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Simla [53]

Simla, India [5]

Simla, Bengal [3]

Simla, Punjab [3]

Simla, [2]

Simla, Resident [2]

Christchurch, Simla [1]

Kesuli Turlid, Simla Hills [1]

Simla Northern [1]

Simla, Himachal Pradesh [1]

Simla, Punjab, India [1]

Rank

Captain [20]

Second Lieutenant [18]

Lieutenant [14]

Major [9]

Private [6]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

2nd Lieutenant [3]

Acting Major [3]

Corporal [2]

Acting Corporal [1]

Bombardier [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Captain Major [1]

Colonel [1]

Flight Lieutenant [1]

Flying Officer [1]

Lance Corporal [1]

Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [1]

Lt Col [1]

Lt and Special Service Officer (attached) [1]

Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major General [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sapper [1]

Serjeant [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Sub Conductor [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

VAD [1]

Victuallers Assistant [1]

Unit

Indian Army [4]

Royal Engineers [4]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Field Artillery [3]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Royal West Kent Regiment [2]

1/6th Gurkha Rifles [1]

1/6th King's Regiment [1]

130th King George's Own Baluchis (Jacob's Rifles) [1]

15th Punjab Regiment [1]

2/4th Gurkha Rifles, attached 2/3rd Queen Alexandra's Own Gurkha Rifles [1]

2/7th Gurkha Rifles [1]

25th Punjabis [1]

2nd Battalion, King's African Rifles [1]

2nd Royal Lancers [1]

3 Cadet Wing [1]

31 Battalion [1]

4th Cavalry [1]

4th Signal Company [1]

5/13th Frontier Force Rifles [1]

5/13th Rifles [1]

54th Sikhs (Frontier Force) [1]

62nd Punjabis [1]

7th Meerut Calvary Brigade [1]

Anglo-Indian Force [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

British Red Cross [1]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [1]

Cavalry Indian Army [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

East African Regiment [1]

East Kent Regiment [1]

GOC 29th Division [1]

GOC 88th Infantry Brigade [1]

General Reserve of Officers, Infantry [1]

Gordon Highlanders [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

Grenadiers [1]

Gurkha Rifles [1]

HMS Falmouth [1]

Head Quarters Indian Army [1]

Imperial Army [1]

Indian Miscellaneous List [1]

Jodhpur Lancers [1]

Kent Regiment [1]

King's African Rifles [1]

King's Messenger Service [1]

Service

British Army [40]

Indian Army [14]

Australian Imperial Force [9]

Royal Navy [6]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [5]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [12]

C [10]

D [7]

W [7]

T [6]

H [5]

M [5]

F [4]

S [4]

A [3]

K [3]

R [3]

P [2]

L [1]

N [1]

Contribution

Military Service [65]

Merchant Navy [5]

Country

United Kingdom [24]

India [6]

South Africa [1]

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People [73] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Simla [53] Simla, India [5] Simla, Bengal [3] Simla, Punjab [3] Simla, [2] Simla, Resident [2] Christchurch, Simla [1] Kesuli Turlid, Simla Hills [1] Simla Northern [1] Simla, Himachal Pradesh [1] Simla, Punjab, India [1]

Rank

Captain [20] Second Lieutenant [18] Lieutenant [14] Major [9] Private [6] Lieutenant Colonel [4] 2nd Lieutenant [3] Acting Major [3] Corporal [2] Acting Corporal [1] Bombardier [1] Brigadier General [1] Captain Major [1] Colonel [1] Flight Lieutenant [1] Flying Officer [1] Lance Corporal [1] Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [1] Lt Col [1] Lt and Special Service Officer (attached) [1] Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major General [1] Nursing Sister [1] Rifleman [1] Sapper [1] Serjeant [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Stoker Petty Officer [1] Sub Conductor [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] VAD [1] Victuallers Assistant [1]

Unit

Indian Army [4] Royal Engineers [4] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Field Artillery [3] Middlesex Regiment [2] Royal West Kent Regiment [2] 1/6th Gurkha Rifles [1] 1/6th King's Regiment [1] 130th King George's Own Baluchis (Jacob's Rifles) [1] 15th Punjab Regiment [1] 2/4th Gurkha Rifles, attached 2/3rd Queen Alexandra's Own Gurkha Rifles [1] 2/7th Gurkha Rifles [1] 25th Punjabis [1] 2nd Battalion, King's African Rifles [1] 2nd Royal Lancers [1] 3 Cadet Wing [1] 31 Battalion [1] 4th Cavalry [1] 4th Signal Company [1] 5/13th Frontier Force Rifles [1] 5/13th Rifles [1] 54th Sikhs (Frontier Force) [1] 62nd Punjabis [1] 7th Meerut Calvary Brigade [1] Anglo-Indian Force [1] Army Service Corps [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] British Red Cross [1] Canadian Army Medical Corps [1] Cavalry Indian Army [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] East African Regiment [1] East Kent Regiment [1] GOC 29th Division [1] GOC 88th Infantry Brigade [1] General Reserve of Officers, Infantry [1] Gordon Highlanders [1] Grenadier Guards [1] Grenadiers [1] Gurkha Rifles [1] HMS Falmouth [1] Head Quarters Indian Army [1] Imperial Army [1] Indian Miscellaneous List [1] Jodhpur Lancers [1] Kent Regiment [1] King's African Rifles [1] King's Messenger Service [1]

Service

British Army [40] Indian Army [14] Australian Imperial Force [9] Royal Navy [6] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [5] Canadian Expeditionary Force [3] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [12] C [10] D [7] W [7] T [6] H [5] M [5] F [4] S [4] A [3] K [3] R [3] P [2] L [1] N [1]

Contribution

Military Service [65] Merchant Navy [5]

Country

United Kingdom [24] India [6] South Africa [1]

Nain Singh Sailani

Australian Imperial Force 658

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Alfred Rupert Thurygill

Australian Imperial Force 8180

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Brian Lambert Browne

Australian Imperial Force 531

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Eric Moran Pyster

Born 1897

British Army Lieutenant Cavalry Indian Army

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Anglo-Indian Force Anglo-Indian Cavalry

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George Percy Reynolds

Australian Imperial Force 1139

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Vyvian Augustine Cairns Clery

Born 1891

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers

British Army Captain 4th Signal Company

British Army Acting Major 4th Signal Company

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Laurence Benjamin Myers

Born 1887

Died 1916

Indian Army Second Lieutenant 130th King George's Own Baluchis (Jacob's Rifles)

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Bertram St Leger Ten Broeke

Born 1895

Died 1962

British Army 2050 Private 1/6th King's Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Dorsetshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Dorsetshire Regiment

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James Arnold Ten Brocke

Born 1898

Died 1950

British Army 321695 Sapper Royal Air Force

British Army 1354 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 528029 Sapper Royal Engineers 54th Divisional Signal Company

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Frederick Vivian Alma Dyer

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Middlesex Regiment

British Army Captain Middlesex Regiment

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James Henry Wilkinson

Born 1895

Canadian Expeditionary Force 32909

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Terence Walsh

Born 1874

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Frank Joseph Frederick

Born 1881

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Alexander William Fenton

Born 1891

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William James Meek

Born 1872

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Harold Hamilton Marshall

Born 1892

British Army Captain Indian Army

Indian Army Captain Pioneers Awarded M.C. Mesopotamia 1918

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James Alfred Harvey

Born 1884

British Army Captain Army Service Corps

British Army Major Army Service Corps

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Alfred Cyril Curtis

Born 1894

British Army Second Lieutenant Indian Army

Indian Army Lieutenant Bedfordshire Regiment attached 1st Battalion

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Victor Scamander Clarke

Born 1890

Died 1972

British Army Lieutenant Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army Captain Kent Regiment Prisoner of War (Kut-al-Amarah)

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Hugh Oakby Drake

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 183072

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