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Legion of Frontiersmen
Legion of Frontiersmen
They volunteered their services, which were not initially taken up. Undeterred, 22 men of the Manchester Troop went to Belgium, and were incorporated within the Belgian 3rd Lancers. They styled themselves as the "British Colonial Horse"
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British Army Lancers
Other Empire Force Trooper Legion of Frontiersmen 3rd Regiment of Lancers, Belgian Army
British Army Major Royal Engineers
More about William David Hearn -
Born 1877
Died 1935
Other Empire Force Trooper Legion of Frontiersmen 5th Platoon, 3rd Squadron
More about John Macnab -
Born 1883
Died 1914
Other Empire Force Trooper Legion of Frontiersmen 3rd Regiment of Lancers, Belgian Army
British Army 3/7286 Private Gordon Highlanders 1st Battalion
More about Norman Guthrie -
Born 1876
Died 1929
Other Empire Force 5th Platoon, 3rd Squadron Trooper Legion of Frontiersmen 3rd Regiment of Lancers, Belgian Army
Other Empire Force Corporal Corps de Mitrailleurs, Belgian Army
More about Richard Reading -
Other Empire Force Trooper Legion of Frontiersmen 3rd Regiment of Lancers, Belgian Army
More about Edward J Dawson -
Born 1881
Died 1955
Royal Navy Royal Naval Division
British Army 23782 Trooper Imperial Yeomanry 23rd Company (Lancashire) - 8th Battalion
Other Empire Force Captain Legion of Frontiersmen 3rd Regiment of Lancers, Belgian Army
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More about Henry Ernest Nowell -
Born 1896
Died 1915
Other Empire Force Private Legion of Frontiersmen
British Army 1098 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers
British Army 1098 Private Welsh Horse
More about Robin Everingham -
Born 1893
Died 1918
British Army 3912 Private Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry
Other Empire Force Trooper Legion of Frontiersmen 3rd Regiment of Lancers, Belgian Army
British Army 242873 Private South Lancashire Regiment
More about Charles Edward Critchlow -
Born 1865
Died 1941
Other Empire Force Founder Legion of Frontiersmen
British Army Lieutenant Labour Corps 178th Labour Company
Air Force (RAF/RFC) Honorary Captain Labour Corps attached Royal Air Force
More about Henry Roger Ashwell Pocock -
Other Empire Force Trooper Legion of Frontiersmen 3rd Regiment of Lancers, Belgian Army
British Army Temporary Lieutenant Royal Engineers Railway Transport Establishment
More about Douglas Wood -
Other Empire Force Second Lieutenant Armee Belge
Other Empire Force Second Lieutenant 3rd Regiment de Lanciers 5th platoon, 3rd Squadron
British Army Second Lieutenant attached to Chinese Labour Corps 104th Company
More about Cyril James Allen -
Born 1886
Other Empire Force Trooper Legion of Frontiersmen 3rd Regiment of Lancers, Belgian Army
Royal Navy Sub Lieutenant Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
More about Lloyd Raby Rees -
Born 1890
British Army 4050 Private Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry
Other Empire Force Trooper Legion of Frontiersmen 3rd Regiment of Lancers, Belgian Army
British Army 245537 Private Manchester Regiment 12th Battalion
More about Wallace Rennie Roberts -
Born 1892
Died 1966
British Army Second Lieutenant Temporary Captain Lancers
British Army Captain Staff
Other Empire Force Trooper Legion of Frontiersmen 3rd Regiment of Lancers, Belgian Army
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More about Theodore Vincent Sandys Wunsch -
Born 1877
British Army 574154 Corporal Labour Corps
British Army 37477 Private Welsh Regiment 3rd Battalion
British Army 37477 Corporal Welsh Regiment 3rd Battalion
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