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Hull, Yorkshire, England [4]

Doncaster, Yorkshire [3]

London, Middlesex, England [3]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [3]

Byron Bay New South Wales [2]

Cullercoats, Northumberland [2]

Hipperholme, Halifax, West Yorkshire [2]

Hull, Yorkshire [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

Wragby, Lincolnshire [2]

Abbeydale, Sheffield [1]

Accrington, Lancashire [1]

Ashfield New South Wales [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Bedford England [1]

Berhampore [1]

Bingley [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Bradford, Yorkshire [1]

Brighouse, Halifax, Yorkshire [1]

Burley, Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Burntisland, Fifeshire [1]

Burton Lincolnshire [1]

Calder, Lanarkshire [1]

Carlton Victoria [1]

Chapeltown, Sheffield, Yorkshire [1]

Charlton, London [1]

Crooks, Sheffield, Yorkshire [1]

Dewsbury, Yorkshire [1]

Fitzroy Victoria [1]

Forest Hill, London [1]

Gainsborough, Lincolnshire [1]

Glasgow Scotland [1]

Grahamstown [1]

Grimsby, Lincolnshire [1]

Halifax, Yorkshire [1]

Hawkesbury New South Wales [1]

Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire [1]

Huddersfield England [1]

Huddersfield, Yorkshire [1]

Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England [1]

Ipswich, Suffolk [1]

Kinghorn, Fifeshire [1]

Kinghorn, Fifeshire, Scotland [1]

Kirkcaldy, Fife [1]

Lambeth, Surrey [1]

Launceston Tasmania [1]

Leeds [1]

Lismore New South Wales [1]

Manchester Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [382]

Gunner [36]

Corporal [29]

Serjeant [24]

Sapper [22]

Driver [21]

Second Lieutenant [15]

Lance Corporal [14]

Lieutenant [13]

Pioneer [9]

Bombardier [5]

Captain [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Farrier Staff Serjeant [3]

Guardsman [3]

Major [3]

Rifleman [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Assistant Nurse [2]

Trooper [2]

3rd Serjeant [1]

Acting [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Farrier Staff Serjeant [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Warrant Office [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Bandsman [1]

Colonel Serjeant [1]

Commander [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant /Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal 2nd Acting Corporal [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Corporal Lieutenant [1]

Farrier Corporal [1]

Fitter [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Ordinary Signalman [1]

Saddler Serjeant [1]

Temporary Major late Captain [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Superintending Clerk [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [53]

Royal Engineers [49]

Royal Field Artillery [49]

Army Service Corps [30]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [30]

York and Lancaster Regiment [26]

West Yorkshire Regiment [24]

West Riding Regiment [21]

Royal Army Medical Corps [19]

Machine Gun Corps [18]

Durham Light Infantry [17]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [16]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [15]

Royal Garrison Artillery [15]

Lancashire Fusiliers [14]

Manchester Regiment [14]

East Yorkshire Regiment [13]

Royal Scots [12]

London Regiment [11]

Lincolnshire Regiment [10]

Liverpool Regiment [10]

Northamptonshire Regiment [10]

Northumberland Fusiliers [10]

Leicestershire Regiment [9]

Suffolk Regiment [9]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [8]

Yorkshire Regiment [8]

Middlesex Regiment [7]

Cameron Highlanders [6]

Cheshire Regiment [6]

Coldstream Guards [6]

East Lancashire Regiment [5]

East Surrey Regiment [5]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [5]

Royal Fusiliers [5]

The Queen's Regiment [5]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [4]

Army Cyclist Corps [4]

Royal Air Force [4]

Royal Army Service Corps [4]

Royal Defence Corps [4]

Royal Flying Corps [4]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4]

Scottish Rifles [4]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [4]

Army Veterinary Corps [3]

Border Regiment [3]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [3]

Essex Regiment [3]

Gloucestershire Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [560]

Royal Navy [40]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [34]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [28]

Australian Imperial Force [20]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [5]

Last name first letter

S [703]

C [1]

Contribution

Military Service [684]

Merchant Navy [14]

Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [25]

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Place of birth

Hull, Yorkshire, England [4] Doncaster, Yorkshire [3] London, Middlesex, England [3] Sheffield, Yorkshire [3] Byron Bay New South Wales [2] Cullercoats, Northumberland [2] Hipperholme, Halifax, West Yorkshire [2] Hull, Yorkshire [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Wragby, Lincolnshire [2] Abbeydale, Sheffield [1] Accrington, Lancashire [1] Ashfield New South Wales [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Bedford England [1] Berhampore [1] Bingley [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Bradford, Yorkshire [1] Brighouse, Halifax, Yorkshire [1] Burley, Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Burntisland, Fifeshire [1] Burton Lincolnshire [1] Calder, Lanarkshire [1] Carlton Victoria [1] Chapeltown, Sheffield, Yorkshire [1] Charlton, London [1] Crooks, Sheffield, Yorkshire [1] Dewsbury, Yorkshire [1] Fitzroy Victoria [1] Forest Hill, London [1] Gainsborough, Lincolnshire [1] Glasgow Scotland [1] Grahamstown [1] Grimsby, Lincolnshire [1] Halifax, Yorkshire [1] Hawkesbury New South Wales [1] Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire [1] Huddersfield England [1] Huddersfield, Yorkshire [1] Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England [1] Ipswich, Suffolk [1] Kinghorn, Fifeshire [1] Kinghorn, Fifeshire, Scotland [1] Kirkcaldy, Fife [1] Lambeth, Surrey [1] Launceston Tasmania [1] Leeds [1] Lismore New South Wales [1] Manchester Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [382] Gunner [36] Corporal [29] Serjeant [24] Sapper [22] Driver [21] Second Lieutenant [15] Lance Corporal [14] Lieutenant [13] Pioneer [9] Bombardier [5] Captain [4] Able Seaman [3] Acting Serjeant [3] Farrier Staff Serjeant [3] Guardsman [3] Major [3] Rifleman [3] Temporary Captain [3] Acting Corporal [2] Assistant Nurse [2] Trooper [2] 3rd Serjeant [1] Acting [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Farrier Staff Serjeant [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Warrant Office [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Bandsman [1] Colonel Serjeant [1] Commander [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant /Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal 2nd Acting Corporal [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Corporal Lieutenant [1] Farrier Corporal [1] Fitter [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Stoker [1] Ordinary Signalman [1] Saddler Serjeant [1] Temporary Major late Captain [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1] Temporary Superintending Clerk [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [53] Royal Engineers [49] Royal Field Artillery [49] Army Service Corps [30] Yorkshire Light Infantry [30] York and Lancaster Regiment [26] West Yorkshire Regiment [24] West Riding Regiment [21] Royal Army Medical Corps [19] Machine Gun Corps [18] Durham Light Infantry [17] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [16] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [15] Royal Garrison Artillery [15] Lancashire Fusiliers [14] Manchester Regiment [14] East Yorkshire Regiment [13] Royal Scots [12] London Regiment [11] Lincolnshire Regiment [10] Liverpool Regiment [10] Northamptonshire Regiment [10] Northumberland Fusiliers [10] Leicestershire Regiment [9] Suffolk Regiment [9] King's Own Scottish Borderers [8] Yorkshire Regiment [8] Middlesex Regiment [7] Cameron Highlanders [6] Cheshire Regiment [6] Coldstream Guards [6] East Lancashire Regiment [5] East Surrey Regiment [5] King's Royal Rifle Corps [5] Royal Fusiliers [5] The Queen's Regiment [5] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [4] Army Cyclist Corps [4] Royal Air Force [4] Royal Army Service Corps [4] Royal Defence Corps [4] Royal Flying Corps [4] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4] Scottish Rifles [4] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [4] Army Veterinary Corps [3] Border Regiment [3] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [3] Essex Regiment [3] Gloucestershire Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [560] Royal Navy [40] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [34] Canadian Expeditionary Force [28] Australian Imperial Force [20] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [5]

Last name first letter

S [703] C [1]

Contribution

Military Service [684] Merchant Navy [14] Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [25]

Harris Laurance Stocks

Born 1871

Died 1916

British Army Major Royal Scots

British Army Temporary Major late Captain 15th Royal Scots 15th Battalion

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Henry Stocks

Born 1880

Died 1940

British Army 17386 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 17386 Private Northumberland Fusiliers 1st Battalion

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Thomas Hallaway Stocks

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 49978 Private East Surrey Regiment

British Army 146580 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 130013 RGA

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John Tom Stocks

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 21686 Private The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) 2/7 Battalion (Territorial Force)

British Army 21686 Sherwood Foresters Notts & Derbys Regiment 2nd/7th Battalion

British Army

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Benjamin Stocks

Born 1883

Died 1914

British Army 6819 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

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Michael George Stocks

Born 1892

Died 1914

British Army Second Lieutenant Grenadier Guards 1st Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Grenadier Guards 1st Battalion

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Harold Stocks

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 36573 Private Durham Light Infantry

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Thomas Henry Stocks

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army S/13485 Private Gordon Highlanders

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Robert Stocks

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 19650 Private Manchester Regiment 21st Battalion

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Charles Stocks

Died 1915

British Army 19950 Lance Corporal Liverpool Regiment 12th Battalion

British Army 19950 Private Liverpool Regiment

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Archie Stocks

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 201189 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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Edwin Stocks

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 43553 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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John Thomas Stocks

Born 1881

Died 1918

British Army 403649 Private Royal Army Medical Corps 1st/1st (West Riding) Field Ambulance

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Benjamin Stocks

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 406801

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Thomas Leonard Stocks

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 118041

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Frederick George Stocks

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 283373

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George William Stocks

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 88275

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Charles Stocks

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 408933

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George Henry Stocks

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 109341

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John Stocks

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 3142 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 240956 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 240956 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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