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Kensington [2]

Kensington, London [2]

Altrincham, Cheshire [1]

Bampton [1]

Bangalore [1]

Bombay/ Mumbai [1]

Bowdon, Cheshire [1]

Broughty Ferry, Scotland [1]

Carlisle, Cumberland [1]

Castlepollard, County Westmeath [1]

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1]

Chepstow, Monmouthshire [1]

Colchester [1]

Crosshill, Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1]

Croydon [1]

Deraghland, Stradnoden, County Monaghan [1]

Dorchester [1]

Dowra Cavan [1]

Dublin [1]

Eagley Bolton Lancashire [1]

East Grinstead [1]

Ecclesall,Bierlow [1]

Edinburgh [1]

Farnham, Surrey [1]

Fawkham, Kent [1]

Fulham, London [1]

Glasgow [1]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1]

Greenwich [1]

Hampstead, London [1]

Harrington, Cumberland [1]

Hartford, Cheshire [1]

Hartlepool [1]

Hexham, Northumberland [1]

Holyweel, Flint [1]

Huttons Ambo, Yorkshire [1]

Ipswich, Suffolk [1]

Kingston, Surrey [1]

Kinroshire, Scotland [1]

Kirkham, Fylde, Lancashire [1]

Landport, hampshire [1]

Lillington, Warwickshire [1]

Liscarrol Cork [1]

Liverpool [1]

Lockerley, Hampshire [1]

Madras [1]

Marchington, Staffordshire [1]

Nagpur [1]

Newark, Nottinghamshire [1]

Newington, Midlothian [1]

Rank

Gunner [36]

Major [34]

Second Lieutenant [33]

Captain [29]

Lieutenant [29]

Serjeant [18]

Bombardier [13]

Driver [12]

Corporal [10]

Lieutenant Colonel [10]

Acting Bombardier [6]

2nd Lieutenant [5]

Private [5]

Sergeant [5]

Acting Major [2]

Battery Serjeant Major [2]

Lieutenant (Acting Captain) [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Battery Quarter Master Sergeant [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Captain /Acting Major [1]

Captain Temporary Major [1]

Captain and Adjutant [1]

Colonel [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Gnr [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Lieutenant (Commissary) [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Lieutenant Colonel and Brevet Colonel [1]

Lieutenant Colonel, acting Brigadier General [1]

Lieutenant-General [1]

Lieutenant/Temporary Captain [1]

Lt [1]

Major Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major and Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Serjeant Major [1]

Sub Conductor [1]

T/RSM [1]

Temporary Brigadier General [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Major [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Trumpeter [1]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

Royal Regiment of Artillery [77]

Royal Field Artillery [52]

Royal Garrison Artillery [31]

Royal Horse Artillery [29]

Royal Artillery [4]

6th Mountain Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

22nd RFA [1]

3rd Mountain Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

545th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

8th Division [1]

9th Mountain Battery Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

County of London Yeomanry [1]

General Staff [1]

Hazara Mountain Battery Frontier Force [1]

Indian Army Service Corps [1]

Indian Mountain Battery [1]

K Battery Royal Horse Artillery [1]

King's Liverpool Regiment [1]

Labour Corps [1]

Lanarkshire Yeomanry [1]

London Regiment [1]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

Now Royal Field Artillery Royal Horse Artillery [1]

Reserve of Officers/ Royal Artillery [1]

Royal Army Service Corps [1]

Royal Artillery attached Royal Flying Corps [1]

Royal Engineers [1]

Royal Field Artillery Territorial Force [1]

Royal Field Artillery. [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery/Staff [1]

Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Artillery [1]

Royal Horse and Royal Field Artillery [1]

Royal Naval Division [1]

Welsh Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [146]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Indian Army [1]

Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

C [17]

B [15]

H [15]

G [9]

M [9]

P [9]

R [9]

F [8]

L [8]

W [8]

A [7]

D [7]

K [6]

S [5]

J [4]

E [3]

O [3]

N [2]

T [2]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [147]

Country

United Kingdom [15]

India [2]

Ireland [1]

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Kensington [2] Kensington, London [2] Altrincham, Cheshire [1] Bampton [1] Bangalore [1] Bombay/ Mumbai [1] Bowdon, Cheshire [1] Broughty Ferry, Scotland [1] Carlisle, Cumberland [1] Castlepollard, County Westmeath [1] Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1] Chepstow, Monmouthshire [1] Colchester [1] Crosshill, Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1] Croydon [1] Deraghland, Stradnoden, County Monaghan [1] Dorchester [1] Dowra Cavan [1] Dublin [1] Eagley Bolton Lancashire [1] East Grinstead [1] Ecclesall,Bierlow [1] Edinburgh [1] Farnham, Surrey [1] Fawkham, Kent [1] Fulham, London [1] Glasgow [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1] Greenwich [1] Hampstead, London [1] Harrington, Cumberland [1] Hartford, Cheshire [1] Hartlepool [1] Hexham, Northumberland [1] Holyweel, Flint [1] Huttons Ambo, Yorkshire [1] Ipswich, Suffolk [1] Kingston, Surrey [1] Kinroshire, Scotland [1] Kirkham, Fylde, Lancashire [1] Landport, hampshire [1] Lillington, Warwickshire [1] Liscarrol Cork [1] Liverpool [1] Lockerley, Hampshire [1] Madras [1] Marchington, Staffordshire [1] Nagpur [1] Newark, Nottinghamshire [1] Newington, Midlothian [1]

Rank

Gunner [36] Major [34] Second Lieutenant [33] Captain [29] Lieutenant [29] Serjeant [18] Bombardier [13] Driver [12] Corporal [10] Lieutenant Colonel [10] Acting Bombardier [6] 2nd Lieutenant [5] Private [5] Sergeant [5] Acting Major [2] Battery Serjeant Major [2] Lieutenant (Acting Captain) [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Battery Quarter Master Sergeant [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1] Brigadier General [1] Captain /Acting Major [1] Captain Temporary Major [1] Captain and Adjutant [1] Colonel [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Gnr [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Lieutenant (Commissary) [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Lieutenant Colonel and Brevet Colonel [1] Lieutenant Colonel, acting Brigadier General [1] Lieutenant-General [1] Lieutenant/Temporary Captain [1] Lt [1] Major Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major and Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Serjeant Major [1] Sub Conductor [1] T/RSM [1] Temporary Brigadier General [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Major [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1] Trumpeter [1] Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

Royal Regiment of Artillery [77] Royal Field Artillery [52] Royal Garrison Artillery [31] Royal Horse Artillery [29] Royal Artillery [4] 6th Mountain Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery [2] 22nd RFA [1] 3rd Mountain Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery [1] 545th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery [1] 8th Division [1] 9th Mountain Battery Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] County of London Yeomanry [1] General Staff [1] Hazara Mountain Battery Frontier Force [1] Indian Army Service Corps [1] Indian Mountain Battery [1] K Battery Royal Horse Artillery [1] King's Liverpool Regiment [1] Labour Corps [1] Lanarkshire Yeomanry [1] London Regiment [1] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1] Now Royal Field Artillery Royal Horse Artillery [1] Reserve of Officers/ Royal Artillery [1] Royal Army Service Corps [1] Royal Artillery attached Royal Flying Corps [1] Royal Engineers [1] Royal Field Artillery Territorial Force [1] Royal Field Artillery. [1] Royal Garrison Artillery/Staff [1] Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Artillery [1] Royal Horse and Royal Field Artillery [1] Royal Naval Division [1] Welsh Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [146] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] Indian Army [1] Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

C [17] B [15] H [15] G [9] M [9] P [9] R [9] F [8] L [8] W [8] A [7] D [7] K [6] S [5] J [4] E [3] O [3] N [2] T [2] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [147]

Country

United Kingdom [15] India [2] Ireland [1]

Cecil Calder Bissett

Died 1918

British Army 540 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 650177 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Charles Frederick Leonard Pierson

Born 1883

Died 1914

British Army Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Captain Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Captain Royal Regiment of Artillery 114th Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery

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Gerald Wyman Towell

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Royal Horse Artillery

British Army Captain Royal Horse Artillery

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Frederick James Forsyth

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 4629 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 681885 Gunner Royal Regiment of Artillery 276th Brigade Royal Field Artillery (Territorial Force)

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Thomas Henry Beckley

Born 1886

Died 1960

British Army Major Royal Field Artillery

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Thomas Harold Corley

Born 1892

Royal Navy 7/178 Royal Naval Division

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Thomas Nathaniel French

Born 1882

Died 1950

British Army Captain Royal Field Artillery

British Army Major Royal Artillery attached Royal Flying Corps

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Charles Gooda

British Army 60343 Gunner Royal Regiment of Artillery 37th Battery Royal Field Artillery

British Army 60343 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery 8 Brigade

British Army 60343 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 8 Brigade

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William Arthur Rowe

Born 1886

British Army 26145 Serjeant Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 26145 Sergeant Royal Regiment of Artillery 494th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 26145 Corporal Royal Regiment of Artillery 42nd Company Royal Garrison Artillery

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Joscelyn Arthur Hobday

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Royal Horse Artillery

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Royal Regiment of Artillery

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Stratford Justly Kyrle Collins

British Army Second Lieutenant 8th Division

British Army Lieutenant Acting Captain Royal Horse Artillery

British Army Major Royal Field Artillery

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Joseph Convery

Died 1918

British Army 54959 Gunner Royal Horse Artillery

British Army 54959 Gunner Royal Regiment of Artillery N Battery Royal Horse Artillery

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William Calverley

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 55891 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 55891 Gunner Royal Regiment of Artillery 16 Company Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 55891 Gunner Royal Regiment of Artillery 30th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery

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Penton Shakespear Lowis

Born 1871

Died 1931

British Army Captain Royal Regiment of Artillery

British Army Major Royal Regiment of Artillery

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Leslie Gordon Barnes

British Army 859 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 681858 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 681858 Gunner Royal Regiment of Artillery 276th Brigade Royal Field Artillery (Territorial Force)

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John William Fraser Lamont

Born 1873

Died 1956

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Regiment of Artillery

British Army Temporary Brigadier General Royal Regiment of Artillery

British Army Major Royal Regiment of Artillery C Battery Royal Horse Artillery

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Benjamin Carl Lester

British Army 1704 Private County of London Yeomanry

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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Charles Herd

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 67509 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Henry William Hudson

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 62100 Gunner Royal Horse Artillery

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George Samuel Phelps

Born 1888

British Army 31323 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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