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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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Place of birth

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]

Noel Godfrey Chavasse

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps attd. 1st/10th Bn. The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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Charles Cecil Gordon

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army Captain Acting Major Royal Field Artillery b/110th Battalion

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Charles Emil Gunther

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant Guards Machine Gun Regiment

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George Edward Cates

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 3035 Private London Regiment 28th lond Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Rifle Brigade

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Geoffrey Vaux Salvin Bowlby

Born 1883

Died 1915

British Army Captain Royal Horse Guards

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Horse Guards (The Blues)

British Army Lieutenant Royal Horse Guards (The Blues)

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John Henry Algernon Anson

Born 1897

Died 1918

Royal Navy Naval Cadet

Royal Navy Midshipman HMS King George V

Royal Navy Acting Sub-Lieutenant HMS King George V

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Alfred George Drake

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army S107 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army S107 Corporal Rifle Brigade

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Arthur George Knight

Born 1886

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 426402

Canadian Expeditionary Force 426402 Sergeant Canadian Infantry

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