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North Adelaide South Australia [2]

Rosewood Queensland [2]

Altrincham, Cheshire [1]

Bendigo Victoria [1]

Bishop Auckland, Durham [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Charleville Queensland [1]

Chelmsford, Essex [1]

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Crows Nest Queensland [1]

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Rotherhithe, London [1]

Sandhurst Victoria [1]

Singleton New South Wales [1]

St Helena, Warwickshire, England [1]

Wallsend, Northumberland [1]

West End Queensland [1]

West Maitland New South Wales [1]

Westoe, South Shields, Durham [1]

Winchester, Hampshire [1]

Wootton, Bedfordshire [1]

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Private [65]

Gunner [8]

Driver [6]

Second Lieutenant [6]

Serjeant [6]

Corporal [4]

Lance Corporal [4]

Sapper [4]

Captain [3]

Worker [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Bombardier [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Major and Quarter Master [1]

Pioneer [1]

Private /Lance Corporal [1]

Private Unpaid Lance Corporal [1]

Rifleman [1]

Saddler [1]

Serjeant /Acting Serjeant Major [1]

Serjeant /Acting Serjeant Major /Artillery Clerk [1]

Shoeing Smith Driver [1]

Staff Sergeant Major [1]

Staff Serjeant /Temporary Serjeant Major [1]

Temporary Bombardier [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Transport Serjeant [1]

Warrant Engineer [1]

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Army Service Corps [9]

Labour Corps [9]

Royal Garrison Artillery [9]

Royal Engineers [8]

Royal Field Artillery [8]

Lincolnshire Regiment [5]

London Regiment [5]

Northumberland Fusiliers [5]

Yorkshire Regiment [5]

York and Lancaster Regiment [4]

East Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Hussars [3]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Royal Highlanders [3]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2]

Border Regiment [2]

Dragoon Guards [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2]

Tank Corps [2]

West Yorkshire Regiment [2]

24th Punjabis [1]

Army Service Corps/Lahore Divisional Signal Company [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

British Red Cross Society [1]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [1]

Cameron Highlanders [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Canadian Infantry Brigade [1]

Corps of Hussars [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

Irish Guards [1]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [1]

London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [1]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

Non-Combatant Corps [1]

Northamptonshire Regiment [1]

Northumberland Fusiliers Depot [1]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [117]

Royal Navy [20]

Australian Imperial Force [13]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [11]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [11]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

Y [176]

V [2]

Contribution

Military Service [173]

Merchant Navy [4]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [5]

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People [178] Stories Communities

Place of birth

North Adelaide South Australia [2] Rosewood Queensland [2] Altrincham, Cheshire [1] Bendigo Victoria [1] Bishop Auckland, Durham [1] Camberwell, London [1] Charleville Queensland [1] Chelmsford, Essex [1] Chislehurst, Kent [1] Crows Nest Queensland [1] Dartford England [1] Durham, Durham [1] Ely, Cambridgeshire [1] Jarrow, Durham [1] Kent [1] Little Thetford, Cambridgeshire [1] London England [1] London, Middlesex [1] London, Middlesex, England [1] New Zealand, Wiltshire, England [1] Newcastle, Northumberland [1] Newcastle-on-Tyne, Northumberland [1] Peterborough [1] Portsmouth, Hampshire [1] Rotherhithe, London [1] Sandhurst Victoria [1] Singleton New South Wales [1] St Helena, Warwickshire, England [1] Wallsend, Northumberland [1] West End Queensland [1] West Maitland New South Wales [1] Westoe, South Shields, Durham [1] Winchester, Hampshire [1] Wootton, Bedfordshire [1]

Rank

Private [65] Gunner [8] Driver [6] Second Lieutenant [6] Serjeant [6] Corporal [4] Lance Corporal [4] Sapper [4] Captain [3] Worker [3] Acting Corporal [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Bombardier [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant [1] Major and Quarter Master [1] Pioneer [1] Private /Lance Corporal [1] Private Unpaid Lance Corporal [1] Rifleman [1] Saddler [1] Serjeant /Acting Serjeant Major [1] Serjeant /Acting Serjeant Major /Artillery Clerk [1] Shoeing Smith Driver [1] Staff Sergeant Major [1] Staff Serjeant /Temporary Serjeant Major [1] Temporary Bombardier [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Transport Serjeant [1] Warrant Engineer [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [9] Labour Corps [9] Royal Garrison Artillery [9] Royal Engineers [8] Royal Field Artillery [8] Lincolnshire Regiment [5] London Regiment [5] Northumberland Fusiliers [5] Yorkshire Regiment [5] York and Lancaster Regiment [4] East Yorkshire Regiment [3] Hussars [3] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Royal Highlanders [3] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2] Border Regiment [2] Dragoon Guards [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2] Tank Corps [2] West Yorkshire Regiment [2] 24th Punjabis [1] Army Service Corps/Lahore Divisional Signal Company [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] British Red Cross Society [1] Cambridgeshire Regiment [1] Cameron Highlanders [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Canadian Infantry Brigade [1] Corps of Hussars [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] Irish Guards [1] King's Own Scottish Borderers [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] Lancashire Fusiliers [1] London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) [1] London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [1] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1] Middlesex Regiment [1] Non-Combatant Corps [1] Northamptonshire Regiment [1] Northumberland Fusiliers Depot [1] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [117] Royal Navy [20] Australian Imperial Force [13] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [11] Canadian Expeditionary Force [11] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

Y [176] V [2]

Contribution

Military Service [173] Merchant Navy [4] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [5]

Owen Yarrow

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 375358 Private London Regiment

British Army 375358 Rifleman London Regiment 1st/8th Battalion

British Army 375358 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Ernest Yarrow

Born 1878

Died 1917

British Army 33505 Private Worcestershire Regiment

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Stanley Yarrow

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 282592

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Wilfred James Yarrow

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 87098

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Horace Yarrow

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 23977 Private Suffolk Regiment

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Thomas Harland Yarrow

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 108365

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Henry Edwin Goodwin Yarrow

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Own Scottish Borderers

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Eric Fernandez Yarrow

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

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George Yarrow

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 7DG/6792 Private Dragoon Guards

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James Yarrow

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 409703

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Norman Frederick Yarrow

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 222831

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Alfred Yarrow

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 37446

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Ernest Yarrow

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 267976 Pioneer Royal Engineers

British Army 267976 Gunner Royal Engineers

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Daniel Phipps Yarrow

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 6864 Private London Regiment

British Army 253340 Private London Regiment

British Army 253340 Private London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)

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Robert Yarrow

Born 1875

Died 1920

British Army 4854 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 385754 Private Labour Corps

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Adam Scott Yarrow

Born 1876

Died 1916

British Army 3282 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army SR3282 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 278282 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Frederick Thomas Yarrow

Australian Imperial Force 15

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Bertie Cecil Yarrow

Australian Imperial Force 6952

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George Yarrow

Died 1917

British Army 11007 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 19884 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 19884 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Thomas O Yarrow

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 1214 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment

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