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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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People [419] Stories Communities

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]

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United Kingdom [10]

Frank Newsome

Died 1918

British Army 19900 Private Cheshire Regiment

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Arthur Newsome

Born 1893

Died 1914

British Army 1222 Private Welsh Regiment

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Ernest Newsome

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 222480 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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George Arthur Newsome

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 84941 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

British Army 84941 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

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John William Newsome

Died 1918

British Army 46407 Serjeant Northumberland Fusiliers

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William Lindley Newsome

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 30342 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 30342 Private Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

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John Newsome

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 124015

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Arthur Newsome

Died 1916

British Army 2656 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 2656 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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John William Newsome

Died 1918

British Army 775634 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Harry Newsome

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 27903 Corporal Machine Gun Corps

British Army 27903 Corporal Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Joseph Newsome

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 27182 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 27182 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Friend Newsome

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 36748 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 36748 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Albert Gibson Newsome

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 193578

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Lionel Maurice Newsome

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 205036 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Arthur Newsome

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 282163 Private Highland Light Infantry

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John D Newsome

Died 1918

British Army 27804 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 27804 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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William Newsome

Australian Imperial Force

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Joseph Hartshorne Newsome

Died 1915

British Army 6072 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Charles Newsome

Born 1889

Died 1918

Royal Navy 311229 Stoker Petty Officer HMS Falmouth

Royal Navy 311229 Stoker Petty Officer HMS Wakeful

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Ralph Dickinson Newsome

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 8678 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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