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Geelong Victoria [3]

Greenfield, Yorkshire [2]

Ancoats, Lancashire [1]

Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire [1]

Auckland [1]

Batley, Yorkshire [1]

Bingley, Yorkshire [1]

Bloomsbury Queensland [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Chester [1]

Corrimal New South Wales [1]

Devon England [1]

Devonport, Devon, England [1]

Fairfield Manchester [1]

Fulstone, West Yorkshire [1]

Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England [1]

Heckmondwycke, Yorkshire [1]

Holmfirth, West Yorkshire [1]

Horwich Bolton Lancashire [1]

Lancashire England [1]

Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Lincoln, Lincolnshire [1]

London England [1]

Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Northumberland [1]

Penistone, Yorkshire [1]

Sheffield [1]

Staley Bridge England [1]

Thurgoland, Sheffield, Yorkshire [1]

Wood Nook, Honley, West Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [219]

Corporal [24]

Gunner [21]

Serjeant [14]

Driver [13]

Lance Corporal [8]

Sapper [7]

Second Lieutenant [6]

Lieutenant [5]

Captain [4]

Pioneer [4]

Acting Corporal [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Bombardier [2]

Major [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Bugler [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Driver/Acting Corporal [1]

Drummer [1]

Guardsman [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Private/Acting Serjeant [1]

Saddler [1]

Sergeant, Pilot [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Transport Corporal [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

York and Lancaster Regiment [33]

Labour Corps [31]

West Riding Regiment [25]

Army Service Corps [22]

Royal Field Artillery [22]

Royal Engineers [21]

Manchester Regiment [14]

Royal Army Medical Corps [13]

Royal Garrison Artillery [13]

Durham Light Infantry [12]

Cheshire Regiment [11]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [11]

West Yorkshire Regiment [11]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [11]

Machine Gun Corps [9]

Northumberland Fusiliers [7]

Leicestershire Regiment [6]

Royal Fusiliers [6]

East Yorkshire Regiment [5]

Liverpool Regiment [5]

London Regiment [5]

Lincolnshire Regiment [4]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4]

Royal West Kent Regiment [4]

Army Cyclist Corps [3]

East Lancashire Regiment [3]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3]

North Staffordshire Regiment [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [3]

Scottish Rifles [3]

South Lancashire Regiment [3]

Tank Corps [3]

Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Army Service Corps Motor Transport [2]

Coldstream Guards [2]

Gordon Highlanders [2]

Highland Light Infantry [2]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2]

Lancers [2]

Manchester Regiment Depot [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [2]

Royal Marine Artillery [2]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

Service

British Army [310]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [20]

Royal Navy [13]

Australian Imperial Force [11]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [7]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4]

Last name first letter

R [369]

Contribution

Military Service [365]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [6]

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People [369] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Geelong Victoria [3] Greenfield, Yorkshire [2] Ancoats, Lancashire [1] Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire [1] Auckland [1] Batley, Yorkshire [1] Bingley, Yorkshire [1] Bloomsbury Queensland [1] Camberwell, London [1] Chester [1] Corrimal New South Wales [1] Devon England [1] Devonport, Devon, England [1] Fairfield Manchester [1] Fulstone, West Yorkshire [1] Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England [1] Heckmondwycke, Yorkshire [1] Holmfirth, West Yorkshire [1] Horwich Bolton Lancashire [1] Lancashire England [1] Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Lincoln, Lincolnshire [1] London England [1] Manchester, Lancashire [1] Northumberland [1] Penistone, Yorkshire [1] Sheffield [1] Staley Bridge England [1] Thurgoland, Sheffield, Yorkshire [1] Wood Nook, Honley, West Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [219] Corporal [24] Gunner [21] Serjeant [14] Driver [13] Lance Corporal [8] Sapper [7] Second Lieutenant [6] Lieutenant [5] Captain [4] Pioneer [4] Acting Corporal [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Bombardier [2] Major [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Lance Serjeant [1] Bugler [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Driver/Acting Corporal [1] Drummer [1] Guardsman [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Private/Acting Serjeant [1] Saddler [1] Sergeant, Pilot [1] Staff Nurse [1] Transport Corporal [1] Worker [1]

Unit

York and Lancaster Regiment [33] Labour Corps [31] West Riding Regiment [25] Army Service Corps [22] Royal Field Artillery [22] Royal Engineers [21] Manchester Regiment [14] Royal Army Medical Corps [13] Royal Garrison Artillery [13] Durham Light Infantry [12] Cheshire Regiment [11] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [11] West Yorkshire Regiment [11] Yorkshire Light Infantry [11] Machine Gun Corps [9] Northumberland Fusiliers [7] Leicestershire Regiment [6] Royal Fusiliers [6] East Yorkshire Regiment [5] Liverpool Regiment [5] London Regiment [5] Lincolnshire Regiment [4] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4] Royal West Kent Regiment [4] Army Cyclist Corps [3] East Lancashire Regiment [3] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3] North Staffordshire Regiment [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [3] Scottish Rifles [3] South Lancashire Regiment [3] Tank Corps [3] Yorkshire Regiment [3] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Army Service Corps Motor Transport [2] Coldstream Guards [2] Gordon Highlanders [2] Highland Light Infantry [2] King's Own Scottish Borderers [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [2] Lancers [2] Manchester Regiment Depot [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Lancaster Regiment [2] Royal Marine Artillery [2] Royal Munster Fusiliers [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

Service

British Army [310] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [20] Royal Navy [13] Australian Imperial Force [11] Canadian Expeditionary Force [7] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4]

Last name first letter

R [369]

Contribution

Military Service [365] Conscientious Objector [2] Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [6]

George Roebuck

Born 1893

British Army Captain Machine Gun Corps

British Army 6758 Private Royal Fusiliers 19th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps

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Luther Roebuck

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 221885 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 1st Divisional Ammunition Column

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William Harold Roebuck

Born 1895

Died 1917

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 5788 Sergeant, Pilot Royal Flying Corp 48th Squadron.

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Willie Turton Roebuck

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 34516

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Arthur Roebuck

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 33050

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Allan Roebuck

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 262089

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Frederick Ernest Roebuck

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 266943

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Samuel Roebuck

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 15275

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Oliver Roebuck

Died 1917

British Army 203745 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Larrett Roebuck

Died 1914

British Army 8116 Lance Corporal York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 8116 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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Benjamin Roebuck

Born 1878

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 5178

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Percy Roebuck

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 36638

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George William Roebuck

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 31751

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Oliver Roebuck

Born 1896

Died 1966

British Army 39922 Private Manchester Regiment

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Lee James Roebuck

Born 1894

Died 1917

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 74545

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Harry Roebuck

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 28433 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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George Roebuck

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 47876 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 33561 Private Yorkshire Regiment

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Joseph Alfred Roebuck

Died 1916

British Army 9510 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

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Albert Roebuck

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 19234 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 19234 Private Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

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Ernest Roebuck

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 28591 Private Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 5696 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 204658 Private Durham Light Infantry

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