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Bengal [52]

Bengal, India [13]

Calcutta, Bengal [11]

Meerut, Bengal [3]

Mussoorie, Bengal [3]

Simla, Bengal [3]

Bengal, Pembrokeshire, Wales [2]

Cawnpore, Bengal [2]

Darjeeling, Bengal [2]

Ferozapor, West Bengal [2]

Abbottabad, Bengal [1]

Agra, Bengal [1]

Aligarh, Bengal [1]

Allahabad, Bengal [1]

Allahabad, Bengal, [1]

Allajabad, Bengal [1]

Almora, St Mark Presidency, Bengal [1]

Almorah, Bengal [1]

Arah Bengal [1]

Arrah, Bengal, [1]

Arsaph, Bengal [1]

Asansol, Bengal [1]

Bankipore, Bengal [1]

Bareilly, Bengal [1]

Benares West Bengal [1]

Bengal, [1]

Bengal, British Raj [1]

Bengal, Calcutta [1]

Bengal, Suffolk [1]

Bengal. [1]

Bombay, Bengal [1]

British Bengal [1]

Burdwan, Bengal [1]

Buxar, Bengal [1]

Calcutta (now named Kolkata), West Bengal [1]

Calcutta, West Bengal [1]

Chaknadhanpur, Bengal [1]

Chakrata / Bengal [1]

Chakrata, Bengal. 08th March 1882 [1]

Chandernagore, Calcutta, West Bengal [1]

Chindwin, Bengal [1]

Chinsura, Bengal [1]

Chupra, Bengal [1]

Citypoure, Bengal [1]

Dalhousie, Bengal [1]

Dhaka, Bengal [1]

Dinapore Bengal [1]

Dinapore, Bengal, [1]

Dinapur, Bengal [1]

Doomka, Bengal [1]

Rank

Captain [44]

Lieutenant [36]

Second Lieutenant [31]

Major [30]

Lieutenant Colonel [20]

Private [19]

Corporal [6]

Lance Corporal [5]

Lance Serjeant [4]

2nd Lieutenant [3]

Acting Major [3]

Colonel [3]

Major General [3]

Serjeant [3]

Temporary Major [3]

Acting Captain [2]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Brigade Colonel [2]

Gunner [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Midshipman [2]

Nurse [2]

Rifleman [2]

Sergeant [2]

Surgeon [2]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

3rd Class Assistant Surgeon [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Batallion Major [1]

Bombardier [1]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Brigade Quarter Master Sergeant [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Captain Acting Major [1]

Captain Major [1]

Chaplain Rev [1]

Chauffeur (Driver) [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Commandant [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Conductor [1]

Driver [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Field Marshall [1]

Fleet Paymaster [1]

Flying Officer [1]

Head Cook [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [8]

London Regiment [7]

Indian Army [6]

Royal Engineers [6]

Royal Flying Corps [5]

Royal Fusiliers [5]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [4]

Royal Artillery [4]

East Surrey Regiment [3]

Royal Garrison Artillery [3]

West Yorkshire Regiment [3]

1/4th Gurkha Rifles [2]

15th Punjab Regiment [2]

1st/4th Gurkha Rifles [2]

Army Ordnance Depot [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

French Red Cross [2]

General Staff [2]

Gurkha Rifles [2]

Hussars [2]

Indian Staff Corps [2]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Sussex Regiment [2]

Voluntary Aid Detachment [2]

1/102nd King Edward Own Grenadiers [1]

1/103rd Mahratta Light Infantry [1]

1/41st Dogras [1]

112th Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

12th Cavalry [1]

15th Lancers (Cureton's Multanis) [1]

15th Lancers [1]

15th Lancers (Cureton's Multauis) [1]

17th Cavalry [1]

17th Infantry [1]

18th (Queen Mary's Own) Hussars [1]

18th Hussars attached Tank Corps [1]

18th King George's Own Lancers [1]

19th Hussars [1]

19th Punjab Infantry [1]

1st (King’s) Dragoon Guards [1]

2/119th Infantry [1]

2/39th Garhwal Rifles [1]

2/4th Gurkha Rifles [1]

2/5th Gurkhas [1]

2/9th Gurkha Rifles, attached Royal Flying Corps Risalpur [1]

20th Deccan Horse [1]

22nd Punjabis [1]

Service

British Army [119]

Royal Navy [31]

Indian Army [30]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [9]

Australian Imperial Force [9]

Other Empire Force [5]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [4]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

C [27]

B [21]

M [19]

W [15]

H [14]

G [12]

D [10]

L [10]

S [10]

R [9]

P [8]

A [7]

K [6]

F [5]

T [5]

J [4]

I [2]

N [2]

U [2]

V [2]

E [1]

O [1]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [182]

Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [57]

India [2]

Ireland [2]

Canada [1]

Malaysia [1]

New Zealand [1]

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People [193] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Bengal [52] Bengal, India [13] Calcutta, Bengal [11] Meerut, Bengal [3] Mussoorie, Bengal [3] Simla, Bengal [3] Bengal, Pembrokeshire, Wales [2] Cawnpore, Bengal [2] Darjeeling, Bengal [2] Ferozapor, West Bengal [2] Abbottabad, Bengal [1] Agra, Bengal [1] Aligarh, Bengal [1] Allahabad, Bengal [1] Allahabad, Bengal, [1] Allajabad, Bengal [1] Almora, St Mark Presidency, Bengal [1] Almorah, Bengal [1] Arah Bengal [1] Arrah, Bengal, [1] Arsaph, Bengal [1] Asansol, Bengal [1] Bankipore, Bengal [1] Bareilly, Bengal [1] Benares West Bengal [1] Bengal, [1] Bengal, British Raj [1] Bengal, Calcutta [1] Bengal, Suffolk [1] Bengal. [1] Bombay, Bengal [1] British Bengal [1] Burdwan, Bengal [1] Buxar, Bengal [1] Calcutta (now named Kolkata), West Bengal [1] Calcutta, West Bengal [1] Chaknadhanpur, Bengal [1] Chakrata / Bengal [1] Chakrata, Bengal. 08th March 1882 [1] Chandernagore, Calcutta, West Bengal [1] Chindwin, Bengal [1] Chinsura, Bengal [1] Chupra, Bengal [1] Citypoure, Bengal [1] Dalhousie, Bengal [1] Dhaka, Bengal [1] Dinapore Bengal [1] Dinapore, Bengal, [1] Dinapur, Bengal [1] Doomka, Bengal [1]

Rank

Captain [44] Lieutenant [36] Second Lieutenant [31] Major [30] Lieutenant Colonel [20] Private [19] Corporal [6] Lance Corporal [5] Lance Serjeant [4] 2nd Lieutenant [3] Acting Major [3] Colonel [3] Major General [3] Serjeant [3] Temporary Major [3] Acting Captain [2] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [2] Brigade Colonel [2] Gunner [2] Lieutenant Commander [2] Midshipman [2] Nurse [2] Rifleman [2] Sergeant [2] Surgeon [2] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] 3rd Class Assistant Surgeon [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Sub-Lieutenant [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Batallion Major [1] Bombardier [1] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1] Brigade Quarter Master Sergeant [1] Brigadier General [1] Captain Acting Major [1] Captain Major [1] Chaplain Rev [1] Chauffeur (Driver) [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Commandant [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Conductor [1] Driver [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Field Marshall [1] Fleet Paymaster [1] Flying Officer [1] Head Cook [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [8] London Regiment [7] Indian Army [6] Royal Engineers [6] Royal Flying Corps [5] Royal Fusiliers [5] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [4] Royal Artillery [4] East Surrey Regiment [3] Royal Garrison Artillery [3] West Yorkshire Regiment [3] 1/4th Gurkha Rifles [2] 15th Punjab Regiment [2] 1st/4th Gurkha Rifles [2] Army Ordnance Depot [2] Essex Regiment [2] French Red Cross [2] General Staff [2] Gurkha Rifles [2] Hussars [2] Indian Staff Corps [2] Liverpool Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Sussex Regiment [2] Voluntary Aid Detachment [2] 1/102nd King Edward Own Grenadiers [1] 1/103rd Mahratta Light Infantry [1] 1/41st Dogras [1] 112th Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery [1] 12th Cavalry [1] 15th Lancers (Cureton's Multanis) [1] 15th Lancers [1] 15th Lancers (Cureton's Multauis) [1] 17th Cavalry [1] 17th Infantry [1] 18th (Queen Mary's Own) Hussars [1] 18th Hussars attached Tank Corps [1] 18th King George's Own Lancers [1] 19th Hussars [1] 19th Punjab Infantry [1] 1st (King’s) Dragoon Guards [1] 2/119th Infantry [1] 2/39th Garhwal Rifles [1] 2/4th Gurkha Rifles [1] 2/5th Gurkhas [1] 2/9th Gurkha Rifles, attached Royal Flying Corps Risalpur [1] 20th Deccan Horse [1] 22nd Punjabis [1]

Service

British Army [119] Royal Navy [31] Indian Army [30] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [9] Australian Imperial Force [9] Other Empire Force [5] Canadian Expeditionary Force [4] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

C [27] B [21] M [19] W [15] H [14] G [12] D [10] L [10] S [10] R [9] P [8] A [7] K [6] F [5] T [5] J [4] I [2] N [2] U [2] V [2] E [1] O [1] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [182] Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [57] India [2] Ireland [2] Canada [1] Malaysia [1] New Zealand [1]

Cecil Francis Cumberlege

Born 1885

Died 1975

British Army Second Lieutenant East Surrey Regiment 5th Battalion [Territorial Force]

British Army Second Lieutenant 1st (King’s) Dragoon Guards

British Army Lieutenant 1st (King’s) Dragoon Guards

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Jogendra 'jon' Nath Sen

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 15/795 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 15/795 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) 15th Battalion

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John George Gordon

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army 2288 Corporal London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 2288 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Henry Walter John Lermit

Born 1895

Died 1985

British Army Second Lieutenant Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army Captain Lancashire Fusiliers

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Bernard Underwood Nicolay

Born 1874

Died 1960

Indian Army Lieutenant Colonel 1st/4th Gurkha Rifles

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Frederick William Byass

Born 1899

Died 1941

British Army Second Lieutenant 7th Hussars

British Army Second Lieutenant 19th Hussars

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Margaret Cecil Gladstone

Born 1890

Died 1980

Other Empire Force Head Cook British Red Cross Society Fernleigh VAD Hospital, Larkfield

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Walter Ernest Mcnaught

Australian Imperial Force 2365

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Harry Frederick Cortlandt Anderson

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant 1/102nd King Edward Own Grenadiers

British Army Acting Captain 1/102nd King Edward Own Grenadiers

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William Brownlow Ashe Smith

Born 1874

Died 1959

British Army Surgeon French Red Cross

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Charles Raymond Waller

Born 1898

Died 1917

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 2nd Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps 52 Squadron

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Guy Ferguson Hughes

Born 1880

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Royal Horse Guards

British Army Lieutenant Divisional Cyclist Company

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John Henry Jameson

Born 1889

British Army Lieutenant /Acting Captain Liverpool Regiment

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Arthur Charles Rumsey

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles)

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Walter James Hannington

Australian Imperial Force 22

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Samuel Livingstone Haegert

Born 1894

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 430754

Canadian Expeditionary Force 430754 Private Canadian Pioneers

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Arthur Watson Pennington, M.v.o.

Born 1867

Died 1927

Indian Army Lieutenant Colonel 9th Hodson's Horse

Indian Army Lieutenant Colonel 9th Hodson's Horse, attached Patiala Imperial Service Lancers

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Murray Macgregor Lockhart

Born 1871

Died 1939

British Army Captain Mansport Duties Royal Navy

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Phillips Burnley Standale Gybbon Monypenny

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant Royal West Kent Regiment

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Bertram Charles Kauntze, O.b.e.

Born 1874

Died 1959

Indian Army Lieutenant Colonel 79th Carnatic Infantry Mesopotamia

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