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Guildford, Surrey [2]

Kensington, London [2]

Macclesfield, Cheshire [2]

Acol, Thanet [1]

Arundel, Sussex [1]

Ashbocking, Suffolk [1]

Ashton, Cheshire [1]

Bettiah, Champeran [1]

Birmingham, Staffordshire [1]

Bucklow Cheshire [1]

Carisbrooke, Isle of Wight [1]

Cockermouth, Cumberland. [1]

Colchester [1]

Coventry [1]

Crickhowell [1]

Darwen, Blackburn, Lancashire [1]

Dover ? [1]

Dublin [1]

East Malling, Kent [1]

Epsom, Surrey [1]

Farthingstone, Northamptonshire [1]

Glasgow [1]

Hailsham [1]

Kingston,Surrey [1]

Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Middlesbrough [1]

Morley, West Yorkshire [1]

North Tawton [1]

Northbourne, Kent [1]

Pietermaritzburg, Natal [1]

Porthmadog, Caernarfon [1]

Preston, Lancashire [1]

Queensland [1]

Rothesay, Buteshire [1]

Ruislip [1]

Sevenoaks [1]

Shortham, Essex [1]

Silakot [1]

Southall, Middlesex [1]

St Panccras, Middlesex [1]

St.George Hanover Square.London. [1]

Stockton on Tees, Durham [1]

The Loddon St.Kilda Melbourne Victoria [1]

Tunbridge Wells [1]

Uxbridge, Middlesex [1]

Ventnor, Isle of Wight [1]

Wansford, Northamptonshire [1]

Willersley, Derbyshire [1]

Wingham, Kent [1]

Witherley, near Atherstone, Warwickshire [1]

Rank

Private [723]

Serjeant [51]

Lance Corporal [45]

Second Lieutenant [45]

Corporal [44]

Lieutenant [30]

Captain [28]

Major [13]

Sowar [10]

Lieutenant Colonel [9]

Shoeing Smith [8]

Acting Serjeant [6]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Lance Serjeant [5]

Sapper [5]

Staff Serjeant Major [5]

Acting Corporal [3]

Brigadier General [3]

Colonel [3]

Gunner [3]

Sergeant [3]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Trooper [3]

Acting Lance Dafadar [2]

Corporal 2nd [2]

Driver [2]

Major General [2]

Pioneer [2]

Regimental Serjeant Major [2]

Trumpeter [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Lieutenent Colonel [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Bandsman [1]

Captain and Adjutant [1]

Colonel, temporary Brigadier General [1]

Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Commander [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal Acting Sergeant [1]

Corporal of Horse [1]

Corporal/Acting Sergeant [1]

Farrier Quarter-Master Sergeant [1]

Farrier Serjeant [1]

Farrier Staff Serjeant [1]

Unit

11th Hussars [842]

Corps of Hussars [162]

11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars [83]

Machine Gun Corps [47]

Hussars [45]

Labour Corps [26]

Army Service Corps [22]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [21]

Royal Engineers [18]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [16]

11th Hussars (Prince Albert's Own) [14]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [14]

Military Mounted Police [12]

Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [12]

13th Hussars [10]

Army Veterinary Corps [10]

18th Hussars [9]

12th Royal Canadian Regiment [8]

Royal Field Artillery [8]

11th Royal Canadian Regiment [7]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [7]

11th Lancers [5]

Devonshire Regiment [5]

Military Foot Police [5]

Worcestershire Regiment [5]

Yorkshire Regiment [5]

10th Hussars [4]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [4]

West Yorkshire Regiment [4]

York and Lancaster Regiment [4]

19th Hussars [3]

3rd Hussars [3]

Guards Machine Gun Regiment [3]

Hampshire Regiment [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

11th (Prince Albert’s Own) Hussars [2]

11th Corps of Hussars [2]

13th Royal Canadian Regiment [2]

20th Hussars [2]

679th Labour Corps [2]

Company of Dragoons [2]

Corps of Lancers [2]

East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Sherwood Rangers [2]

Staffordshire Yeomanry [2]

Service

British Army [935]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Indian Army [2]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [217]

C [156]

G [126]

A [73]

H [65]

F [54]

D [52]

W [52]

S [33]

P [21]

R [18]

E [16]

M [15]

L [13]

T [9]

K [3]

N [3]

O [3]

Y [3]

V [2]

J [1]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [932]

Country

United Kingdom [29]

India [2]

Canada [1]

China [1]

Malta [1]

Morocco [1]

South Africa [1]

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Place of birth

Guildford, Surrey [2] Kensington, London [2] Macclesfield, Cheshire [2] Acol, Thanet [1] Arundel, Sussex [1] Ashbocking, Suffolk [1] Ashton, Cheshire [1] Bettiah, Champeran [1] Birmingham, Staffordshire [1] Bucklow Cheshire [1] Carisbrooke, Isle of Wight [1] Cockermouth, Cumberland. [1] Colchester [1] Coventry [1] Crickhowell [1] Darwen, Blackburn, Lancashire [1] Dover ? [1] Dublin [1] East Malling, Kent [1] Epsom, Surrey [1] Farthingstone, Northamptonshire [1] Glasgow [1] Hailsham [1] Kingston,Surrey [1] Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Middlesbrough [1] Morley, West Yorkshire [1] North Tawton [1] Northbourne, Kent [1] Pietermaritzburg, Natal [1] Porthmadog, Caernarfon [1] Preston, Lancashire [1] Queensland [1] Rothesay, Buteshire [1] Ruislip [1] Sevenoaks [1] Shortham, Essex [1] Silakot [1] Southall, Middlesex [1] St Panccras, Middlesex [1] St.George Hanover Square.London. [1] Stockton on Tees, Durham [1] The Loddon St.Kilda Melbourne Victoria [1] Tunbridge Wells [1] Uxbridge, Middlesex [1] Ventnor, Isle of Wight [1] Wansford, Northamptonshire [1] Willersley, Derbyshire [1] Wingham, Kent [1] Witherley, near Atherstone, Warwickshire [1]

Rank

Private [723] Serjeant [51] Lance Corporal [45] Second Lieutenant [45] Corporal [44] Lieutenant [30] Captain [28] Major [13] Sowar [10] Lieutenant Colonel [9] Shoeing Smith [8] Acting Serjeant [6] Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Lance Serjeant [5] Sapper [5] Staff Serjeant Major [5] Acting Corporal [3] Brigadier General [3] Colonel [3] Gunner [3] Sergeant [3] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Trooper [3] Acting Lance Dafadar [2] Corporal 2nd [2] Driver [2] Major General [2] Pioneer [2] Regimental Serjeant Major [2] Trumpeter [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Lieutenent Colonel [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Acting Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Bandsman [1] Captain and Adjutant [1] Colonel, temporary Brigadier General [1] Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Commander [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal Acting Sergeant [1] Corporal of Horse [1] Corporal/Acting Sergeant [1] Farrier Quarter-Master Sergeant [1] Farrier Serjeant [1] Farrier Staff Serjeant [1]

Unit

11th Hussars [842] Corps of Hussars [162] 11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars [83] Machine Gun Corps [47] Hussars [45] Labour Corps [26] Army Service Corps [22] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [21] Royal Engineers [18] Royal Irish Fusiliers [16] 11th Hussars (Prince Albert's Own) [14] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [14] Military Mounted Police [12] Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [12] 13th Hussars [10] Army Veterinary Corps [10] 18th Hussars [9] 12th Royal Canadian Regiment [8] Royal Field Artillery [8] 11th Royal Canadian Regiment [7] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [7] 11th Lancers [5] Devonshire Regiment [5] Military Foot Police [5] Worcestershire Regiment [5] Yorkshire Regiment [5] 10th Hussars [4] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [4] West Yorkshire Regiment [4] York and Lancaster Regiment [4] 19th Hussars [3] 3rd Hussars [3] Guards Machine Gun Regiment [3] Hampshire Regiment [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] 11th (Prince Albert’s Own) Hussars [2] 11th Corps of Hussars [2] 13th Royal Canadian Regiment [2] 20th Hussars [2] 679th Labour Corps [2] Company of Dragoons [2] Corps of Lancers [2] East Yorkshire Regiment [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Sherwood Rangers [2] Staffordshire Yeomanry [2]

Service

British Army [935] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2] Indian Army [2] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [217] C [156] G [126] A [73] H [65] F [54] D [52] W [52] S [33] P [21] R [18] E [16] M [15] L [13] T [9] K [3] N [3] O [3] Y [3] V [2] J [1] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [932]

Country

United Kingdom [29] India [2] Canada [1] China [1] Malta [1] Morocco [1] South Africa [1]

Claude Stuart Rome

Born 1875

Died 1956

British Army Captain 11th Hussars

British Army Lieutenant Colonel London Mounted Brigade

British Army Lieutenant and Adjutant Johannesburg Mounted Rifles 1st Battalion

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Edward Badcock

British Army 2531 Private Royal North Devonshire Yeomanry

British Army 354777 Private Devonshire Regiment

British Army 80845 Private 11th Hussars

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Alfred Williams

British Army 9357 Private East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 78064 Company Serjeant Major Tank Corps/Machine Gun Corps

British Army 4/80859 Serjeant 11th Hussars

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William Henry Rycroft, K.

Born 1861

Died 1925

British Army Major General Staff

British Army Colonel, temporary Brigadier General 2nd Corps Deputy Adjutant and Quarter Master General Mons

British Army Major General Late 11th Hussars, General Officer Commanding 32nd Division France and Belgium, Somme and Albert

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William Hart

British Army 6863 Corporal 11th Hussars

British Army 46230 Corporal Corps of Hussars

British Army 46230 Corporal 1st Dragoon Guards

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Paul Richard Tankerville Chamberlayne

British Army Second Lieutenant 11th Hussars

British Army Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

British Army Flying Officer Royal Air Force

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Harold Chorlton

British Army 9956 Private 11th Hussars

British Army 41183 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 43468 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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James Hamilton

British Army 44151 Corporal York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 55504 Serjeant York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant 11th Hussars

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John A Cornthwaite

British Army 158237 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 30540 Private 11th Hussars

British Army 30540 Private Reserve Regiment of Cavalry

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Alwyne Holland Franklyn

British Army Second Lieutenant Reserve Regiment of Cavalry

British Army Second Lieutenant 10th Hussars

British Army Captain 11th Reserve Cavalry

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William Edgar Croft

British Army 18694 Private 11th Hussars

British Army Second Lieutenant 24th Divisional Artillery

British Army Temporary Staff Captain 25th Divisional Artillery

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Frederick Church

British Army 4884 Private 11th Reserve Cavalry Regiment

British Army 4884 Private Hussars

British Army 416135 Private Labour Corps

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Arthur A Bartram

British Army 8476 Private 18th Hussars

British Army 39840 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 8476 Private 11th Royal Canadian Regiment

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Richard Bridgman

British Army 29989 Private Reserve Regiment of Cavalry

British Army 40939 Private Worcestershire Regiment

British Army 29989 Private 11th Hussars

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Edward Blake

British Army 3749 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army 26566 Private Hertfordshire Yeomanry

British Army 42627 Private Hertfordshire Regiment

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Walter Bedford

British Army TS/3559 Private Army Service Corps 1st Unit

British Army 32891 Private To 16th Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 30785 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

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