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Maidstone, Kent [2]

Ardleigh, Colchester [1]

Ballincollig, Cork [1]

Belfast [1]

Birmingham [1]

Blayden, Gateshead [1]

Camberwell, Surrey [1]

Camden Park, New South Wales [1]

Craigiehall near Cramond, Midlothian [1]

Cullen, Banff [1]

Darlington, County Durham [1]

Dublin [1]

Dunmow, Essex [1]

Fairford, Gloucestershire [1]

Finningham Suffolk [1]

Great Yarmouth [1]

Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1]

Ipswich, Suffolk [1]

Kenilworth, Warwickshire [1]

Kennington,Lambeth,Surrey. [1]

Kennington,Surrey [1]

Kensington, London [1]

Kentish Town, London [1]

London [1]

London, Middlesex [1]

Loose, Kent [1]

Lyncombe, Somerset [1]

Norwich, Norfolk [1]

Notting Hill, Kensington, London [1]

Odiham, Hampshire [1]

Orton, Westmorland [1]

Rawtenstall, Lancs [1]

Redditch, Worcestershire [1]

Seal, Sevenoaks, Kent [1]

Somers Town, St Pancras, Middlesex [1]

South Lambeth, London [1]

Spalding, Lincs [1]

St. Paul's, Leics [1]

Stockton, Durham [1]

Templemore [1]

Tottenham, London [1]

Walsall [1]

Walthamstow, Essex [1]

Worthing, Sussex [1]

Yateley, Hampshire [1]

Yetminster, Dorset [1]

Rank

Private [267]

Lance Corporal [30]

Serjeant [27]

Corporal [25]

Second Lieutenant [9]

Captain [7]

Lieutenant [7]

Lance Serjeant [6]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Major [4]

Squadron Serjeant Major [3]

Trumpeter [3]

Farrier Serjeant [2]

Shoeing Smith [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Staff Serjeant Major [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Corporal of Horse [1]

Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Gunner [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Saddler [1]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Unit

16th (The Queen's) Lancers [203]

Lancers [122]

16th Lancers [103]

Corps of Lancers [28]

Military Mounted Police [11]

East Surrey Regiment [8]

Machine Gun Corps [7]

Army Service Corps [4]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [3]

Royal Engineers [3]

Royal Field Artillery [3]

16th Hussars [2]

Bedford Yeomanry [2]

Employment Company [2]

Household Cavalry And Cavalry Of The Line [2]

Labour Corps [2]

Lancers of the Line [2]

Machine Gun Guards [2]

Reserve Cavalry Regiment [2]

Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

Royal West Kent Regiment [2]

The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [2]

12th Lancers [1]

16th (Queen's) Lancers [1]

16th (THe Queen's) Lancers [1]

16th (The Queen's ) Lancers [1]

16th (The Queen's)Lancers [1]

16th (The Queens) Lancers [1]

17th Lancers [1]

17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge's Own) [1]

5th Lancers [1]

655th Employment Company [1]

ALIAS [1]

Army Reserve [1]

City of London Yeomanry [1]

Corps of Hussars [1]

East Kent Regiment [1]

Household Calvary. [1]

Household Cavalry and Cavalry of the Line [1]

Household Cavalry and Cavalry of the line including the Yeomanry and Imperial Camel Corps [1]

Hussars [1]

Lancashire Regiment [1]

Lancers attached Northamptonshire Yeomanry [1]

London Regiment [1]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

Military Police [1]

Northamptonshire Yeomanry [1]

Reserve Cavalry [1]

Royal Army Service Corps [1]

Service

British Army [337]

Last name first letter

B [32]

S [32]

H [30]

W [28]

C [26]

M [24]

P [20]

L [19]

G [18]

K [16]

A [14]

D [13]

F [13]

R [13]

J [12]

N [9]

T [7]

E [6]

O [2]

I [1]

V [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [337]

Country

United Kingdom [23]

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People [337] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Maidstone, Kent [2] Ardleigh, Colchester [1] Ballincollig, Cork [1] Belfast [1] Birmingham [1] Blayden, Gateshead [1] Camberwell, Surrey [1] Camden Park, New South Wales [1] Craigiehall near Cramond, Midlothian [1] Cullen, Banff [1] Darlington, County Durham [1] Dublin [1] Dunmow, Essex [1] Fairford, Gloucestershire [1] Finningham Suffolk [1] Great Yarmouth [1] Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1] Ipswich, Suffolk [1] Kenilworth, Warwickshire [1] Kennington,Lambeth,Surrey. [1] Kennington,Surrey [1] Kensington, London [1] Kentish Town, London [1] London [1] London, Middlesex [1] Loose, Kent [1] Lyncombe, Somerset [1] Norwich, Norfolk [1] Notting Hill, Kensington, London [1] Odiham, Hampshire [1] Orton, Westmorland [1] Rawtenstall, Lancs [1] Redditch, Worcestershire [1] Seal, Sevenoaks, Kent [1] Somers Town, St Pancras, Middlesex [1] South Lambeth, London [1] Spalding, Lincs [1] St. Paul's, Leics [1] Stockton, Durham [1] Templemore [1] Tottenham, London [1] Walsall [1] Walthamstow, Essex [1] Worthing, Sussex [1] Yateley, Hampshire [1] Yetminster, Dorset [1]

Rank

Private [267] Lance Corporal [30] Serjeant [27] Corporal [25] Second Lieutenant [9] Captain [7] Lieutenant [7] Lance Serjeant [6] Acting Serjeant [4] Major [4] Squadron Serjeant Major [3] Trumpeter [3] Farrier Serjeant [2] Shoeing Smith [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Staff Serjeant Major [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Acting Captain [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Acting Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Corporal of Horse [1] Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Gunner [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Saddler [1] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Unit

16th (The Queen's) Lancers [203] Lancers [122] 16th Lancers [103] Corps of Lancers [28] Military Mounted Police [11] East Surrey Regiment [8] Machine Gun Corps [7] Army Service Corps [4] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [3] Royal Engineers [3] Royal Field Artillery [3] 16th Hussars [2] Bedford Yeomanry [2] Employment Company [2] Household Cavalry And Cavalry Of The Line [2] Labour Corps [2] Lancers of the Line [2] Machine Gun Guards [2] Reserve Cavalry Regiment [2] Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] Royal West Kent Regiment [2] The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [2] 12th Lancers [1] 16th (Queen's) Lancers [1] 16th (THe Queen's) Lancers [1] 16th (The Queen's ) Lancers [1] 16th (The Queen's)Lancers [1] 16th (The Queens) Lancers [1] 17th Lancers [1] 17th Lancers (Duke of Cambridge's Own) [1] 5th Lancers [1] 655th Employment Company [1] ALIAS [1] Army Reserve [1] City of London Yeomanry [1] Corps of Hussars [1] East Kent Regiment [1] Household Calvary. [1] Household Cavalry and Cavalry of the Line [1] Household Cavalry and Cavalry of the line including the Yeomanry and Imperial Camel Corps [1] Hussars [1] Lancashire Regiment [1] Lancers attached Northamptonshire Yeomanry [1] London Regiment [1] Middlesex Regiment [1] Military Police [1] Northamptonshire Yeomanry [1] Reserve Cavalry [1] Royal Army Service Corps [1]

Service

British Army [337]

Last name first letter

B [32] S [32] H [30] W [28] C [26] M [24] P [20] L [19] G [18] K [16] A [14] D [13] F [13] R [13] J [12] N [9] T [7] E [6] O [2] I [1] V [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [337]

Country

United Kingdom [23]

Edgar Fewster

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 32443 Private East Surrey Regiment

British Army GS/4596 Private 16th Lancers

British Army L/9942 Private 16th (The Queen's) Lancers

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Walter James Smith

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army 5028 Private Lancers

British Army 5028 Acting Serjeant 16th (The Queen's) Lancers

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Sidney G Hill

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 5070 Private Lancers

British Army L/5076 Private Lancers

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Isaac Purvis

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army 17L/5032 Private Lancers

British Army 5032 Lance Corporal 16th (The Queen's) Lancers

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James Edgar Wybrow

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army L/5000 Private Lancers

British Army 5000 Private 16th (The Queen's) Lancers

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John Francis Kennedy

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army L/4668 Private 16th (The Queen's) Lancers

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Frederick J Cuthbert

Born 1881

Died 1921

British Army 16L/5141 Private 16th Lancers

British Army L/13124 Private Corps of Lancers

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Arthur H Hayden

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army L 2938 Private Hussars

British Army 2938 Private 16th (The Queen's) Lancers

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Albert Newborne

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army L/3060 Private 16th Lancers

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Charles A Lindsay

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army L/5045 Private Lancers

British Army 16th (The Queen's) Lancers

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Arthur John Owen

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army L/4944 Private 16th (The Queen's) Lancers

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Albert Samuel Blissitt

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army L/5187 Private 16th (The Queen's) Lancers

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Haydn Andrew

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 16L/4855 Private 16th Lancers

British Army L/13090 Private 16th (The Queen's) Lancers

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William Kitchen

Born 1875

Died 1914

British Army 3839 Private Lancashire Regiment

British Army 3839 Private 16th (The Queen's) Lancers

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Hugh J Kemp

Died 1914

British Army 3287 Lance Corporal Lancers

British Army L3287 Private Lancers

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John Harold Mcdermott

Born 1887

Died 1914

British Army 16L/4752 Serjeant 16th (The Queen's) Lancers

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Benjamin Ambler

Died 1918

British Army L/5088 Private 16th Lancers

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George H Jones

Died 1915

British Army RL/4529 Private Lancers

British Army 16th (The Queen's) Lancers

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Sydney Nightingale

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army M2/156891 Private Army Service Corps

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Alfred Albert Jordan

Born 1882

Died 1914

British Army 10L/4503 Private 16th (The Queen's) Lancers

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