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Parry Sound, Ontario [2]

Algoma, Ontario [1]

Almond, Big Stone, Minnesota [1]

Annapolis, Nova Scotia [1]

Aspenden, Hertfordshire [1]

Battersea [1]

Beaver Lake, Alberta, [1]

Boyd MN [1]

Buckingam QB [1]

Buckingham, Labelle County, Quebec [1]

Bulls Island Hd Of Townsend [1]

Cadboll [1]

Charing Cross London [1]

Cheshire [1]

Chicoutimi, PQ [1]

Childs, Minnesota [1]

Chorley, Lancashire [1]

Colborne, Huron, Ontario [1]

Conisborgh Yorkshire [1]

Crooked Lake, Michigan [1]

Darjeeling [1]

Delhi, Norfolk County North, Ontario [1]

Detroit Lake, Becker Ccounty, Minnesota [1]

Dover, Kansas [1]

Drummondville QB [1]

Duck Lake, SK [1]

Dufferin, Ontario [1]

Edinburgh [1]

Ellon, Aberdeenshire [1]

Elora, Wellington County, Ontario [1]

Essex [1]

Fort Erie, ON [1]

Galloway [1]

Gay's River NS [1]

Grey Township, Huron County, Ontario [1]

Gungahlin, New South Wales [1]

Hamilton, ON [1]

Hobart [1]

Innisfil Township, Simcoe County, Ontario [1]

Kathmandu [1]

Kensington, London [1]

Kidderminster [1]

Lake Lillian, Minnesota [1]

Lancaster, Lancashire [1]

Langdon, Cavalier County, North Dakota [1]

Lausanne [1]

Leitche's Creek, Cape Breton Co., Nova Scotia [1]

Lewisham Military Hospital [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

London [1]

Rank

Private [91]

Sapper [21]

Captain [17]

Lieutenant [12]

Major [9]

Lieutenant Colonel [8]

Second Lieutenant [8]

Sergeant [7]

Midshipman [5]

Commander [4]

Gunner [4]

Lieutenant Commander [4]

Serjeant [4]

Lt. Colonel [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Colonel [2]

Corporal [2]

Honorary Lieutenant [2]

Lieutenant-Commander [2]

Major General [2]

Sub Lieutenant [2]

Sub-Lieutenant [2]

Vice-Admiral [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Acting-Lieutenant [1]

Admiral of the Fleet [1]

Air Commodore [1]

Air Marshall [1]

Brevet Major [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Brigadier-General [1]

Colonel Temporary Brigadier General [1]

Driver [1]

Engineer in Chief [1]

Flight Commander Captain [1]

General [1]

Hon. Lieutenant [1]

Honorary Colonel [1]

Honorary Major General [1]

Honourary 2nd Lieutenant [1]

Kapitan [1]

Lance Captain [1]

Lance Corporal [1]

Lance-Corporal [1]

Lieutenant Colonel Acting Brigadier General [1]

Lieutenant General [1]

Lieutenant and Adjutant [1]

Lieutenant-Colonel [1]

Unit

Canadian Infantry [86]

Royal Engineers [24]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [7]

Canadian Mounted Rifles [5]

Canadian Field Artillery [3]

General Headquarters Staff [3]

Indian Army [3]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

Jodhpore Lancers [2]

Life Guards [2]

Nepal Army [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Second Life Guards [2]

1/4th Gurkha Rifles [1]

1st Queen Victoria's Own Corps of Guides Cavalry (Frontier Force) (Lumsden's) [1]

2/9th Gurkha Rifles [1]

2nd Life Guards [1]

33-y Sibirskiy strelkovyy polk [1]

3rd Contingent [1]

47th Sikhs [1]

6th Jat Light Infantry [1]

80th Regiment [1]

9 Light Horse Regiment [1]

9th Mississauga Horse [1]

African Medical Service [1]

Australian Field Artillery, 1st Australian Division [1]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Australian Infantry [1]

Australian Merchant Navy - S.S. Duntroon [1]

Australian Merchant Navy - S.S. Mildura [1]

Australian Merchant Navy - S.S. Rona [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Border Regiment [1]

British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [1]

British South Africa Police [1]

Cameron Highlanders [1]

Canadian Army Service [1]

Canadian Engineers [1]

Canadian Garrison Artillery [1]

Canadian Grenadier Guards [1]

Canadian Infantry Battalion/Alberta Regiment [1]

Canadian Infantry Corps [1]

Canadian Inrfantry [1]

Canadian Railway [1]

Canadian Railway Troops [1]

Chinese Labour Corps [1]

County of London Yeomanry [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

General List [1]

Service

Canadian Expeditionary Force [119]

British Army [59]

Royal Navy [12]

Indian Army [5]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3]

Australian Imperial Force [3]

Other Empire Force [3]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [24]

C [23]

M [23]

S [20]

R [12]

D [11]

P [11]

F [10]

T [9]

J [8]

W [8]

A [5]

G [5]

H [5]

K [5]

L [5]

E [4]

N [3]

I [2]

O [1]

V [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [197]

Country

Canada [11]

United Kingdom [8]

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Place of birth

Parry Sound, Ontario [2] Algoma, Ontario [1] Almond, Big Stone, Minnesota [1] Annapolis, Nova Scotia [1] Aspenden, Hertfordshire [1] Battersea [1] Beaver Lake, Alberta, [1] Boyd MN [1] Buckingam QB [1] Buckingham, Labelle County, Quebec [1] Bulls Island Hd Of Townsend [1] Cadboll [1] Charing Cross London [1] Cheshire [1] Chicoutimi, PQ [1] Childs, Minnesota [1] Chorley, Lancashire [1] Colborne, Huron, Ontario [1] Conisborgh Yorkshire [1] Crooked Lake, Michigan [1] Darjeeling [1] Delhi, Norfolk County North, Ontario [1] Detroit Lake, Becker Ccounty, Minnesota [1] Dover, Kansas [1] Drummondville QB [1] Duck Lake, SK [1] Dufferin, Ontario [1] Edinburgh [1] Ellon, Aberdeenshire [1] Elora, Wellington County, Ontario [1] Essex [1] Fort Erie, ON [1] Galloway [1] Gay's River NS [1] Grey Township, Huron County, Ontario [1] Gungahlin, New South Wales [1] Hamilton, ON [1] Hobart [1] Innisfil Township, Simcoe County, Ontario [1] Kathmandu [1] Kensington, London [1] Kidderminster [1] Lake Lillian, Minnesota [1] Lancaster, Lancashire [1] Langdon, Cavalier County, North Dakota [1] Lausanne [1] Leitche's Creek, Cape Breton Co., Nova Scotia [1] Lewisham Military Hospital [1] Liverpool, Lancashire [1] London [1]

Rank

Private [91] Sapper [21] Captain [17] Lieutenant [12] Major [9] Lieutenant Colonel [8] Second Lieutenant [8] Sergeant [7] Midshipman [5] Commander [4] Gunner [4] Lieutenant Commander [4] Serjeant [4] Lt. Colonel [3] Acting Corporal [2] Colonel [2] Corporal [2] Honorary Lieutenant [2] Lieutenant-Commander [2] Major General [2] Sub Lieutenant [2] Sub-Lieutenant [2] Vice-Admiral [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Sub-Lieutenant [1] Acting-Lieutenant [1] Admiral of the Fleet [1] Air Commodore [1] Air Marshall [1] Brevet Major [1] Brigadier General [1] Brigadier-General [1] Colonel Temporary Brigadier General [1] Driver [1] Engineer in Chief [1] Flight Commander Captain [1] General [1] Hon. Lieutenant [1] Honorary Colonel [1] Honorary Major General [1] Honourary 2nd Lieutenant [1] Kapitan [1] Lance Captain [1] Lance Corporal [1] Lance-Corporal [1] Lieutenant Colonel Acting Brigadier General [1] Lieutenant General [1] Lieutenant and Adjutant [1] Lieutenant-Colonel [1]

Unit

Canadian Infantry [86] Royal Engineers [24] Canadian Army Medical Corps [7] Canadian Mounted Rifles [5] Canadian Field Artillery [3] General Headquarters Staff [3] Indian Army [3] Durham Light Infantry [2] Jodhpore Lancers [2] Life Guards [2] Nepal Army [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Second Life Guards [2] 1/4th Gurkha Rifles [1] 1st Queen Victoria's Own Corps of Guides Cavalry (Frontier Force) (Lumsden's) [1] 2/9th Gurkha Rifles [1] 2nd Life Guards [1] 33-y Sibirskiy strelkovyy polk [1] 3rd Contingent [1] 47th Sikhs [1] 6th Jat Light Infantry [1] 80th Regiment [1] 9 Light Horse Regiment [1] 9th Mississauga Horse [1] African Medical Service [1] Australian Field Artillery, 1st Australian Division [1] Australian Imperial Force [1] Australian Infantry [1] Australian Merchant Navy - S.S. Duntroon [1] Australian Merchant Navy - S.S. Mildura [1] Australian Merchant Navy - S.S. Rona [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Border Regiment [1] British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [1] British South Africa Police [1] Cameron Highlanders [1] Canadian Army Service [1] Canadian Engineers [1] Canadian Garrison Artillery [1] Canadian Grenadier Guards [1] Canadian Infantry Battalion/Alberta Regiment [1] Canadian Infantry Corps [1] Canadian Inrfantry [1] Canadian Railway [1] Canadian Railway Troops [1] Chinese Labour Corps [1] County of London Yeomanry [1] Essex Regiment [1] General List [1]

Service

Canadian Expeditionary Force [119] British Army [59] Royal Navy [12] Indian Army [5] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3] Australian Imperial Force [3] Other Empire Force [3] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [24] C [23] M [23] S [20] R [12] D [11] P [11] F [10] T [9] J [8] W [8] A [5] G [5] H [5] K [5] L [5] E [4] N [3] I [2] O [1] V [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [197]

Country

Canada [11] United Kingdom [8]

Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten

Born 1900

Died 1979

Royal Navy Midshipman HMS Lion

Royal Navy Sub-Lieutenant

Royal Navy Acting-Lieutenant

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Alexander Frank Philip Christison

Born 1893

Died 1993

British Army Lieutenant Cameron Highlanders

British Army Captain Cameron Highlanders

British Army Acting Major Seaforth Highlanders

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Simeon Ste Marie

Born 1875

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 243615

Canadian Expeditionary Force Private Canadian Infantry 206th Battalion

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Berkeley George Andrew Moynihan

Born 1865

Died 1936

British Army Colonel African Medical Service

British Army Colonel Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Major General Royal Army Medical Corps

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S G Menzies

Born 1890

Died 1968

British Army Captain Life Guards/ Staff

British Army Captain Second Life Guards

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Vasily Prootkovsky

Born 1889

Died 1975

British Army Volunteer Slovak British Mission North Russia Expeditionary Force

Other Empire Force Podporuchik Russkaja Imperatorskaja Armija

Other Empire Force Kapitan 33-y Sibirskiy strelkovyy polk

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Edward Welbourne

Born 1894

Died 1966

British Army Second Lieutenant Durham Light Infantry

British Army Captain Durham Light Infantry

British Army Captain Durham Light Infantry

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Kabaka Of Buganda Daudi Abalasangeye

Born 1896

Died 1939

British Army Lance Captain Uganda Unattached List

British Army Captain Uganda Unattached List

British Army Hon. Lieutenant King's African Rifles 4th Uganda Battalion

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Henry Hutton Scott

Born 1890

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force Captain 87th Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force Captain Canadian Grenadier Guards 87th Battalion

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Henry Edmond Walker

Born 1897

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3090182

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3090182 Sapper Canadian Engineers

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Lauchlin Mcdonald

Born 1895

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3181225

Canadian Expeditionary Force Canadian Infantry 17th Reserve Battalion

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Lionel Charles Dunsterville

Born 1865

Died 1946

Indian Army Major General Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force

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Walker Allen Jenkins

Born 1896

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3352524

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3352524 Private Canadian Infantry

Canadian Expeditionary Force Canadian Infantry 15th (Reserve) Bn.

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Edward Stanley Black

Born 1895

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3353402

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3353402 Private Canadian Infantry

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William Parker Blair

Born 1896

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2356068

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2356068 Private Canadian Infantry

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Willard Patriquin

Born 1889

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3352284

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3352284 Private Canadian Infantry

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Charles Torkelson

Born 1897

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3353940

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3353940 Private Canadian Infantry

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Philip Bunts Wood

Born 1896

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2448538

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2448538 Private Canadian Infantry

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Walter George Ogilvie

Born 1896

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3353802

Canadian Expeditionary Force Private Canadian Infantry 15th Reserve Btn

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S G Menzies

Born 1890

Died 1968

British Army Lieutenant Life Guards

British Army Captain

British Army Captain Second Life Guards

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