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Dublin [2]

Maidstone, Kent [2]

24 St. Leonard Street Edinburgh [1]

Alton, Hampshire [1]

Barnet Middlesex [1]

Belfast [1]

Belmont, Surrey [1]

CHATHAM [1]

Capel-le-Ferne Folkestone [1]

Charles, Plymouth [1]

Derby [1]

East Farleigh, Kent [1]

Enfield Wash [1]

Fenton, Staffordshire [1]

Greenhithe, Kent [1]

Hackney, Middlesex [1]

Haggerston, London [1]

Islington [1]

Kenninghall, Norfolk [1]

Kensington, London [1]

Kimpton, Hitchin, Hertfordshire [1]

Macclesfield [1]

Manchester,Lancashire [1]

Market Harborough, Leicestershire [1]

Piccadily. London [1]

Portsmouth [1]

Springfield Chelmsford Essex [1]

St Pancras, Middlesex [1]

Strood, Kent [1]

Sutton , Surrey [1]

Walton Le Dale, Lancashire [1]

Withycombe, Exmouth, Devon [1]

Rank

Private [525]

Lance Corporal [49]

Serjeant [41]

Second Lieutenant [38]

Corporal [32]

Lieutenant [24]

Captain [21]

Major [12]

Staff Serjeant Major [7]

Shoeing Smith [5]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Farrier Serjeant [3]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Sapper [3]

Trooper [3]

Trumpeter [3]

Acting Captain [2]

Acting Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Corporal 2nd [2]

Farrier Staff Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Regimental Sergeant Major [2]

Regimental Serjeant Major [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Acting Captain / Flight Commander [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting La [1]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Acting Major [1]

Armament Staff Serjeant [1]

Assistant Sergeant Major [1]

Bandsman [1]

Brigade Major [1]

Brigadier [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Commanding Officer [1]

Commissary [1]

Corporal Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Gunner [1]

Honorary Second Lieutenant [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Lieutenant (Temporary Major) [1]

Pioneer [1]

Police Constable [1]

Quarter Master and Lieutenant [1]

Saddler Corporal [1]

Shoeing Smith Corporal [1]

Staff [1]

Transport Serjeant [1]

Unit

12th Lancers [629]

Corps of Lancers [109]

12th (Prince of Wales's Royal) Lancers [52]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [32]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [29]

Army Veterinary Corps [23]

Middlesex Regiment [19]

Corps of Hussars [18]

Lancers [17]

Machine Gun Corps [14]

Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [13]

General Service Lancers [12]

Labour Corps [10]

Army Service Corps [8]

Military Mounted Police [8]

Royal Field Artillery [8]

12th Royal Lancers [7]

5th Lancers [7]

9th Lancers [5]

Royal Engineers [5]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [4]

12th Prince of Wales Lancers [3]

6th Dragoons [3]

East Surrey Regiment [3]

Essex Yeomanry [3]

Royal Flying Corps [3]

Somerset Light Infantry [3]

12th Cavalry [2]

16th Lancers [2]

21st Lancers [2]

3rd Reserve Cavalry Regiment [2]

6th Reserve Cavalry Regiment [2]

6th Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

City of London Yeomanry [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

Leicestershire Yeomanry [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [2]

Tank Corps [2]

12nd Lancers [1]

12th Lancers [1]

Service

British Army [671]

Indian Army [3]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Last name first letter

B [169]

C [145]

G [80]

A [50]

H [37]

S [35]

F [31]

W [27]

D [23]

P [18]

R [14]

M [10]

N [8]

E [7]

Y [5]

L [4]

T [4]

J [2]

K [1]

O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [664]

Country

United Kingdom [16]

South Africa [3]

Canada [1]

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People [671] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Dublin [2] Maidstone, Kent [2] 24 St. Leonard Street Edinburgh [1] Alton, Hampshire [1] Barnet Middlesex [1] Belfast [1] Belmont, Surrey [1] CHATHAM [1] Capel-le-Ferne Folkestone [1] Charles, Plymouth [1] Derby [1] East Farleigh, Kent [1] Enfield Wash [1] Fenton, Staffordshire [1] Greenhithe, Kent [1] Hackney, Middlesex [1] Haggerston, London [1] Islington [1] Kenninghall, Norfolk [1] Kensington, London [1] Kimpton, Hitchin, Hertfordshire [1] Macclesfield [1] Manchester,Lancashire [1] Market Harborough, Leicestershire [1] Piccadily. London [1] Portsmouth [1] Springfield Chelmsford Essex [1] St Pancras, Middlesex [1] Strood, Kent [1] Sutton , Surrey [1] Walton Le Dale, Lancashire [1] Withycombe, Exmouth, Devon [1]

Rank

Private [525] Lance Corporal [49] Serjeant [41] Second Lieutenant [38] Corporal [32] Lieutenant [24] Captain [21] Major [12] Staff Serjeant Major [7] Shoeing Smith [5] Acting Serjeant [3] Farrier Serjeant [3] Lance Serjeant [3] Sapper [3] Trooper [3] Trumpeter [3] Acting Captain [2] Acting Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Corporal 2nd [2] Farrier Staff Serjeant [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Regimental Sergeant Major [2] Regimental Serjeant Major [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Acting Captain / Flight Commander [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting La [1] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Acting Major [1] Armament Staff Serjeant [1] Assistant Sergeant Major [1] Bandsman [1] Brigade Major [1] Brigadier [1] Brigadier General [1] Commanding Officer [1] Commissary [1] Corporal Acting Lance Serjeant [1] Gunner [1] Honorary Second Lieutenant [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Lieutenant (Temporary Major) [1] Pioneer [1] Police Constable [1] Quarter Master and Lieutenant [1] Saddler Corporal [1] Shoeing Smith Corporal [1] Staff [1] Transport Serjeant [1]

Unit

12th Lancers [629] Corps of Lancers [109] 12th (Prince of Wales's Royal) Lancers [52] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [32] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [29] Army Veterinary Corps [23] Middlesex Regiment [19] Corps of Hussars [18] Lancers [17] Machine Gun Corps [14] Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [13] General Service Lancers [12] Labour Corps [10] Army Service Corps [8] Military Mounted Police [8] Royal Field Artillery [8] 12th Royal Lancers [7] 5th Lancers [7] 9th Lancers [5] Royal Engineers [5] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] Royal Munster Fusiliers [4] 12th Prince of Wales Lancers [3] 6th Dragoons [3] East Surrey Regiment [3] Essex Yeomanry [3] Royal Flying Corps [3] Somerset Light Infantry [3] 12th Cavalry [2] 16th Lancers [2] 21st Lancers [2] 3rd Reserve Cavalry Regiment [2] 6th Reserve Cavalry Regiment [2] 6th Royal Rifle Corps [2] Army Ordnance Corps [2] City of London Yeomanry [2] Essex Regiment [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] Lancashire Fusiliers [2] Leicestershire Yeomanry [2] Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Army Veterinary Corps [2] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [2] Tank Corps [2] 12nd Lancers [1] 12th Lancers [1]

Service

British Army [671] Indian Army [3] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Last name first letter

B [169] C [145] G [80] A [50] H [37] S [35] F [31] W [27] D [23] P [18] R [14] M [10] N [8] E [7] Y [5] L [4] T [4] J [2] K [1] O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [664]

Country

United Kingdom [16] South Africa [3] Canada [1]

Alfred Ludwig Andersen

Born 1893

Died 1981

British Army 3803 Private 12th Lancers

British Army L/3803 Private 12th Lancers

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Richard Loudon Mccreery

Born 1898

Died 1967

British Army Second Lieutenant 12th Lancers

British Army Lieutenant 12th Lancers

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Henry George Gore

Born 1878

Died 1914

British Army 12th Lancers

British Army Police Constable Metropolitan Police

British Army L/4458 Corporal 12th Lancers

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George Miller Brown

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant 12th Lancers

British Army Lieutenant 12th Lancers Special Reserve

British Army Lieutenant 12th (Prince of Wales's Royal) Lancers

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Joseph Edward Marshman

Born 1861

Died 1918

British Army 20686 Private Hampshire Regiment 4th Supernumery Company, 5th Battalion

British Army 4956 Private 12th Lancers

British Army 31529 Private Royal Defence Corps

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Harold Vincent Spencer Charrington

Born 1886

Died 1965

British Army Second Lieutenant 12th Royal Lancers

British Army Brigadier 12th Royal Lancers

British Army Captain 12th (Prince of Wales's Royal) Lancers

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Richard Arthur Nelson Crayston

Born 1894

Died 1914

British Army 4403 Lance Corporal 12th Lancers

British Army L/4403 Private 12th Lancers

British Army L/4403 Lance Corporal 12th (Prince of Wales's Royal) Lancers

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James William Collar

Died 1914

British Army 3736 Private 12th Lancers

British Army L/3736 Private 12th Lancers

British Army 3736 Private 12th (Prince of Wales's Royal) Lancers

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Harold Charles Dearling

Born 1893

Died 1921

British Army 2924 Corporal 12th Lancers

British Army L/2924 Corporal 12th Lancers

British Army L/2924 Corporal 12th (Prince of Wales's Royal) Lancers

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Henry James Cummings

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 536 Private 12th Lancers

British Army L/536 Private 12th Lancers

British Army 536 Private 12th (Prince of Wales's Royal) Lancers

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John Albert Davies

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 12L/5863 Private 12th Lancers

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George H Harris

British Army L/447 Shoeing Smith 12th Lancers

British Army L/447 Serjeant 12th Lancers

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Albert Williams

Born 1878

British Army 12I/4359 Private 12th Lancers

British Army L/12727 Private Corps of Lancers

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Harold Augustus Wernher

British Army Lieutenant 12th Lancers

British Army Second Lieutenant 12th Lancers

British Army Lieutenant (Temporary Major) 12th Lancers

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Ernest Crowther

Died 1918

British Army 1286 Private 12th Lancers

British Army L/1286 Private 12th Lancers

British Army 1286 Private 12th (Prince of Wales's Royal) Lancers

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James Sutton

Died 1917

British Army 412 Private 12th Lancers

British Army L/412 Private 12th Lancers

British Army 412 Private 12th (Prince of Wales's Royal) Lancers

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Thomas Bell

Died 1914

British Army 906 Corporal 12th Lancers

British Army L/906 Corporal 12th Lancers

British Army 906 Corporal 12th (Prince of Wales's Royal) Lancers

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Stewart Henry Allen

Born 1888

Died 1914

British Army L/5807 Lance Corporal 12th Lancers

British Army L/5807 Private 12th Lancers

British Army L/5807 Lance Corporal 12th (Prince of Wales's Royal) Lancers

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Thomas George Cooper

Born 1892

Died 1914

British Army 1675 Private 12th Lancers

British Army L/1675 Private 12th Lancers

British Army 1675 Private 12th (Prince of Wales's Royal) Lancers

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George T Crook

Died 1915

British Army 2992 Private 12th Lancers

British Army L/2992 Private 12th Lancers

British Army 2992 Private 12th (Prince of Wales's Royal) Lancers

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