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London [4]

Plymouth [4]

Kensington, London [3]

Exeter, Devon [2]

Milton Abbot, Devon [2]

Perth Western Australia [2]

Plymouth, Devon [2]

Radstock, Somerset [2]

Southwell, Nottinghamshire [2]

Tavistock, Devon [2]

233 Norwood Road, Tulse Hill, London [1]

4 Cassidy Road, Fulham, London [1]

Abram, Lincs [1]

Altrincham, Cheshire [1]

Barnes, Surrey [1]

Bath, Somerset [1]

Bermondsey [1]

Bermondsey, London [1]

Bethnal Green, Middlesex [1]

Bilston, Staffordshire [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Bombay [1]

Bowdon, Cheshire [1]

Bradford, Yorkshire [1]

Brighton, Sussex [1]

Bristol [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Bromley Kent [1]

Camborne, Cornwall [1]

Cambourne, Somerset [1]

Camerton, Somerset [1]

Cardiff [1]

Carstairs, Lanarkshire [1]

Chobham, Surrey [1]

Chokcote [1]

Clapham, Surrey [1]

Cobham, Surrey [1]

Coleraine [1]

Croydon [1]

Croydon, Surrey [1]

Dartmouth [1]

Derby, Derbyshire [1]

Devonport [1]

Devonport, Devon [1]

Drayton, Norwich, Norfolk [1]

Dublin [1]

Ealing, London [1]

Ealing, Middlesex [1]

East Looe, Looe, Cornwall [1]

Rank

Private [120]

Second Lieutenant [82]

Lieutenant [58]

Captain [51]

Lieutenant Colonel [17]

Lance Corporal [15]

Major [15]

Corporal [13]

Serjeant [11]

Sapper [9]

Gunner [7]

Colonel [4]

Sergeant [4]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Rifleman [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Driver [2]

Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [2]

Pioneer [2]

Stoker 2nd Class [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Temporary Major [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Adjutant Acting Corporal [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Brevet Colonel [1]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Brevet Major [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Bugler Boy [1]

Cadet Officer [1]

Captain and Adjutant [1]

Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class [1]

Colonel Brigadier General [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Deputy Lieutenant [1]

Flight Lieutenant [1]

Honorary Brigadier General [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant (T) [1]

Unit

Devonshire Regiment [99]

East Surrey Regiment [40]

Royal Engineers [21]

London Regiment [14]

Royal Field Artillery [12]

Labour Corps [11]

Royal Fusiliers [9]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [6]

Somerset Light Infantry [6]

Rifle Brigade [5]

Coldstream Guards [4]

Dorsetshire Regiment [4]

Gloucestershire Regiment [4]

Machine Gun Corps [4]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4]

Royal Garrison Artillery [4]

West Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Army Service Corps [3]

Cameron Highlanders [3]

Cheshire Regiment [3]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [3]

Gordon Highlanders [3]

Honourable Artillery Company [3]

Hussars [3]

Inns of Court Officers Training Corps [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

North Staffordshire Regiment [3]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3]

Royal Flying Corps [3]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [3]

14th Infantry Brigade [2]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2]

Border Regiment [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Connaught Rangers [2]

East Kent Regiment [2]

HMS Vivid [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) [2]

Royal Horse Artillery [2]

Royal Irish Regiment [2]

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [2]

The Queen's Regiment [2]

Welsh Regiment [2]

West Somerset Yeomanry [2]

Service

British Army [308]

Royal Navy [14]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [7]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

Indian Army [2]

Last name first letter

B [38]

H [38]

C [37]

F [30]

M [23]

P [21]

W [20]

D [18]

E [17]

S [15]

G [14]

A [10]

L [10]

R [9]

J [8]

T [7]

V [5]

K [4]

O [4]

N [2]

I [1]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [330]

Country

United Kingdom [50]

Egypt [2]

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Place of birth

London [4] Plymouth [4] Kensington, London [3] Exeter, Devon [2] Milton Abbot, Devon [2] Perth Western Australia [2] Plymouth, Devon [2] Radstock, Somerset [2] Southwell, Nottinghamshire [2] Tavistock, Devon [2] 233 Norwood Road, Tulse Hill, London [1] 4 Cassidy Road, Fulham, London [1] Abram, Lincs [1] Altrincham, Cheshire [1] Barnes, Surrey [1] Bath, Somerset [1] Bermondsey [1] Bermondsey, London [1] Bethnal Green, Middlesex [1] Bilston, Staffordshire [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Bombay [1] Bowdon, Cheshire [1] Bradford, Yorkshire [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Bristol [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Bromley Kent [1] Camborne, Cornwall [1] Cambourne, Somerset [1] Camerton, Somerset [1] Cardiff [1] Carstairs, Lanarkshire [1] Chobham, Surrey [1] Chokcote [1] Clapham, Surrey [1] Cobham, Surrey [1] Coleraine [1] Croydon [1] Croydon, Surrey [1] Dartmouth [1] Derby, Derbyshire [1] Devonport [1] Devonport, Devon [1] Drayton, Norwich, Norfolk [1] Dublin [1] Ealing, London [1] Ealing, Middlesex [1] East Looe, Looe, Cornwall [1]

Rank

Private [120] Second Lieutenant [82] Lieutenant [58] Captain [51] Lieutenant Colonel [17] Lance Corporal [15] Major [15] Corporal [13] Serjeant [11] Sapper [9] Gunner [7] Colonel [4] Sergeant [4] Company Serjeant Major [3] Rifleman [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [3] Temporary Second Lieutenant [3] Acting Corporal [2] Driver [2] Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [2] Pioneer [2] Stoker 2nd Class [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Temporary Major [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Adjutant Acting Corporal [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Brevet Colonel [1] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1] Brevet Major [1] Brigadier General [1] Bugler Boy [1] Cadet Officer [1] Captain and Adjutant [1] Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class [1] Colonel Brigadier General [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Deputy Lieutenant [1] Flight Lieutenant [1] Honorary Brigadier General [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant (T) [1]

Unit

Devonshire Regiment [99] East Surrey Regiment [40] Royal Engineers [21] London Regiment [14] Royal Field Artillery [12] Labour Corps [11] Royal Fusiliers [9] King's Royal Rifle Corps [6] Somerset Light Infantry [6] Rifle Brigade [5] Coldstream Guards [4] Dorsetshire Regiment [4] Gloucestershire Regiment [4] Machine Gun Corps [4] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4] Royal Garrison Artillery [4] West Yorkshire Regiment [4] Yorkshire Regiment [4] Army Service Corps [3] Cameron Highlanders [3] Cheshire Regiment [3] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [3] Gordon Highlanders [3] Honourable Artillery Company [3] Hussars [3] Inns of Court Officers Training Corps [3] Manchester Regiment [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] North Staffordshire Regiment [3] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3] Royal Flying Corps [3] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [3] 14th Infantry Brigade [2] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2] Border Regiment [2] Canadian Infantry [2] Connaught Rangers [2] East Kent Regiment [2] HMS Vivid [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Berkshire Regiment [2] Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) [2] Royal Horse Artillery [2] Royal Irish Regiment [2] The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [2] The Queen's Regiment [2] Welsh Regiment [2] West Somerset Yeomanry [2]

Service

British Army [308] Royal Navy [14] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [7] Canadian Expeditionary Force [3] Australian Imperial Force [2] Indian Army [2]

Last name first letter

B [38] H [38] C [37] F [30] M [23] P [21] W [20] D [18] E [17] S [15] G [14] A [10] L [10] R [9] J [8] T [7] V [5] K [4] O [4] N [2] I [1] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [330]

Country

United Kingdom [50] Egypt [2]

John Ford

British Army 43214 Private Highland Light Infantry

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Seymour A Ford

British Army 63956 Private Yorkshire Regiment

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H Everett Crease

British Army Second Lieutenant Devonshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

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A L Hawke

British Army 6366 Corporal East Surrey Regiment

British Army 127122 Corporal Labour Corps

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Albert E Dando

British Army 56108 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 43804 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 36714 Private Labour Corps

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Frank Sorton

British Army 323491 Pioneer Royal Engineers

British Army 2/6833 Pioneer Training Reserve Battalion

British Army WR/215092 Pioneer Royal Engineers

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George Garratt

British Army 17299 Private Coldstream Guards

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Henry Binmore

British Army 1858 Lance Corporal Devonshire Regiment 7th Battalion

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Hugh Ponsonby Burnyeat

Born 1881

Died 1918

British Army Captain Royal Horse Artillery

British Army Major (a/Lieutenant Colonel) Royal Field Artillery 65th (Army) Brigade

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George Sholto Douglas Carver

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Devonshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Devonshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Rhys Ivor Thomas

Born 1890

Died 1914

British Army Lieutenant Connaught Rangers 1st Battalion

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Harold George Fiddick

Born 1890

Died 1964

British Army Reverend Royal Army Chaplains Department

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William Herbert Dening

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 13561 Corporal Devonshire Regiment 10th Battalion

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William Frank Ford

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 59954 Private Devonshire Regiment 9th Battalion

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William Herbert Paterson

Born 1870

Died 1915

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Colonel East Surrey Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Colonel East Surrey Regiment

British Army Major 14th Infantry Brigade 1st Batallion East Surrey Regt

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John Raynsford Longley

Born 1867

Died 1953

British Army Major General Commanding Irish Division

British Army Lieutenant Colonel East Surrey Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Colonel East Surrey Regiment 1st Battalion

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John Bruce Bolitho

British Army Second Lieutenant Devonshire Regiment attached Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army Captain Royal Corps of Signals

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Arthur Edward Jeune Collins

Born 1885

Died 1914

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers

British Army Captain Royal Engineers 5th Field Company

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James Fitzwalter

Born 1865

Royal Navy 113472 Petty Officer 1st Class HMS Howe

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Edward G Paisley

Died 1916

British Army 12207 Colour Serjeant East Surrey Regiment

British Army 12207 Company Quartermaster Serjeant East Surrey Regiment 12th Battalion

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