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Keighley, Yorkshire [3]

Sydney New South Wales [3]

Albany Western Australia [2]

Chiltern Victoria [2]

Leeds, Yorkshire [2]

Manchester, Lancashire [2]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [2]

Amotherby, Yorkshire [1]

Blackburn, Lancashire [1]

Burnley, Lancashire [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Chelsea, London [1]

Christchurch, Hampshire [1]

Cloughfold, Lancashire [1]

Darlington [1]

Fowler's Bay South Australia [1]

Habergham, Burnley [1]

Hunslet, Leeds [1]

Islington, London [1]

Kilburn, London [1]

Leeds England [1]

Mansfield, Nottinghamshire [1]

Molong New South Wales [1]

Peckham, London [1]

Peckham, Surrey [1]

Pembroke [1]

Prestwich, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Ranchi, Bengal [1]

Rawenstall, Lancashire [1]

Rawtenstall [1]

Rawtenstall, Lancs [1]

Rawtenstall, Lancs. [1]

Saint Anne's, Cork [1]

Sarina Queensland [1]

Sydenham New South Wales [1]

Wakefield, Yorkshire, England [1]

Warrington,Lancashire. [1]

West Ham, Essex [1]

Rank

Private [161]

Gunner [24]

Driver [17]

Corporal [13]

Serjeant [13]

Sapper [12]

Captain [10]

Second Lieutenant [8]

Lance Corporal [6]

Lieutenant [6]

Major [4]

Pioneer [4]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Bombardier [3]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Rifleman [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

/Acting Serjeant Corporal [1]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Brevet Lieutenant Colone [1]

Colonel [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Corporal/Acting Serjeant [1]

Fleet Paymaster [1]

Honorary Captain [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant /Acting Captain [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Signalman [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Transport Serjeant [1]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [29]

Royal Engineers [26]

Labour Corps [23]

Royal Garrison Artillery [16]

East Lancashire Regiment [15]

Royal Army Medical Corps [14]

Army Service Corps [12]

Durham Light Infantry [11]

West Yorkshire Regiment [11]

Northumberland Fusiliers [10]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [9]

West Riding Regiment [9]

Royal Fusiliers [8]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [6]

Suffolk Regiment [6]

London Regiment [5]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5]

Canadian Infantry [4]

Lancashire Fusiliers [4]

Manchester Regiment [4]

Middlesex Regiment [4]

Rifle Brigade [4]

Royal Army Service Corps [4]

Royal Engineers/ Staff [4]

Royal Naval Division [4]

Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Cheshire Regiment [3]

East Surrey Regiment [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Northamptonshire Regiment [3]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

Indian Army Reserve of Officers [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

Monmouthshire Regiment [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Royal Defence Corps [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [2]

Scottish Rifles [2]

South Wales Borderers [2]

Voluntary Aid Detachment [2]

Welsh Regiment [2]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [2]

York and Lancaster Regiment [2]

2nd Drake Battalion, Royal Naval Division [1]

Service

British Army [269]

Royal Navy [26]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [19]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [13]

Australian Imperial Force [12]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

P [342]

L [1]

Contribution

Military Service [341]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [11]

Ireland [2]

Bermuda [1]

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People [343] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Keighley, Yorkshire [3] Sydney New South Wales [3] Albany Western Australia [2] Chiltern Victoria [2] Leeds, Yorkshire [2] Manchester, Lancashire [2] Portsmouth, Hampshire [2] Amotherby, Yorkshire [1] Blackburn, Lancashire [1] Burnley, Lancashire [1] Camberwell, London [1] Chelsea, London [1] Christchurch, Hampshire [1] Cloughfold, Lancashire [1] Darlington [1] Fowler's Bay South Australia [1] Habergham, Burnley [1] Hunslet, Leeds [1] Islington, London [1] Kilburn, London [1] Leeds England [1] Mansfield, Nottinghamshire [1] Molong New South Wales [1] Peckham, London [1] Peckham, Surrey [1] Pembroke [1] Prestwich, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Ranchi, Bengal [1] Rawenstall, Lancashire [1] Rawtenstall [1] Rawtenstall, Lancs [1] Rawtenstall, Lancs. [1] Saint Anne's, Cork [1] Sarina Queensland [1] Sydenham New South Wales [1] Wakefield, Yorkshire, England [1] Warrington,Lancashire. [1] West Ham, Essex [1]

Rank

Private [161] Gunner [24] Driver [17] Corporal [13] Serjeant [13] Sapper [12] Captain [10] Second Lieutenant [8] Lance Corporal [6] Lieutenant [6] Major [4] Pioneer [4] Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Acting Serjeant [3] Bombardier [3] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [3] Able Seaman [2] Rifleman [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] /Acting Serjeant Corporal [1] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Corporal [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Brevet Lieutenant Colone [1] Colonel [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Corporal/Acting Serjeant [1] Fleet Paymaster [1] Honorary Captain [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant /Acting Captain [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Petty Officer [1] Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Signalman [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Temporary Captain [1] Transport Serjeant [1] Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [29] Royal Engineers [26] Labour Corps [23] Royal Garrison Artillery [16] East Lancashire Regiment [15] Royal Army Medical Corps [14] Army Service Corps [12] Durham Light Infantry [11] West Yorkshire Regiment [11] Northumberland Fusiliers [10] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [9] West Riding Regiment [9] Royal Fusiliers [8] King's Royal Rifle Corps [6] Suffolk Regiment [6] London Regiment [5] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5] Canadian Infantry [4] Lancashire Fusiliers [4] Manchester Regiment [4] Middlesex Regiment [4] Rifle Brigade [4] Royal Army Service Corps [4] Royal Engineers/ Staff [4] Royal Naval Division [4] Yorkshire Regiment [4] Army Ordnance Corps [3] Cheshire Regiment [3] East Surrey Regiment [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Northamptonshire Regiment [3] Army Veterinary Corps [2] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2] Essex Regiment [2] Grenadier Guards [2] Indian Army Reserve of Officers [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] Monmouthshire Regiment [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] Royal Defence Corps [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Lancaster Regiment [2] Scottish Rifles [2] South Wales Borderers [2] Voluntary Aid Detachment [2] Welsh Regiment [2] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [2] York and Lancaster Regiment [2] 2nd Drake Battalion, Royal Naval Division [1]

Service

British Army [269] Royal Navy [26] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [19] Canadian Expeditionary Force [13] Australian Imperial Force [12] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

P [342] L [1]

Contribution

Military Service [341] Conscientious Objector [1] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [11] Ireland [2] Bermuda [1]

Charles Godfrey Morris Place

Born 1886

Died 1931

British Army Captain East Surrey Regiment

British Army Major East Surrey Regiment

British Army Private Royal Dublin Fusiliers 7th (Service) Battalion

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John Robert Place

Born 1889

Died 1919

British Army 257915 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army WR/28319 Sapper Royal Engineers 320th Quarrying Company

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Charles Wentworth Place

Born 1883

Died 1917

Other Empire Force 1138 Gunner Bermuda Militia Artillery

British Army 1138 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery Bermuda Contingent

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John Place

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 36265 Serjeant Machine Gun Corps

British Army 12973 Private East Lancashire Regiment 7th Battalion

British Army 12973 Corporal East Lancashire Regiment 7th Battalion

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Richard William Place

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 249821

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John Spencer Place

Born 1875

Died 1916

Royal Navy Fleet Paymaster HMS Barham 5th Battle Squadron

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Frederick James Place

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 112452

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Wilfred Place

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 25265

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Allan Jabez Place

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 16042

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William Place

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 119567

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Marmaduke Place

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 106279

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William Place

Died 1918

British Army 266367 Private Monmouthshire Regiment

British Army 27620 Private East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 325131 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2/7th Battalion

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Francis Edward Place

Born 1883

Died 1916

British Army 26382 Private East Lancashire Regiment 1st Battalion

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John Thomas Place

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 80787

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Arthur Place

Born 1884

Died 1919

British Army 388009 Warrant Officer Class 2 Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 388009 Quartermaster Serjeant Royal Army Medical Corps

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Arthur Place

Died 1914

British Army 6316 Lance Serjeant Suffolk Regiment

British Army 6316 Serjeant Suffolk Regiment

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Vernon Isaac Place

Born 1893

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 163662

Canadian Expeditionary Force 163662 Private Canadian Infantry

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Alexander Frederick Place

Born 1896

Died 1918

Royal Navy J15933 Signalman HMS Scorpion

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Thomas Place

Died 1915

British Army 7544 Driver Suffolk Regiment

British Army 7544 Corporal Suffolk Regiment

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Frederick Place

Died 1919

British Army T4/275351 Driver Army Service Corps

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