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Cape Colony [36]

Cape Colony, South Africa [7]

Port Elizabeth, Cape Colony [4]

Cape Town, Cape Colony [3]

Wynberg, Cape Colony [3]

Cape Colony Resident [2]

Grahamstown, Cape Colony [2]

Alicedale, Cape Colony [1]

Aliwal North, Cape Colony, [1]

Bathurst, Cape Colony [1]

Bedford, Cape Colony [1]

Benconsfield, Cape Colony [1]

Bovenplaats, near Malmesbury, in the Cape Colony [1]

Calitzdorp, Cape Colony [1]

Cape Colony Grahamstown [1]

Cape Colony, [1]

Cape Colony, British [1]

Cape Colony, Kimberley [1]

Cape Colony, Lady Grey [1]

Cape Town Colony [1]

Capetown Cape Colony [1]

Claremont, Cape Colony, South Africa [1]

Frassburg Cape Colony [1]

Graaf-Reinet,Cape Colony [1]

Graaff Rienet, Cape Colony [1]

Kimberley, Cape Colony, South Africa [1]

King William's Town Cape Colony, South Africa [1]

Ladysmith, Cape Colony [1]

Mountstewart, Cape Colony [1]

Mourbray, Cape Colony [1]

Mowbray, Cape Colony [1]

Newlands, Cape Colony [1]

Priestro, Cape Colony [1]

Queenstown, Cape Colony [1]

Queenstown, Cape Colony. [1]

Rondebosch, Cape Colony [1]

Simon's Town, Cape Colony [1]

Somerset East, Cape Colony [1]

Somerset West, Cape Colony. [1]

Stellenbosch, Cape Colony [1]

Tark A Stad, Cape Colony [1]

Umtata, Cape Colony [1]

Waggoner's Kraal, Cape Colony [1]

Worcester, Cape Colony [1]

Wynburg, Cape Colony [1]

Wynburg, Wynburg Cape Colony [1]

Rank

Second Lieutenant [14]

Captain [12]

Lieutenant [9]

Private [9]

Major [5]

Able Seaman [2]

Corporal [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Sapper [2]

Sergeant [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Admiral (Retd) [1]

Boy [1]

Colonel [1]

Commander [1]

Flight Cadet [1]

General The Rt Hon [1]

Gunner [1]

Labourer [1]

Lance Corporal [1]

Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [1]

Midshipman [1]

Naval Cadet [1]

Rifleman [1]

Serjeant [1]

Sub Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Trumpeter [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [4]

Royal Flying Corps [4]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

12th South African Mounted Brigade [1]

2nd Regiment South African Infantry [1]

2nd Regt. South African Infantry [1]

4th South African Infantry [1]

74th Punjabis [1]

84th Punjabis [1]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1]

Assistant Adjutant General [1]

British East African Expeditionary Force [1]

Canadian Engineers [1]

Cape Coloured Labour Regiment [1]

Cape Corps [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

East African Labour Corps [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

General List [1]

Gordon Highlanders [1]

HMS Agincourt [1]

HMS Iris II [1]

HMS MALAYA [1]

HMS NEPTUNE [1]

HMS TIGER [1]

HMS Tiger [1]

Herefordshire Regiment Territorial Force [1]

Infantry [1]

Irish Guards [1]

King Edwards Horse [1]

King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [1]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

Leinster Regiment [1]

Leinster Regiment 4th Battalion [1]

Military Labour Bureau [1]

Monmouthshire Regiment [1]

Northumberland Fusiliers [1]

Pretoria Rifles [1]

Prince Alfred's Guards [1]

Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry [1]

Punjab Light Horse [1]

Recruiting Officer [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps 3rd General Hospital [1]

Royal Army Service Corps [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Royal Irish Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [30]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [25]

Australian Imperial Force [19]

Royal Navy [14]

South African Services [6]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Indian Army [2]

Last name first letter

B [11]

C [9]

D [9]

S [9]

W [8]

P [6]

G [5]

H [5]

F [4]

J [4]

M [4]

T [4]

E [3]

L [3]

O [3]

A [2]

K [2]

N [2]

R [2]

I [1]

Contribution

Military Service [91]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [19]

South Africa [4]

India [1]

Ireland [1]

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Place of birth

Cape Colony [36] Cape Colony, South Africa [7] Port Elizabeth, Cape Colony [4] Cape Town, Cape Colony [3] Wynberg, Cape Colony [3] Cape Colony Resident [2] Grahamstown, Cape Colony [2] Alicedale, Cape Colony [1] Aliwal North, Cape Colony, [1] Bathurst, Cape Colony [1] Bedford, Cape Colony [1] Benconsfield, Cape Colony [1] Bovenplaats, near Malmesbury, in the Cape Colony [1] Calitzdorp, Cape Colony [1] Cape Colony Grahamstown [1] Cape Colony, [1] Cape Colony, British [1] Cape Colony, Kimberley [1] Cape Colony, Lady Grey [1] Cape Town Colony [1] Capetown Cape Colony [1] Claremont, Cape Colony, South Africa [1] Frassburg Cape Colony [1] Graaf-Reinet,Cape Colony [1] Graaff Rienet, Cape Colony [1] Kimberley, Cape Colony, South Africa [1] King William's Town Cape Colony, South Africa [1] Ladysmith, Cape Colony [1] Mountstewart, Cape Colony [1] Mourbray, Cape Colony [1] Mowbray, Cape Colony [1] Newlands, Cape Colony [1] Priestro, Cape Colony [1] Queenstown, Cape Colony [1] Queenstown, Cape Colony. [1] Rondebosch, Cape Colony [1] Simon's Town, Cape Colony [1] Somerset East, Cape Colony [1] Somerset West, Cape Colony. [1] Stellenbosch, Cape Colony [1] Tark A Stad, Cape Colony [1] Umtata, Cape Colony [1] Waggoner's Kraal, Cape Colony [1] Worcester, Cape Colony [1] Wynburg, Cape Colony [1] Wynburg, Wynburg Cape Colony [1]

Rank

Second Lieutenant [14] Captain [12] Lieutenant [9] Private [9] Major [5] Able Seaman [2] Corporal [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Sapper [2] Sergeant [2] Temporary Captain [2] Acting Captain [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Admiral (Retd) [1] Boy [1] Colonel [1] Commander [1] Flight Cadet [1] General The Rt Hon [1] Gunner [1] Labourer [1] Lance Corporal [1] Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [1] Midshipman [1] Naval Cadet [1] Rifleman [1] Serjeant [1] Sub Lieutenant [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1] Trumpeter [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [4] Royal Flying Corps [4] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] 12th South African Mounted Brigade [1] 2nd Regiment South African Infantry [1] 2nd Regt. South African Infantry [1] 4th South African Infantry [1] 74th Punjabis [1] 84th Punjabis [1] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1] Assistant Adjutant General [1] British East African Expeditionary Force [1] Canadian Engineers [1] Cape Coloured Labour Regiment [1] Cape Corps [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] East African Labour Corps [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] General List [1] Gordon Highlanders [1] HMS Agincourt [1] HMS Iris II [1] HMS MALAYA [1] HMS NEPTUNE [1] HMS TIGER [1] HMS Tiger [1] Herefordshire Regiment Territorial Force [1] Infantry [1] Irish Guards [1] King Edwards Horse [1] King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [1] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1] Lancashire Fusiliers [1] Leinster Regiment [1] Leinster Regiment 4th Battalion [1] Military Labour Bureau [1] Monmouthshire Regiment [1] Northumberland Fusiliers [1] Pretoria Rifles [1] Prince Alfred's Guards [1] Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry [1] Punjab Light Horse [1] Recruiting Officer [1] Royal Army Medical Corps 3rd General Hospital [1] Royal Army Service Corps [1] Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Royal Irish Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [30] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [25] Australian Imperial Force [19] Royal Navy [14] South African Services [6] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2] Indian Army [2]

Last name first letter

B [11] C [9] D [9] S [9] W [8] P [6] G [5] H [5] F [4] J [4] M [4] T [4] E [3] L [3] O [3] A [2] K [2] N [2] R [2] I [1]

Contribution

Military Service [91] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [19] South Africa [4] India [1] Ireland [1]

John Wilson

Australian Imperial Force 2250

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William Taylor Donsworth

Australian Imperial Force 6542

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Leslie Thomas Godfrey

Australian Imperial Force 4190

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Reginald James

Australian Imperial Force 2857

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Roland Leslie Pogson

Australian Imperial Force 3608

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Arthur Jones

Australian Imperial Force 1940

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Arthur Ernest Clews

Born 1894

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 119007

Canadian Expeditionary Force 119007 Sapper Canadian Engineers

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Eric Carson Jennings

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 178180

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Robert Norman Pringle

Born 1877

South African Services Major South African Medical Corps D.S.O. for Bernafay Wood / Longueval

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William Camber

Born 1884

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Johannes Witbooi

Born 1878

Died 1919

British Army 6280 Private Cape Corps

British Army 1338 Labourer Cape Coloured Labour Regiment

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Fitzroy Arthur Bell Gasson

Born 1899

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

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Arthur Edward Ochse

Born 1870

Died 1918

South African Services 555 Corporal 2nd Regt. South African Infantry

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Clement Mcgarr

Born 1882

Died 1918

South African Services 22194 Private 2nd Regiment South African Infantry

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Cyril Edward Fell

Born 1884

Died 1970

British Army 37348 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 37348 Acting Serjeant Royal Engineers

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Walter William Hart Wallace

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 30933 Boy Royal Garrison Artillery 7th Company, 122nd Heavy Battery

British Army Trumpeter Royal Garrison Artillery 7th Company, 122nd Heavy Battery

British Army Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 122nd Heavy Battery

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Alan Leslie Wilson

Born 1898

Died 1985

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers 128th Field. Company

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Kingsley Louis Strangman

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army R5935 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Roland Donovan Blofield

Born 1896

Royal Navy J24268 Able Seaman HMS MALAYA

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Lawrance Vernon Pearson

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 175826

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