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Bishop Monkton, Ripon, Yorkshire [2]

Bedford, Bedfordshire [1]

Co Mayo, [1]

Hastings [1]

Newton, Bingley, Yorkshire [1]

Thornborough, West Tanfield, Yorkshire [1]

Tordown House, Swimbridge, Devon [1]

Woking, Surrey [1]

Yeadon, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [13]

Second Lieutenant [6]

Captain [4]

Lance Corporal [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Sergeant [2]

Acting Corporal [1]

Brevet Colonel [1]

Brevet-Colonel [1]

Cadet [1]

Corporal [1]

Guardsman [1]

Lieutenant-Colonel [1]

Major [1]

Rifleman [1]

Serjeant [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Unit

West Yorkshire Regiment [14]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [11]

The Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) [8]

The Queen's Regiment [8]

Labour Corps [7]

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

Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) [2]

Officers Training Corps [1]

Royal Sussex Regiment [1]

Scots Guards [1]

The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [1]

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

West India Regiment [1]

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

Service

British Army [22]

Last name first letter

W [4]

B [3]

H [3]

S [3]

L [2]

C [1]

D [1]

G [1]

K [1]

M [1]

N [1]

P [1]

Contribution

Military Service [21]

Country

United Kingdom [7]

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People [22] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Bishop Monkton, Ripon, Yorkshire [2] Bedford, Bedfordshire [1] Co Mayo, [1] Hastings [1] Newton, Bingley, Yorkshire [1] Thornborough, West Tanfield, Yorkshire [1] Tordown House, Swimbridge, Devon [1] Woking, Surrey [1] Yeadon, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [13] Second Lieutenant [6] Captain [4] Lance Corporal [2] Lieutenant [2] Sergeant [2] Acting Corporal [1] Brevet Colonel [1] Brevet-Colonel [1] Cadet [1] Corporal [1] Guardsman [1] Lieutenant-Colonel [1] Major [1] Rifleman [1] Serjeant [1] Temporary Captain [1]

Unit

West Yorkshire Regiment [14] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [11] The Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) [8] The Queen's Regiment [8] Labour Corps [7] The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) [3] Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) [2] Officers Training Corps [1] Royal Sussex Regiment [1] Scots Guards [1] The King's (Liverpool Regiment) [1] The Prince Of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) [1] West India Regiment [1] West Yorkshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's Own) [1]

Service

British Army [22]

Last name first letter

W [4] B [3] H [3] S [3] L [2] C [1] D [1] G [1] K [1] M [1] N [1] P [1]

Contribution

Military Service [21]

Country

United Kingdom [7]

Edmund Maturin Persse

Born 1890

Died 1964

British Army Second Lieutenant The Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)

British Army Captain The Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)

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James Alexander Scott Wood

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army Cadet Officers Training Corps Leeds University Contingent, Senior Division

British Army Second Lieutenant The Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)

British Army Second Lieutenant Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) 1st/6th Battalion attached 146th Trench Mortar Battery

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Edwin Bowes

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 201392 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 3485 Private The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) 2/5th Battalion

British Army 3485 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) 12th (Service) Battalion

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William Heath

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army 5180 Private The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) 2nd Battalion

British Army Lance Corporal The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) 2nd Battalion

British Army 5180 Lance Corporal The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) 1st Battalion

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David Boynton

Born 1889

Died 1959

British Army 38184 Private The Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) 3rd Battalion

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Richard Cox

Died 1916

British Army 12116 Private The Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) 10th Battalion

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John Stanley Wilson

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 37470 Private The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)

British Army 37470 Acting Corporal Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) 16th (Service) Battalion (1st Bradford)

British Army 37470 Corporal The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) 1st Battalion

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William Albert Simmons

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 8300 Sergeant The Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) 2nd Battalion

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Philip Haywood

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant The Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) 2nd/6th Battalion

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John Granville Berry

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 9312 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

British Army 358932 The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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William Celington Skeet

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army Serjeant The Queen's Regiment

British Army Captain West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army Captain West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) 12th (Service) Battalion

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George Theophile Tideswell Liffen

Born 1893

Died 1961

British Army Lieutenant West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant The Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)

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Sidney Walter Wickens

Died 1918

British Army 51891 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 33688 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 66488 Private Labour Corps

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Percy John Newton

Died 1918

British Army 52508 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 41099 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 72317 Private Labour Corps

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Walter Clarence Whall

Died 1917

British Army 41434 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 68856 Private Labour Corps

British Army 51455 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

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Gilbert Geddes

Died 1917

British Army 51884 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 28494 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 65589 Private Labour Corps

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Edward Hall

Died 1918

British Army 52509 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 41114 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 72203 Private Labour Corps

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George Frederick Davis

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 51483 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 36865 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 72144 Private Labour Corps

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George Kitchen

British Army 452300 Lance Corporal West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 900 Lance Corporal West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 20040 Lance Corporal West Yorkshire Regiment

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Richard Henry Moon

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 4053 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army 36023 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 67486 Private Labour Corps

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