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Royal Field Artillery [20]

West Yorkshire Regiment [16]

Labour Corps [14]

Royal Garrison Artillery [14]

Royal Engineers [12]

West Riding Regiment [12]

Army Service Corps [11]

Royal Army Medical Corps [11]

Durham Light Infantry [9]

Yorkshire Regiment [8]

Machine Gun Corps [7]

Northumberland Fusiliers [7]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [6]

Lancashire Fusiliers [6]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [6]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [6]

Liverpool Regiment [5]

Scots Guards [5]

Royal Flying Corps [4]

York and Lancaster Regiment [4]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [3]

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [3]

Grenadier Guards [3]

Lincolnshire Regiment [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Naval Division [3]

Training Reserve Battalion [3]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [3]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2]

Border Regiment [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Lancers [2]

Liverpool Regiment Depot [2]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [2]

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Royal Scots [2]

South Staffordshire Regiment [2]

16th (The Queen's) Lancers [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

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Army Pay Corps [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [1]

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British Army [216]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [23]

Royal Navy [17]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [6]

Australian Imperial Force [5]

Other Empire Force [2]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

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T [264]

V [6]

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Military Service [267]

Merchant Navy [1]

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United Kingdom [9]

Canada [1]

Ireland [1]

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People [270] Stories Communities

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Leeds, Yorkshire [4] Morley, Yorkshire [3] Barraba New South Wales [2] Ackworth, Yorkshire [1] Armley, Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Blankney Lincolnshire [1] Co Louth [1] Great Horton, Bradford, Yorkshire [1] Great Horton, Yorkshire [1] Hemsworth, Pontefract, Yorkshire [1] Keighley, Yorkshire [1] Lambeth, London [1] Liverpool [1] London England [1] London, Middlesex [1] Molong New South Wales [1] Morton Durham [1] Newcastle, Northumberland [1] Potefract, Yorkshire [1] St Luke's, London, Middlesex [1] Sydney New South Wales [1] Wakefield, Yorkshire [1] West Derby, Liverpool [1] Wrexham, Denbighshire [1]

Rank

Private [126] Gunner [18] Driver [14] Corporal [10] Major [8] Serjeant [8] Lieutenant [7] Second Lieutenant [7] Sapper [6] Acting Corporal [4] Captain [3] Bombardier [2] Guardsman [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Pioneer [2] Strapper [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Brigadier General [1] Captain Temporary Major [1] Colonel [1] Colonel in Chief [1] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Cook [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Founder [1] Leading Stoker [1] Major and Brevet Lieutenant Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [1] Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Motor Cyclist [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Ordinary Signalman [1] Private Acting Lance Corporal [1] Sergeant [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Stoker 1st class [1] Stoker Petty Officer [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [20] West Yorkshire Regiment [16] Labour Corps [14] Royal Garrison Artillery [14] Royal Engineers [12] West Riding Regiment [12] Army Service Corps [11] Royal Army Medical Corps [11] Durham Light Infantry [9] Yorkshire Regiment [8] Machine Gun Corps [7] Northumberland Fusiliers [7] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [6] Lancashire Fusiliers [6] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [6] Yorkshire Light Infantry [6] Liverpool Regiment [5] Scots Guards [5] Royal Flying Corps [4] York and Lancaster Regiment [4] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [3] Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [3] Grenadier Guards [3] Lincolnshire Regiment [3] Manchester Regiment [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Naval Division [3] Training Reserve Battalion [3] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [3] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2] Border Regiment [2] Canadian Infantry [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2] Essex Regiment [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] Lancers [2] Liverpool Regiment Depot [2] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Scots [2] South Staffordshire Regiment [2] 16th (The Queen's) Lancers [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Army Pay Corps [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [1] Connaught Rangers [1] Devonshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [216] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [23] Royal Navy [17] Canadian Expeditionary Force [6] Australian Imperial Force [5] Other Empire Force [2] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

T [264] V [6]

Contribution

Military Service [267] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [9] Canada [1] Ireland [1]

Edmund Roger Tempest

Born 1894

Died 1921

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 11th (Reserve) Battalion

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Temporary Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Temporary Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps No 6 Squadron

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William Caxton Tempest

Born 1899

Died 1977

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 80533 Second Lieutenant 38 Squadron

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John Tempest

Born 1872

Died 1917

British Army 1839 Lance Serjeant Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

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Wulstan Joseph Tempest

Born 1891

Died 1966

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

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Harry Tempest

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 56208

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Tom Tempest

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 34662

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George Gregory Tempest

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 118262

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Edwin Tempest

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 133057

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David Percival Tempest

Born 1880

Died 1916

British Army 889 Company Quartermaster Serjeant South Staffordshire Regiment 2nd/6th Bn.

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Allan Tempest

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 30890

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Arthur Tempest

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 69900

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Fred Tempest

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 276894

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Gilbert Tempest

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 212048

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Basil Tempest

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Manchester Regiment

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Squire Tempest

Born 1895

Died 1920

Royal Navy K17334 Acting Leading Stoker HMS Revenge

Royal Navy K17334 Leading Stoker HMS Revenge

Royal Navy K17334 Stoker 1st class HMS Revenge

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Thomas Henry Tempest

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 57282

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James Hilton Tempest

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 266896

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Henry Godfrey Tempest

Born 1881

British Army 178962 Sapper Royal Engineers

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James Tempest

Died 1916

British Army 18905 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Aaron Tempest

Died 1916

British Army 18291 Private Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 18291 Acting Corporal Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 18291 Corporal Yorkshire Regiment

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