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Place of birth

Birmingham [2]

Axemouth, Devon [1]

Banham, Norfolk [1]

Barry [1]

Bournemouth [1]

Caerphilly, Cardiff [1]

Camberwell, Surrey [1]

Carisbrooke, Isle of Wight [1]

Castle Ward, Northumberland [1]

County Tyrone, Northern Ireland [1]

Culland, Ashbourne [1]

Dublin [1]

Eastcombe, Gloucestershire [1]

Fenton [1]

Grange over Sands [1]

Hamilton, Ontario [1]

Hardway, South Brewham, Somerset [1]

Hastings, Sussex [1]

Howden [1]

Macclesfield, Cheshire [1]

Mile End, Middlesex [1]

Newport, Monmouthshire [1]

Stepney, Middlesex [1]

Sunbury, Middlesex [1]

Sutton, Surrey [1]

Tunbridge Wells [1]

Ventnor, Isle of Wight [1]

Walsall, Staffordshire [1]

Warwick [1]

Wells, Somerset [1]

Winchester, Hampshire [1]

Wothorpe, Northamptonshire [1]

Rank

Private [572]

Serjeant [48]

Corporal [44]

Lance Corporal [37]

Second Lieutenant [29]

Lieutenant [20]

Captain [15]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [8]

Major [7]

Staff Serjeant [7]

Sapper [6]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Acting Corporal [5]

Pioneer [5]

Lance Serjeant [4]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Shoeing Smith [4]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Driver [3]

Sergeant [3]

Trooper [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Brevet Major [2]

Farrier Serjeant [2]

Saddler Corporal [2]

Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Staff Serjeant Major [2]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Captain Temporary Major [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Commander [1]

Corporal/Acting Sergeant [1]

Farrier [1]

Farrier Serjeant Major [1]

Farrier Staff Serjeant [1]

Flight Lieutenant [1]

Flight Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Instructor [1]

L Cpl [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Major and Quarter Master [1]

Pensioner [1]

Private Private [1]

Probationary Flight Officer [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Quarter Master and Captain [1]

Unit

13th Hussars [678]

Corps of Hussars [138]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [39]

Hussars [30]

Machine Gun Corps [24]

Royal Engineers [19]

Corps of Lancers [17]

20th Hussars [13]

11th Hussars [11]

Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [11]

13th Royal Canadian Regiment [10]

1st Dragoon Guards [10]

Labour Corps [8]

Dragoon Guards [7]

Corps of Dragoons [6]

Military Mounted Police [6]

Royal Air Force [6]

21st Lancers [5]

8th Hussars [5]

Army Service Corps [4]

Guards Machine Gun Regiment [4]

Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) [4]

14th Hussars [3]

15th Hussars [3]

Company of Dragoons [3]

13/18th Hussars [2]

13th Corps of Hussars [2]

1st Life Guards [2]

3rd Hussars [2]

East Kent Regiment [2]

Indian Army [2]

Indian Army Reserve of Officers [2]

King's Dragoon Guards [2]

Machine Gun Guards [2]

Military Foot Police [2]

Royal Field Artillery [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [2]

Staffordshire Yeomanry [2]

Worcestershire Regiment [2]

Worcestershire Yeomanry [2]

11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars [1]

11th Hussars attached Sultan of Morocco's Forces [1]

12th Reserve Regiment [1]

13th & 11th Hussars [1]

13th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment [1]

13th Cavalry Reserve Regiment attached to 20th Hussars [1]

13th Hussars Indian Cavalry Corps [1]

13th Hussars Reserve of Officers [1]

Service

British Army [712]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Other Empire Force [1]

Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

B [146]

C [130]

G [98]

A [64]

H [53]

D [38]

F [37]

S [30]

W [30]

R [19]

P [16]

T [12]

M [10]

E [5]

K [5]

L [5]

Y [5]

J [4]

N [2]

O [2]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [710]

Country

United Kingdom [18]

India [3]

Canada [2]

China [1]

Ireland [1]

Morocco [1]

South Africa [1]

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People [712] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Birmingham [2] Axemouth, Devon [1] Banham, Norfolk [1] Barry [1] Bournemouth [1] Caerphilly, Cardiff [1] Camberwell, Surrey [1] Carisbrooke, Isle of Wight [1] Castle Ward, Northumberland [1] County Tyrone, Northern Ireland [1] Culland, Ashbourne [1] Dublin [1] Eastcombe, Gloucestershire [1] Fenton [1] Grange over Sands [1] Hamilton, Ontario [1] Hardway, South Brewham, Somerset [1] Hastings, Sussex [1] Howden [1] Macclesfield, Cheshire [1] Mile End, Middlesex [1] Newport, Monmouthshire [1] Stepney, Middlesex [1] Sunbury, Middlesex [1] Sutton, Surrey [1] Tunbridge Wells [1] Ventnor, Isle of Wight [1] Walsall, Staffordshire [1] Warwick [1] Wells, Somerset [1] Winchester, Hampshire [1] Wothorpe, Northamptonshire [1]

Rank

Private [572] Serjeant [48] Corporal [44] Lance Corporal [37] Second Lieutenant [29] Lieutenant [20] Captain [15] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [8] Major [7] Staff Serjeant [7] Sapper [6] Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Acting Corporal [5] Pioneer [5] Lance Serjeant [4] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Shoeing Smith [4] Acting Serjeant [3] Driver [3] Sergeant [3] Trooper [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Brevet Major [2] Farrier Serjeant [2] Saddler Corporal [2] Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Staff Serjeant Major [2] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1] Captain Temporary Major [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Commander [1] Corporal/Acting Sergeant [1] Farrier [1] Farrier Serjeant Major [1] Farrier Staff Serjeant [1] Flight Lieutenant [1] Flight Sub-Lieutenant [1] Instructor [1] L Cpl [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Major and Quarter Master [1] Pensioner [1] Private Private [1] Probationary Flight Officer [1] Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Quarter Master and Captain [1]

Unit

13th Hussars [678] Corps of Hussars [138] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [39] Hussars [30] Machine Gun Corps [24] Royal Engineers [19] Corps of Lancers [17] 20th Hussars [13] 11th Hussars [11] Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [11] 13th Royal Canadian Regiment [10] 1st Dragoon Guards [10] Labour Corps [8] Dragoon Guards [7] Corps of Dragoons [6] Military Mounted Police [6] Royal Air Force [6] 21st Lancers [5] 8th Hussars [5] Army Service Corps [4] Guards Machine Gun Regiment [4] Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) [4] 14th Hussars [3] 15th Hussars [3] Company of Dragoons [3] 13/18th Hussars [2] 13th Corps of Hussars [2] 1st Life Guards [2] 3rd Hussars [2] East Kent Regiment [2] Indian Army [2] Indian Army Reserve of Officers [2] King's Dragoon Guards [2] Machine Gun Guards [2] Military Foot Police [2] Royal Field Artillery [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2] Royal Irish Fusiliers [2] Staffordshire Yeomanry [2] Worcestershire Regiment [2] Worcestershire Yeomanry [2] 11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars [1] 11th Hussars attached Sultan of Morocco's Forces [1] 12th Reserve Regiment [1] 13th & 11th Hussars [1] 13th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment [1] 13th Cavalry Reserve Regiment attached to 20th Hussars [1] 13th Hussars Indian Cavalry Corps [1] 13th Hussars Reserve of Officers [1]

Service

British Army [712] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2] Other Empire Force [1] Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

B [146] C [130] G [98] A [64] H [53] D [38] F [37] S [30] W [30] R [19] P [16] T [12] M [10] E [5] K [5] L [5] Y [5] J [4] N [2] O [2] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [710]

Country

United Kingdom [18] India [3] Canada [2] China [1] Ireland [1] Morocco [1] South Africa [1]

Reginald Evan Soper

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 18825 Private 13th Hussars

British Army 18825 Private Corps of Hussars

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Frederick Bartlett

Died 1918

British Army 8267 Private 13th Hussars

British Army 8267 Lance Corporal 13th Hussars

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John Bryan Ayres

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 22509 Private 13th Hussars

British Army 25266 Private Royal Irish Fusiliers

British Army 32868 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 16th Bn.

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Thomas Harry Balding

Born 1879

Died 1950

Other Empire Force Instructor Moroccan Army Secondment Shereeefian Cavalry

Other Empire Force Commander Moroccan Army Secondment Shereeefian Cavalry

British Army 3986 Lance Corporal 13th Hussars

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Thomas Charles Crouch

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 2898 Private 8th Hussars

British Army 2898 Private 13th Hussars

British Army Private

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Vernon Francis Symondson

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant 13th Hussars

British Army Second Lieutenant 13th Hussars

Royal Navy PI 40357 Probationary Flight Officer Royal Naval Air Service Eastbourne-Cranwell

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Frank Lyman

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 24902 Private Hussars

British Army 24902 Private 13th Hussars

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William Thomson

Died 1917

British Army 3883 Private Hussars

British Army 3883 Private 13th Hussars

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Ernest Smith

Died 1914

British Army 6870 Private Hussars

British Army 6870 Private 13th Hussars

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J F Couch

Died 1918

British Army 4504 Shoeing Smith Hussars

British Army 4504 Shoeing Smith 13th Hussars

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Gilbert Thackray

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 11642 Private Hussars

British Army 11642 Private 13th Hussars

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Harry Young

Died 1918

British Army 2042 Private 13th Hussars

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William Hall

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 4525 Private 13th Hussars

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Henry Bell

Died 1918

British Army 3973 Private 13th Hussars

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Jim George

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 11879 Private 13th Hussars

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George Cook

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army 6897 Serjeant 13th Hussars

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Charles Goodman

Died 1914

British Army 4425 Private 13th Hussars

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William Thomas Gamage

Died 1914

British Army 1194 Private 13th Hussars

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A Vinall

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 6915 Corporal 13th Hussars

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Leonard North

Died 1917

British Army 27798 Private Hussars

British Army 27798 Private 13th Hussars

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