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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]

Oldham [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]

Rank

Private [2992]

Serjeant [210]

Corporal [194]

Second Lieutenant [120]

Lance Corporal [116]

Lieutenant [76]

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]

York and Lancaster Regiment [10]

London Regiment [9]

Royal Fusiliers [9]

Suffolk Regiment [8]

Cheshire Regiment [7]

Duke of Wellington's Regiment [7]

Royal Air Force [7]

Royal Field Artillery [7]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [7]

Leicestershire Regiment [6]

Machine Gun Corps [5]

North Staffordshire Regiment [5]

1/6th West Riding Regiment [4]

East Yorkshire Regiment [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 [3473]

Indian Army [8]

Other Empire Force [5]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

B [398]

S [379]

H [361]

W [328]

C [275]

M [222]

R [195]

G [173]

T [165]

D [156]

L [141]

P [137]

F [125]

A [109]

K [70]

J [61]

E [58]

N [58]

I [19]

V [16]

Y [12]

O [8]

Q [6]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3436]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [240]

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] Oldham [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]

Rank

Private [2992] Serjeant [210] Corporal [194] Second Lieutenant [120] Lance Corporal [116] Lieutenant [76] 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] York and Lancaster Regiment [10] London Regiment [9] Royal Fusiliers [9] Suffolk Regiment [8] Cheshire Regiment [7] Duke of Wellington's Regiment [7] Royal Air Force [7] Royal Field Artillery [7] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [7] Leicestershire Regiment [6] Machine Gun Corps [5] North Staffordshire Regiment [5] 1/6th West Riding Regiment [4] East Yorkshire Regiment [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 [3473] Indian Army [8] Other Empire Force [5] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2] Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

B [398] S [379] H [361] W [328] C [275] M [222] R [195] G [173] T [165] D [156] L [141] P [137] F [125] A [109] K [70] J [61] E [58] N [58] I [19] V [16] Y [12] O [8] Q [6] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3436] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [240] India [5] France [2] Ireland [2] Turkey [1]

Frederick Bagot

British Army Lieutenant Royal Air Force

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Air Force

British Army Captain Royal Air Force

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Joseph Pringle

British Army 7433 Serjeant Gordon Highlanders

British Army Captain Cameron Highlanders

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

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Alfred Race

British Army 76585 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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

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Alfred Jones

British Army 455 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army 202528 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army 559823 Private Royal Engineers

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Thomas Cousins

British Army 412370 Private Labour Corps

British Army 52592 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army 27154 Private The Duke of Wellington's (West Riding 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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Edward J Croker

British Army 37203 Private Devonshire Regiment

British Army 92307 Private Labour Corps

British Army 55 Private London Regiment 16 (County of London) Battalion (Queen's Westminster Rifles) (Territorial Force)

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George Bowler

British Army 9969 Serjeant West Riding Regiment

British Army 399374 Lance Corporal Labour Corps

British Army 22713 Lance Corporal West Yorkshire 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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Leonard Abnett

Born 1891

Died 1961

British Army 6063 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) att Royal Flying Corps

British Army JF/21853 Private The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 1/4th Battalion

British Army 3100 Private The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 1/4th Battalion

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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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