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Harrietsham, Kent [2]

Ludlow, Shropshire [2]

16 Hyde Park Gdns,London. [1]

Blaydon [1]

Boston Spa, Yorkshire [1]

Brompton, North Yorkshire [1]

Burley, Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Cairo [1]

Carleton in Craven [1]

Chelsea, London [1]

Conisborough, Doncaster [1]

Crook, Durham [1]

Croxton, Norfolk [1]

Doncaster [1]

Easingwold, North Yorkshire [1]

East Mosley Surrey [1]

Erdington, Warks [1]

Great Baddow, Chelmsford, Essex [1]

Gristhorpe, Scarborough, North Yorkshire [1]

Guildford, Surrey [1]

Guisborough,Yorkshire [1]

Hardway, South Brewham, Somerset [1]

Hull, East Yorkshire [1]

Hull, Yorkshire [1]

Hunton, Kent [1]

Kensington, London [1]

Kingsclere [1]

Kirkby Fleetham, Bedale, Yorkshire [1]

Knaresborough [1]

Leeds [1]

Leyburn [1]

Linton, Wetherby [1]

London [1]

Rawcliffe, Goole, Yorkshire, England [1]

Rawtenstall, Lancashire [1]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [1]

Sowerby, Thirsk, Yorkshire [1]

Spennymoor, Co Durham [1]

Stafford [1]

Steyning District,Sussex [1]

Swindon, Yorkshire [1]

Tynemouth, Northumberland [1]

Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire [1]

Workington, Cumberland [1]

York [1]

Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [1187]

Second Lieutenant [180]

Serjeant [128]

Lance Corporal [102]

Corporal [96]

Lieutenant [94]

Captain [45]

Sapper [34]

Major [17]

Trooper [15]

Acting Serjeant [13]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [10]

Lieutenant Colonel [8]

Pioneer [8]

Acting Corporal [7]

Lance Serjeant [7]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [5]

Farrier Serjeant [4]

Gunner [4]

Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Driver [3]

Private Lance Corporal [3]

Saddler [3]

Shoeing Smith [3]

Shoeing Smith Corporal [3]

Squadron Serjeant Major [3]

Staff Quartermaster Serjeant [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Staff Serjeant Major [3]

Trumpeter [3]

Acting Captain [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Farrier Staff Serjeant [2]

Fitter Staff Serjeant [2]

Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Saddler Staff Serjeant [2]

Sergeant [2]

Serjeant /Acting Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Temporary Major [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Yorkshire Hussars [1241]

West Yorkshire Regiment [472]

Corps of Hussars [392]

Yorkshire Regiment [132]

East Yorkshire Regiment [101]

Hussars [91]

East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry [85]

Royal Engineers [84]

Labour Corps [61]

Machine Gun Corps [51]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [41]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [41]

Yorkshire Hussars Yeomanry [41]

Military Mounted Police [35]

Army Service Corps [27]

Yorkshire Dragoons [24]

Northumberland Fusiliers [23]

Royal Air Force [23]

Imperial Camel Corps [20]

Royal Field Artillery [20]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [16]

West Riding Regiment [16]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [15]

Durham Light Infantry [14]

Northumberland Hussars [13]

11th Hussars [12]

18th Hussars [12]

Gloucestershire Yeomanry [12]

10th Hussars [11]

Royal Fusiliers [10]

Tank Corps [9]

Royal Flying Corps [8]

Royal Garrison Artillery [7]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7]

Training Reserve Battalion [7]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [6]

London Regiment [6]

Army Ordnance Corps [5]

Warwickshire Yeomanry [5]

York Hussars [5]

York and Lancaster Regiment [5]

8th Hussars [4]

Army Cyclist Corps [4]

Gloucestershire Hussars [4]

Northamptonshire Yeomanry [4]

Royal Army Service Corps [4]

19th Hussars [3]

Bedford Yeomanry [3]

Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars [3]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [1670]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [169]

H [167]

W [167]

S [144]

P [114]

C [111]

R [111]

M [100]

D [93]

T [84]

A [56]

G [55]

J [55]

L [51]

F [50]

E [37]

K [35]

N [19]

O [14]

V [14]

I [11]

Y [10]

Q [1]

U [1]

Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1666]

Country

United Kingdom [22]

Canada [1]

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Harrietsham, Kent [2] Ludlow, Shropshire [2] 16 Hyde Park Gdns,London. [1] Blaydon [1] Boston Spa, Yorkshire [1] Brompton, North Yorkshire [1] Burley, Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Cairo [1] Carleton in Craven [1] Chelsea, London [1] Conisborough, Doncaster [1] Crook, Durham [1] Croxton, Norfolk [1] Doncaster [1] Easingwold, North Yorkshire [1] East Mosley Surrey [1] Erdington, Warks [1] Great Baddow, Chelmsford, Essex [1] Gristhorpe, Scarborough, North Yorkshire [1] Guildford, Surrey [1] Guisborough,Yorkshire [1] Hardway, South Brewham, Somerset [1] Hull, East Yorkshire [1] Hull, Yorkshire [1] Hunton, Kent [1] Kensington, London [1] Kingsclere [1] Kirkby Fleetham, Bedale, Yorkshire [1] Knaresborough [1] Leeds [1] Leyburn [1] Linton, Wetherby [1] London [1] Rawcliffe, Goole, Yorkshire, England [1] Rawtenstall, Lancashire [1] Sheffield, Yorkshire [1] Sowerby, Thirsk, Yorkshire [1] Spennymoor, Co Durham [1] Stafford [1] Steyning District,Sussex [1] Swindon, Yorkshire [1] Tynemouth, Northumberland [1] Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire [1] Workington, Cumberland [1] York [1] Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [1187] Second Lieutenant [180] Serjeant [128] Lance Corporal [102] Corporal [96] Lieutenant [94] Captain [45] Sapper [34] Major [17] Trooper [15] Acting Serjeant [13] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [10] Lieutenant Colonel [8] Pioneer [8] Acting Corporal [7] Lance Serjeant [7] Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [5] Farrier Serjeant [4] Gunner [4] Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Driver [3] Private Lance Corporal [3] Saddler [3] Shoeing Smith [3] Shoeing Smith Corporal [3] Squadron Serjeant Major [3] Staff Quartermaster Serjeant [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Staff Serjeant Major [3] Trumpeter [3] Acting Captain [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Farrier Staff Serjeant [2] Fitter Staff Serjeant [2] Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Saddler Staff Serjeant [2] Sergeant [2] Serjeant /Acting Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Temporary Captain [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Temporary Major [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Acting Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Yorkshire Hussars [1241] West Yorkshire Regiment [472] Corps of Hussars [392] Yorkshire Regiment [132] East Yorkshire Regiment [101] Hussars [91] East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry [85] Royal Engineers [84] Labour Corps [61] Machine Gun Corps [51] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [41] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [41] Yorkshire Hussars Yeomanry [41] Military Mounted Police [35] Army Service Corps [27] Yorkshire Dragoons [24] Northumberland Fusiliers [23] Royal Air Force [23] Imperial Camel Corps [20] Royal Field Artillery [20] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [16] West Riding Regiment [16] Yorkshire Light Infantry [15] Durham Light Infantry [14] Northumberland Hussars [13] 11th Hussars [12] 18th Hussars [12] Gloucestershire Yeomanry [12] 10th Hussars [11] Royal Fusiliers [10] Tank Corps [9] Royal Flying Corps [8] Royal Garrison Artillery [7] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7] Training Reserve Battalion [7] King's Royal Rifle Corps [6] London Regiment [6] Army Ordnance Corps [5] Warwickshire Yeomanry [5] York Hussars [5] York and Lancaster Regiment [5] 8th Hussars [4] Army Cyclist Corps [4] Gloucestershire Hussars [4] Northamptonshire Yeomanry [4] Royal Army Service Corps [4] 19th Hussars [3] Bedford Yeomanry [3] Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars [3] Royal Berkshire Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [1670] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [169] H [167] W [167] S [144] P [114] C [111] R [111] M [100] D [93] T [84] A [56] G [55] J [55] L [51] F [50] E [37] K [35] N [19] O [14] V [14] I [11] Y [10] Q [1] U [1] Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1666]

Country

United Kingdom [22] Canada [1]

Frank Stewart Phillips

Died 1917

British Army 2605 Private Yorkshire Hussars

British Army Second Lieutenant Yorkshire Regiment

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Robert Edmond Dodsworth

Born 1892

Died 1987

British Army 1936 Shoeing Smith Corporal Yorkshire Hussars

British Army 1936 Corporal Yorkshire Hussars

British Army 1936 Corporal Corps of Hussars

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Henry Laurence Slingsby

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army Captain Yorkshire Hussars/Commands and Staff

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Herbert Owen Denley

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 2792 Private Yorkshire Hussars

British Army 325489 Private Yorkshire Hussars

British Army Second Lieutenant Worcestershire Regiment

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William Gardiner Eley

British Army Major Yorkshire Hussars

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Yorkshire Hussars

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Digby Lawson

British Army Captain Yorkshire Hussars

British Army Major Yorkshire Hussars

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Francis William Crampin

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 60980 Private Yorkshire Hussars Yeomanry

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George Frederick Heppenstall

Born 1897

Died 1919

British Army 60817 Private Yorkshire Hussars Yeomanry

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Douglas G Bell

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 15525 Private Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 15525 Lance Corporal Yorkshire Hussars (Alexandra, Princes of Wales' Own) 10th Battalion

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George Reginald Sissons

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 2639 Private Yorkshire Hussars

British Army 236003 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 330407 Private Yorkshire Hussars

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William Gibbs

Born 1877

Died 1963

British Army Captain 7th Hussars

British Army Major Yorkshire Regiment 12th Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Colonel 7th Hussars

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Reginald Herbert Stott

British Army 2217 Private Yorkshire Hussars 1st./1st.

British Army 330154 Private Yorkshire Hussars 1st./1st.

British Army 236125 Private West Yorkshire Regiment 9th. Battalion

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William Edward Wesson

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 3374 Private Yorkshire Hussars

British Army 3374 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 3374 Private Yorkshire Hussars Yeomanry

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Ernest John Pinkney

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 2876 Private Yorkshire Hussars

British Army 330532 Private Northamptonshire Yeomanry

British Army 330532 Private Corps of Hussars

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Bernard Gill

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 2104 Private Yorkshire Hussars

British Army 2104 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 2104 Private Yorkshire Hussars Yeomanry

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Frederick Preece

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army H/60861 Private Yorkshire Hussars Yeomanry

British Army 60861 Private Yorkshire Hussars (Alexandra Princess of Wales' Own)

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John Henry Beardmore

Died 1917

British Army 19283 Private 10th Hussars

British Army 28373 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 19283 Private 18th Hussars

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Reginald Henry Napier Settle

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army Major King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army Lieutenant (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal) Hussars 19 Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Machine Gun Corps 21st Battalion

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Abe Asofski

British Army 60407 Private Yorkshire Hussars

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Benjamin Alexander Watson

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 3149 Private Yorkshire Hussars

British Army 331494 Private Yorkshire Hussars

British Army 235805 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

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