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Leeds, Yorkshire [5]

Ipswich, Suffolk [4]

Beaconsfield Tasmania [2]

Leicester [2]

Westminster, London [2]

Armley, Yorkshire [1]

Attercliffe, Sheffield, Yorkshire [1]

Baildon Moors England [1]

Bromley, Chislehurst, Kent [1]

Bungay Suffolk [1]

Burgate Suffok [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Chislehurst, Kent [1]

Clacton on Sea, Essex [1]

Clacton-on-Sea, Essex [1]

Clerkenwell, London [1]

Doncaster, Yorkshire [1]

Finchley, London [1]

Flushdyke, Ossett, Yorkshire [1]

Franklinford Victoria [1]

Geelong Victoria [1]

Holborn, London [1]

Kensington, London [1]

Launceston Tasmania [1]

Leicester, Leicestershire [1]

Lower Darwen, Lancashire [1]

Maidstone, Kent [1]

Normanton, Yorkshire [1]

North Adelaide South Australia [1]

Ossett, Yorkshire [1]

Palgrave Suffolk [1]

Peckham, London [1]

Preston, Lancashire [1]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [1]

St Clements, Ipswich, Suffolk [1]

Stonebridge, Willesden, London [1]

Sydney New South Wales [1]

Wortham Suffolk [1]

Wortham, Suffolk [1]

Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [213]

Gunner [29]

Driver [15]

Corporal [12]

Serjeant [11]

Lance Corporal [9]

Acting Corporal [7]

Sapper [7]

Lieutenant [4]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Trooper [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Bandsman [1]

Boy [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal /Acting Corporal [1]

Driver /Lance Corporal [1]

Farrier Corporal/Acting Farrier Serjeant [1]

Major [1]

Munitions Worker [1]

Musician [1]

Private Lance Corporal [1]

Rifleman [1]

Staff Nurse [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Waitress [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [22]

Royal Field Artillery [22]

Army Service Corps [19]

West Yorkshire Regiment [17]

Royal Garrison Artillery [16]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [16]

Royal Engineers [12]

York and Lancaster Regiment [11]

Durham Light Infantry [10]

Machine Gun Corps [10]

London Regiment [9]

Norfolk Regiment [9]

Northamptonshire Regiment [9]

Royal Naval Division [9]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [8]

Royal Army Medical Corps [8]

Royal Fusiliers [8]

East Yorkshire Regiment [7]

Tank Corps [6]

The Queen's Regiment [6]

Bedfordshire Regiment [5]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [5]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [5]

Suffolk Regiment [5]

West Riding Regiment [5]

Army Ordnance Corps [4]

Army Veterinary Corps [4]

East Lancashire Regiment [4]

East Surrey Regiment [4]

Essex Regiment [4]

Leicestershire Regiment [4]

Royal Horse Artillery [4]

Yorkshire Regiment [4]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

Northumberland Fusiliers [3]

Royal Army Veterinary Corps [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [3]

Royal West Kent Regiment [3]

Army Ordnance Depot [2]

Coldstream Guards [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

Guards Machine Gun Regiment [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Service

British Army [307]

Royal Navy [43]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [24]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [13]

Australian Imperial Force [8]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

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Contribution

Military Service [396]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [12]

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People [399] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Leeds, Yorkshire [5] Ipswich, Suffolk [4] Beaconsfield Tasmania [2] Leicester [2] Westminster, London [2] Armley, Yorkshire [1] Attercliffe, Sheffield, Yorkshire [1] Baildon Moors England [1] Bromley, Chislehurst, Kent [1] Bungay Suffolk [1] Burgate Suffok [1] Camberwell, London [1] Chislehurst, Kent [1] Clacton on Sea, Essex [1] Clacton-on-Sea, Essex [1] Clerkenwell, London [1] Doncaster, Yorkshire [1] Finchley, London [1] Flushdyke, Ossett, Yorkshire [1] Franklinford Victoria [1] Geelong Victoria [1] Holborn, London [1] Kensington, London [1] Launceston Tasmania [1] Leicester, Leicestershire [1] Lower Darwen, Lancashire [1] Maidstone, Kent [1] Normanton, Yorkshire [1] North Adelaide South Australia [1] Ossett, Yorkshire [1] Palgrave Suffolk [1] Peckham, London [1] Preston, Lancashire [1] Sheffield, Yorkshire [1] St Clements, Ipswich, Suffolk [1] Stonebridge, Willesden, London [1] Sydney New South Wales [1] Wortham Suffolk [1] Wortham, Suffolk [1] Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [213] Gunner [29] Driver [15] Corporal [12] Serjeant [11] Lance Corporal [9] Acting Corporal [7] Sapper [7] Lieutenant [4] Lance Serjeant [3] Second Lieutenant [3] Acting Serjeant [2] Trooper [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Bandsman [1] Boy [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal /Acting Corporal [1] Driver /Lance Corporal [1] Farrier Corporal/Acting Farrier Serjeant [1] Major [1] Munitions Worker [1] Musician [1] Private Lance Corporal [1] Rifleman [1] Staff Nurse [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Waitress [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Labour Corps [22] Royal Field Artillery [22] Army Service Corps [19] West Yorkshire Regiment [17] Royal Garrison Artillery [16] Yorkshire Light Infantry [16] Royal Engineers [12] York and Lancaster Regiment [11] Durham Light Infantry [10] Machine Gun Corps [10] London Regiment [9] Norfolk Regiment [9] Northamptonshire Regiment [9] Royal Naval Division [9] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [8] Royal Army Medical Corps [8] Royal Fusiliers [8] East Yorkshire Regiment [7] Tank Corps [6] The Queen's Regiment [6] Bedfordshire Regiment [5] King's Royal Rifle Corps [5] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [5] Suffolk Regiment [5] West Riding Regiment [5] Army Ordnance Corps [4] Army Veterinary Corps [4] East Lancashire Regiment [4] East Surrey Regiment [4] Essex Regiment [4] Leicestershire Regiment [4] Royal Horse Artillery [4] Yorkshire Regiment [4] King's Own Scottish Borderers [3] Manchester Regiment [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] Northumberland Fusiliers [3] Royal Army Veterinary Corps [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [3] Royal West Kent Regiment [3] Army Ordnance Depot [2] Coldstream Guards [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] Guards Machine Gun Regiment [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] Lancashire Fusiliers [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Service

British Army [307] Royal Navy [43] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [24] Canadian Expeditionary Force [13] Australian Imperial Force [8] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

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Contribution

Military Service [396] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [12]

Frederick Wilby

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 4794 Private East Surrey Regiment

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Bernard Wilby

Died 1918

British Army 13/1071 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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Walter Wilby

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 29090 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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William Wallace Wilby

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 202314 Private East Lancashire Regiment

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William R. Wilby

Died 1917

British Army 423115 Private London Regiment

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William H. Wilby

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 15441 Private Lance Corporal Durham Light Infantry

British Army 15441 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 15441 Lance Corporal Durham Light Infantry

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Frank Wilby

Born 1888

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 161003

Canadian Expeditionary Force 161003 Private Canadian Infantry

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Henry Alexander Wilby

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 71631

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Paul Jones Wilby

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 73573

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George Garth Wilby

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 79813

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W Wilby

Died 1916

British Army 8363 Private Norfolk Regiment

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George Wilby

Australian Imperial Force 3149

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Charles Henry Wilby

Born 1886

Died 1914

British Army 6833 Private Coldstream Guards

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Harold Wilby

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 20129 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers

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Alfred D Wilby

Died 1917

British Army 19010 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

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George Wilby

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 3638 Private Suffolk Regiment

British Army 201113 Private Suffolk Regiment

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George Wilby

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 11646 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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Harry Wilby

Born 1886

Died 1919

British Army 33289 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 35541 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 35541 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Leslie Bernard Wilby

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 50061

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Walter Robert Wilby

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 284760

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