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Kandy, Ceylon [2]

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Badulla, Ceylon [1]

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Ceylon, Colombo Resident [1]

Ceylon, Nasonlapting [1]

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Colombo,Ceylon. [1]

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Panadura, Ceylon [1]

Pussellawa,Ceylon. [1]

Trincomalee, Ceylon [1]

Trincomalee, Ceylon - now - [1]

former Ceylon, now [1]

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Second Lieutenant [11]

Captain [10]

Lieutenant [10]

Private [6]

Major [5]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Captain [2]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Admiral of the Fleet [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Assistant Quarter Master General Colonel [1]

Bandmaster 2nd Class [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Colonel [1]

Commander [1]

Corporal [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Driver [1]

Fireman [1]

Flight Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Gunner [1]

Lieutenant (Temporary) [1]

Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Major General [1]

Midshipman [1]

Probationary Flight Officer [1]

Schoolmaster [1]

Serjeant [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Warrant Officer [1]

Unit

51st Sikhs (Frontier Force) [2]

Coldstream Guards [2]

Royal Field Artillery [2]

Royal Naval Reserve [2]

1/1st Gurkha Rifles [1]

11th Lancers [1]

123rd Outram's Rifles [1]

1st Indian Cavalry Supply Column [1st Indian Cavalry Division] [1]

20th Duke of Cambridge's Own Infantry (Brownlow's Punjabis) [1]

31st Punjabis [1]

51st Sikhs [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps [1]

Corps Of Army Schoolmasters [1]

Corps of Army Schoolmasters [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

HMS THUNDERER [1]

Honourable Artillery Company [1]

Indian Army [1]

Indian Army Reserve of Officers attached 1st King George's Own Sappers and Miners [1]

Lincolnshire Regiment [1]

Mercantile Marine [1]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

Punjabis [1]

Rifle Brigade [1]

Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Army Service Corps [1]

Royal Artillery [1]

Royal Artillery / Staff [1]

Royal Engineers [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Royal Horse Artillery [1]

Royal Irish Rifles [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry Staff [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [1]

Royal Marines Band - HMS TIGER [1]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [1]

Royal Naval Air Service [1]

Royal Naval Division [1]

Royal Naval Reserve - HMS MALAYA [1]

Royal Navy Air Service [1]

Service

British Army [30]

Royal Navy [12]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [8]

Indian Army [7]

Australian Imperial Force [3]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

W [10]

L [6]

T [6]

A [5]

S [5]

C [4]

M [4]

D [3]

O [3]

R [3]

F [2]

G [2]

H [2]

E [1]

I [1]

P [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [53]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [24]

India [1]

Sri Lanka [1]

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Place of birth

Ceylon [24] Colombo, Ceylon [9] Ceylon now [3] Ceylon, India [2] Dickoya, Ceylon [2] Kandy, Ceylon [2] (Ceylon) [1] Badulla, Ceylon [1] Bogawantalawa, Ceylon.... now called..... [1] Ceylon, Colombo Resident [1] Ceylon, Nasonlapting [1] Ceylon, now [1] Colombo Ceylon [1] Colombo, formerly Ceylon, now [1] Colombo,Ceylon. [1] Galle, Ceylon [1] Kandy. Ceylon [1] Mandy, Ceylon [1] Panadura, Ceylon [1] Pussellawa,Ceylon. [1] Trincomalee, Ceylon [1] Trincomalee, Ceylon - now - [1] former Ceylon, now [1]

Rank

Second Lieutenant [11] Captain [10] Lieutenant [10] Private [6] Major [5] Able Seaman [2] Acting Captain [2] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Admiral of the Fleet [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Assistant Quarter Master General Colonel [1] Bandmaster 2nd Class [1] Brigadier General [1] Colonel [1] Commander [1] Corporal [1] Deck Hand [1] Driver [1] Fireman [1] Flight Sub-Lieutenant [1] Gunner [1] Lieutenant (Temporary) [1] Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Major General [1] Midshipman [1] Probationary Flight Officer [1] Schoolmaster [1] Serjeant [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Warrant Officer [1]

Unit

51st Sikhs (Frontier Force) [2] Coldstream Guards [2] Royal Field Artillery [2] Royal Naval Reserve [2] 1/1st Gurkha Rifles [1] 11th Lancers [1] 123rd Outram's Rifles [1] 1st Indian Cavalry Supply Column [1st Indian Cavalry Division] [1] 20th Duke of Cambridge's Own Infantry (Brownlow's Punjabis) [1] 31st Punjabis [1] 51st Sikhs [1] Army Service Corps [1] Canadian Army Medical Corps [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps [1] Corps Of Army Schoolmasters [1] Corps of Army Schoolmasters [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] Essex Regiment [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] Grenadier Guards [1] HMS THUNDERER [1] Honourable Artillery Company [1] Indian Army [1] Indian Army Reserve of Officers attached 1st King George's Own Sappers and Miners [1] Lincolnshire Regiment [1] Mercantile Marine [1] Middlesex Regiment [1] Punjabis [1] Rifle Brigade [1] Royal Air Force [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Army Service Corps [1] Royal Artillery [1] Royal Artillery / Staff [1] Royal Engineers [1] Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Royal Horse Artillery [1] Royal Irish Rifles [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry Staff [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [1] Royal Marines Band - HMS TIGER [1] Royal Munster Fusiliers [1] Royal Naval Air Service [1] Royal Naval Division [1] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS MALAYA [1] Royal Navy Air Service [1]

Service

British Army [30] Royal Navy [12] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [8] Indian Army [7] Australian Imperial Force [3] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

W [10] L [6] T [6] A [5] S [5] C [4] M [4] D [3] O [3] R [3] F [2] G [2] H [2] E [1] I [1] P [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [53] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [24] India [1] Sri Lanka [1]

Herbert Theodore Roper

Born 1897

Died 1971

Royal Navy PI 39396 Probationary Flight Officer Royal Naval Air Service Crystal Palace-Vendome-Cranwell

Royal Navy PI 39396 Flight Sub-Lieutenant Royal Naval Air Service Cranwell-Killingholme

Air Force (RAF/RFC) PI 39396 Lieutenant Royal Air Force Killingholme-SW/10 Group

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Reginald Aneurin Thomas

Born 1879

Died 1975

British Army Major Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Royal Garrison Artillery

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Stewart Walter Loudoun-Shand

Born 1879

Died 1916

British Army Captain Yorkshire Regiment

British Army Major Yorkshire Regiment

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Arthur Francis Gregory Walker

Born 1884

Died 1944

British Army East Lancashire Regiment 8th Battalion

British Army Captain East Lancashire Regiment

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Thomas James Reynolds

Born 1871

Died 1914

British Army Captain Royal Irish Rifles

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Frederick Edward Cornelius Stray

Born 1869

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 288618

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Neville Raymond Stevenson Carter

Born 1880

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 526511

Canadian Expeditionary Force 526511 Private Canadian Army Medical Corps

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Douglas Holme Wiggin

Born 1895

Died 1914

British Army Lieutenant Gloucestershire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Noel Holme Wiggin

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery 36th Brigade

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Ronald Okeden Alexander

Born 1888

Died 1949

Canadian Expeditionary Force Lieutenant Colonel Canadian Infantry 24 Battalion

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Fuller Alfred Bromley Campbell

Born 1880

Died 1953

British Army Second Lieutenant Wiltshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Wiltshire Regiment

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Herbert Meredith Cantrell

Born 1882

Other Empire Force Singapore Volunteer Rifles

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John Arbuthnot Fisher Lord Fisher Of Kilverstone

Born 1841

Royal Navy Admiral of the Fleet

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Ezio Diacono

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 184654

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Reginald Montague Armitage

Born 1892

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force Second Lieutenant

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Bernard Haan Pereira

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 176113

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Alexander Richard Hamilton Hutchison

Born 1872

Died 1930

British Army Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General Royal Marine Light Infantry Staff

Royal Navy Lieutenant Colonel Royal Marine Light Infantry Battalion Commander

Royal Navy Brigadier General Royal Marine Light Infantry Brigade Commander of 190th Infantry Brigade

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Walter Ferdinand Osborn

Australian Imperial Force 4278

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Angus Charles Maitland

Born 1887

Died 1986

Indian Army M2/18811 Private 1st Indian Cavalry Supply Column [1st Indian Cavalry Division]

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Army Service Corps

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Service Corps

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Jocelyn Henry Cambridge Lane

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Coldstream Guards

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