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Bradford, Yorkshire [6]

Burnley, Lancashire [3]

Keighley, Yorkshire [3]

Sydney New South Wales [3]

Fenny Stratford, Buckinghamshire [2]

Halifax, Yorkshire [2]

Harrogate, Yorkshire [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2]

Wyke Regis, Weymouth, Dorset [2]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

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Bradford England [1]

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Brixton, London [1]

Checkley England [1]

Chorley England [1]

County Kildare [1]

Delph, Yorkshire [1]

East Brunswick New South Wales [1]

Fenney Stratford, Bedfordshire [1]

Greta New South Wales [1]

Hackney, London [1]

Hackney, Middlesex [1]

Halifax, Yorkshire, England [1]

Hebden Bridge [1]

Heptonstall England [1]

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Keighley, Bradford, Yorkshire [1]

Kilkea, Athy, County Kildare [1]

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Leighton Buzzard [1]

Manchester [1]

Morley, Yorkshire [1]

Nelson, Lancashire [1]

Newcastle, Northumberland [1]

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [1]

Oakworth, Keighley, Yorkshire [1]

Otley, Yorkshire [1]

Rainsough, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Roxburghshire [1]

Silsden England [1]

Sundlind England [1]

Weymouth, Dorset [1]

Rank

Private [311]

Gunner [46]

Corporal [26]

Driver [22]

Sapper [20]

Lance Corporal [13]

Serjeant [12]

Acting Serjeant [9]

Second Lieutenant [9]

Lieutenant [8]

Acting Corporal [6]

Pioneer [5]

Bombardier [3]

Captain [3]

Guardsman [3]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [2]

Major [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Engine Room Artificer [1]

Acting Gunner [1]

Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Cadet [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Corporal now Second Lieutenant [1]

First Mate [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Master Mariner [1]

Musician [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Quartermaster Captain [1]

Rifleman [1]

Second Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Second Mate [1]

Serjeant Major [1]

Sister [1]

Sub Lieutenant [1]

Trooper [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [51]

West Riding Regiment [44]

Royal Engineers [43]

Labour Corps [34]

West Yorkshire Regiment [28]

East Lancashire Regiment [27]

Lancashire Fusiliers [22]

Royal Army Medical Corps [22]

Royal Garrison Artillery [20]

Army Service Corps [18]

Northumberland Fusiliers [17]

Machine Gun Corps [13]

Royal Fusiliers [11]

East Yorkshire Regiment [10]

London Regiment [10]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [10]

Lincolnshire Regiment [9]

Durham Light Infantry [8]

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [7]

Liverpool Regiment [7]

Royal Army Service Corps [7]

Cheshire Regiment [6]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [6]

Manchester Regiment [6]

Army Ordnance Corps [5]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [5]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [5]

South Wales Borderers [5]

Welsh Regiment [5]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [5]

Yorkshire Regiment [5]

Royal Defence Corps [4]

The Queen's Regiment [4]

York and Lancaster Regiment [4]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [3]

Bedfordshire Regiment [3]

Coldstream Guards [3]

East Surrey Regiment [3]

Lancers [3]

Leicestershire Regiment [3]

Military Foot Police [3]

Northamptonshire Regiment [3]

Royal Flying Corps [3]

Tank Corps [3]

Training Reserve Battalion [3]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Army Pay Corps [2]

Border Regiment [2]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

Service

British Army [484]

Royal Navy [36]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [28]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [20]

Australian Imperial Force [13]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [5]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [590]

Contribution

Military Service [580]

Conscientious Objector [5]

Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [13]

Ireland [1]

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Place of birth

Bradford, Yorkshire [6] Burnley, Lancashire [3] Keighley, Yorkshire [3] Sydney New South Wales [3] Fenny Stratford, Buckinghamshire [2] Halifax, Yorkshire [2] Harrogate, Yorkshire [2] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2] Wyke Regis, Weymouth, Dorset [2] Bethnal Green, London [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Blackburn, Lancashire [1] Bowling Bradford, Yorkshire [1] Bradford England [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Brixton, London [1] Checkley England [1] Chorley England [1] County Kildare [1] Delph, Yorkshire [1] East Brunswick New South Wales [1] Fenney Stratford, Bedfordshire [1] Greta New South Wales [1] Hackney, London [1] Hackney, Middlesex [1] Halifax, Yorkshire, England [1] Hebden Bridge [1] Heptonstall England [1] Hull England [1] Islington, London [1] Keighley, Bradford, Yorkshire [1] Kilkea, Athy, County Kildare [1] Kingswood, Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Leighton Buzzard [1] Manchester [1] Morley, Yorkshire [1] Nelson, Lancashire [1] Newcastle, Northumberland [1] Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [1] Oakworth, Keighley, Yorkshire [1] Otley, Yorkshire [1] Rainsough, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Roxburghshire [1] Silsden England [1] Sundlind England [1] Weymouth, Dorset [1]

Rank

Private [311] Gunner [46] Corporal [26] Driver [22] Sapper [20] Lance Corporal [13] Serjeant [12] Acting Serjeant [9] Second Lieutenant [9] Lieutenant [8] Acting Corporal [6] Pioneer [5] Bombardier [3] Captain [3] Guardsman [3] Lance Serjeant [3] Colour Serjeant [2] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [2] Major [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Engine Room Artificer [1] Acting Gunner [1] Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Cadet [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal /Acting Serjeant [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Corporal now Second Lieutenant [1] First Mate [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Master Mariner [1] Musician [1] Nursing Sister [1] Quartermaster Captain [1] Rifleman [1] Second Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Second Mate [1] Serjeant Major [1] Sister [1] Sub Lieutenant [1] Trooper [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [51] West Riding Regiment [44] Royal Engineers [43] Labour Corps [34] West Yorkshire Regiment [28] East Lancashire Regiment [27] Lancashire Fusiliers [22] Royal Army Medical Corps [22] Royal Garrison Artillery [20] Army Service Corps [18] Northumberland Fusiliers [17] Machine Gun Corps [13] Royal Fusiliers [11] East Yorkshire Regiment [10] London Regiment [10] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [10] Lincolnshire Regiment [9] Durham Light Infantry [8] Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [7] Liverpool Regiment [7] Royal Army Service Corps [7] Cheshire Regiment [6] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [6] Manchester Regiment [6] Army Ordnance Corps [5] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [5] Royal Lancaster Regiment [5] South Wales Borderers [5] Welsh Regiment [5] Yorkshire Light Infantry [5] Yorkshire Regiment [5] Royal Defence Corps [4] The Queen's Regiment [4] York and Lancaster Regiment [4] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [3] Bedfordshire Regiment [3] Coldstream Guards [3] East Surrey Regiment [3] Lancers [3] Leicestershire Regiment [3] Military Foot Police [3] Northamptonshire Regiment [3] Royal Flying Corps [3] Tank Corps [3] Training Reserve Battalion [3] Army Cyclist Corps [2] Army Pay Corps [2] Border Regiment [2] Devonshire Regiment [2] Grenadier Guards [2]

Service

British Army [484] Royal Navy [36] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [28] Canadian Expeditionary Force [20] Australian Imperial Force [13] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [5] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [590]

Contribution

Military Service [580] Conscientious Objector [5] Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [13] Ireland [1]

Ernest Henry Shackleton

Born 1874

Died 1922

Other Empire Force Cadet Merchant Navy Houghton Tower

Other Empire Force Second Mate Merchant Navy

Other Empire Force First Mate Merchant Navy

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Eleanor Hope Shackleton

Born 1879

Died 1960

British Army Sister Civil Hospital Reserve No. 4 General Hospital

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Percy Shackleton

Born 1887

Died 1916

Royal Navy 1685 Musician Royal Marines Band - HMS INVINCIBLE

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James Sutcliffe Shackleton

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant West Riding Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) 2nd/4th Battalion

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John William Shackleton

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 140022

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Walter Armstrong Shackleton

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 276445

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John Edward Shackleton

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 34591

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Sutcliffe Shackleton

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 24687

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Abraham Shackleton

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 113034

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Willie Shackleton

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 223497

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Cyrus Frederick Shackleton

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 38597

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Richard Ernest Shackleton

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 32438

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Tom Shackleton

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 247643

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Alfred Shackleton

Died 1916

British Army 3648 Private London Regiment

British Army 3648 Private London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) 3rd Battalion

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Samuel George Shackleton

Born 1893

Died 1954

Canadian Expeditionary Force 222766

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Arthur Shackleton

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 111956

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Thomas Henry Shackleton

Born 1895

British Army 11599 Gunner Royal Field Artillery Number 3 Depot

British Army 11599 Corporal Royal Field Artillery

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James Albert Shackleton

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 49038

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Alfred Shackleton

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 30082

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Albert Shackleton

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 106359 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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