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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]

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Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Bishop Monkton, Ripon, Yorkshire [1]

Blackpool, Lancashire [1]

Bowling, Bradford, Yorkshire [1]

Bradford England [1]

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Butterkanole England [1]

Chadderton, Lancashire [1]

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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]

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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]

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Contribution

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

Country

United Kingdom [23] Gibraltar [1]

John Boynton Priestley

Born 1894

Died 1984

British Army 12398 Private Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

British Army OTC 16th Officer Cadet Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Labour Corps

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Francis John Lloyd Priestley

Born 1875

Died 1940

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Denbigh Yeomanry

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Alfred Priestley

Born 1885

Died 1914

British Army Royal Field Artillery Reserves

British Army Royal Field Artillery

British Army 27830 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 39 Brigade

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Frederick Priestley

Born 1892

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 16810 Private Canadian Infantry 7th Battalion

British Army Captain Wiltshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Stephenson Priestley

Born 1881

Died 1951

Royal Navy F44422 Act. Air Mechanic 1st Class H.M.S. President II

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 244422

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Harold Edgar Priestley

Born 1879

Died 1941

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Major Royal Army Medical Corps

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Wilfred Priestley

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 27637 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 27637 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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Archibald Bertram Priestley

Born 1882

Died 1914

British Army Second Lieutenant West India Regiment

British Army Lieutenant West India Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Dorsetshire Regiment

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Douglas Bernard Priestley

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 20111 Private Northamptonshire Regiment 8th (Reserve) Battalion

British Army Officer Cadet Officer Cadet Training Unit Cambridge

British Army 20111 Lance Corporal Northamptonshire Regiment 8th (Reserve) Battalion

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Raymond Edward Priestley

Born 1886

Died 1974

British Army Captain Officer Training Corps

British Army Royal Engineers 46th Divisional Signals Company

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Dyker Stanton Priestley

Born 1877

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Irish Rifles 108th Machine Gun Coy.

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Gordon Priestley

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 2197 Serjeant Durham Light Infantry

British Army 250165 Serjeant Durham Light Infantry

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Charles Priestley

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 147767

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Walter Priestley

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 402533

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Harry Priestley

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 66073

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Walter Priestley

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 282136

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John Priestley

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 284597

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Harry Priestley

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 107957

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Benjamin Priestley

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 109830

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John William Priestley

Born 1879

Died 1920

British Army M/339684 Private Royal Army Service Corps

British Army M/339684 Driver Royal Army Service Corps

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