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Place of birth

Chadwell Heath, Essex [2]

Derby [2]

Feltham, Middlesex [2]

Halifax [2]

Aldermaston, Berkshire [1]

Aldershot, Hampshire [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Brentford, Middlesex [1]

Canterbury, Kent [1]

Chorlton [1]

Cork [1]

Deptford, Kent [1]

Dorking [1]

Dover, Kent [1]

Earl Soham Rectory, Suffolk [1]

East Harsley [1]

Eastbourne, Sussex [1]

Enfield, Middlesex [1]

Halifax, Nova Scotia [1]

Heaton Norris, Stockport [1]

Islington, London [1]

Kensington [1]

Kensington, London [1]

Kew Gardens, Richmond [1]

Kingskerswell [1]

Kingston [1]

Knightsbridge, London [1]

Kurachi [1]

Lahore, Bengal [1]

Liverpool [1]

Lucknow [1]

Nunhead [1]

Paddington, London [1]

Pancreas, London [1]

Peckham [1]

Perth, Perthshire [1]

Reading, Berkshire [1]

Rickerton, Kincardineshire [1]

Sedlescombe, Sussex [1]

Sherborne [1]

St Pancras, London [1]

Staines [1]

Stoke Newington [1]

Suffolk [1]

Torpoint, Cornwall [1]

Torquay [1]

Treherbert, Glamorgan [1]

Twickenhan [1]

Twyford, Berkshire [1]

Walthamstowe, London [1]

Rank

Captain [49]

Second Lieutenant [46]

Lieutenant [36]

Private [30]

Major [14]

Serjeant [12]

Lieutenant Colonel [8]

Temporary Captain [8]

Lance Corporal [6]

Corporal [5]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Lieutenant and Quarter Master [2]

Pioneer [2]

Sergeant [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Wing Commander [2]

2 Lieut [1]

2nd Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Bombardier [1]

Brevet Major [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Captain and Adjutant [1]

Captain/ Major [1]

Chauffeuse [1]

Colonel [1]

Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [1]

Commander [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Driver [1]

Engineer Clerk Quarter Master Serjeant /Acting Superintending Clerk [1]

Gunner [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Major Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major/Commissary [1]

Pte [1]

Quarter Master and Lieutenant [1]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Reverend [1]

Sapper [1]

Serjeant Major [1]

Soldat de 2e Classe [1]

Telegraphist [1]

Temporary Chaplain [1]

Trooper [1]

Unit

Royal Fusiliers [79]

London Regiment [8]

Royal Engineers [7]

Royal Field Artillery [6]

General List [4]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Tank Corps [3]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Army Service Corps [2]

Honourable Artillery Company [2]

Indian Army Reserve of Officers [2]

Labour Corps [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) [2]

Staff [2]

15th Hussars [1]

173rd Infantry Brigade Staff [1]

3rd South African Mounted Rifles [1]

87th Punjabis [1]

87th Punjabis, attached 47th Sikhs [1]

9th Royal Lancaster Regiment [1]

Army Chaplain's Department [1]

Attached Royal Fusiliers [1]

British Mission attached Portuguese Corps [1]

British West Indies Regiment [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Canadian Infantry (East Ontario Regiment) [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

Corps of Dragoons [1]

Corps of Hussars [1]

Dorset Yeomanry [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

First Aid Nursing Yeomanry [1]

French Foreign Legion [1]

French Red Cross [1]

HMS LION [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

Headquarters 36th Infantry Brigade [1]

Hussars [1]

Indian Miscellaneous List [1]

Infantry Brigade [1]

Inns of Court Officer Training Corps [1]

King's Liverpool Regiment [1]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

Service

British Army [131]

Royal Navy [6]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3]

Other Empire Force [2]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

H [15]

R [14]

C [13]

S [13]

B [12]

W [12]

M [11]

L [10]

J [7]

D [6]

G [5]

A [4]

E [3]

F [3]

O [3]

T [3]

K [2]

P [2]

U [2]

I [1]

Contribution

Military Service [140]

Country

United Kingdom [49]

Brazil [1]

India [1]

Mauritius [1]

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People [141] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Chadwell Heath, Essex [2] Derby [2] Feltham, Middlesex [2] Halifax [2] Aldermaston, Berkshire [1] Aldershot, Hampshire [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Brentford, Middlesex [1] Canterbury, Kent [1] Chorlton [1] Cork [1] Deptford, Kent [1] Dorking [1] Dover, Kent [1] Earl Soham Rectory, Suffolk [1] East Harsley [1] Eastbourne, Sussex [1] Enfield, Middlesex [1] Halifax, Nova Scotia [1] Heaton Norris, Stockport [1] Islington, London [1] Kensington [1] Kensington, London [1] Kew Gardens, Richmond [1] Kingskerswell [1] Kingston [1] Knightsbridge, London [1] Kurachi [1] Lahore, Bengal [1] Liverpool [1] Lucknow [1] Nunhead [1] Paddington, London [1] Pancreas, London [1] Peckham [1] Perth, Perthshire [1] Reading, Berkshire [1] Rickerton, Kincardineshire [1] Sedlescombe, Sussex [1] Sherborne [1] St Pancras, London [1] Staines [1] Stoke Newington [1] Suffolk [1] Torpoint, Cornwall [1] Torquay [1] Treherbert, Glamorgan [1] Twickenhan [1] Twyford, Berkshire [1] Walthamstowe, London [1]

Rank

Captain [49] Second Lieutenant [46] Lieutenant [36] Private [30] Major [14] Serjeant [12] Lieutenant Colonel [8] Temporary Captain [8] Lance Corporal [6] Corporal [5] Lance Serjeant [3] Lieutenant and Quarter Master [2] Pioneer [2] Sergeant [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Wing Commander [2] 2 Lieut [1] 2nd Master Serjeant [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Bombardier [1] Brevet Major [1] Brigadier General [1] Captain and Adjutant [1] Captain/ Major [1] Chauffeuse [1] Colonel [1] Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [1] Commander [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Driver [1] Engineer Clerk Quarter Master Serjeant /Acting Superintending Clerk [1] Gunner [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Major Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major/Commissary [1] Pte [1] Quarter Master and Lieutenant [1] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Reverend [1] Sapper [1] Serjeant Major [1] Soldat de 2e Classe [1] Telegraphist [1] Temporary Chaplain [1] Trooper [1]

Unit

Royal Fusiliers [79] London Regiment [8] Royal Engineers [7] Royal Field Artillery [6] General List [4] Machine Gun Corps [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3] Royal Air Force [3] Tank Corps [3] Army Cyclist Corps [2] Army Service Corps [2] Honourable Artillery Company [2] Indian Army Reserve of Officers [2] Labour Corps [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) [2] Staff [2] 15th Hussars [1] 173rd Infantry Brigade Staff [1] 3rd South African Mounted Rifles [1] 87th Punjabis [1] 87th Punjabis, attached 47th Sikhs [1] 9th Royal Lancaster Regiment [1] Army Chaplain's Department [1] Attached Royal Fusiliers [1] British Mission attached Portuguese Corps [1] British West Indies Regiment [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Canadian Infantry (East Ontario Regiment) [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] Corps of Dragoons [1] Corps of Hussars [1] Dorset Yeomanry [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] First Aid Nursing Yeomanry [1] French Foreign Legion [1] French Red Cross [1] HMS LION [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] Headquarters 36th Infantry Brigade [1] Hussars [1] Indian Miscellaneous List [1] Infantry Brigade [1] Inns of Court Officer Training Corps [1] King's Liverpool Regiment [1] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

Service

British Army [131] Royal Navy [6] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3] Other Empire Force [2] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

H [15] R [14] C [13] S [13] B [12] W [12] M [11] L [10] J [7] D [6] G [5] A [4] E [3] F [3] O [3] T [3] K [2] P [2] U [2] I [1]

Contribution

Military Service [140]

Country

United Kingdom [49] Brazil [1] India [1] Mauritius [1]

John Marquand

British Army Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers

British Army Captain Royal Fusiliers

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Nigel Esme Haig

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Captain Royal Field Artillery

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Daniel Judson

British Army Captain Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army Lieutenant Colonel General List

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Guy Threlkeld Edwards

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army Captain Royal Fusiliers

British Army Captain Royal Fusiliers 24th

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Donald Walter Elliker

British Army 13378 Private Hussars

British Army 50967 Lance Corporal Machine Gun Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps

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P L Ingpen

British Army Captain Yorkshire Regiment

British Army Major Temporary Lieutenant Colonel Middlesex Regiment

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William Wright

British Army 98716 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

British Army 653586 Bombardier Labour Corps

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Cuthbert Trelawder Maclean

British Army Second Lieutenant Attached Royal Fusiliers

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Flying Corps

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Peter Macduff

British Army Major Royal Highlanders

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Highlanders

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Staff

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James Horace Jones

British Army 1944 Lance Corporal Royal Fusiliers

British Army Lieutenant Indian Army Reserve of Officers

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Tom Barry Jones

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers

British Army Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers

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William Harry Charles Giddy

British Army 29877 Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 Royal Engineers

British Army Quarter Master and Lieutenant General List

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John E Beswick

British Army M2/121934 Serjeant Army Service Corps

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Christopher Greg Rathbone

British Army Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers

British Army Major Royal Engineers

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Henry Sheppard

British Army 201146 Corporal Royal Berkshire Regiment

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Sidney Henry Stevens

British Army 2872 Serjeant London Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Colonel London Regiment

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Gladys S Jensen

British Army Driver French Red Cross

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Margaret A Rennie

British Army Order of Saint John

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Nigel Gordon Darnell

British Army Captain Royal Fusiliers

British Army Captain King's Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army Brevet Major King's Shropshire Light Infantry

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H S Lewis

British Army Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army Major Tank Corps

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