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Bath [2]

Bath, Somerset [2]

Bethnal Green, London [2]

Bradford, Yorkshire [2]

Brighton [2]

Clifton, Bristol [2]

Cornwall [2]

Cupar, Fife [2]

East Stonehouse, Devon [2]

Leith [2]

Liverpool [2]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [2]

22 Hancock Road, Bromley, London [1]

26 Ontario Street, Bermondsey, Southwark, London [1]

27, Pier Road, Littlehampton, Sussex [1]

Aberdare, Glamorganshire [1]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Aldershot [1]

Alton, Hampshire [1]

Amersham, Buckinghamshire [1]

Andover, Wiltshire [1]

Araluen New South Wales [1]

Arsaph, Bengal [1]

Ashton Under Lyme [1]

Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Auchtermuchty, Fife [1]

Auckland [1]

Audlem - Cheshire [1]

Aylesbury [1]

Ayr, Scotland [1]

Bagnes de Bigorre [1]

Ballyclare, County Antrim [1]

Banbury, Oxfordshire [1]

Banyena Victoria [1]

Bargrennan, Wigtownshire [1]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

Basingstoke, Hampshire [1]

Beechworth Victoria [1]

Bexhill, Sussex [1]

Bicester, Oxfordshire [1]

Birkenhead [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Bishop Waltham, Hampshire [1]

Bishop's Castle, Clun, Shropshire [1]

Blackburn, Lancashire [1]

Blackpool, Lancashire [1]

Blaenavon, Monmouthshire [1]

Blaxland New South Wales [1]

Bleadon, Somerset [1]

Bletchingly, Godstone, Surrey [1]

Rank

Sepoy [2556]

Private [2283]

Rifleman [957]

Captain [737]

Second Lieutenant [619]

Lieutenant [545]

Major [301]

Lance Naik [294]

Serjeant [275]

Corporal [223]

Lance Corporal [206]

Havildar [173]

Naik [169]

Lieutenant Colonel [122]

Sapper [69]

Driver [60]

Cook [59]

Gunner [58]

Bhisti [53]

Jemadar [42]

Sweeper [29]

Acting Serjeant [25]

Acting Captain [24]

Acting Corporal [23]

Lance Serjeant [23]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [20]

Subadar [19]

Ordinary Seaman [18]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [17]

Bearer [16]

Colonel [15]

Bombardier [14]

Sergeant [14]

Able Seaman [13]

Corporal 2nd [13]

Bugler [12]

Temporary Lieutenant [12]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [11]

Sister [11]

Brigadier General [10]

Colour Serjeant [10]

Drummer [10]

Staff Nurse [10]

Trooper [10]

Water Carrier [10]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [9]

Company Serjeant Major [9]

Rifles man [9]

Staff Serjeant [9]

2nd Lieutenant [8]

Unit

1/113th Infantry [499]

1/18th Royal Garhwal Rifles [439]

1/39th Royal Garhwal Rifles [434]

1/42nd Deoli Regiment [357]

1/3rd Brahmans [344]

1/94th Infantry [333]

1/55th Cokes Rifles [322]

1/10th Gurkha Rifles [304]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [286]

1/2nd Gurkha Rifles [280]

1/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion [276]

1/8th Lancashire Fusiliers [266]

1/11th Sikhs [261]

1/13th Frontier Force Rifles [257]

1/5th Royal Highlanders [255]

1/2nd Monmouthshire Regiment [241]

1/117th Mahrattas [211]

1/127th Queen Mary's Own Baluchistan Light Infantry [200]

1/11th Gurkha Rifles [169]

Royal Engineers [133]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [127]

1/5th Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [125]

1/1st North Somerset Yeomanry [116]

Lancashire Fusiliers [113]

1/6th West Riding Regiment [112]

West Riding Regiment [106]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [89]

Royal Highlanders [79]

1/4th Royal Lancaster Regiment [78]

Indian Army [73]

1/113rd Infantry [64]

Machine Gun Corps [60]

5th Mahrattas [59]

Labour Corps [58]

1/127th Queen Marys Own Baluch Light Infantry [51]

1/67th Punjabis [49]

1/1st South Wales Borderers [46]

1/7th Lancashire Fusiliers [45]

1/1st Ayrshire Yeomanry [42]

Indian Army Reserve of Officers [41]

Monmouthshire Regiment [41]

1/1st Gurkha Rifles [40]

1/39th Garhwal Rifles [38]

1/7th Gurkha Rifles [38]

1/9th Gurkha Rifles [38]

1/1st Scottish Horse [36]

Army Service Corps [35]

Royal Army Medical Corps [35]

1/5th Liverpool Regiment [34]

1/6th Royal Highlanders [34]

Service

British Army [8895]

Indian Army [210]

Royal Navy [53]

Australian Imperial Force [28]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [27]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [21]

Other Empire Force [8]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [7]

Canadian Navy [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [2843]

G [1490]

C [1291]

A [1040]

D [521]

H [521]

F [507]

S [147]

R [139]

M [124]

W [94]

P [82]

T [77]

E [65]

L [49]

J [44]

K [39]

N [12]

O [10]

V [7]

I [6]

U [5]

Y [5]

Q [4]

Contribution

Military Service [9099]

Country

United Kingdom [160]

Australia [4]

India [3]

Ireland [3]

Canada [2]

New Zealand [2]

Argentina [1]

France [1]

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Bath [2] Bath, Somerset [2] Bethnal Green, London [2] Bradford, Yorkshire [2] Brighton [2] Clifton, Bristol [2] Cornwall [2] Cupar, Fife [2] East Stonehouse, Devon [2] Leith [2] Liverpool [2] Portsmouth, Hampshire [2] 22 Hancock Road, Bromley, London [1] 26 Ontario Street, Bermondsey, Southwark, London [1] 27, Pier Road, Littlehampton, Sussex [1] Aberdare, Glamorganshire [1] Adelaide South Australia [1] Aldershot [1] Alton, Hampshire [1] Amersham, Buckinghamshire [1] Andover, Wiltshire [1] Araluen New South Wales [1] Arsaph, Bengal [1] Ashton Under Lyme [1] Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Auchtermuchty, Fife [1] Auckland [1] Audlem - Cheshire [1] Aylesbury [1] Ayr, Scotland [1] Bagnes de Bigorre [1] Ballyclare, County Antrim [1] Banbury, Oxfordshire [1] Banyena Victoria [1] Bargrennan, Wigtownshire [1] Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Basingstoke, Hampshire [1] Beechworth Victoria [1] Bexhill, Sussex [1] Bicester, Oxfordshire [1] Birkenhead [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Bishop Waltham, Hampshire [1] Bishop's Castle, Clun, Shropshire [1] Blackburn, Lancashire [1] Blackpool, Lancashire [1] Blaenavon, Monmouthshire [1] Blaxland New South Wales [1] Bleadon, Somerset [1] Bletchingly, Godstone, Surrey [1]

Rank

Sepoy [2556] Private [2283] Rifleman [957] Captain [737] Second Lieutenant [619] Lieutenant [545] Major [301] Lance Naik [294] Serjeant [275] Corporal [223] Lance Corporal [206] Havildar [173] Naik [169] Lieutenant Colonel [122] Sapper [69] Driver [60] Cook [59] Gunner [58] Bhisti [53] Jemadar [42] Sweeper [29] Acting Serjeant [25] Acting Captain [24] Acting Corporal [23] Lance Serjeant [23] Warrant Officer Class 2 [20] Subadar [19] Ordinary Seaman [18] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [17] Bearer [16] Colonel [15] Bombardier [14] Sergeant [14] Able Seaman [13] Corporal 2nd [13] Bugler [12] Temporary Lieutenant [12] Lieutenant Acting Captain [11] Sister [11] Brigadier General [10] Colour Serjeant [10] Drummer [10] Staff Nurse [10] Trooper [10] Water Carrier [10] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [9] Company Serjeant Major [9] Rifles man [9] Staff Serjeant [9] 2nd Lieutenant [8]

Unit

1/113th Infantry [499] 1/18th Royal Garhwal Rifles [439] 1/39th Royal Garhwal Rifles [434] 1/42nd Deoli Regiment [357] 1/3rd Brahmans [344] 1/94th Infantry [333] 1/55th Cokes Rifles [322] 1/10th Gurkha Rifles [304] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [286] 1/2nd Gurkha Rifles [280] 1/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion [276] 1/8th Lancashire Fusiliers [266] 1/11th Sikhs [261] 1/13th Frontier Force Rifles [257] 1/5th Royal Highlanders [255] 1/2nd Monmouthshire Regiment [241] 1/117th Mahrattas [211] 1/127th Queen Mary's Own Baluchistan Light Infantry [200] 1/11th Gurkha Rifles [169] Royal Engineers [133] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [127] 1/5th Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [125] 1/1st North Somerset Yeomanry [116] Lancashire Fusiliers [113] 1/6th West Riding Regiment [112] West Riding Regiment [106] Royal Scots Fusiliers [89] Royal Highlanders [79] 1/4th Royal Lancaster Regiment [78] Indian Army [73] 1/113rd Infantry [64] Machine Gun Corps [60] 5th Mahrattas [59] Labour Corps [58] 1/127th Queen Marys Own Baluch Light Infantry [51] 1/67th Punjabis [49] 1/1st South Wales Borderers [46] 1/7th Lancashire Fusiliers [45] 1/1st Ayrshire Yeomanry [42] Indian Army Reserve of Officers [41] Monmouthshire Regiment [41] 1/1st Gurkha Rifles [40] 1/39th Garhwal Rifles [38] 1/7th Gurkha Rifles [38] 1/9th Gurkha Rifles [38] 1/1st Scottish Horse [36] Army Service Corps [35] Royal Army Medical Corps [35] 1/5th Liverpool Regiment [34] 1/6th Royal Highlanders [34]

Service

British Army [8895] Indian Army [210] Royal Navy [53] Australian Imperial Force [28] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [27] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [21] Other Empire Force [8] Canadian Expeditionary Force [7] Canadian Navy [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [2843] G [1490] C [1291] A [1040] D [521] H [521] F [507] S [147] R [139] M [124] W [94] P [82] T [77] E [65] L [49] J [44] K [39] N [12] O [10] V [7] I [6] U [5] Y [5] Q [4]

Contribution

Military Service [9099]

Country

United Kingdom [160] Australia [4] India [3] Ireland [3] Canada [2] New Zealand [2] Argentina [1] France [1]

Stanley Samuel Gilbert Cohen

Born 1880

Died 1944

British Army Major 1/5th Liverpool Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Colonel 1/5th Liverpool Regiment

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Sam Hattersley Clough

Born 1893

Died 1974

British Army Second Lieutenant 1/6th West Riding Regiment

British Army Captain 1/6th West Riding Regiment

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The Honourable Charles Granville Bruce

Born 1866

Died 1939

British Army Colonel 1/6th Gurkha Rifles Indian Army

Indian Army Brigadier General 1/6 Ghurkha Rifles 1 Battalion

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Robert William Attwood

Born 1899

Royal Navy J44847

Royal Navy Boy II (Boy 2nd class) Impregnable

Royal Navy Boy II (Boy 2nd class) Ganges

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Auguste Harry Cotton

Born 1900

Died 1940

Other Empire Force Able Seaman S.S. Kayeson

Royal Navy SS8278 Ordinary Seaman H.M.S. Victory 1

Royal Navy SS8278 Able Bodied Seaman H.M.S. Victory 1

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Maxwell Dalston Barrows

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant 1/5th Battalion Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army Captain 1/5th Battalion Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment 5th Battalion (Sherwood Foresters)

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Reginald Price

Born 1878

Died 1916

British Army Private 1/6th Bn Warwickshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1/6th Battalion

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John Stabb Tuckett

Born 1899

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 100034 Sergeant No. 1 School of Aerial Gunnery

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Wynyard Keith Brown

Born 1888

Died 1915

Indian Army Captain 1/5th Gurkha Rifles

Indian Army Captain Yorkshire Regiment 1/5th gurkha rifles (frontier force), attached 9th battalion, west Battalion

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Harry Paul Greenhill

Born 1898

Died 1978

British Army 238897 Private 1/1st Herefordshire Regiment

British Army SE/37106 Private Army Veterinary Corps

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John Joseph Boake

Born 1885

Died 1929

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 73070

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 73070 Private B.Coy.C.1 / C.Coy 37th / C.Coy 36th. Res Wellington Regiment New Zealand.

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 2nd Battalion Wellington Regiment

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Eric Edward Bunyan

Born 1893

British Army 14903 Serjeant Northamptonshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Lincolnshire Regiment 2/5th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant 1/5th King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment

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George Canning

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 2177 Private South Lancashire Regiment 1/5th Battalion

British Army reg no 819 private 1/5 th Sout Lancashire Regiment Territorial Enlistment

British Army reg number 819 private South Lancashire Regiment Territorial

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Alfred Parkinson

Born 1891

Died 1958

British Army 200111 Serjeant Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 226 Serjeant Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 200111 Sgt 1/4 North Lancs Regt

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George William Gregory

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 1486 Private 1/7th Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army Notts and Derby Regiment

British Army 2797 Notts & Derby 2/6

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Clement Augustus Hunt

Born 1895

Died 1968

Royal Navy K30187 Stoker 1st Class

Royal Navy Stoker 2 HMS Pembroke 1

Royal Navy Stoker 2 Indomitable

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Sidney Charles Warren

Born 1882

Died 1914

Royal Navy 205935 Able Seaman

Royal Navy 205935 Boy 2nd Class HMS Northampton

Royal Navy 205935 Boy 1st Class HMS Northampton

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Leslie Renshaw

Born 1899

Royal Navy J73613

Royal Navy J73613 AB Vivid 1

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Ernest Robert Rainier Swiney

Born 1863

Died 1915

Indian Army Lieutenant Colonel and Brevet Colonel 1/39th Garhwal Rifles

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Arthur Montagu Rundall

Born 1878

Died 1914

Indian Army Captain 1/4th Gurkha Rifles

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