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Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

Barton upon Irwell, Lancashire [1]

Battersea [1]

Bedfordshire [1]

Bingley, Yorkshire [1]

Blacker Hill, Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

Bradford [1]

Chapel Allerton, Yorkshire [1]

Cragg Vale, Yorkshire [1]

Crowle, Thorne, Doncaster, Yorkshire [1]

Doncaster [1]

Doncaster, Yorkshire [1]

East Keal, Lincolnshire [1]

Elland, Yorkshire [1]

Goole [1]

Goole, Yorkshire [1]

Heckmondwike, Yorkshire [1]

Howden, Goole, Yorkshire [1]

Kensington, London [1]

Mytholmroyd [1]

Powderham Castle, Devon [1]

Rawcliffe Bridge, Goole, Yorkshire [1]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [1]

St Andrew's, Northampton [1]

Wadsworth Moor ,West Yorkshire [1]

Warley, Halifax [1]

Westminster, London [1]

Worsborough, Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

York [1]

Rank

Private [954]

Second Lieutenant [111]

Serjeant [106]

Lieutenant [65]

Corporal [57]

Lance Corporal [48]

Captain [33]

Sapper [17]

Major [14]

Shoeing Smith [13]

Trooper [12]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [12]

Lance Serjeant [11]

Acting Corporal [10]

Squadron Serjeant Major [7]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [6]

Staff Serjeant Major [6]

Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [5]

Trumpeter [4]

Acting Captain [3]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Farrier Staff Serjeant [3]

Private Lance Corporal [3]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Staff Quartermaster Serjeant [3]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [3]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Corporal Shoeing Smith [2]

Gunner [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Lieutenant RNVR [2]

Pioneer [2]

Private Acting Corporal [2]

Quarter Master and Captain [2]

Saddler [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Bombardier [1]

Captain /Temporary Major [1]

Captain Major [1]

Chaplain [1]

Colonel [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Cook/Serjeant [1]

Driver [1]

Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Farrier Serjeant [1]

Honorary Captain /Temporary Major [1]

Unit

Yorkshire Dragoons [1113]

Corps of Dragoons [94]

Yorkshire Regiment [66]

Queen's Own Yorkshire Dragoons [57]

West Yorkshire Regiment [54]

Royal Engineers [45]

Labour Corps [32]

Machine Gun Corps [32]

Yorkshire Dragoons Yeomanry [29]

Army Cyclist Corps [26]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [26]

Military Mounted Police [19]

Northumberland Fusiliers [17]

York and Lancaster Regiment [17]

Royal Field Artillery [16]

Company of Dragoons [15]

East Yorkshire Regiment [15]

West Riding Regiment [14]

Yorkshire Hussars [14]

Yorkshire Dragoons Yeomanry (Queen's Own) [12]

Berkshire Yeomanry [11]

Dragoons [11]

Royal Air Force [11]

Army Service Corps [10]

Corps of Hussars [10]

Dragoon Guards [10]

London Regiment [10]

Tank Corps [9]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [9]

Queens Own Yorkshire Dragoons [7]

Royal Flying Corps [7]

Royal Fusiliers [7]

Hussars [6]

Lincolnshire Yeomanry [6]

Royal Garrison Artillery [6]

East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry [5]

General Service Dragoons [5]

Gordon Highlanders [5]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [5]

Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [5]

Royal Dragoons [5]

Durham Light Infantry [4]

Highland Light Infantry [4]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [4]

Northamptonshire Yeomanry [4]

2nd Dragoons [3]

6th Dragoons [3]

Corps Of Dragoons [3]

Essex Regiment [3]

Lancashire Fusiliers [3]

Service

British Army [1319]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [6]

Royal Navy [2]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [146]

W [132]

B [127]

H [114]

C [108]

M [99]

R [68]

P [67]

L [65]

T [62]

G [60]

D [53]

F [51]

A [39]

J [27]

K [23]

N [22]

E [21]

O [14]

I [7]

U [5]

Y [5]

V [3]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1316]

Country

United Kingdom [18]

Canada [1]

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Place of birth

Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Barton upon Irwell, Lancashire [1] Battersea [1] Bedfordshire [1] Bingley, Yorkshire [1] Blacker Hill, Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Bradford [1] Chapel Allerton, Yorkshire [1] Cragg Vale, Yorkshire [1] Crowle, Thorne, Doncaster, Yorkshire [1] Doncaster [1] Doncaster, Yorkshire [1] East Keal, Lincolnshire [1] Elland, Yorkshire [1] Goole [1] Goole, Yorkshire [1] Heckmondwike, Yorkshire [1] Howden, Goole, Yorkshire [1] Kensington, London [1] Mytholmroyd [1] Powderham Castle, Devon [1] Rawcliffe Bridge, Goole, Yorkshire [1] Sheffield, Yorkshire [1] St Andrew's, Northampton [1] Wadsworth Moor ,West Yorkshire [1] Warley, Halifax [1] Westminster, London [1] Worsborough, Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] York [1]

Rank

Private [954] Second Lieutenant [111] Serjeant [106] Lieutenant [65] Corporal [57] Lance Corporal [48] Captain [33] Sapper [17] Major [14] Shoeing Smith [13] Trooper [12] Warrant Officer Class 2 [12] Lance Serjeant [11] Acting Corporal [10] Squadron Serjeant Major [7] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [6] Staff Serjeant Major [6] Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [5] Trumpeter [4] Acting Captain [3] Acting Serjeant [3] Farrier Staff Serjeant [3] Private Lance Corporal [3] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Staff Quartermaster Serjeant [3] Temporary Second Lieutenant [3] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Corporal Shoeing Smith [2] Gunner [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Lieutenant RNVR [2] Pioneer [2] Private Acting Corporal [2] Quarter Master and Captain [2] Saddler [2] Staff Serjeant [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Bombardier [1] Captain /Temporary Major [1] Captain Major [1] Chaplain [1] Colonel [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Cook/Serjeant [1] Driver [1] Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Farrier Serjeant [1] Honorary Captain /Temporary Major [1]

Unit

Yorkshire Dragoons [1113] Corps of Dragoons [94] Yorkshire Regiment [66] Queen's Own Yorkshire Dragoons [57] West Yorkshire Regiment [54] Royal Engineers [45] Labour Corps [32] Machine Gun Corps [32] Yorkshire Dragoons Yeomanry [29] Army Cyclist Corps [26] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [26] Military Mounted Police [19] Northumberland Fusiliers [17] York and Lancaster Regiment [17] Royal Field Artillery [16] Company of Dragoons [15] East Yorkshire Regiment [15] West Riding Regiment [14] Yorkshire Hussars [14] Yorkshire Dragoons Yeomanry (Queen's Own) [12] Berkshire Yeomanry [11] Dragoons [11] Royal Air Force [11] Army Service Corps [10] Corps of Hussars [10] Dragoon Guards [10] London Regiment [10] Tank Corps [9] Yorkshire Light Infantry [9] Queens Own Yorkshire Dragoons [7] Royal Flying Corps [7] Royal Fusiliers [7] Hussars [6] Lincolnshire Yeomanry [6] Royal Garrison Artillery [6] East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry [5] General Service Dragoons [5] Gordon Highlanders [5] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [5] Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [5] Royal Dragoons [5] Durham Light Infantry [4] Highland Light Infantry [4] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [4] Northamptonshire Yeomanry [4] 2nd Dragoons [3] 6th Dragoons [3] Corps Of Dragoons [3] Essex Regiment [3] Lancashire Fusiliers [3]

Service

British Army [1319] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [6] Royal Navy [2] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [146] W [132] B [127] H [114] C [108] M [99] R [68] P [67] L [65] T [62] G [60] D [53] F [51] A [39] J [27] K [23] N [22] E [21] O [14] I [7] U [5] Y [5] V [3] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1316]

Country

United Kingdom [18] Canada [1]

Walter Gordon Slicer

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Warwickshire Regiment 8th Battalion (Territorial)

British Army TPK3782 Private Yorkshire Dragoons 20th Battalion

British Army 175730 Private Yorkshire Dragoons 20th Battalion

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John Arthur Brook Iredale

Born 1896

Died 1977

British Army 3640 Private Yorkshire Dragoons

British Army 175631 Private Yorkshire Dragoons

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John Burgon Bickersteth

Born 1888

Died 1979

British Army Private Yorkshire Hussars

British Army 2nd Lieutenant 5th Cavalry Reserve Regiment

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Royal Dragoons 1st Battalion

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William G Kent

Born 1880

Died 1918

British Army 2773 Private Yorkshire Dragoons

British Army 175205 Private Yorkshire Dragoons

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Herbert Mitchell

Born 1895

British Army 2736 Shoeing Smith Yorkshire Dragoons

British Army 175179 Shoeing Smith Yorkshire Dragoons

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Edgar Branson Bowles

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 2847 Private Yorkshire Dragoons

British Army 175248 Serjeant Yorkshire Dragoons

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery 23rd Army Brigade

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Christopher Armitage

Born 1869

Died 1916

British Army 3017 Private Yorkshire Dragoons

British Army 3017 Private Household Cavalry and Cavalry of the Line (inc. Yeomanry and Imperial Camel Corps) Queen's Own Yorkshire Dragoons

British Army Private Queens Own Yorkshire Dragoons 3rd

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Edgar Frankland

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 2811 Private Yorkshire Dragoons

British Army Second Lieutenant Yorkshire Dragoons

British Army 2811 Second-Lieutenant Yorkshire Dragoon’s 9th Battalion

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John Welburn

Born 1896

British Army 3824 Private Yorkshire Dragoons

British Army 175756 Private Yorkshire Dragoons

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Ramsden Farrar

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 3189 Private Yorkshire Dragoons

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Edward Frederick Lindley Wood

Born 1881

Died 1959

British Army Honorary Captain /Temporary Major Yeomanry

British Army Captain Queen's Own Yorkshire Dragoons

British Army Major Queen's Own Yorkshire Dragoons

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Frank Lofthouse Brough

Born 1894

Died 1973

British Army 3627 Private Yorkshire Dragoons

British Army 175623 Private Yorkshire Dragoons

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Lionel Pilleau Clay

Born 1880

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Yorkshire Dragoons

British Army Captain Yorkshire Dragoons

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John Ralph Patientius Warde-Aldam

Born 1892

Died 1973

British Army Second Lieutenant Yorkshire Dragoons

British Army Captain Yorkshire Dragoons

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Cecil S Field

Born 1891

Died 1932

British Army 53304 Private Highland Light Infantry

British Army 17454 Private Yorkshire Dragoons

British Army 64421 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

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Thomas Andrews

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 2405 Private Yorkshire Dragoons

British Army 235672 Private Yorkshire Regiment 13 Bn.

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Bernard Walker

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 3709 Private Yorkshire Dragoons

British Army 175680 Private Yorkshire Dragoons Yeomanry (Queen's Own)

British Army 175680 Private Yorkshire Dragoons

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Fred Tate

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 3608 Private Yorkshire Dragoons

British Army 175607 Private Yorkshire Dragoons

British Army 175607 Private Yorkshire Dragoons Yeomanry (Queen's Own)

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Stanley Smith

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 3791 Private Yorkshire Dragoons

British Army 175738 Private Yorkshire Dragoons

British Army 175738 Private Yorkshire Dragoons Yeomanry (Queen's Own)

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Harold Dobson

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 2795 Lance Corporal Yorkshire Dragoons

British Army 175220 Lance Corporal Yorkshire Dragoons

British Army 175220 Lance Corporal Yorkshire Dragoons Yeomanry (Queen's Own)

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