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Born 1878
Died 1960
British Army Officer Cadet Officer Training Corps
British Army 108530 Sapper Royal Engineers 233rd (Ripon) Field Company
British Army 108530 Lance Corporal Royal Engineers 233rd (Ripon) Field Company
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More about John Cawood -
Born 1865
Died 1945
British Army Second Lieutenant Somerset Light Infantry 2nd Battalion
British Army Lieutenant Somerset Light Infantry 2nd Battalion
British Army Captain Somerset Light Infantry 2nd Battalion
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More about Walter Pipon Braithwaite -
Born 1853
Died 1926
British Army Assistant Commissary Control Department
British Army Assistant Commissary Commissariat and Transport Department
British Army Commissary Commissariat and Transport Department 2, "V" Lines
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More about Robert Arthur Nugent -
Born 1898
Died 1980
Air Force (RAF/RFC) 90476 Air Mechanic (3rd Class) Royal Flying Corps
Air Force (RAF/RFC) Flight Officer Royal Naval Air Service Greenwich
Air Force (RAF/RFC) Flight Officer Royal Naval Air Service Chingford
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More about Douglas Edward Culver -
Born 1877
Died 1954
British Army Second Lieutenant Volunteer Rifle Corps 1st Nottinghamshire (Robin Hood)
British Army Lieutenant Volunteer Rifle Corps 1st Nottinghamshire (Robin Hood)
British Army Captain Volunteer Rifle Corps 1st Nottinghamshire (Robin Hood)
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More about Arthur Neale Lee -
Born 1887
Died 1972
British Army Second Lieutenant Derbyshire Yeomanry Imperial Yeomanry
British Army Second Lieutenant Derbyshire Yeomanry
British Army Temporary Lieutenant Derbyshire Yeomanry
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More about Arthur Henry Talbot Chetwynd -
Born 1868
Died 1940
British Army Second Lieutenant East Surrey Regiment 4th Battalion
British Army Second Lieutenant Prince of Wales' Own North Staffordshire Regiment 2nd Battalion
British Army Lieutenant Prince of Wales' Own North Staffordshire Regiment 2nd Battalion
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More about Vigant William De Falbe -
Born 1887
Died 1957
Indian Army Second Lieutenant Unattached List Auxiliary Forces
Indian Army Second Lieutenant Unattached List
British Army Second Lieutenant Connaught Rangers Seconded from Indian Army List
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More about Edward Dudley Metcalfe -
Born 1898
Died 1975
British Army 32248 Private The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) 13th (Reserve) Battalion
British Army 32248 Private The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) 6th (Training Reserve) Battalion
British Army 32248 Private The Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) 9th (Training Reserve) Battalion
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More about Frederick William Knowles -
Born 1895
Died 1981
Air Force (RAF/RFC) 14975 First Aircraftman Royal Flying Corps 12 Squadron
Air Force (RAF/RFC) 14975 Acting Corporal Royal Flying Corps 12 Squadron
Air Force (RAF/RFC) 14975 Corporal Royal Flying Corps 12 Squadron
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More about Horace John Waters -
Born 1894
Died 1960
Royal Navy Sub Lieutenant Royal Naval Division - Hood Battalion
Royal Navy Temporary Lieutenant 63rd (Royal Naval) Division 7th (Hood) Battalion
Royal Navy Temporary Lieutenant 63rd (Royal Naval) Division 2nd (Reserve) Battalion
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More about John Bigelow Dodge -
Born 1857
Died 1930
British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers Royal Military College
British Army Captain Royal Engineers Royal Military College
British Army Captain Royal Engineers Fortress and Railway Forces
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More about Arthur James Kelly -
Born 1877
Died 1939
Royal Navy 173071 Boy (Second Class) HMS Impregnable
Royal Navy 173071 Boy (First Class) HMS Impregnable
Royal Navy 173071 Boy (First Class) HMS
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More about Frederick Whiddon Stear -
Born 1896
Died 1944
Canadian Expeditionary Force 709642 Private North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment Militia
Canadian Expeditionary Force Captain North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment A Company
Canadian Expeditionary Force Major North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment
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More about John Archibald Macnaughton -
Born 1872
Died 1914
British Army Second Lieutenant Duke of Wellington's Own (West Riding Regiment) 1st Battalion
British Army Lieutenant Duke of Wellington's Own (West Riding Regiment) 1st Battalion
British Army Captain Duke of Wellington's Own (West Riding Regiment) 1st Battalion
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More about Percy Belcher Strafford -
Born 1888
Died 1917
British Army Second Lieutenant West Yorkshire Regiment 2/6th Battalion
British Army Lieutenant West Yorkshire Regiment 2/6th Battalion
British Army Temporary Captain West Yorkshire Regiment 2/6th Battalion
More about Robert Bickerdike -
Born 1862
Died 1921
British Army Second Lieutenant Rifle Brigade
British Army Lieutenant General General Staff
British Army Lieutenant Rifle Brigade
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More about John Steven Cowans -
Born 1865
Died 1940
British Army Lieutenant Northamptonshire Regiment
British Army Lieutenant The Queen's (Royal West Kent Regiment)
Indian Army Lieutenant Bengal Staff Corps Seconded from The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
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More about Roderick Mackenzie Edwards -
Born 1886
Died 1971
British Army Chaplain to the Forces Royal Army Chaplain's Department
More about Rev George Armitage Chase -
Born 1899
Died 1978
British Army 4686 Private Seaforth Highlanders
British Army 143055 Private Machine Gun Corps
More about Walter Thomas Scatchard