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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]

Henry C Barter

British Army 7DG/6627 Private 4th Dragoon Guards

British Army 10739 Private Royal Munster Fusiliers

British Army 73486 Private South Irish Horse

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Harold St Clair Smallwood

Born 1883

Died 1968

British Army Lieutenant Lancers

British Army Acting Lieutenant Colonel Royal Air Force

Indian Army Lieutenant Indian Army Reserve of Officers, attached 12th Bengal Light Cavalry

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Walter Charles Cook

British Army 1121 Lance Corporal 12th Lancers

British Army Major Royal West Surrey Regiment 9th royal west Battalion

British Army Lieutenant East Surrey Regiment

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Arthur C Hannant

British Army L/16872 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army 5464 Private 12th Lancers

British Army 105256 Acting Serjeant Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

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John Brewster

British Army 3233 Private 12th Lancers

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Berkshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Air Force

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Stanley Bremner

British Army Lieutenant attached 1/4th Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army Lieutenant King's Liverpool Regiment

British Army Lieutenant attached 12th Lancers

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Percy Chambers

British Army 5395 Private 12th Lancers

British Army 41868 Private Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

British Army 5398 Private Reserve Regiment of Cavalry 6th Battalion

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Charles F Burgess

British Army 5555 Private 12th Lancers

British Army 10569 Private Royal Munster Fusiliers

British Army 11628 Private Royal Irish Regiment

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Edward Burgess

British Army 6235 Private 12th Lancers

British Army 13202 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army 32443 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Charles Bacon

British Army D/8936 Private 5th Dragoon Guards

British Army L/16818 Private 12th Lancers

British Army D/8936 Private King's Dragoon Guards 1st Battalion

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F Burgess

British Army 5555 Private 12th Lancers

British Army 10569 Private Royal Munster Fusiliers

British Army 11628 Private Royal Munster Fusiliers

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