World War I
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First Names
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Date of Death
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Regiment
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Number
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Age
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Notes
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Memorial
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A
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10 Aug 1921
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Royal Army Service Corps
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T/40985
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39
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Parents: R & Jane, Aberdeen. Wife: Charlotte, Berwick. Thought to be Ambrose (b 1881 Aberdeen) son of Robert & Jane.
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Berwick St Mary War Memorial (South African Campaign)
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Alfred Bean
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17 Jul 1917
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West Yorkshire (Prince of Wales's Own)
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265046 or 265040
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27
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Parents: John Howgate & Sarah Ellen, Leeds. Wife: Rebecca, Leeds. Brother of John Charles (see below)
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Arras, France
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Ambrose
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20 Sep 1917
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Northumberland Fusiliers
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291148
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17?
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Born: Gateshead? Enlisted: Alnwick
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Tyne Cot, Ypres & Berwick St Mary War Memorial
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Andrew
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7 Jul 1921
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Australian Engineers
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10902
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-
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-
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Brisbane, Australia
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Anthony
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18 Apr 1917
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Highland Light Infantry
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5842
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21 or 27?
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Born: Stenhousemuir Enlisted: Stirling. Possible son of John and Mary Townsley?
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Cayeaux, France
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Arthur
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5 May 1915
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Duke of Wellington's (West Yorkshire)
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11230
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44
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Father: Frank. Wife: Margaret, Bramley, Leeds Born: Bingley
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Menin Gate, Ypres, Belgium Bradshaw War Memorial Calderdale
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Arthur
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28 Mar 1918
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Northumberland Fusiliers
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41896 & 32660
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33
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Parents: William & Jane, Leeds. Wife: Annie, Leeds Born: Wakefield
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Pozieres, Albert, France
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Arthur
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8 Aug 1918 or 20 Sep 1918
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The King's (Liverpool)
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94181
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19
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Parents: David & Catherine. Born: Swansea
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Cologne Southern, Germany
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Bryan Hill
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14 Sep 1916
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West Yorkshire (Prince of Wales's Own)
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-
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-
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Thought to be a son (b 1894) of Richard Herbert Townsley of Headingley, Leeds Also under Canadian Expeditionary Force
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Thiepval, Somme, France St Michael, Headingley Leeds Grammar School
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Charles
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23 Aug 1918
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Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
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S/17318
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30
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Parents: John & Bella. Wife: Bella Williamson, Campbeltown, Argyll. Age also recorded as 24.
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Vis-en-Artois, France
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Ernest
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3 May 1917
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West Yorkshire (Prince of Wales's Own)
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32924
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-
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Born: Leeds
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Arras, France
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Ernest Arthur
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10 Oct 1916
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West Yorkshire (Prince of Wales's Own)
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13930
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23
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Father: B, Monkwearmouth, Sunderland Born: Cawood. Parents thought to be Benjamin & Phoebe.
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Thiepval, Albert, France
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Frank J
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19 Aug 1917
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Worcestershire
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235181
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39?
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Born: Shipley
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St Jean les Ypres, France Christ Church, Windhill
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George
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9 Oct 1917
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West Yorkshire (Prince of Wales's Own)
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34452
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26
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Parents: William & Mary Jane. Wife: Mary, Selby Born: North Duffield. Thought to be brother of William (see below)
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Tyne Cot, Ypres, Belgium Skipwith War Memorial
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George Robert
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26 Aug 1917
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South Lancashire
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36877
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25?
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Mother: Frances, Brotherton
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Baghdad, Iraq
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Hugh Dorsey
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28 Sep 1918
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Canadian Infantry (Alberta)
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808222
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22
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Parents: Hugh & Ella of La Belle, Florida and Illinois, USA Born: Orlando, Oklahoma, USA; son of Hugh M and Ella M (US citizens)
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Vimy, France
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H A
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14 Oct 1918
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Royal Air Force
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-
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-
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NoK: Headingley, Leeds. Probably Herbert Alan (b 1892), brother of Bryan Hill (see above)
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Dadizeele, Ypres, Belgium St Michael, Headingley Leeds Grammar School
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John
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16 Nov 1915
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Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
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16196
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-
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Born: Longforgan Enlisted: Perth
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Zillebeke, Ypres, Belgium
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John aka John Barton
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13 May 1917
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Lancashire Fusiliers
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26572
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20
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Born: London. Son of Edward Robert & Mary Townsley
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St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen
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John Charles
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31 Mar 1918
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West Yorkshire (Prince of Wales's Own)
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202902
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22
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Parents: John Howgate & Sarah Ellen, Leeds. Brother of Alfred Bean (see above)
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Martinsart, France
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Joseph
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02 Mar 1916
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Duke of Wellington's (West Yorkshire)
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11499
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-
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Born: Leeds
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Menin Gate, Ypres, Belgium
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Moses
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12 Jul 1915
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King's Own Scottish Borderers
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4519
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26
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Father: Thomas, Coldstream. Wife: Margaret E W, Coldstream Born: Tweedmouth
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Gallipoli & Berwick St Mary War Memorial
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Richard
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16 May 1916
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Lancashire Fusiliers
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7276
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21
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Parents: Amos & Mary Ellen, Burnley. Born: Brierfield
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Ecoivres, Mont St Eloy, France
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Richard Smithies
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18 Sep 1918
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Lincolnshire
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49478
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20
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Parents: Robert & Jane, Leeds
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Gouzeaucourt, France
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Robert
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13 Jul 1916
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West Yorkshire (Prince of Wales's Own)
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4/8292
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22
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Parents: Robert & Margaret, Jarrow
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St Sever, Rouen, France Crofton War Memorial?
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Thomas
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29 Apr 1917
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Royal Berkshire
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33725 & 174090
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22
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Parents: John & Elizabeth, Inverness
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Arras, France
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Walter
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11 Apr 1917
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Duke of Wellington's (West Yorkshire)
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24951
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36
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Parents: George & Ann. Wife: Emma, Shipley Enlisted: Keighley
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Roeux, France St Paul, Shipley
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William
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18 Apr 1917
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Highland Light Infantry King's Own Scottish Borderers
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42237 7529
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abt 37
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Wife: Christiana (nee Johnston) - married 1904, Coldstream. Born: Tweedmouth
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Peronne, France Berwick St Mary War Memorial
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William
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18 Mar 1918
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Royal Garrison Artillery
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69108 or 59108
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-
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Born: North Duffield, Yorkshire Enlisted: Holborn, Middlesex. Thought to be brother of George with parents William & Mary Jane (see above)
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Baghdad, Iraq Skipwith War Memorial
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William Osbourne
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15 Aug 1917
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Canadian Infantry (Quebec)
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1054561
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22
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Parents: Alexander & Mary
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Vimy, France
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Willie
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1 Jun 1918
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King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
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18734
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22
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Parents: Arthur & Annette, Batley. Born: Bradford Enlisted: Dewsbury
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Etaples, France Batley War Memorial (Panel 11)
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World War II
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First Names
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Date of Death
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Regiment
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Number
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Age
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Notes
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Memorial
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Andrew
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21 Oct 1944
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Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
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2757812
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24
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Parents: Duncan & Betsy, Blairgowrie
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Coriano Ridge, Italy
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Alan
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17 Apr 1944
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Royal Airforce Volunteer Reserve
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2202697
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19
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Parents: Thomas & Doris May, Leeds
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Runnymede
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Ambrose
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26 Jun 1944
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Royal Northumberland Fusiliers
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4265967
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35
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Parents: Ambrose & Jean, Berwick
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Kanchanaburi, Thailand
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Alan Ronald
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29 Mar 1945
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148th (The Bedfordshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery
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-
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24
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Parents: William Allen & Elizabeth Lilian, Vancouver. Wife: Helen Ruth, London
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Groesbeek, Rhineland
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Charles
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17 Sep 1944
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Seaforth Highlanders of Canada
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K/52269
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38
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Parents: George & Hannah, Andover, New Brunswick
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Coriano Ridge, Italy & Perth-Andover, New Brunswick, Canada
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Duncan Peter Baynes
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27 Jan 1945
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Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
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2760607
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31
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Possible link to Alexander & Annie Townsley of Rattray. Death registered Kilmarmock
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Rattray, Perthshire, Scotland
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Francis William
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7 Jun 1944
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Canadian Scottish Regiment, RCIC
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K/57736
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36
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Parents: William & Rachel. Wife: Mary, British Columbia
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Beny-sur-Mer, Reviers, France
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George
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4 May 1941
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Kenya Regiment
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LF/1074
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-
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Not traced - need age and / or place of birth (British)
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Nairobi, Kenya
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George Rankine
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21 Jan 1943
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Seaforth Highlanders
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2829155
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-
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Thought to be a son (b 1923) of Archibald & Mary, Rutherglen, Lanarkshire
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Tripoli, Libya
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Harold Linton
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7 Jan 1942
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Home Guard
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-
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-
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Probably born 1900; son of Albert Edward & Alice (nee Linton) who also served in WW I
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Nab Wood, Shipley, Yorkshire
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Joseph
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19 Dec 1941
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Merchant Navy
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SS Ruckinge (Cardiff)
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19
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Thought to be born 20 Feb 1922, Ardrossan. Possibly son of Thomas & Helen
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Tower Hill, London Ardrossan Garden of Remembrance
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John
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10 May 1940
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Royal Air Force
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552526
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18
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Son of Arthur Eben Townsley and Margaret Helen Townsley (nee Hanlon) of Kelton, Dumfriesshire
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Jonkerbos, Netherlands
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R
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-
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Royal Air Force ?
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-
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-
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Appears on a Emley War Memorial transcription but another transcription gives surname as Townsend. Other sources list F/Sgt Ralph Townsend as KIA on 16/17 June 1944
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-
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Robert
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22 Oct 1946
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Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
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2827481
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-
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Thought to be a son (b 1913) of Robert & Mary
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Renfrew, Scotland
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Reginald James
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7 Jan 1944
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Royal Navy (HMS Tweed)
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P/MX 70786
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28
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Parents: William J & Mary J, Fulham
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Portsmouth, Hampshire
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William
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24 Nov 1940
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Royal Scots Fusiliers
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D/34690
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51
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Parents: William & Elizabeth, Kilmarnock
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Kilmarnock, Scotland
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