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British, Irish and Commonwealth Politicians of the First World War
British, Irish and Commonwealth Politicians of the First World War
As well as M.P.s who served, I've also included members of the various wartime Governments; although they have often been derided, many of them had personal experience of the War. Asquith's son Raymond was killed in 1916, Lloyd-George's daughter Olwen served as a VAD, Kitchener was killed when H.M.S. Hampshire hit a mine. After the Gallipoli debacle, which was one of the oft-quoted examples of 'civilian interference', Churchill left Government and served in the Army. It is also worth noting the number of Irish Nationalist leaders who served; as Thomas Michael Kettle said when he enlisted after the invasion of Belgium, "to fight not for England but for all small nations."
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Born 1876
Died 1916
British Army Captain Hampshire Yeomanry
British Army Captain Royal Automobile Club
Air Force (RAF/RFC) RFC 14 Squadron
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Born 1883
Died 1915
British Army 2nd Lieutenant Scots Guards
British Army Cameron Highlanders 3rd Battalion
British Army Lieutenant Colonel Welsh Regiment 6th (Glamorgan) Battalion (Territorial)
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Born 1872
Died 1930
British Army Major Indian Expeditionary Force
British Army Lieutenant Colonel attached Indian Expeditionary Force, France
More about F E Smith, M.p., Later Lord Birkenhead -
Born 1850
Died 1916
British Army Royal Engineers
British Army Field Marshal Staff
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Born 1880
Died 1915
British Army Lieutenant Temporary Captain Special Reserve
British Army Lieutenant Temporary Captain Coldstream Guards
British Army Captain Coldstream Guards 1st Battalion
More about The Hon Thomas Charles Reginald Agar-Robartes -
Born 1873
Died 1916
British Army Major Coldstream Guards
British Army Lieutenant Colonel 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards Reserve of Officers
More about The Hon. Guy Victor Baring, Mp -
Born 1852
Died 1928
British Army Prime Minister Army Staff
More about Herbert Henry Asquith, K.c., M.p. -
Born 1880
Died 1915
British Army Lieutenant Coldstream Guards
British Army Captain Coldstream Guards 1st Battalion
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British Army Major Scots Guards
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Born 1879
Died 1916
British Army Lieutenant Colonel Yorkshire Hussars Yeomanry Commanding 21st Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps
British Army Temporary Lieutenant Colonel King's Royal Rifle Corps
More about Charles William Reginald Duncombe, Second Earl Of Feversham -
Born 1861
Died 1917
British Army Captain Royal Irish Regiment 6th Battalion
British Army Major Royal Irish Regiment 6th Battalion
More about William Hoey Kearney Redmond, M.p. -
Born 1876
Died 1915
British Army Lieutenant Army Service Corps
More about The Hon. William Lionel Charles Walrond, M.p. -
Born 1870
Died 1950
British Army General The Rt Hon British East African Expeditionary Force
More about Jan Christian Smuts -
Born 1862
Died 1915
British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps
More about John Joseph Esmonde, M.p. -
Born 1862
Died 1930
British Army Major Gloucestershire Regiment
More about Rt Hon Charles Peter Allen -
Born 1879
British Army Major/ Honorary Lieutenant Officer Training Corps/Unattached List/ Officer Training Corps/Unattached List
British Army Major Northumberland Fusiliers, D.A.A.G. at G.H.Q. France August 1915
More about Auckland Campbell Geddes, M.p. -
Born 1885
Died 1915
British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Welsh Fusiliers
British Army Lieutenant Royal Welsh Fusiliers 3rd Battalion
More about William Glynne Charles Gladstone, M.p. -
Born 1887
Died 1915
British Army Second Lieutenant 2nd Battalion, Scots Guards
More about The Hon. Charles Thomas Mills, Mp -
Born 1877
Died 1916
British Army Captain Gloucestershire Yeomanry
British Army Lieutenant Royal Gloucestershire Hussars
More about Michael Hugh Hicks-Beach M.p., Viscount Quenington -
Born 1882
Died 1917
British Army Captain Oxfordshire Hussars
British Army Major Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars
More about Valentine Fleming