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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]

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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]

William Corr

British Army 2551 Private 12th Lancers

British Army L/2551 Private 12th Lancers

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John W Carleton

British Army 7 Private 12th Lancers

British Army L/7 Private 12th Lancers

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George Carr

British Army 1820 Private 12th Lancers

British Army L/1820 Private 12th Lancers

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Harry Bradley

British Army 783 Private 12th Lancers

British Army L/783 Private 12th Lancers

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Thomas S Grasby

British Army 1534 Private 12th Lancers

British Army L/1534 Private 12th Lancers

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Charles Coote

British Army 561 Private 12th Lancers

British Army L/1561 Private 12th Lancers

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Richard Frederick Bultitude

British Army L/5657 Lance Corporal 12th Lancers

British Army L/5657 Private 12th Lancers

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George A Harvey

British Army L/126 Private 12th Lancers

British Army L/126 Serjeant 12th Lancers

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James A Fawcett

British Army 3247 Private 12th Lancers

British Army L/3247 Private 12th Lancers

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Frederick Craig

British Army 105 Private 12th Lancers

British Army L/105 Private 12th Lancers

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George E Sutton

British Army 4889 Private 12th Lancers

British Army L/4889 Private 12th Lancers

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George Allen

British Army 698 Private 12th Lancers

British Army L/698 Private 12th Lancers

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Joseph Ackroyd

British Army 1539 Private 12th Lancers

British Army L/1539 Private 12th Lancers

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Albert Godfrey

British Army 2552 Private 12th Lancers

British Army L/2552 Private 12th Lancers

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William E Chapman

British Army 1871 Private 12th Lancers

British Army L/1871 Private 12th Lancers

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Harry Carr

British Army L/6405 Lance Corporal 12th Lancers

British Army L/6405 Private 12th Lancers

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John Davis

British Army 251 Private 12th Lancers

British Army L/251 Corporal 12th Lancers

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John A Hammond

British Army L/420 Shoeing Smith 12th Lancers

British Army L/420 Corporal 12th Lancers

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Reginald F Cleverley

British Army 810 Private 12th Lancers

British Army L/810 Private 12th Lancers

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Robert G Babington

British Army L/5417 Lance Corporal 12th Lancers

British Army L/5417 Private 12th Lancers

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