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Kettering, Northamptonshire [2]

All Saints, Derby, Derbyshire [1]

East Tottenham, London [1]

Emerson Manitoba [1]

Ipswich, Suffolk [1]

London [1]

London, Middlesex, England [1]

Magill South Australia [1]

Manchester England [1]

The Strand,London. [1]

Tottenham, London [1]

Rank

Private [33]

Captain [10]

Lieutenant [9]

Major [6]

Corporal [5]

Gunner [5]

Sapper [4]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Driver [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Lance Corporal [2]

Serjeant [2]

Acting Corporal [1]

Guardsman [1]

Major General [1]

Major Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Serjeant Major [1]

Staff Serjeant Major [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

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Royal Engineers [11]

Labour Corps [5]

Royal Field Artillery [5]

Irish Guards [4]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [4]

Army Service Corps [3]

Indian Army Reserve of Officers [3]

London Regiment [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [3]

Royal Garrison Artillery [3]

Royal West Surrey Regiment/Staff [3]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2]

Connaught Rangers [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [2]

Suffolk Regiment [2]

British Red Cross [1]

British West Indies Regiment [1]

Canterbury Infantry Regiment [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

City of London Yeomanry [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

French Red Cross [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

Hodson's Horse Indian Army Reserve of Officers [1]

Household Cavalry and Cavalry of the Line [1]

Hussars [1]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [1]

Liverpool Regiment [1]

Royal Engineers Inland Waterways Transport [1]

Royal Engineers serving with Australian Engineers [1]

Royal Flying Corps [1]

Royal Fusiliers [1]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [1]

Royal North Devonshire Hussars [1]

Royal West Surrey Regiment [1]

Royal West Surrey Regiment/General Headquarters Staff [1]

South Lancashire Regiment [1]

South Nottinghamshire Hussars [1]

Staff [1]

The Queen's Regiment [1]

Voluntary Aid Detachment [1]

Service

British Army [79]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [7]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [7]

Royal Navy [3]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

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Military Service [100]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [2]

Ireland [1]

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People [101] Stories Communities

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Kettering, Northamptonshire [2] All Saints, Derby, Derbyshire [1] East Tottenham, London [1] Emerson Manitoba [1] Ipswich, Suffolk [1] London [1] London, Middlesex, England [1] Magill South Australia [1] Manchester England [1] The Strand,London. [1] Tottenham, London [1]

Rank

Private [33] Captain [10] Lieutenant [9] Major [6] Corporal [5] Gunner [5] Sapper [4] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [3] Driver [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Second Lieutenant [3] Lance Corporal [2] Serjeant [2] Acting Corporal [1] Guardsman [1] Major General [1] Major Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Serjeant Major [1] Staff Serjeant Major [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [11] Labour Corps [5] Royal Field Artillery [5] Irish Guards [4] Royal Irish Fusiliers [4] Army Service Corps [3] Indian Army Reserve of Officers [3] London Regiment [3] Manchester Regiment [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Berkshire Regiment [3] Royal Garrison Artillery [3] Royal West Surrey Regiment/Staff [3] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2] Connaught Rangers [2] Grenadier Guards [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [2] Suffolk Regiment [2] British Red Cross [1] British West Indies Regiment [1] Canterbury Infantry Regiment [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] City of London Yeomanry [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry [1] Essex Regiment [1] French Red Cross [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] Hodson's Horse Indian Army Reserve of Officers [1] Household Cavalry and Cavalry of the Line [1] Hussars [1] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [1] Liverpool Regiment [1] Royal Engineers Inland Waterways Transport [1] Royal Engineers serving with Australian Engineers [1] Royal Flying Corps [1] Royal Fusiliers [1] Royal Munster Fusiliers [1] Royal North Devonshire Hussars [1] Royal West Surrey Regiment [1] Royal West Surrey Regiment/General Headquarters Staff [1] South Lancashire Regiment [1] South Nottinghamshire Hussars [1] Staff [1] The Queen's Regiment [1] Voluntary Aid Detachment [1]

Service

British Army [79] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [7] Canadian Expeditionary Force [7] Royal Navy [3] Australian Imperial Force [2] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

V [101]

Contribution

Military Service [100] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [2] Ireland [1]

George Waller Vesey

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army Captain Household Cavalry and Cavalry of the Line Attached 9th Royal Irish Fusiliers

British Army Lieutenant Royal Irish Fusiliers 9th (North Irish Horse) Bm

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Lawrence Frederick Vesey

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 136323

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Walter Frank Vesey

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 2345 Private Royal Army Medical Corps Territorial Force

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Osbert Eustace Vesey

Born 1884

Died 1957

British Army Major Yeomanry/Staff

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Ivo Lucius Beresford Vesey

Born 1876

Died 1975

British Army Captain Royal West Surrey Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal West Surrey Regiment

British Army Major General Royal West Surrey Regiment

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James Vesey

Died 1915

British Army 3941 Serjeant Major Royal Berkshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Royal Berkshire Regiment

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Charles Edward Gore Vesey

Born 1871

Died 1958

British Army Major Royal Engineers

British Army Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Royal Engineers royal engineers 7th Company

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Thomas Eustace Vesey

Born 1885

Died 1946

British Army Captain Irish Guards

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Irish Guards 1st Battalion

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Osbert Eustace Vesey

Born 1884

Died 1957

British Army Captain City of London Yeomanry

British Army Major Temporary Lieutenant Colonel Staff

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Harry Davey Vesey

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 319947

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Ernest G Vesey

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army 18150 Guardsman Grenadier Guards

British Army 18150 Lance Corporal Grenadier Guards 1st Battalion

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Edward C. Vesey

Died 1917

British Army 37337 Corporal Gloucestershire Regiment

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Patrick Vesey

Died 1916

British Army 22754 Private Royal Irish Fusiliers

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John Vesey

Australian Imperial Force 2192

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Robert Vesey

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 46810 Canterbury Infantry Regiment

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William George Vesey

Australian Imperial Force 2241

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George Andrew Vesey

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

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F G Vesey

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 51547

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Thomas Montague Vesey

Born 1888

Canadian Expeditionary Force 47973

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William Arthur Vesey

Born 1890

Canadian Expeditionary Force 745216

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