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Leeds, Yorkshire [4]

Leeds [3]

Bradford, Yorkshire [2]

Ackworth, Yorkshire [1]

Bradford Yorkshire [1]

Bramley, Near Leeds West Yorkshire [1]

Brighton [1]

Clayton, Bradford, Yorkshire [1]

Denaby, Yorkshire [1]

Doncaster [1]

Dormans Park, East Grinstead, Surrey [1]

East Cottingwith, near York, Yorkshire [1]

Felliscliffe, Hampsthwaite [1]

Gildersome, Yorkshire [1]

Halifax, Yorkshire [1]

Harrington, Lincolnshire [1]

Heanor, Derbyshire [1]

Henshaw, Northumberland [1]

Hull [1]

Hunslet, Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Isle of Man [1]

Leek, Staffordshire [1]

Liverpool [1]

Maidstone, Kent [1]

Monk Fryston [1]

Montego Bay [1]

Platts Common, Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

Pudsey, Leeds, West Yorkshire [1]

Pudsey, Yorkshire [1]

Ripon, Yorkshire [1]

South Shields [1]

Stilton, Huntingdon [1]

Stonebroom, Derbyshire [1]

Straits Settlements [1]

Whitburn Durham [1]

Wortley, Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

York [1]

Rank

Private [46]

Second Lieutenant [7]

Lance Corporal [6]

Lieutenant [6]

Rifleman [5]

Captain [4]

Corporal [4]

Driver [2]

Sergeant [2]

Serjeant [2]

Acting Corporal [1]

Brevet Major [1]

Flight Cadet [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Second Lieutenant Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

private [1]

Unit

West Yorkshire Regiment [27]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [14]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own) [10]

The Prince of Wales’ Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) [9]

Prince of Wales' Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) [7]

Prince of Wales Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) [6]

West Yorkshire Regiment Prince of Wales Own [5]

Prince of Wales Own West Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Training Reserve [3]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales Own) [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

Labour Corps [2]

Royal Field Artillery [2]

York and Lancaster Regiment [2]

11th Nothern Division [1]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [1]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

Prince Of Wales Own, West Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Prince Of Wales' Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) [1]

Prince of Wales Own ( Yorkshire Reg.) [1]

Prince of Wales Own (West Yorks) Regiment [1]

Prince of Wales Own (West Yorkshire Reg) [1]

Prince of Wales Own (West Yorkshire Reg,) [1]

Prince of Wales Own (West Yorkshire) Regiment [1]

Prince of Wales Own West Yorkshire [1]

Prince of Wales Own Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Prince of Wales own (West Yorkshire Regiment) [1]

Prince of Wales' Own West Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry [1]

Royal Engineers [1]

Royal Flying Corps [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery (Volunteers) [1]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [1]

Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal [1]

Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) [1]

The Prince of Wales Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) [1]

West Yorkshire (Prince of Wales Own) [1]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales Own [1]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales own) [1]

West Yorkshire reg. {Prince of Wales Own} [1]

Yorkshire Hussars [1]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [58]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

B [8]

M [8]

S [6]

W [6]

H [5]

N [5]

A [3]

C [3]

T [3]

D [2]

F [2]

K [2]

P [2]

E [1]

G [1]

J [1]

Contribution

Military Service [53]

Country

United Kingdom [37]

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People [58] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Leeds, Yorkshire [4] Leeds [3] Bradford, Yorkshire [2] Ackworth, Yorkshire [1] Bradford Yorkshire [1] Bramley, Near Leeds West Yorkshire [1] Brighton [1] Clayton, Bradford, Yorkshire [1] Denaby, Yorkshire [1] Doncaster [1] Dormans Park, East Grinstead, Surrey [1] East Cottingwith, near York, Yorkshire [1] Felliscliffe, Hampsthwaite [1] Gildersome, Yorkshire [1] Halifax, Yorkshire [1] Harrington, Lincolnshire [1] Heanor, Derbyshire [1] Henshaw, Northumberland [1] Hull [1] Hunslet, Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Isle of Man [1] Leek, Staffordshire [1] Liverpool [1] Maidstone, Kent [1] Monk Fryston [1] Montego Bay [1] Platts Common, Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Pudsey, Leeds, West Yorkshire [1] Pudsey, Yorkshire [1] Ripon, Yorkshire [1] South Shields [1] Stilton, Huntingdon [1] Stonebroom, Derbyshire [1] Straits Settlements [1] Whitburn Durham [1] Wortley, Leeds, Yorkshire [1] York [1]

Rank

Private [46] Second Lieutenant [7] Lance Corporal [6] Lieutenant [6] Rifleman [5] Captain [4] Corporal [4] Driver [2] Sergeant [2] Serjeant [2] Acting Corporal [1] Brevet Major [1] Flight Cadet [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Second Lieutenant Temporary Lieutenant [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1] private [1]

Unit

West Yorkshire Regiment [27] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [14] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own) [10] The Prince of Wales’ Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) [9] Prince of Wales' Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) [7] Prince of Wales Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) [6] West Yorkshire Regiment Prince of Wales Own [5] Prince of Wales Own West Yorkshire Regiment [3] Training Reserve [3] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales Own) [3] Army Service Corps [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] Labour Corps [2] Royal Field Artillery [2] York and Lancaster Regiment [2] 11th Nothern Division [1] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [1] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1] Prince Of Wales Own, West Yorkshire Regiment [1] Prince Of Wales' Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) [1] Prince of Wales Own ( Yorkshire Reg.) [1] Prince of Wales Own (West Yorks) Regiment [1] Prince of Wales Own (West Yorkshire Reg) [1] Prince of Wales Own (West Yorkshire Reg,) [1] Prince of Wales Own (West Yorkshire) Regiment [1] Prince of Wales Own West Yorkshire [1] Prince of Wales Own Yorkshire Regiment [1] Prince of Wales own (West Yorkshire Regiment) [1] Prince of Wales' Own West Yorkshire Regiment [1] Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry [1] Royal Engineers [1] Royal Flying Corps [1] Royal Garrison Artillery (Volunteers) [1] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [1] Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal [1] Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) [1] The Prince of Wales Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) [1] West Yorkshire (Prince of Wales Own) [1] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales Own [1] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales own) [1] West Yorkshire reg. {Prince of Wales Own} [1] Yorkshire Hussars [1] Yorkshire Light Infantry [1] Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [58] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

B [8] M [8] S [6] W [6] H [5] N [5] A [3] C [3] T [3] D [2] F [2] K [2] P [2] E [1] G [1] J [1]

Contribution

Military Service [53]

Country

United Kingdom [37]

Charles Farrar

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 16/637 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 16/637 Serjeant West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 637 Serjeant West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales Own 16th Battalion

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Charles Busby

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army 2398 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 505566 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army Sergeant West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales Own) 1st/8th Battalion

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R Mcgregor

British Army 4524776 Private West Yorkshire Regiment Prince of Wales Own

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F Mcmaster

British Army 4524905 Private West Yorkshire Regiment Prince of Wales Own

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R Mchugh

British Army 4524826 Private West Yorkshire Regiment Prince of Wales Own

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J P Mchale

British Army 4524612 Private West Yorkshire Regiment Prince of Wales Own

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W Mcgeever

British Army 4523975 Serjeant West Yorkshire Regiment Prince of Wales Own

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Herbert Mitchell

Died 1918

British Army 4070 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 306417 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 306417 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own) 9th Battalion

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Leonard Pease

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 3438 Private Yorkshire Hussars

British Army 330806 Private Yorkshire Hussars

British Army 236020 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

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Allwood Walker

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 268975 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 12573 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales Own) 10th (Service) Battalion

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Wilfred Audsley

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army 2259 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 204314 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 204314 Lance Sergeant West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own)

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Clarence George Edmund Davey

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 57912 Private Prince of Wales Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) 3rd Battalion

British Army TR/5/73794 Private Training Reserve 88th Battalion

British Army M/300872 Driver Army Service Corps Motor Transport

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Fred Proctor

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army 56267 Private Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

British Army 185831 Private Labour Corps 357th Home Service Works Coy

British Army 33878 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own)

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Willie Austin

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army York and Lancaster Regiment 14th Battalion

British Army 22677 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own) 18th Battalion

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William Dowson

Died 1920

British Army 5048 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 381975 Private Labour Corps

British Army 48020 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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Robert William Wreathall

Born 1877

Died 1945

Royal Navy 1217 Private Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal

British Army 21560 and 43298 private Prince of Wales own (West Yorkshire Regiment) 16th Battalion

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Arthur Alexander Geddes

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army Captain Army Service Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Prince of Wales' Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) 1st Battalion

British Army Captain Army Service Corps Motor Transport

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James Fram

British Army 76222 Private The Prince of Wales’ Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)

British Army 58871 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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