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Place of birth

Kensington, London [4]

Bengal [3]

Calcutta [3]

Barnstaple, Devon [2]

Carlisle, Cumbria [2]

Eastbourne [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

London [2]

Multan [2]

Murree [2]

Penzance, Cornwall [2]

Simla [2]

Swansea, Glamorgan [2]

Ascension Island [1]

Bangalore [1]

Barningham, Norfolk [1]

Bath, Somerset [1]

Beatrice Street, Oswestry, Shropshire [1]

Beckley, Sussex [1]

Bedford, Bedfordshire [1]

Beeston, Nottinghamshire [1]

Belfast, Co Antrim [1]

Bermondsey, London [1]

Blaydon, Durham [1]

Bombay [1]

Braunton, Devon [1]

Bridge, Kent [1]

Bridlington, Yorkshire [1]

Brixton, London [1]

Bromley, Kent [1]

Camberwell, Surrey [1]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [1]

Carmunnock, Lanarkshire [1]

Chapel-en-le-Frith, Derbyshire [1]

Chirk, Denbighshire [1]

Chiswick, Middlesex [1]

Chudderghaut, Madras [1]

Clifton, Gloucestershire [1]

Cowes, Isle of Wight [1]

Crumlin, Belfast, Co Antrim [1]

Dartford, Kent [1]

Dover, Kent [1]

Drogheda, Co Louth [1]

Dumbarton, Dumbartonshire [1]

Dundee, Angus [1]

Dungannon, Co Tyrone [1]

Duns, Berwickshire [1]

East Stonehouse, Devon [1]

Eastry, Kent [1]

Ecclesall Bierlow, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Lieutenant [106]

Captain [98]

Second Lieutenant [92]

Major [59]

Private [45]

Lieutenant Colonel [37]

Corporal [17]

2nd Lieutenant [15]

Sergeant [10]

Colonel [9]

Gunner [8]

Lieutenant-Colonel [6]

Acting Captain [5]

Lance Corporal [4]

Temporary Captain [4]

Temporary Lieutenant [4]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Flight Lieutenant [3]

Flying Officer [3]

Major General [3]

Serjeant [3]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Brevet Colonel [2]

Brigadier [2]

Brigadier (temporary) [2]

Colour Sergeant [2]

Private Acting Serjeant [2]

Sergeant Major [2]

Staff Captain [2]

Temporary Major [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Commander [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Air Commodore [1]

Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel [1]

Brevet Major [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Canteener [1]

Captain (temporary) [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Chief Shipwright [1]

Commander [1]

Commodore [1]

Company Serjeant Major/Warrant Officer II [1]

Corporal (Acting) [1]

Corporal Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Corporal driver [1]

Driver [1]

F M Sergeant [1]

Unit

15th Punjab Regiment [73]

Royal Marine Light Infantry [49]

25th Punjabis [30]

Indian Staff Corps [15]

Indian Army [9]

Indian Army Reserve of Officers [9]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [9]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [8]

Hampshire Regiment [7]

Royal Engineers [7]

28th Punjabis [6]

Royal Garrison Artillery [6]

Indian Medical Service [5]

London Regiment [5]

Punjabis [5]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [5]

152nd Infantry [4]

27th Punjabis [4]

Army Service Corps [4]

Middlesex Regiment [4]

45th Sikhs [3]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Field Artillery [3]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [3]

108th Infantry [2]

10th Hussars [2]

21st Punjabis [2]

24th Punjabis [2]

26th Punjabis [2]

29th Punjabis [2]

30th Punjab Infantry [2]

4th Gurkha Rifles [2]

76th Punjabis [2]

Bengal Staff Corps [2]

Corps of Guides [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

Indian Political Department [2]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [2]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

Labour Corps [2]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Royal Artillery [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Horse Artillery [2]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [2]

Royal Marine Artillery [2]

Service

British Army [137]

Indian Army [82]

Royal Navy [57]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [10]

Other Empire Force [4]

Australian Imperial Force [3]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

M [25]

G [21]

H [20]

B [15]

L [15]

S [15]

W [15]

C [11]

P [11]

T [8]

F [7]

D [6]

R [6]

A [5]

J [5]

K [4]

N [3]

O [3]

E [2]

I [2]

U [2]

V [2]

Y [2]

Contribution

Military Service [205]

Country

United Kingdom [121]

Ireland [5]

India [3]

Australia [2]

Isle of Man [1]

Jersey [1]

New Zealand [1]

Sierra Leone [1]

Spain [1]

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People [205] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Kensington, London [4] Bengal [3] Calcutta [3] Barnstaple, Devon [2] Carlisle, Cumbria [2] Eastbourne [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] London [2] Multan [2] Murree [2] Penzance, Cornwall [2] Simla [2] Swansea, Glamorgan [2] Ascension Island [1] Bangalore [1] Barningham, Norfolk [1] Bath, Somerset [1] Beatrice Street, Oswestry, Shropshire [1] Beckley, Sussex [1] Bedford, Bedfordshire [1] Beeston, Nottinghamshire [1] Belfast, Co Antrim [1] Bermondsey, London [1] Blaydon, Durham [1] Bombay [1] Braunton, Devon [1] Bridge, Kent [1] Bridlington, Yorkshire [1] Brixton, London [1] Bromley, Kent [1] Camberwell, Surrey [1] Cardiff, Glamorgan [1] Carmunnock, Lanarkshire [1] Chapel-en-le-Frith, Derbyshire [1] Chirk, Denbighshire [1] Chiswick, Middlesex [1] Chudderghaut, Madras [1] Clifton, Gloucestershire [1] Cowes, Isle of Wight [1] Crumlin, Belfast, Co Antrim [1] Dartford, Kent [1] Dover, Kent [1] Drogheda, Co Louth [1] Dumbarton, Dumbartonshire [1] Dundee, Angus [1] Dungannon, Co Tyrone [1] Duns, Berwickshire [1] East Stonehouse, Devon [1] Eastry, Kent [1] Ecclesall Bierlow, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Lieutenant [106] Captain [98] Second Lieutenant [92] Major [59] Private [45] Lieutenant Colonel [37] Corporal [17] 2nd Lieutenant [15] Sergeant [10] Colonel [9] Gunner [8] Lieutenant-Colonel [6] Acting Captain [5] Lance Corporal [4] Temporary Captain [4] Temporary Lieutenant [4] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [3] Flight Lieutenant [3] Flying Officer [3] Major General [3] Serjeant [3] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [3] Brevet Colonel [2] Brigadier [2] Brigadier (temporary) [2] Colour Sergeant [2] Private Acting Serjeant [2] Sergeant Major [2] Staff Captain [2] Temporary Major [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Commander [1] Acting Corporal [1] Air Commodore [1] Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel [1] Brevet Major [1] Brigadier General [1] Canteener [1] Captain (temporary) [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Chief Shipwright [1] Commander [1] Commodore [1] Company Serjeant Major/Warrant Officer II [1] Corporal (Acting) [1] Corporal Acting Lance Serjeant [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Corporal driver [1] Driver [1] F M Sergeant [1]

Unit

15th Punjab Regiment [73] Royal Marine Light Infantry [49] 25th Punjabis [30] Indian Staff Corps [15] Indian Army [9] Indian Army Reserve of Officers [9] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division [9] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [8] Hampshire Regiment [7] Royal Engineers [7] 28th Punjabis [6] Royal Garrison Artillery [6] Indian Medical Service [5] London Regiment [5] Punjabis [5] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [5] 152nd Infantry [4] 27th Punjabis [4] Army Service Corps [4] Middlesex Regiment [4] 45th Sikhs [3] Devonshire Regiment [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Field Artillery [3] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [3] 108th Infantry [2] 10th Hussars [2] 21st Punjabis [2] 24th Punjabis [2] 26th Punjabis [2] 29th Punjabis [2] 30th Punjab Infantry [2] 4th Gurkha Rifles [2] 76th Punjabis [2] Bengal Staff Corps [2] Corps of Guides [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] Indian Political Department [2] King's Own Scottish Borderers [2] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] Labour Corps [2] Liverpool Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [2] Royal Artillery [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Horse Artillery [2] Royal Irish Fusiliers [2] Royal Marine Artillery [2]

Service

British Army [137] Indian Army [82] Royal Navy [57] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [10] Other Empire Force [4] Australian Imperial Force [3] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

M [25] G [21] H [20] B [15] L [15] S [15] W [15] C [11] P [11] T [8] F [7] D [6] R [6] A [5] J [5] K [4] N [3] O [3] E [2] I [2] U [2] V [2] Y [2]

Contribution

Military Service [205]

Country

United Kingdom [121] Ireland [5] India [3] Australia [2] Isle of Man [1] Jersey [1] New Zealand [1] Sierra Leone [1] Spain [1]

Adeline F Garstin

Died 1959

British Army Canteener French Red Cross

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Joseph Harvey

Died 1918

British Army T4/236088 Driver Army Service Corps

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George Gregory Hills

Born 1882

Indian Army Second Lieutenant

Indian Army Lieutenant

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Erskine Magniac

Born 1883

Died 1917

Indian Army Lieutenant Colonel 27th Punjabis

Indian Army Lieutenant 15th Punjab Regiment 1st Battalion

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Frank White

British Army Captain Indian Army Reserve of Officers 25th Punjabis

Indian Army Captain 15th Punjab Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Cheshire Regiment 7th Battalion

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Robert Geoffrey Gardner

Indian Army Second Lieutenant

Indian Army Lieutenant 20th Duke of Cambridge's Own Infantry

Indian Army Captain 25th Punjabis

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Thomas Howard Frederick Roberts

Born 1876

Died 1957

British Army Temporary Captain Late Royal Army Medical Corps

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Harold Horne

Born 1893

Royal Navy Acting Captain Royal Marine Light Infantry

Royal Navy Lieutenant Royal Marine Light Infantry 1st Battalion

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Thomas William Childs

Born 1896

Royal Navy 17970 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division

Royal Navy PO/17970 Lance Corporal Royal Marine Light Infantry 1st Battalion

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Ronald Joseph Rogers

Born 1883

Died 1915

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Royal Dublin Fusiliers 4th Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Royal Dublin Fusiliers 4th Battalion

British Army Captain Royal Dublin Fusiliers 4th Battalion

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William Haviland Waters

British Army Lieutenant Indian Army

Indian Army

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Irish Fusiliers

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Henry Harness Harper

Born 1887

British Army Lieutenant General List Attached Royal Engineers Signal

Royal Navy Temporary Second Lieutenant Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

Royal Navy Lieutenant Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division 1st Battalion

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George Christophilus Garstin

Born 1883

British Army Second Lieutenant 9th Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

British Army Captain Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

British Army Captain Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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Charles Grant Seely

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army Captain Hampshire Regiment 8th Isle of Wight Rifles (Princess Beatrice's Battalion)

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John Peffers

Indian Army Second Lieutenant

British Army Highland Cyclist Battalion

Indian Army Lieutenant

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Basil Moody

British Army Major Indian Army

Indian Army Second Lieutenant Indian Army Reserve of Officers attached 59th Rifles

Indian Army Captain Indian Army Reserve of Officers

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G W Parkes

British Army Ch/19537 Corporal Acting Lance Serjeant Royal Marine Light Infantry

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John William Padley

British Army PLY/15507 Corporal Royal Marine Light Infantry

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David Inglis

Born 1884

Died 1914

Indian Army Lieutenant 4th Gurkhas 1st Battalion

Indian Army Second Lieutenant 15th Punjab Regiment 1st Battalion

Indian Army Captain 4th Gurkha Rifles

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Edward Harrison Rigg

Born 1880

Died 1973

British Army Major Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

British Army Captain King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 1st Battalion

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