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London [12]

Dublin [5]

Kensington London [4]

Edinburgh [3]

Fermanagh Northern Ireland [3]

Auckland [2]

Diamond Creek Victoria [2]

Nuthall Nottinghamshire [2]

46 Portland Place, St Marylebone, London [1]

53 Eaton Square, London [1]

Alverstoke Hampshire [1]

Axminster Devonshire [1]

Ayr [1]

Balham London [1]

Bangalore [1]

Barton Regis Gloucestershire [1]

Benares [1]

Billy Antrim [1]

Birkenhead Cheshire [1]

Blandford Forum,Dorset [1]

Bradford Yorkshire [1]

Calcutta [1]

Camborne Cornwall [1]

Chatham Islands [1]

Chelmsford, Essex, England [1]

Chelsea London [1]

Cheshire [1]

Chiru, Traill [1]

Chorlton Lancashire [1]

Christchurch [1]

Colebrooke, Brookeborough, N Ireland [1]

Coleraine N Ireland [1]

Countesswells Aberdeenshire [1]

Cullercoates Northumberland [1]

Devonport onboard HMS Royal Adelaide [1]

Devonshire [1]

Dyrham Park Hertfordshire [1]

Eling Hampshire [1]

Entre Rios [1]

Fatchgah, North West Provinces [1]

Fincham Norfolk [1]

Fisherton [1]

Florence [1]

Galle [1]

Gillingham Dorset [1]

Gosport, Hampshire [1]

Hampstead London [1]

Hartley Wintney Hampshire [1]

Hull [1]

Islington, London [1]

Rank

Captain [56]

Lieutenant [36]

Major [35]

Second Lieutenant [31]

Lieutenant Colonel [13]

Private [10]

Lt Colonel [7]

Commander [6]

Lieutenant Commander [5]

2nd Lieutenant [4]

Brigadier [3]

Brigadier General [3]

Colonel [3]

Lt General [3]

Acting Captain [2]

Acting Major [2]

Lance Corporal [2]

Rear Admiral [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Writer [2]

3rd Writer [1]

A/Cpl [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Lt Colonel [1]

Admiral [1]

Air Vice Marshal [1]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Brevet Major [1]

Brigade Major [1]

Captain Sir [1]

Captain and Adjutant [1]

Flight Lt [1]

Gunner [1]

Lieutenant Acting Major [1]

Lieutenant Adjutant [1]

Lieutenant Temp Captain [1]

Lieutenant-Commander [1]

Major (Hon Lt Colonel) [1]

Major (Temp Lt Colonel) [1]

Major General [1]

Midshipman [1]

Paymaster [1]

Rear-Admiral [1]

Second Lieutenant /Temporary Lieutenant and Acting Captain [1]

Second Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Squadron Leader [1]

Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Surgeon [1]

Temp 2nd Lieutenant [1]

Temp Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Royal Army Medical Corps [7]

Royal Field Artillery [7]

Royal Engineers [4]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [3]

Army Service Corps [3]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Garrison Artillery [3]

10th Hussars [2]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Cameron Highlanders [2]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2]

East Kent Regiment [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

General List [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

Hussars [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

Seaforth Highlanders [2]

Staff [2]

Worcestershire Regiment [2]

1/2nd Gurkha Rifles [1]

10th Royal Hussars [1]

35th Sikhs [1]

39th Reinforcements Mounted Rifles Brigade, [1]

3rd Brahmans [1]

58th Vaughan's Rifles (Frontier Force) [1]

9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers [1]

9th Lancers [1]

Argyle and Sutherland Highlanders [1]

Army Defence Corps [1]

Army Ordnance Depot [1]

Auckland Infantry Regiment [1]

British Red Cross Society [1]

British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Canterbury Infantry Regiment [1]

Chinese Labour Corps [1]

City of London Yeomanry [1]

Connaught Rangers [1]

Cyclist Brigade [1]

DCLI [1]

Denbigh Yeomanry [1]

Divisional Train [1]

Dragoon Guards [1]

Dragoons [1]

Service

British Army [103]

Royal Navy [15]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [12]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [7]

Australian Imperial Force [4]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

Indian Army [3]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

T [31]

B [15]

G [13]

H [12]

S [11]

C [10]

M [8]

D [7]

A [5]

E [5]

P [5]

F [4]

L [4]

W [4]

R [3]

Y [2]

J [1]

N [1]

Contribution

Military Service [139]

Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [11]

New Zealand [1]

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Place of birth

London [12] Dublin [5] Kensington London [4] Edinburgh [3] Fermanagh Northern Ireland [3] Auckland [2] Diamond Creek Victoria [2] Nuthall Nottinghamshire [2] 46 Portland Place, St Marylebone, London [1] 53 Eaton Square, London [1] Alverstoke Hampshire [1] Axminster Devonshire [1] Ayr [1] Balham London [1] Bangalore [1] Barton Regis Gloucestershire [1] Benares [1] Billy Antrim [1] Birkenhead Cheshire [1] Blandford Forum,Dorset [1] Bradford Yorkshire [1] Calcutta [1] Camborne Cornwall [1] Chatham Islands [1] Chelmsford, Essex, England [1] Chelsea London [1] Cheshire [1] Chiru, Traill [1] Chorlton Lancashire [1] Christchurch [1] Colebrooke, Brookeborough, N Ireland [1] Coleraine N Ireland [1] Countesswells Aberdeenshire [1] Cullercoates Northumberland [1] Devonport onboard HMS Royal Adelaide [1] Devonshire [1] Dyrham Park Hertfordshire [1] Eling Hampshire [1] Entre Rios [1] Fatchgah, North West Provinces [1] Fincham Norfolk [1] Fisherton [1] Florence [1] Galle [1] Gillingham Dorset [1] Gosport, Hampshire [1] Hampstead London [1] Hartley Wintney Hampshire [1] Hull [1] Islington, London [1]

Rank

Captain [56] Lieutenant [36] Major [35] Second Lieutenant [31] Lieutenant Colonel [13] Private [10] Lt Colonel [7] Commander [6] Lieutenant Commander [5] 2nd Lieutenant [4] Brigadier [3] Brigadier General [3] Colonel [3] Lt General [3] Acting Captain [2] Acting Major [2] Lance Corporal [2] Rear Admiral [2] Temporary Captain [2] Writer [2] 3rd Writer [1] A/Cpl [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Lt Colonel [1] Admiral [1] Air Vice Marshal [1] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1] Brevet Major [1] Brigade Major [1] Captain Sir [1] Captain and Adjutant [1] Flight Lt [1] Gunner [1] Lieutenant Acting Major [1] Lieutenant Adjutant [1] Lieutenant Temp Captain [1] Lieutenant-Commander [1] Major (Hon Lt Colonel) [1] Major (Temp Lt Colonel) [1] Major General [1] Midshipman [1] Paymaster [1] Rear-Admiral [1] Second Lieutenant /Temporary Lieutenant and Acting Captain [1] Second Lieutenant Colonel [1] Squadron Leader [1] Sub-Lieutenant [1] Surgeon [1] Temp 2nd Lieutenant [1] Temp Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Royal Army Medical Corps [7] Royal Field Artillery [7] Royal Engineers [4] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [3] Army Service Corps [3] Devonshire Regiment [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Garrison Artillery [3] 10th Hussars [2] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Cameron Highlanders [2] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [2] East Kent Regiment [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] General List [2] Grenadier Guards [2] Hussars [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] Seaforth Highlanders [2] Staff [2] Worcestershire Regiment [2] 1/2nd Gurkha Rifles [1] 10th Royal Hussars [1] 35th Sikhs [1] 39th Reinforcements Mounted Rifles Brigade, [1] 3rd Brahmans [1] 58th Vaughan's Rifles (Frontier Force) [1] 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers [1] 9th Lancers [1] Argyle and Sutherland Highlanders [1] Army Defence Corps [1] Army Ordnance Depot [1] Auckland Infantry Regiment [1] British Red Cross Society [1] British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Canterbury Infantry Regiment [1] Chinese Labour Corps [1] City of London Yeomanry [1] Connaught Rangers [1] Cyclist Brigade [1] DCLI [1] Denbigh Yeomanry [1] Divisional Train [1] Dragoon Guards [1] Dragoons [1]

Service

British Army [103] Royal Navy [15] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [12] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [7] Australian Imperial Force [4] Canadian Expeditionary Force [3] Indian Army [3] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

T [31] B [15] G [13] H [12] S [11] C [10] M [8] D [7] A [5] E [5] P [5] F [4] L [4] W [4] R [3] Y [2] J [1] N [1]

Contribution

Military Service [139] Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [11] New Zealand [1]

Hugh Villiers Briscoe

Born 1896

Died 1980

Royal Navy Z/ 753 Royal Naval Division

British Army Captain The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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John Evelyn Leslie Wrench

Born 1882

Died 1966

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Major

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Ernest George Robert Lithgow

Born 1883

Died 1964

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps Attached Royal Flying Corps

British Army Major Royal Air Force

British Army Major Royal Army Medical Corps

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Robert Henry Vivian Sivewright

Born 1896

Died 1981

Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander

Royal Navy Commander

Royal Navy Captain

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Arthur Girdwood

Born 1887

Died 1918

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 57821 Canterbury Infantry Regiment 2nd Battalion

New Zealand Expeditionary Force Private Canterbury Infantry Regiment

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Richard Harte Keating Willans

Born 1875

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force Captain Canadian Infantry 2nd Battalion

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Lionel Henry Hanbury

Born 1864

Died 1954

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Warwickshire Regiment 7th Bn.

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Cathcart Eric Stewart Dobbs

Born 1895

Died 1974

British Army Second Lieutenant Army Service Corps

British Army Brigadier Army Service Corps

British Army Royal Army Service Corps

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Edmund Francis Tarleton Traill

Born 1878

Died 1926

British Army Major Divisional Train

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Divisional Train

British Army Army Service Corps

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Bertram Norman Sergison Brooke K

Born 1880

Died 1967

British Army Captain Grenadier Guards

British Army Brigadier General Grenadier Guards

British Army Lt General

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Alexander Frederick Traill

Born 1891

Died 1972

British Army 1338 Private North Irish Horse

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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James Frederick Campbell Cameron

Born 1892

British Army Second Lieutenant Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

British Army Captain Tank Corps

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William Stewart Traill

Born 1868

Died 1959

British Army Major Royal Engineers

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Engineers

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Hector Robert Hume Greenfield

Born 1893

Died 1975

British Army Second Lieutenant Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 1st Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 1st Battalion

British Army Captain Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 1st Battalion

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William Holcroft Blood

Born 1887

Died 1976

British Army Brigadier

Indian Army Major Queen Victoria's Own Corps of Guides Cavalry (Frontier Force)

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Richard Clive Cooper

Born 1881

Died 1940

Canadian Expeditionary Force Lt Colonel

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Frederick Charles Studdert

Born 1882

Died 1924

Other Empire Force

Other Empire Force Captain Merchant Navy

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John Hugo Goolden

Born 1894

Died 1971

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Berkshire Regiment

British Army Captain Royal Berkshire Regiment

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Arthur James Darlington

Born 1882

Died 1960

British Army Captain and Adjutant Royal Engineers

British Army Lt Colonel Royal Engineers

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Norman George Touche

Born 1888

Died 1977

British Army Second Lieutenant Army Service Corps

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Service Corps

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