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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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Place of birth

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]

Richard Percival Bailey

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant and Quarter Master Yorkshire Hussars Territorial Force

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Frank Teate

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army 3588 Private Hussars

British Army 33502 Acting Serjeant Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 33502 Serjeant Yorkshire Regiment

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Frank James Holmes

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 20118 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 20118 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

British Army 20118 Private Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) 9th Battalion

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Herbert Norman Ullyott

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 331354 or 331345 Yorkshire Hussars

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Air Force

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William Edwards

British Army 1951 Trooper Yorkshire Hussars

British Army 1951 Private Yorkshire Hussars

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William Hy Hampshire

British Army 2131 Private Yorkshire Hussars

British Army 330119 Private Yorkshire Hussars

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Wilfred Jones

British Army 2012 Private Yorkshire Hussars

British Army Second Lieutenant Yorkshire Hussars

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John Clayton

British Army H/300863 Private Yorkshire Hussars

British Army 230863 Private Yorkshire Hussars

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William Parkin

British Army 1954 Serjeant Yorkshire Hussars

British Army 1959 Serjeant Yorkshire Hussars

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Neville William Fairbain Wailes-Fairbairn

Born 1892

British Army Lieutenant Yorkshire Hussars Yeomanry

British Army Captain Yorkshire Hussars Yeomanry

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Harry Parker

British Army 2030 Lance Corporal Yorkshire Hussars

British Army 330054 Second Lieutenant Yorkshire Hussars

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G R Lane Fox

British Army Major Yorkshire Hussars

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Yorkshire Hussars

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John W Cornforth

British Army 2360 Lance Corporal Yorkshire Hussars

British Army 2360 Private Yorkshire Hussars

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Hon R W E Beckett

British Army Second Lieutenant Yorkshire Hussars

British Army Captain Yorkshire Hussars

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Joseph Biggings

British Army 1845 Lance Corporal Yorkshire Hussars

British Army 1845 Private Yorkshire Hussars

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Fred Wood

British Army 1488 Shoeing Smith Corporal Yorkshire Hussars

British Army 1488 Corporal Yorkshire Hussars

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Walter Ernest Wolstenholme

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 25269 Private 10th Hussars

British Army 40460 Private Yorkshire Regiment

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Francis Geoffrey Danby

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant Yorkshire Regiment 5th Battalion

British Army 2906 Private Yorkshire Hussars

British Army Lieutenant Yorkshire Regiment (Alexandra) 5th Battalion

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William Featherstone

Born 1883

Died 1916

British Army 2984 Lance Corporal Yorkshire Hussars

British Army Second Lieutenant Yorkshire Regiment 5th Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Yorkshire Regiment

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George Gilbert Frost

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 17068 Private Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 17068 Private Yorkshire Hussars Alexandra Prince of Wales Own 6th Batt

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