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London [5]

Cahir [2]

Colchester [2]

York [2]

25 Bruton Street, London [1]

Abergwily, Carmarthenshire [1]

Acomb, York, Yorkshire [1]

Addlestone, Surrey [1]

Barming, Kent [1]

Bayswater, London [1]

Bermondsey [1]

Birchstead, Stafford [1]

Bletchington Park, Oxford [1]

Bridgwater, Somerset [1]

Buckhursthill, Essex [1]

Chaffpool, Co. Sligo [1]

Chatham, Kent [1]

Chelsea, London, Middlesex [1]

Colebrooke, Brookeborough, N Ireland [1]

Coventry Warwickshire [1]

Dalton, Yorkshire [1]

Derby, Derbyshire [1]

Dover, Kent [1]

Dundee [1]

Eastry District, Kent [1]

Fenton, Staffordshire [1]

Fermanagh Northern Ireland [1]

Guildford, Surrey [1]

Haighington, Durham [1]

Hazelgrove Lodge Haywards Heath [1]

Heavitree, Devon [1]

Helmsley District, Yorkshire [1]

High Wycombe [1]

Highworth, Wiltshire [1]

Holme, Yorkshire [1]

Hull [1]

Isle of Wight [1]

Islington, London [1]

Kensington, London [1]

London Islington [1]

Lower Fell, County Durham [1]

Macclesfield, Leek, Staffordshire [1]

Marlow, Buckinghamshire [1]

Matlock, Derbyshire [1]

New Leake, Lincolnshire [1]

Newhouse, Sussex [1]

Newport [1]

Newport, Isle of Wight [1]

Newton Abbot, Devon [1]

Nottingham, Nottighamshire [1]

Rank

Private [664]

Second Lieutenant [56]

Corporal [49]

Lance Corporal [48]

Serjeant [43]

Captain [34]

Lieutenant [34]

Major [16]

Shoeing Smith [11]

Acting Corporal [5]

Lieutenant Colonel [5]

Sapper [5]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [5]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Corporal 2nd [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Staff Serjeant Major [3]

Temporary Lieutenant [3]

Trooper [3]

Acting Staff Serjeant [2]

Captain Adjutant [2]

Farrier Staff Serjeant [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Saddler Corporal [2]

Shoeing Smith Corporal [2]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Trumpeter [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Bandsman [1]

Bombardier [1]

Captain Sir [1]

Colonel [1]

Interpreter [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1]

Lieutenant-Colonel [1]

Major & Quartermaster [1]

Major General [1]

Major Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Musician [1]

Pioneer [1]

Private /Lance Corporal [1]

Saddler [1]

Saddler Serjeant [1]

Sergeant [1]

Sergeant STM [1]

Unit

10th Hussars [732]

10th (Prince of Wales's Own Royal) Hussars [166]

Corps of Hussars [131]

Hussars [48]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [32]

Royal Engineers [19]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [19]

Machine Gun Corps [17]

Labour Corps [16]

18th Hussars [15]

10th Royal Hussars [12]

Army Service Corps [11]

20th Hussars [10]

Military Mounted Police [8]

Tank Corps [8]

3rd Hussars [6]

Royal Air Force [6]

East Yorkshire Regiment [5]

Royal Irish Regiment [5]

Yorkshire Regiment [5]

14th Hussars [4]

8th Hussars [4]

Devonshire Regiment [4]

Hampshire Regiment [4]

10th Hussars (Prince of Wales's Own) [3]

15th Hussars [3]

Essex Yeomanry [3]

Leicestershire Yeomanry [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Field Artillery [3]

10th (Prince of Wales' Own Royal) Hussars [2]

10th Royal Canadian Regiment [2]

11th Hussars [2]

4th Hussars [2]

Corps of Dragoons [2]

Corps of Lancers [2]

Dorsetshire Regiment [2]

Guards Machine Gun Regiment [2]

Imperial Yeomanry [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) [2]

North Irish Horse [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2]

Royal Sussex Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [861]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [209]

C [133]

G [114]

A [65]

H [58]

W [51]

F [49]

D [41]

S [36]

M [23]

R [19]

P [18]

E [14]

N [6]

O [5]

T [5]

K [4]

L [4]

J [3]

I [1]

Q [1]

V [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [859]

Country

United Kingdom [30]

India [24]

France [1]

South Africa [1]

United States [1]

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People [861] Stories Communities

Place of birth

London [5] Cahir [2] Colchester [2] York [2] 25 Bruton Street, London [1] Abergwily, Carmarthenshire [1] Acomb, York, Yorkshire [1] Addlestone, Surrey [1] Barming, Kent [1] Bayswater, London [1] Bermondsey [1] Birchstead, Stafford [1] Bletchington Park, Oxford [1] Bridgwater, Somerset [1] Buckhursthill, Essex [1] Chaffpool, Co. Sligo [1] Chatham, Kent [1] Chelsea, London, Middlesex [1] Colebrooke, Brookeborough, N Ireland [1] Coventry Warwickshire [1] Dalton, Yorkshire [1] Derby, Derbyshire [1] Dover, Kent [1] Dundee [1] Eastry District, Kent [1] Fenton, Staffordshire [1] Fermanagh Northern Ireland [1] Guildford, Surrey [1] Haighington, Durham [1] Hazelgrove Lodge Haywards Heath [1] Heavitree, Devon [1] Helmsley District, Yorkshire [1] High Wycombe [1] Highworth, Wiltshire [1] Holme, Yorkshire [1] Hull [1] Isle of Wight [1] Islington, London [1] Kensington, London [1] London Islington [1] Lower Fell, County Durham [1] Macclesfield, Leek, Staffordshire [1] Marlow, Buckinghamshire [1] Matlock, Derbyshire [1] New Leake, Lincolnshire [1] Newhouse, Sussex [1] Newport [1] Newport, Isle of Wight [1] Newton Abbot, Devon [1] Nottingham, Nottighamshire [1]

Rank

Private [664] Second Lieutenant [56] Corporal [49] Lance Corporal [48] Serjeant [43] Captain [34] Lieutenant [34] Major [16] Shoeing Smith [11] Acting Corporal [5] Lieutenant Colonel [5] Sapper [5] Warrant Officer Class 2 [5] Acting Serjeant [3] Corporal 2nd [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Staff Serjeant Major [3] Temporary Lieutenant [3] Trooper [3] Acting Staff Serjeant [2] Captain Adjutant [2] Farrier Staff Serjeant [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Saddler Corporal [2] Shoeing Smith Corporal [2] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Trumpeter [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Bandsman [1] Bombardier [1] Captain Sir [1] Colonel [1] Interpreter [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1] Lieutenant-Colonel [1] Major & Quartermaster [1] Major General [1] Major Lieutenant Colonel [1] Musician [1] Pioneer [1] Private /Lance Corporal [1] Saddler [1] Saddler Serjeant [1] Sergeant [1] Sergeant STM [1]

Unit

10th Hussars [732] 10th (Prince of Wales's Own Royal) Hussars [166] Corps of Hussars [131] Hussars [48] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [32] Royal Engineers [19] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [19] Machine Gun Corps [17] Labour Corps [16] 18th Hussars [15] 10th Royal Hussars [12] Army Service Corps [11] 20th Hussars [10] Military Mounted Police [8] Tank Corps [8] 3rd Hussars [6] Royal Air Force [6] East Yorkshire Regiment [5] Royal Irish Regiment [5] Yorkshire Regiment [5] 14th Hussars [4] 8th Hussars [4] Devonshire Regiment [4] Hampshire Regiment [4] 10th Hussars (Prince of Wales's Own) [3] 15th Hussars [3] Essex Yeomanry [3] Leicestershire Yeomanry [3] Manchester Regiment [3] Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Field Artillery [3] 10th (Prince of Wales' Own Royal) Hussars [2] 10th Royal Canadian Regiment [2] 11th Hussars [2] 4th Hussars [2] Corps of Dragoons [2] Corps of Lancers [2] Dorsetshire Regiment [2] Guards Machine Gun Regiment [2] Imperial Yeomanry [2] Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) [2] North Irish Horse [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2] Royal Sussex Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [861] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [209] C [133] G [114] A [65] H [58] W [51] F [49] D [41] S [36] M [23] R [19] P [18] E [14] N [6] O [5] T [5] K [4] L [4] J [3] I [1] Q [1] V [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [859]

Country

United Kingdom [30] India [24] France [1] South Africa [1] United States [1]

Frank Stanley Day Rose

Born 1877

Died 1914

British Army Captain 10th Hussars

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George Edward Gosling

Born 1889

Died 1938

British Army Captain Adjutant Cavalry Hussars

British Army 10th Hussars

British Army Major 10th Hussars

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John Compton Cavendish

Born 1894

Died 1952

British Army Second Lieutenant 10th Hussars

British Army Captain 10th Hussars

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David Lyulph Gore Wolseley Ogilvy

Born 1893

British Army Lieutenant 10th Hussars

British Army 10th Hussars

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William Burdett

Born 1878

British Army 3513 Staff Quarter Master Serjeant 10th Hussars

British Army Lieutenant 10th Hussars

British Army Acting Captain 10th Hussars

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Charles William Harry Crichton

Born 1872

Died 1958

British Army Major Lieutenant Colonel 10th Hussars

British Army Colonel 10th Hussars

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John Braysher

Born 1882

British Army 47049 Private 10th Hussars

British Army 5057 Private 10th Hussars

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Guy Alexander

British Army Second Lieutenant 10th Hussars

British Army Lieutenant 10th Hussars

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Charles John Frederick Winn

Born 1896

British Army Second Lieutenant 10th Hussars

British Army Lieutenant 10th Hussars

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Denys Norman Garstin

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Reserve Regiment of Cavalry

British Army Second Lieutenant 10th Hussars

British Army Captain Machine Gun Corps

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Robert Cecil Gordon-Canning

Born 1888

British Army Second Lieutenant 10th Hussars

British Army Captain 10th Hussars

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Arthur Francis Brooke

Born 1896

Died 1949

British Army Second Lieutenant 10th Hussars

British Army Captain Royal Air Force

British Army Captain 10th Hussars

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Eustace Robert Ambrose Shearman

Born 1875

Died 1915

British Army Major Hussars

British Army Lieutenant Colonel 10th (Prince of Wales's Own Royal) Hussars

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William Maurice (pat) Armstrong

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant 10th Hussars

British Army Captain 10th Hussars

British Army Captain 10th (Prince of Wales's Own Royal) Hussars

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Christopher Michael Speare

Born 1876

Died 1916

British Army 12286 Private 10th Hussars

British Army 12286 Private 10th (Prince of Wales's Own Royal) Hussars

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Kenneth G Swadling

British Army 2180 Lance Corporal 10th Hussars

British Army 2180 Corporal 10th Hussars

British Army 534025 Warrant Officer Class 2 10th Hussars

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William Allsop

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 33046 Private 10th Hussars

British Army 33046 Private 20th Hussars

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Reginald George Peter Borthwick

British Army Second Lieutenant 10th Hussars

British Army Captain 10th Hussars

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Charles Banks

British Army 1682 Lance Corporal 10th Hussars

British Army 1682 Corporal 10th Hussars

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Ernest T Baker

British Army 5539 Private 10th Hussars

British Army H/67068 Private 10th Hussars

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