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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]

James G Browning

Born 1881

British Army 11319 Private Devonshire Regiment

British Army Private Devonshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Clulow Orme Slacke

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army Captain East Surrey Regiment

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Francis John Maccunn

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army Captain Cameron Highlanders

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Colin Corry Bevington

Born 1899

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant 72nd Training Squadron

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Walter Disraeli Bird

Born 1881

Australian Imperial Force 2081 Trooper 10th Light Horse Regiment

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James Charles Fitzwalter

Born 1897

Died 1972

British Army 958 Private West Somerset Yeomanry

British Army 295149 Private Somerset Light Infantry 12th Battalion

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Robert William Wyllie Adam

Born 1890

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 1901

Australian Imperial Force 1901 Sergeant 3rd Infantry Brigade 11th (Western Australian) Battalion

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The Hon. Byron Plantagenet Cary

Born 1887

Died 1917

Royal Navy Naval Cadet Britannia

Royal Navy Lieutenant HM Submarine G9

Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander HM Submarine G9

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Edward Dando Boulton

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 279187

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Rupert Henry Anderson-Morshead

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army Captain Devonshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Devonshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Francis Ashford Lupton

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army Major West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army Major West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Leonard Evelyn Leigh Maton

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army Captain and Adjutant Devonshire Regiment

British Army Captain Devonshire Regiment

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Stuart Bertram Sleeman

Born 1885

Died 1970

British Army Second Lieutenant Devonshire Regiment

British Army Captain Devonshire Regiment

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Duncan Hamilton Blunt

Born 1878

Died 1917

British Army Captain Devonshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Devonshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Edward H Stone

Died 1916

British Army 2252 Private Devonshire Regiment

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Nigel Fyfe Watson Bishop

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant North Staffordshire Regiment 5th northst Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant North Staffordshire Regiment

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Francis Kennard Bliss

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 1770 Private London Regiment 28th lond Battalion

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery royal field artillery 59th Brigade

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery "D" Battery, 59th Brigade

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Cyril Edward Felix Bevir

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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Maurice Lupton

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army Captain West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army Captain West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Ian Keith Millar

Died 1916

British Army Sth/178 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army Second Lieutenant East Surrey Regiment 10th (Reserve) Battalion

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