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Leeds, Yorkshire [7]

Dewsbury, Yorkshire [6]

Bradford, Yorkshire [4]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [3]

Bolton, Lancashire [3]

Huddersfield, Yorkshire [3]

Launceston Tasmania [3]

Batley, Yorkshire [2]

Burley, Leeds, Yorkshire [2]

Dungannon, Tyrone [2]

Halifax, Yorkshire [2]

Huddersfield England [2]

Hull England [2]

Hull, Yorkshire [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2]

Manchester, Lancashire, England [2]

Melbourne Victoria [2]

Northwich, Cheshire [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

Wakefield, Yorkshire [2]

Yorkshire [2]

Alverthorpe, Wakefield, Yorkshire [1]

Arncliffe New South Wales [1]

Barnsby, Yorkshire [1]

Biggleswade, Bedfordshire [1]

Boston, Lincolnshire, England [1]

Bourne, Lincolnshire [1]

Branxton New South Wales [1]

Brighton, Sussex [1]

Brisbane Queensland [1]

Bristol, England [1]

Burghead Morayshire [1]

Buslingthorpe, Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Campsall, Yorkshire [1]

Campsell, Doncaster [1]

Chepstow, Gloucestershire [1]

Chorlton cum Hardy, Lancashire [1]

Clack Meaton, Yorkshire, England [1]

Cleckheaton, Yorkshire, England [1]

Darlington, Durham [1]

Devonport, Devon [1]

Dewsbury [1]

Dewsbury, Wakefield, Yorkshire [1]

Dewsbury,Yorkshire. [1]

Doncaster, Yorkshire [1]

Downton, Wiltshire [1]

East Malvern Victoria [1]

Farnborough, Hampshire [1]

Gloucestershire [1]

Rank

Private [663]

Gunner [63]

Driver [46]

Sapper [42]

Serjeant [36]

Corporal [35]

Lance Corporal [23]

Captain [16]

Second Lieutenant [16]

Lieutenant [12]

Acting Serjeant [11]

Acting Corporal [10]

Pioneer [10]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [5]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [4]

Sub Conductor [4]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Guardsman [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Major [3]

Rifleman [3]

Bombardier [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Surgeon [2]

Worker [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic [1]

Assistant Sister [1]

Bandsman [1]

Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Bugler [1]

Colour Serjeant/ Acting Serjeant Major [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Corporal Signaller [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Driver Acting Bombardier [1]

Farrier Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Honorary Lieutenant Quartermaster [1]

Honorary Second Lieutenant [1]

Junior Reserve Attendant [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Nurse [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [84]

Royal Engineers [74]

Royal Field Artillery [70]

York and Lancaster Regiment [68]

West Yorkshire Regiment [66]

West Riding Regiment [64]

Army Service Corps [55]

Royal Army Medical Corps [41]

Royal Garrison Artillery [41]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [36]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [36]

Northumberland Fusiliers [29]

Manchester Regiment [28]

Machine Gun Corps [27]

Durham Light Infantry [25]

Lancashire Fusiliers [20]

East Yorkshire Regiment [19]

Cheshire Regiment [18]

Royal Defence Corps [14]

Royal Army Service Corps [12]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [11]

London Regiment [11]

Yorkshire Regiment [11]

Liverpool Regiment [10]

Royal Fusiliers [10]

Coldstream Guards [9]

Highland Light Infantry [9]

Lincolnshire Regiment [9]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [9]

Army Ordnance Corps [7]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [7]

Royal Naval Division [7]

Royal Scots [7]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [7]

Bedfordshire Regiment [6]

Dorsetshire Regiment [6]

Middlesex Regiment [6]

Norfolk Regiment [6]

North Staffordshire Regiment [6]

Rifle Brigade [6]

Royal West Kent Regiment [6]

Border Regiment [5]

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [5]

Hussars [5]

Royal Flying Corps [5]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [5]

The Queen's Regiment [5]

Welsh Regiment [5]

Corps of Hussars [4]

Dragoon Guards [4]

Service

British Army [977]

Royal Navy [70]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [67]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [34]

Australian Imperial Force [24]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [15]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [1211]

C [1]

R [1]

W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1177]

Merchant Navy [21]

Conscientious Objector [10]

Country

United Kingdom [26]

Canada [1]

Yemen [1]

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Place of birth

Leeds, Yorkshire [7] Dewsbury, Yorkshire [6] Bradford, Yorkshire [4] Barnsley, Yorkshire [3] Bolton, Lancashire [3] Huddersfield, Yorkshire [3] Launceston Tasmania [3] Batley, Yorkshire [2] Burley, Leeds, Yorkshire [2] Dungannon, Tyrone [2] Halifax, Yorkshire [2] Huddersfield England [2] Hull England [2] Hull, Yorkshire [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2] Manchester, Lancashire, England [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] Northwich, Cheshire [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Wakefield, Yorkshire [2] Yorkshire [2] Alverthorpe, Wakefield, Yorkshire [1] Arncliffe New South Wales [1] Barnsby, Yorkshire [1] Biggleswade, Bedfordshire [1] Boston, Lincolnshire, England [1] Bourne, Lincolnshire [1] Branxton New South Wales [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Bristol, England [1] Burghead Morayshire [1] Buslingthorpe, Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Campsall, Yorkshire [1] Campsell, Doncaster [1] Chepstow, Gloucestershire [1] Chorlton cum Hardy, Lancashire [1] Clack Meaton, Yorkshire, England [1] Cleckheaton, Yorkshire, England [1] Darlington, Durham [1] Devonport, Devon [1] Dewsbury [1] Dewsbury, Wakefield, Yorkshire [1] Dewsbury,Yorkshire. [1] Doncaster, Yorkshire [1] Downton, Wiltshire [1] East Malvern Victoria [1] Farnborough, Hampshire [1] Gloucestershire [1]

Rank

Private [663] Gunner [63] Driver [46] Sapper [42] Serjeant [36] Corporal [35] Lance Corporal [23] Captain [16] Second Lieutenant [16] Lieutenant [12] Acting Serjeant [11] Acting Corporal [10] Pioneer [10] Warrant Officer Class 2 [5] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [4] Sub Conductor [4] Colour Serjeant [3] Guardsman [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Major [3] Rifleman [3] Bombardier [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Surgeon [2] Worker [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic [1] Assistant Sister [1] Bandsman [1] Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Bugler [1] Colour Serjeant/ Acting Serjeant Major [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Corporal Signaller [1] Deck Hand [1] Driver Acting Bombardier [1] Farrier Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Honorary Lieutenant Quartermaster [1] Honorary Second Lieutenant [1] Junior Reserve Attendant [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Nurse [1] Ordinary Seaman [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [84] Royal Engineers [74] Royal Field Artillery [70] York and Lancaster Regiment [68] West Yorkshire Regiment [66] West Riding Regiment [64] Army Service Corps [55] Royal Army Medical Corps [41] Royal Garrison Artillery [41] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [36] Yorkshire Light Infantry [36] Northumberland Fusiliers [29] Manchester Regiment [28] Machine Gun Corps [27] Durham Light Infantry [25] Lancashire Fusiliers [20] East Yorkshire Regiment [19] Cheshire Regiment [18] Royal Defence Corps [14] Royal Army Service Corps [12] King's Royal Rifle Corps [11] London Regiment [11] Yorkshire Regiment [11] Liverpool Regiment [10] Royal Fusiliers [10] Coldstream Guards [9] Highland Light Infantry [9] Lincolnshire Regiment [9] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [9] Army Ordnance Corps [7] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [7] Royal Naval Division [7] Royal Scots [7] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [7] Bedfordshire Regiment [6] Dorsetshire Regiment [6] Middlesex Regiment [6] Norfolk Regiment [6] North Staffordshire Regiment [6] Rifle Brigade [6] Royal West Kent Regiment [6] Border Regiment [5] Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [5] Hussars [5] Royal Flying Corps [5] Royal Lancaster Regiment [5] The Queen's Regiment [5] Welsh Regiment [5] Corps of Hussars [4] Dragoon Guards [4]

Service

British Army [977] Royal Navy [70] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [67] Canadian Expeditionary Force [34] Australian Imperial Force [24] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [15] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [1211] C [1] R [1] W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1177] Merchant Navy [21] Conscientious Objector [10]

Country

United Kingdom [26] Canada [1] Yemen [1]

Oliver Senior

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 98356

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Arthur Senior

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 134321

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Joseph Senior

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant General List and Royal Flying Corps

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Charles William Senior

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army TR5/174211 Private Machine Gun Corps 113th Battalion Training Reserve

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Samuel Senior

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 79750

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Harry Senior

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 166626

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Joe Willie Senior

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army G/22932 Private The Queen's Regiment

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Ernest Senior

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 191112

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Albert Senior

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 124634

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Arthur Ernest Senior

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 106750

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Norman John Senior

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 44135 Air Mechanic

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Joseph Senior

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 129234

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Abraham Senior

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 21659 Corporal Highland Light Infantry 17th Battalion

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Albert Senior

Died 1916

British Army 15628 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 15628 Private Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

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John William Senior

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army GS/49468 Acting Corporal Royal Fusiliers 22nd (Service) Battalion (Kensington)

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Henry Senior

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 1480 Acting Serjeant Hampshire Regiment

British Army 207335 Acting Serjeant Worcestershire Regiment

British Army 207335 Serjeant Worcestershire Regiment

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James Senior

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 300101 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 300101 Private Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

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Benjamin Senior

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 77454 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Ernest Senior

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 57604 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 57604 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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James Senior

Born 1876

Died 1918

British Army C/4528 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army C/4528 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps

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