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Keighley, Yorkshire [7]

Leeds, Yorkshire [7]

Bradford, Yorkshire [5]

Colne, Lancashire [5]

Maryborough Queensland [4]

Plymouth, Devon [4]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [3]

Bristol, Somerset [3]

Burnley, Lancashire [3]

Grantham, Lincolnshire [3]

Queenborough, Kent [3]

Addingham, Yorkshire [2]

Aldershot Queensland [2]

Bingley, Yorkshire [2]

Burley, Leeds, Yorkshire [2]

Clitheroe, Lancashire [2]

Heckmondwike, Yorkshire [2]

Jerilderie New South Wales [2]

Leeds England [2]

Morley, Yorkshire [2]

Nelson, Lancashire [2]

Salford, Lancashire [2]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

Tottenham, London [2]

Wakefield, Yorkshire [2]

Yorkshire [2]

Abbotsford Victoria [1]

Addingham, Yorkshire, England [1]

Addington England [1]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Airmyn, Goole, Yorkshire [1]

Amersham, Buckinghamshire [1]

Ashford, Middlesex [1]

Aylsham, Norfolk [1]

Balham, London [1]

Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire [1]

Batley, Yorkshire [1]

Beverley, Yorkshire, England [1]

Bingley [1]

Birmingham [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Birstall, Yorkshire [1]

Bolton, Lancashire [1]

Boothstown Lancashire [1]

Bradford England [1]

Buckinghamshire [1]

Burnley, Lancashire, England [1]

Burnley, Lancs [1]

Burton on Trent, Derbyshire [1]

Rank

Private [655]

Gunner [88]

Driver [57]

Serjeant [51]

Lieutenant [47]

Corporal [46]

Second Lieutenant [40]

Sapper [37]

Captain [25]

Lance Corporal [21]

Acting Corporal [17]

Acting Serjeant [12]

Bombardier [12]

Major [9]

Pioneer [6]

Trooper [5]

Guardsman [4]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Temporary Captain [4]

Worker [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Captain /Temporary Major [3]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Rifleman [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Temporary Lieutenant [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Hon Capt [2]

Sergeant [2]

Staff Nurse [2]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Gunner [1]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [1]

Brevet Colonel [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Company Serjeant Major/Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Cook's Mate 2nd Class [1]

Corporal Wheeler [1]

Deputy Assistant Adjutant General [1]

Driver Acting Corporal [1]

Electric Clerk Corporal [1]

Engineer Clerk Corporal /Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [109]

West Yorkshire Regiment [90]

Royal Engineers [83]

Labour Corps [82]

Army Service Corps [74]

West Riding Regiment [63]

Royal Garrison Artillery [48]

Machine Gun Corps [46]

Royal Army Medical Corps [40]

London Regiment [30]

Northumberland Fusiliers [29]

Durham Light Infantry [28]

York and Lancaster Regiment [24]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [20]

Yorkshire Regiment [20]

Royal Army Service Corps [19]

Royal Fusiliers [19]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [19]

Army Ordnance Corps [16]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [15]

Lancashire Fusiliers [15]

Manchester Regiment [15]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [15]

Middlesex Regiment [14]

Rifle Brigade [14]

Liverpool Regiment [13]

East Yorkshire Regiment [12]

Royal Defence Corps [12]

Leicestershire Regiment [11]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [11]

Lincolnshire Regiment [9]

Royal Naval Division [9]

Dorsetshire Regiment [8]

East Lancashire Regiment [8]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [8]

Canadian Infantry [7]

Coldstream Guards [7]

Grenadier Guards [7]

North Staffordshire Regiment [7]

Royal Marine Artillery [7]

South Staffordshire Regiment [7]

Army Veterinary Corps [6]

Border Regiment [6]

East Kent Regiment [6]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [6]

South Lancashire Regiment [6]

South Wales Borderers [6]

The Queen's Regiment [6]

Bedfordshire Regiment [5]

Devonshire Regiment [5]

Service

British Army [1080]

Royal Navy [107]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [99]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [51]

Australian Imperial Force [35]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [23]

Other Empire Force [5]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

W [1425]

Contribution

Military Service [1399]

Merchant Navy [12]

Conscientious Objector [9]

Country

United Kingdom [28]

India [1]

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Keighley, Yorkshire [7] Leeds, Yorkshire [7] Bradford, Yorkshire [5] Colne, Lancashire [5] Maryborough Queensland [4] Plymouth, Devon [4] Bristol, Gloucestershire [3] Bristol, Somerset [3] Burnley, Lancashire [3] Grantham, Lincolnshire [3] Queenborough, Kent [3] Addingham, Yorkshire [2] Aldershot Queensland [2] Bingley, Yorkshire [2] Burley, Leeds, Yorkshire [2] Clitheroe, Lancashire [2] Heckmondwike, Yorkshire [2] Jerilderie New South Wales [2] Leeds England [2] Morley, Yorkshire [2] Nelson, Lancashire [2] Salford, Lancashire [2] Sheffield, Yorkshire [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Tottenham, London [2] Wakefield, Yorkshire [2] Yorkshire [2] Abbotsford Victoria [1] Addingham, Yorkshire, England [1] Addington England [1] Adelaide South Australia [1] Airmyn, Goole, Yorkshire [1] Amersham, Buckinghamshire [1] Ashford, Middlesex [1] Aylsham, Norfolk [1] Balham, London [1] Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire [1] Batley, Yorkshire [1] Beverley, Yorkshire, England [1] Bingley [1] Birmingham [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Birstall, Yorkshire [1] Bolton, Lancashire [1] Boothstown Lancashire [1] Bradford England [1] Buckinghamshire [1] Burnley, Lancashire, England [1] Burnley, Lancs [1] Burton on Trent, Derbyshire [1]

Rank

Private [655] Gunner [88] Driver [57] Serjeant [51] Lieutenant [47] Corporal [46] Second Lieutenant [40] Sapper [37] Captain [25] Lance Corporal [21] Acting Corporal [17] Acting Serjeant [12] Bombardier [12] Major [9] Pioneer [6] Trooper [5] Guardsman [4] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Temporary Captain [4] Worker [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Captain /Temporary Major [3] Lance Serjeant [3] Rifleman [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Temporary Lieutenant [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Hon Capt [2] Sergeant [2] Staff Nurse [2] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Gunner [1] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [1] Brevet Colonel [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Company Serjeant Major/Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Cook's Mate 2nd Class [1] Corporal Wheeler [1] Deputy Assistant Adjutant General [1] Driver Acting Corporal [1] Electric Clerk Corporal [1] Engineer Clerk Corporal /Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [109] West Yorkshire Regiment [90] Royal Engineers [83] Labour Corps [82] Army Service Corps [74] West Riding Regiment [63] Royal Garrison Artillery [48] Machine Gun Corps [46] Royal Army Medical Corps [40] London Regiment [30] Northumberland Fusiliers [29] Durham Light Infantry [28] York and Lancaster Regiment [24] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [20] Yorkshire Regiment [20] Royal Army Service Corps [19] Royal Fusiliers [19] Yorkshire Light Infantry [19] Army Ordnance Corps [16] King's Royal Rifle Corps [15] Lancashire Fusiliers [15] Manchester Regiment [15] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [15] Middlesex Regiment [14] Rifle Brigade [14] Liverpool Regiment [13] East Yorkshire Regiment [12] Royal Defence Corps [12] Leicestershire Regiment [11] Royal Lancaster Regiment [11] Lincolnshire Regiment [9] Royal Naval Division [9] Dorsetshire Regiment [8] East Lancashire Regiment [8] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [8] Canadian Infantry [7] Coldstream Guards [7] Grenadier Guards [7] North Staffordshire Regiment [7] Royal Marine Artillery [7] South Staffordshire Regiment [7] Army Veterinary Corps [6] Border Regiment [6] East Kent Regiment [6] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [6] South Lancashire Regiment [6] South Wales Borderers [6] The Queen's Regiment [6] Bedfordshire Regiment [5] Devonshire Regiment [5]

Service

British Army [1080] Royal Navy [107] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [99] Canadian Expeditionary Force [51] Australian Imperial Force [35] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [23] Other Empire Force [5] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

W [1425]

Contribution

Military Service [1399] Merchant Navy [12] Conscientious Objector [9]

Country

United Kingdom [28] India [1]

Charles Ronald Whitaker

Born 1886

Died 1919

British Army R/20696 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army R/366971 Private Army Service Corps

British Army R/366971 Private Royal Army Service Corps

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Charles Warburton Whitaker

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 36931 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Manchester Regiment

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Eric Arthur Whitaker

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 15787 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

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Harry Whitaker

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 3831 Private Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

British Army 110482 Private Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

British Army 110482 Lance Corporal Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

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Robert Levesley Whitaker

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 22695 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 3rd Battalino

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William Edwin Whitaker

Born 1897

Died 1970

British Army 204126 Private West Riding Regiment

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Reginald Charles Whitaker

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 20703 Private Somerset Light Infantry

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Henry Whitaker

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 218744

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John George Whitaker

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 223715

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William Henry Whitaker

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 232452

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Leonard Whitaker

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 249154

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Ernest Leopold Whitaker

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 22056

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Ernest Whitaker

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 44413

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Alfred Edward Whitaker

Born 1896

Died 1915

Royal Navy M7635 Cook's Mate 2nd Class HMS Vivid

Royal Navy M/7635 Cook's Mate 2nd Class HMS Goliath

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John William Whitaker

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 133738

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Joseph Whitaker

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 190552

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Percy Whitaker

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 12951

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Charles Henry Whitaker

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 209535

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Robert Whitaker

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 220776

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Arthur Cecil Whitaker

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army Captain West Yorkshire Regiment

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

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