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Place of birth

48 Claremont Road, Hansworth, Birmingham [1]

Agra [1]

Alcester, Warwickshire [1]

Atherstone, Warwickshire [1]

Axminster, Devon [1]

Bandon, County Cork [1]

Bangalore [1]

Barnet, Middlesex [1]

Berwick, Northumberland [1]

Birmingham, Warks [1]

Brighton [1]

Calcutta [1]

Ceylon now [1]

Chelsea, London [1]

Chittlehampton, Devon. [1]

Colchester. Essex [1]

Congleton, Cheshire [1]

Corsham, Wiltshire [1]

Devon [1]

Dunedin [1]

Dursley, Gloucestershire [1]

Enniskerry [1]

Fulham London [1]

Hackney, London [1]

Hazaribagh [1]

Kensington, London [1]

Kingston, Surrey [1]

Kington, Herefordshire [1]

Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland. [1]

Lambeth, London [1]

Lewes, Sussex [1]

Leytonstone, Essex [1]

Long Melford, Suffolk [1]

Maldon, Essex [1]

Monquhitter, Aberdeenshire, Scotland [1]

North Aylesford, Kent [1]

Overton, Flintshire [1]

Preston, Lancashire [1]

Rawalpindi [1]

Rushmere, Ipswich [1]

Scoonie, Scotland [1]

Shepton Mallet, Somerset [1]

Shipston on Stour Gloucestshire [1]

St Peters, Worcestershire [1]

Torquay, Devon, England [1]

Ventnor, Isle of Wight [1]

Wendover, Bucks [1]

West Ham [1]

Rank

Private [184]

Second Lieutenant [81]

Lieutenant [69]

Captain [62]

Lance Corporal [17]

Major [16]

Corporal [12]

Rifleman [12]

Serjeant [10]

Acting Captain [8]

Lance Serjeant [4]

Acting Major [3]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Commissary [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Gunner [1]

Honorary Lieutenant [1]

Lieutenant Acting Major [1]

Officer Cadet [1]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Staff Captain [1]

Temp. Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant/Temporary Captain [1]

Unit

Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps [254]

Indian Army Reserve of Officers [15]

Hampshire Regiment [9]

Royal Air Force [9]

Royal Field Artillery [8]

Royal Fusiliers [6]

Lancashire Fusiliers [5]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [5]

Worcestershire Regiment [5]

Border Regiment [4]

Essex Regiment [4]

General List [4]

Indian Army [4]

Machine Gun Corps [4]

Punjabis [4]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [4]

South Lancashire Regiment [4]

Indian Army Reserve of Officers, attached 14th King George's Own Ferozepore Sikhs [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Engineers [3]

Royal Garrison Artillery [3]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [3]

8th Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps [2]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2]

Burma Infantry [2]

Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps Contingent and British Red Cross Society [2]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

Gordon Highlanders [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

Highland Light Infantry [2]

Indian Army Reserve of Officers, attached 40th Pathans [2]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

North Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Punjabis Indian Army [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

Scottish Rifles [2]

Seaforth Highlanders [2]

South Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Yorkshire Regiment [2]

1/6th Gurkha Rifles [1]

106th Labour Corps [1]

10th Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [247]

Indian Army [19]

Other Empire Force [8]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [27]

M [25]

B [23]

H [23]

C [18]

G [18]

W [17]

F [16]

R [14]

T [14]

L [13]

P [12]

D [9]

A [5]

J [5]

E [4]

K [4]

N [4]

O [2]

U [2]

Y [2]

I [1]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [258]

Country

United Kingdom [32]

Sri Lanka [8]

India [2]

Australia [1]

Belgium [1]

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Place of birth

48 Claremont Road, Hansworth, Birmingham [1] Agra [1] Alcester, Warwickshire [1] Atherstone, Warwickshire [1] Axminster, Devon [1] Bandon, County Cork [1] Bangalore [1] Barnet, Middlesex [1] Berwick, Northumberland [1] Birmingham, Warks [1] Brighton [1] Calcutta [1] Ceylon now [1] Chelsea, London [1] Chittlehampton, Devon. [1] Colchester. Essex [1] Congleton, Cheshire [1] Corsham, Wiltshire [1] Devon [1] Dunedin [1] Dursley, Gloucestershire [1] Enniskerry [1] Fulham London [1] Hackney, London [1] Hazaribagh [1] Kensington, London [1] Kingston, Surrey [1] Kington, Herefordshire [1] Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland. [1] Lambeth, London [1] Lewes, Sussex [1] Leytonstone, Essex [1] Long Melford, Suffolk [1] Maldon, Essex [1] Monquhitter, Aberdeenshire, Scotland [1] North Aylesford, Kent [1] Overton, Flintshire [1] Preston, Lancashire [1] Rawalpindi [1] Rushmere, Ipswich [1] Scoonie, Scotland [1] Shepton Mallet, Somerset [1] Shipston on Stour Gloucestshire [1] St Peters, Worcestershire [1] Torquay, Devon, England [1] Ventnor, Isle of Wight [1] Wendover, Bucks [1] West Ham [1]

Rank

Private [184] Second Lieutenant [81] Lieutenant [69] Captain [62] Lance Corporal [17] Major [16] Corporal [12] Rifleman [12] Serjeant [10] Acting Captain [8] Lance Serjeant [4] Acting Major [3] Lieutenant Acting Captain [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Commissary [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Gunner [1] Honorary Lieutenant [1] Lieutenant Acting Major [1] Officer Cadet [1] Private Acting Lance Corporal [1] Staff Captain [1] Temp. Lieutenant [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant/Temporary Captain [1]

Unit

Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps [254] Indian Army Reserve of Officers [15] Hampshire Regiment [9] Royal Air Force [9] Royal Field Artillery [8] Royal Fusiliers [6] Lancashire Fusiliers [5] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [5] Worcestershire Regiment [5] Border Regiment [4] Essex Regiment [4] General List [4] Indian Army [4] Machine Gun Corps [4] Punjabis [4] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [4] South Lancashire Regiment [4] Indian Army Reserve of Officers, attached 14th King George's Own Ferozepore Sikhs [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Engineers [3] Royal Garrison Artillery [3] Royal Munster Fusiliers [3] 8th Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps [2] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2] Burma Infantry [2] Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps Contingent and British Red Cross Society [2] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] Gordon Highlanders [2] Grenadier Guards [2] Highland Light Infantry [2] Indian Army Reserve of Officers, attached 40th Pathans [2] King's Own Scottish Borderers [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] Manchester Regiment [2] North Staffordshire Regiment [2] Punjabis Indian Army [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [2] Royal Irish Fusiliers [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2] Scottish Rifles [2] Seaforth Highlanders [2] South Staffordshire Regiment [2] Yorkshire Regiment [2] 1/6th Gurkha Rifles [1] 106th Labour Corps [1] 10th Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [247] Indian Army [19] Other Empire Force [8] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1] Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [27] M [25] B [23] H [23] C [18] G [18] W [17] F [16] R [14] T [14] L [13] P [12] D [9] A [5] J [5] E [4] K [4] N [4] O [2] U [2] Y [2] I [1] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [258]

Country

United Kingdom [32] Sri Lanka [8] India [2] Australia [1] Belgium [1]

Humphrey Halsey Wiles

British Army 1887 Private Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps

British Army Lieutenant Border Regiment attached Indian Army Reserve of Officers

British Army Captain Border Regiment attached Indian Army Reserve of Officers

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James Robertson

British Army 2150 Private Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps

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British Army Second Lieutenant Indian Army Reserve of Officers

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Lieutenant Edward George Bradshaw Miller-Stirling

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John Frederick Arthur Postance

British Army 1738 Private Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps

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