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Leeds, Yorkshire [8]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [4]

Batley, Yorkshire [3]

Bradford, Yorkshire [3]

Halifax, Yorkshire [3]

Huddersfield, Yorkshire [3]

Adelaide South Australia [2]

Ballarat Victoria [2]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [2]

Epsom, Surrey [2]

North Melbourne Victoria [2]

Ollerton, Nottinghamshire [2]

Sale Cheshire [2]

Sheffield England [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

Armley, Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Aston near Sheffield, Yorkshire [1]

Aston, Yorkshire [1]

Bacup, Lancashire [1]

Bermondsey, London [1]

Blackburn, Lancashire [1]

Bradford [1]

Brisbane Queensland [1]

British Subject [1]

Burnley, Lancashire [1]

Bury, Lancashire [1]

Bury, Lancs [1]

Carlisle, Cumberland [1]

Chesterfield, Derbyshire [1]

Coventry [1]

Derbyshire [1]

Dublin [1]

Dunkeld Victoria [1]

Durham [1]

Fitzroy Victoria [1]

Goole [1]

Goole, Yorkshire, England [1]

Halifax [1]

Hill River South Australia [1]

Holmfirth, West Riding of Yorkshire [1]

Holmfirth, West Yorkshire [1]

Holmfirth, Yorkshire [1]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [1]

Hull, Yorkshire [1]

Indooroopilly Queensland [1]

Lancashire [1]

Leeds [1]

Leeds England [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1]

Maidstone, Kent [1]

Rank

Private [483]

Gunner [60]

Driver [45]

Corporal [32]

Serjeant [32]

Sapper [24]

Lance Corporal [19]

Second Lieutenant [16]

Lieutenant [15]

Captain [10]

Pioneer [8]

Acting Corporal [7]

Acting Serjeant [5]

Company Serjeant Major [5]

Guardsman [5]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Bombardier [3]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Trooper [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Worker [2]

/ Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Acting Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Bearer [1]

Brevet Colonel [1]

Filter/Corporal [1]

Fitter [1]

Gunner 2nd Class [1]

Gunner/Shoeing Smith [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Major [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Private /Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Private Acting Serjeant [1]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Rifleman [1]

Serjeant /Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Serjeant Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [76]

Labour Corps [60]

West Yorkshire Regiment [58]

Royal Engineers [54]

West Riding Regiment [46]

Army Service Corps [41]

Royal Garrison Artillery [34]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [27]

Royal Army Medical Corps [26]

Durham Light Infantry [23]

Manchester Regiment [23]

Machine Gun Corps [21]

Northumberland Fusiliers [20]

Cheshire Regiment [17]

Lincolnshire Regiment [17]

East Lancashire Regiment [16]

York and Lancaster Regiment [16]

Liverpool Regiment [15]

Yorkshire Regiment [15]

East Yorkshire Regiment [14]

Lancashire Fusiliers [14]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [12]

Leicestershire Regiment [11]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [10]

Army Ordnance Corps [9]

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [9]

Grenadier Guards [9]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [9]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [9]

North Staffordshire Regiment [9]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [9]

Royal Defence Corps [8]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [8]

Border Regiment [7]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [6]

London Regiment [6]

Royal Army Service Corps [6]

Scottish Rifles [6]

Worcestershire Regiment [6]

Canadian Infantry [5]

Middlesex Regiment [5]

Royal Fusiliers [5]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [5]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5]

South Lancashire Regiment [5]

East Surrey Regiment [4]

Norfolk Regiment [4]

Rifle Brigade [4]

Royal Scots [4]

The Queen's Regiment [4]

Service

British Army [747]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [57]

Royal Navy [39]

Australian Imperial Force [24]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [19]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [9]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

W [911]

Contribution

Military Service [893]

Conscientious Objector [9]

Merchant Navy [7]

Country

United Kingdom [26]

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Leeds, Yorkshire [8] Sheffield, Yorkshire [4] Batley, Yorkshire [3] Bradford, Yorkshire [3] Halifax, Yorkshire [3] Huddersfield, Yorkshire [3] Adelaide South Australia [2] Ballarat Victoria [2] Barnsley, Yorkshire [2] Epsom, Surrey [2] North Melbourne Victoria [2] Ollerton, Nottinghamshire [2] Sale Cheshire [2] Sheffield England [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Armley, Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Aston near Sheffield, Yorkshire [1] Aston, Yorkshire [1] Bacup, Lancashire [1] Bermondsey, London [1] Blackburn, Lancashire [1] Bradford [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] British Subject [1] Burnley, Lancashire [1] Bury, Lancashire [1] Bury, Lancs [1] Carlisle, Cumberland [1] Chesterfield, Derbyshire [1] Coventry [1] Derbyshire [1] Dublin [1] Dunkeld Victoria [1] Durham [1] Fitzroy Victoria [1] Goole [1] Goole, Yorkshire, England [1] Halifax [1] Hill River South Australia [1] Holmfirth, West Riding of Yorkshire [1] Holmfirth, West Yorkshire [1] Holmfirth, Yorkshire [1] Hull, Yorkshire, England [1] Hull, Yorkshire [1] Indooroopilly Queensland [1] Lancashire [1] Leeds [1] Leeds England [1] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1] Maidstone, Kent [1]

Rank

Private [483] Gunner [60] Driver [45] Corporal [32] Serjeant [32] Sapper [24] Lance Corporal [19] Second Lieutenant [16] Lieutenant [15] Captain [10] Pioneer [8] Acting Corporal [7] Acting Serjeant [5] Company Serjeant Major [5] Guardsman [5] Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Bombardier [3] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Trooper [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Bombardier [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Corporal Acting Serjeant [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Worker [2] / Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Lance Serjeant [1] Acting Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Bearer [1] Brevet Colonel [1] Filter/Corporal [1] Fitter [1] Gunner 2nd Class [1] Gunner/Shoeing Smith [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Stoker [1] Major [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Private /Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Private Acting Serjeant [1] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Rifleman [1] Serjeant /Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Serjeant Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [76] Labour Corps [60] West Yorkshire Regiment [58] Royal Engineers [54] West Riding Regiment [46] Army Service Corps [41] Royal Garrison Artillery [34] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [27] Royal Army Medical Corps [26] Durham Light Infantry [23] Manchester Regiment [23] Machine Gun Corps [21] Northumberland Fusiliers [20] Cheshire Regiment [17] Lincolnshire Regiment [17] East Lancashire Regiment [16] York and Lancaster Regiment [16] Liverpool Regiment [15] Yorkshire Regiment [15] East Yorkshire Regiment [14] Lancashire Fusiliers [14] Yorkshire Light Infantry [12] Leicestershire Regiment [11] King's Royal Rifle Corps [10] Army Ordnance Corps [9] Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [9] Grenadier Guards [9] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [9] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [9] North Staffordshire Regiment [9] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [9] Royal Defence Corps [8] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [8] Border Regiment [7] King's Own Scottish Borderers [6] London Regiment [6] Royal Army Service Corps [6] Scottish Rifles [6] Worcestershire Regiment [6] Canadian Infantry [5] Middlesex Regiment [5] Royal Fusiliers [5] Royal Lancaster Regiment [5] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5] South Lancashire Regiment [5] East Surrey Regiment [4] Norfolk Regiment [4] Rifle Brigade [4] Royal Scots [4] The Queen's Regiment [4]

Service

British Army [747] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [57] Royal Navy [39] Australian Imperial Force [24] Canadian Expeditionary Force [19] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [9] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

W [911]

Contribution

Military Service [893] Conscientious Objector [9] Merchant Navy [7]

Country

United Kingdom [26]

John Woodhead

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 180706

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Percival Woodhead

Born 1883

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Own Scottish Borderers

British Army Lieutenant King's Own Scottish Borderers 4th Battalion

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Wilfred Woodhead

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 266131

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George Woodhead

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 24550 Guardsman Grenadier Guards

British Army 24550 Private Grenadier Guards

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Herbert William Woodhead

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 269631

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Samuel Woodhead

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 30098 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 30098 Private King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

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Willie Woodhead

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 49741 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

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Albert Henry Woodhead

Born 1893

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 60098

Canadian Expeditionary Force 60098 Private Canadian Infantry

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Samuel Woodhead

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 47683 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 30092 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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Joseph William Woodhead

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 7972 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army 203185 Private Middlesex Regiment

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Arthur Woodhead

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 289181

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William Woodhead

Born 1880

Died 1915

British Army 56652 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Herbert Woodhead

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 5451 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 267484 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 267484 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Stanley Dyson Woodhead

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 142761

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John Woodhead

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 57236 Private Manchester Regiment

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Joseph Woodhead

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 4395 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 49587 Private Cheshire Regiment

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Ernest Woodhead

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 289061

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William Watson Woodhead

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 59117

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Frank Woodhead

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 241520 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 241520 Private Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

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John W Woodhead

Died 1918

British Army 16252 Lance Corporal Border Regiment

British Army 16252 Private Border Regiment

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