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London [8]

Birmingham [3]

Bristol [3]

Glasgow [3]

Madras [3]

Belfast [2]

Blackburn [2]

Brighton Sussex [2]

Carlisle Cumberland [2]

Dublin [2]

Fitzroy Victoria [2]

Freshwater, Isle of Wight [2]

Gloucester [2]

Great Yarmouth [2]

Isle of Wight [2]

Newport, Isle of Wight [2]

Portsea, Hampshire [2]

Portsmouth [2]

Southampton [2]

Aberchirder Banffshire [1]

Avoch Rosssshire [1]

Avoch near Inverness [1]

Aylesbury [1]

Bandara Bombay [1]

Bankhead, Forgue, Aberdeenshire [1]

Barrhead, Renfrewshire [1]

Battersea Surrey [1]

Bedminster, Bristol, Somerset [1]

Bexley Heath Kent [1]

Bicester Oxfordshire [1]

Bilsington, Ashford, Kent [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire, England [1]

Bishop Aukland [1]

Blakeney, Norfolk [1]

Bolarum [1]

Bombay [1]

Botley Fareham Hampshire [1]

Bournemouth [1]

Bow, London [1]

Bracebridge, Lincoln [1]

Bradford [1]

Brading, Isle of Wight [1]

Brentford [1]

Brightlingsea Essex [1]

Brora, Sutherlandshire [1]

Burton on Trent, Staffordshire [1]

Calne Wiltshire [1]

Carisbrooke Hampshire [1]

Carlisle, Cumberland [1]

Charing Cross, London [1]

Rank

Gunner [204]

Private [127]

Driver [81]

Serjeant [46]

Bombardier [45]

Corporal [27]

Acting Bombardier [17]

Lance Corporal [15]

Staff Serjeant [14]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [8]

Acting Serjeant [7]

Lieutenant [7]

Sapper [6]

Second Lieutenant [6]

Trumpeter [6]

Able Seaman [5]

Sub Conductor [5]

4th Class Assistant Surgeon [4]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4]

Captain [4]

Sergeant [4]

Staff Sergeant [4]

3rd Class Assistant Surgeon [3]

Assistant Surgeon [3]

Battery Serjeant Major [3]

Pte [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Battery Sergeant Major [2]

Company Sergeant Major [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Conductor [2]

Drummer [2]

L/Cpl [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Major [2]

Seaman [2]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

1st Class Airman [1]

1st class airman [1]

2nd Class Air Mechanic [1]

2nd Class Airman [1]

2nd class airman [1]

Acting Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Sister [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Armourer Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [313]

Royal Garrison Artillery [28]

Dorsetshire Regiment [19]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [17]

Royal Engineers [15]

Hampshire Regiment [14]

Norfolk Regiment [13]

Indian Defence Force [12]

East Surrey Regiment [11]

Royal Naval Reserve [11]

Royal Horse Artillery [10]

Hussars [9]

Royal West Kent Regiment [8]

Labour Corps [7]

Royal Artillery [6]

14th Hussars [5]

Border Regiment [5]

Corps of Hussars [5]

HMS Alert [5]

Indian Medical Department [5]

Mercantile Marine Reserve [5]

Royal Flying Corps [5]

Essex Regiment [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

Royal Sussex Regiment [4]

Volunteer Artillery Battery [4]

14th (King's) Hussars [3]

7th (Queen's Own) Hussars [3]

7th Hussars [3]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

Indian Army [3]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

Royal Garrison Artillery 86th Hvy Bty [3]

The Queen's Regiment [3]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2]

Army Service Corps [2]

Cameron Highlanders [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

Gordon Highlanders [2]

Hampshire Regiment Territorial Force [2]

Indian Subordinate Medical Department [2]

Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Military Works Service [2]

North Waziristan Militia [2]

Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [2]

RFC [2]

Royal Naval Reserve: HM Yacht Zaida [2]

Service

British Army [582]

Royal Navy [30]

Indian Army [23]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [16]

Australian Imperial Force [7]

Other Empire Force [7]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [69]

S [68]

B [64]

W [58]

C [47]

M [44]

G [35]

P [33]

R [33]

D [28]

L [26]

F [24]

A [23]

T [21]

K [16]

N [15]

E [11]

O [11]

J [10]

I [5]

V [4]

Y [3]

Q [2]

U [2]

Contribution

Military Service [616]

Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [24]

India [6]

Myanmar [1]

New Zealand [1]

Pakistan [1]

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People [652] Stories Communities

Place of birth

London [8] Birmingham [3] Bristol [3] Glasgow [3] Madras [3] Belfast [2] Blackburn [2] Brighton Sussex [2] Carlisle Cumberland [2] Dublin [2] Fitzroy Victoria [2] Freshwater, Isle of Wight [2] Gloucester [2] Great Yarmouth [2] Isle of Wight [2] Newport, Isle of Wight [2] Portsea, Hampshire [2] Portsmouth [2] Southampton [2] Aberchirder Banffshire [1] Avoch Rosssshire [1] Avoch near Inverness [1] Aylesbury [1] Bandara Bombay [1] Bankhead, Forgue, Aberdeenshire [1] Barrhead, Renfrewshire [1] Battersea Surrey [1] Bedminster, Bristol, Somerset [1] Bexley Heath Kent [1] Bicester Oxfordshire [1] Bilsington, Ashford, Kent [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire, England [1] Bishop Aukland [1] Blakeney, Norfolk [1] Bolarum [1] Bombay [1] Botley Fareham Hampshire [1] Bournemouth [1] Bow, London [1] Bracebridge, Lincoln [1] Bradford [1] Brading, Isle of Wight [1] Brentford [1] Brightlingsea Essex [1] Brora, Sutherlandshire [1] Burton on Trent, Staffordshire [1] Calne Wiltshire [1] Carisbrooke Hampshire [1] Carlisle, Cumberland [1] Charing Cross, London [1]

Rank

Gunner [204] Private [127] Driver [81] Serjeant [46] Bombardier [45] Corporal [27] Acting Bombardier [17] Lance Corporal [15] Staff Serjeant [14] Warrant Officer Class 2 [8] Acting Serjeant [7] Lieutenant [7] Sapper [6] Second Lieutenant [6] Trumpeter [6] Able Seaman [5] Sub Conductor [5] 4th Class Assistant Surgeon [4] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [4] Captain [4] Sergeant [4] Staff Sergeant [4] 3rd Class Assistant Surgeon [3] Assistant Surgeon [3] Battery Serjeant Major [3] Pte [3] Acting Corporal [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Battery Sergeant Major [2] Company Sergeant Major [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Conductor [2] Drummer [2] L/Cpl [2] Leading Seaman [2] Major [2] Seaman [2] Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] 1st Class Airman [1] 1st class airman [1] 2nd Class Air Mechanic [1] 2nd Class Airman [1] 2nd class airman [1] Acting Battery Serjeant Major [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Sister [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Armourer Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [313] Royal Garrison Artillery [28] Dorsetshire Regiment [19] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [17] Royal Engineers [15] Hampshire Regiment [14] Norfolk Regiment [13] Indian Defence Force [12] East Surrey Regiment [11] Royal Naval Reserve [11] Royal Horse Artillery [10] Hussars [9] Royal West Kent Regiment [8] Labour Corps [7] Royal Artillery [6] 14th Hussars [5] Border Regiment [5] Corps of Hussars [5] HMS Alert [5] Indian Medical Department [5] Mercantile Marine Reserve [5] Royal Flying Corps [5] Essex Regiment [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] Royal Sussex Regiment [4] Volunteer Artillery Battery [4] 14th (King's) Hussars [3] 7th (Queen's Own) Hussars [3] 7th Hussars [3] Devonshire Regiment [3] Indian Army [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] Royal Garrison Artillery 86th Hvy Bty [3] The Queen's Regiment [3] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2] Army Service Corps [2] Cameron Highlanders [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] Gordon Highlanders [2] Hampshire Regiment Territorial Force [2] Indian Subordinate Medical Department [2] Lancashire Fusiliers [2] Liverpool Regiment [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Military Works Service [2] North Waziristan Militia [2] Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [2] RFC [2] Royal Naval Reserve: HM Yacht Zaida [2]

Service

British Army [582] Royal Navy [30] Indian Army [23] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [16] Australian Imperial Force [7] Other Empire Force [7] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [69] S [68] B [64] W [58] C [47] M [44] G [35] P [33] R [33] D [28] L [26] F [24] A [23] T [21] K [16] N [15] E [11] O [11] J [10] I [5] V [4] Y [3] Q [2] U [2]

Contribution

Military Service [616] Merchant Navy [2]

Country

United Kingdom [24] India [6] Myanmar [1] New Zealand [1] Pakistan [1]

James F Petrie

Born 1899

British Army Lieutenant North Waziristan Militia

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Charles Chiddy

British Army 90012 Farrier Staff Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

British Army 202955 Farrier Staff Serjeant Royal Garrison Artillery

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R H Bondville

Died 1916

Indian Army 61 Gunner Volunteer Artillery Battery

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Richard Sherman

Born 1875

British Army 7344 Corporal Royal Garrison Artillery

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Edwin Brook Holt

Born 1890

Died 1970

Indian Army 4th Class Assistant Surgeon Indian Medical Department

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Harold Arthur Thompson Wells

Died 1944

British Army 3rd Class Assistant Surgeon Indian Medical Department

British Army 4th Class Assistant Surgeon Indian Medical Department

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Frederick Fleetwood Owers

Born 1885

British Army Assistant Surgeon Indian Medical Department

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Robert Morison Dundas

Born 1871

British Army Major Indian Army

Indian Army Major Volunteers Bengal & North Western Railway Volunteer Rifles

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Valentine Cresse Smith

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 770 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Charles King

Died 1916

British Army 11963 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

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Percy Walter Long

British Army 67528 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Robert Markham Carter

Born 1876

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Indian Medical Service Admiralty

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