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London [5]

Barnet [1]

Camborne [1]

Chiswick [1]

Clapton, London [1]

Durham [1]

Guildford [1]

Hampstead [1]

Harrow [1]

Pontypool [1]

Portsea Island, Hampshire [1]

Reading [1]

Rutland [1]

Seapoint, Cape of Good Hope [1]

Shoreditch, London [1]

Stone, Staffordshire [1]

Suffolk [1]

Townsville Queensland [1]

Walsall [1]

West Bromwich [1]

Rank

Captain [10]

Second Lieutenant [8]

Lieutenant [7]

Private [4]

Commander [3]

Major [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Serjeant [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Brevet Colonel [1]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Corporal [1]

General [1]

Lieutenant Captain [1]

Lt [1]

Major and Brevet Colonel [1]

Sapper [1]

Surgeon Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [4]

Royal Field Artillery [3]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Horse Artillery [2]

Royal Irish Rifles [2]

5th Hussars [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Dragoon Guards [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

General Headquarters Staff [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

Inns of Court Officer Training Corps [1]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [1]

Liverpool Regiment attached Manchester Regiment [1]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

Military Operations Directorate [1]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

Royal Artillery [1]

Royal Artillery (Headquarters Staff) [1]

Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Fusiliers [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Royal Irish Regiment [1]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1]

Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry [1]

Sherwood Foresters [1]

Welsh Regiment [1]

West Riding Regiment [1]

Wiltshire Regiment [1]

Worcestershire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [26]

Royal Navy [6]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [7]

K [4]

P [4]

E [3]

H [3]

S [3]

A [2]

C [2]

J [2]

D [1]

G [1]

T [1]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [32]

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People [34] Stories Communities

Place of birth

London [5] Barnet [1] Camborne [1] Chiswick [1] Clapton, London [1] Durham [1] Guildford [1] Hampstead [1] Harrow [1] Pontypool [1] Portsea Island, Hampshire [1] Reading [1] Rutland [1] Seapoint, Cape of Good Hope [1] Shoreditch, London [1] Stone, Staffordshire [1] Suffolk [1] Townsville Queensland [1] Walsall [1] West Bromwich [1]

Rank

Captain [10] Second Lieutenant [8] Lieutenant [7] Private [4] Commander [3] Major [3] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Lieutenant Commander [2] Serjeant [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Brevet Colonel [1] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Corporal [1] General [1] Lieutenant Captain [1] Lt [1] Major and Brevet Colonel [1] Sapper [1] Surgeon Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [4] Royal Field Artillery [3] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Horse Artillery [2] Royal Irish Rifles [2] 5th Hussars [1] Army Service Corps [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Dragoon Guards [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] General Headquarters Staff [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] Inns of Court Officer Training Corps [1] King's Own Scottish Borderers [1] Liverpool Regiment attached Manchester Regiment [1] Middlesex Regiment [1] Military Operations Directorate [1] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1] Royal Artillery [1] Royal Artillery (Headquarters Staff) [1] Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [1] Royal Fusiliers [1] Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Royal Irish Regiment [1] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [1] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1] Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry [1] Sherwood Foresters [1] Welsh Regiment [1] West Riding Regiment [1] Wiltshire Regiment [1] Worcestershire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [26] Royal Navy [6] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1] Australian Imperial Force [1] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [7] K [4] P [4] E [3] H [3] S [3] A [2] C [2] J [2] D [1] G [1] T [1] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [32]

William Felix Eberli

Born 1892

Died 1986

Royal Navy Surgeon Lieutenant Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

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Geoffrey Davison Brown

Born 1868

Died 1929

British Army Captain Royal Fusiliers 5th Battalion

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David Alexander Ansted

Born 1889

Died 1945

British Army Lieutenant Wiltshire Regiment

British Army Captain Wiltshire Regiment

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Vincent Cameron Gauntlett

Born 1871

Died 1952

British Army Captain Liverpool Regiment attached Manchester Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Colonel West Riding Regiment

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Francis Spencer Perryman

Born 1895

Died 1959

British Army Lieutenant Middlesex Regiment

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Matthew Talbot Baines

Born 1893

Died 1937

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Captain Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force

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W F Aukenthaler

British Army 4794 Private 5th Hussars

British Army 206938 Private Royal Engineers

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James Dale Close

Born 1898

British Army 243459 Royal Field Artillery

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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Cecil Herbert Stallworthy

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 151829 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Astley Eustace Kaye

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 38042 Serjeant East Surrey Regiment

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Walter Mervyn St George Kirke

Born 1877

Died 1949

British Army Major Royal Artillery

British Army Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Royal Artillery Staff

British Army Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Royal Artillery

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Martin Raymond Carr

Born 1877

Died 1914

British Army Captain Worcestershire Regiment

British Army Captain Worcestershire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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John Holman

Born 1894

Died 1914

British Army Lieutenant Dragoon Guards

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William Oliver Fortescue Darling

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Royal Irish Rifles

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