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Bradford, Yorkshire [13]

Halifax [11]

Holmfirth, West Yorkshire [9]

Huddersfield [7]

Huddersfield, Yorkshire [7]

Leeds [6]

Skipton, Yorkshire [6]

Holmfirth [5]

Keighley, Yorkshire [5]

Hebden Bridge [4]

Mytholmroyd [4]

Addingham, Yorkshire [3]

Bradford [3]

Honley, Yorkshire [3]

Manchester [3]

Sunderland [3]

Yorkshire [3]

Barnoldswick, Yorks [2]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [2]

Battersea, London [2]

Bingley [2]

Bingley, Yorkshire [2]

Bradford, Yorks [2]

Copley, Halifax [2]

Dewsbury, Yorkshire [2]

Earby, Yorkshire [2]

Edmonton, Middlesex [2]

Hinchliffe Mill, Holmbridge, West Yorkshire [2]

Holmbridge, West Yorkshire [2]

Ingleton, Yorkshire [2]

Islington, London [2]

Keighley [2]

Leeds, Yorkshire [2]

Lightcliffe, Halifax, West Yorkshire [2]

London [2]

Madras [2]

Maidstone, Kent [2]

Mytholmroyd, Yorkshire [2]

Nottingham [2]

Rawtenstall, Lancs [2]

Ripponden, Yorkshire [2]

Sheffield [2]

Upperthong, West Yorkshire [2]

Wooldale, West Yorkshire [2]

Wyke, Bradford, West Yorkshire [2]

13 Fleminghouse Lane, Dalton, Huddersfield [1]

34 Mannheim Road, Manningham Bradford Yorkshire [1]

Abingdon, Berkshire [1]

Alloa, Clackmannanshire [1]

Alsager, Cheshire [1]

Rank

Private [2987]

Serjeant [210]

Corporal [193]

Second Lieutenant [119]

Lance Corporal [116]

Lieutenant [73]

Captain [62]

Acting Serjeant [29]

Acting Corporal [24]

Major [23]

Private Lance Corporal [17]

Lieutenant Colonel [14]

Company Serjeant Major [13]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [11]

Lance Serjeant [10]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [10]

Colour Serjeant [8]

Sergeant [7]

Temporary Lieutenant [7]

Driver [6]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Colonel [4]

Private /Lance Corporal [4]

Temporary Captain [4]

Acting Captain [3]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [3]

Bandsman [3]

Brigadier General [3]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Private Acting Corporal [3]

Sapper [3]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Acting Major [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Boy [2]

Brevet Colonel [2]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [2]

Corporal (Acting Serjeant) [2]

Corporal Lance Serjeant [2]

Drummer [2]

Gunner [2]

Lance Sergeant [2]

Pte [2]

Quartermaster and Honourary Captain [2]

Quartermaster and Honourary Lieutenant [2]

Regimental Serjeant Major [2]

Serjeant Major [2]

2/Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [3060]

West Riding Regiment [2898]

The Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [310]

Labour Corps [51]

2nd West Riding Regiment [40]

Yorkshire Regiment [30]

Northumberland Fusiliers [23]

Army Service Corps [22]

West Yorkshire Regiment [22]

Duke Of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [21]

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment [21]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [19]

Army Cyclist Corps [15]

Durham Light Infantry [15]

Royal Engineers [15]

Duke of Wellington's West Riding Regiment [14]

Duke of Wellington's Own West Riding Regiment [13]

London Regiment [9]

Royal Fusiliers [9]

York and Lancaster Regiment [9]

Suffolk Regiment [8]

Royal Air Force [7]

Royal Field Artillery [7]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [7]

Cheshire Regiment [6]

Duke of Wellington's Regiment [5]

Leicestershire Regiment [5]

North Staffordshire Regiment [5]

1/6th West Riding Regiment [4]

East Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Machine Gun Corps [4]

Manchester Regiment [4]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

West Riding Regiment (Duke of Wellington's) [4]

Army Veterinary Corps [3]

Bedfordshire Regiment [3]

Cameron Highlanders [3]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

Dorsetshire Regiment [3]

Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry [3]

Duke of Wellington's Own (West Riding Regiment) [3]

Duke of Wellingtons Regiment [3]

Hampshire Regiment [3]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

103rd Labour Corps [2]

2nd Battalion, Duke Of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [2]

Dragoons [2]

Duke Of Wellington's West Riding Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [3466]

Indian Army [8]

Other Empire Force [5]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

B [396]

S [379]

H [361]

W [328]

C [273]

M [221]

R [195]

G [173]

T [165]

D [155]

L [141]

P [137]

F [125]

A [108]

K [70]

J [61]

E [58]

N [58]

I [19]

V [16]

Y [12]

O [8]

Q [6]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3429]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [239]

India [5]

France [2]

Ireland [2]

Turkey [1]

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Place of birth

Bradford, Yorkshire [13] Halifax [11] Holmfirth, West Yorkshire [9] Huddersfield [7] Huddersfield, Yorkshire [7] Leeds [6] Skipton, Yorkshire [6] Holmfirth [5] Keighley, Yorkshire [5] Hebden Bridge [4] Mytholmroyd [4] Addingham, Yorkshire [3] Bradford [3] Honley, Yorkshire [3] Manchester [3] Sunderland [3] Yorkshire [3] Barnoldswick, Yorks [2] Barnsley, Yorkshire [2] Battersea, London [2] Bingley [2] Bingley, Yorkshire [2] Bradford, Yorks [2] Copley, Halifax [2] Dewsbury, Yorkshire [2] Earby, Yorkshire [2] Edmonton, Middlesex [2] Hinchliffe Mill, Holmbridge, West Yorkshire [2] Holmbridge, West Yorkshire [2] Ingleton, Yorkshire [2] Islington, London [2] Keighley [2] Leeds, Yorkshire [2] Lightcliffe, Halifax, West Yorkshire [2] London [2] Madras [2] Maidstone, Kent [2] Mytholmroyd, Yorkshire [2] Nottingham [2] Rawtenstall, Lancs [2] Ripponden, Yorkshire [2] Sheffield [2] Upperthong, West Yorkshire [2] Wooldale, West Yorkshire [2] Wyke, Bradford, West Yorkshire [2] 13 Fleminghouse Lane, Dalton, Huddersfield [1] 34 Mannheim Road, Manningham Bradford Yorkshire [1] Abingdon, Berkshire [1] Alloa, Clackmannanshire [1] Alsager, Cheshire [1]

Rank

Private [2987] Serjeant [210] Corporal [193] Second Lieutenant [119] Lance Corporal [116] Lieutenant [73] Captain [62] Acting Serjeant [29] Acting Corporal [24] Major [23] Private Lance Corporal [17] Lieutenant Colonel [14] Company Serjeant Major [13] Warrant Officer Class 2 [11] Lance Serjeant [10] Private Acting Lance Corporal [10] Colour Serjeant [8] Sergeant [7] Temporary Lieutenant [7] Driver [6] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [4] Colonel [4] Private /Lance Corporal [4] Temporary Captain [4] Acting Captain [3] Acting Company Serjeant Major [3] Bandsman [3] Brigadier General [3] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Private Acting Corporal [3] Sapper [3] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [2] Acting Major [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Boy [2] Brevet Colonel [2] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [2] Corporal (Acting Serjeant) [2] Corporal Lance Serjeant [2] Drummer [2] Gunner [2] Lance Sergeant [2] Pte [2] Quartermaster and Honourary Captain [2] Quartermaster and Honourary Lieutenant [2] Regimental Serjeant Major [2] Serjeant Major [2] 2/Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [3060] West Riding Regiment [2898] The Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [310] Labour Corps [51] 2nd West Riding Regiment [40] Yorkshire Regiment [30] Northumberland Fusiliers [23] Army Service Corps [22] West Yorkshire Regiment [22] Duke Of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [21] Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment [21] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [19] Army Cyclist Corps [15] Durham Light Infantry [15] Royal Engineers [15] Duke of Wellington's West Riding Regiment [14] Duke of Wellington's Own West Riding Regiment [13] London Regiment [9] Royal Fusiliers [9] York and Lancaster Regiment [9] Suffolk Regiment [8] Royal Air Force [7] Royal Field Artillery [7] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [7] Cheshire Regiment [6] Duke of Wellington's Regiment [5] Leicestershire Regiment [5] North Staffordshire Regiment [5] 1/6th West Riding Regiment [4] East Yorkshire Regiment [4] Machine Gun Corps [4] Manchester Regiment [4] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] West Riding Regiment (Duke of Wellington's) [4] Army Veterinary Corps [3] Bedfordshire Regiment [3] Cameron Highlanders [3] Devonshire Regiment [3] Dorsetshire Regiment [3] Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry [3] Duke of Wellington's Own (West Riding Regiment) [3] Duke of Wellingtons Regiment [3] Hampshire Regiment [3] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Rifle Brigade [3] 103rd Labour Corps [2] 2nd Battalion, Duke Of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [2] Dragoons [2] Duke Of Wellington's West Riding Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [3466] Indian Army [8] Other Empire Force [5] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2] Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

B [396] S [379] H [361] W [328] C [273] M [221] R [195] G [173] T [165] D [155] L [141] P [137] F [125] A [108] K [70] J [61] E [58] N [58] I [19] V [16] Y [12] O [8] Q [6] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3429] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [239] India [5] France [2] Ireland [2] Turkey [1]

Frederick Cambridge Theobald

Born 1864

Died 1922

Royal Navy London AA/1608 Able Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

British Army Second Lieutenant Scottish Horse

British Army Lieutenant Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment)

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Thomas J Woodards

British Army 34362 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

British Army 93491 Private Labour Corps

British Army 102919 Private The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)

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Thomas R Mart

British Army 4680636 Transport Serjeant The Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

British Army 8717 Transport Serjeant The King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry)

British Army 8717 Bandsman The King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry)

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George Harnell

British Army Second Lieutenant The Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

British Army 2488 Private The King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry)

British Army 200507 Private The King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry)

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John Chettleburgh

British Army 241693 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 578770 Private Labour Corps

British Army 63768 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

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Basie Herbert Brewill

British Army Captain The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)

British Army Acting Corporal The Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) 13 Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) 7 Battalion (Territorial Force)

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