Here you can search for people from Bradford who served and died in World War 1.
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Lest we forget.
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| ID | Source | Surname | Forename | Age | Special Awards | Died | Rank | Service No. | Regiment | Unit | Cemetery/Memorial | Cemetery/Memorial Ref. | Country | Info | Street & No. | Other Address | District | Town | Newspaper Ref. |
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| ID | Source | Surname | Forename | Age | Special Awards | Died | Rank | Service No. | Regiment | Unit | Cemetery/Memorial | Cemetery/Memorial Ref. | Country | Info | Street & No. | Other Address | District | Town | Newspaper Ref. |
| 1 | Bradford list from CWGC | Abbey | George | 18 | 27/10/17 | Private | '19968' | Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) | 1st Bn. | Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery | XXI. G. 10. | Belgium | Son Of William And Lena Abbey, Of 5, Forster St., Lady Lane, Listerhills, Bradford, Yorks. | Forster Street - 5 | Listerhills | Bradford | |||
| 2 | Bradford list from CWGC | Abbott | Harry | 29 | 23/07/16 | Sergeant | 18/1223 | West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) | 18th (12th) | Thiepval Memorial | Pier and Face 2 A 2 C and 2 D. | France | Husband Of Elizabeth Bentley (Formerly Abbott), 21, Blucher Street, Laisterdyke. A Constable in The Bradford City Police. | Blucher Street - 21 | Laisterdyke | Bradford | |||
| 3 | Bradford list from CWGC | Abbott | James | 27 | 23/02/18 | Private | '205203' | West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) | 2nd Bn. | Tyne Cot Memorial | Panel 42 to 47 and 162. | Belgium | Son Of Mrs. Kate Abbott, Of 9, Manor Terrace, Rosebery Rd., Bradford. | Manor Terrace - 9 | Bradford | ||||
| 4 | Bradford list from CWGC | Abbott | William Edwin | 28 | 30/06/16 | Sergeant | 18/625 | West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) | 18th Btn | Thiepval Memorial | Pier and Face 2 A 2 C and 2 D. | France | Son Of Tom And Ellen Abbott, 4 Wheatlands Square, Heaton, Bradford. Husband Of Minnie Abbott, 13 Byron Mount Street, Barkerend Road | Wheatlands Square - 4 | Heaton | Bradford | R.H. | ||
| 5 | Bradford list from CWGC | Abbott | C H | 35 | 07/05/17 | Second Lieutenant | Lincolnshire Regiment | 2nd Bn. | La Chapelette British And Indian Cemetery, Peronne | I. B. 2. | France | Son Of Benjamin And Harriet Abbott, Of Bradford, Yorks, Husband Of Elsie A. Abbott (Nee Foulds), Of Cropwood, Blackwell, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire. Graduate Of London University. Undergraduate Of Christ'S College, Cambridge. | Bradford | ||||||
| 6 | Bradford list from CWGC | Ackrel | William Frank | 34 | 12/04/19 | Driver | 'T/341931' | Royal Army Service Corps | Bradford (Undercliffe) Cemetery | E. "U." 458. | United Kingdom | Son Of William And Mary Ackrel, Of 37, Airedale Crescent, Bradford; Husband Of Lily Ackrel, Of 46, Lonsdale St., Bradford. Born At Beswick, Manchester. | National Roll of Honour (46 Lonsdale Street, Bradford) | ||||||
| 7 | Bradford list from CWGC | Ackroyd | Samuel | 44 | 27/07/18 | Corporal | 72225 | Royal Engineers | No 15 Line Section, Signals Coy | Bradford (Scholemoor) Cemetery | B. RC. 492 | Home | Son Of James And Agnes Ackroyd. Husband Of Elizabeth Ackroyd, 21 Jermyn Street, Church Bank | Jermyn Street - 21 | Bradford | National Roll of Honour - Check death date 27/7/1916? | |||
| 8 | Bradford list from CWGC | Ackroyd | Arthur | 29 | 03/09/16 | Lance Corporal | 5481 | West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) | 6th Bn. | Thiepval Memorial | Pier and Face 2 A 2 C and 2 D. | France | Son Of Jonathan Thomas And Matilda Ackroyd, The King'S Head Hotel, Westgate, Bradford | Kings Head Hotel | Manningham | Bradford | |||
| 9 | National Roll of Honour (Bradford - Part 1 | Ackroyd | F. C. | 0 | 27/09/18 | Private | Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) | North Brook Street, 17 | Bradford | ||||||||||
| 10 | Bradford list from CWGC | Ackroyd | A | 0 | 17/08/18 | Private | '62221' | Canterbury Regiment, N.Z.E.F. | 1st Bn. | Bagneux British Cemetery, Gezaincourt | IV. C. 30. | France | Son Of Mr. J. Ackroyd, Of Rose Cottage Farm, Wilsden, Bradford, England. |
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