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Calcutta [8]

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Aden [1]

Berbera [1]

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Dab, in the Chakwal district, the Punjab Province [1]

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Rank

Sepoy [3324]

Sowar [1128]

Driver [1082]

Lance Naik [416]

Gunner [404]

Naik [360]

Havildar [307]

Private [242]

Sapper [231]

Rifleman [214]

Jemadar [163]

Riding Master [62]

Dafadar [60]

Acting Lance Dafadar [56]

Acting Naik [53]

Lance Dafadar [52]

Subadar [52]

Bearer [50]

Risaldar [50]

Daffadar [47]

Cook [41]

Acting Lance Daffadar [36]

Bhisti [32]

Lance Daffadar [30]

Clerk [24]

Farrier [20]

Lascar [18]

Shoeing Smith [17]

Bugler [14]

Kot Daffadar [12]

Syce [12]

Havildar Major [11]

Signaller [11]

Warrant Officer [11]

Major [10]

Acting Havildar [9]

Bullock Driver [9]

Daftry [9]

Labourer [9]

Riding Master and Lieutenant [9]

Langri [8]

Kot Dafadar [7]

Lineman [7]

Trumpeter [7]

Acting Lance Naik [6]

Subadar Major [6]

Captain [5]

Headman [5]

Orderly [5]

Saddler [5]

Unit

Royal Artillery [936]

Lancers [623]

Infantry [613]

Punjabis [563]

Supply and Transport Corps [439]

Baluchis [413]

Baluchistan Infantry [307]

Baluchistan Light Infantry [253]

Rifles [252]

Hong Kong and Singapore Royal Garrison Artillery [248]

Cavalry [237]

Mule Corps [204]

Bengal Sappers and Miners [183]

Pioneers [183]

Rajputs Infantry [181]

Cokes Rifles [167]

Sikhs [159]

Horse [118]

Rajputs [117]

Frontier Force Regiment [101]

Hodson's Horse [101]

Sikhs Frontier Force [101]

Mahrattas [98]

Frontier Force Rifles [70]

Carnatic Infantry [68]

Light Cavalry [66]

Rajputs Rifles [66]

Bombay Sappers and Miners [65]

Punjab Regiment [62]

Delhi Regiment [56]

3/124th Baluchis [55]

108th Infantry [51]

Hyderabad Regiment [50]

3/153rd Rifles [49]

Indian Army Supply Column [48]

32nd Lancers [47]

15th Lancers [46]

128th Pioneers [43]

1/55th Cokes Rifles [42]

10/2nd Punjabis [42]

37th Lancers [42]

87th Punjabis [42]

1/127th Queen Mary's Own Baluchistan Light Infantry [41]

2/12th Frontier Force Regiment [40]

126th Baluchistan Infantry [39]

52nd Sikhs Frontier Force [39]

5th Cavalry [39]

Burma Mounted Rifles [39]

Indian Signal Corps [39]

35th Horse [37]

Service

British Army [8850]

Indian Army [81]

British Indian Army [8]

Other Empire Force [8]

Australian Imperial Force [3]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [1883]

S [1295]

K [929]

N [711]

R [448]

A [429]

J [403]

G [402]

F [317]

H [293]

I [281]

L [276]

B [245]

D [209]

P [167]

W [154]

Y [113]

U [106]

T [102]

Z [102]

C [59]

Q [37]

O [3]

V [3]

E [2]

Contribution

Military Service [8906]

Merchant Navy [27]

Country

India [8]

Pakistan [2]

Guyana [1]

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People [8969] Stories Communities

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Calcutta [8] Bombay [5] Punjab [2] Aden [1] Berbera [1] Calculta [1] Cawnpore [1] Dab, in the Chakwal district, the Punjab Province [1] Dhiot, Rawalpindi, Punjab [1] George Town, Demerara [1] Haripur [1] Patna, Ayrshire, Scotland [1] Rawalpindi [1] Rutnagiri [1]

Rank

Sepoy [3324] Sowar [1128] Driver [1082] Lance Naik [416] Gunner [404] Naik [360] Havildar [307] Private [242] Sapper [231] Rifleman [214] Jemadar [163] Riding Master [62] Dafadar [60] Acting Lance Dafadar [56] Acting Naik [53] Lance Dafadar [52] Subadar [52] Bearer [50] Risaldar [50] Daffadar [47] Cook [41] Acting Lance Daffadar [36] Bhisti [32] Lance Daffadar [30] Clerk [24] Farrier [20] Lascar [18] Shoeing Smith [17] Bugler [14] Kot Daffadar [12] Syce [12] Havildar Major [11] Signaller [11] Warrant Officer [11] Major [10] Acting Havildar [9] Bullock Driver [9] Daftry [9] Labourer [9] Riding Master and Lieutenant [9] Langri [8] Kot Dafadar [7] Lineman [7] Trumpeter [7] Acting Lance Naik [6] Subadar Major [6] Captain [5] Headman [5] Orderly [5] Saddler [5]

Unit

Royal Artillery [936] Lancers [623] Infantry [613] Punjabis [563] Supply and Transport Corps [439] Baluchis [413] Baluchistan Infantry [307] Baluchistan Light Infantry [253] Rifles [252] Hong Kong and Singapore Royal Garrison Artillery [248] Cavalry [237] Mule Corps [204] Bengal Sappers and Miners [183] Pioneers [183] Rajputs Infantry [181] Cokes Rifles [167] Sikhs [159] Horse [118] Rajputs [117] Frontier Force Regiment [101] Hodson's Horse [101] Sikhs Frontier Force [101] Mahrattas [98] Frontier Force Rifles [70] Carnatic Infantry [68] Light Cavalry [66] Rajputs Rifles [66] Bombay Sappers and Miners [65] Punjab Regiment [62] Delhi Regiment [56] 3/124th Baluchis [55] 108th Infantry [51] Hyderabad Regiment [50] 3/153rd Rifles [49] Indian Army Supply Column [48] 32nd Lancers [47] 15th Lancers [46] 128th Pioneers [43] 1/55th Cokes Rifles [42] 10/2nd Punjabis [42] 37th Lancers [42] 87th Punjabis [42] 1/127th Queen Mary's Own Baluchistan Light Infantry [41] 2/12th Frontier Force Regiment [40] 126th Baluchistan Infantry [39] 52nd Sikhs Frontier Force [39] 5th Cavalry [39] Burma Mounted Rifles [39] Indian Signal Corps [39] 35th Horse [37]

Service

British Army [8850] Indian Army [81] British Indian Army [8] Other Empire Force [8] Australian Imperial Force [3] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [1883] S [1295] K [929] N [711] R [448] A [429] J [403] G [402] F [317] H [293] I [281] L [276] B [245] D [209] P [167] W [154] Y [113] U [106] T [102] Z [102] C [59] Q [37] O [3] V [3] E [2]

Contribution

Military Service [8906] Merchant Navy [27]

Country

India [8] Pakistan [2] Guyana [1]

Mohamed Zinool Abdeen Khan

Born 1898

Other Empire Force 3323 Private British Guiana Volunteers

British Army 9177 Private British West Indies Regiment 5th Battalion

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Khudadad Khan

Born 1888

Died 1971

Indian Army 4050 Sepoy 129th Duke of Connaught's Own Baluchis 7th Indian (Ferozepore) Brigade

Indian Army 4050 Subadar 129th Duke of Connaught's Own Baluchis

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Sikandar Khan

Born 1894

Died 1915

Indian Army 2253 Sepoy 82nd Punjabis

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Subhe Khan

Died 1915

Indian Army 2740 Sepoy 18th Indian Infantry Hong Kong Garrison

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Kala Khan

Died 1916

Indian Army 693 Driver Royal Garrison Artillery No 2 Mountain Bty

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Mehr Khan

Died 1915

Indian Army 2587 Sowar 19th Lancers (Fane's Horse)

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Bagh Ali Khan

Died 1915

Indian Army 13288 Sepoy 82nd Punjabis

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Ameer Khan

British Army 544 Private British West Indies Regiment 1st Battalion

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Niamat Khan

Died 1915

Indian Army 2447 Sepoy 18th Indian Infantry Hong Kong Garrison

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Rukunddin Khan

Died 1915

Indian Army 2045 Sepoy 18th Indian Infantry Hong Kong Garrison

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Abdul Khan

Died 1915

Indian Army 2779 Sepoy 18th Indian Infantry Hong Kong Garrison

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Dilawar Khan

Died 1916

Indian Army 3451 Sepoy 25th Punjabis

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Zarif Khan

Died 1915

Indian Army 304 Sepoy 127th Queen Mary's Own Baluch Light Infantry

Indian Army 304 Sepoy attached to 129th Duke of Connaught's Own Baluchis

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Alla Ditta Khan

Died 1916

Indian Army 2262 Sowar 15th Lancers (Cureton's Multani's)

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Fazal Khan

Died 1915

Indian Army 2858 Naik 93rd Burma Infantry

Indian Army 2858 Naik attached to Meerut Division Signals

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Sawar Khan

Died 1916

Indian Army 2846 Sepoy 90th Punjabis

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Shahamad Khan

Born 1879

Died 1947

Indian Army 1605 Naik 89th Punjabis

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Fatte Allie Khan

Australian Imperial Force 1114

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Hukm Khan Nadir Khan

Died 1916

Other Empire Force Trimmer Indian Merchant Service

Other Empire Force Trimmer Indian Merchant Service - SS Maloja

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Charles Khan

Australian Imperial Force 2395

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