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Aldershot [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Brisbane [1]

Bronington [1]

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1]

Cork [1]

Dover, Kent [1]

Fenton, Staffordshire [1]

Folkestone [1]

Halifax [1]

Handsworth, Staffordshire [1]

Harrogate, Yorkshire [1]

Holt House Cottage Mobberley Cheshire [1]

Huddersfield, Yorkshire [1]

Kimpton, Hitchin, Hertfordshire [1]

Macclesfield, Cheshire [1]

Newcastle Higher, Glamorgan [1]

Ormskirk, Lancashire [1]

Pateley Bridge, Yorkshire [1]

Preston, Lancashire [1]

Putney, Surrey [1]

Sandhurst Berkshire [1]

Sawston, Cambridgeshire [1]

Steyning [1]

Stowmarket England [1]

Tenham, Kent [1]

Thirty Eight North St Folkestone Kent [1]

Wandsworth [1]

Rank

Private [395]

Corporal [38]

Serjeant [33]

Lance Corporal [29]

Second Lieutenant [24]

Captain [20]

Lieutenant [15]

Major [9]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [7]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [7]

Acting Serjeant [6]

Lieutenant Colonel [6]

Lance Serjeant [5]

Sapper [5]

Trooper [5]

Shoeing Smith [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [3]

Sergeant [3]

Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Farrier Serjeant [2]

Gunner [2]

Lieutenant Second [2]

Regimental Serjeant Major [2]

Staff Serjeant Major [2]

Acting Staff Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Colonel [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

CorporalStaff Serjeant Corporal [1]

Farrier Staff Serjeant [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Major General [1]

Orderley Room Serjeant and Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Private Lance Corporal [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Regimental Sergeant Major [1]

Rifleman [1]

Saddler [1]

Saddler Corporal [1]

Saddler Staff Serjeant [1]

Staff Serjeant Corporal [1]

Temporary Staff Serjeant [1]

Trumpeter [1]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

21st Lancers [511]

Corps of Lancers [63]

Royal West Kent Regiment [53]

21st (Empress of India's) Lancers [22]

Machine Gun Corps [19]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [15]

Army Veterinary Corps [14]

9th Lancers [13]

Corps of Hussars [12]

Royal Engineers [12]

Royal Army Veterinary Corps [11]

17/21st Lancers [10]

Military Mounted Police [8]

The Queen's Regiment [8]

Labour Corps [7]

Lancers [7]

1st Dragoon Guards [6]

Army Service Corps [6]

13th Hussars [5]

14th Hussars [5]

17th Lancers [5]

7th Hussars [4]

Military Foot Police [4]

Royal Air Force [4]

Royal Flying Corps [4]

21st Lancers (Empress of India's) [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Field Artillery [3]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

12th Lancers [2]

21st Lancers attached South Persian Rifles [2]

Attached 9th Lancers [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

Indian Army Reserve of Officers [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Tank Corps [2]

14th Hussars then 21st Lancers [1]

16/5th Lancers [1]

18th Hussars [1]

19th Hussars [1]

19th Lancers (Fane's Horse) [1]

1st Duke of York's Own Lancers (Skinner's Horse) [1]

21st (Empress of India’s) Lancers [1]

21st Hussars [1]

21st Indian Lancers [1]

21st Lancers Attached 1st Dragoon Guards [1]

Service

British Army [553]

Indian Army [3]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

British Indian Army [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [149]

C [97]

G [67]

H [44]

D [38]

F [36]

A [30]

W [22]

S [17]

R [13]

E [10]

P [10]

T [5]

L [3]

M [3]

J [2]

K [2]

O [2]

Y [2]

N [1]

Contribution

Military Service [550]

Country

United Kingdom [16]

Egypt [4]

Ireland [1]

South Africa [1]

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People [553] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Aldershot [1] Battersea, London [1] Brisbane [1] Bronington [1] Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1] Cork [1] Dover, Kent [1] Fenton, Staffordshire [1] Folkestone [1] Halifax [1] Handsworth, Staffordshire [1] Harrogate, Yorkshire [1] Holt House Cottage Mobberley Cheshire [1] Huddersfield, Yorkshire [1] Kimpton, Hitchin, Hertfordshire [1] Macclesfield, Cheshire [1] Newcastle Higher, Glamorgan [1] Ormskirk, Lancashire [1] Pateley Bridge, Yorkshire [1] Preston, Lancashire [1] Putney, Surrey [1] Sandhurst Berkshire [1] Sawston, Cambridgeshire [1] Steyning [1] Stowmarket England [1] Tenham, Kent [1] Thirty Eight North St Folkestone Kent [1] Wandsworth [1]

Rank

Private [395] Corporal [38] Serjeant [33] Lance Corporal [29] Second Lieutenant [24] Captain [20] Lieutenant [15] Major [9] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [7] Warrant Officer Class 2 [7] Acting Serjeant [6] Lieutenant Colonel [6] Lance Serjeant [5] Sapper [5] Trooper [5] Shoeing Smith [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [3] Sergeant [3] Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Farrier Serjeant [2] Gunner [2] Lieutenant Second [2] Regimental Serjeant Major [2] Staff Serjeant Major [2] Acting Staff Serjeant Major [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Brigadier General [1] Colonel [1] Corporal 2nd [1] CorporalStaff Serjeant Corporal [1] Farrier Staff Serjeant [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Major General [1] Orderley Room Serjeant and Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Private Lance Corporal [1] Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Regimental Sergeant Major [1] Rifleman [1] Saddler [1] Saddler Corporal [1] Saddler Staff Serjeant [1] Staff Serjeant Corporal [1] Temporary Staff Serjeant [1] Trumpeter [1] Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Worker [1]

Unit

21st Lancers [511] Corps of Lancers [63] Royal West Kent Regiment [53] 21st (Empress of India's) Lancers [22] Machine Gun Corps [19] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [15] Army Veterinary Corps [14] 9th Lancers [13] Corps of Hussars [12] Royal Engineers [12] Royal Army Veterinary Corps [11] 17/21st Lancers [10] Military Mounted Police [8] The Queen's Regiment [8] Labour Corps [7] Lancers [7] 1st Dragoon Guards [6] Army Service Corps [6] 13th Hussars [5] 14th Hussars [5] 17th Lancers [5] 7th Hussars [4] Military Foot Police [4] Royal Air Force [4] Royal Flying Corps [4] 21st Lancers (Empress of India's) [3] Manchester Regiment [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Field Artillery [3] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3] 12th Lancers [2] 21st Lancers attached South Persian Rifles [2] Attached 9th Lancers [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] Indian Army Reserve of Officers [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Tank Corps [2] 14th Hussars then 21st Lancers [1] 16/5th Lancers [1] 18th Hussars [1] 19th Hussars [1] 19th Lancers (Fane's Horse) [1] 1st Duke of York's Own Lancers (Skinner's Horse) [1] 21st (Empress of India’s) Lancers [1] 21st Hussars [1] 21st Indian Lancers [1] 21st Lancers Attached 1st Dragoon Guards [1]

Service

British Army [553] Indian Army [3] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1] Australian Imperial Force [1] British Indian Army [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [149] C [97] G [67] H [44] D [38] F [36] A [30] W [22] S [17] R [13] E [10] P [10] T [5] L [3] M [3] J [2] K [2] O [2] Y [2] N [1]

Contribution

Military Service [550]

Country

United Kingdom [16] Egypt [4] Ireland [1] South Africa [1]

Charles Hull

Born 1890

Died 1953

British Army L/1053 Private 21st (Empress of India's) Lancers Service Squadron

British Army L/1053 Shoeing Smith 21st (Empress of India's) Lancers

British Army Corporal 21st (Empress of India's) Lancers

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Alan Batley

Born 1890

British Army L/1563 Private 21st Lancers

British Army L/1563 Private 21st Lancers

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Joseph Lee

Born 1881

British Army 4977 Lance Corporal 21st Lancers

British Army 4977 Corporal 21st Lancers

British Army 4977 Sergeant 21st Lancers

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Frank James

Born 1893

British Army 21st Lancers

British Army L/1277 Lance Corporal 21st Lancers 21st Lancers

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Joseph John J Creaner

British Army 42342 Private 21st Lancers

British Army 42342 Lance Sergeant 21st Lancers

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Percy Home Allfrey Anderson

Died 1915

British Army Captain 21st Lancers

British Army Captain 21st (Empress of India's) Lancers

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Henry William Baldock

Died 1919

British Army L/1805 Lance Serjeant 21st Lancers

British Army L/1805 Serjeant 21st Lancers

British Army L/1805 Serjeant 21st (Empress of India's) Lancers

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Albert Brixey

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army 21L/6155 Lance Corporal 21st Lancers

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Oswald Walter Brinton

British Army Major 21st Lancers

British Army Lieutenant Colonel 21st Lancers

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Sydney Charles Parrock

Born 1886

Died 1958

British Army L/1564 Private 21st Lancers

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Thomas George Bates

British Army L/1735 Shoeing Smith 21st Lancers

British Army L/1735 Private 21st Lancers

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Albert Goddard

British Army L/1988 Private 21st Lancers

British Army 20235 Private 21st Lancers

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Arthur Clapham

British Army L/696 Farrier Serjeant 21st Lancers

British Army L/696 Serjeant 21st Lancers

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George Faulconbridge

British Army L/1269 Trumpeter 21st Lancers

British Army L/1269 Private 21st Lancers

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Charles Beaumont

British Army L/3474 Private 21st Lancers

British Army L/20376 Private 21st Lancers

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Albert E Adams

British Army L/1013 Lance Corporal 21st Lancers

British Army L/1013 Private 21st Lancers

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Archur E Creed

British Army 211/6407 Private 21st Lancers

British Army 13630 Private 21st Lancers

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Joseph Gray

British Army L/11402 Private 21st Lancers

British Army L/20365 Private 21st Lancers

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Joseph A Berville

British Army L/5517 Private 21st Lancers

British Army 5517 Trooper 21st Lancers

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George William Clarkson

British Army 1/3429 Lance Corporal 21st Lancers

British Army 1/3429 Private 21st Lancers

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