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Aden [120]

Berbera [24]

Calcutta [6]

Bombay [4]

Melbourne Victoria [2]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Karachi, Scinde [1]

Norwich, Norfolk [1]

St Bride's, Middlesex [1]

Sylhet [1]

Rank

Sepoy [953]

Private [653]

Driver [460]

Sowar [213]

Lance Naik [182]

Labourer [175]

Naik [130]

Havildar [100]

Muleteer [94]

Gunner [69]

Sapper [55]

Jemadar [39]

Serjeant [37]

Lance Corporal [33]

Carrier [31]

Corporal [29]

Rifleman [29]

Corporal 2nd [28]

Cook [22]

Riding Master [19]

Gun Carrier [18]

Machine Gun Carrier [18]

3rd Constable [17]

Acting Lance Dafadar [17]

Clerk [16]

2nd Constable [15]

Bearer [15]

Interpreter [15]

Dafadar [14]

Lance Dafadar [14]

Lascar [13]

Saddler [13]

Bhisti [12]

El Yng [8]

Kot Daffadar [8]

Sea Cunny [8]

Subadar [8]

Acting Lance Daffadar [7]

Acting Naik [7]

Bugler [7]

Constable [7]

Fireman [6]

Havildar Major [6]

Kot Dafadar [6]

Public Servant [6]

1st Constable [5]

Lance Daffadar [5]

Risaldar [5]

Syce [5]

Tindal [5]

Unit

Royal Artillery [323]

Supply and Transport Corps [207]

Nigeria Regiment [198]

106th Hazara Pioneers [189]

Aden Labour Corps [172]

Hazara Pioneers [142]

1st Yemen Infantry [126]

King's African Rifles [123]

Infantry [104]

Mule Corps [104]

Lancers [99]

Macedonian Mule Corps [96]

Punjabis [95]

Yemen Infantry [70]

Gold Coast Regiment [63]

Baluchis [55]

Rifles [49]

Bengal Sappers and Miners [45]

3rd King's African Rifles [44]

Cavalry [39]

87th Punjabis [36]

Baluchistan Infantry [34]

West Africa Regiment [34]

Egyptian Labour Corps [31]

Sierra Leone Carrier Corps [31]

Royal Engineers [30]

East African Police [29]

32nd Lancers [28]

Baluchistan Light Infantry [28]

Indian Army Supply Column [26]

Rajputs Infantry [26]

5th Cavalry [24]

Sikhs [24]

Rajputs [23]

Sikhs Frontier Force [23]

126th Baluchistan Infantry [22]

Frontier Force Regiment [22]

Mahrattas [22]

52nd Sikhs Frontier Force [21]

2/12th Frontier Force Regiment [20]

Hong Kong and Singapore Royal Garrison Artillery [20]

Royal Engineers Inland Waterways Transport [20]

4th King's African Rifles [19]

Hariana Pioneers [19]

Hyderabad Regiment [18]

Kapurthala Jagatjit Infantry [17]

108th Infantry [16]

2/123rd Rifles [16]

2/129th Baluchistan Infantry [16]

1/127th Queen Marys Own Baluch Light Infantry [15]

Service

British Army [3933]

Other Empire Force [22]

Indian Army [15]

Royal Navy [4]

Australian Imperial Force [3]

Last name first letter

A [1928]

M [527]

S [385]

N [206]

R [143]

F [137]

K [134]

H [113]

G [112]

B [98]

Z [68]

I [61]

J [45]

D [43]

Y [37]

W [34]

Q [27]

U [26]

O [14]

T [13]

E [11]

P [4]

L [3]

Contribution

Military Service [3959]

Merchant Navy [191]

Country

United Kingdom [1]

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Aden [120] Berbera [24] Calcutta [6] Bombay [4] Melbourne Victoria [2] Adelaide South Australia [1] Karachi, Scinde [1] Norwich, Norfolk [1] St Bride's, Middlesex [1] Sylhet [1]

Rank

Sepoy [953] Private [653] Driver [460] Sowar [213] Lance Naik [182] Labourer [175] Naik [130] Havildar [100] Muleteer [94] Gunner [69] Sapper [55] Jemadar [39] Serjeant [37] Lance Corporal [33] Carrier [31] Corporal [29] Rifleman [29] Corporal 2nd [28] Cook [22] Riding Master [19] Gun Carrier [18] Machine Gun Carrier [18] 3rd Constable [17] Acting Lance Dafadar [17] Clerk [16] 2nd Constable [15] Bearer [15] Interpreter [15] Dafadar [14] Lance Dafadar [14] Lascar [13] Saddler [13] Bhisti [12] El Yng [8] Kot Daffadar [8] Sea Cunny [8] Subadar [8] Acting Lance Daffadar [7] Acting Naik [7] Bugler [7] Constable [7] Fireman [6] Havildar Major [6] Kot Dafadar [6] Public Servant [6] 1st Constable [5] Lance Daffadar [5] Risaldar [5] Syce [5] Tindal [5]

Unit

Royal Artillery [323] Supply and Transport Corps [207] Nigeria Regiment [198] 106th Hazara Pioneers [189] Aden Labour Corps [172] Hazara Pioneers [142] 1st Yemen Infantry [126] King's African Rifles [123] Infantry [104] Mule Corps [104] Lancers [99] Macedonian Mule Corps [96] Punjabis [95] Yemen Infantry [70] Gold Coast Regiment [63] Baluchis [55] Rifles [49] Bengal Sappers and Miners [45] 3rd King's African Rifles [44] Cavalry [39] 87th Punjabis [36] Baluchistan Infantry [34] West Africa Regiment [34] Egyptian Labour Corps [31] Sierra Leone Carrier Corps [31] Royal Engineers [30] East African Police [29] 32nd Lancers [28] Baluchistan Light Infantry [28] Indian Army Supply Column [26] Rajputs Infantry [26] 5th Cavalry [24] Sikhs [24] Rajputs [23] Sikhs Frontier Force [23] 126th Baluchistan Infantry [22] Frontier Force Regiment [22] Mahrattas [22] 52nd Sikhs Frontier Force [21] 2/12th Frontier Force Regiment [20] Hong Kong and Singapore Royal Garrison Artillery [20] Royal Engineers Inland Waterways Transport [20] 4th King's African Rifles [19] Hariana Pioneers [19] Hyderabad Regiment [18] Kapurthala Jagatjit Infantry [17] 108th Infantry [16] 2/123rd Rifles [16] 2/129th Baluchistan Infantry [16] 1/127th Queen Marys Own Baluch Light Infantry [15]

Service

British Army [3933] Other Empire Force [22] Indian Army [15] Royal Navy [4] Australian Imperial Force [3]

Last name first letter

A [1928] M [527] S [385] N [206] R [143] F [137] K [134] H [113] G [112] B [98] Z [68] I [61] J [45] D [43] Y [37] W [34] Q [27] U [26] O [14] T [13] E [11] P [4] L [3]

Contribution

Military Service [3959] Merchant Navy [191]

Country

United Kingdom [1]

Murad Ali

Died 1916

Indian Army 520 Sepoy 106th Hazara Pioneers

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Sijil Theodore A Abdul-Ali

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 209658 Pioneer Royal Engineers (DEPOT SPEC. BATTN., R.E.).

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Alfred Ernest William Ali

Died 1917

British Army 29375 Acting Corporal Norfolk Regiment

British Army 41650 Acting Corporal Essex Regiment

British Army 41650 Corporal Essex Regiment 1st Battalion

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Moussa Ali

Died 1918

Other Empire Force 881507 Donkeyman Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy)

Other Empire Force 881507 Donkeyman Mercantile Marine: HMS Crescent

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Niyaz Ali

Died 1916

Indian Army Maymyo/833 Driver Mule Corps

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Albert Ernest Ali

Australian Imperial Force 2518

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Asghar Ali

Died 1916

Indian Army 462 Follower Army Hospital Corps Lady Harding Hospital

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S Ali

Died 1918

Other Empire Force Fireman S.S. "T. R. Thompson"

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Ernest Alfred Ali

Australian Imperial Force 6770

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Almas Sydney Ali

Australian Imperial Force 2103

Australian Imperial Force 4267

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Fonda Ali

British Army 3660 Private West Africa Regiment

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Khair Ali Chand Ali

Died 1916

Other Empire Force Tindal Indian Merchant Service

Other Empire Force Tindal Indian Merchant Service - SS Maloja

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Ali Muhyuddin

Died 1916

Other Empire Force Lascar Indian Merchant Service

Other Empire Force Lascar Indian Merchant Service - SS Maloja

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Abdullah Ali

Born 1883

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Ali Ali

Born 1865

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Ahmed Ali

Born 1895

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Mokbil Ali

Born 1881

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Mohamed Ali

Born 1894

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Emah Ali

Born 1895

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Farah Ali

Born 1896

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