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Sheffield, Yorkshire [3]

Blackburn, Lancashire [2]

Bolton, Lancashire [2]

Colac Victoria [2]

Gunnedah New South Wales [2]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [2]

Pontefract, Yorkshire [2]

Stepney Hull, Yorkshire [2]

Ulverston, Lancashire [2]

Ulverston, Lancashire, England [2]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Airmyn, Goole, Yorkshire [1]

Albury New South Wales [1]

Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire [1]

Askham, Yorks [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Bishop Auckland, Durham [1]

Castleford, Yorkshire [1]

Cheshire [1]

Clitheroe, Lancashire [1]

Derby, Derbyshire [1]

Doncaster, Yorkshire [1]

East Cowes, Hampshire, England [1]

Fleetwood, Lancashire [1]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1]

Hindley, Lancashire [1]

Hornsea, Yorkshire [1]

Hull, Yorkshire [1]

Hunslet, Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Jobs Hill, Helmington Row, Crook, Co Durham [1]

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Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Morley, Yorkshire [1]

Newland, Drax, Selby, Yorkshire [1]

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Newland, Selby, Yorkshire [1]

Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire [1]

North Coates, Lincolnshire [1]

Padiham, Lancashire [1]

Parramatta New South Wales [1]

Petworth, Sussex [1]

Rawcliffe, Goole [1]

Reigate, Surrey [1]

Ryhill, Wakefield, West Yorkshire [1]

Sale Cheshire [1]

Salford Lancashire [1]

Staffordshire [1]

Rank

Private [359]

Gunner [36]

Driver [35]

Corporal [30]

Sapper [21]

Lance Corporal [16]

Serjeant [15]

Captain [13]

Second Lieutenant [11]

Lieutenant [9]

Pioneer [9]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Regimental Quartermaster Serjeant [3]

Staff Nurse [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Bombardier [2]

Sister [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Armourer's Crew [1]

Assistant Matron [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Driver /Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Fusilier [1]

Guardsman [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Lieutenant and Adjutant [1]

Major [1]

Private/ Private [1]

Rifleman [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Waggoner [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [45]

Royal Field Artillery [44]

Labour Corps [33]

Army Service Corps [30]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [30]

West Yorkshire Regiment [27]

Durham Light Infantry [23]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [23]

Lincolnshire Regiment [19]

York and Lancaster Regiment [19]

Royal Army Medical Corps [18]

Royal Garrison Artillery [18]

Manchester Regiment [17]

Lancashire Fusiliers [15]

Machine Gun Corps [15]

West Riding Regiment [13]

Leicestershire Regiment [12]

East Lancashire Regiment [11]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [11]

Northumberland Fusiliers [10]

Cheshire Regiment [9]

Liverpool Regiment [9]

Royal Fusiliers [9]

Yorkshire Regiment [8]

Border Regiment [7]

East Yorkshire Regiment [7]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [7]

Rifle Brigade [7]

Army Veterinary Corps [6]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [5]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [5]

Royal Army Service Corps [5]

Royal Defence Corps [5]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [5]

Army Cyclist Corps [4]

London Regiment [4]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Bedfordshire Regiment [3]

Coldstream Guards [3]

Grenadier Guards [3]

Hussars [3]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

North Staffordshire Regiment [3]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3]

Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [3]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [3]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [3]

Royal Naval Division [3]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3]

Service

British Army [532]

Royal Navy [34]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [31]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [12]

Australian Imperial Force [9]

Last name first letter

S [618]

B [5]

E [1]

F [1]

Contribution

Military Service [613]

Merchant Navy [7]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [16]

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Place of birth

Sheffield, Yorkshire [3] Blackburn, Lancashire [2] Bolton, Lancashire [2] Colac Victoria [2] Gunnedah New South Wales [2] Hull, Yorkshire, England [2] Pontefract, Yorkshire [2] Stepney Hull, Yorkshire [2] Ulverston, Lancashire [2] Ulverston, Lancashire, England [2] Adelaide South Australia [1] Airmyn, Goole, Yorkshire [1] Albury New South Wales [1] Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire [1] Askham, Yorks [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Bishop Auckland, Durham [1] Castleford, Yorkshire [1] Cheshire [1] Clitheroe, Lancashire [1] Derby, Derbyshire [1] Doncaster, Yorkshire [1] East Cowes, Hampshire, England [1] Fleetwood, Lancashire [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1] Hindley, Lancashire [1] Hornsea, Yorkshire [1] Hull, Yorkshire [1] Hunslet, Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Jobs Hill, Helmington Row, Crook, Co Durham [1] Lancashire [1] Lichfield, Staffordshire [1] Lincolnshire [1] Little Hulton Lancashire [1] Manchester, Lancashire [1] Morley, Yorkshire [1] Newland, Drax, Selby, Yorkshire [1] Newland, Goole [1] Newland, Selby, Yorkshire [1] Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire [1] North Coates, Lincolnshire [1] Padiham, Lancashire [1] Parramatta New South Wales [1] Petworth, Sussex [1] Rawcliffe, Goole [1] Reigate, Surrey [1] Ryhill, Wakefield, West Yorkshire [1] Sale Cheshire [1] Salford Lancashire [1] Staffordshire [1]

Rank

Private [359] Gunner [36] Driver [35] Corporal [30] Sapper [21] Lance Corporal [16] Serjeant [15] Captain [13] Second Lieutenant [11] Lieutenant [9] Pioneer [9] Acting Serjeant [3] Colour Serjeant [3] Regimental Quartermaster Serjeant [3] Staff Nurse [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Acting Corporal [2] Bombardier [2] Sister [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Armourer's Crew [1] Assistant Matron [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Driver /Acting Lance Corporal [1] Fusilier [1] Guardsman [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Lieutenant and Adjutant [1] Major [1] Private/ Private [1] Rifleman [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Waggoner [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [45] Royal Field Artillery [44] Labour Corps [33] Army Service Corps [30] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [30] West Yorkshire Regiment [27] Durham Light Infantry [23] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [23] Lincolnshire Regiment [19] York and Lancaster Regiment [19] Royal Army Medical Corps [18] Royal Garrison Artillery [18] Manchester Regiment [17] Lancashire Fusiliers [15] Machine Gun Corps [15] West Riding Regiment [13] Leicestershire Regiment [12] East Lancashire Regiment [11] Yorkshire Light Infantry [11] Northumberland Fusiliers [10] Cheshire Regiment [9] Liverpool Regiment [9] Royal Fusiliers [9] Yorkshire Regiment [8] Border Regiment [7] East Yorkshire Regiment [7] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [7] Rifle Brigade [7] Army Veterinary Corps [6] King's Royal Rifle Corps [5] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [5] Royal Army Service Corps [5] Royal Defence Corps [5] Royal Lancaster Regiment [5] Army Cyclist Corps [4] London Regiment [4] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4] Army Ordnance Corps [3] Bedfordshire Regiment [3] Coldstream Guards [3] Grenadier Guards [3] Hussars [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] North Staffordshire Regiment [3] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3] Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [3] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [3] Royal Irish Fusiliers [3] Royal Naval Division [3] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3]

Service

British Army [532] Royal Navy [34] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [31] Canadian Expeditionary Force [12] Australian Imperial Force [9]

Last name first letter

S [618] B [5] E [1] F [1]

Contribution

Military Service [613] Merchant Navy [7] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [16]

Joseph William Stones

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 19/647 Corporal Durham Light Infantry 19th Battalion

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Albert Stones

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army 10985 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 15th Battalion

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James Pollitt Stones

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 26065 Serjeant Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 11938 Serjeant Machine Gun Corps 38th. Battalion

British Army 11938 Serjeant Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Thomas Arthur Stones

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 44343 Private South Wales Borderers

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Shepherd Stones

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army Acting Captain Northumberland Fusiliers

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Arthur Percy Stones

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 12269 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps 21st Bn

British Army C/12269 Serjeant King's Royal Rifle Corps 21st Bn

British Army C/12269 Corporal King's Royal Rifle Corps 21st Bn

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Ernest Arthur Stones

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 300508

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Jeremiah Stones

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 195700

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William Manbrey Stones

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 267028

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Walter John Stones

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 198957

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Eric Stones

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army G/51430 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army 10/64006 Private Training Reserve Battalion

British Army 197474 Private Royal Engineers

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Jerome Stones

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army 19328 Private Border Regiment 1st Battalion.

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Daniel Stones

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 67955

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William Stones

Born 1870

Died 1919

British Army 50632 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 8534 Private Dragoons 1st

British Army 50632 Private Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) 6th Squadron

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William Henry Stones

Died 1916

British Army 5303 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 266778 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment 1/7th Battalion

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Robert Stones

Born 1870

Died 1918

British Army 20209 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army 28747 Private Royal Defence Corps 321st Protection Coy

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Francis Dawbarn Stones

Died 1917

British Army Captain Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment 2nd/6th Bn.

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Charles Stones

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 55115

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John Stones

Born 1865

Died 1920

British Army Private Hampshire Regiment 8th Battalion

British Army Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry 1st Battalion

British Army 35654 Private Royal Defence Corps 406th Protection Coy

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William Stones

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 65688 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 2214 Cheshire Yeomanry

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