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Addington, Surrey [1]

Banham, Norfolk [1]

Bethnal Green London [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Chorley, Lancashire [1]

Crumpsall, Manchester [1]

Dartford, Kent [1]

Deptford [1]

Fenton [1]

Greenwich [1]

Hanworth, Middlesex [1]

Hartley St George, Cambridgeshire [1]

Islington, London [1]

Kensington, London [1]

Lee, Kent [1]

Lincoln [1]

Liverpool [1]

London [1]

Maidstone, Kent [1]

Marylebone, London [1]

Melbourne, Victoria [1]

Mitcheldean, Gloucester [1]

Newbury, Berkshire [1]

Newington London [1]

Okehampton, Devon [1]

Peakirk, Northants [1]

Preston, Lancashire [1]

Salford, Manchester [1]

St Saviour Southwark [1]

Sturminster Newton,Dorset [1]

Surrey [1]

Sydney [1]

Tower Hamlets, London [1]

Toxteth [1]

Twyning, Gloucestershire [1]

Winchester, Hampshire [1]

Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [1]

Woodford [1]

Wyatt Road, Staines, Middlesex [1]

Yardley, Worcs [1]

Rank

Private [723]

Corporal [51]

Lance Corporal [50]

Serjeant [46]

Second Lieutenant [42]

Lieutenant [27]

Captain [20]

Lance Serjeant [10]

Shoeing Smith [8]

Acting Serjeant [7]

Acting Corporal [6]

Major [6]

Lieutenant Colonel [5]

Staff Serjeant [5]

Trooper [5]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [5]

Acting Captain [3]

Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Farrier Serjeant [3]

Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Staff Serjeant Major [3]

Trumpeter [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Corporal 2nd [2]

Farrier Staff Serjeant [2]

Pioneer [2]

Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Sapper [2]

Serjeant Major [2]

Squadron Serjeant Major [2]

Acting Squadron Serjeant [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Boy [1]

Captain Brigade Major [1]

Colonel [1]

Commander [1]

Driver [1]

Farrier [1]

Farrier Quarter Master Sergeant [1]

Farrier Sergeant [1]

Farrier Staff Sergeant [1]

Flight Lieutenant [1]

Gunner [1]

Irish Guard [1]

Irish Guards [1]

L Cpl [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Lieutenant Captain [1]

Unit

20th Hussars [893]

Corps of Hussars [162]

Hussars [45]

Machine Gun Corps [45]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [23]

Military Mounted Police [14]

14th Hussars [12]

Labour Corps [12]

Northumberland Fusiliers [12]

Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [11]

13th Royal Canadian Regiment [8]

Royal Air Force [8]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [8]

14/20th Hussars [7]

Guards Machine Gun Regiment [7]

Royal Engineers [7]

10th Hussars [6]

15th Hussars [6]

Suffolk Regiment [6]

Army Veterinary Corps [4]

Devonshire Regiment [4]

East Surrey Regiment [4]

Royal Field Artillery [4]

20th Hussars attached Royal Horse Guards [3]

3rd Hussars [3]

5th Reserve Cavalry Regiment [3]

Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) [3]

Royal Flying Corps [3]

Warwickshire Yeomanry [3]

10th (Prince of Wales's Own Royal) Hussars [2]

11th Hussars [2]

13th Hussars [2]

15/19th Hussars [2]

19th Hussars [2]

30th Hussars [2]

8th Hussars [2]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2]

Army Service Corps [2]

Corps Of Hussars [2]

Corps of Lancers [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

Hussars of the Line [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

Leicestershire Regiment [2]

Tank Corps [2]

Worcestershire Regiment [2]

10th Royal Canadian Regiment [1]

10th Royal Hussars [1]

Service

British Army [916]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [235]

C [175]

G [118]

A [74]

D [55]

H [49]

F [45]

W [45]

R [29]

S [22]

M [18]

P [15]

T [10]

E [9]

L [7]

O [4]

J [3]

K [1]

N [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [909]

Country

United Kingdom [23]

India [2]

Ireland [1]

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People [916] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Addington, Surrey [1] Banham, Norfolk [1] Bethnal Green London [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Chorley, Lancashire [1] Crumpsall, Manchester [1] Dartford, Kent [1] Deptford [1] Fenton [1] Greenwich [1] Hanworth, Middlesex [1] Hartley St George, Cambridgeshire [1] Islington, London [1] Kensington, London [1] Lee, Kent [1] Lincoln [1] Liverpool [1] London [1] Maidstone, Kent [1] Marylebone, London [1] Melbourne, Victoria [1] Mitcheldean, Gloucester [1] Newbury, Berkshire [1] Newington London [1] Okehampton, Devon [1] Peakirk, Northants [1] Preston, Lancashire [1] Salford, Manchester [1] St Saviour Southwark [1] Sturminster Newton,Dorset [1] Surrey [1] Sydney [1] Tower Hamlets, London [1] Toxteth [1] Twyning, Gloucestershire [1] Winchester, Hampshire [1] Wolverhampton, Staffordshire [1] Woodford [1] Wyatt Road, Staines, Middlesex [1] Yardley, Worcs [1]

Rank

Private [723] Corporal [51] Lance Corporal [50] Serjeant [46] Second Lieutenant [42] Lieutenant [27] Captain [20] Lance Serjeant [10] Shoeing Smith [8] Acting Serjeant [7] Acting Corporal [6] Major [6] Lieutenant Colonel [5] Staff Serjeant [5] Trooper [5] Warrant Officer Class 2 [5] Acting Captain [3] Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Farrier Serjeant [3] Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Staff Serjeant Major [3] Trumpeter [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Corporal 2nd [2] Farrier Staff Serjeant [2] Pioneer [2] Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Sapper [2] Serjeant Major [2] Squadron Serjeant Major [2] Acting Squadron Serjeant [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Boy [1] Captain Brigade Major [1] Colonel [1] Commander [1] Driver [1] Farrier [1] Farrier Quarter Master Sergeant [1] Farrier Sergeant [1] Farrier Staff Sergeant [1] Flight Lieutenant [1] Gunner [1] Irish Guard [1] Irish Guards [1] L Cpl [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Lieutenant Captain [1]

Unit

20th Hussars [893] Corps of Hussars [162] Hussars [45] Machine Gun Corps [45] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [23] Military Mounted Police [14] 14th Hussars [12] Labour Corps [12] Northumberland Fusiliers [12] Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [11] 13th Royal Canadian Regiment [8] Royal Air Force [8] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [8] 14/20th Hussars [7] Guards Machine Gun Regiment [7] Royal Engineers [7] 10th Hussars [6] 15th Hussars [6] Suffolk Regiment [6] Army Veterinary Corps [4] Devonshire Regiment [4] East Surrey Regiment [4] Royal Field Artillery [4] 20th Hussars attached Royal Horse Guards [3] 3rd Hussars [3] 5th Reserve Cavalry Regiment [3] Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) [3] Royal Flying Corps [3] Warwickshire Yeomanry [3] 10th (Prince of Wales's Own Royal) Hussars [2] 11th Hussars [2] 13th Hussars [2] 15/19th Hussars [2] 19th Hussars [2] 30th Hussars [2] 8th Hussars [2] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2] Army Service Corps [2] Corps Of Hussars [2] Corps of Lancers [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2] Hussars of the Line [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Lancashire Fusiliers [2] Leicestershire Regiment [2] Tank Corps [2] Worcestershire Regiment [2] 10th Royal Canadian Regiment [1] 10th Royal Hussars [1]

Service

British Army [916] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [235] C [175] G [118] A [74] D [55] H [49] F [45] W [45] R [29] S [22] M [18] P [15] T [10] E [9] L [7] O [4] J [3] K [1] N [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [909]

Country

United Kingdom [23] India [2] Ireland [1]

Joseph Barnett

British Army 6463 Serjeant 20th Hussars

British Army 41932 Sapper Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

British Army 6463 Sapper 13th Royal Canadian Regiment

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Humphrey Dene

British Army Second Lieutenant 13th Cavalry Reserve Regiment attached to 20th Hussars

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Welsh Guards

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Ernest Cartwright

British Army 10814 Acting Corporal 20th Hussars

British Army 10814 Acting Corporal 13th Royal Canadian Regiment

British Army 41939 Acting Corporal Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

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Joseph R Armstrong

British Army 12450 Private Reserve Regiment of Cavalry 13th Battalion

British Army 12450 Private 20th Hussars

British Army 41941 Private Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

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Matthew Blackwood

British Army 10530 Private 20th Hussars attached Royal Horse Guards

British Army 5357 Acting Corporal Guards Machine Gun Regiment

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John J Gill

British Army 399 Private 20th Hussars

British Army 19294 Private Suffolk Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army 194511 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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John Henry Harvey

British Army 12485 Private 20th Hussars

British Army 41973 Private Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

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G N Brownrigg

British Army 2805 Private City of London Yeomanry

British Army 40486 Second Lieutenant City of London Yeomanry

British Army Second Lieutenant 5th Reserve Regiment of Hussars

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William Edward Allen

British Army 5068 Serjeant 20th Hussars

British Army 5068 Serjeant Corps of Hussars

British Army 5068 Lieutenant Staffordshire Regiment

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Frank Coombes

Born 1882

British Army 4899 Reserve Regiment of Cavalry 13th Battalion

British Army 4899 Private 20th Hussars

British Army 41954 Private Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

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Joseph Gilbert

British Army 32165 Reserve Regiment of Cavalry

British Army 34558 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 32165 Private 20th Hussars

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Raymond Allen

British Army 25203 Private Reserve Regiment of Cavalry

British Army 34436 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 25203 Private 20th Hussars

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Frederick C Parker

British Army 34570 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 31378 Private Devonshire Regiment

British Army 336846 Private Royal Air Force

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George Gibbs

British Army 28266 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 27458 Private 20th Hussars

British Army 31460 Private Devonshire Regiment

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Albert J Roscoe

British Army 12705 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 34410 Private 20th Hussars

British Army 12705 Private Somerset Light Infantry

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Hendry C Cresswell

British Army 7106 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army WR295580 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 261706 Sapper Royal Engineers

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