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Served in Russia 1917-1920
Served in Russia 1917-1920
Large numbers of British Empire and Allied serviceman were sent to Russia after the 1917 Revolution to help the White Russians against the Bolsheviks; they served in North Russia, the Caucasus, Siberia and the Baltic. Whenever I come across one I add him to this community.
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Born 1896
Royal Navy PLY/16052 Corporal Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division
Royal Navy 16052 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division
Royal Navy PLY/16052 Corporal Royal Marines Field Force North Russia
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Born 1895
Died 1979
British Army Interpreter RAA
Other Empire Force Captain and Adjutant Attached Olonetz Battalion Karelian Regiment
British Army Second Lieutenant The Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry) 1st Battalion
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More about Reginald Amyas Ackerley Chichester -
Born 1896
Royal Navy 14406 Gunner Royal Marine Artillery
Royal Navy RMA/14406 Gunner RMA Royal Marines Field Force North Russia
More about Charles Colgan -
Born 1895
Royal Navy Temporary Lieutenant
Royal Navy Temporary Lieutenant Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division
Other Empire Force Acting Captain (local) Attached Olonetz Battalion Karelian Regiment
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More about Ernest Arthur Heaton -
Born 1891
Canadian Expeditionary Force 81570
Canadian Expeditionary Force Lieutenant (Temporary Lieutenant Colonel) Manitoba Regiment and Royal Flying Corps
Air Force (RAF/RFC) Group Captain
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Born 1889
Died 1975
British Army Volunteer Slovak British Mission North Russia Expeditionary Force
Other Empire Force Podporuchik Russkaja Imperatorskaja Armija
Other Empire Force Kapitan 33-y Sibirskiy strelkovyy polk
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Born 1893
Other Empire Force North Russia Expeditionary Force
Other Empire Force Armée française
Other Empire Force 0337 Caporal 21e Bataillon de Marche Infanterie Coloniale
More about Georges Pugnet -
Born 1896
Died 1975
British Army Second Lieutenant Imperial Army Garrison and Special List
British Army Lieutenant Slavo British Legion
Other Empire Force Russkaja Imperatorskaja Armija
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More about Victor Vivien De Chateaubrun -
Born 1876
Died 1959
British Army Major General Staff South Persian Rifles
Indian Army Lieutenant Colonel Survey Department, attached Survey of India
More about Frederick Fraser Hunter -
Born 1878
Died 1917
Royal Navy F/9474 Petty Officer Motor Mechanic Royal Naval Air Service Armoured Car Division, Russia
More about Frederick Charles Anderson -
Born 1899
Died 1919
Royal Navy J34181 Able Seaman HMS Dragon
More about Lewis Thomas Edward Gillingwater -
Born 1898
Died 1919
Royal Navy J34915 Able Seaman HMS Dragon
More about Henry Frederick William Raxworthy -
Born 1881
Died 1919
Royal Navy 204391 Petty Officer HMS Dragon
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Born 1900
Died 1919
Royal Navy J84897 Ordinary Seaman HMS Dragon
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Born 1897
Died 1919
British Army 21218 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 7th battalion, gloucest Battalion
More about Albert Edward Butler -
Born 1881
Died 1920
British Army 017858 Private Army Ordnance Corps
British Army S/10639 Private Army Ordnance Corps
More about Douglas Reynolds Barritt -
Born 1881
Died 1919
British Army 12206 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 9th Battalion
British Army 12206 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 9th Battalion
More about Edward Collins -
Died 1919
British Army 8173 Private Worcestershire Regiment 2nd worcest Battalion
British Army 8173 Private Worcestershire Regiment 9th battalion, worcest Battalion
More about Charles Evans -
Born 1882
Died 1919
British Army 208176 Private North Staffordshire Regiment
More about Robert James Ellery -
Born 1884
Died 1918
British Army 27560 Private Northamptonshire Regiment 3rd Battalion
British Army 39357 Lance Corporal North Staffordshire Regiment 7th battalion, northst Battalion
More about Arthur George Jarrett