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Accrington [1]

Ballymoney, County Antrim [1]

DUNOON [1]

Farnell. Angus. [1]

Forest Gate, Epping [1]

Hackney, London [1]

Lethbridge, Alberta [1]

Liverpool [1]

London [1]

London England [1]

Malacca, Straits Settlements [1]

Mexborough, South Yorkshire [1]

Offord D'Arcy, Huntingdonshire [1]

Stafford England [1]

Stepney, Middlesex [1]

Ystradfodwg [1]

Rank

Private [228]

Second Lieutenant [26]

Lance Corporal [25]

Serjeant [23]

Lieutenant [18]

Captain [16]

Corporal [15]

Major [7]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Trooper [4]

Gunner [3]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Acting Captain [2]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [2]

Acting Corporal [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Corporal 2nd [2]

Sapper [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Major General [1]

Acting Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Staff Sejeant Major [1]

Brigadier [1]

Captain Major [1]

Colonel Sergeant [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Driver [1]

Leading Aircraft [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Lieutenant Second [1]

Private /Lance Corporal [1]

Sergeant [1]

Sergent [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Staff Serjeant Major [1]

Temporary Major [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Serjeant [1]

Volunteer Driver [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 Company Serjeant Major [1]

Unit

Machine Gun Corps [172]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [91]

1st Dragoon Guards [55]

5th Dragoon Guards [18]

1st Royal Canadian Regiment [16]

1st Dragoons [14]

1st Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [14]

1st Berkshire Yeomanry [12]

1st Royal Irish Rifles [10]

1/1st North Somerset Yeomanry [9]

1/1st Scottish Horse [9]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [9]

1st Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars [8]

1st Shropshire Light Infantry [7]

1st Staffordshire Yeomanry [7]

1st York and Lancaster Regiment [7]

1st Dorset Yeomanry [6]

1st Life Guards [6]

1st Royal Munster Fusiliers [6]

Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) [6]

Royal Fusiliers [6]

1st Leinster Regiment [5]

Tank Corps [5]

1/1st South Wales Borderers [4]

1st Battalion Machine Gun Corps [4]

1st Lovat's Scouts [4]

Corps of Dragoons [4]

Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [4]

1st Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3]

1st Machine Gun Corps [3]

1st Royal Highlanders [3]

Buckinghamshire Yeomanry [3]

1st Ayrshire Yeomanry [2]

1st Buckinghamshire Yeomanry [2]

1st Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2]

1st Liverpool Regiment [2]

1st Royal Scots [2]

1st Scottish Horse [2]

1st Tank Corps [2]

1st West Riding Regiment [2]

Labour Corps [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Northumberland Regiment [2]

Royal Field Artillery [2]

1/1st Ayrshire Yeomanry [1]

1/1st Berkshire Yeomanry [1]

1/1st Buckinghamshire Yeomanry (Royal Bucks Hussars) [1]

1/1st Derby Yeomanry [1]

1/1st Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars [1]

Service

British Army [289]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Indian Army [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [80]

C [66]

G [44]

A [31]

D [21]

F [20]

H [19]

E [3]

P [2]

S [2]

W [2]

L [1]

Q [1]

T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [292]

Country

United Kingdom [5]

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People [293] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Accrington [1] Ballymoney, County Antrim [1] DUNOON [1] Farnell. Angus. [1] Forest Gate, Epping [1] Hackney, London [1] Lethbridge, Alberta [1] Liverpool [1] London [1] London England [1] Malacca, Straits Settlements [1] Mexborough, South Yorkshire [1] Offord D'Arcy, Huntingdonshire [1] Stafford England [1] Stepney, Middlesex [1] Ystradfodwg [1]

Rank

Private [228] Second Lieutenant [26] Lance Corporal [25] Serjeant [23] Lieutenant [18] Captain [16] Corporal [15] Major [7] Acting Serjeant [4] Trooper [4] Gunner [3] Lance Serjeant [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Acting Captain [2] Acting Company Serjeant Major [2] Acting Corporal [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Corporal 2nd [2] Sapper [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Major General [1] Acting Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Staff Sejeant Major [1] Brigadier [1] Captain Major [1] Colonel Sergeant [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Driver [1] Leading Aircraft [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Lieutenant Second [1] Private /Lance Corporal [1] Sergeant [1] Sergent [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Staff Serjeant Major [1] Temporary Major [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1] Temporary Serjeant [1] Volunteer Driver [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 Company Serjeant Major [1]

Unit

Machine Gun Corps [172] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [91] 1st Dragoon Guards [55] 5th Dragoon Guards [18] 1st Royal Canadian Regiment [16] 1st Dragoons [14] 1st Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [14] 1st Berkshire Yeomanry [12] 1st Royal Irish Rifles [10] 1/1st North Somerset Yeomanry [9] 1/1st Scottish Horse [9] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [9] 1st Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars [8] 1st Shropshire Light Infantry [7] 1st Staffordshire Yeomanry [7] 1st York and Lancaster Regiment [7] 1st Dorset Yeomanry [6] 1st Life Guards [6] 1st Royal Munster Fusiliers [6] Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) [6] Royal Fusiliers [6] 1st Leinster Regiment [5] Tank Corps [5] 1/1st South Wales Borderers [4] 1st Battalion Machine Gun Corps [4] 1st Lovat's Scouts [4] Corps of Dragoons [4] Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [4] 1st Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [3] 1st Machine Gun Corps [3] 1st Royal Highlanders [3] Buckinghamshire Yeomanry [3] 1st Ayrshire Yeomanry [2] 1st Buckinghamshire Yeomanry [2] 1st Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2] 1st Liverpool Regiment [2] 1st Royal Scots [2] 1st Scottish Horse [2] 1st Tank Corps [2] 1st West Riding Regiment [2] Labour Corps [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Northumberland Regiment [2] Royal Field Artillery [2] 1/1st Ayrshire Yeomanry [1] 1/1st Berkshire Yeomanry [1] 1/1st Buckinghamshire Yeomanry (Royal Bucks Hussars) [1] 1/1st Derby Yeomanry [1] 1/1st Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars [1]

Service

British Army [289] Australian Imperial Force [2] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] Indian Army [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [80] C [66] G [44] A [31] D [21] F [20] H [19] E [3] P [2] S [2] W [2] L [1] Q [1] T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [292]

Country

United Kingdom [5]

Charles Bernard Ainslie

British Army 3067 Trooper 1st Life Guards

British Army Second Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

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Frank A Day

British Army 2742 Private 1st Staffordshire Yeomanry

British Army 96056 Private Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

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James Blaikie

British Army 8772 Private 1st Dragoons

British Army 50543 Private Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

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George Bristow

British Army 2617 Private 1st Berkshire Yeomanry

British Army 96075 Private Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

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John Alcock

British Army 3575 Private 1st Leinster Regiment

British Army 48996 Corporal 2nd Machine Gun Corps

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Patrick Coyle

British Army 9063 Private 1st Royal Irish Rifles

British Army 53665 Private Machine Gun Corps

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Michael Gannon

British Army 6294 Private 1st Royal Munster Fusiliers

British Army 48705 Private Machine Gun Corps

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George Clifford

British Army 7507 Private 1st Dragoon Guards

British Army 105159 Private Machine Gun Corps

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Alexander Barker

British Army 1729 Private 1st Berkshire Yeomanry

British Army 96067 Private Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

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Thomas Cashman

British Army 4111 Private 1st Dragoon Guards

British Army 50873 Private Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

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Thomas Gardner

British Army 7554 Private 1st Dragoon Guards

British Army 105429 Private Machine Gun Corps

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Frank Baker

British Army 19003 Private 1st Dragoon Guards

British Army 50881 Private Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

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Percy Chant

British Army 6936 Private 1st Dragoon Guards

British Army 105169 Private Machine Gun Corps

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Charles E Coates

British Army 2777 Private 1st Staffordshire Yeomanry

British Army 96052 Private Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

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D Bailie

British Army 9496 Private 1st Royal Irish Rifles

British Army 10533 Private Machine Gun Corps

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W V Bryant

British Army 5711 Private 1st Dragoon Guards

British Army 52833 Private Machine Gun Corps

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Archie Harmsworth

British Army 1889 Private 1st Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars

British Army 96149 Private Machine Gun Corps

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Andrew Aitkenhead

British Army 2555 Private 1st Lovat's Scouts

British Army 49692 Private Machine Gun Corps

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S Carmani

British Army 5078 Private 1st Dragoon Guards

British Army 50884 Private Machine Gun Corps

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Eric D Delannoy

British Army 2590 Private 1st Berkshire Yeomanry

British Army 96095 Private Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

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