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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]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [3]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [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 Flying Corps [2]

Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

South Wales Borderers [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]

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] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [3] Royal Irish Fusiliers [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 Flying Corps [2] Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] South Wales Borderers [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]

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]

Sidney Millican

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 24892 Private Hussars

British Army 24892 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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Michael Mcdonnell

Died 1917

British Army 13224 Private Hussars

British Army 13224 Private 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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John Tunnicliffe

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 22535 Private Hussars

British Army 22535 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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George Keeton

Born 1879

Died 1919

British Army 206283 Private Hussars

British Army 206283 Private 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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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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William R Brown

British Army 8475 Saddler Corporal 13th Hussars

British Army 8475 Corporal 13th Hussars

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Frederick H Blanchard

British Army 46209 Shoeing Smith 13th Hussars

British Army 46209 Corporal 13th Hussars

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Percy Collins

British Army 1915 Lance Corporal 13th Hussars

British Army 1915 Serjeant 13th Hussars

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R S Hamilton Grace

British Army Captain 13th Hussars

British Army Brevet Major 13th Hussars

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Henry A Burden

British Army 7514 Trooper 13th Hussars

British Army 7514 Private 13th Hussars

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John Cunningham

British Army 6681 Private 13th Hussars

British Army 6681 Serjeant 13th Hussars

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Geoffrey Burgess

British Army 8575 Lance Corporal 13th Hussars

British Army 8575 Serjeant 13th Hussars

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Patrick Byrne

British Army 453 Corporal 13th Hussars

British Army 453 Serjeant 13th Hussars

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George Cox

British Army 4522 Farrier Serjeant 13th Hussars

British Army 4522 Serjeant 13th Hussars

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Hans E E French

British Army 6000 Private 13th Hussars

British Army 3940 Private 13th Hussars

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