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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]

11th Royal Canadian Regiment [7]

Royal Field Artillery [7]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [7]

Yorkshire Regiment [6]

11th Lancers [5]

Devonshire Regiment [5]

Military Foot Police [5]

Worcestershire Regiment [5]

10th Hussars [4]

Royal Army Service Corps [4]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [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 Air Force [3]

Royal Garrison Artillery [3]

West Yorkshire Regiment [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]

Indian Army [2]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) [2]

Machine Gun Squadron Cavalry [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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People [936] Stories Communities

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] 11th Royal Canadian Regiment [7] Royal Field Artillery [7] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [7] Yorkshire Regiment [6] 11th Lancers [5] Devonshire Regiment [5] Military Foot Police [5] Worcestershire Regiment [5] 10th Hussars [4] Royal Army Service Corps [4] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [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 Air Force [3] Royal Garrison Artillery [3] West Yorkshire Regiment [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] Indian Army [2] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) [2] Machine Gun Squadron Cavalry [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]

Balfour Beaton

British Army 77 Serjeant 11th Lancashire Hussars Regiment

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Lieutenant No 5 Field Squadron Royal Airforce

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T Anderson

British Army 22034 Private 11th Hussars

British Army 34135 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 31071 Private Hampshire Regiment

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A J Holton

British Army Captain Royal Engineers

British Army Traffic Captain Railways Advisory Section

British Army 3646 Lance Corporal 11th Hussars

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Harry Careless

British Army 29151 Serjeant Reserve Regiment of Cavalry

British Army 29151 Serjeant 11th Hussars

British Army 41154 Serjeant Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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