshire [1] Chesterfield, Derbyshire [1] Daylesford Victoria [1] Dublin, Suffolk, England [1] East Keal, Lincolnshire [1] Eastleigh, Hampshire [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1] Gympie Queensland [1] Huddersfield, Yorkshire [1] Hull, Yorkshire, England [1] Ipswich [1] Leeds England [1] Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1] Manchester, Lancashire [1] Marylebone, London [1] Menston, Leeds, Yorkshire [1] North Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Penistone, Yorkshire [1] Perthshire [1] Portsmouth, Hampshire [1] Rochdale, Lancashire [1] Rockdale England [1] Rotherham, Yorkshire [1] Saltaire, Bradford, Yorkshire [1] Sheffield [1] Sheffield, Yorkshire [1] Stapenhill, Derbyshire [1] Stratford, West Ham, Essex [1] Sunderland England [1] West Ham, Essex [1] Worksop, Nottinghamshire [1] York, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [208] Gunner [30] Driver [20] Lieutenant [17] Serjeant [15] Sapper [13] Corporal [11] Lance Corporal [10] Captain [9] Second Lieutenant [9] Major [6] Acting Corporal [3] Acting Serjeant [3] Pioneer [3] Rifleman [3] Company Serjeant Major /Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [2] Nurse [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Able Seaman [1] Able Seaman (Rigger) [1] Acting Assistant Forewoman [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Assistant Forewoman [1] Captain /Temporary Major [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Dental Surgeon [1] Guardsman [1] Lieutenant /Acting Major [1] Lieutenant Quarter Master [1] Private /Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Quarter Master and Lieutenant [1] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Signaller [1] Staff Nurse [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Superintendent Clerk [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Trooper [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [33] Royal Field Artillery [29] Army Service Corps [26] West Riding Regiment [25] West Yorkshire Regiment [25] Royal Engineers [23] Royal Garrison Artillery [14] Liverpool Regiment [12] York and Lancaster Regiment [12] Lancashire Fusiliers [11] Royal Army Medical Corps [11] Yorkshire Light Infantry [10] South Lancashire Regiment [9] Yorkshire Regiment [9] Manchester Regiment [8] Northumberland Fusiliers [8] Leicestershire Regiment [7] Machine Gun Corps [7] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [7] London Regiment [6] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [6] Royal Naval Division [6] Durham Light Infantry [5] East Lancashire Regiment [5] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [5] King's Royal Rifle Corps [5] Lincolnshire Regiment [5] Royal Lancaster Regiment [5] Royal Defence Corps [4] Cheshire Regiment [3] Grenadier Guards [3] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Royal Highlanders [3] Scots Guards [3] Tank Corps [3] Worcestershire Regiment [3] Yorkshire Hussars [3] Auckland Infantry Regiment [2] Border Regiment [2] Canadian Infantry [2] Cheshire Regiment Depot [2] Coldstream Guards [2] Derby Yeomanry [2] Dragoon Guards [2] East Kent Regiment [2] East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [342] Royal Navy [32] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [20] Canadian Expeditionary Force [13] Australian Imperial Force [11] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [9]

Last name first letter

M [435]

Contribution

Military Service [427] Merchant Navy [6] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [11]

William Milnes

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 269358

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Wilfred Milnes

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 118043

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Squire Milnes

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 92083

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Thomas Milnes

Died 1916

British Army 147310 Driver Royal Engineers

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Harry Milnes

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 240401 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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Sydney Herbert Milnes

Born 1880

Died 1915

British Army Captain Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army Captain Lancashire Fusiliers 5th Battalion

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William Hubert Milnes

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 283791

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Albert Charles Milnes

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 204498

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Walter Milnes

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 9197

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Harry Milnes

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 137586

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Claude Haigh Milnes

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 76365

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James G Milnes

Died 1917

British Army L/47653 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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William B. Milnes

Died 1916

British Army 32428 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 32428 Private Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

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George H Milnes

Died 1918

British Army 113218 Driver Royal Horse Artillery

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Harold Milnes

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 36118 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 36118 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Harry Milnes

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 4063 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 242639 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 242639 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Bertram Milnes

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 54521 Private Manchester Regiment

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Thomas Milnes

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 240684 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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John Wheatley Milnes

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 39585 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

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Edgar Milnes

Died 1918

British Army 180 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 22756 Lance Corporal Machine Gun Corps

British Army 22756 Corporal Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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