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Bermondsey [2]

Bareilly, North Provinces [1]

Bath [1]

Battersea [1]

Bemondsey, London [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Bexley, Kent [1]

Bidford on Avon, Warwickshire [1]

Blurton Longton, Stafford [1]

Brecon, Breconshire [1]

Camberwell, Surrey [1]

Chaplin Road, Willesden, London [1]

Chorlton Lancs [1]

Croydon Surrey [1]

Croydon, Surrey [1]

Deptford [1]

Deptford, Kent [1]

Dublin [1]

Durston, Taunton, Somerset [1]

Enfield [1]

Glasgow, [1]

Harrogate, Yorkshire [1]

Hawley Yateley Hants [1]

Honiton Devon [1]

Hoyle Mill, Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

Kingston, Surrey [1]

Lakenham, Norwich [1]

Langley [1]

Leatherhead, Surrey [1]

Ludlow [1]

Manchester [1]

Mandalay [1]

Marylebone, London [1]

Old Ford, Bow, London [1]

Paddington, London [1]

Ramsden, Oxfordshire [1]

Scarborough, Yorkshire [1]

St George Hanover Square, London [1]

St Pancras, London [1]

Stoke St Gregory, Somerset [1]

Tamworth [1]

Templecombe, Wincanton, Somerset [1]

Walsall [1]

Walworth, Surrey [1]

Westbury Woodhouse Huddersfield Yorkshire [1]

Wolverhampton [1]

Wyatt Road, Staines, Middlesex [1]

Rank

Private [575]

Serjeant [51]

Corporal [47]

Second Lieutenant [40]

Lance Corporal [33]

Captain [30]

Lieutenant [29]

Major [11]

Shoeing Smith [7]

Acting Corporal [5]

Acting Serjeant [5]

Lieutenant Colonel [5]

Sapper [3]

Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Brigadier General [2]

Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Gunner [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Major General [2]

Musician [2]

Saddler/Corporal [2]

Sergeant [2]

Staff Serjeant Major [2]

Trumpeter [2]

1st Lieutenant [1]

A/ Regimental Sgt. Major [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Colonel [1]

Acting Lieutenant [1]

Acting Major [1]

Adjutant [1]

Air Vice Marshal [1]

Bandsman [1]

Brigadier-General [1]

Cadet Lance Corporal [1]

Captain (Temporary Major) [1]

Captain (retired) [1]

Captain and Adjutant [1]

Colonel [1]

Commander [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Corporal Shoeing Smith [1]

Driver [1]

Farrier Quarter Master Sergeant [1]

Farrier Sergeant [1]

Unit

15th Hussars [676]

Corps of Hussars [137]

15th (The King's) Hussars [93]

Hussars [35]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [27]

Labour Corps [26]

Machine Gun Corps [26]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [10]

15th Hussars Regiment [8]

Royal Engineers [8]

15/19th Hussars [7]

Royal Air Force [7]

3rd Hussars [6]

Army Service Corps [6]

Royal Field Artillery [6]

Gloucestershire Regiment [5]

13th Hussars [4]

15th King's Hussars [4]

19th Hussars [4]

Military Mounted Police [4]

Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [4]

10th Hussars [3]

14/20th Hussars [3]

14th Royal Canadian Regiment [3]

15th Hussars (King's) [3]

20th Hussars [3]

London Regiment [3]

Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [3]

Royal Flying Corps [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

18th Hussars [2]

Bedford Yeomanry [2]

Corps Of Hussars [2]

Corps of Dragoons [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Tank Corps [2]

Worcestershire Regiment [2]

10th (Prince of Wales's Own Royal) Hussars [1]

13/15th Hussars [1]

14th Cavalry Regiment [1]

14th Hussars [1]

14th Punjabis [1]

14th Reserve Regiment (Cavalry) [1]

15th (The Kings) Hussars [1]

15th (the Kings) Hussars [1]

15th Battalion Hussars [1]

Service

British Army [744]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [4]

Indian Army [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

B [177]

C [122]

G [99]

H [51]

D [50]

F [43]

A [42]

W [34]

S [30]

P [23]

R [22]

E [14]

T [10]

M [8]

Y [5]

N [4]

J [2]

K [2]

L [2]

O [2]

V [2]

Contribution

Military Service [741]

Country

United Kingdom [24]

South Africa [5]

India [1]

Kenya [1]

Malaysia [1]

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Place of birth

Bermondsey [2] Bareilly, North Provinces [1] Bath [1] Battersea [1] Bemondsey, London [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Bexley, Kent [1] Bidford on Avon, Warwickshire [1] Blurton Longton, Stafford [1] Brecon, Breconshire [1] Camberwell, Surrey [1] Chaplin Road, Willesden, London [1] Chorlton Lancs [1] Croydon Surrey [1] Croydon, Surrey [1] Deptford [1] Deptford, Kent [1] Dublin [1] Durston, Taunton, Somerset [1] Enfield [1] Glasgow, [1] Harrogate, Yorkshire [1] Hawley Yateley Hants [1] Honiton Devon [1] Hoyle Mill, Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Kingston, Surrey [1] Lakenham, Norwich [1] Langley [1] Leatherhead, Surrey [1] Ludlow [1] Manchester [1] Mandalay [1] Marylebone, London [1] Old Ford, Bow, London [1] Paddington, London [1] Ramsden, Oxfordshire [1] Scarborough, Yorkshire [1] St George Hanover Square, London [1] St Pancras, London [1] Stoke St Gregory, Somerset [1] Tamworth [1] Templecombe, Wincanton, Somerset [1] Walsall [1] Walworth, Surrey [1] Westbury Woodhouse Huddersfield Yorkshire [1] Wolverhampton [1] Wyatt Road, Staines, Middlesex [1]

Rank

Private [575] Serjeant [51] Corporal [47] Second Lieutenant [40] Lance Corporal [33] Captain [30] Lieutenant [29] Major [11] Shoeing Smith [7] Acting Corporal [5] Acting Serjeant [5] Lieutenant Colonel [5] Sapper [3] Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Temporary Captain [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [2] Brigadier General [2] Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Gunner [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Major General [2] Musician [2] Saddler/Corporal [2] Sergeant [2] Staff Serjeant Major [2] Trumpeter [2] 1st Lieutenant [1] A/ Regimental Sgt. Major [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Colonel [1] Acting Lieutenant [1] Acting Major [1] Adjutant [1] Air Vice Marshal [1] Bandsman [1] Brigadier-General [1] Cadet Lance Corporal [1] Captain (Temporary Major) [1] Captain (retired) [1] Captain and Adjutant [1] Colonel [1] Commander [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Corporal Shoeing Smith [1] Driver [1] Farrier Quarter Master Sergeant [1] Farrier Sergeant [1]

Unit

15th Hussars [676] Corps of Hussars [137] 15th (The King's) Hussars [93] Hussars [35] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [27] Labour Corps [26] Machine Gun Corps [26] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [10] 15th Hussars Regiment [8] Royal Engineers [8] 15/19th Hussars [7] Royal Air Force [7] 3rd Hussars [6] Army Service Corps [6] Royal Field Artillery [6] Gloucestershire Regiment [5] 13th Hussars [4] 15th King's Hussars [4] 19th Hussars [4] Military Mounted Police [4] Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [4] 10th Hussars [3] 14/20th Hussars [3] 14th Royal Canadian Regiment [3] 15th Hussars (King's) [3] 20th Hussars [3] London Regiment [3] Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Berkshire Regiment [3] Royal Flying Corps [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] 18th Hussars [2] Bedford Yeomanry [2] Corps Of Hussars [2] Corps of Dragoons [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2] Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Tank Corps [2] Worcestershire Regiment [2] 10th (Prince of Wales's Own Royal) Hussars [1] 13/15th Hussars [1] 14th Cavalry Regiment [1] 14th Hussars [1] 14th Punjabis [1] 14th Reserve Regiment (Cavalry) [1] 15th (The Kings) Hussars [1] 15th (the Kings) Hussars [1] 15th Battalion Hussars [1]

Service

British Army [744] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [4] Indian Army [1] Other Empire Force [1] Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

B [177] C [122] G [99] H [51] D [50] F [43] A [42] W [34] S [30] P [23] R [22] E [14] T [10] M [8] Y [5] N [4] J [2] K [2] L [2] O [2] V [2]

Contribution

Military Service [741]

Country

United Kingdom [24] South Africa [5] India [1] Kenya [1] Malaysia [1]

Joseph W Andrews

Born 1877

Died 1917

British Army 14033 Private 15th Hussars

British Army 14033 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 14033 Private 15th (The King's) Hussars

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Robert Baker

Died 1914

British Army 4457 Private 15th Hussars

British Army 4457 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 4457 Private 15th (The King's) Hussars

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William Bailey

Born 1881

Died 1915

British Army 26992 Private 15th Hussars

British Army 26992 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 26992 Private 15th (The King's) Hussars

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Henry J Halsey

Died 1914

British Army 9650 Private 15th Hussars

British Army 9650 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 9650 Private 15th (The King's) Hussars

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Harry Southcott

Died 1918

British Army 11754 Private 15th Hussars

British Army 11754 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 11754 Private 15th (The King's) Hussars

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Clarence Arnold

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 15342 Private 15th Hussars

British Army 15342 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 15342 Private 15th (The King's) Hussars

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William John Ashton

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 5963 Serjeant 15th Hussars

British Army 46378 Serjeant Corps of Hussars

British Army 46378 Serjeant 15th (The King's) Hussars

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Sidney P Barfield

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 9922 Private 15th Hussars

British Army 9922 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 9922 Private 15th (The King's) Hussars

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George S Amor

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 11371 Private 15th Hussars

British Army 11371 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 11371 Private 15th (The King's) Hussars

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Frank French

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army 4721 Private 15th Hussars

British Army 4721 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 4721 Private 15th (The King's) Hussars

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Francis Byrne

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 4254 Serjeant 15th Hussars

British Army 46268 Serjeant Corps of Hussars

British Army 46268 Serjeant 15th (The King's) Hussars

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Sidney Haynes

Born 1890

Died 1914

British Army 9745 Private Hussars

British Army 9745 Private 15th (The King's) Hussars

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William Wilkes

Died 1914

British Army 526 Private Hussars

British Army 526 Private 15th (The King's) Hussars

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Edward Charles Rough

Died 1918

British Army 7325 Serjeant Hussars

British Army 7325 Serjeant 15th (The King's) Hussars

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G Mcfarelend

Died 1918

British Army 1269 Private Hussars

British Army 1269 Private 15th (The King's) Hussars

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Arthur Hayden Kirkby

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army 4525 Private Hussars

British Army 4525 Private 15th (The King's) Hussars

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William Penhorwood

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 15059 Private Hussars

British Army 15059 Private 15th (The King's) Hussars

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Joseph Millar

Born 1882

Died 1915

British Army 3813 Private Hussars

British Army 3813 Private 15th (The King's) Hussars

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Albert Pearcey

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 14039 Private Hussars

British Army 14039 Private 15th (The King's) Hussars

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Horace Sears

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 4446 Private Hussars

British Army 4446 Private 15th (The King's) Hussars

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