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Bradford, Yorkshire [12]

Halifax, Yorkshire [7]

Leeds, Yorkshire [4]

Sydney New South Wales [4]

Camperdown New South Wales [2]

Lahore [2]

Paisley, Renfrewshire [2]

Quorn, Leicestershire [2]

Ramsgate, Kent [2]

Salford, Lancashire [2]

Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire [2]

Todmorden [2]

34 Mannheim Road, Manningham Bradford Yorkshire [1]

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Goole, Yorkshire [1]

Gordon Brook Station New South Wales [1]

Halifax [1]

Halstead, Essex [1]

Heroice New South Wales [1]

High Green, Sheffield, Yorkshire [1]

Huddersfield England [1]

Hull, Yorkshire [1]

Hunslet, Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

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Private [524]

Gunner [59]

Driver [46]

Serjeant [40]

Corporal [34]

Sapper [32]

Captain [20]

Second Lieutenant [19]

Lance Corporal [18]

Lieutenant [14]

Acting Corporal [13]

Bombardier [6]

Major [6]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Pioneer [4]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Drummer [3]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Signaller [2]

Staff Nurse [2]

Worker [2]

Act. Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Assistant Clerk [1]

Assistant Matron [1]

Commander [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Midshipman [1]

Nurse [1]

Officer Cadet [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Private /Lance Corporal [1]

Private Acting Serjeant [1]

Private Lance Corporal [1]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Reverend [1]

Sapper Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Second Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Sister [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Temporary Nurse [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [88]

West Yorkshire Regiment [67]

Labour Corps [64]

West Riding Regiment [58]

Royal Engineers [57]

Army Service Corps [42]

Royal Army Medical Corps [32]

Machine Gun Corps [23]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [23]

Royal Garrison Artillery [23]

York and Lancaster Regiment [23]

Lincolnshire Regiment [22]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [20]

Manchester Regiment [17]

Yorkshire Regiment [17]

London Regiment [14]

Northumberland Fusiliers [14]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [13]

Lancashire Fusiliers [13]

Royal Fusiliers [12]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [12]

Durham Light Infantry [11]

East Yorkshire Regiment [11]

Liverpool Regiment [11]

Royal Army Service Corps [10]

Royal Naval Division [9]

South Staffordshire Regiment [9]

Army Ordnance Corps [8]

Grenadier Guards [8]

Leicestershire Regiment [8]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [8]

Coldstream Guards [7]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [6]

Army Cyclist Corps [5]

East Lancashire Regiment [5]

Middlesex Regiment [5]

Rifle Brigade [5]

Royal Scots [5]

Tank Corps [5]

Army Veterinary Corps [4]

Bedfordshire Regiment [4]

Canadian Infantry [4]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [4]

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [4]

East Surrey Regiment [4]

Hampshire Regiment [4]

Highland Light Infantry [4]

North Staffordshire Regiment [4]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [4]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4]

Service

British Army [782]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [62]

Royal Navy [62]

Australian Imperial Force [37]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [30]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [8]

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Contribution

Military Service [973]

Merchant Navy [6]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [23]

Gibraltar [1]

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Bradford, Yorkshire [12] Halifax, Yorkshire [7] Leeds, Yorkshire [4] Sydney New South Wales [4] Camperdown New South Wales [2] Lahore [2] Paisley, Renfrewshire [2] Quorn, Leicestershire [2] Ramsgate, Kent [2] Salford, Lancashire [2] Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire [2] Todmorden [2] 34 Mannheim Road, Manningham Bradford Yorkshire [1] Accrington [1] Adelaide South Australia [1] Armley, Yorkshire [1] Auburn New South Wales [1] Bacup England [1] Balmain New South Wales [1] Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Bendigo Victoria [1] Birkenhead England [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Bishop Monkton, Ripon, Yorkshire [1] Blackpool, Lancashire [1] Bowling, Bradford, Yorkshire [1] Bradford England [1] Bristol England [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Burnley England [1] Butterkanole England [1] Chadderton, Lancashire [1] Chesterfield, Derbyshire [1] Clayton Heights, Bradford, Yorkshire [1] Colne, Lancashire [1] Darwin, Lancashire [1] Elland, Yorkshire [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1] Glebe New South Wales [1] Golcar, Huddersfield, Yorkshire [1] Goole, Yorkshire [1] Gordon Brook Station New South Wales [1] Halifax [1] Halstead, Essex [1] Heroice New South Wales [1] High Green, Sheffield, Yorkshire [1] Huddersfield England [1] Hull, Yorkshire [1] Hunslet, Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [524] Gunner [59] Driver [46] Serjeant [40] Corporal [34] Sapper [32] Captain [20] Second Lieutenant [19] Lance Corporal [18] Lieutenant [14] Acting Corporal [13] Bombardier [6] Major [6] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Pioneer [4] Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Drummer [3] Lance Serjeant [3] Acting Serjeant [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Signaller [2] Staff Nurse [2] Worker [2] Act. Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Sub-Lieutenant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Assistant Clerk [1] Assistant Matron [1] Commander [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Midshipman [1] Nurse [1] Officer Cadet [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Private /Lance Corporal [1] Private Acting Serjeant [1] Private Lance Corporal [1] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Reverend [1] Sapper Acting Lance Corporal [1] Second Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Sister [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Temporary Nurse [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [88] West Yorkshire Regiment [67] Labour Corps [64] West Riding Regiment [58] Royal Engineers [57] Army Service Corps [42] Royal Army Medical Corps [32] Machine Gun Corps [23] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [23] Royal Garrison Artillery [23] York and Lancaster Regiment [23] Lincolnshire Regiment [22] Yorkshire Light Infantry [20] Manchester Regiment [17] Yorkshire Regiment [17] London Regiment [14] Northumberland Fusiliers [14] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [13] Lancashire Fusiliers [13] Royal Fusiliers [12] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [12] Durham Light Infantry [11] East Yorkshire Regiment [11] Liverpool Regiment [11] Royal Army Service Corps [10] Royal Naval Division [9] South Staffordshire Regiment [9] Army Ordnance Corps [8] Grenadier Guards [8] Leicestershire Regiment [8] Royal Lancaster Regiment [8] Coldstream Guards [7] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [6] Army Cyclist Corps [5] East Lancashire Regiment [5] Middlesex Regiment [5] Rifle Brigade [5] Royal Scots [5] Tank Corps [5] Army Veterinary Corps [4] Bedfordshire Regiment [4] Canadian Infantry [4] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [4] Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [4] East Surrey Regiment [4] Hampshire Regiment [4] Highland Light Infantry [4] North Staffordshire Regiment [4] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [4] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4]

Service

British Army [782] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [62] Royal Navy [62] Australian Imperial Force [37] Canadian Expeditionary Force [30] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [8]

Last name first letter

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Contribution

Military Service [973] Merchant Navy [6] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [23] Gibraltar [1]

George Priestley

Born 1886

Died 1915

Royal Navy 14346 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division

Royal Navy 14346 Private HMS Irresistible Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division

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Horace Priestley

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 42325

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Frederick Priestley

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 31482

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Edmund Priestley

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 34354

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Albert James Priestley

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 85057

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Ivan Priestley

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 24923

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Albert Priestley

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 34390

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Thomas Priestley

Born 1883

Australian Imperial Force 6566 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. 21st Reinforcements

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Arthur Priestley

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 180958

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George Ernest Priestley

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 235322

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Stephenson Priestley

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 244422

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Donald Lacey Priestley

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 8541 Private London Regiment

British Army 762550 Lance Corporal County of London Regiment (Artists Rifles) 1st/28th Battalion

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Stanley Noel Priestley

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Gloucestershire Regiment 8th (Service) Battalion

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John Priestley

Died 1915

British Army 7631 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers

British Army 7631 Serjeant King's Own Scottish Borderers

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Richard Thomas Priestley

Born 1898

Died 1915

British Army 3004 Private Manchester Regiment

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John Priestley

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 296529

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Leonard Priestley

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 253577

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Joseph Priestley

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 140747

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Edward Overend Priestley

Born 1889

Died 1942

Royal Navy Commander

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Roland Fielden Priestley

Born 1889

Died 1971

British Army 106884 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 106884 Reverend Royal Army Chaplain's Department

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