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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]

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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]

Cedric Llewellyn Longstaff

Born 1876

Died 1950

British Army Captain North Staffordshire Regiment

British Army Colonel North Staffordshire Regiment 7th Battalion

British Army Major North Staffordshire Regiment 6th Battalion

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Owen Charles Guinness Obe

Born 1894

Died 1970

British Army Second Lieutenant Worcestershire Regiment 2nd battalion worcest Battalion

British Army Captain Worcestershire Regiment 2nd battalion worcest Battalion

British Army Major Worcestershire Regiment

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William Leslie Eardley Childers

Born 1889

Died 1962

British Army British Red Cross Society and Order of St John of Jerusalem

British Army Royal Scots Dragoon Guards

British Army Major Royal Scots Dragoon Guards

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Basil Gerald Brooke

Born 1894

Died 1969

British Army Second Lieutenant 17th Lancers

British Army Captain 17th Lancers

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Baptist Barton Crozier

Born 1878

Died 1957

British Army Captain Royal Field Artillery 44th Brigade

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Field Artillery

British Army Brigadier Royal Artillery Eastern Command

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Patrick Arthur Dudley Jackson

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant Royal Irish Rifles

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Godfrey James Bertie Eyre Massy

Born 1885

Died 1961

British Army Major

British Army Captain Connaught Rangers 5th Battalion

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Squadron Leader General Duties Branch

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Trevor Eardley-Wilmot

Born 1884

Died 1957

Royal Navy Sub-Lieutenant

Royal Navy Lieutenant

Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander

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Henry Strickland

Born 1873

Died 1934

Royal Navy Captain

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Frederick Cathcart Guy St Clair Rn

Born 1878

Died 1931

Royal Navy Captain

Royal Navy Captain

Royal Navy Commander

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Charles Melville Cottrell-Dormer

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army Second-Lieutenant Coldstream Guards 3rd Battalion

British Army 2nd-Lieutenant Coldstream Guards Special Reserve

British Army Lieutenant Coldstream Guards 3rd Battalion

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Valentine Leathley Armitage

Born 1888

Died 1964

British Army Captain Northamptonshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Intelligence Corps

British Army Lieutenant Northamptonshire Regiment

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Geoffrey Reginald Devereux Shaw

Born 1896

Died 1960

British Army Lieutenant East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry attached Essex Regiment

British Army Captain King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army Major Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 5th battalion

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Guy Vernon Goodliffe

Born 1883

Died 1963

British Army Major Royal Fusiliers 1st Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers 1st Battalion

British Army Captain Royal Fusiliers 1st Battalion

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George Henry Anson

Born 1888

Died 1957

British Army Acting Major, Regimental Headquarters Staffordshire Yeomanry

British Army Lieutenant Staffordshire Yeomanry

British Army Major Staffordshire Yeomanry

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Aubrey Edward Upton Cottrell-Dormer

Born 1899

Died 1953

Australian Imperial Force 56909

Australian Imperial Force 56909 Private

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Arthur Appleby Moller

Born 1894

Died 1971

British Army 1181 Private London Regiment

British Army Captain Grenadier Guards

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Grenadier Guards

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Bernard Thomas Bryant Dillon

Born 1891

Died 1955

British Army Lieutenant Royal West Surrey Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Nigeria Regiment

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Bertram James Richardson Barton

Born 1891

Died 1960

British Army 242569 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 242569 2nd Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery Special Reserve

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Frederick Neville Eardley-Wilmot

Born 1885

Died 1956

Royal Navy Lieutenant

Royal Navy Commander

Royal Navy Lieutenant-Commander

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