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London [14]

Winnipeg, Manitoba [6]

Dublin [4]

Hemsworth, Yorkshire [4]

Ingatestone, Essex [3]

Oldham, Lancashire [3]

Athens [2]

Blenheim NZ [2]

Goulburn New South Wales [2]

Pietermaritzburg [2]

Valetta [2]

4 Mayhill Terrace, Farnborough, Hampshire [1]

Aldham, Suffolk [1]

Auckland [1]

Baldur, Manitoba [1]

Bay of Plenty [1]

Bournemouth, Dorset [1]

Brighton, Sussex [1]

Burwood Victoria [1]

Canterbury, Kent [1]

Castle Dermott, Kildare [1]

Catterick, Yorkshire [1]

Celbridge, Kildare [1]

Chakrala, Punjabi [1]

Chatham, Kent [1]

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1]

County Kildare [1]

DUNEDIN [1]

Darlington [1]

Dauphin, Manitoba [1]

Dulwich, Surrey [1]

Edingburgh [1]

Farnborough, Hampshire [1]

Goulburn, New South Wales [1]

Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1]

Great yarmouth, Norfolk [1]

Hamilton,ON [1]

Hampstead, London [1]

Hogsthorpe, Alford, Lincolnshire [1]

Hurda [1]

Kapunda South Australia [1]

Kenora, Ontario [1]

Kensington, London [1]

Lahore [1]

Lambeth, London [1]

Lampton, Plympton, Ontario [1]

Limehouse, London [1]

Lisbon [1]

Londonderry [1]

Lymington, Hants [1]

Rank

Captain [44]

Second Lieutenant [33]

Lieutenant [21]

Private [20]

Major [13]

Lieutenant Colonel [7]

Commander [5]

Admiral [3]

Lieutenant Commander [3]

Rear Admiral [3]

Acting Captain [2]

Acting Major [2]

Brigadier General [2]

Corporal [2]

Lance Corporal [2]

Lieutenant Acting Major [2]

Rear-Admiral [2]

Reverend [2]

Vice-Admiral [2]

Acting Corporal [1]

Brevet Colonel [1]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Captain (Temporary) [1]

Captain Major [1]

Captain Temporary Major [1]

Chaplain [1]

Chaplain 3rd Class [1]

Chaplain 4th Class [1]

Commodore [1]

Flight Cadet [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Lieutenant-Commander [1]

Major Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Midshipman [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Private 2nd Class [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sapper [1]

Sergeant [1]

Serjeant [1]

Squadron Commander [1]

Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Brigadier General [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Vice Admiral [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [8]

Royal Engineers [6]

London Regiment [5]

Army Service Corps [4]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

Royal Flying Corps [4]

Canadian Infantry [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Royal Garrison Artillery [3]

York and Lancaster Regiment [3]

East African Mounted Rifles [2]

General Headquarters Staff [2]

General List [2]

Indian Army [2]

Labour Corps [2]

Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

Norfolk Regiment [2]

Shropshire Yeomanry attached Shropshire Light Infantry [2]

South Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Staff [2]

Yorkshire Regiment [2]

2/1st Lancashire Hussars [1]

22 Punjabis [1]

29th Punjabis [1]

3rd Field Ambulance [1]

58th Battalion [1]

5th Dragoon Guards [1]

5th Dragoon Guards (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) [1]

9th Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

Army Chaplain's Department attached 22nd Brigade Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Army Chaplains' Department [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Army Ordnance Depot [1]

Attached East African Forces Sudan [1]

Attached Gold Coast Regiment [1]

Australian Flying Corps/ Royal Flying Corps [1]

Australian Infantry Battalion [1]

Border Regiment [1]

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

Canadian Mounted Rifles [1]

Canterbury Infantry Regiment [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

Divisional Headquarters [1]

Dragoons attached Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [1]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1]

East Africa Unattached List [1]

East African Cavalry Division [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [102]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [23]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [18]

Royal Navy [18]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [8]

Australian Imperial Force [7]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [27]

G [17]

L [17]

H [15]

S [15]

P [13]

D [12]

M [12]

C [10]

F [9]

W [7]

A [5]

K [4]

N [4]

R [4]

T [3]

E [2]

O [1]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [176]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [10]

Canada [1]

Ireland [1]

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People [178] Stories Communities

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London [14] Winnipeg, Manitoba [6] Dublin [4] Hemsworth, Yorkshire [4] Ingatestone, Essex [3] Oldham, Lancashire [3] Athens [2] Blenheim NZ [2] Goulburn New South Wales [2] Pietermaritzburg [2] Valetta [2] 4 Mayhill Terrace, Farnborough, Hampshire [1] Aldham, Suffolk [1] Auckland [1] Baldur, Manitoba [1] Bay of Plenty [1] Bournemouth, Dorset [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Burwood Victoria [1] Canterbury, Kent [1] Castle Dermott, Kildare [1] Catterick, Yorkshire [1] Celbridge, Kildare [1] Chakrala, Punjabi [1] Chatham, Kent [1] Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1] County Kildare [1] DUNEDIN [1] Darlington [1] Dauphin, Manitoba [1] Dulwich, Surrey [1] Edingburgh [1] Farnborough, Hampshire [1] Goulburn, New South Wales [1] Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [1] Great yarmouth, Norfolk [1] Hamilton,ON [1] Hampstead, London [1] Hogsthorpe, Alford, Lincolnshire [1] Hurda [1] Kapunda South Australia [1] Kenora, Ontario [1] Kensington, London [1] Lahore [1] Lambeth, London [1] Lampton, Plympton, Ontario [1] Limehouse, London [1] Lisbon [1] Londonderry [1] Lymington, Hants [1]

Rank

Captain [44] Second Lieutenant [33] Lieutenant [21] Private [20] Major [13] Lieutenant Colonel [7] Commander [5] Admiral [3] Lieutenant Commander [3] Rear Admiral [3] Acting Captain [2] Acting Major [2] Brigadier General [2] Corporal [2] Lance Corporal [2] Lieutenant Acting Major [2] Rear-Admiral [2] Reverend [2] Vice-Admiral [2] Acting Corporal [1] Brevet Colonel [1] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1] Captain (Temporary) [1] Captain Major [1] Captain Temporary Major [1] Chaplain [1] Chaplain 3rd Class [1] Chaplain 4th Class [1] Commodore [1] Flight Cadet [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Lieutenant-Commander [1] Major Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1] Midshipman [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Private 2nd Class [1] Rifleman [1] Sapper [1] Sergeant [1] Serjeant [1] Squadron Commander [1] Sub-Lieutenant [1] Temporary Brigadier General [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Vice Admiral [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [8] Royal Engineers [6] London Regiment [5] Army Service Corps [4] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] Royal Flying Corps [4] Canadian Infantry [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Royal Garrison Artillery [3] York and Lancaster Regiment [3] East African Mounted Rifles [2] General Headquarters Staff [2] General List [2] Indian Army [2] Labour Corps [2] Lancashire Fusiliers [2] Norfolk Regiment [2] Shropshire Yeomanry attached Shropshire Light Infantry [2] South Staffordshire Regiment [2] Staff [2] Yorkshire Regiment [2] 2/1st Lancashire Hussars [1] 22 Punjabis [1] 29th Punjabis [1] 3rd Field Ambulance [1] 58th Battalion [1] 5th Dragoon Guards [1] 5th Dragoon Guards (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) [1] 9th Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1] Army Chaplain's Department attached 22nd Brigade Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Army Chaplains' Department [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Army Ordnance Depot [1] Attached East African Forces Sudan [1] Attached Gold Coast Regiment [1] Australian Flying Corps/ Royal Flying Corps [1] Australian Infantry Battalion [1] Border Regiment [1] British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [1] Canadian Mounted Rifles [1] Canterbury Infantry Regiment [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] Divisional Headquarters [1] Dragoons attached Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [1] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [1] East Africa Unattached List [1] East African Cavalry Division [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [102] Canadian Expeditionary Force [23] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [18] Royal Navy [18] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [8] Australian Imperial Force [7] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [27] G [17] L [17] H [15] S [15] P [13] D [12] M [12] C [10] F [9] W [7] A [5] K [4] N [4] R [4] T [3] E [2] O [1] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [176] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [10] Canada [1] Ireland [1]

Charles Harold Blackburne

Born 1876

Died 1918

British Army Captain Reserve of Officers

British Army Brevet Lieutenant Colonel 5th Dragoon Guards

British Army Lieutenant Colonel 5th Dragoon Guards (Princess Charlotte of Wales's)

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Hubert Edmond Francis De Trafford

Born 1893

Died 1974

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Dragoon Guards 1st Battalion

British Army Captain Royal Dragoon Guards 1st Battalion

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Edward Charles Randolph Kilkelly

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

British Army Lieutenant Acting Major Royal Field Artillery

British Army Major Royal Field Artillery

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William Henry Fairfax-Cholmeley

Born 1872

Died 1939

British Army Acting Captain General List

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Ralph Leatham, K

Born 1886

Died 1954

Royal Navy Lieutenant

Royal Navy Commander

Royal Navy Captain

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Thomas Cecil De Trafford

Born 1881

Died 1914

British Army Captain Royal Fusiliers 4th Battalion

British Army Captain Royal Fusiliers

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Henry Joseph De Trafford

Born 1877

Died 1915

British Army Captain South Staffordshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army Captain South Staffordshire Regiment

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Godfrey Bruce Aloysius Plowden

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army Captain Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Harry William Blackburne

Born 1878

Died 1963

British Army Chaplain 3rd Class General Headquarters Staff

British Army Chaplain 3rd Field Ambulance

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Alfred Wyndham Paget, K.

Born 1852

Died 1918

Royal Navy Admiral

Royal Navy Commodore Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy Captain (Temporary) Royal Naval Reserve

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Louis Edmund Harington Molyneux-Seel

Born 1872

Died 1914

British Army Captain Border Regiment

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William Erdeswick Ignatius Butler-Bowdon

Born 1880

Died 1956

British Army Major Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

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Leslie Randal Mascarenhas

Born 1882

Died 1964

Canadian Expeditionary Force 540392

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Lloyd Kendall Wilson

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 179497 Private 2nd Class Royal Air Force

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Flight Cadet Royal Air Force

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant Royal Air Force

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Walter Philip Montagu

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army Reverend Army Chaplain's Department attached 22nd Brigade Royal Garrison Artillery

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Herbert Lawson Riley

Born 1899

Died 1914

Royal Navy Midshipman HMS Aboukir

Royal Navy Midshipman HMS Aboukir

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Henry Aloysius Petre

Born 1884

Died 1962

British Army Captain Australian Flying Corps/ Royal Flying Corps

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Lionel Evelyn Oswald Charlton

Born 1879

Died 1958

British Army Captain Lancashire Fusiliers Attached Royal Flying Corps

British Army Temporary Brigadier General GOC V Brigade, Royal Flying Corps

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