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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]

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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]

Joseph Thomas Barros

Born 1897

Died 1978

British Army 9714 Private 1st Reserve Cavalry Regiment

British Army 41075 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 41075 Corporal Machine Gun Corps

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James Allan

Died 1918

British Army 15190 Private 1st Dragoons

British Army 50603 Private Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

British Army 50603 Private Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry)

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Hugh Crawford

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 10835 Private 1st Dragoon Guards

British Army 50887 Lance Corporal Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

British Army 50887 Lance Corporal Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) No.1 Squadron

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William Chalmers

Born 1895

Died 1960

British Army Second Lieutenant Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 1/8th argyll and Battalion

British Army Major Machine Gun Corps 1st Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Machine Gun Corps 1st Battalion

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William Mcadam Gordon

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 2138 Private 1st Ayrshire Yeomanry

British Army 50447 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 50447 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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David Cumming

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 1602 Private 1st Ayrshire Yeomanry

British Army 50444 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 50444 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Albert Burdett

Died 1918

British Army 1325 Private 1st Dragoon Guards

British Army 47029 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 47029 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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James Campion

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 3227 Private 1st Leinster Regiment

British Army 48997 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 48995 Private Machine Gun Corps

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Gordon Halswell

Born 1874

British Army Lieutenant 1st Life Guards

British Army Captain Machine Gun Corps

British Army Major Machine Gun Corps

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J W B Gribble

British Army Lieutenant 1st Machine Gun Corps

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Charles Randolph Coxall

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 4118 Acting Corporal 1st Dragoons

British Army 51327 Acting Corporal Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

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Edward Charles Aves

Died 1918

British Army 1206 Warrant Officer Class 2 1st Cambridge Regiment

British Army 1206 Serjeant 1st Cambridge Regiment

British Army 21926 Company Sergeant Major Machine Gun Corps

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David Hanton

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 141 Private 1st Royal Highlanders

British Army 76713 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 76713 Private Tank Corps

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Samuel Bolton

Born 1891

British Army 5164 Private 1st Dragoon Guards

British Army 50925 Serjeant Machine Gun Corps

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John A Bawden

Died 1917

British Army 2592 Private 1st Berkshire Yeomanry

British Army 96076 Private Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

British Army 96076 Private Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry)

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E H Griffiths

British Army 15118 Private 1st Dragoons

British Army 50546 Private Machine Gun Corps

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Thomas Fleck

British Army 74105 Private 1st Battalion Machine Gun Corps

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J W Balcombe

British Army 100976 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 100976 Private 1st Cavalry

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F G H Blake

British Army 60858 Lance Corporal 1st Brigade Machine Gun Corps

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Robert Alexander Shearer Adair

British Army Second Lieutenant 1st Dragoon

British Army Second Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps

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