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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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People [96] Stories Communities

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]

Henry Washington Batchelor

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps 3rd General Hospital

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps 3rd General Hospital

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps

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Evelyn Otway Searlett Wiley

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Durham Light Infantry

British Army Second Lieutenant Infantry

British Army Lieutenant Durham Light Infantry

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Henry Vincent Rice

Born 1898

Died 1919

British Army 16308 Private East Surrey Regiment

British Army 16308 Private East Surrey Regiment 12th Batallion

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John Henry Townsend Icke

Born 1888

Died 1964

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Warwickshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant South Lancashire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant South Lancashire Regiment

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Charles Livingstone Taylor

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army Captain East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 207 Corporal Pretoria Rifles

British Army Second Lieutenant East Lancashire Regiment

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Langton Sacheverell Coke

Born 1878

Died 1914

British Army Lieutenant Irish Guards

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Stratford Edward St Leger

Born 1868

Died 1935

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Assistant Adjutant General

British Army Colonel Assistant Adjutant General

British Army Lieutenant Royal Irish Regiment

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Neville Mariott North

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant /Temporary Captain Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army Second Lieutenant Northumberland Fusiliers 5th Battalion

British Army Captain Northumberland Fusiliers

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Valentine Francis Gibbs

Born 1881

Died 1918

Royal Navy Naval Cadet

Royal Navy Midshipman

Royal Navy Sub Lieutenant

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John Edward Kirkby Doe

Born 1900

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 89753 Flight Cadet Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 4769 Flight Cadet Royal Flying Corps

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Richard Hofmeyr

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps 22 Kite Balloon Company

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Frank Leopold Faure Deneys

Born 1895

British Army Second Lieutenant Leinster Regiment

British Army Captain Leinster Regiment 4th Battalion

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Edward Chandos Elliot Chambers

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Lancashire Fusiliers

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Charles George Gordon Bayly

Born 1891

Died 1914

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers

British Army Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

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Lancelot Gerard Bourdillon

Born 1888

Died 1950

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Major Royal Army Medical Corps

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Stanley Batchelor

Born 1892

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps

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Charles James Leyster

Born 1860

Died 1934

British Army Major Recruiting Officer

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Henry Robert Poulton

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 178201

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Algernon Victor Sheldon

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 184552

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Johann Adam Rautenbach

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 183893

South African Services Private Prince Alfred's Guards

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