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Place of birth

London [28]

Kensington, London [3]

Bombay [2]

Bywell, Northumberland [2]

Camberley [2]

Lincoln, Lincolnshire [2]

Malabar Hill, Bombay - now named Mumbai [2]

Scarborough [2]

Alverstoke, Hampshire [1]

Ambleside, Westmorland [1]

Ashtead [1]

Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [1]

Bangor, Wales [1]

Barford, Somerset [1]

Benego, Hertfordshire [1]

Bengal [1]

Bideford [1]

Bombay - now named Mumbai [1]

Bombay/ Mumbai [1]

Bournemouth, Hampshire [1]

Brighton [1]

Brighton, Sussex [1]

Cambridge [1]

Cambridgeshire [1]

Carnarvon [1]

Castlebank, Lanark [1]

Chedworth [1]

Coates, Petworth, Sussex [1]

Cork [1]

Cuckfield [1]

Denbighshire [1]

Derby [1]

Dorking [1]

Dublin [1]

East Grinstead [1]

East Knoyle, Wiltshire [1]

Eastbourne [1]

Eastbourne Sussex [1]

Epsom, Surrey [1]

Exeter, Devon [1]

Folkestone, Kent [1]

Glamorgan, Cardiff [1]

Hampstead, Middlesex [1]

Hascombe, Surrey [1]

Hereford [1]

Hersham, Surrey [1]

Hertfordshire [1]

Johannesburg [1]

Kelsterton, Flintshire [1]

Kensington,London [1]

Rank

Captain [88]

Lieutenant [72]

Second Lieutenant [66]

Major [38]

Lieutenant Colonel [12]

Commander [10]

Lieutenant Commander [10]

Private [9]

Midshipman [5]

Temporary Lieutenant [5]

Admiral [4]

Sub-Lieutenant [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Acting Captain [2]

Brigadier General [2]

Captain Adjutant [2]

Captain and Adjutant [2]

Colonel [2]

Commander (Retd) [2]

Corporal [2]

Flight Sub-Lieutenant [2]

Lieutenant Adjutant [2]

Lieutenant-Commander [2]

Major Acting Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Vice Admiral [2]

. [1]

2nd Corporal [1]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Corporal 2nd [1]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Acting Sub Lieutenant [1]

Acting Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Admiral of the Fleet [1]

Battery Commander [1]

Battery Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Brevet Major [1]

Brigadier [1]

Captain /Temporary Major [1]

Captain Lieutenant Major [1]

Captain Temporary Major [1]

Captain/Temporary Major [1]

Chaplain [1]

Chaplain 4th Class [1]

Col. [1]

Colonel Brigadier General [1]

Deputy Assistant Adjutant General (Major Indian Army) [1]

Flight Commander [1]

Flight Lieutenant [1]

Flying Officer [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [16]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [10]

Coldstream Guards [8]

Royal Engineers [8]

Irish Guards [7]

Rifle Brigade [7]

Royal Flying Corps [7]

Lancers [6]

Royal Fusiliers [6]

East Kent Regiment [4]

Grenadier Guards [4]

London Regiment [4]

Royal Garrison Artillery [4]

Army Service Corps [3]

East Surrey Regiment [3]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Horse Artillery [3]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3]

Staff [3]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2]

General List [2]

Guards Machine Gun Regiment [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Hussars [2]

Inns of Court Officers Training Corps [2]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Norfolk Regiment [2]

North Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Royal Army Chaplain's Department [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

Royal West Surrey Regiment [2]

Scots Guards [2]

Yorkshire Regiment [2]

. Royal Army Service Corps [1]

10th Gurkha Rifles [1]

10th Hussars [1]

117th Mahrattas [1]

13th Battalion Liverpool Regiment [1]

14th Infantry Brigade [1]

16th Lancers [1]

17th Lancers [1]

Service

British Army [203]

Royal Navy [32]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [13]

Indian Army [5]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [29]

B [25]

S [24]

D [20]

M [20]

C [17]

L [17]

P [15]

G [14]

J [10]

R [10]

T [10]

W [10]

A [7]

F [5]

N [4]

K [3]

E [2]

V [2]

Y [2]

Contribution

Military Service [238]

Country

United Kingdom [33]

Ireland [1]

South Africa [1]

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People [246] Stories Communities

Place of birth

London [28] Kensington, London [3] Bombay [2] Bywell, Northumberland [2] Camberley [2] Lincoln, Lincolnshire [2] Malabar Hill, Bombay - now named Mumbai [2] Scarborough [2] Alverstoke, Hampshire [1] Ambleside, Westmorland [1] Ashtead [1] Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [1] Bangor, Wales [1] Barford, Somerset [1] Benego, Hertfordshire [1] Bengal [1] Bideford [1] Bombay - now named Mumbai [1] Bombay/ Mumbai [1] Bournemouth, Hampshire [1] Brighton [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Cambridge [1] Cambridgeshire [1] Carnarvon [1] Castlebank, Lanark [1] Chedworth [1] Coates, Petworth, Sussex [1] Cork [1] Cuckfield [1] Denbighshire [1] Derby [1] Dorking [1] Dublin [1] East Grinstead [1] East Knoyle, Wiltshire [1] Eastbourne [1] Eastbourne Sussex [1] Epsom, Surrey [1] Exeter, Devon [1] Folkestone, Kent [1] Glamorgan, Cardiff [1] Hampstead, Middlesex [1] Hascombe, Surrey [1] Hereford [1] Hersham, Surrey [1] Hertfordshire [1] Johannesburg [1] Kelsterton, Flintshire [1] Kensington,London [1]

Rank

Captain [88] Lieutenant [72] Second Lieutenant [66] Major [38] Lieutenant Colonel [12] Commander [10] Lieutenant Commander [10] Private [9] Midshipman [5] Temporary Lieutenant [5] Admiral [4] Sub-Lieutenant [3] Temporary Captain [3] Acting Captain [2] Brigadier General [2] Captain Adjutant [2] Captain and Adjutant [2] Colonel [2] Commander (Retd) [2] Corporal [2] Flight Sub-Lieutenant [2] Lieutenant Adjutant [2] Lieutenant-Commander [2] Major Acting Lieutenant Colonel [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Vice Admiral [2] . [1] 2nd Corporal [1] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Corporal 2nd [1] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Acting Sub Lieutenant [1] Acting Sub-Lieutenant [1] Admiral of the Fleet [1] Battery Commander [1] Battery Lieutenant Colonel [1] Brevet Major [1] Brigadier [1] Captain /Temporary Major [1] Captain Lieutenant Major [1] Captain Temporary Major [1] Captain/Temporary Major [1] Chaplain [1] Chaplain 4th Class [1] Col. [1] Colonel Brigadier General [1] Deputy Assistant Adjutant General (Major Indian Army) [1] Flight Commander [1] Flight Lieutenant [1] Flying Officer [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [16] King's Royal Rifle Corps [10] Coldstream Guards [8] Royal Engineers [8] Irish Guards [7] Rifle Brigade [7] Royal Flying Corps [7] Lancers [6] Royal Fusiliers [6] East Kent Regiment [4] Grenadier Guards [4] London Regiment [4] Royal Garrison Artillery [4] Army Service Corps [3] East Surrey Regiment [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [3] Royal Horse Artillery [3] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3] Staff [3] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2] Canadian Infantry [2] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2] General List [2] Guards Machine Gun Regiment [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] Hussars [2] Inns of Court Officers Training Corps [2] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] Lancashire Fusiliers [2] Liverpool Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Norfolk Regiment [2] North Staffordshire Regiment [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] Royal Army Chaplain's Department [2] Royal Naval Division [2] Royal West Surrey Regiment [2] Scots Guards [2] Yorkshire Regiment [2] . Royal Army Service Corps [1] 10th Gurkha Rifles [1] 10th Hussars [1] 117th Mahrattas [1] 13th Battalion Liverpool Regiment [1] 14th Infantry Brigade [1] 16th Lancers [1] 17th Lancers [1]

Service

British Army [203] Royal Navy [32] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [13] Indian Army [5] Australian Imperial Force [2] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [29] B [25] S [24] D [20] M [20] C [17] L [17] P [15] G [14] J [10] R [10] T [10] W [10] A [7] F [5] N [4] K [3] E [2] V [2] Y [2]

Contribution

Military Service [238]

Country

United Kingdom [33] Ireland [1] South Africa [1]

Basil Walcot

Born 1880

Died 1918

British Army Captain Royal Engineers

British Army Major Royal Engineers

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Raymond Claude Hollond

Born 1891

Died 1971

British Army Lieutenant Rifle Brigade

British Army Second Lieutenant Rifle Brigade 11th Battalion

British Army Acting Captain King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Donald Sterling Palmer Howard

Born 1891

Died 1959

British Army Lieutenant Hussars

British Army Captain Hussars

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J M Benett Stanford

Born 1870

Died 1947

British Army Captain Wiltshire Regiment

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John Douglas Henderson Radcliffe

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army 943 Private Inns of Court Officers Training Corps

British Army Captain King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Connell Whipple

Born 1888

Died 1964

British Army PS/2763 Private Middlesex Regiment

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Edward Courtenay Day

Born 1873

Died 1952

British Army Remount Department

British Army Major Royal Army Veterinary Corps

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George Edward Gosling

Born 1889

Died 1938

British Army Captain Adjutant Cavalry Hussars

British Army 10th Hussars

British Army Major 10th Hussars

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James Alec Charles Gibbs

Born 1867

Died 1930

British Army Lieutenant Colonel West Riding Regiment

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James Gerald Thewlis Johnson

Born 1886

Died 1954

British Army Lieutenant /Temporary Captain Yeomanry

British Army Major

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Henry Sacheverel Sanders

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army 2863 London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) 9th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Territorial Force 81st Provisional Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Royal Warwickshire Regiment 6th Battalion

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Alwyne Travers Loyd

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army Captain East Kent Regiment

British Army Captain Royal Flying Corps

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Joseph Lister Watson Cheyne

Born 1888

Died 1957

British Army Lieutenant Lancers

British Army Major Lancers

British Army Lt-Col. Lancers

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Edward Bridges Harford

Born 1871

Died 1918

British Army Captain Somerset Light Infantry 2/4th Battalion

British Army Corporal Somerset Light Infantry

British Army Captain Somerset Light Infantry

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Thomas Bate

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Ivo Richard Vesey

Born 1881

Died 1958

British Army Major Irish Guards

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Irish Guards

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Harold Fownes Somerville

Born 1881

Died 1946

British Army Major Rifle Brigade

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David Edgar Alderson Horne

Born 1898

Died 1970

British Army Second Lieutenant Grenadier Guards

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William Gosselin Trower

Born 1889

Died 1963

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Captain Royal Garrison Artillery

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Paul Randle Feilden Mason

Born 1893

Died 1944

British Army Second Lieutenant Liverpool Regiment

British Army Captain Liverpool Regiment

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