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Keighley, Yorkshire [4]

Adelaide South Australia [3]

Bradford, Yorkshire [3]

Coolgardie Western Australia [3]

London, Middlesex, England [3]

Sydney New South Wales [3]

Bushy [2]

Gainsborough, Lincolnshire [2]

Geelong Victoria [2]

Halifax, Yorkshire [2]

Ilkley, Yorkshire [2]

Launceston Tasmania [2]

Leeds, Yorkshire [2]

Manchester, Lancashire [2]

Nelson, Lancashire [2]

Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire [2]

Totland, Isle of Wight [2]

West Bromwich, Staffordshire [2]

Accrington, Lancashire [1]

Ashover, Derbyshire [1]

Auckland [1]

Aughton, Ormskirk, Lancashire [1]

Barrington Tasmania [1]

Barrow in Furness, Lancashire [1]

Bathurst New South Wales [1]

Birkenhead England [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1]

Birmingham England [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Blackpool, Lancashire [1]

Bolton, Lancashire [1]

Bright Victoria [1]

Bromley, Kent [1]

Burnside South Australia [1]

Burton on Stather, Lincolnshire, England [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Castleford, Yorkshire [1]

Chatham [1]

Chinley, Derbyshire [1]

Chorley, Lancashire [1]

Clare South Australia [1]

Clifton, York, Yorkshire [1]

Darlington, Durham [1]

Devonport [1]

Doncaster, Yorkshire [1]

Dudley, Worcestershire [1]

Dumbarton, Dumbartonshire [1]

Dungog New South Wales [1]

Eccles [1]

Fremantle Western Australia [1]

Rank

Private [467]

Gunner [54]

Driver [47]

Sapper [37]

Serjeant [35]

Corporal [34]

Lance Corporal [21]

Lieutenant [17]

Captain [16]

Second Lieutenant [15]

Acting Corporal [9]

Pioneer [8]

Acting Serjeant [7]

Bombardier [5]

Lieutenant Colonel [5]

Rifleman [4]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Major [3]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Nurse [2]

Voluntary Aid Detachment [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Brevet Major [1]

Captain and Quartermaster [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Guardsman [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1]

Lance Serjeant Acting Serjeant [1]

Leading Carpenter's Crew [1]

Lieutenant and Quartermaster [1]

Officer [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Paymaster Rear Admiral [1]

Private /Lance Corporal [1]

Private Lance Corporal [1]

Second Corporal [1]

Second Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [1]

Sergeant [1]

Serjeant Major [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [73]

Royal Field Artillery [66]

Labour Corps [57]

Army Service Corps [45]

West Yorkshire Regiment [43]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [31]

Royal Garrison Artillery [31]

West Riding Regiment [30]

Liverpool Regiment [27]

Manchester Regiment [26]

Royal Army Medical Corps [23]

Lancashire Fusiliers [19]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [18]

Cheshire Regiment [17]

London Regiment [16]

Northumberland Fusiliers [16]

York and Lancaster Regiment [16]

Machine Gun Corps [15]

Royal Fusiliers [15]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [13]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [12]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [11]

Worcestershire Regiment [11]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [10]

South Staffordshire Regiment [10]

Durham Light Infantry [9]

East Lancashire Regiment [8]

East Yorkshire Regiment [8]

Middlesex Regiment [8]

Royal West Kent Regiment [8]

Royal Defence Corps [7]

Army Ordnance Corps [6]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [6]

Royal Naval Division [6]

Training Reserve Battalion [6]

Yorkshire Regiment [6]

Army Cyclist Corps [5]

Border Regiment [5]

Canadian Infantry [5]

Essex Regiment [5]

Hampshire Regiment [5]

Lincolnshire Regiment [5]

Royal Army Service Corps [5]

Royal Horse Artillery [5]

Scottish Rifles [5]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [5]

Honourable Artillery Company [4]

King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [4]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [4]

Leicestershire Regiment [4]

Service

British Army [740]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [52]

Royal Navy [44]

Australian Imperial Force [39]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [33]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [11]

Other Empire Force [4]

Last name first letter

W [941]

Contribution

Military Service [921]

Merchant Navy [16]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [19]

India [1]

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Keighley, Yorkshire [4] Adelaide South Australia [3] Bradford, Yorkshire [3] Coolgardie Western Australia [3] London, Middlesex, England [3] Sydney New South Wales [3] Bushy [2] Gainsborough, Lincolnshire [2] Geelong Victoria [2] Halifax, Yorkshire [2] Ilkley, Yorkshire [2] Launceston Tasmania [2] Leeds, Yorkshire [2] Manchester, Lancashire [2] Nelson, Lancashire [2] Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire [2] Totland, Isle of Wight [2] West Bromwich, Staffordshire [2] Accrington, Lancashire [1] Ashover, Derbyshire [1] Auckland [1] Aughton, Ormskirk, Lancashire [1] Barrington Tasmania [1] Barrow in Furness, Lancashire [1] Bathurst New South Wales [1] Birkenhead England [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1] Birmingham England [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Blackpool, Lancashire [1] Bolton, Lancashire [1] Bright Victoria [1] Bromley, Kent [1] Burnside South Australia [1] Burton on Stather, Lincolnshire, England [1] Camberwell, London [1] Castleford, Yorkshire [1] Chatham [1] Chinley, Derbyshire [1] Chorley, Lancashire [1] Clare South Australia [1] Clifton, York, Yorkshire [1] Darlington, Durham [1] Devonport [1] Doncaster, Yorkshire [1] Dudley, Worcestershire [1] Dumbarton, Dumbartonshire [1] Dungog New South Wales [1] Eccles [1] Fremantle Western Australia [1]

Rank

Private [467] Gunner [54] Driver [47] Sapper [37] Serjeant [35] Corporal [34] Lance Corporal [21] Lieutenant [17] Captain [16] Second Lieutenant [15] Acting Corporal [9] Pioneer [8] Acting Serjeant [7] Bombardier [5] Lieutenant Colonel [5] Rifleman [4] Acting Bombardier [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Major [3] Company Serjeant Major [2] Nurse [2] Voluntary Aid Detachment [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Brevet Major [1] Captain and Quartermaster [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Guardsman [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1] Lance Serjeant Acting Serjeant [1] Leading Carpenter's Crew [1] Lieutenant and Quartermaster [1] Officer [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Paymaster Rear Admiral [1] Private /Lance Corporal [1] Private Lance Corporal [1] Second Corporal [1] Second Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [1] Sergeant [1] Serjeant Major [1] Staff Nurse [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Transport Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [73] Royal Field Artillery [66] Labour Corps [57] Army Service Corps [45] West Yorkshire Regiment [43] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [31] Royal Garrison Artillery [31] West Riding Regiment [30] Liverpool Regiment [27] Manchester Regiment [26] Royal Army Medical Corps [23] Lancashire Fusiliers [19] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [18] Cheshire Regiment [17] London Regiment [16] Northumberland Fusiliers [16] York and Lancaster Regiment [16] Machine Gun Corps [15] Royal Fusiliers [15] King's Royal Rifle Corps [13] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [12] Royal Lancaster Regiment [11] Worcestershire Regiment [11] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [10] South Staffordshire Regiment [10] Durham Light Infantry [9] East Lancashire Regiment [8] East Yorkshire Regiment [8] Middlesex Regiment [8] Royal West Kent Regiment [8] Royal Defence Corps [7] Army Ordnance Corps [6] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [6] Royal Naval Division [6] Training Reserve Battalion [6] Yorkshire Regiment [6] Army Cyclist Corps [5] Border Regiment [5] Canadian Infantry [5] Essex Regiment [5] Hampshire Regiment [5] Lincolnshire Regiment [5] Royal Army Service Corps [5] Royal Horse Artillery [5] Scottish Rifles [5] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [5] Honourable Artillery Company [4] King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [4] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [4] Leicestershire Regiment [4]

Service

British Army [740] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [52] Royal Navy [44] Australian Imperial Force [39] Canadian Expeditionary Force [33] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [11] Other Empire Force [4]

Last name first letter

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Contribution

Military Service [921] Merchant Navy [16] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [19] India [1]

Arthur Waterhouse

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 38061 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

British Army 89841 Private Labour Corps

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Joseph Waterhouse

Born 1877

Died 1917

British Army 57286 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 57286 Private Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

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Eric Waterhouse

Died 1918

British Army S/365351 Private Army Service Corps

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Harry Waterhouse

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 25550 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 38807 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 38807 Lance Corporal Northumberland Fusiliers

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Edwin George Waterhouse

Died 1915

British Army 13605 Private Worcestershire Regiment

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Roland Waterhouse

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 2361 Private South Lancashire Regiment

British Army 240553 Private South Lancashire Regiment

British Army 240553 Serjeant South Lancashire Regiment

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George William Waterhouse

Died 1917

British Army 41800 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 41800 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Richard Dilton Waterhouse

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army Major Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Lancashire Fusiliers

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John Waterhouse

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 300164 Serjeant Manchester Regiment

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Frank Waterhouse

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 3481 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 3481 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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Frederick Waterhouse

Died 1915

British Army 6866 Private Hampshire Regiment

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Walter Waterhouse

Died 1918

British Army 57397 Private Oxfordshire Yeomanry

British Army G/63815 Private Middlesex Regiment

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Kenneth Waterhouse

Born 1878

Died 1916

British Army Captain Lancashire Fusiliers

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Alfred Waterhouse

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army 11023 Private Worcestershire Regiment

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Thomas Waterhouse

Born 1885

Died 1914

British Army 7408 Private Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army 7408 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry

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Charles Waterhouse

Died 1916

British Army 19122 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 19122 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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Herbert Waterhouse

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 6672 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 242643 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 242643 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Harry Waterhouse

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 19689 Private Manchester Regiment

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Edward W Waterhouse

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 6086 Corporal London Regiment

British Army 252924 Corporal London Regiment

British Army 252924 Corporal London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)

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Arthur Henry Waterhouse

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army B/23291 Private Royal Fusiliers

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