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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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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]

Edward Rodney Hasluck Grantham

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 8927 Private Inns of Court Officers Training Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Northumberland Fusiliers

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Isaac Henry Dando

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army 7343 Private Somerset Light Infantry 1st Battalion

British Army 25912 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 25912 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 7th Btn

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James Trevor Crawley Vincent

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Welsh Regiment

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George Bruce Howden

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry 2nd Battalion

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Robert William Leslie Oke

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Berkshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Temporary Captain Royal Berkshire Regiment

British Army Captain Royal Berkshire Regiment

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Alfred Sunderland Leresche

Born 1877

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant West Yorkshire Regiment

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

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Phillip Henry Pannell

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 6168 Private Devonshire Regiment

British Army 3/6168 Lance Corporal Devonshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Geoffrey Henry Le Sueur Honey

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 2433 Private Army Service Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps 5th Battalion

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Malcolm Hutchinson House

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 26311 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army Second Lieutenant Rifle Brigade

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Henry Harris Jago

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army PS/5115 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army Lieutenant Devonshire Regiment

British Army Captain Devonshire Regiment

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Henry Frederick Thornton Renny-Tailyour

Died 1914

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers

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Fitzhardinge Wintle

Died 1916

Indian Army Lieutenant Colonel 87th Punjabis

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Percival George Fenwick Collins

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army Coldstream Guards

British Army Second Lieutenant 6th Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

British Army Lieutenant (T) Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 6th Battalion

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Gerald Adair Seckham

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant East Lancashire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Robert Chaworth-Musters

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army Captain King's Royal Rifle Corps 12th Bn KRRC

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John Cunliffe Johnstone

Died 1917

British Army 3610 Private Honourable Artillery Company

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Neville Montagu Handfield-Jones

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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James Stanley Lightfoot Welch

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army Temporary Lieutenant King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army Lieutenant King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Anthony Reginald Welsh

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Yorkshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Yorkshire Regiment

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Sidney Henry Snelgrove

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps

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