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Place of birth

Beverley, East Yorkshire [4]

Wicken, Northants [2]

Alberta [1]

Bridlington Quay, Yorkshire [1]

Brunswick St., Manchester [1]

Coates, Cirencester [1]

Harlington, Bedfordshire [1]

Hemingbrough, Selby [1]

Howden, Yorkshire [1]

Hull, East Yorkshire [1]

Hull, Yorkshire [1]

Leeds [1]

Newcastle upon Tyne Northumberland [1]

Pocklington, Humberside [1]

Rothwell, Lincolnshire [1]

Seaton [1]

Selby [1]

Stoke Newington London [1]

Tittleshall Norfolk [1]

Welbury, Yorkshire [1]

West Butterwick, Lincolnshire [1]

York [1]

Rank

Private [986]

Serjeant [102]

Corporal [85]

Lance Corporal [85]

Second Lieutenant [68]

Lieutenant [62]

Sapper [27]

Captain [25]

Lance Serjeant [17]

Acting Corporal [16]

Acting Serjeant [16]

Pioneer [13]

Major [11]

Squadron Serjeant Major [8]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [7]

Trooper [7]

Farrier Serjeant [5]

Private Acting Corporal [5]

Shoeing Smith [5]

Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [5]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Company Serjeant Major [4]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

2nd Lieutenant [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Corporal /Acting Serjeant [3]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [3]

Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [3]

Private Lance Corporal [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Staff Serjeant Major [3]

Acting Farrier Serjeant [2]

Acting Staff Quartermaster Serjeant [2]

Colonel [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Corporal 2nd [2]

Driver [2]

Gunner [2]

Private /Lance Corporal [2]

Private Acting Serjeant [2]

Saddler Staff Serjeant [2]

Staff Quartermaster Serjeant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

2nd Corporal [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Acting Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Signaller Corporal [1]

Unit

East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry [1202]

Machine Gun Corps [522]

East Riding Yeomanry [137]

Royal Engineers [90]

Corps of Hussars [87]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [83]

Labour Corps [52]

East Riding Yorkshire Yeomanry [24]

Army Service Corps [21]

East Yorkshire Regiment [21]

Imperial Camel Corps [21]

Royal Air Force [14]

Surrey Yeomanry [14]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [13]

Royal Field Artillery [12]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [11]

Corps of Lancers [9]

Gloucestershire Yeomanry [9]

Yorkshire Regiment [9]

Bedford Yeomanry [8]

Royal Flying Corps [8]

Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) [7]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [7]

Northumberland Fusiliers [6]

West Riding Regiment [6]

York and Lancaster Regiment [6]

Cheshire Regiment [5]

East Riding Of Yorkshire Yeomanry [5]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [5]

Military Mounted Police [5]

Durham Light Infantry [4]

Royal Scots [4]

2/1st East Riding Yeomanry [3]

Army Veterinary Corps [3]

Berkshire Yeomanry [3]

Corps of Dragoons [3]

East Riding of York Yeomanry [3]

Lancers [3]

Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Royal Garrison Artillery [3]

Staffordshire Yeomanry [3]

1st East Riding Yeomanry [2]

Bedfordshire Yeomanry [2]

Camel Corps [2]

City of London Yeomanry [2]

Coldstream Guards [2]

Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry [2]

East Riding Yeomanry attached East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry Territorial Force [2]

Service

British Army [1373]

Last name first letter

B [147]

S [140]

H [122]

W [121]

C [115]

M [87]

T [77]

R [71]

P [66]

L [65]

D [56]

G [53]

F [49]

A [48]

J [38]

E [28]

K [28]

N [18]

O [15]

U [8]

V [8]

Y [7]

I [6]

Contribution

Military Service [1372]

Country

United Kingdom [15]

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People [1373] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Beverley, East Yorkshire [4] Wicken, Northants [2] Alberta [1] Bridlington Quay, Yorkshire [1] Brunswick St., Manchester [1] Coates, Cirencester [1] Harlington, Bedfordshire [1] Hemingbrough, Selby [1] Howden, Yorkshire [1] Hull, East Yorkshire [1] Hull, Yorkshire [1] Leeds [1] Newcastle upon Tyne Northumberland [1] Pocklington, Humberside [1] Rothwell, Lincolnshire [1] Seaton [1] Selby [1] Stoke Newington London [1] Tittleshall Norfolk [1] Welbury, Yorkshire [1] West Butterwick, Lincolnshire [1] York [1]

Rank

Private [986] Serjeant [102] Corporal [85] Lance Corporal [85] Second Lieutenant [68] Lieutenant [62] Sapper [27] Captain [25] Lance Serjeant [17] Acting Corporal [16] Acting Serjeant [16] Pioneer [13] Major [11] Squadron Serjeant Major [8] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [7] Trooper [7] Farrier Serjeant [5] Private Acting Corporal [5] Shoeing Smith [5] Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [5] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Company Serjeant Major [4] Lieutenant Colonel [4] 2nd Lieutenant [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Corporal /Acting Serjeant [3] Corporal Acting Serjeant [3] Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Private Acting Lance Corporal [3] Private Lance Corporal [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Staff Serjeant Major [3] Acting Farrier Serjeant [2] Acting Staff Quartermaster Serjeant [2] Colonel [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Corporal 2nd [2] Driver [2] Gunner [2] Private /Lance Corporal [2] Private Acting Serjeant [2] Saddler Staff Serjeant [2] Staff Quartermaster Serjeant [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] 2nd Corporal [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Lance Serjeant [1] Acting Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Acting Signaller Corporal [1]

Unit

East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry [1202] Machine Gun Corps [522] East Riding Yeomanry [137] Royal Engineers [90] Corps of Hussars [87] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [83] Labour Corps [52] East Riding Yorkshire Yeomanry [24] Army Service Corps [21] East Yorkshire Regiment [21] Imperial Camel Corps [21] Royal Air Force [14] Surrey Yeomanry [14] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [13] Royal Field Artillery [12] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [11] Corps of Lancers [9] Gloucestershire Yeomanry [9] Yorkshire Regiment [9] Bedford Yeomanry [8] Royal Flying Corps [8] Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) [7] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [7] Northumberland Fusiliers [6] West Riding Regiment [6] York and Lancaster Regiment [6] Cheshire Regiment [5] East Riding Of Yorkshire Yeomanry [5] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [5] Military Mounted Police [5] Durham Light Infantry [4] Royal Scots [4] 2/1st East Riding Yeomanry [3] Army Veterinary Corps [3] Berkshire Yeomanry [3] Corps of Dragoons [3] East Riding of York Yeomanry [3] Lancers [3] Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Royal Garrison Artillery [3] Staffordshire Yeomanry [3] 1st East Riding Yeomanry [2] Bedfordshire Yeomanry [2] Camel Corps [2] City of London Yeomanry [2] Coldstream Guards [2] Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry [2] East Riding Yeomanry attached East Yorkshire Regiment [2] East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry Territorial Force [2]

Service

British Army [1373]

Last name first letter

B [147] S [140] H [122] W [121] C [115] M [87] T [77] R [71] P [66] L [65] D [56] G [53] F [49] A [48] J [38] E [28] K [28] N [18] O [15] U [8] V [8] Y [7] I [6]

Contribution

Military Service [1372]

Country

United Kingdom [15]

Arthur Cecil Webster

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 1576 Corporal East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry

British Army 50370 Serjeant East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry

British Army Second Lieutenant East Yorkshire Regiment

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George Alan Webster

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 1836 Lance Corporal East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry

British Army 50539 Lance Corporal East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry

British Army Second Lieutenant East Yorkshire Regiment

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Alfred Kelsey

Born 1875

British Army 889 Private East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry

British Army 889 Private East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry

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Arthur Herbert Rix

Born 1870

British Army Lieutenant East Riding Yeomanry

British Army Lieutenant East Yorkshire Regiment

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Harold Stanley Webster

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 1029 Lance Corporal East Riding Yeomanry

British Army Second Lieutenant East Yorkshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant East Yorkshire Regiment

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Alfred Everitt

British Army 1547 Private East Riding Yeomanry

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Henry Leslie Clapham

British Army 1504 Private East Riding Yorkshire Yeomanry

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Sydney Hanson

British Army 2340 Private East Riding Yeomanry

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William Thomas Fenton

British Army 3920 Serjeant East Riding Yeomanry

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Henry Bowie

British Army 51581 Private East Riding Yeomanry

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Thomas Suffolk

British Army 50932 Private East Riding Yeomanry

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A Ernest Thomas

British Army Captain East Riding Yeomanry

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William Edward Watson

British Army 2152 Trooper East Riding Yorkshire Yeomanry

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Gerald Herbert Woodhouse

British Army Captain East Riding Yeomanry

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Albert Wright

British Army 51000 Corporal East Riding Yeomanry

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William Cecil Wright

British Army Lieutenant East Riding Yeomanry

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Joseph William Kelsey Brown

British Army 51382 Private East Riding Yeomanry

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Geoffrey Ed Reeve

British Army 2559 Private East Riding Yeomanry

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Thomas William Stockill

British Army 1404 Serjeant East Riding Yeomanry

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Henry Smith

British Army 50893 Lance Corporal East Riding Yeomanry

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