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Place of birth

London [99]

Kensington, London [22]

Dublin [14]

Chelsea, London [13]

Bangalore [6]

London, Middlesex [6]

Marylebone, London [6]

St George Hanover Square, London [6]

Madras [5]

St Georges, Hanover Square, London [5]

Hanover Square, London [4]

Paris [4]

Brisbane Queensland [3]

Bromley, Kent [3]

Devon [3]

Kensington [3]

Liverpool [3]

30 Upper Grosvenor Street, London [2]

Basford, Nottinghamshire [2]

Bath, Somerset [2]

Beechwood, Midlothian, Scotland [2]

Belfast [2]

Bitterne, Hampshire [2]

Blundell Sands, Ince Blundell, Sefton [2]

Buenos Aires [2]

Chelsea [2]

Cheltenham [2]

Christchurch [2]

County Kildare [2]

Cowes, Isle of Wight [2]

Doncaster, Yorkshire [2]

Dorchester [2]

Eastbourne, Sussex [2]

Eaton Square, London [2]

Edinburgh [2]

Farnham, Surrey [2]

Guildford, Surrey [2]

Hampshire [2]

Hampstead, Middlesex [2]

Hartley Wintney, Hampshire [2]

Hawkstone Hall, Hodnet, Shropshire [2]

Hurstpierpoint [2]

Kensington,London. [2]

Lincoln, Lincolnshire [2]

London England [2]

Lucknow [2]

Malton [2]

Mayfair, London [2]

Melbourne [2]

Middlesex, London [2]

Rank

Captain [1656]

Lieutenant [1230]

Second Lieutenant [1152]

Major [995]

Lieutenant Colonel [671]

Colonel [170]

Commander [159]

Brigadier General [153]

Lieutenant Commander [123]

Private [115]

Temporary Captain [80]

Major General [58]

Midshipman [49]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [47]

Temporary Major [42]

Temporary Lieutenant [36]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [32]

Sub Lieutenant [29]

Admiral [28]

Acting Captain [27]

Brevet Colonel [26]

Lieutenant-Commander [26]

Acting Major [24]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [22]

Sub-Lieutenant [22]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [22]

Vice Admiral [22]

Rear Admiral [21]

Naval Cadet [20]

Reverend [19]

Temporary Brigadier General [18]

Vice-Admiral [18]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [17]

2nd Lieutenant [16]

Corporal [16]

Lance Corporal [15]

Rear-Admiral [15]

Staff Captain [15]

Brevet Major [14]

Lieutenant General [13]

Nurse [13]

Major Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [12]

Serjeant [12]

Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [11]

Captain Major [10]

Captain and Adjutant [10]

Lieutenant-Colonel [10]

Acting Sub Lieutenant [9]

Major Acting Lieutenant Colonel [9]

Major Lieutenant Colonel [9]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [276]

Royal Engineers [168]

Grenadier Guards [146]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [129]

Rifle Brigade [127]

Coldstream Guards [108]

Royal Garrison Artillery [95]

Scots Guards [95]

Staff [91]

Royal Artillery [84]

London Regiment [82]

Royal Army Service Corps [75]

Royal Fusiliers [70]

Royal Air Force [64]

Army Service Corps [60]

Irish Guards [56]

Royal Flying Corps [52]

Royal Army Medical Corps [51]

General List [49]

Indian Army [46]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [42]

Royal Horse Artillery [42]

Hussars [41]

Machine Gun Corps [37]

Lancers [34]

Northumberland Fusiliers [34]

Yorkshire Regiment [30]

Devonshire Regiment [29]

East Kent Regiment [29]

Norfolk Regiment [29]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [29]

Middlesex Regiment [28]

Worcestershire Regiment [28]

Bedfordshire Regiment [27]

Gordon Highlanders [27]

Hampshire Regiment [27]

Somerset Light Infantry [27]

Gloucestershire Regiment [26]

Labour Corps [26]

Royal Sussex Regiment [26]

Royal Highlanders [25]

Royal Scots [25]

Seaforth Highlanders [25]

Highland Light Infantry [24]

Durham Light Infantry [22]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [22]

Lancashire Fusiliers [22]

Life Guards [22]

Cameron Highlanders [21]

Royal Horse Guards [21]

Service

British Army [4065]

Royal Navy [458]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [139]

Indian Army [99]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [63]

Australian Imperial Force [50]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [22]

Other Empire Force [17]

South African Services [3]

British Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [841]

C [425]

S [358]

M [325]

H [314]

P [299]

A [292]

L [267]

W [249]

D [225]

F [212]

T [190]

G [182]

R [152]

V [99]

N [91]

K [88]

E [85]

O [52]

J [32]

Y [19]

I [15]

U [10]

Contribution

Military Service [4790]

Merchant Navy [4]

Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [404]

India [23]

Ireland [18]

Malta [4]

South Africa [4]

Egypt [3]

Sierra Leone [2]

Sri Lanka [2]

Canada [1]

China [1]

Germany [1]

Hong Kong [1]

Jamaica [1]

Japan [1]

Mauritius [1]

New Zealand [1]

Uganda [1]

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London [99] Kensington, London [22] Dublin [14] Chelsea, London [13] Bangalore [6] London, Middlesex [6] Marylebone, London [6] St George Hanover Square, London [6] Madras [5] St Georges, Hanover Square, London [5] Hanover Square, London [4] Paris [4] Brisbane Queensland [3] Bromley, Kent [3] Devon [3] Kensington [3] Liverpool [3] 30 Upper Grosvenor Street, London [2] Basford, Nottinghamshire [2] Bath, Somerset [2] Beechwood, Midlothian, Scotland [2] Belfast [2] Bitterne, Hampshire [2] Blundell Sands, Ince Blundell, Sefton [2] Buenos Aires [2] Chelsea [2] Cheltenham [2] Christchurch [2] County Kildare [2] Cowes, Isle of Wight [2] Doncaster, Yorkshire [2] Dorchester [2] Eastbourne, Sussex [2] Eaton Square, London [2] Edinburgh [2] Farnham, Surrey [2] Guildford, Surrey [2] Hampshire [2] Hampstead, Middlesex [2] Hartley Wintney, Hampshire [2] Hawkstone Hall, Hodnet, Shropshire [2] Hurstpierpoint [2] Kensington,London. [2] Lincoln, Lincolnshire [2] London England [2] Lucknow [2] Malton [2] Mayfair, London [2] Melbourne [2] Middlesex, London [2]

Rank

Captain [1656] Lieutenant [1230] Second Lieutenant [1152] Major [995] Lieutenant Colonel [671] Colonel [170] Commander [159] Brigadier General [153] Lieutenant Commander [123] Private [115] Temporary Captain [80] Major General [58] Midshipman [49] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [47] Temporary Major [42] Temporary Lieutenant [36] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [32] Sub Lieutenant [29] Admiral [28] Acting Captain [27] Brevet Colonel [26] Lieutenant-Commander [26] Acting Major [24] Lieutenant Acting Captain [22] Sub-Lieutenant [22] Temporary Second Lieutenant [22] Vice Admiral [22] Rear Admiral [21] Naval Cadet [20] Reverend [19] Temporary Brigadier General [18] Vice-Admiral [18] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [17] 2nd Lieutenant [16] Corporal [16] Lance Corporal [15] Rear-Admiral [15] Staff Captain [15] Brevet Major [14] Lieutenant General [13] Nurse [13] Major Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [12] Serjeant [12] Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [11] Captain Major [10] Captain and Adjutant [10] Lieutenant-Colonel [10] Acting Sub Lieutenant [9] Major Acting Lieutenant Colonel [9] Major Lieutenant Colonel [9]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [276] Royal Engineers [168] Grenadier Guards [146] King's Royal Rifle Corps [129] Rifle Brigade [127] Coldstream Guards [108] Royal Garrison Artillery [95] Scots Guards [95] Staff [91] Royal Artillery [84] London Regiment [82] Royal Army Service Corps [75] Royal Fusiliers [70] Royal Air Force [64] Army Service Corps [60] Irish Guards [56] Royal Flying Corps [52] Royal Army Medical Corps [51] General List [49] Indian Army [46] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [42] Royal Horse Artillery [42] Hussars [41] Machine Gun Corps [37] Lancers [34] Northumberland Fusiliers [34] Yorkshire Regiment [30] Devonshire Regiment [29] East Kent Regiment [29] Norfolk Regiment [29] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [29] Middlesex Regiment [28] Worcestershire Regiment [28] Bedfordshire Regiment [27] Gordon Highlanders [27] Hampshire Regiment [27] Somerset Light Infantry [27] Gloucestershire Regiment [26] Labour Corps [26] Royal Sussex Regiment [26] Royal Highlanders [25] Royal Scots [25] Seaforth Highlanders [25] Highland Light Infantry [24] Durham Light Infantry [22] King's Own Scottish Borderers [22] Lancashire Fusiliers [22] Life Guards [22] Cameron Highlanders [21] Royal Horse Guards [21]

Service

British Army [4065] Royal Navy [458] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [139] Indian Army [99] Canadian Expeditionary Force [63] Australian Imperial Force [50] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [22] Other Empire Force [17] South African Services [3] British Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [841] C [425] S [358] M [325] H [314] P [299] A [292] L [267] W [249] D [225] F [212] T [190] G [182] R [152] V [99] N [91] K [88] E [85] O [52] J [32] Y [19] I [15] U [10]

Contribution

Military Service [4790] Merchant Navy [4] Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [404] India [23] Ireland [18] Malta [4] South Africa [4] Egypt [3] Sierra Leone [2] Sri Lanka [2] Canada [1] China [1] Germany [1] Hong Kong [1] Jamaica [1] Japan [1] Mauritius [1] New Zealand [1] Uganda [1]

Edward Robert Francis Compton

Born 1891

Died 1977

British Army Lieutenant 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys)

British Army Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps Cavalry Brigade

British Army Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

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Ralph Walter Maude

Born 1873

Died 1922

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Special List Assistant Provost Marshal

British Army Temporary Captain Special List Assistant Provost Marshal

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant Special List 2nd/8th Gurkha Rifles

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Hubert Maxwell Lenox-Conyngham

Born 1869

Died 1918

British Army Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel Army Veterinary Corps/ Staff

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Victor Fuller-Eberle

Born 1887

Died 1974

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers

British Army Major Royal Engineers

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Fitzgerald Wintour

Born 1860

Died 1949

British Army Colonel /Temporary Major General Staff

British Army Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army Captain Royal West Kent Regiment

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Oswald Camplyon Hutchinson Osmaston

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers 12 Field Company

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James Ulick Francis Canning Alexander Obe

Born 1889

Died 1973

British Army Lieutenant Egyptian Army 16th Sudanese

British Army Captain Coldstream Guards

British Army Lieutenant Coldstream Guards 3rd Battalion

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Arthur William Douglas Bentinck

Born 1887

Died 1962

British Army Second Lieutenant Coldstream Guards

British Army Captain Coldstream Guards

British Army Major Coldstream Guards

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Algernon Bingham Anstruther Stewart

Born 1869

Died 1916

British Army Major Seaforth Highlanders

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Seaforth Highlanders

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Adrian Hubert Graves

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army Captain Machine Gun Corps

British Army Captain Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

British Army Machine gun c

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Henry Cornelius O'callaghan Prittie

Born 1877

Died 1948

British Army Major Rifle Brigade

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Orlando Clive Bridgeman

Born 1898

Died 1931

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 68166 Captain

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Charles Sebastian Joseph Horatio Nelson

Born 1896

Died 1964

Australian Imperial Force

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Henry Percy Bibby

Born 1895

Died 1973

British Army 15813 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 15813 Private King's Liverpool Regiment 17th Battalion

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Ewart Alan Mackintosh

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Seaforth Highlanders 5th (The Sutherland and Caithness Highland) Battalion

British Army Seaforth Highlanders 4th Seaforth Highlanders

British Army Lieutenant Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-Shire Buffs) 5th (The Sutherland and Caithness Highland) Battalion

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Hugh Leonard Acland-Troyte

Born 1870

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Devonshire Regiment

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Richard William Picton Evans

Born 1872

Died 1918

British Army Major Welsh Regiment

British Army Major Welsh Regiment 4th Battalion

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Humphry Thomas Tollemache Bart.

Born 1897

Died 1990

Royal Navy Second Lieutenant Royal Marines

Royal Navy Lieutenant Royal Marines

Royal Navy Captain Royal Marines

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David Stuart Barclay

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Scots Guards

British Army Lieutenant Scots Guards

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Douglas Hugh Tollemache

Born 1898

Died 1941

Royal Navy Midshipman HMS Ajax [a King George V-class dreadnought battleship]

Royal Navy Sub-Lieutenant HMS Ajax [a King George V-class dreadnought battleship]

Royal Navy Lieutenant

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