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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]

Clement Robertson

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army Captain The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) attached Tank Corps

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Bernard William Vann

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 1800 Private London Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

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James Anson Otho Brooke

Born 1884

Died 1914

British Army Lieutenant Gordon Highlanders

British Army Captain Gordon Highlanders 2nd Battalion

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James Preedy

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army T/2053 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army T/240406 Private The Queen's Regiment

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Chatta Singh

Born 1886

Died 1961

Indian Army 3398 Sepoy 9th Bhopal Infantry

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Harry Crossley

Born 1876

Died 1915

British Army 1717 Private Lance Corporal West Riding Regiment

British Army 1717 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 1717 Lance Corporal Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

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Cecil Healy

Born 1882

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 2 Second Lieutenant Australian Infantry

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George Bott

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 106 Serjeant Royal Fusiliers 19th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Rifle Brigade

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Joseph Benjamin Bristow

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army M2/1479 Private Army Service Corps

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Nigel Hugh Wallington

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Somerset Light Infantry

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David Stuart Mcgregor

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 369/650089 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army Lieutenant 6th Royal Scots 6th Battalion

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William Edward Kinder Chesworth

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 29486 Private South Wales Borderers

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Robert Gilpin

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 14443 Private Border Regiment 8th bord Battalion

British Army 14443 Private Border Regiment

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John Player Genower

Born 1892

Died 1917

Royal Navy J8361 Able Seaman HMS Nestor

Royal Navy J8361 Able Seaman HMS Hornet paid via HMS Venus, depot ship to the 1st Destroyer Flotilla

Royal Navy J8361 Able Seaman HMS Hornet paid via HMS Woolwich, depot ship to the 1st Destroyer Flotilla

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Charley Gordon Eccles

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army Captain General List

British Army Captain Royal Flying Corps 41st Squadron

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Paris Villiers Drake-Brockman

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant East Kent Regiment

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William Alfred Hodges

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 1121 Private Herefordshire Regiment

British Army 235120 Private Herefordshire Regiment 1/1st Battalion

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Dudley Ralph Turnbull

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Gordon Highlanders

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Gordon Highlanders attached Manchester Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Gordon Highlanders

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Aidan Chavasse

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant King's (Liverpool Regiment) 17th Battalion

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Louis Mcguffie

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 2255 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers

British Army 240693 Seargant King's Own Scottish Borderers 1/5th Battalion

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