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Place of birth

Halifax, Yorkshire [21]

Bradford, Yorkshire [10]

Burnley, Lancashire [9]

Liverpool, Lancashire [7]

Todmorden, Yorkshire [7]

Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire [6]

Manchester, Lancashire [5]

Mytholmroyd, Yorkshire [4]

Warracknabeal Victoria [4]

Brighouse, Yorkshire [3]

Charters Towers Queensland [3]

Elland, Yorkshire [3]

Lancashire [3]

Leeds [3]

Leeds, Yorkshire [3]

Mytholmroyd [3]

Numurkah Victoria [3]

Plymouth, Devon [3]

Yorkshire [3]

Addingham, Yorkshire [2]

Ballarat Victoria [2]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [2]

Bellerive Tasmania [2]

Boston, Lincolnshire [2]

Bradford England [2]

Colne, Lancashire [2]

Halifax England [2]

Hobart Tasmania [2]

Huddersfield, Yorkshire [2]

Keighley, Yorkshire [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2]

Newcastle New South Wales [2]

Oldham, Lancashire [2]

Rochdale, Lancashire [2]

Stainland, Yorkshire [2]

Stockport, Cheshire [2]

Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire [2]

Todmorden, Lancashire [2]

Waaia Victoria [2]

53 Great Cheetham Street, Broughton, Manchester [1]

53 Great Cheetham Street, Broughton, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Accrington, Lancashire [1]

Addingham, Skipton, Yorkshire [1]

Anfield, Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

Ardwick, Manchester [1]

Attercliffe, Halifax, Yorkshire [1]

Bache, Shropshire [1]

Bacup, Lancashire [1]

Bermondsey, Surrey [1]

Bingley, Bradford, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [1034]

Gunner [129]

Sapper [72]

Corporal [68]

Driver [65]

Serjeant [50]

Second Lieutenant [44]

Lieutenant [30]

Captain [26]

Lance Corporal [22]

Pioneer [15]

Acting Corporal [9]

Acting Serjeant [9]

Rifleman [8]

Staff Serjeant [6]

Major [5]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4]

Bombardier [4]

Drummer [4]

Guardsman [4]

Lance Serjeant [4]

Lance Bombardier [3]

Temporary Lieutenant [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Staff Serjeant [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant/Temporary Captain [2]

Musician [2]

Private 2nd Class [2]

Shoeing Smith [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Worker [2]

AC1 Fitter Aero [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [1]

Armourer's Crew [1]

Captain Acting Brevet Major [1]

Chaplain [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Corporal Lance Serjeant [1]

Corporal/ Corporal [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [143]

West Riding Regiment [137]

Royal Engineers [112]

Royal Field Artillery [107]

West Yorkshire Regiment [104]

Lancashire Fusiliers [82]

Army Service Corps [81]

Royal Garrison Artillery [78]

Royal Army Medical Corps [63]

Manchester Regiment [59]

Northumberland Fusiliers [56]

East Lancashire Regiment [49]

Machine Gun Corps [44]

Liverpool Regiment [42]

Royal Fusiliers [36]

Cheshire Regiment [33]

Durham Light Infantry [29]

Yorkshire Regiment [28]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [25]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [24]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [24]

York and Lancaster Regiment [23]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [21]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [21]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [21]

Royal Army Service Corps [18]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [18]

London Regiment [17]

Army Ordnance Corps [15]

Border Regiment [15]

Royal Flying Corps [14]

South Lancashire Regiment [14]

Lincolnshire Regiment [13]

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [12]

Highland Light Infantry [12]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [11]

Army Veterinary Corps [10]

Leicestershire Regiment [10]

North Staffordshire Regiment [10]

Rifle Brigade [10]

East Yorkshire Regiment [9]

Royal Scots [9]

Scottish Rifles [9]

Training Reserve Battalion [8]

Canadian Infantry [7]

Royal Air Force [7]

Royal Naval Division [7]

Coldstream Guards [6]

East Surrey Regiment [6]

Hampshire Regiment [6]

Service

British Army [1500]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [145]

Royal Navy [108]

Australian Imperial Force [57]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [50]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [20]

Other Empire Force [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

S [1904]

Contribution

Military Service [1869]

Merchant Navy [14]

Conscientious Objector [12]

Country

United Kingdom [48]

Canada [1]

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Place of birth

Halifax, Yorkshire [21] Bradford, Yorkshire [10] Burnley, Lancashire [9] Liverpool, Lancashire [7] Todmorden, Yorkshire [7] Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire [6] Manchester, Lancashire [5] Mytholmroyd, Yorkshire [4] Warracknabeal Victoria [4] Brighouse, Yorkshire [3] Charters Towers Queensland [3] Elland, Yorkshire [3] Lancashire [3] Leeds [3] Leeds, Yorkshire [3] Mytholmroyd [3] Numurkah Victoria [3] Plymouth, Devon [3] Yorkshire [3] Addingham, Yorkshire [2] Ballarat Victoria [2] Barnsley, Yorkshire [2] Bellerive Tasmania [2] Boston, Lincolnshire [2] Bradford England [2] Colne, Lancashire [2] Halifax England [2] Hobart Tasmania [2] Huddersfield, Yorkshire [2] Keighley, Yorkshire [2] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [2] Newcastle New South Wales [2] Oldham, Lancashire [2] Rochdale, Lancashire [2] Stainland, Yorkshire [2] Stockport, Cheshire [2] Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire [2] Todmorden, Lancashire [2] Waaia Victoria [2] 53 Great Cheetham Street, Broughton, Manchester [1] 53 Great Cheetham Street, Broughton, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Accrington, Lancashire [1] Addingham, Skipton, Yorkshire [1] Anfield, Liverpool, Lancashire [1] Ardwick, Manchester [1] Attercliffe, Halifax, Yorkshire [1] Bache, Shropshire [1] Bacup, Lancashire [1] Bermondsey, Surrey [1] Bingley, Bradford, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [1034] Gunner [129] Sapper [72] Corporal [68] Driver [65] Serjeant [50] Second Lieutenant [44] Lieutenant [30] Captain [26] Lance Corporal [22] Pioneer [15] Acting Corporal [9] Acting Serjeant [9] Rifleman [8] Staff Serjeant [6] Major [5] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4] Bombardier [4] Drummer [4] Guardsman [4] Lance Serjeant [4] Lance Bombardier [3] Temporary Lieutenant [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Staff Serjeant [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Lieutenant/Temporary Captain [2] Musician [2] Private 2nd Class [2] Shoeing Smith [2] Temporary Captain [2] Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Worker [2] AC1 Fitter Aero [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Aircraftman 2nd Class [1] Armourer's Crew [1] Captain Acting Brevet Major [1] Chaplain [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal Acting Lance Serjeant [1] Corporal Lance Serjeant [1] Corporal/ Corporal [1] Deck Hand [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [143] West Riding Regiment [137] Royal Engineers [112] Royal Field Artillery [107] West Yorkshire Regiment [104] Lancashire Fusiliers [82] Army Service Corps [81] Royal Garrison Artillery [78] Royal Army Medical Corps [63] Manchester Regiment [59] Northumberland Fusiliers [56] East Lancashire Regiment [49] Machine Gun Corps [44] Liverpool Regiment [42] Royal Fusiliers [36] Cheshire Regiment [33] Durham Light Infantry [29] Yorkshire Regiment [28] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [25] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [24] Royal Lancaster Regiment [24] York and Lancaster Regiment [23] King's Royal Rifle Corps [21] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [21] Yorkshire Light Infantry [21] Royal Army Service Corps [18] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [18] London Regiment [17] Army Ordnance Corps [15] Border Regiment [15] Royal Flying Corps [14] South Lancashire Regiment [14] Lincolnshire Regiment [13] Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [12] Highland Light Infantry [12] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [11] Army Veterinary Corps [10] Leicestershire Regiment [10] North Staffordshire Regiment [10] Rifle Brigade [10] East Yorkshire Regiment [9] Royal Scots [9] Scottish Rifles [9] Training Reserve Battalion [8] Canadian Infantry [7] Royal Air Force [7] Royal Naval Division [7] Coldstream Guards [6] East Surrey Regiment [6] Hampshire Regiment [6]

Service

British Army [1500] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [145] Royal Navy [108] Australian Imperial Force [57] Canadian Expeditionary Force [50] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [20] Other Empire Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

S [1904]

Contribution

Military Service [1869] Merchant Navy [14] Conscientious Objector [12]

Country

United Kingdom [48] Canada [1]

Fred Sutcliffe

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 4540 Private 17th Infantry Battalion

Australian Imperial Force 4540 Private 17th Battalion, Australian Infantry 17th Infantry Battalion

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Clifford Sutcliffe

Born 1897

British Army 49548 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 49548 Private West Yorkshire Regiment Prince of Wales own

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Paul Sutcliffe

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 63349 Driver Royal Garrison Artillery

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Sydney Sutcliffe

Born 1894

Died 1917

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 143810 Lieutenant

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Samuel Sutcliffe

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 60370 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 60370 Rifleman West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) 2nd/7th Bn

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James William Sutcliffe

Born 1884

British Army 5626 Private Manchester Regiment 3/8th Battalion

Royal Navy M20885 Third Writer

British Army Second Lieutenant Army Service Corps (Motor Transport)

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Arthur Sutcliffe

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 10279 Serjeant Lancashire Fusiliers 15th Battalion

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James Edward Sutcliffe

Born 1891

Died 1919

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 34633 Flight Serjeant

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Ernest Sutcliffe

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 3615 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 266230 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 266230 Private West Yorkshire Regiment 1/7 Battalion

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Albert Sutcliffe

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 1888 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 1888 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 1/5th Bn.

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Fred Malcolm Sutcliffe

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army Inns of Court Officer Training Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment 2nd/8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Herbert Sutcliffe

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 1728 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 1728 Drummer Cheshire Regiment 1st/5th Battalion.

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Wilfred Sutcliffe

Born 1895

Died 1915

Royal Navy 1209 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal

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Albert Hartley Sutcliffe

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 183536 Private 2nd Class Royal Air Force

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Sidney Arthur Sutcliffe

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 147332

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Robert Sutcliffe

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 021084 Private Army Ordnance Corps

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Herbert Granville Sutcliffe

Born 1900

Died 1968

Royal Navy F49136 Aircraftman 2nd Class HMS President II

Royal Navy F49136 Aircraftman 2nd Class HMS Icarus

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 249136 Private 2nd Class RAF

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Albert Sutcliffe

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 5/9521 Private Seaforth Highlanders

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S Zoe Sutcliffe

Born 1889

Died 1919

Other Empire Force Member Voluntary Aid Detachment Ripon Military Hospital

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Edgar Sutcliffe

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 12/2151 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry 10th Bn

British Army 12/2151 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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