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Leeds, Yorkshire [4]

Manchester, Lancashire [3]

Goole, Yorkshire, England [2]

Nottingham [2]

Sheffield [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

Torpoint, Cornwall [2]

Yeadon, Yorkshire [2]

Annandale New South Wales [1]

Armidale New South Wales [1]

Arnold, Nottinghamshire [1]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

Barnstaple England [1]

Bromley by Bow, London [1]

Burton on Trent, Staffordshire [1]

Canning Town, London [1]

Ceylon [1]

Cheetham Hill, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Chesterfield, Derbyshire [1]

Colchester, Essex [1]

Cropwell Butler, Nottinghamshire [1]

Dalston, London, Middlesex [1]

Durham, Durham [1]

East Ham [1]

Gee Cross, Hyde, Cheshire [1]

Glebe New South Wales [1]

Gray, Essex [1]

Heanor, Derbyshire [1]

Highgate, London [1]

Hornsey, London [1]

Hyde [1]

Knottingley, Yorkshire, England [1]

Lancashire [1]

Landport, Hampshire [1]

Langley Mill Derbys [1]

Layfield Dunford, Kent [1]

Lewisham, London [1]

London England [1]

Longton, Staffordshire [1]

Nantwich, Cheshire [1]

Newport Monmouthshire Wales [1]

Nottingham England [1]

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [1]

Oxford [1]

Oxford England [1]

Selby, Yorkshire, England [1]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [1]

Shrewsbury, Shropshire [1]

Southchurch, Essex [1]

Trinity, Oxfordshire [1]

Rank

Private [161]

Gunner [20]

Driver [12]

Serjeant [12]

Sapper [11]

Corporal [10]

Captain [5]

Lieutenant [5]

Acting Corporal [4]

Bombardier [4]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Pioneer [3]

Guardsman [2]

Lance Corporal [2]

Major [2]

Rifleman [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [1]

Bearer [1]

Bugler [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Paymaster Commander [1]

Ship's Steward [1]

Sister [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Staff Serjeant Major [1]

Temporary Acting Captain [1]

Temporary Naval Instructor [1]

Transport Corporal [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [22]

Royal Field Artillery [22]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [14]

Army Service Corps [12]

Labour Corps [12]

West Yorkshire Regiment [11]

Machine Gun Corps [10]

West Riding Regiment [10]

Northumberland Fusiliers [8]

Royal Garrison Artillery [8]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [8]

Middlesex Regiment [7]

Royal Fusiliers [7]

East Yorkshire Regiment [6]

Rifle Brigade [6]

Royal Army Medical Corps [6]

York and Lancaster Regiment [6]

Lancashire Fusiliers [5]

Leicestershire Regiment [5]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [5]

Durham Light Infantry [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

London Regiment [4]

Manchester Regiment [4]

Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) [4]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Coldstream Guards [3]

Northamptonshire Regiment [3]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3]

Royal Flying Corps [3]

Royal Scots [3]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3]

Royal West Kent Regiment [3]

South Staffordshire Regiment [3]

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

Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Border Regiment [2]

Canadian Field Artillery [2]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Horse Artillery [2]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2]

South Lancashire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [252]

Royal Navy [33]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [22]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [18]

Australian Imperial Force [10]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

S [340]

C [1]

W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [335]

Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [6]

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People [342] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Leeds, Yorkshire [4] Manchester, Lancashire [3] Goole, Yorkshire, England [2] Nottingham [2] Sheffield [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Torpoint, Cornwall [2] Yeadon, Yorkshire [2] Annandale New South Wales [1] Armidale New South Wales [1] Arnold, Nottinghamshire [1] Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Barnstaple England [1] Bromley by Bow, London [1] Burton on Trent, Staffordshire [1] Canning Town, London [1] Ceylon [1] Cheetham Hill, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Chesterfield, Derbyshire [1] Colchester, Essex [1] Cropwell Butler, Nottinghamshire [1] Dalston, London, Middlesex [1] Durham, Durham [1] East Ham [1] Gee Cross, Hyde, Cheshire [1] Glebe New South Wales [1] Gray, Essex [1] Heanor, Derbyshire [1] Highgate, London [1] Hornsey, London [1] Hyde [1] Knottingley, Yorkshire, England [1] Lancashire [1] Landport, Hampshire [1] Langley Mill Derbys [1] Layfield Dunford, Kent [1] Lewisham, London [1] London England [1] Longton, Staffordshire [1] Nantwich, Cheshire [1] Newport Monmouthshire Wales [1] Nottingham England [1] Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [1] Oxford [1] Oxford England [1] Selby, Yorkshire, England [1] Sheffield, Yorkshire [1] Shrewsbury, Shropshire [1] Southchurch, Essex [1] Trinity, Oxfordshire [1]

Rank

Private [161] Gunner [20] Driver [12] Serjeant [12] Sapper [11] Corporal [10] Captain [5] Lieutenant [5] Acting Corporal [4] Bombardier [4] Second Lieutenant [4] Pioneer [3] Guardsman [2] Lance Corporal [2] Major [2] Rifleman [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [1] Bearer [1] Bugler [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Paymaster Commander [1] Ship's Steward [1] Sister [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Staff Serjeant Major [1] Temporary Acting Captain [1] Temporary Naval Instructor [1] Transport Corporal [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [22] Royal Field Artillery [22] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [14] Army Service Corps [12] Labour Corps [12] West Yorkshire Regiment [11] Machine Gun Corps [10] West Riding Regiment [10] Northumberland Fusiliers [8] Royal Garrison Artillery [8] Yorkshire Light Infantry [8] Middlesex Regiment [7] Royal Fusiliers [7] East Yorkshire Regiment [6] Rifle Brigade [6] Royal Army Medical Corps [6] York and Lancaster Regiment [6] Lancashire Fusiliers [5] Leicestershire Regiment [5] Royal Berkshire Regiment [5] Durham Light Infantry [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] London Regiment [4] Manchester Regiment [4] Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) [4] Army Ordnance Corps [3] Coldstream Guards [3] Northamptonshire Regiment [3] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3] Royal Flying Corps [3] Royal Scots [3] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3] Royal West Kent Regiment [3] South Staffordshire Regiment [3] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [3] Yorkshire Regiment [3] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Border Regiment [2] Canadian Field Artillery [2] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2] Essex Regiment [2] Grenadier Guards [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] Liverpool Regiment [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Horse Artillery [2] Royal Irish Fusiliers [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [2] South Lancashire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [252] Royal Navy [33] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [22] Canadian Expeditionary Force [18] Australian Imperial Force [10] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

S [340] C [1] W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [335] Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [6]

John William Saxton

Born 1882

Died 1917

Royal Navy 5863 Royal Naval Division Deal

British Army 213235 Sapper Royal Engineers 249th Field Co.

British Army 66307 Royal Engineers

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Clarence William Saxton

Born 1889

Died 1940

British Army 20302 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 20302 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry 3rd Battalion

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Bernard Saxton

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 165370

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Albert Edward Saxton

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 410213

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Leonard Osborne Saxton

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 11164 Private Coldstream Guards

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James Saxton

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 54298 Private Manchester Regiment 2nd/5th Battalion

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Thomas Wainwright Saxton

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 24578

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Francis Saxton

Died 1917

British Army S5514 Rifleman Rifle Brigade

British Army S5514 Corporal Rifle Brigade

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Rowland Saxton

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 29364 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 29364 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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George Edward Saxton

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 406640

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Sidney Saxton

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 143328

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George Saxton

Died 1918

British Army 242369 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 242369 Private Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

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James Lloyd Saxton

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 243572

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George Saxton

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army RX4/234164 Private Army Service Corps "C" Sqdn. Remounts

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Reginald Saxton

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 23859

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Harold Saxton

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 65673

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J Saxton

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 14178 Private Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) 4th Battalion

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Joseph Clark Saxton

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 215058

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Arthur Cyril Saxton

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 820 Private Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Own Scottish Borderers 1st Battalion

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Ernest C Saxton

Died 1915

British Army 23903 Acting Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army 23903 Pioneer Royal Engineers 2nd Signal Company

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