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Dewsbury, Yorkshire [5]

Leeds, Yorkshire [4]

Sydney New South Wales [3]

Buxton, Derbyshire [2]

Huddersfield, Yorkshire [2]

Morley, Yorkshire [2]

Nhill Victoria [2]

Batley Carr, Yorkshire, England [1]

Batley, Yorkshire [1]

Bendigo Victoria [1]

Birmingham England [1]

Blackpool, Lancashire [1]

Bradford, Yorkshire [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Carlisle, Cumberland [1]

Coventry, Warwickshire [1]

Durham [1]

Gravesend, Kent [1]

Haggerston, London [1]

Halifax, Yorkshire [1]

Hipperholme, Halifax, West Yorkshire [1]

Houghton South Australia [1]

Hull, Yorkshire [1]

Morley, Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Numurkah Victoria [1]

Plymouth, Devon [1]

Ravensthorpe, Dewsbury. [1]

Richmond Victoria [1]

Rockhampton Queensland [1]

St Kilda Victoria [1]

Stoke Devonport, Devon [1]

Wyke, Bradford, Yorkshire [1]

Yorkshire, England [1]

Rank

Private [240]

Driver [21]

Gunner [18]

Corporal [17]

Serjeant [13]

Sapper [9]

Second Lieutenant [7]

Lieutenant [6]

Bombardier [5]

Captain [5]

Acting Bombardier [4]

Pioneer [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Temporary Major [2]

Trooper [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Lieutenant [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Bugler [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Lance Corporal [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Major [1]

Rifleman [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [33]

Labour Corps [31]

West Yorkshire Regiment [29]

Army Service Corps [24]

Royal Engineers [24]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [21]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [19]

West Riding Regiment [19]

Royal Army Medical Corps [13]

Northumberland Fusiliers [12]

York and Lancaster Regiment [12]

Durham Light Infantry [11]

Royal Garrison Artillery [11]

Yorkshire Regiment [8]

Cheshire Regiment [7]

Machine Gun Corps [7]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [6]

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

Highland Light Infantry [5]

Lancashire Fusiliers [5]

Lincolnshire Regiment [5]

Border Regiment [4]

Liverpool Regiment [4]

London Regiment [4]

Manchester Regiment [4]

Rifle Brigade [4]

Royal Army Service Corps [4]

Royal Naval Division [4]

Royal Scots [4]

Tank Corps [4]

Training Reserve Battalion [4]

Grenadier Guards [3]

Leicestershire Regiment [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Royal Sussex Regiment [3]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

South Lancashire Regiment [3]

Welsh Regiment [3]

Coldstream Guards [2]

East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

General Headquarters Staff [2]

Guards Machine Gun Regiment [2]

Hussars [2]

King's Liverpool Regiment [2]

Life Guards [2]

North Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Northamptonshire Regiment [2]

Royal Horse Artillery [2]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [2]

Scottish Rifles [2]

Service

British Army [340]

Royal Navy [25]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [18]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [15]

Australian Imperial Force [12]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

N [419]

Contribution

Military Service [413]

Merchant Navy [4]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [10]

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Place of birth

Dewsbury, Yorkshire [5] Leeds, Yorkshire [4] Sydney New South Wales [3] Buxton, Derbyshire [2] Huddersfield, Yorkshire [2] Morley, Yorkshire [2] Nhill Victoria [2] Batley Carr, Yorkshire, England [1] Batley, Yorkshire [1] Bendigo Victoria [1] Birmingham England [1] Blackpool, Lancashire [1] Bradford, Yorkshire [1] Camberwell, London [1] Carlisle, Cumberland [1] Coventry, Warwickshire [1] Durham [1] Gravesend, Kent [1] Haggerston, London [1] Halifax, Yorkshire [1] Hipperholme, Halifax, West Yorkshire [1] Houghton South Australia [1] Hull, Yorkshire [1] Morley, Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Numurkah Victoria [1] Plymouth, Devon [1] Ravensthorpe, Dewsbury. [1] Richmond Victoria [1] Rockhampton Queensland [1] St Kilda Victoria [1] Stoke Devonport, Devon [1] Wyke, Bradford, Yorkshire [1] Yorkshire, England [1]

Rank

Private [240] Driver [21] Gunner [18] Corporal [17] Serjeant [13] Sapper [9] Second Lieutenant [7] Lieutenant [6] Bombardier [5] Captain [5] Acting Bombardier [4] Pioneer [3] Acting Corporal [2] Temporary Captain [2] Temporary Major [2] Trooper [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Lieutenant [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Bugler [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Lance Corporal [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Major [1] Rifleman [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [33] Labour Corps [31] West Yorkshire Regiment [29] Army Service Corps [24] Royal Engineers [24] Yorkshire Light Infantry [21] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [19] West Riding Regiment [19] Royal Army Medical Corps [13] Northumberland Fusiliers [12] York and Lancaster Regiment [12] Durham Light Infantry [11] Royal Garrison Artillery [11] Yorkshire Regiment [8] Cheshire Regiment [7] Machine Gun Corps [7] King's Royal Rifle Corps [6] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [6] Highland Light Infantry [5] Lancashire Fusiliers [5] Lincolnshire Regiment [5] Border Regiment [4] Liverpool Regiment [4] London Regiment [4] Manchester Regiment [4] Rifle Brigade [4] Royal Army Service Corps [4] Royal Naval Division [4] Royal Scots [4] Tank Corps [4] Training Reserve Battalion [4] Grenadier Guards [3] Leicestershire Regiment [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Royal Sussex Regiment [3] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3] South Lancashire Regiment [3] Welsh Regiment [3] Coldstream Guards [2] East Yorkshire Regiment [2] General Headquarters Staff [2] Guards Machine Gun Regiment [2] Hussars [2] King's Liverpool Regiment [2] Life Guards [2] North Staffordshire Regiment [2] Northamptonshire Regiment [2] Royal Horse Artillery [2] Royal Irish Fusiliers [2] Scottish Rifles [2]

Service

British Army [340] Royal Navy [25] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [18] Canadian Expeditionary Force [15] Australian Imperial Force [12] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3] South African Services [1]

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Contribution

Military Service [413] Merchant Navy [4] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [10]

Harold Holden Newsome

Born 1887

Died 1929

British Army 57598 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

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John William Newsome

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 263944

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Reginald Horace Arthur Newsome

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers Postal Section

British Army Captain London Regiment

British Army Lieutenant London Regiment

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Henry Alfred Newsome

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 2008 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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William Newsome

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 240692

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George Newsome

Born 1879

Died 1918

South African Services 20532 Private 4th Regiment South African Infantry

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William Newsome

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 6047 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 242399 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 242399 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Charles Richard Newsome

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 132583

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Norman C Newsome

Died 1917

British Army 34117 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 34117 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Arthur Smith Newsome

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 133682

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Herbert Leslie Newsome

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 104284 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Frank Newsome

Born 1883

Died 1914

British Army 88 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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George Richard Newsome

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 233761

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Richard Edward Newsome

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 65643

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Charles Todd Newsome

Born 1888

British Army Temporary Captain Royal Army Service Corps

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Willie Newsome

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 5755 Private West Riding Regiment

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Arthur Newsome

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 25097 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 25097 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Alfred Newsome

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 246218

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George Newsome

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 8519 Sapper Royal Engineers Transport

British Army 426391 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Frederick Newsome

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army C/7672 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army B/203225 Private Rifle Brigade

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