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Halifax, Yorkshire [3]

Oldham, Lancashire [2]

Brighouse, Yorkshire [1]

Deptford, London [1]

Hatcham, London [1]

Holbeck, Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Holbeck, Yorkshire [1]

Lark Hill, Astley, Lancashire, England. [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1]

London, Middlesex [1]

Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Morley, Yorkshire [1]

New Holland, Lincolnshire [1]

Parramatta New South Wales [1]

Rank

Private [78]

Gunner [9]

Driver [8]

Corporal [7]

Serjeant [7]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [3]

Lieutenant [3]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Lance Corporal [2]

Sapper [2]

Second Lieutenant [2]

Acting Bombardier Acting Serjeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [12]

Army Service Corps [10]

Labour Corps [9]

Royal Field Artillery [9]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [7]

Manchester Regiment [6]

Northumberland Fusiliers [6]

Royal Army Medical Corps [6]

Royal Garrison Artillery [6]

West Riding Regiment [6]

Liverpool Regiment [5]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [5]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [4]

West Yorkshire Regiment [4]

York and Lancaster Regiment [4]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [2]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Border Regiment [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

Connaught Rangers [1]

Corps of Dragoons [1]

Corps of Hussars [1]

Depot Northumberland Fusiliers [1]

Dragoon Guards [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

Gordon Highlanders [1]

Guards Machine Gun Regiment [1]

Hertfordshire Regiment [1]

Highland Light Infantry [1]

Household Battalion [1]

Hussars [1]

Indian Army Reserve of Officers, attached 1st/101st Grenadiers [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

Lancers [1]

Leicestershire Regiment [1]

Leinster Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [1]

Madras Volunteer Guards [1]

Service

British Army [117]

Royal Navy [13]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [4]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

W [142]

Contribution

Military Service [141]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [1]

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People [142] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Halifax, Yorkshire [3] Oldham, Lancashire [2] Brighouse, Yorkshire [1] Deptford, London [1] Hatcham, London [1] Holbeck, Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Holbeck, Yorkshire [1] Lark Hill, Astley, Lancashire, England. [1] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1] London, Middlesex [1] Manchester, Lancashire [1] Morley, Yorkshire [1] New Holland, Lincolnshire [1] Parramatta New South Wales [1]

Rank

Private [78] Gunner [9] Driver [8] Corporal [7] Serjeant [7] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [3] Lieutenant [3] Acting Serjeant [2] Lance Corporal [2] Sapper [2] Second Lieutenant [2] Acting Bombardier Acting Serjeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [12] Army Service Corps [10] Labour Corps [9] Royal Field Artillery [9] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [7] Manchester Regiment [6] Northumberland Fusiliers [6] Royal Army Medical Corps [6] Royal Garrison Artillery [6] West Riding Regiment [6] Liverpool Regiment [5] Yorkshire Light Infantry [5] King's Own Scottish Borderers [4] West Yorkshire Regiment [4] York and Lancaster Regiment [4] Royal Fusiliers [3] Yorkshire Regiment [3] Durham Light Infantry [2] Royal Munster Fusiliers [2] Royal Scots Fusiliers [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Border Regiment [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] Connaught Rangers [1] Corps of Dragoons [1] Corps of Hussars [1] Depot Northumberland Fusiliers [1] Dragoon Guards [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] Essex Regiment [1] Gordon Highlanders [1] Guards Machine Gun Regiment [1] Hertfordshire Regiment [1] Highland Light Infantry [1] Household Battalion [1] Hussars [1] Indian Army Reserve of Officers, attached 1st/101st Grenadiers [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] Lancashire Fusiliers [1] Lancers [1] Leicestershire Regiment [1] Leinster Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [1] Madras Volunteer Guards [1]

Service

British Army [117] Royal Navy [13] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [4] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4] Australian Imperial Force [1] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

W [142]

Contribution

Military Service [141] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [1]

Tom Walshaw

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 5/30107 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 65411 Private Northumberland Fusiliers 1st battalion

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Frank Walshaw

Died 1917

British Army PS/9955 Private Royal Fusiliers 10th. Battalion

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Sydney Spencer Walshaw

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 94757

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Charles Henry Walshaw

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 228813

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George Lionel Walshaw

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 45192 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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Fred Walshaw

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army 17271 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers

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Wilson Walshaw

Died 1917

British Army 5157 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 242064 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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John Walshaw

Died 1917

British Army M2/187879 Private Army Service Corps

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George Greenwood Walshaw

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 317293

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Norman Walshaw

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 14729 Serjeant Yorkshire Regiment

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Lionel Walshaw

Australian Imperial Force

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Bruce Walshaw

Died 1915

British Army 20630 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 20630 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Arthur Walshaw

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 27571 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 36147 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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George Walshaw

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 202028 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 11692 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 202028 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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George Frederick Walshaw

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 20/336 Private Durham Light Infantry

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John Albert Walshaw

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 219806

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James Burnley Walshaw

Died 1915

British Army 2504 Private Manchester Regiment

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Frederick Walshaw

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 203441 Private South Lancashire Regiment

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Walter Walshaw

Died 1916

British Army 9537 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 9537 Lance Corporal East Yorkshire Regiment

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Thomas William Walshaw

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 23208 Sapper Royal Engineers

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