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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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Place of birth

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]

Arthur Leeming Whitaker

Born 1878

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3055047

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3055047 Sergeant Canadian Infantry

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Cecil Ewart Turner Whitaker

Died 1960

British Army 30391 Mechanic Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army 30391 Corporal Royal Engineers

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Samuel Whitaker

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 15/971 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 15/971 Serjeant West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 15/971 Serjeant West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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John S Whitaker

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army 15432 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 15432 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Thomas Redvers Whitaker

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army G/70360 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army G/70360 Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

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Sydney George Whitaker

Died 1918

British Army 7364 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army Second Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps

British Army Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps

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Sydney Whitaker

Died 1917

British Army 4392 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 201989 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 201989 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Lionel Austin Hyde Whitaker

Born 1877

Died 1918

British Army 1114 Private Hampshire Regiment

British Army 355713 Private Hampshire Regiment

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John J. Whitaker

Died 1918

British Army 3/19376 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 14268 Private Labour Corps

British Army 44771 Private Durham Light Infantry

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Harry Garratt Whitaker

Born 1896

Died 1920

British Army Captain South Lancashire Regiment

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Robert Thomas Whitaker

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 55933 Private Manchester Regiment

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Wilfred Whitaker

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army 32063 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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Owen Whitaker

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery

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William Whitaker

Died 1918

British Army 39773 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 39773 Private Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

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Mark Whitaker

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 15670 Lance Corporal Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army 15670 Serjeant Lincolnshire Regiment

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Thomas Whitaker

Died 1917

British Army 26880 Guardsman Grenadier Guards

British Army 26880 Private Grenadier Guards

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Norman Whitaker

Died 1917

British Army 27250 Private Norfolk Regiment

British Army 40619 Private South Wales Borderers

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Malachi Whitaker

Born 1883

Died 1940

British Army 5599 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 388078 Private Labour Corps

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John Whitaker

Died 1917

British Army 1689 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Walter Whitaker

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army 14445 Private Devonshire Regiment

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