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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]

Alfred Leslie Pearce-Gould

Born 1887

Died 1918

Royal Navy Royal Naval Division

Royal Navy Surgeon Royal Marine Light Infantry 2nd Battalion

Royal Navy Surgeon Royal Marine Light Infantry 1st Battalion

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George Joseph Mccormack

Born 1889

Died 1949

Royal Navy Ply/13941 Corporal Royal Marine Light Infantry

Royal Navy 13941 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

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George Harkness

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 40082 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers 2nd

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John Edward Maxwell

Born 1897

Died 1955

British Army 54300 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 34th Siege Battery

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Edward Gilchrist

Born 1877

Died 1922

British Army 180519 Gunner 2/1st Highland Rifle Heavy Battery

British Army 180519 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 2/1st Highland Fife Heavy Battery

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Reginald Clarence Rogers

Born 1889

Died 1918

Royal Navy Private Royal Marine Light Infantry

Royal Navy Corporal Royal Marine Light Infantry

Royal Navy Sergeant Royal Marine Light Infantry

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Nicholas Henry Tregidga

Born 1893

Died 1969

Royal Navy 1153 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

Royal Navy Second Lieutenant Royal Marine Light Infantry

Royal Navy Lieutenant Royal Marine Light Infantry

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Thomas Gubb

Born 1894

Died 1979

British Army 65006 Private Devonshire Regiment

British Army 6 Devon Regiment

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Frederick Conrad Hardie

Born 1876

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Lieutenant Labour Corps

British Army Lieutenant Third Wessex (Portsmouth) Field Ambulance

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Philip Hamond

Born 1883

Died 1953

British Army Temporary Major Reserve Unit Tank Corps

British Army Major Reserve Unit Tank Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Henry Trusler

Born 1896

Died 1918

Royal Navy PO/17183 Private Acting Serjeant Royal Marine Light Infantry 1st Battalion

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William Hoare Hatchell Young

Born 1886

Died 1964

Indian Army Second Lieutenant 15th Punjab Regiment 1st Battalion

Indian Army Second Lieutenant Indian Army Reserve of Officers

Indian Army Lieutenant Indian Army Reserve of Officers

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Charles Ernest Mennell

Born 1894

Died 1978

Royal Navy 974 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division

Royal Navy Second Lieutenant Royal Marine Light Infantry

Royal Navy Lieutenant Royal Marine Light Infantry 1st Battalion

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Edward John Huskisson

Born 1882

Died 1943

Royal Navy Second Lieutenant Royal Marine Light Infantry

Royal Navy Lieutenant Royal Marine Light Infantry

Royal Navy Captain Royal Marine Light Infantry

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Edward Charles Lloyd Wallace

Born 1875

Died 1959

Indian Army Major 15th Punjab Regiment 1st Battalion

Indian Army Major 1/30th Punjabis

British Army Second Lieutenant

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Willoughby Brooking Mullins

Born 1859

Died 1938

British Army Brevet Colonel Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment/ Indian Army

British Army Second Lieutenant 108th Infantry

British Army Second Lieutenant 9th Foot

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Charles Hotham

Born 1885

Died 1964

Royal Navy 12939 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry

Royal Navy 12939 Corporal Royal Marine Light Infantry

Royal Navy 12939 Sergeant Royal Marine Light Infantry

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William Henry Savage

Born 1864

Died 1951

Indian Army Lieutenant Colonel 3rd Queen Alexandra's Own Gurkha Rifles

Indian Army Lieutenant 15th Punjab Regiment 1st Battalion

Indian Army Lieutenant 1st Gurkhas 1st Battalion

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Edward Galwey Kennedy

Born 1887

Died 1941

Indian Army Lieutenant Indian Medical Service

Indian Army Captain Indian Medical Service

Indian Army Lieutenant 15th Punjab Regiment 1st Battalion

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Francis Verner Wylie

Born 1891

Died 1970

British Army Captain Punjabis

Indian Army Second Lieutenant 15th Punjab Regiment 1st Battalion

Indian Army South Waziristan Militia

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