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Leeds [2]

Orange New South Wales [2]

Springsure Queensland [2]

Thornley, Durham [2]

Albany Western Australia [1]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

Blackfriars, London [1]

Brook Lane, Golcar, Huddersfield [1]

Caboolture Queensland [1]

Clapham, London [1]

Cleator Moor, Cumberland, England [1]

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Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland [1]

Kirkby, Ulverston, Lancashire [1]

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Liversedge, Yorkshire [1]

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Myrtleford Victoria [1]

New Zealand, Wiltshire, England [1]

Newington London England [1]

Staincliffe, Batley, Yorkshire [1]

Sydney New South Wales [1]

Whitehaven, Cumberland [1]

Yass New South Wales [1]

Yo Queensland [1]

Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [128]

Serjeant [13]

Driver [8]

Acting Corporal [7]

Gunner [6]

Sapper [4]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Lieutenant [3]

Bombardier [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Matron [2]

Sister [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Assistant Engineer [1]

Assistant Engineer (Temporary) [1]

Captain [1]

Corporal [1]

Lance Corporal [1]

Major [1]

Reverend [1]

Rifleman [1]

SOI [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Temporary Major [1]

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West Riding Regiment [18]

Border Regiment [13]

Labour Corps [12]

Royal Field Artillery [12]

West Yorkshire Regiment [12]

Army Service Corps [9]

Durham Light Infantry [7]

Royal Army Medical Corps [7]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [6]

Royal Engineers [6]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [6]

Army Ordnance Corps [5]

East Yorkshire Regiment [5]

Royal Fusiliers [5]

Liverpool Regiment [4]

Royal Garrison Artillery [4]

Cheshire Regiment [3]

Hampshire Regiment [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Northumberland Fusiliers [3]

Royal Scots [3]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [3]

Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Corps of Hussars [2]

Hussars [2]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Norfolk Regiment [2]

Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [2]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [2]

Scottish Rifles [2]

Training Reserve Battalion [2]

7th Distubution Battalion [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Australian Army Nursing Service [1]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [1]

Canadian Infantry Battalion [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Depot Norfolk Regiment [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment [1]

East Kent Regiment [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

General List [1]

King's Liverpool Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [171]

Royal Navy [16]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [13]

Australian Imperial Force [11]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [6]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

R [221]

B [1]

H [1]

Contribution

Military Service [218]

Merchant Navy [4]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [6]

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People [223] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Leeds [2] Orange New South Wales [2] Springsure Queensland [2] Thornley, Durham [2] Albany Western Australia [1] Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Blackfriars, London [1] Brook Lane, Golcar, Huddersfield [1] Caboolture Queensland [1] Clapham, London [1] Cleator Moor, Cumberland, England [1] Cleckheaton, Yorkshire [1] Devonport, Devon [1] Golcar, Huddersfield [1] Halifax, Yorkshire [1] Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire [1] Huddersfield, Yorkshire [1] Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland [1] Kirkby, Ulverston, Lancashire [1] Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Liversedge, Yorkshire [1] London, Middlesex [1] Myrtleford Victoria [1] New Zealand, Wiltshire, England [1] Newington London England [1] Staincliffe, Batley, Yorkshire [1] Sydney New South Wales [1] Whitehaven, Cumberland [1] Yass New South Wales [1] Yo Queensland [1] Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [128] Serjeant [13] Driver [8] Acting Corporal [7] Gunner [6] Sapper [4] Second Lieutenant [4] Lieutenant [3] Bombardier [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Matron [2] Sister [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Assistant Engineer [1] Assistant Engineer (Temporary) [1] Captain [1] Corporal [1] Lance Corporal [1] Major [1] Reverend [1] Rifleman [1] SOI [1] Staff Nurse [1] Temporary Major [1]

Unit

West Riding Regiment [18] Border Regiment [13] Labour Corps [12] Royal Field Artillery [12] West Yorkshire Regiment [12] Army Service Corps [9] Durham Light Infantry [7] Royal Army Medical Corps [7] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [6] Royal Engineers [6] Yorkshire Light Infantry [6] Army Ordnance Corps [5] East Yorkshire Regiment [5] Royal Fusiliers [5] Liverpool Regiment [4] Royal Garrison Artillery [4] Cheshire Regiment [3] Hampshire Regiment [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Northumberland Fusiliers [3] Royal Scots [3] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [3] Yorkshire Regiment [3] Corps of Hussars [2] Hussars [2] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Norfolk Regiment [2] Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [2] Royal Irish Fusiliers [2] Scottish Rifles [2] Training Reserve Battalion [2] 7th Distubution Battalion [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Australian Army Nursing Service [1] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [1] Canadian Infantry Battalion [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Depot Norfolk Regiment [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment [1] East Kent Regiment [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] Essex Regiment [1] General List [1] King's Liverpool Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [171] Royal Navy [16] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [13] Australian Imperial Force [11] Canadian Expeditionary Force [6] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

R [221] B [1] H [1]

Contribution

Military Service [218] Merchant Navy [4] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [6]

Joe Rothery

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 51935 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 51935 Private East Yorkshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 75534 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

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Elizabeth Rothery

Born 1882

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force Staff Nurse Australian Army Nursing Service

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Walter Rothery

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 185906

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Charles Aubrey Rothery

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 98190

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Fred Rothery

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 130984

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John Edward Rothery

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 10230 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 10230 Private Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment 2nd Battalion

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James C Rothery

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 1316 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 1316 Rifleman West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) 1/7th Battalion

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Thomas Robert Rothery

Born 1869

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 294750

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David Rothery

Born 1875

Died 1915

British Army 3/2812 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 3/2812 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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John William Rothery

Born 1882

British Army 027470 Private Army Ordnance Corps

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James William Rothery

Born 1877

Died 1919

British Army G/13917 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army G/13917 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

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Isaac Rothery

Died 1917

British Army 6245 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 242978 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Norman Bernard Vernon Rothery

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 45266 Private Cheshire Regiment

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William Rothery

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army 17469 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 17469 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Alfred James Rothery

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 9706 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

British Army 9706 Acting Corporal Royal Berkshire Regiment

British Army 9706 Corporal Royal Berkshire Regiment

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David Rothery

Born 1875

Died 1915

British Army 15873 Private Royal Dublin Fusiliers

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D Rothery

Died 1916

British Army 15873 Private Royal Dublin Fusiliers

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Joseph Rothery

Died 1916

British Army 16620 Private Border Regiment

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Joseph Rothery

Died 1917

British Army 41688 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 41688 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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William J Rothery

Died 1916

British Army 20272 Private Durham Light Infantry

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