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Leeds, Yorkshire [5]

Adelaide South Australia [3]

Buckfastleigh, Devon [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

Winchester, Hampshire [2]

Auckland [1]

Banff [1]

Battle [1]

Blacktoft, Howden, Goole, Yorkshire [1]

Bolton, Lancashire [1]

Brighton [1]

Brighton, Sussex [1]

Cheshire [1]

Consett, County Durham [1]

Darlington, Durham [1]

Deptford, London [1]

Emsworth, Hampshire [1]

Folkestone, Kent [1]

Gillingham, Kent [1]

Goudhurst, Kent [1]

Hailsham, Sussex [1]

Haringey, London [1]

Hastings, Sussex [1]

Hilderthorpe, Bridlington, Yorkshire [1]

Hollington, Hastings [1]

Hollington, Sussex [1]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [1]

Keith, Banff [1]

Keith, Banffshire [1]

Killough, Down [1]

Lincolnshire [1]

London, Middlesex [1]

Lower Higham, Kent [1]

Maidstone, Kent [1]

Maitland New South Wales [1]

Middlesborough, Yorkshire [1]

Mile End, London [1]

Montrose [1]

Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [1]

Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland, England [1]

Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland [1]

Oldham, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Plymouth, Devon [1]

Rotherham, Yorkshire [1]

Saint Andrews, Fife [1]

Scarborough, Yorkshire [1]

Scotland [1]

Sevenoaks, Kent [1]

Skipton, Yorkshire [1]

Sunderland, Durham [1]

Rank

Private [205]

Gunner [22]

Corporal [15]

Driver [15]

Sapper [15]

Serjeant [12]

Lance Corporal [9]

Lieutenant [9]

Second Lieutenant [8]

Acting Corporal [5]

Bombardier [5]

Captain [5]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Pioneer [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Staff Serjeant [2]

Major [2]

Rifleman [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer, 1st Class [1]

Colonel [1]

Colour Sergeant [1]

Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Corporal Acting Major [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Engine Room Artificer, 3rd Class [1]

Honorary Colonel [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant Colonel and Honorary Colonel [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Sergeant [1]

Sergeant Major (Disciplinarian) [1]

Serjeant Acting Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Stoker [1]

Temporary Major [1]

Waggoner [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [32]

Royal Field Artillery [32]

Labour Corps [18]

Army Service Corps [15]

London Regiment [13]

Royal Garrison Artillery [12]

West Yorkshire Regiment [12]

West Riding Regiment [11]

Durham Light Infantry [10]

Lancashire Fusiliers [10]

Royal Army Medical Corps [10]

Royal Fusiliers [10]

Yorkshire Regiment [10]

Machine Gun Corps [9]

Northumberland Fusiliers [9]

York and Lancaster Regiment [9]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [8]

Royal Sussex Regiment [7]

Army Ordnance Corps [6]

The Queen's Regiment [6]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [6]

Manchester Regiment [5]

Middlesex Regiment [5]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [5]

Canadian Infantry [4]

Dorsetshire Regiment [4]

East Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Hampshire Regiment [4]

Leicestershire Regiment [4]

Royal Air Force [4]

Royal Naval Division [4]

Royal West Kent Regiment [4]

Army Cyclist Corps [3]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [3]

Cheshire Regiment [3]

East Kent Regiment [3]

Essex Regiment [3]

Liverpool Regiment [3]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [3]

Northamptonshire Regiment [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [3]

Suffolk Regiment [3]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [2]

British West Indies Regiment [2]

Canadian Infantry Battalion/Nova Scotia Regiment [2]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [320]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [49]

Royal Navy [35]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [29]

Australian Imperial Force [4]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

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R [450]

Contribution

Military Service [437]

Merchant Navy [6]

Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [19]

United States [1]

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Leeds, Yorkshire [5] Adelaide South Australia [3] Buckfastleigh, Devon [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] Winchester, Hampshire [2] Auckland [1] Banff [1] Battle [1] Blacktoft, Howden, Goole, Yorkshire [1] Bolton, Lancashire [1] Brighton [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Cheshire [1] Consett, County Durham [1] Darlington, Durham [1] Deptford, London [1] Emsworth, Hampshire [1] Folkestone, Kent [1] Gillingham, Kent [1] Goudhurst, Kent [1] Hailsham, Sussex [1] Haringey, London [1] Hastings, Sussex [1] Hilderthorpe, Bridlington, Yorkshire [1] Hollington, Hastings [1] Hollington, Sussex [1] Hull, Yorkshire, England [1] Keith, Banff [1] Keith, Banffshire [1] Killough, Down [1] Lincolnshire [1] London, Middlesex [1] Lower Higham, Kent [1] Maidstone, Kent [1] Maitland New South Wales [1] Middlesborough, Yorkshire [1] Mile End, London [1] Montrose [1] Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland [1] Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland, England [1] Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland [1] Oldham, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Plymouth, Devon [1] Rotherham, Yorkshire [1] Saint Andrews, Fife [1] Scarborough, Yorkshire [1] Scotland [1] Sevenoaks, Kent [1] Skipton, Yorkshire [1] Sunderland, Durham [1]

Rank

Private [205] Gunner [22] Corporal [15] Driver [15] Sapper [15] Serjeant [12] Lance Corporal [9] Lieutenant [9] Second Lieutenant [8] Acting Corporal [5] Bombardier [5] Captain [5] Acting Serjeant [3] Pioneer [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Staff Serjeant [2] Major [2] Rifleman [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer, 1st Class [1] Colonel [1] Colour Sergeant [1] Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Corporal Acting Major [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Engine Room Artificer, 3rd Class [1] Honorary Colonel [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Seaman [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant Colonel and Honorary Colonel [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Sergeant [1] Sergeant Major (Disciplinarian) [1] Serjeant Acting Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Staff Nurse [1] Stoker [1] Temporary Major [1] Waggoner [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [32] Royal Field Artillery [32] Labour Corps [18] Army Service Corps [15] London Regiment [13] Royal Garrison Artillery [12] West Yorkshire Regiment [12] West Riding Regiment [11] Durham Light Infantry [10] Lancashire Fusiliers [10] Royal Army Medical Corps [10] Royal Fusiliers [10] Yorkshire Regiment [10] Machine Gun Corps [9] Northumberland Fusiliers [9] York and Lancaster Regiment [9] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [8] Royal Sussex Regiment [7] Army Ordnance Corps [6] The Queen's Regiment [6] Yorkshire Light Infantry [6] Manchester Regiment [5] Middlesex Regiment [5] Royal Lancaster Regiment [5] Canadian Infantry [4] Dorsetshire Regiment [4] East Yorkshire Regiment [4] Hampshire Regiment [4] Leicestershire Regiment [4] Royal Air Force [4] Royal Naval Division [4] Royal West Kent Regiment [4] Army Cyclist Corps [3] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [3] Cheshire Regiment [3] East Kent Regiment [3] Essex Regiment [3] Liverpool Regiment [3] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [3] Northamptonshire Regiment [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Berkshire Regiment [3] Suffolk Regiment [3] Army Veterinary Corps [2] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [2] British West Indies Regiment [2] Canadian Infantry Battalion/Nova Scotia Regiment [2] Devonshire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [320] Canadian Expeditionary Force [49] Royal Navy [35] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [29] Australian Imperial Force [4] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Last name first letter

R [450]

Contribution

Military Service [437] Merchant Navy [6] Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [19] United States [1]

Joseph Ripley

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army 20/119 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Alexander Laing Ripley

Born 1896

British Army 1436 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 7th (Fife) Battalion (Territorial Force)

British Army 290072 Lance Corporal Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 7th (Fife) Battalion (TF)

British Army 1436 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 1/7th (Fife) Battalion (Territorial Force)

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Guy Ripley

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 72596

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Robert Ripley

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 405740

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Thomas Henry Ripley

Born 1897

Royal Navy J/30094 Able Seaman HMS Hindustan

Royal Navy J30094 Able Seaman HMS BELLEROPHON

Royal Navy J/30094 Able Seaman HMS Vindictive - Seamen Storming Party, "B" Company

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Norman Ripley

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 2/6796 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army 22181 Private Royal Irish Fusiliers

British Army 208999 Sapper Royal Engineers

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John Ripley

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army 123483 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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John Ripley

Died 1917

British Army 42376 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Allan Ripley

Died 1917

British Army 3521 Serjeant King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 201215 Serjeant King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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John A Ripley

Born 1893

Died 1919

British Army 19702 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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William Douglas Ripley

Died 1918

British Army 65304 Lance Corporal Northumberland Fusiliers 1st Bn.

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William Ripley

Died 1917

British Army 88076 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 88076 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Joseph Ripley

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army 235793 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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Squire Ripley

Born 1879

Died 1918

British Army 15015 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 15015 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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William Elder Seath Ripley

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 6535 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army 292690 Private Royal Highlanders

British Army 292690 Lance Corporal Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 7th Fife Battalion (Territorial Force)

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William E Ripley

Died 1916

British Army 3279 Private London Regiment

British Army 3279 Private London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)

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William Ripley

Died 1916

British Army 12247 Private Yorkshire Regiment

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William Henry Ripley

Born 1898

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 902047

Canadian Expeditionary Force 902047 Private Canadian Infantry

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Thomas Allan Ripley

Born 1890

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 901375

Canadian Expeditionary Force 901375 Private Royal Canadian Regiment

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Reginald William Ripley

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 200079

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