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Croydon, Surrey [3]

London [3]

Sydney New South Wales [3]

Todmorden, Yorkshire [3]

30 Upper Grosvenor Street, London [2]

Bendigo Victoria [2]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Brighton [2]

Bristol [2]

Bury, Lancashire [2]

Cheltenham [2]

Dublin [2]

Dunedin [2]

Edinburgh [2]

Glasgow [2]

Hampstead, London [2]

Kensington,London. [2]

Leeds, Yorkshire [2]

Macclesfield, Cheshire [2]

Nottingham [2]

Paisley [2]

Toronto [2]

Withington, Lancashire [2]

233 Norwood Road, Tulse Hill, London [1]

26, Crooms Hill, Greenwich, London [1]

6 Vine Street, Widnes, Lancashire [1]

7 Lower Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin [1]

Aberdeen [1]

Aberdeenshire [1]

Abo [1]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Adlington, Chorley, Lancashire [1]

Arbroath, Scotland [1]

Armidale New South Wales [1]

Ash, Kent [1]

Ashford, Kent [1]

Ashmansworth, Hampshire [1]

Assametquagham, Province Quebec [1]

Aston Upthorpe [1]

Aston, Birmingham [1]

BALHAM SURREY [1]

BROCKLEY, LEWISHAM [1]

BROMLEY-BY-BOW, MIDDLESEX [1]

Baddeck NS [1]

Baltimore, Quebec [1]

Banbury, Oxon [1]

Bangalore [1]

Barking, ESSEX [1]

Barnet registration district [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Rank

Private [1840]

Second Lieutenant [292]

Captain [216]

Lieutenant [199]

Corporal [166]

Serjeant [139]

Gunner [124]

Lance Corporal [119]

Major [69]

Sapper [61]

Driver [53]

Sergeant [37]

Lieutenant Colonel [35]

Acting Serjeant [18]

Bombardier [17]

Acting Corporal [16]

Rifleman [16]

Acting Bombardier [13]

Lance Serjeant [12]

Temporary Captain [12]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [11]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [11]

Company Serjeant Major [10]

Guardsman [9]

2nd Lieutenant [8]

Acting Captain [8]

Pioneer [8]

Company Sergeant Major [6]

Acting Major [5]

Brigadier General [5]

Captain and Adjutant [5]

Lance Sergeant [5]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Colonel [4]

Colour Serjeant [4]

Commander [4]

Corporal 2nd [4]

Drummer [4]

Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [3]

Lieutenant Temporary Captain [3]

Reverend [3]

Wing Commander [3]

Acting Lieutenant [2]

Acting Sergeant [2]

Brevet Major [2]

Brigade Major [2]

Captain Adjutant [2]

Captain Major [2]

Lieutenant Captain [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Unit

Canadian Infantry [468]

Royal Field Artillery [123]

London Regiment [122]

Royal Engineers [95]

Highland Light Infantry [77]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [72]

Cameron Highlanders [71]

Rifle Brigade [64]

Royal Garrison Artillery [64]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [61]

West Yorkshire Regiment [56]

Canadian Field Artillery [53]

Royal Fusiliers [53]

Seaforth Highlanders [49]

Middlesex Regiment [44]

Machine Gun Corps [43]

Royal Scots [43]

Royal Army Medical Corps [41]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [41]

Gloucestershire Regiment [39]

South Wales Borderers [38]

Lancashire Fusiliers [35]

Liverpool Regiment [35]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [35]

Royal Highlanders [35]

Yorkshire Regiment [35]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [34]

Northumberland Fusiliers [33]

Worcestershire Regiment [33]

Army Service Corps [31]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [31]

Lincolnshire Regiment [29]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [29]

Scottish Rifles [29]

Gordon Highlanders [28]

Manchester Regiment [28]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [28]

Labour Corps [27]

Canadian Mounted Rifles [26]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [25]

Coldstream Guards [25]

Essex Regiment [25]

East Surrey Regiment [24]

Grenadier Guards [24]

South Staffordshire Regiment [24]

Northamptonshire Regiment [23]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [23]

York and Lancaster Regiment [23]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [22]

Royal Flying Corps [22]

Service

British Army [2353]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1149]

Australian Imperial Force [65]

Royal Navy [33]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [27]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [25]

Indian Army [10]

Other Empire Force [4]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [457]

M [359]

C [351]

H [301]

S [261]

G [216]

A [201]

W [201]

R [196]

D [191]

P [172]

F [160]

L [151]

T [127]

J [93]

K [78]

E [77]

N [56]

O [28]

V [21]

Y [17]

I [11]

U [3]

Q [1]

Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3728]

Country

United Kingdom [206]

Canada [14]

Australia [4]

Ireland [3]

New Zealand [3]

Malaysia [2]

Afghanistan [1]

Egypt [1]

Guyana [1]

India [1]

Jamaica [1]

Japan [1]

Jersey [1]

Malta [1]

Portugal [1]

Singapore [1]

United States [1]

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Place of birth

Croydon, Surrey [3] London [3] Sydney New South Wales [3] Todmorden, Yorkshire [3] 30 Upper Grosvenor Street, London [2] Bendigo Victoria [2] Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Brighton [2] Bristol [2] Bury, Lancashire [2] Cheltenham [2] Dublin [2] Dunedin [2] Edinburgh [2] Glasgow [2] Hampstead, London [2] Kensington,London. [2] Leeds, Yorkshire [2] Macclesfield, Cheshire [2] Nottingham [2] Paisley [2] Toronto [2] Withington, Lancashire [2] 233 Norwood Road, Tulse Hill, London [1] 26, Crooms Hill, Greenwich, London [1] 6 Vine Street, Widnes, Lancashire [1] 7 Lower Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin [1] Aberdeen [1] Aberdeenshire [1] Abo [1] Adelaide South Australia [1] Adlington, Chorley, Lancashire [1] Arbroath, Scotland [1] Armidale New South Wales [1] Ash, Kent [1] Ashford, Kent [1] Ashmansworth, Hampshire [1] Assametquagham, Province Quebec [1] Aston Upthorpe [1] Aston, Birmingham [1] BALHAM SURREY [1] BROCKLEY, LEWISHAM [1] BROMLEY-BY-BOW, MIDDLESEX [1] Baddeck NS [1] Baltimore, Quebec [1] Banbury, Oxon [1] Bangalore [1] Barking, ESSEX [1] Barnet registration district [1] Battersea, London [1]

Rank

Private [1840] Second Lieutenant [292] Captain [216] Lieutenant [199] Corporal [166] Serjeant [139] Gunner [124] Lance Corporal [119] Major [69] Sapper [61] Driver [53] Sergeant [37] Lieutenant Colonel [35] Acting Serjeant [18] Bombardier [17] Acting Corporal [16] Rifleman [16] Acting Bombardier [13] Lance Serjeant [12] Temporary Captain [12] Temporary Second Lieutenant [11] Warrant Officer Class 2 [11] Company Serjeant Major [10] Guardsman [9] 2nd Lieutenant [8] Acting Captain [8] Pioneer [8] Company Sergeant Major [6] Acting Major [5] Brigadier General [5] Captain and Adjutant [5] Lance Sergeant [5] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Colonel [4] Colour Serjeant [4] Commander [4] Corporal 2nd [4] Drummer [4] Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [3] Lieutenant Temporary Captain [3] Reverend [3] Wing Commander [3] Acting Lieutenant [2] Acting Sergeant [2] Brevet Major [2] Brigade Major [2] Captain Adjutant [2] Captain Major [2] Lieutenant Captain [2] Lieutenant Commander [2]

Unit

Canadian Infantry [468] Royal Field Artillery [123] London Regiment [122] Royal Engineers [95] Highland Light Infantry [77] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [72] Cameron Highlanders [71] Rifle Brigade [64] Royal Garrison Artillery [64] Royal Berkshire Regiment [61] West Yorkshire Regiment [56] Canadian Field Artillery [53] Royal Fusiliers [53] Seaforth Highlanders [49] Middlesex Regiment [44] Machine Gun Corps [43] Royal Scots [43] Royal Army Medical Corps [41] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [41] Gloucestershire Regiment [39] South Wales Borderers [38] Lancashire Fusiliers [35] Liverpool Regiment [35] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [35] Royal Highlanders [35] Yorkshire Regiment [35] Royal Irish Fusiliers [34] Northumberland Fusiliers [33] Worcestershire Regiment [33] Army Service Corps [31] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [31] Lincolnshire Regiment [29] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [29] Scottish Rifles [29] Gordon Highlanders [28] Manchester Regiment [28] Royal Scots Fusiliers [28] Labour Corps [27] Canadian Mounted Rifles [26] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [25] Coldstream Guards [25] Essex Regiment [25] East Surrey Regiment [24] Grenadier Guards [24] South Staffordshire Regiment [24] Northamptonshire Regiment [23] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [23] York and Lancaster Regiment [23] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [22] Royal Flying Corps [22]

Service

British Army [2353] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1149] Australian Imperial Force [65] Royal Navy [33] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [27] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [25] Indian Army [10] Other Empire Force [4] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [457] M [359] C [351] H [301] S [261] G [216] A [201] W [201] R [196] D [191] P [172] F [160] L [151] T [127] J [93] K [78] E [77] N [56] O [28] V [21] Y [17] I [11] U [3] Q [1] Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3728]

Country

United Kingdom [206] Canada [14] Australia [4] Ireland [3] New Zealand [3] Malaysia [2] Afghanistan [1] Egypt [1] Guyana [1] India [1] Jamaica [1] Japan [1] Jersey [1] Malta [1] Portugal [1] Singapore [1] United States [1]

Colin Frederick Fitzroy Campbell

British Army Lieutenant Scots Guards

British Army Corporal Scots Guards

British Army Captain Scots Guards 1st Battalion

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Duncan Johnson Tuck

British Army Second Lieutenant Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army Captain Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

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Robert Leggat

British Army 8442 Private Scottish Rifles

British Army 8442 Serjeant Scottish Rifles

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Robert Gutteridge Cowling

British Army 2409 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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Arthur Pollard

British Army 1153/628059 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

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Ummond Bovey

British Army Second Lieutenant 8th Siege Battery Gordon's Highlanders

British Army Captain 8th Gordon's Highlanders

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N L Ames

British Army Lieutenant London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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George Bulldeath

British Army 1609 Private Rifle Brigade 2nd Battalion

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Thomas Jones

British Army 6893 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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S E John Adcock

British Army Captain Leinster Regiment

British Army Major Devonshire Regiment attached Royal Lancaster Regiment

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Henry Lethbridge Alexander

British Army Major and Brevet Colonel, temporary Brigadier-General Dorsetshire Regiment

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