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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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Place of birth

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]

Frederick Arthur Easton

British Army Major Royal Regiment of Artillery 2/86th Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Colonel, acting Brigadier General Royal Garrison Artillery 10th Indian Mountain Brigade

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Frederick Shirley Russell Andrews

Born 1895

British Army 950278 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 1297 Driver Royal Field Artillery 235th Brigade Royal Field Artillery (Territorial Force)

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Horace Walter Johnson

British Army 13642 Driver Royal Engineers HQ 6th Divisional Signals Section RE

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James Grose

Born 1875

British Army Captain Royal Regiment of Artillery 42nd Company Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Major Royal Regiment of Artillery Attached D Battery 105th Brigade Royal Field Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Regiment of Artillery 8th Corps Heavy Artillery, Royal Garrison Artillery

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Vere Bernard Cammell

Born 1898

Died 1975

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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Gerald Montague Spencer-Smith

Born 1881

Died 1951

British Army Captain Royal Horse and Royal Field Artillery

British Army Major Royal Horse Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Royal Regiment of Artillery

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Escott James Edward Hornsby

Born 1897

British Army 614055 Gunner Royal Regiment of Artillery 5th Reserve Brigade Royal Horse Artillery

British Army 372 Gunner Royal Regiment of Artillery Warwickshire Royal Horse Artillery (Territorial Force)

British Army 614055 Gunner Royal Regiment of Artillery 18th Brigade Royal Horse Artillery

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John Hellaby

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

Canadian Expeditionary Force Royal Regiment of Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Royal Regiment of Artillery

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Thomas Douthwaite

Born 1890

British Army 5219 Serjeant Royal Garrison Artillery

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Ernest Wallbank

British Army 77010 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 77010 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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John Burton

Born 1895

British Army 776684 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery 310th Brigade Royal Field Artillery (Territorial Force)

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Charles Clifford Furness

Born 1877

British Army Captain Temporary Major Royal Field Artillery

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E Forshaw

British Army 54981 Gunner Royal Regiment of Artillery C Battery Royal Horse Artillery

British Army 54985 Corporal Royal Regiment of Artillery C Battery Royal Horse Artillery

British Army 54985 Corporal Royal Regiment of Artillery C Battery Royal Horse Artillery

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William Shrubsole

British Army 6548 Warrant Officer Class 2 Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 6548 Serjeant Royal Regiment of Artillery 2nd Mountain Battery Royal Garrison Artillery

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Herbert J Holdway

British Army 57494 Driver Royal Horse Artillery

British Army 37494 Driver Royal Regiment of Artillery A Battery Royal Horse Artillery

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J J Pope

British Army 5422 Acting Bombardier Royal Regiment of Artillery Durham Royal Garrison Artillery (Territorial Force)

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Andrew James Rendel

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Major Royal Field Artillery

British Army Major Royal Regiment of Artillery 81st Battery Royal Field Artillery

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Michael Dolan

Died 1915

British Army 92240 Gunner Royal Regiment of Artillery 37th Battery Royal Field Artillery

British Army 92240 Gunner Royal Regiment of Artillery 37th Battery Royal Field Artillery

British Army 92240 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Henry West Walker

Born 1883

British Army Major Royal Horse Artillery

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Victor J Cable

British Army 73207 Gunner Royal Regiment of Artillery 5th Brigade Royal Field Artillery

British Army 73207 Bombardier Royal Regiment of Artillery 5th Brigade Royal Field Artillery

British Army 73207 Bombardier Royal Regiment of Artillery 81st Battery Royal Field Artillery

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