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London [9]

Dublin [5]

Yorkshire [4]

Bengal [3]

Kensington, London [3]

Kent [3]

Oxfordshire [3]

Scarborough, Yorkshire [3]

Wimbledon, Surrey [3]

Brighton, Sussex [2]

County Donegal [2]

Madras [2]

Rousham, Oxfordshire [2]

Somerset [2]

Surrey [2]

Wellington New South Wales [2]

Agra [1]

Armagh [1]

Ashbrook Towers, Cheshire [1]

Barton, Lancashire [1]

Bathurst New South Wales [1]

British Colombia [1]

Castle Bromwich, Warwickshire [1]

Charlton, London SE [1]

Christchurch [1]

County Cavan [1]

County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland [1]

Devon [1]

Droitwich, Worcestershire [1]

East Sulton, Kent [1]

Forres, Scotland [1]

Fyrabad [1]

Glasgow, Scotland [1]

Glendalough House, County Wicklow [1]

Glendalough House, Rathdrum, County Wicklow [1]

Gravesend, Kent [1]

Grove Hall, Suckley, Worcestershire [1]

Hadley, Hertfordshire [1]

Heidelberg [1]

Henley Beach, South Australia [1]

Hertfordshire [1]

Hove, Sussex [1]

Inglemere, Ascot, Berkshire [1]

Iowa [1]

LONDON [1]

Lanarkshire, Scotland [1]

Lanchester District, Durham [1]

Lanchester, Durham [1]

Lewisham [1]

Lincolnshire [1]

Rank

Captain [82]

Lieutenant [58]

Major [49]

Second Lieutenant [36]

Lieutenant Colonel [30]

Colonel [12]

Commander [12]

Private [11]

Lieutenant Commander [8]

Brigadier General [7]

2nd Lieutenant [6]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [5]

Major General [4]

Temporary Major [4]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Acting Major [3]

Lieutenant-Colonel [3]

Midshipman [3]

Acting Captain [2]

Brigadier [2]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [2]

Squadron Leader [2]

Wing Commander [2]

2nd Captain [1]

2nd-Lieutenant [1]

Acting Lieutenant [1]

Acting Major, Regimental Headquarters [1]

Brevet Colonel [1]

Brevet Major [1]

Cadet [1]

Canteener [1]

Captain Acting Major [1]

Captain and Staff Officer [1]

Gunner [1]

Honorary Captain [1]

Lance Corporal [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant (Acting) [1]

Lieutenant-Commander [1]

Lt Colonel [1]

Major Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major-General [1]

Nurse [1]

Second-Lieutenant [1]

Serjeant [1]

Sub Lieutenant [1]

Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Colonel [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [11]

Royal Engineers [6]

Royal Garrison Artillery [6]

Coldstream Guards [5]

Indian Army [5]

Army Service Corps [4]

Royal Artillery [4]

Royal Irish Rifles [4]

Scots Guards [4]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

East Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Essex Regiment [3]

Irish Guards [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [3]

Staff [3]

Dragoon Guards [2]

French Red Cross [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

King's African Rifles [2]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

London Regiment [2]

Nigeria Regiment [2]

Northamptonshire Regiment [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

York and Lancaster Regiment [2]

* [1]

1/19th Punjabis [1]

10th Duke of Cambridge's Own Lancers (Hodson's Horse) [1]

10th Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [1]

12th Cavalry [1]

12th Infantry Brigade [1]

15th Hussars [1]

16th Lancers [1]

17th Lancers [1]

1st Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

1st King's African Rifles [1]

1st Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

1st Royal Highlanders [1]

20th Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

20th Lancers [1]

26th Punjabis [1]

29th Punjab Regiment (29th Punjabis) [1]

29th Punjabis, attached Royal Flying Corps [1]

2nd Battalion West Riding Regiment [1]

32nd Lancers [1]

3rd Battery Coldstream Guards [1]

3rd/1st King’s African Rifles [1]

Service

British Army [141]

Royal Navy [20]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [10]

Indian Army [9]

Australian Imperial Force [7]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [4]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [34]

C [22]

E [17]

W [16]

M [15]

S [14]

D [11]

A [9]

G [8]

L [7]

H [6]

T [6]

K [3]

N [3]

V [3]

I [2]

F [1]

J [1]

P [1]

R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [179]

Country

United Kingdom [7]

Australia [1]

Ireland [1]

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People [180] Stories Communities

Place of birth

London [9] Dublin [5] Yorkshire [4] Bengal [3] Kensington, London [3] Kent [3] Oxfordshire [3] Scarborough, Yorkshire [3] Wimbledon, Surrey [3] Brighton, Sussex [2] County Donegal [2] Madras [2] Rousham, Oxfordshire [2] Somerset [2] Surrey [2] Wellington New South Wales [2] Agra [1] Armagh [1] Ashbrook Towers, Cheshire [1] Barton, Lancashire [1] Bathurst New South Wales [1] British Colombia [1] Castle Bromwich, Warwickshire [1] Charlton, London SE [1] Christchurch [1] County Cavan [1] County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland [1] Devon [1] Droitwich, Worcestershire [1] East Sulton, Kent [1] Forres, Scotland [1] Fyrabad [1] Glasgow, Scotland [1] Glendalough House, County Wicklow [1] Glendalough House, Rathdrum, County Wicklow [1] Gravesend, Kent [1] Grove Hall, Suckley, Worcestershire [1] Hadley, Hertfordshire [1] Heidelberg [1] Henley Beach, South Australia [1] Hertfordshire [1] Hove, Sussex [1] Inglemere, Ascot, Berkshire [1] Iowa [1] LONDON [1] Lanarkshire, Scotland [1] Lanchester District, Durham [1] Lanchester, Durham [1] Lewisham [1] Lincolnshire [1]

Rank

Captain [82] Lieutenant [58] Major [49] Second Lieutenant [36] Lieutenant Colonel [30] Colonel [12] Commander [12] Private [11] Lieutenant Commander [8] Brigadier General [7] 2nd Lieutenant [6] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [5] Major General [4] Temporary Major [4] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [3] Acting Major [3] Lieutenant-Colonel [3] Midshipman [3] Acting Captain [2] Brigadier [2] Lieutenant Acting Captain [2] Squadron Leader [2] Wing Commander [2] 2nd Captain [1] 2nd-Lieutenant [1] Acting Lieutenant [1] Acting Major, Regimental Headquarters [1] Brevet Colonel [1] Brevet Major [1] Cadet [1] Canteener [1] Captain Acting Major [1] Captain and Staff Officer [1] Gunner [1] Honorary Captain [1] Lance Corporal [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant (Acting) [1] Lieutenant-Commander [1] Lt Colonel [1] Major Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major-General [1] Nurse [1] Second-Lieutenant [1] Serjeant [1] Sub Lieutenant [1] Sub-Lieutenant [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Colonel [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [11] Royal Engineers [6] Royal Garrison Artillery [6] Coldstream Guards [5] Indian Army [5] Army Service Corps [4] Royal Artillery [4] Royal Irish Rifles [4] Scots Guards [4] Devonshire Regiment [3] East Yorkshire Regiment [3] Essex Regiment [3] Irish Guards [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [3] Staff [3] Dragoon Guards [2] French Red Cross [2] Grenadier Guards [2] King's African Rifles [2] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] London Regiment [2] Nigeria Regiment [2] Northamptonshire Regiment [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] York and Lancaster Regiment [2] * [1] 1/19th Punjabis [1] 10th Duke of Cambridge's Own Lancers (Hodson's Horse) [1] 10th Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [1] 12th Cavalry [1] 12th Infantry Brigade [1] 15th Hussars [1] 16th Lancers [1] 17th Lancers [1] 1st Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers [1] 1st King's African Rifles [1] 1st Lancashire Fusiliers [1] 1st Royal Highlanders [1] 20th Lancashire Fusiliers [1] 20th Lancers [1] 26th Punjabis [1] 29th Punjab Regiment (29th Punjabis) [1] 29th Punjabis, attached Royal Flying Corps [1] 2nd Battalion West Riding Regiment [1] 32nd Lancers [1] 3rd Battery Coldstream Guards [1] 3rd/1st King’s African Rifles [1]

Service

British Army [141] Royal Navy [20] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [10] Indian Army [9] Australian Imperial Force [7] Canadian Expeditionary Force [4] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [34] C [22] E [17] W [16] M [15] S [14] D [11] A [9] G [8] L [7] H [6] T [6] K [3] N [3] V [3] I [2] F [1] J [1] P [1] R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [179]

Country

United Kingdom [7] Australia [1] Ireland [1]

Hastings Elwin A'beckett

Born 1890

Died 1969

Australian Imperial Force

Australian Imperial Force 550 2nd Lieutenant 1st Australian Infantry Battalion

Australian Imperial Force Lieutenant 1 Battalion AIF

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Cyril De Putron

Born 1874

Died 1941

British Army Major London Regiment 2/15th lond Battalion

British Army Temporary Colonel 1st Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army Lieutenant Colonel 1st Lancashire Fusiliers

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Brian Templar Barton

Born 1889

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 588

Australian Imperial Force 588 Private 6th Light Horse Regiment, 17th Reinforcement

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Charles Geoffrey Barton

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 2nd Captain Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

British Army Captain Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 6 Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 5th (The Weald of Kerit) Battalion

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Francis Bertie Brewis

Born 1881

Died 1949

British Army Major East Yorkshire Regiment 8th (Service) Battalion (formerly 9th Battalion KYOLI)

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Colonel East Yorkshire Regiment 8th (Service) Battalion (formerly the 9th battalion KOYLI)

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Francis Seymour Inglefield

Born 1855

Died 1950

British Army Major General 12th Infantry Brigade

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Jeffery Eardley Marston

Born 1887

Died 1945

British Army Lieutenant Royal Horse Artillery

British Army Major Royal Artillery

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Royal Artillery

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Honourable Claud Maitland Patrick Brabazon Obe

Born 1874

Died 1959

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

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Ernest Claude Meysey-Thompson

Born 1859

Died 1944

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Field Artillery

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Frederick Barton Maurice

Born 1871

Died 1951

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army Major General Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

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William Hugh Barton

Born 1874

Died 1945

British Army Major Army Service Corps

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Army Service Corps

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Oliver Sutton -Nelthorpe

Born 1888

Died 1963

British Army Captain Rifle Brigade/Staff

British Army Temporary Major Rifle Brigade

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Rifle Brigade

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Cecil George Leslie

Born 1879

Died 1919

British Army Captain Army Staff 36th Divisional Head Quarters

British Army Major Army Staff 36th Divisional Head Quarters

British Army Major Dragoon Guards

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Aubrey Leo Kennedy

Born 1885

Died 1965

British Army Lieutenant King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army Captain Scots Guards

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Theodore Eardley-Wilmot

Born 1879

Died 1918

British Army Major York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army Lieutenant-Colonel Suffolk Regiment 12th Battalion

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Francis Seymour

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps 7th Battalion

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Arnold Klosser Van Niekerk

Born 1898

Died 1976

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 182203

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Humphrey Randle Upton Cottrell-Dormer

Born 1881

Died 1915

Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander

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Hugh Francis Eardley Childers

Born 1886

Died 1941

British Army Major 32nd Lancers

British Army Captain 32nd Lancers

Indian Army Lieutenant Colonel Burma Frontier Force Cdg. Reserve Bn.

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William Neilson

Born 1881

Died 1960

British Army Captain County of London Yeomanry

British Army Brigadier General Hussars

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