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Horton [1]

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Rank

Private [278]

Serjeant [32]

Gunner [28]

Lance Corporal [23]

Corporal [22]

Second Lieutenant [22]

Captain [18]

Lieutenant [16]

Driver [10]

Sapper [6]

Acting Corporal [5]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [5]

Bombardier [5]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Major [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Fitter [2]

L/Cpl [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Battery Sergeant Major [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Battery Serjeant Major Acting Serjeant Major [1]

Captain (Acting Major) [1]

Captain and Adjutant [1]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Farrier Sergeant [1]

Farrier Staff Serjeant [1]

Filter/Staff Serjeant [1]

Guardsman [1]

Gunner Acting Bombardier [1]

Interpreter [1]

Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1]

Major General [1]

Major Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Pensioner [1]

Probationary Second Lieutenant [1]

Rifleman [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [47]

Royal Garrison Artillery [24]

Royal Fusiliers [22]

London Regiment [15]

Somerset Light Infantry [13]

West Yorkshire Regiment [13]

Northumberland Fusiliers [12]

Devonshire Regiment [11]

Leicestershire Regiment [10]

Machine Gun Corps [10]

Middlesex Regiment [10]

The Queen's Regiment [10]

Worcestershire Regiment [9]

Gloucestershire Regiment [8]

Hampshire Regiment [8]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [8]

Liverpool Regiment [8]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [8]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [8]

Rifle Brigade [8]

Royal Engineers [8]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [8]

East Surrey Regiment [7]

Manchester Regiment [7]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [7]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [7]

Durham Light Infantry [6]

Essex Regiment [6]

Lancashire Fusiliers [6]

Lincolnshire Regiment [6]

York and Lancaster Regiment [6]

Army Service Corps [5]

Bedfordshire Regiment [5]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [5]

Royal West Kent Regiment [5]

South Staffordshire Regiment [5]

Suffolk Regiment [5]

West Riding Regiment [5]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [5]

Wiltshire Regiment [5]

Yorkshire Regiment [5]

Cheshire Regiment [4]

East Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Norfolk Regiment [4]

Royal Artillery [4]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [3]

East Kent Regiment [3]

Grenadier Guards [3]

Hertfordshire Regiment [3]

Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry [3]

Service

British Army [418]

Australian Imperial Force [5]

Royal Navy [5]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [52]

C [47]

H [41]

S [36]

M [30]

P [29]

W [28]

L [26]

G [25]

D [20]

F [16]

A [15]

J [12]

K [11]

R [11]

T [11]

E [10]

N [6]

I [2]

O [2]

Q [1]

V [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [431]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [37]

Jersey [1]

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Place of birth

Birmingham [2] Liverpool [2] London [2] Aberdeen [1] Armidale New South Wales [1] Aston, Warwickshire [1] Bacup, Lancashire [1] Bath, Somerset [1] Battersea [1] Biddestone, Wiltshire [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Bolton Lancashire [1] Bow, Middlesex [1] Brackley [1] Cadogan Square, London [1] Canterbury [1] Chelsea, London [1] Cheltenham [1] Chippenham, Wiltshire [1] Cork [1] County Cork [1] Crewkerne, Somerset [1] Dewsbury, Yorkshire West Riding [1] Dublin [1] Durham [1] Durham England [1] East PReston [1] Eccles Manchester Lancashire [1] Edmonton [1] Erith, Dartford, Kent [1] Foleshill, Coventry [1] Folkestone [1] Gamston, Notts [1] Gateshead [1] Gildersome, West Yorkshire [1] Glasgow [1] Gloucestershire [1] Goring-By-Sea [1] HAWKESBURY [1] Hanley England [1] Harmonsworth, Middx [1] Hawkesbury [1] Hawkesbury, Chipping Sodbury, Gloucestershire [1] Hawkesbury, Gloucestershire [1] Headinton, Oxfordshire [1] Helensburgh [1] Honiton [1] Horton [1] Hucknall [1] Hull [1]

Rank

Private [278] Serjeant [32] Gunner [28] Lance Corporal [23] Corporal [22] Second Lieutenant [22] Captain [18] Lieutenant [16] Driver [10] Sapper [6] Acting Corporal [5] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [5] Bombardier [5] Acting Serjeant [4] Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Company Serjeant Major [3] Major [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Fitter [2] L/Cpl [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Temporary Captain [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Battery Sergeant Major [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Battery Serjeant Major Acting Serjeant Major [1] Captain (Acting Major) [1] Captain and Adjutant [1] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Farrier Sergeant [1] Farrier Staff Serjeant [1] Filter/Staff Serjeant [1] Guardsman [1] Gunner Acting Bombardier [1] Interpreter [1] Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1] Major General [1] Major Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Pensioner [1] Probationary Second Lieutenant [1] Rifleman [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [47] Royal Garrison Artillery [24] Royal Fusiliers [22] London Regiment [15] Somerset Light Infantry [13] West Yorkshire Regiment [13] Northumberland Fusiliers [12] Devonshire Regiment [11] Leicestershire Regiment [10] Machine Gun Corps [10] Middlesex Regiment [10] The Queen's Regiment [10] Worcestershire Regiment [9] Gloucestershire Regiment [8] Hampshire Regiment [8] King's Royal Rifle Corps [8] Liverpool Regiment [8] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [8] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [8] Rifle Brigade [8] Royal Engineers [8] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [8] East Surrey Regiment [7] Manchester Regiment [7] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [7] Yorkshire Light Infantry [7] Durham Light Infantry [6] Essex Regiment [6] Lancashire Fusiliers [6] Lincolnshire Regiment [6] York and Lancaster Regiment [6] Army Service Corps [5] Bedfordshire Regiment [5] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [5] Royal West Kent Regiment [5] South Staffordshire Regiment [5] Suffolk Regiment [5] West Riding Regiment [5] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [5] Wiltshire Regiment [5] Yorkshire Regiment [5] Cheshire Regiment [4] East Yorkshire Regiment [4] Norfolk Regiment [4] Royal Artillery [4] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [3] East Kent Regiment [3] Grenadier Guards [3] Hertfordshire Regiment [3] Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry [3]

Service

British Army [418] Australian Imperial Force [5] Royal Navy [5] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [52] C [47] H [41] S [36] M [30] P [29] W [28] L [26] G [25] D [20] F [16] A [15] J [12] K [11] R [11] T [11] E [10] N [6] I [2] O [2] Q [1] V [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [431] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [37] Jersey [1]

Kenneth Julian Faithfull Bickersteth

Born 1885

Died 1962

British Army The Reverend Royal Army Chaplains Department

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Arthur T. Bonham

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 2385 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1/1st Battalion

British Army 265709 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1/1st Battalion

British Army 265709 Private Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

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Rupert Alexis Rickett

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant South Lancashire Regiment

British Army Captain South Lancashire Regiment

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Wilfred Charles Goulden

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Middlesex Regiment

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William Henbury

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 12358 Lance Corporal Devonshire Regiment

British Army 12358 Private Devonshire Regiment

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George Bishop

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 40982 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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Thomas Francis Phillips

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army E/438 Private Royal Fusiliers

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Cecil Arthur Lewis

Born 1898

Died 1997

British Army Probationary Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

British Army Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

British Army Temporary Captain Royal Flying Corps

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Jonathan J Cousins

British Army 15558 Private Bedfordshire Regiment 7th bedford Battalion

British Army 15558 Serjeant Bedfordshire Regiment 7th bedford Battalion

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Eric Lindsay Goodwin

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant Manchester Regiment 13th Battalion attended 17th Battalion.

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The Hon. Roland Erasmus Philipps

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army Captain Royal Fusiliers

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John Banks Jenkinson

Born 1881

Died 1914

British Army Captain Rifle Brigade

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Charles A Swain

British Army F/752 Private Middlesex Regiment

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