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Liverpool, Lancashire [15]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [13]

Manchester, Lancashire [13]

London, Middlesex, England [9]

Blackburn, Lancashire [8]

Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [8]

Bolton, Lancashire [7]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [7]

Ballarat Victoria [6]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [6]

Bradford, Yorkshire [5]

Melbourne Victoria [5]

Wigan, Lancashire [5]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [4]

Birmingham [4]

Gateshead, Durham [4]

London, Middlesex [4]

Stafford, Staffordshire [4]

Staffordshire [4]

Warwickshire [4]

Accrington, Lancashire [3]

Blackburn England [3]

Halifax, Yorkshire [3]

Leigh, Lancashire [3]

Manchester England [3]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [3]

Singleton New South Wales [3]

York [3]

Adelaide South Australia [2]

Basingstoke, Hampshire [2]

Belfast, Antrim [2]

Bendigo Victoria [2]

Bilston, Staffordshire [2]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [2]

Brisbane Queensland [2]

Bromley, Kent [2]

Burnley, Lancashire [2]

Burwood New South Wales [2]

Bury, Lancashire [2]

Camberwell, London [2]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [2]

Cheshunt, Hertfordshire [2]

Coatbridge, Lanarkshire [2]

Dartford, Kent [2]

Derby, Derbyshire [2]

Hackney, London [2]

Holborn, London [2]

Horwich Bolton Lancashire [2]

Huddersfield, Yorkshire [2]

Kidderminster, Worcestershire [2]

Rank

Private [2306]

Gunner [247]

Driver [204]

Serjeant [176]

Corporal [171]

Sapper [112]

Lance Corporal [78]

Second Lieutenant [54]

Captain [47]

Lieutenant [43]

Acting Corporal [39]

Pioneer [38]

Acting Serjeant [32]

Bombardier [30]

Major [18]

Company Serjeant Major [11]

Rifleman [10]

Staff Serjeant [10]

Worker [10]

Colour Serjeant [9]

Lance Serjeant [9]

Acting Bombardier [8]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [7]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [6]

Shoeing Smith [6]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [5]

Temporary Captain [5]

Trooper [5]

Acting Staff Serjeant [4]

Private Acting Corporal [4]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Acting Lance Corporal [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [3]

Guardsman [3]

Nurse [3]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Captain [2]

Acting Colour Serjeant [2]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [2]

Acting Major [2]

Agent [2]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Colonel [2]

Corporal Lance Serjeant [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Farrier Serjeant [2]

Filter Staff Serjeant [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [303]

Labour Corps [277]

Royal Engineers [273]

Army Service Corps [192]

Lancashire Fusiliers [155]

Royal Garrison Artillery [136]

Manchester Regiment [133]

Royal Army Medical Corps [132]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [115]

Liverpool Regiment [114]

Machine Gun Corps [102]

East Lancashire Regiment [86]

London Regiment [85]

Cheshire Regiment [78]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [69]

South Staffordshire Regiment [67]

North Staffordshire Regiment [63]

Royal Fusiliers [62]

South Lancashire Regiment [62]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [60]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [53]

Worcestershire Regiment [50]

West Yorkshire Regiment [49]

York and Lancaster Regiment [48]

Rifle Brigade [43]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [42]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [41]

Northumberland Fusiliers [40]

West Riding Regiment [39]

East Yorkshire Regiment [36]

Middlesex Regiment [35]

Royal Army Service Corps [33]

Royal Defence Corps [33]

Durham Light Infantry [32]

Hampshire Regiment [32]

Welsh Regiment [28]

Essex Regiment [27]

Yorkshire Regiment [27]

Devonshire Regiment [26]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [26]

Army Ordnance Corps [25]

Lincolnshire Regiment [25]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [25]

South Wales Borderers [25]

East Surrey Regiment [24]

Scottish Rifles [24]

Coldstream Guards [23]

Gloucestershire Regiment [23]

Leicestershire Regiment [23]

Northamptonshire Regiment [23]

Service

British Army [3464]

Royal Navy [298]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [258]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [162]

Australian Imperial Force [136]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [29]

Other Empire Force [11]

Indian Army [5]

Last name first letter

Y [4399]

H [3]

M [2]

E [1]

S [1]

T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [4334]

Merchant Navy [46]

Conscientious Objector [5]

Country

United Kingdom [72]

Canada [4]

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Liverpool, Lancashire [15] Birmingham, Warwickshire [13] Manchester, Lancashire [13] London, Middlesex, England [9] Blackburn, Lancashire [8] Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [8] Bolton, Lancashire [7] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [7] Ballarat Victoria [6] Sheffield, Yorkshire [6] Bradford, Yorkshire [5] Melbourne Victoria [5] Wigan, Lancashire [5] Birkenhead, Cheshire [4] Birmingham [4] Gateshead, Durham [4] London, Middlesex [4] Stafford, Staffordshire [4] Staffordshire [4] Warwickshire [4] Accrington, Lancashire [3] Blackburn England [3] Halifax, Yorkshire [3] Leigh, Lancashire [3] Manchester England [3] Portsmouth, Hampshire [3] Singleton New South Wales [3] York [3] Adelaide South Australia [2] Basingstoke, Hampshire [2] Belfast, Antrim [2] Bendigo Victoria [2] Bilston, Staffordshire [2] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [2] Brisbane Queensland [2] Bromley, Kent [2] Burnley, Lancashire [2] Burwood New South Wales [2] Bury, Lancashire [2] Camberwell, London [2] Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [2] Cheshunt, Hertfordshire [2] Coatbridge, Lanarkshire [2] Dartford, Kent [2] Derby, Derbyshire [2] Hackney, London [2] Holborn, London [2] Horwich Bolton Lancashire [2] Huddersfield, Yorkshire [2] Kidderminster, Worcestershire [2]

Rank

Private [2306] Gunner [247] Driver [204] Serjeant [176] Corporal [171] Sapper [112] Lance Corporal [78] Second Lieutenant [54] Captain [47] Lieutenant [43] Acting Corporal [39] Pioneer [38] Acting Serjeant [32] Bombardier [30] Major [18] Company Serjeant Major [11] Rifleman [10] Staff Serjeant [10] Worker [10] Colour Serjeant [9] Lance Serjeant [9] Acting Bombardier [8] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [7] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [6] Shoeing Smith [6] Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [5] Temporary Captain [5] Trooper [5] Acting Staff Serjeant [4] Private Acting Corporal [4] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Acting Lance Corporal [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [3] Guardsman [3] Nurse [3] Warrant Officer Class 1 [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Captain [2] Acting Colour Serjeant [2] Acting Company Serjeant Major [2] Acting Major [2] Agent [2] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Colonel [2] Corporal Lance Serjeant [2] Deck Hand [2] Farrier Serjeant [2] Filter Staff Serjeant [2] Leading Seaman [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [303] Labour Corps [277] Royal Engineers [273] Army Service Corps [192] Lancashire Fusiliers [155] Royal Garrison Artillery [136] Manchester Regiment [133] Royal Army Medical Corps [132] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [115] Liverpool Regiment [114] Machine Gun Corps [102] East Lancashire Regiment [86] London Regiment [85] Cheshire Regiment [78] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [69] South Staffordshire Regiment [67] North Staffordshire Regiment [63] Royal Fusiliers [62] South Lancashire Regiment [62] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [60] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [53] Worcestershire Regiment [50] West Yorkshire Regiment [49] York and Lancaster Regiment [48] Rifle Brigade [43] King's Royal Rifle Corps [42] Royal Lancaster Regiment [41] Northumberland Fusiliers [40] West Riding Regiment [39] East Yorkshire Regiment [36] Middlesex Regiment [35] Royal Army Service Corps [33] Royal Defence Corps [33] Durham Light Infantry [32] Hampshire Regiment [32] Welsh Regiment [28] Essex Regiment [27] Yorkshire Regiment [27] Devonshire Regiment [26] Royal Berkshire Regiment [26] Army Ordnance Corps [25] Lincolnshire Regiment [25] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [25] South Wales Borderers [25] East Surrey Regiment [24] Scottish Rifles [24] Coldstream Guards [23] Gloucestershire Regiment [23] Leicestershire Regiment [23] Northamptonshire Regiment [23]

Service

British Army [3464] Royal Navy [298] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [258] Canadian Expeditionary Force [162] Australian Imperial Force [136] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [29] Other Empire Force [11] Indian Army [5]

Last name first letter

Y [4399] H [3] M [2] E [1] S [1] T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [4334] Merchant Navy [46] Conscientious Objector [5]

Country

United Kingdom [72] Canada [4]

Tom Henry Yates

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 33891

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Earnest Ernest Barton Yates

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 50454

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Harold Yates

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 103484

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Herbert Yates

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 79536

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Allan Yates

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 292954

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Roland Robert Yates

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 26053

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Francis Joseph Yates

Born 1872

Died 1914

British Army 3941 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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Howard Ernest Yates

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 245415

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Edgar Pym Yates

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 94690

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William Yates

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 196321

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Joseph Henry Yates

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 260428

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Henry Stanley Yates

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 291860

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William Henry Yates

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 87018

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Herbert Henry Yates

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 42716

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William Everard Yates

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army R 2968 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps 9th Battalion

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George Yates

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 19104 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 50158 Private Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)

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John Joseph Yates

Born 1881

British Army 6972 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 6972 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 6972 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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William Yates

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 311105

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William Thomas Yates

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 37447

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Thomas Yates

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 44472

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