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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]

Sam Robinson

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army 3/11566 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 3/11566 Private Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) 2nd Battalion

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Ernest Walter Shearsmith

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 241638 Acting Corporal West Riding Regiment

British Army 241638 Corporal Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

British Army 241638 Private Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

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Thomas Firth Turner

Born 1894

British Army 201547 Corporal West Riding Regiment

British Army 3802 Private Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment 2nd/4th Battalion

British Army Lance Corporal Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment 2nd/4th Battalion

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William Needham Everitt

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 884 Corporal Royal Warwickshire Regiment 14th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Duke of Wellington's Own West Riding Regiment 1/4th Battalion

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Duke of Wellington's Own West Riding Regiment 1/4th Battalion

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Richard H Wright

Born 1895

British Army 16712 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 24371 Private Coldstream Guards

British Army 16712 Dragoons of the Line

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Hugh Kane

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 203285 Corporal 1/4th Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

British Army 203285 Acting Corporal 10th Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

British Army 203285 Acting Corporal Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

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Bertie Grimwood

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 3/12395 Private Duke Of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) 2nd Battalion

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Braham Alfred Franks

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) 11th Bn. attd. 8th Bn.

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James Parkinson

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army 266987 Private Duke Of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) 2/4th Battalion.

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William Or Willie Normanton

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 12376 Private Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) 10th Battalion

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Harry Beaumont

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 3552 Private Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) 3rd/5th Battalion

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Frank Norman Shepley

Born 1895

Died 1950

British Army 205338 Private Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) 3rd Battalion

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Alfred Edgar Hickman

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 202648 Private Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) 1/4th Battalion.

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Bert Philpott

Died 1916

British Army 9601 Private Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) 9th Battalion

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Lawrence Laycock

Born 1877

Died 1916

British Army 15783 Private Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) 2nd Battalion

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John William Edwards

Born 1896

British Army 11391 Corporal The Duke of Wellington's West Riding Regiment

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Ellis Cunliffe

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 28981 Lance Corporal Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) 2nd Battalion

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Frank Sutcliffe

Born 1886

British Army 32667 Private Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) 3rd Battalion

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William Herbert Waite

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 3/11506 Private Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) 2nd Battalion

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Frank Dudley Fearnsides Or Fernsides

Died 1916

British Army 18293 Private Duke Of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) 2nd Battalion

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