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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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People [3466] Stories Communities

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]

Arthur Smith

British Army 205621 Labour Corps

British Army 480931 Private Royal Engineers

British Army

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James Bentley Crosland

Born 1895

British Army 11/20211 Private 11th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment

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Herbert Muir

Died 1915

British Army 10574 Private 2nd Battalion, Duke Of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

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Temple Coulthurst

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 1289 Private Honourable Artillery Company

British Army Second Lieutenant 6th Battalion West Riding Regiment

British Army Lieutenant 6th Battalion West Riding Regiment

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T Kilty

British Army 4602939 Private The Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

British Army 56087 Private The Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

British Army L/9106 Private East Surrey Regiment

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Frederick H Hill

British Army 8775 Corporal South Staffordshire Regiment

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

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

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Stephen Fitzpatrick

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 2998 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 6146 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 307328 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

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Willie Reed

Born 1891

British Army 12178 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 12178 Serjeant 2nd Battalion, Duke of Wellington's West Riding Regiment

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Charles Landale

Born 1893

Died 1962

British Army 200217 Serjeant West Riding Regiment

British Army 1495 Corporal 1/4th Battalion, West Riding Regiment (Duke of Wellington's) (Territorial Force) D.C.M. Yser Canal, Belgium

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Charles George Wheeler

British Army Captain Attached Indian Signal Company

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

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

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James Read

Indian Army Second Lieutenant Indian Army

British Army S/5120 Serjeant The Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

Indian Army Serjeant Punjabis

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William Lister

British Army 1133 Serjeant Army Cyclist Corps

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

British Army 6056 Serjeant The Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

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John Edward Wood

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

British Army Lieutenant Captain The Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) attached 47th Brigade

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William Firth

British Army WR/176866 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 481991 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 4601051 Private The Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) 4 Battalion (Territorial Force)

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Phillip T Dorrington

British Army 38802 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 4602534 Private The Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

British Army 53751 Private The Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

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John Herbert Weatherill

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Air Force

British Army Lance Corporal The Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

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

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John H Oldham

British Army 4605005 Private The Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

British Army 203023 Private The King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry)

British Army 1124 Private The Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

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Willie Thorpe

British Army R/366388 Private Army Service Corps

British Army 4604205 Private The Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) 5 Battalion

British Army 1997 Private The Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

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R S Archer

British Army 4526876 Private Essex Regiment

British Army 30904 Private The Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

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W P Gooding

British Army Lieutenant Dorsetshire Regiment

British Army 200373 The Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

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