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Bagnes de Bigorre [1]

Bishopston, Barton Regis,Gloucs. [1]

Colchester [1]

Market Drayton, Shropshire [1]

Shipstreet Barracks, Dublin [1]

Rank

Captain [5]

Lieutenant [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Major [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Brigadier [1]

Field Marshal [1]

Honorary Captain [1]

Honorary Captain (Temporary Major) [1]

Lieutenant and Adjutant [1]

Lieutenant-General [1]

Major-General [1]

Serjeant [1]

Staff Captain [1]

Unit

50th Northumbrian Territorial Division [1]

6th Gurkha Rifles [1]

8th Infantry Brigade (Plymouth) [1]

Anti-Aircraft Corps, Stanmore [1]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1]

British Expeditionary Force (reconstituted) [1]

Chief of Imperial General Staff [1]

Director of Military Training [1]

General Staff Office India [1]

General Staff Officer Grade 1 [1]

General Staff Officer Grade 2 [1]

Home Forces [1]

II Corp, British Expeditionary Force [1]

Imperial General Staff [1]

Inspector of Artillery [1]

Irish Guards [1]

Leinster Regiment [1]

Mobile Division, Salisbury Plain [1]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1]

Royal Artillery [1]

Royal Field Artillery [1]

Royal Highlanders [1]

Royal Highlanders and General Staff [1]

Royal Horse Artillery [1]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1]

School of Artillery, Larkhill [1]

Southern Command [1]

Tank Corps [1]

Welsh Guards [1]

West India Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [7]

Indian Army [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

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S [3]

A [1]

B [1]

N [1]

W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [7]

Country

United Kingdom [2]

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People [7] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Bagnes de Bigorre [1] Bishopston, Barton Regis,Gloucs. [1] Colchester [1] Market Drayton, Shropshire [1] Shipstreet Barracks, Dublin [1]

Rank

Captain [5] Lieutenant [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Second Lieutenant [3] Major [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Brigadier [1] Field Marshal [1] Honorary Captain [1] Honorary Captain (Temporary Major) [1] Lieutenant and Adjutant [1] Lieutenant-General [1] Major-General [1] Serjeant [1] Staff Captain [1]

Unit

50th Northumbrian Territorial Division [1] 6th Gurkha Rifles [1] 8th Infantry Brigade (Plymouth) [1] Anti-Aircraft Corps, Stanmore [1] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1] British Expeditionary Force (reconstituted) [1] Chief of Imperial General Staff [1] Director of Military Training [1] General Staff Office India [1] General Staff Officer Grade 1 [1] General Staff Officer Grade 2 [1] Home Forces [1] II Corp, British Expeditionary Force [1] Imperial General Staff [1] Inspector of Artillery [1] Irish Guards [1] Leinster Regiment [1] Mobile Division, Salisbury Plain [1] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1] Royal Artillery [1] Royal Field Artillery [1] Royal Highlanders [1] Royal Highlanders and General Staff [1] Royal Horse Artillery [1] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1] School of Artillery, Larkhill [1] Southern Command [1] Tank Corps [1] Welsh Guards [1] West India Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [7] Indian Army [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [3] A [1] B [1] N [1] W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [7]

Country

United Kingdom [2]

Ian Macalister Stewart

British Army Second Lieutenant Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

British Army Captain Tank Corps

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William Joseph Slim

Born 1891

Died 1970

British Army Captain Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army Major General Staff Office India

Indian Army Captain 6th Gurkha Rifles

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Alan Francis Brooke

Born 1883

Died 1963

British Army Lieutenant Royal Horse Artillery N Battery

British Army Captain Royal Horse Artillery N Battery

British Army Second Lieutenant

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Archibald Percival Wavell

Born 1883

Died 1950

British Army Captain Royal Highlanders

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Highlanders and General Staff

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The Honourable Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander

Born 1891

Died 1969

British Army Lieutenant Irish Guards

British Army Honorary Captain (Temporary Major) Irish Guards

British Army Honorary Captain Irish Guards

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Archibald Edward Nye

Born 1895

Died 1967

British Army 12 Serjeant Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 12 Lieutenant and Adjutant Leinster Regiment

British Army 12 Captain Leinster Regiment

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Alexander Beville Gibbons Stanier

Born 1899

Died 1995

British Army Second Lieutenant Welsh Guards

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