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Sheffield [2]

Bolton, Lancashire [1]

Devizes, Wiltshire [1]

Folkestone [1]

Gawber, Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

Hendon, Middlesex [1]

Lougham Lincs [1]

Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Market Harborough, Leicestershire [1]

Pitsmoor, Sheffield, Yorkshire [1]

Royston, Yorkshire [1]

Scarborough Yorkshire England [1]

Sherborne, Dorset [1]

St George Hanover Square, London [1]

Stafford [1]

Stockton-on-Tees, Durham, England [1]

Tottenham, Middlesex [1]

Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [497]

Lance Corporal [54]

Serjeant [48]

Corporal [45]

Second Lieutenant [11]

Captain [8]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [8]

Lance Serjeant [6]

Colour Serjeant [5]

Lieutenant [5]

Major [5]

Acting Corporal [4]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Bandsman [4]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Gunner [3]

Sapper [3]

Driver [2]

Pioneer [2]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Captain and Adjutant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal Private [1]

Farrier [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Orderly Room Serjeant [1]

Private, acting Corporal [1]

Sergeant [1]

Serjeant Driver [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Staff Serjeant Major [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

2nd York and Lancaster Regiment [532]

York and Lancaster Regiment [137]

Labour Corps [34]

2nd Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment [22]

York and Lancaster Regiment 2nd Battalion [19]

Northumberland Fusiliers [14]

Machine Gun Corps [11]

2nd York and Lancaster Regiment Depot [7]

Royal Engineers [7]

East Yorkshire Regiment [5]

Royal Defence Corps [5]

Army Service Corps [4]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [4]

Durham Light Infantry [3]

North Staffordshire Regiment [3]

Royal Field Artillery [3]

Yorkshire Regiment [3]

1/2nd York and Lancaster Regiment [2]

1st York and Lancaster Regiment [2]

3/2nd York and Lancaster Regiment [2]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Depot 2nd York and Lancaster Regiment [2]

London Regiment [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

West Yorkshire Regiment [2]

York and Lancaster Regiment Depot 2nd [2]

1/5th Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

134th Canadian Infantry Battalion [1]

16th Trench Mortar Battery [1]

18th York and Lancaster Regiment [1]

2/8th Royal Scots [1]

20th King's Royal Rifles [1]

2nd Battalion Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

2nd Battalion Royal Scots [1]

2nd Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

2nd Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment [1]

2nd Bn York and Lancaster Regiment [1]

2nd Reserve Infantry Brigade [1]

2nd Royal Irish Fusiliers [1]

2nd Royal Scots [1]

2nd York and Lancaster Regiment 4th [1]

2nd York and Lancaster Regiment Department [1]

2ndYork and Lancaster Regiment [1]

3-2nd York and Lancaster Regiment [1]

3rd Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment [1]

3rd and 2nd York and Lancaster Regiment Regiment [1]

Army Educational Corps [1]

Army Pay Corps [1]

Cameron Highlanders [1]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [1]

Service

British Army [601]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [194]

C [149]

G [84]

H [53]

A [48]

F [37]

D [28]

E [6]

P [1]

R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [601]

Country

United Kingdom [6]

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Place of birth

Sheffield [2] Bolton, Lancashire [1] Devizes, Wiltshire [1] Folkestone [1] Gawber, Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Hendon, Middlesex [1] Lougham Lincs [1] Manchester, Lancashire [1] Market Harborough, Leicestershire [1] Pitsmoor, Sheffield, Yorkshire [1] Royston, Yorkshire [1] Scarborough Yorkshire England [1] Sherborne, Dorset [1] St George Hanover Square, London [1] Stafford [1] Stockton-on-Tees, Durham, England [1] Tottenham, Middlesex [1] Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [497] Lance Corporal [54] Serjeant [48] Corporal [45] Second Lieutenant [11] Captain [8] Warrant Officer Class 2 [8] Lance Serjeant [6] Colour Serjeant [5] Lieutenant [5] Major [5] Acting Corporal [4] Acting Serjeant [4] Bandsman [4] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Gunner [3] Sapper [3] Driver [2] Pioneer [2] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Brigadier General [1] Captain and Adjutant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal Private [1] Farrier [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Orderly Room Serjeant [1] Private, acting Corporal [1] Sergeant [1] Serjeant Driver [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Staff Serjeant Major [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

2nd York and Lancaster Regiment [532] York and Lancaster Regiment [137] Labour Corps [34] 2nd Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment [22] York and Lancaster Regiment 2nd Battalion [19] Northumberland Fusiliers [14] Machine Gun Corps [11] 2nd York and Lancaster Regiment Depot [7] Royal Engineers [7] East Yorkshire Regiment [5] Royal Defence Corps [5] Army Service Corps [4] Yorkshire Light Infantry [4] Durham Light Infantry [3] North Staffordshire Regiment [3] Royal Field Artillery [3] Yorkshire Regiment [3] 1/2nd York and Lancaster Regiment [2] 1st York and Lancaster Regiment [2] 3/2nd York and Lancaster Regiment [2] Army Cyclist Corps [2] Depot 2nd York and Lancaster Regiment [2] London Regiment [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] West Yorkshire Regiment [2] York and Lancaster Regiment Depot 2nd [2] 1/5th Lancashire Fusiliers [1] 134th Canadian Infantry Battalion [1] 16th Trench Mortar Battery [1] 18th York and Lancaster Regiment [1] 2/8th Royal Scots [1] 20th King's Royal Rifles [1] 2nd Battalion Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1] 2nd Battalion Royal Scots [1] 2nd Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers [1] 2nd Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment [1] 2nd Bn York and Lancaster Regiment [1] 2nd Reserve Infantry Brigade [1] 2nd Royal Irish Fusiliers [1] 2nd Royal Scots [1] 2nd York and Lancaster Regiment 4th [1] 2nd York and Lancaster Regiment Department [1] 2ndYork and Lancaster Regiment [1] 3-2nd York and Lancaster Regiment [1] 3rd Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment [1] 3rd and 2nd York and Lancaster Regiment Regiment [1] Army Educational Corps [1] Army Pay Corps [1] Cameron Highlanders [1] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [1]

Service

British Army [601] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [194] C [149] G [84] H [53] A [48] F [37] D [28] E [6] P [1] R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [601]

Country

United Kingdom [6]

William Barton

Died 1915

British Army 7669 Private 2nd York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 7669 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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Edwin Bird

Born 1886

Died 1914

British Army 7639 Private 2nd York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 7639 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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George Bareham

Died 1916

British Army 20900 Private 2nd Bn York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 20900 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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Sidney Bennett

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 10253 Private 2nd York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 10253 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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William Bell

Died 1915

British Army 7959 Private 2nd York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 7959 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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Joseph Barlow

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 3/2596 Private 2nd York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 3/2596 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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Maurice S J Cox

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army 7489 Private 2nd York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 7489 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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Myles Glynn

Died 1916

British Army 8043 Private 2nd York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 8043 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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William Godley

Died 1914

British Army 6741 Serjeant 2nd York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 6741 Serjeant York and Lancaster Regiment

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Joseph Cooke

Died 1915

British Army 7943 Private 2nd York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 7943 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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Lawrence Gilbert

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 22741 Private 2nd York and Lancaster Regiment Depot

British Army 22741 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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Charles Hanson

Died 1916

British Army 8674 Private 2nd York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 8674 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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Percy Beal

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 10304 Private 2nd York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 10304 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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William Bland

Born 1883

Died 1914

British Army 8075 Private 2nd York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 8075 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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Ernest Bowman

Died 1916

British Army 7660 Private 2nd York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 7660 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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Richard Farrow

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 10172 Private 2nd York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 10172 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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George Haller

Died 1915

British Army 8349 Private 2nd York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 8349 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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Edward Griffiths

Died 1916

British Army 8269 Private 2nd York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 8269 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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Mark Barker

Died 1916

British Army 3/2658 Private 2nd York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 3/2658 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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George Burrows

Died 1915

British Army 19478 Private 2nd York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 19478 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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