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Natal [34]

Pietermaritzburg, Natal [17]

Durban, Natal [14]

Estcourt, Natal [6]

Natal, Dundee [5]

Newcastle, Natal [5]

Natal, South Africa [4]

Durban, Natal, South Africa [3]

Howick, Natal [3]

Maritzburg, Natal [3]

Natal, Durban [3]

Camperdown, Natal [2]

Dundee, Natal [2]

Natal, Maritzburg [2]

Natal, Petermaritzburg [2]

Port Natal [2]

Addington, Natal [1]

Brackwall Natal, South Africa [1]

Charlestown, Natal [1]

Currys Port, Natal [1]

Darba, Natal, [1]

Dundee,Natal, [1]

Durban Natal [1]

Durham, Natal [1]

Estcairt, Natal [1]

Greytown, Natal [1]

Harding, Natal [1]

Howich, Natal [1]

Iscopo, Iscopo Natal [1]

Lion's Bush, Nottingham Road, Natal [1]

Maritzaway, Natal [1]

Mooi River, Natal [1]

Mount Prospect, Natal [1]

NATAL PIETERMARITZBURG [1]

Natal Durban [1]

Natal Pietermaritzberg [1]

Natal Province [1]

Natal S, Durban [1]

Natal SOUTH AFRICA [1]

Natal, Mmbluturzana [1]

Natal, Newcastle [1]

Natal, Pietermaritzburg [1]

Natal, Pinetown [1]

Natal, Richmond [1]

Natal, Stanger [1]

New Hanover Natal [1]

Newcastle, Natal, [1]

POE Natal [1]

Pieler Maritzburg, Natal [1]

Pinetown, Natal [1]

Rank

Private [21]

Captain [12]

Lieutenant [9]

Second Lieutenant [9]

Corporal [3]

Major [3]

Trooper [3]

Lance Corporal [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Lieutenant [1]

Acting Sub Lieutenant [1]

Acting Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Chaplain 4th Class [1]

Driver [1]

Engineman [1]

Flight Sub Lieutenant [1]

Lieutenant (Acting) [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant/Second Lieutenant [1]

Midshipman [1]

Naval Cadet [1]

Probationary Flight Sub Lieutenant [1]

Probationer Nurse [1]

Reverend [1]

Rifleman [1]

Senior Writer [1]

Sergeant [1]

Serjeant [1]

Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Flight Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Major [1]

Temporary Surgeon [1]

VAD Nurse [1]

Unit

2nd South African Infantry [5]

London Regiment [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Field Artillery [3]

4th South African Infantry [2]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [2]

South African Infantry [2]

South African Military Nursing Service [2]

10th Royal Irish Rifles [1]

10th South African Infantry [1]

11th Hussars [1]

16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [1]

2nd Regiment South African Infantry [1]

4th Regiment South African Infantry [1]

4th South African Horse [1]

5th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers (Territorial Force) [1]

6th Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

8th South African Infantry [1]

Army Chaplains' Department [1]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

British Red Cross and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [1]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [1]

Canadian Railway Troops [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1]

Enslin's Horse [1]

General List Royal Flying Corps [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

Gordon Highlanders [1]

HM Submarine H3 [1]

HMS BELLEROPHON [1]

HMS Euryalus [1]

HMS MALAYA [1]

HMS Vanguard [1]

Inns of Court Officer Training Corps [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) [1]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [1]

Machine Gun Corps South Africa [1]

Mounted Rifles [1]

Natal Carbineers [1]

Natal Light Horse [1]

Norfolk Regiment [1]

North Rhodesian Rifles [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [64]

British Army [35]

South African Services [19]

Royal Navy [17]

Australian Imperial Force [16]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

T [14]

H [12]

M [12]

W [12]

B [11]

C [11]

G [11]

A [8]

L [8]

R [8]

S [8]

E [5]

P [5]

D [4]

F [4]

J [4]

K [4]

N [2]

V [2]

O [1]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [126]

Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [13]

South Africa [11]

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People [147] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Natal [34] Pietermaritzburg, Natal [17] Durban, Natal [14] Estcourt, Natal [6] Natal, Dundee [5] Newcastle, Natal [5] Natal, South Africa [4] Durban, Natal, South Africa [3] Howick, Natal [3] Maritzburg, Natal [3] Natal, Durban [3] Camperdown, Natal [2] Dundee, Natal [2] Natal, Maritzburg [2] Natal, Petermaritzburg [2] Port Natal [2] Addington, Natal [1] Brackwall Natal, South Africa [1] Charlestown, Natal [1] Currys Port, Natal [1] Darba, Natal, [1] Dundee,Natal, [1] Durban Natal [1] Durham, Natal [1] Estcairt, Natal [1] Greytown, Natal [1] Harding, Natal [1] Howich, Natal [1] Iscopo, Iscopo Natal [1] Lion's Bush, Nottingham Road, Natal [1] Maritzaway, Natal [1] Mooi River, Natal [1] Mount Prospect, Natal [1] NATAL PIETERMARITZBURG [1] Natal Durban [1] Natal Pietermaritzberg [1] Natal Province [1] Natal S, Durban [1] Natal SOUTH AFRICA [1] Natal, Mmbluturzana [1] Natal, Newcastle [1] Natal, Pietermaritzburg [1] Natal, Pinetown [1] Natal, Richmond [1] Natal, Stanger [1] New Hanover Natal [1] Newcastle, Natal, [1] POE Natal [1] Pieler Maritzburg, Natal [1] Pinetown, Natal [1]

Rank

Private [21] Captain [12] Lieutenant [9] Second Lieutenant [9] Corporal [3] Major [3] Trooper [3] Lance Corporal [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Lieutenant [1] Acting Sub Lieutenant [1] Acting Sub-Lieutenant [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Chaplain 4th Class [1] Driver [1] Engineman [1] Flight Sub Lieutenant [1] Lieutenant (Acting) [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant/Second Lieutenant [1] Midshipman [1] Naval Cadet [1] Probationary Flight Sub Lieutenant [1] Probationer Nurse [1] Reverend [1] Rifleman [1] Senior Writer [1] Sergeant [1] Serjeant [1] Sub-Lieutenant [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Flight Lieutenant [1] Temporary Major [1] Temporary Surgeon [1] VAD Nurse [1]

Unit

2nd South African Infantry [5] London Regiment [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Field Artillery [3] 4th South African Infantry [2] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [2] South African Infantry [2] South African Military Nursing Service [2] 10th Royal Irish Rifles [1] 10th South African Infantry [1] 11th Hussars [1] 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. [1] 2nd Regiment South African Infantry [1] 4th Regiment South African Infantry [1] 4th South African Horse [1] 5th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers (Territorial Force) [1] 6th Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1] 8th South African Infantry [1] Army Chaplains' Department [1] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1] British Red Cross and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [1] Cambridgeshire Regiment [1] Canadian Railway Troops [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1] Enslin's Horse [1] General List Royal Flying Corps [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] Gordon Highlanders [1] HM Submarine H3 [1] HMS BELLEROPHON [1] HMS Euryalus [1] HMS MALAYA [1] HMS Vanguard [1] Inns of Court Officer Training Corps [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] Lancashire Fusiliers [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) [1] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [1] Machine Gun Corps South Africa [1] Mounted Rifles [1] Natal Carbineers [1] Natal Light Horse [1] Norfolk Regiment [1] North Rhodesian Rifles [1]

Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [64] British Army [35] South African Services [19] Royal Navy [17] Australian Imperial Force [16] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

T [14] H [12] M [12] W [12] B [11] C [11] G [11] A [8] L [8] R [8] S [8] E [5] P [5] D [4] F [4] J [4] K [4] N [2] V [2] O [1] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [126] Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [13] South Africa [11]

Richard Chaisty

Born 1879

Died 1922

British Army 77904 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Albert John Carter

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 1805 Private London Regiment 1/16th lond Battalion

British Army 550227 Private London Regiment 16th Battalion

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Lloyd Allison Williams

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 1562 Private 6th Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

British Army 1562 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 6th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry 1 Battalion

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John Wynand Parks

Born 1895

Died 1919

British Army Captain East Lancashire Regiment

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Lionel Edwin Grant

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 786

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Alfred Lionel Pritchard

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 275438

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Sydney William Ruthven

Born 1878

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 6568 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. 21st Reinforcements

Australian Imperial Force 6568 Private 16th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F. "A" Company

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Ion Mordaunt Tatham

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 68686 Air Mechanic 3rd Class Royal Flying Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant General List Royal Flying Corps No. 16 Training Squadron

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John Christopher St George

Born 1894

Died 1916

South African Services 5599 Private 2nd South African Infantry Fought at Delville Wood

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Douglas Reginald Heley Keene

Born 1894

Died 1918

South African Services 20682 Private 4th Regiment South African Infantry

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William H Gordon

Born 1897

Died 1918

South African Services 2524 Private South African Infantry 3rd Battalion

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Edward Benjamin Pope

Born 1891

Died 1963

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army Temporary Captain Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Gloucestershire Regiment

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Rupert Arthur Troy-Elliott

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 176480

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Leonard Everhead Johnson

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 183352

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William Mcclure

Australian Imperial Force 3

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Edmond Thyrkel Trafford

Born 1892

Died 1916

South African Services 120 Sergeant Enslin's Horse

British Army Lieutenant Norfolk Regiment 1st Garrison Battalion

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Marshall Parker Croxford

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 182152

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William Harry Mackenzie

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 184530

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Ernest Cecil Groom

Australian Imperial Force 4316

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Percy Bucknall

Australian Imperial Force 2997

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