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London [2]

Oxford [2]

Aberdeen [1]

Aboyne, Aberdeenshire, Scotland [1]

Bermondsey London [1]

Birchington Kent [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Bishop Auckland, County Durham [1]

Bishop's Cannings, Wiltshire, [1]

Bishop's Court, County Kildare [1]

Bolton, Lancashire [1]

Bradford, Yorkshire [1]

Brighton, Sussex [1]

Burnley, Lancashire [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Carshalton, Surrey [1]

Cawnpore, Uttar Pradesh [1]

Chineham, Hampshire [1]

Conn, West Luther Township, Ontario [1]

Crook, Westmorland [1]

Croydon, Surrey [1]

Darwen, Blackburn [1]

Dreghorn, Ayrshire [1]

Drysdale Victoria [1]

Dymock Newent, Glos [1]

Edinburgh [1]

Edinburgh, Scotland [1]

Eyton House, Wrexham, Denbighshire, N Wales [1]

Farnham, Surrey [1]

Forest Gate,West Ham [1]

Fraserburgh [1]

Gaulstown, Coole, County Westmeath [1]

Guelph, Ontario [1]

Hampstead,London. [1]

Hanwell, Middlesex [1]

Haywards Heath, Surrey, England [1]

Hitchin, Hertfordshire [1]

Hurtmore [1]

Kinghorn, Fifeshire [1]

Leek,Staffordshire. [1]

Leopard's Vlei [1]

Little Crosby [1]

Market Drayton / Shropshire [1]

Marlesford, Wickham Market, Suffolk [1]

Mary Hill, Glasgow, Scotland [1]

Matheran [1]

Newhills, Scotland [1]

Newport-on-Tay, Fife, Scotland [1]

Oldham [1]

Oldham, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [33]

Second Lieutenant [32]

Captain [23]

Lieutenant [19]

Major [8]

Corporal [6]

Gunner [6]

Lieutenant Colonel [6]

Serjeant [6]

Brigadier General [3]

Captain Acting Major [2]

Rifleman [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Lieutenant [1]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Acting Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

C. QMR. SERJT [1]

Captain Battalion Major [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Driver [1]

First Lieutenant [1]

Flying Officer [1]

Guardsman [1]

Lance Corporal [1]

Lieutenant (Temporary Captain) [1]

Lieutenant (Temporary Lieutenant Colonel) [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Major and Brevet Major [1]

Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Midshipman [1]

Naval Cadet [1]

Private Lance Corporal [1]

Sargeant, 2nd Lieutenant [1]

Seargant [1]

Sepoy [1]

Sergeant [1]

Staff Captain [1]

Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Major Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [12]

London Regiment [6]

Royal Flying Corps [4]

Gordon Highlanders [3]

Grenadier Guards [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

The Queen's Regiment [3]

90th Brigade Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Army Service Corps [2]

Border Regiment [2]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

General List [2]

General Staff [2]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [2]

Leicestershire Regiment [2]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2]

Royal Artillery [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2]

Royal Sussex Regiment [2]

Somerset Light Infantry [2]

South Wales Borderers [2]

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [2]

Yorkshire Regiment [2]

10th (Prince of Wales's Own Royal) Hussars [1]

10th Hussars [1]

18th Hussars [1]

26th Australian Infantry Battalion [1]

4th South Wales Borderers [1]

6th Royal Scots [1]

9th Bhopal Infantry [1]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1]

Attached Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Australian Infantry [1]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

Divisional Ammunition Column [1]

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

Durham Light Infantry [1]

East Kent Regiment [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

Gordon Highlanders attached Manchester Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [98]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

Royal Navy [2]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [13]

M [12]

C [10]

H [10]

D [9]

G [8]

W [7]

A [6]

F [5]

S [5]

L [4]

R [4]

P [3]

T [3]

E [2]

K [2]

Y [2]

J [1]

U [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [107]

Country

United Kingdom [40]

India [2]

Canada [1]

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London [2] Oxford [2] Aberdeen [1] Aboyne, Aberdeenshire, Scotland [1] Bermondsey London [1] Birchington Kent [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Bishop Auckland, County Durham [1] Bishop's Cannings, Wiltshire, [1] Bishop's Court, County Kildare [1] Bolton, Lancashire [1] Bradford, Yorkshire [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Burnley, Lancashire [1] Camberwell, London [1] Carshalton, Surrey [1] Cawnpore, Uttar Pradesh [1] Chineham, Hampshire [1] Conn, West Luther Township, Ontario [1] Crook, Westmorland [1] Croydon, Surrey [1] Darwen, Blackburn [1] Dreghorn, Ayrshire [1] Drysdale Victoria [1] Dymock Newent, Glos [1] Edinburgh [1] Edinburgh, Scotland [1] Eyton House, Wrexham, Denbighshire, N Wales [1] Farnham, Surrey [1] Forest Gate,West Ham [1] Fraserburgh [1] Gaulstown, Coole, County Westmeath [1] Guelph, Ontario [1] Hampstead,London. [1] Hanwell, Middlesex [1] Haywards Heath, Surrey, England [1] Hitchin, Hertfordshire [1] Hurtmore [1] Kinghorn, Fifeshire [1] Leek,Staffordshire. [1] Leopard's Vlei [1] Little Crosby [1] Market Drayton / Shropshire [1] Marlesford, Wickham Market, Suffolk [1] Mary Hill, Glasgow, Scotland [1] Matheran [1] Newhills, Scotland [1] Newport-on-Tay, Fife, Scotland [1] Oldham [1] Oldham, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [33] Second Lieutenant [32] Captain [23] Lieutenant [19] Major [8] Corporal [6] Gunner [6] Lieutenant Colonel [6] Serjeant [6] Brigadier General [3] Captain Acting Major [2] Rifleman [2] Temporary Captain [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Lieutenant [1] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Acting Sub-Lieutenant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] C. QMR. SERJT [1] Captain Battalion Major [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Driver [1] First Lieutenant [1] Flying Officer [1] Guardsman [1] Lance Corporal [1] Lieutenant (Temporary Captain) [1] Lieutenant (Temporary Lieutenant Colonel) [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Major and Brevet Major [1] Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Midshipman [1] Naval Cadet [1] Private Lance Corporal [1] Sargeant, 2nd Lieutenant [1] Seargant [1] Sepoy [1] Sergeant [1] Staff Captain [1] Sub-Lieutenant [1] Temporary Major Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [12] London Regiment [6] Royal Flying Corps [4] Gordon Highlanders [3] Grenadier Guards [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] The Queen's Regiment [3] 90th Brigade Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Army Service Corps [2] Border Regiment [2] Cambridgeshire Regiment [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] General List [2] General Staff [2] King's Own Scottish Borderers [2] Leicestershire Regiment [2] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2] Royal Artillery [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2] Royal Sussex Regiment [2] Somerset Light Infantry [2] South Wales Borderers [2] The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [2] Yorkshire Regiment [2] 10th (Prince of Wales's Own Royal) Hussars [1] 10th Hussars [1] 18th Hussars [1] 26th Australian Infantry Battalion [1] 4th South Wales Borderers [1] 6th Royal Scots [1] 9th Bhopal Infantry [1] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1] Attached Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Australian Imperial Force [1] Australian Infantry [1] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1] Canadian Army Medical Corps [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] Divisional Ammunition Column [1] Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] East Kent Regiment [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] Essex Regiment [1] Gordon Highlanders attached Manchester Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [98] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3] Canadian Expeditionary Force [3] Australian Imperial Force [2] Royal Navy [2] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [13] M [12] C [10] H [10] D [9] G [8] W [7] A [6] F [5] S [5] L [4] R [4] P [3] T [3] E [2] K [2] Y [2] J [1] U [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [107]

Country

United Kingdom [40] India [2] Canada [1]

The Hon. George Edward Boscawen

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army Captain Royal Artillery

British Army Major Royal Field Artillery

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John Archibald Ainslie

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 2nd Lieutenant King's Own Scottish Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army Captain King's Own Scottish Borderers

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Frank Stuart Lloyd

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant The Royal Welsh Fusiliers 13th (Service) Battalion (1st North Wales)

British Army First Lieutenant The Royal Welsh Fusiliers 13th (Service) Battalion (1st North Wales)

British Army Captain The Royal Welsh Fusiliers 13th (Service) Battalion (1st North Wales)

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Roland Boys Bradford

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army Acting Lieutenant Colonel Durham Light Infantry 2nd Battalion

British Army Lieutenant (Temporary Captain) Durham Light Infantry

British Army Lieutenant (Temporary Lieutenant Colonel) Durham Light Infantry

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Kenneth Carlyle Gill

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Cambridgeshire Regiment

British Army Captain Cambridgeshire Regiment 1st Battalion

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Captain Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force

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Jonathan Richard Himsworth

Born 1883

Died 1916

British Army 37958 Serjeant Lancashire Fusiliers 2nd Battalion

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Simon Merritt

Born 1871

Died 1915

British Army 3/256 Company Quarter Master Serjeant Wiltshire Regiment

British Army 3/256 Acting Colour Serjeant Wiltshire Regiment

British Army 3/256 Company Quartermaster Serjeant Wiltshire Regiment

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John W Longmate

Died 1916

British Army 18951 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

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Basil Hallam Radford

Born 1889

Died 1916

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps Military Wing

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps Kite Balloon Section

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Temporary Captain Royal Flying Corps Kite Balloon Section

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William Edgar Holmes

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 16796 Private Grenadier Guards

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Percy Herbert Cherry

Born 1895

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 1023

Australian Imperial Force Captain 26th Australian Infantry Battalion

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Frank Wilbraham

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 4130 Private Cheshire Regiment

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Thomas Henry Fenn

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 31942 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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John Mcnamara

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 25097 Corporal Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 28939 Corporal East Surrey Regiment 9th Battalion

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Arthur Crichton Thomas

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army Major Royal Garrison Artillery

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Philip Denys Doyne

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army Captain Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

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William Kellett

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Somerset Light Infantry

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

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Charles Gilfred Lewthwaite

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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Valentine Leslie Douglas Uzielli

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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Frank Beecher Doran

Born 1894

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