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Leatherhead [20]

London [12]

Chester [5]

Epsom [5]

Southampton [5]

Dublin [4]

Leeds, Yorkshire [4]

Bath [3]

Cork [3]

Liverpool [3]

Surrey [3]

Aldershot [2]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [2]

Birmingham England [2]

Brentford [2]

Bristol [2]

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [2]

Eccles [2]

Gloucester [2]

Hackney, London [2]

Lewisham [2]

Oxford [2]

St Ives Huntingdon [2]

West Ham [2]

Yorkshire [2]

1 High Street, Hemel Hempstead [1]

18 Redmore Road, Hammersmith [1]

6 North Merchiston Avenue, Edinburgh, Scotland [1]

Aberdeen [1]

Aberdeenshire,Scotland. [1]

Alma New South Wales [1]

Alnwick, Northumberland [1]

Alvaston , Derby [1]

Andover [1]

Apia [1]

Armley, Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Arnold , Notts [1]

Arnprior Ontario [1]

Ashburton [1]

Ashfield , Sydney, New South Wales [1]

Ashford Kent [1]

Ashford Kent [1]

Ashford, Kent [1]

Ashtead Surrey [1]

Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [1]

Axbridge [1]

Aylmer Quebec [1]

Bally Trent,Co.Wexford. [1]

Ballycahill [1]

Bampton, Devon [1]

Rank

Private [469]

Second Lieutenant [116]

Lieutenant [83]

Captain [76]

Lance Corporal [63]

Serjeant [53]

Corporal [52]

Major [31]

Gunner [20]

Driver [13]

Lieutenant Colonel [11]

Sapper [11]

Acting Corporal [10]

Sergeant [10]

Lance Serjeant [9]

Rifleman [9]

Temporary Captain [7]

2nd Lieutenant [5]

Bombardier [5]

Company Serjeant Major [5]

Temporary Lieutenant [5]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [5]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [5]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Acting Captain [3]

Commander [3]

Nurse [3]

Pioneer [3]

Sister [3]

Temporary Major [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Captain and Adjutant [2]

Corporal 2nd [2]

Flight Lieutenant [2]

Lance Sergeant [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Major General [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Pte [2]

Reverend [2]

Seaman [2]

Sergeant Major [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

2nd Corporal [1]

3rd Class Major [1]

4th Class Captain [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Unit

19th Hussars [86]

Hussars [49]

19th (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal) Hussars [45]

London Regiment [43]

Royal Field Artillery [42]

Royal Fusiliers [31]

The Queen's Regiment [30]

Corps of Hussars [27]

Canadian Infantry [24]

Royal Engineers [24]

Machine Gun Corps [19]

Gloucestershire Regiment [16]

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [15]

Army Service Corps [14]

East Surrey Regiment [14]

Cheshire Regiment [13]

Royal Army Medical Corps [13]

Tank Corps [13]

York and Lancaster Regiment [12]

Lincolnshire Regiment [11]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [11]

Royal Sussex Regiment [11]

Suffolk Regiment [11]

Yorkshire Regiment [11]

Bedfordshire Regiment [10]

Dorsetshire Regiment [10]

Hampshire Regiment [10]

Lancashire Fusiliers [10]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [10]

Northamptonshire Regiment [10]

Rifle Brigade [10]

Royal Garrison Artillery [10]

West Yorkshire Regiment [10]

Devonshire Regiment [9]

Essex Regiment [9]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [9]

Royal West Kent Regiment [9]

Somerset Light Infantry [9]

Leicestershire Regiment [8]

Norfolk Regiment [8]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [8]

Durham Light Infantry [7]

Highland Light Infantry [7]

Labour Corps [7]

Middlesex Regiment [7]

Royal Naval Division [7]

Coldstream Guards [6]

East Lancashire Regiment [6]

Hertfordshire Regiment [6]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [6]

Service

British Army [793]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [57]

Australian Imperial Force [40]

Royal Navy [27]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [24]

Other Empire Force [9]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4]

Last name first letter

B [99]

C [84]

S [82]

W [67]

H [64]

M [63]

F [55]

L [53]

T [52]

P [48]

D [46]

G [45]

A [41]

R [41]

K [24]

J [21]

E [18]

N [12]

O [7]

Y [7]

I [5]

V [4]

Q [3]

U [2]

Contribution

Military Service [921]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [114]

Australia [3]

India [2]

Ireland [2]

New Zealand [2]

Canada [1]

Uganda [1]

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Leatherhead [20] London [12] Chester [5] Epsom [5] Southampton [5] Dublin [4] Leeds, Yorkshire [4] Bath [3] Cork [3] Liverpool [3] Surrey [3] Aldershot [2] Birkenhead, Cheshire [2] Birmingham England [2] Brentford [2] Bristol [2] Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [2] Eccles [2] Gloucester [2] Hackney, London [2] Lewisham [2] Oxford [2] St Ives Huntingdon [2] West Ham [2] Yorkshire [2] 1 High Street, Hemel Hempstead [1] 18 Redmore Road, Hammersmith [1] 6 North Merchiston Avenue, Edinburgh, Scotland [1] Aberdeen [1] Aberdeenshire,Scotland. [1] Alma New South Wales [1] Alnwick, Northumberland [1] Alvaston , Derby [1] Andover [1] Apia [1] Armley, Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Arnold , Notts [1] Arnprior Ontario [1] Ashburton [1] Ashfield , Sydney, New South Wales [1] Ashford Kent [1] Ashford Kent [1] Ashford, Kent [1] Ashtead Surrey [1] Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [1] Axbridge [1] Aylmer Quebec [1] Bally Trent,Co.Wexford. [1] Ballycahill [1] Bampton, Devon [1]

Rank

Private [469] Second Lieutenant [116] Lieutenant [83] Captain [76] Lance Corporal [63] Serjeant [53] Corporal [52] Major [31] Gunner [20] Driver [13] Lieutenant Colonel [11] Sapper [11] Acting Corporal [10] Sergeant [10] Lance Serjeant [9] Rifleman [9] Temporary Captain [7] 2nd Lieutenant [5] Bombardier [5] Company Serjeant Major [5] Temporary Lieutenant [5] Temporary Second Lieutenant [5] Warrant Officer Class 2 [5] Acting Serjeant [4] Acting Captain [3] Commander [3] Nurse [3] Pioneer [3] Sister [3] Temporary Major [3] Able Seaman [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Captain and Adjutant [2] Corporal 2nd [2] Flight Lieutenant [2] Lance Sergeant [2] Lieutenant Commander [2] Major General [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Pte [2] Reverend [2] Seaman [2] Sergeant Major [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] 2nd Corporal [1] 3rd Class Major [1] 4th Class Captain [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Unit

19th Hussars [86] Hussars [49] 19th (Queen Alexandra's Own Royal) Hussars [45] London Regiment [43] Royal Field Artillery [42] Royal Fusiliers [31] The Queen's Regiment [30] Corps of Hussars [27] Canadian Infantry [24] Royal Engineers [24] Machine Gun Corps [19] Gloucestershire Regiment [16] The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [15] Army Service Corps [14] East Surrey Regiment [14] Cheshire Regiment [13] Royal Army Medical Corps [13] Tank Corps [13] York and Lancaster Regiment [12] Lincolnshire Regiment [11] Royal Berkshire Regiment [11] Royal Sussex Regiment [11] Suffolk Regiment [11] Yorkshire Regiment [11] Bedfordshire Regiment [10] Dorsetshire Regiment [10] Hampshire Regiment [10] Lancashire Fusiliers [10] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [10] Northamptonshire Regiment [10] Rifle Brigade [10] Royal Garrison Artillery [10] West Yorkshire Regiment [10] Devonshire Regiment [9] Essex Regiment [9] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [9] Royal West Kent Regiment [9] Somerset Light Infantry [9] Leicestershire Regiment [8] Norfolk Regiment [8] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [8] Durham Light Infantry [7] Highland Light Infantry [7] Labour Corps [7] Middlesex Regiment [7] Royal Naval Division [7] Coldstream Guards [6] East Lancashire Regiment [6] Hertfordshire Regiment [6] King's Royal Rifle Corps [6]

Service

British Army [793] Canadian Expeditionary Force [57] Australian Imperial Force [40] Royal Navy [27] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [24] Other Empire Force [9] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4]

Last name first letter

B [99] C [84] S [82] W [67] H [64] M [63] F [55] L [53] T [52] P [48] D [46] G [45] A [41] R [41] K [24] J [21] E [18] N [12] O [7] Y [7] I [5] V [4] Q [3] U [2]

Contribution

Military Service [921] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [114] Australia [3] India [2] Ireland [2] New Zealand [2] Canada [1] Uganda [1]

Bertie Taylor

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 1019 Private Dorset Yeomanry

British Army 1019 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 1019 Private Dorset Yeomanry (Queen's Own)

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William George Archer

Born 1881

Died 1931

British Army 4312 Private 11th Hussars

British Army 3762 Private IV (QO) Hussars

British Army 1498 Sergeant 19th Hussars

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Francis C B Coward

British Army 1662 Bugler London Regiment 14th lond Battalion

British Army 510102 Bugler London Regiment 14th lond Battalion

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T B Olive

British Army Captain /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel Hussars/ Cavalry

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Arthur Frederick Gibbins

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army TF/4872 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 241705 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

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William Elijah Adkins

Born 1884

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 432801

Canadian Expeditionary Force 432801 Private Canadian Infantry

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George Kew

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 50275 Private Suffolk Regiment

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George Morton Bird

Born 1891

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 464541

Canadian Expeditionary Force 464541 Private Canadian Infantry

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Charles Fletcher Hartley

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Coldstream Guards and Guards Brigade Machine Gun Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Coldstream Guards

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Louis Harris

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 43055 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 43055 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Lawrence Eade

Born 1890

Died 1914

British Army 55752 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 55752 Acting Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

British Army 55752 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

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Joseph John Banham

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army Major Royal Sussex Regiment 9th Battalion

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant Royal Sussex Regiment

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Henry Russell

British Army 8724 Serjeant Royal Engineers

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers

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Raymond Ernest Wilson

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant West Surrey Regiment

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Reginald Parnaby

Born 1892

British Army P/3954 Private Military Mounted Police

British Army 9763 Private 19th (Queen Alexandra's Own) Hussars

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Alexander Raban Waugh

Born 1898

Died 1981

British Army Dorsetshire Regiment

British Army 6139 Private Inns of Court Officer Training Corps Appointed to a cadetship at the Royal Military College

British Army Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps Taken P.O.W. near Arras 28th March 1918

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Winifred Mabel Letts

Born 1882

Died 1972

Other Empire Force Nurse British Red Cross Society Western General Hospital, Manchester

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Ernest Kattle

British Army S/7439 Private Army Ordnance Corps

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William E Stoakes

British Army 128419 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Donald L Mcgeorge

British Army 3220 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

British Army 301162 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

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