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Sheffield [3]

Bacup, Lancashire [1]

Bernafay Wood [1]

Brooklyn, New York, New York [1]

Chiswick [1]

Desborough, Northants [1]

Devonport, Devon [1]

Eastbourne [1]

Fulham [1]

Heigham, Norwich, Norfolk [1]

Llansannan, Denbigshire [1]

Namur [1]

Nottingham [1]

Parkhurst, Isle of Wight [1]

St Agnes, Cornwall [1]

Rank

Private [97]

Captain [40]

Serjeant [17]

Lieutenant [15]

Colonel [11]

Major [10]

Second Lieutenant [9]

Lieutenant Colonel [8]

Acting Corporal [5]

Staff Serjeant [5]

Temporary Captain [5]

Major General [4]

Reverend [4]

Lieutenant and Quarter Master [3]

Surgeon General [3]

Brevet Colonel [2]

Corporal [2]

Lance Corporal [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Acting Colonel [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Brigadier [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Captain and Quarter Master [1]

Captain and Quartermaster [1]

Chaplain [1]

Chaplain 4th Class [1]

Chaplain to the Forces 1st Class [1]

Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class [1]

Colonel /Temporary Surgeon General [1]

Colonel/Temporary Major General [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Dental Officer [1]

Driver [1]

Honorary Chaplain to the Forces [1]

Honorary Colonel /Temporary Major General [1]

Lieutenant Captain [1]

Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Colonel [1]

Lieutenant Colonel Temporary Colonel [1]

Lieutenant Colonel/Temporary Colonel [1]

Lieutenant General [1]

Major (acting) [1]

Quarter Master and Lieutenant [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sapper [1]

Senior Reserve [1]

Unit

Royal Army Medical Corps [145]

Army Service Corps [13]

Army Chaplain's Department [6]

Army Medical Service [6]

Staff [5]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [4]

Royal Army Chaplain's Department [4]

Royal Engineers [4]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

London Regiment [2]

Scottish Rifles [2]

11th Royal Scots [1]

17th Lancers [1]

27th Brigade 11th Division [1]

28th Punjabis [1]

8th Royal Highlanders [1]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1]

Army Medical Corps [1]

Army Medical Corps/ General Headquarters Staff [1]

Army Medical Services [1]

Army Service Corps Motor Transport attached Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Army Service Corps attached Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Border Regiment [1]

Cameron Highlanders [1]

Canadian Cavalry Brigade [1]

Divisional Column Headquarters Staff [1]

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [1]

Field Ambulance [1]

General Headquarters Staff [1]

General Staff [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

Hampshire Yeomanry [1]

Highland Light Infantry [1]

His Majesty's Hospital Ship Britannic [1]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry attached 48th Division [1]

Labour Corps [1]

Lahore British General Hospital [1]

Late Royal Artillery/ Staff [1]

Medical Service and Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Medical Services [1]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

No.9 Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Norfolk Regiment [1]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1]

RAMC [1]

Rifle Brigade [1]

Service

British Army [217]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [28]

S [26]

W [21]

H [18]

M [18]

R [14]

C [13]

L [13]

G [10]

J [8]

T [8]

D [7]

A [6]

E [6]

P [6]

F [5]

O [5]

K [2]

I [1]

N [1]

U [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [218]

Country

United Kingdom [10]

India [1]

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People [218] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Sheffield [3] Bacup, Lancashire [1] Bernafay Wood [1] Brooklyn, New York, New York [1] Chiswick [1] Desborough, Northants [1] Devonport, Devon [1] Eastbourne [1] Fulham [1] Heigham, Norwich, Norfolk [1] Llansannan, Denbigshire [1] Namur [1] Nottingham [1] Parkhurst, Isle of Wight [1] St Agnes, Cornwall [1]

Rank

Private [97] Captain [40] Serjeant [17] Lieutenant [15] Colonel [11] Major [10] Second Lieutenant [9] Lieutenant Colonel [8] Acting Corporal [5] Staff Serjeant [5] Temporary Captain [5] Major General [4] Reverend [4] Lieutenant and Quarter Master [3] Surgeon General [3] Brevet Colonel [2] Corporal [2] Lance Corporal [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Acting Colonel [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Brigadier [1] Brigadier General [1] Captain and Quarter Master [1] Captain and Quartermaster [1] Chaplain [1] Chaplain 4th Class [1] Chaplain to the Forces 1st Class [1] Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class [1] Colonel /Temporary Surgeon General [1] Colonel/Temporary Major General [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Dental Officer [1] Driver [1] Honorary Chaplain to the Forces [1] Honorary Colonel /Temporary Major General [1] Lieutenant Captain [1] Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Colonel [1] Lieutenant Colonel Temporary Colonel [1] Lieutenant Colonel/Temporary Colonel [1] Lieutenant General [1] Major (acting) [1] Quarter Master and Lieutenant [1] Rifleman [1] Sapper [1] Senior Reserve [1]

Unit

Royal Army Medical Corps [145] Army Service Corps [13] Army Chaplain's Department [6] Army Medical Service [6] Staff [5] King's Own Scottish Borderers [4] Royal Army Chaplain's Department [4] Royal Engineers [4] Cheshire Regiment [2] London Regiment [2] Scottish Rifles [2] 11th Royal Scots [1] 17th Lancers [1] 27th Brigade 11th Division [1] 28th Punjabis [1] 8th Royal Highlanders [1] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1] Army Medical Corps [1] Army Medical Corps/ General Headquarters Staff [1] Army Medical Services [1] Army Service Corps Motor Transport attached Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Army Service Corps attached Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Border Regiment [1] Cameron Highlanders [1] Canadian Cavalry Brigade [1] Divisional Column Headquarters Staff [1] Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [1] Field Ambulance [1] General Headquarters Staff [1] General Staff [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] Hampshire Yeomanry [1] Highland Light Infantry [1] His Majesty's Hospital Ship Britannic [1] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1] King's Shropshire Light Infantry attached 48th Division [1] Labour Corps [1] Lahore British General Hospital [1] Late Royal Artillery/ Staff [1] Medical Service and Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Medical Services [1] Middlesex Regiment [1] No.9 Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Norfolk Regiment [1] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1] RAMC [1] Rifle Brigade [1]

Service

British Army [217] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [28] S [26] W [21] H [18] M [18] R [14] C [13] L [13] G [10] J [8] T [8] D [7] A [6] E [6] P [6] F [5] O [5] K [2] I [1] N [1] U [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [218]

Country

United Kingdom [10] India [1]

George Woolhouse

Born 1896

Died 1914

British Army 8036 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 8036 Private Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

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Armine Bridges

Born 1878

Died 1962

British Army 480473 Serjeant Royal Engineers

British Army T2112 Serjeant Royal Engineers

British Army 4345 Norfolk Regiment

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Albert Chapman

Born 1893

Died 1969

British Army 31899 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Private Royal Army Medical Corps 27th Field Ambulance

British Army 31899 59th Field Ambulance

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Harry Newton Jennings

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army 7187 Private London Regiment

British Army 613128 Private London Regiment

British Army 613128 Private London Regiment 19th (County of London) Battalion (St. Pancras).

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Charles Edward Spackman

Born 1891

Died 1969

British Army 9522 Private Border Regiment

British Army Sergeant The Border Regiment 1st Battalion

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Thomas Charles Howatson

Born 1875

Died 1937

British Army Captain Army Veterinary Corps

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Otto William Alexander Elsner

Born 1871

Died 1953

British Army Major Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Temporary Colonel Divisional Column Headquarters Staff

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Harry Fidler

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 26468 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 26468 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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John James Chapman

Born 1879

Died 1915

British Army 221364 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army WR 20663 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Horace Sampson Roch

Born 1876

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Army Medical Corps

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Joseph Rixon

British Army 27479 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

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Stephen Wilder

British Army 6557 Private London Regiment

British Army 505036 Private London Regiment

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H A L Rose

Died 1918

British Army Major Royal Artillery/Staff

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John G Richardson

British Army 39683 Serjeant Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 39683 Warrant Officer Class 1 Royal Army Medical Corps

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Herbert Hobson

British Army 32171 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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R G Wardrop

British Army 32509 Acting Corporal Royal Army Medical Corps

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A C Hancock

British Army Temporary Captain Royal Army Medical Corps

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Joseph H Yesson

British Army 26466 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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James W Emmerson

British Army 32203 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Leslie E Stoneham

British Army M2/053901 Private Army Service Corps

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