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Place of birth

Cupar, Fife [3]

Dunfermline [2]

Alexander Palace, Saint Petersburg, [1]

Ballymena, Co Antrim [1]

Barking, Essex [1]

Bonhill, Dunbartonshire [1]

Borrowash, Derbyshire [1]

Bothkinna, Falkirk, Stirlingshire [1]

Buckie, Banffshire [1]

Chelsea [1]

Co. Kildare [1]

Coxheath,Kent [1]

Darwen, Lancs [1]

Edinburgh, Scotland [1]

Forfar [1]

Gilston Park, Hertfordshire [1]

Glenmorangie, Tain, Ross-shire [1]

Hollingbourne, Kent [1]

Hunton, Kent [1]

Inverness [1]

Jedburgh [1]

Kilbride, Isle of Arran [1]

Lasswade, Midlothian [1]

London [1]

Portsea, Hampshire [1]

Renton [1]

Rhynd, Leuchars, Scotland [1]

St. Saviour Southwark London [1]

Vienna [1]

Wigan, Lancashire [1]

Windsor, Berkshire [1]

Rank

Private [447]

Corporal [39]

Serjeant [38]

Second Lieutenant [32]

Lance Corporal [22]

Captain [18]

Lieutenant [17]

Acting Corporal [9]

Major [9]

Sapper [6]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Acting Serjeant [5]

Staff Serjeant Major [5]

Lance Serjeant [4]

Sergeant [4]

Shoeing Smith [4]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Trooper [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Brigadier General [2]

Driver [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Regimental Serjeant Major [2]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Acting Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Warrant Officer 2nd Class [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy [1]

Captain Bt Major [1]

Captain and Adjutant [1]

Corporal Saddler [1]

Corporal Shoeing Smith [1]

Corporal and Adjutant [1]

Cpl [1]

Farrier Serjeant [1]

Gunner [1]

Honorary Colonel-in-Chief [1]

Honorary Lieutenant [1]

L/Cpl [1]

Lance Corporal (Unpaid) [1]

Major Quarter Master [1]

Private (In the Field) [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Private and Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

2nd Dragoons [362]

Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) [125]

Corps of Dragoons [120]

2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys) [84]

Company of Dragoons [51]

Royal Dragoon Guards [26]

Royal Dragoons [21]

Dragoons [20]

Royal Engineers [17]

Labour Corps [15]

Royal Scots [15]

General Service Dragoons [13]

Machine Gun Corps [13]

6th Dragoons [9]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [9]

2nd Dragoons Guards [8]

4th Dragoon Guards [7]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [7]

Corps Of Dragoons [7]

Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [7]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7]

Military Mounted Police [6]

Army Service Corps [5]

Army Veterinary Corps [5]

Dragoon Guards [5]

1st Dragoon Guards [4]

Highland Light Infantry [4]

London Regiment [4]

Royal Field Artillery [4]

Seaforth Highlanders [4]

1st Dragoons [3]

2nd Dragoons (Scots Greys) [3]

2nd Reserve Cavalry Regiment [3]

6th Dragoon Guards [3]

Company Of Dragoons [3]

Corps of Hussars [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [3]

South Lancashire Regiment [3]

2nd Life Guards [2]

3rd Dragoon Guards [2]

7th Dragoon Guards [2]

Essex Yeomanry [2]

Leicestershire Yeomanry [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Royal Scots Greys 2nd Dragoons [2]

Yorkshire Dragoons [2]

12th Lancers [1]

13th Reserve Cavalry Unit [1]

Service

British Army [590]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Indian Army [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [158]

C [101]

G [90]

A [49]

D [36]

F [32]

H [25]

M [24]

S [14]

R [12]

W [12]

T [11]

P [8]

E [6]

Y [3]

L [2]

N [2]

O [2]

I [1]

J [1]

K [1]

Contribution

Military Service [585]

Country

United Kingdom [22]

India [1]

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People [590] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Cupar, Fife [3] Dunfermline [2] Alexander Palace, Saint Petersburg, [1] Ballymena, Co Antrim [1] Barking, Essex [1] Bonhill, Dunbartonshire [1] Borrowash, Derbyshire [1] Bothkinna, Falkirk, Stirlingshire [1] Buckie, Banffshire [1] Chelsea [1] Co. Kildare [1] Coxheath,Kent [1] Darwen, Lancs [1] Edinburgh, Scotland [1] Forfar [1] Gilston Park, Hertfordshire [1] Glenmorangie, Tain, Ross-shire [1] Hollingbourne, Kent [1] Hunton, Kent [1] Inverness [1] Jedburgh [1] Kilbride, Isle of Arran [1] Lasswade, Midlothian [1] London [1] Portsea, Hampshire [1] Renton [1] Rhynd, Leuchars, Scotland [1] St. Saviour Southwark London [1] Vienna [1] Wigan, Lancashire [1] Windsor, Berkshire [1]

Rank

Private [447] Corporal [39] Serjeant [38] Second Lieutenant [32] Lance Corporal [22] Captain [18] Lieutenant [17] Acting Corporal [9] Major [9] Sapper [6] Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Acting Serjeant [5] Staff Serjeant Major [5] Lance Serjeant [4] Sergeant [4] Shoeing Smith [4] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Trooper [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Brigadier General [2] Driver [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Regimental Serjeant Major [2] Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Acting Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Acting Serjeant Major [1] Acting Warrant Officer 2nd Class [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Bombardier [1] Boy [1] Captain Bt Major [1] Captain and Adjutant [1] Corporal Saddler [1] Corporal Shoeing Smith [1] Corporal and Adjutant [1] Cpl [1] Farrier Serjeant [1] Gunner [1] Honorary Colonel-in-Chief [1] Honorary Lieutenant [1] L/Cpl [1] Lance Corporal (Unpaid) [1] Major Quarter Master [1] Private (In the Field) [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Private Acting Lance Corporal [1] Private and Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

2nd Dragoons [362] Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) [125] Corps of Dragoons [120] 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys) [84] Company of Dragoons [51] Royal Dragoon Guards [26] Royal Dragoons [21] Dragoons [20] Royal Engineers [17] Labour Corps [15] Royal Scots [15] General Service Dragoons [13] Machine Gun Corps [13] 6th Dragoons [9] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [9] 2nd Dragoons Guards [8] 4th Dragoon Guards [7] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [7] Corps Of Dragoons [7] Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [7] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7] Military Mounted Police [6] Army Service Corps [5] Army Veterinary Corps [5] Dragoon Guards [5] 1st Dragoon Guards [4] Highland Light Infantry [4] London Regiment [4] Royal Field Artillery [4] Seaforth Highlanders [4] 1st Dragoons [3] 2nd Dragoons (Scots Greys) [3] 2nd Reserve Cavalry Regiment [3] 6th Dragoon Guards [3] Company Of Dragoons [3] Corps of Hussars [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Scots Fusiliers [3] South Lancashire Regiment [3] 2nd Life Guards [2] 3rd Dragoon Guards [2] 7th Dragoon Guards [2] Essex Yeomanry [2] Leicestershire Yeomanry [2] Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Royal Scots Greys 2nd Dragoons [2] Yorkshire Dragoons [2] 12th Lancers [1] 13th Reserve Cavalry Unit [1]

Service

British Army [590] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1] Indian Army [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [158] C [101] G [90] A [49] D [36] F [32] H [25] M [24] S [14] R [12] W [12] T [11] P [8] E [6] Y [3] L [2] N [2] O [2] I [1] J [1] K [1]

Contribution

Military Service [585]

Country

United Kingdom [22] India [1]

Thomas Griffin

British Army GS/15130 Private 2nd Dragoons

British Army D/15245 Private 2nd Dragoons

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J G Crabbe

British Army Second Lieutenant 2nd Dragoons

British Army Captain Bt Major 2nd Dragoons

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David Graham

British Army CS/10129 Private 2nd Dragoons

British Army D/13872 Private 2nd Dragoons

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W F Collins

British Army Major 2nd Dragoons

British Army Lieutenant Colonel 2nd Dragoons

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Richard Baxter

British Army 8046 Private 2nd Dragoons

British Army D/8046 Private 2nd Dragoons

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William C Butcher

British Army 5813 Private 2nd Dragoons

British Army 1DM/5813 Private 2nd Dragoons

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James Dallas

Died 1916

British Army 2914 Private 2nd Dragoons

British Army 2914 Private 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys)

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Robert Morris Davidson

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army D/9373 Private 2nd Dragoons

British Army D/9373 Private 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys)

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John Monck

British Army H/73366 Private 2nd Dragoons

British Army D/25644 Private 2nd Dragoons

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Henry Gray

British Army D/8998 Private 2nd Dragoons

British Army D/8998 Corporal 2nd Dragoons

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James Ashworth

British Army GS/15540 Private 2nd Dragoons

British Army D/15372 Private 2nd Dragoons

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Henry N Close

British Army 5748 Serjeant 2nd Dragoons

British Army D/20849 Staff Serjeant Major 2nd Dragoons

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Francis H Brown

British Army GS/9821 Private Acting Lance Corporal 2nd Dragoons

British Army GS/9821 Private 2nd Dragoons

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Jonathan Cowe

British Army GS/11752 Private 2nd Dragoons

British Army D/14061 Private 2nd Dragoons

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Thomas J Deacon

British Army D/4110 Private 2nd Dragoons

British Army D/4110 Corporal 2nd Dragoons

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Robert Bain

British Army 929 Private 2nd Dragoons

British Army D/929 Private 2nd Dragoons

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James Davidson

British Army 5281 Private 2nd Dragoons

British Army 2DN/5281 Private 2nd Dragoons

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William A Cummings

British Army 5795 Corporal 2nd Dragoons

British Army D/5795 Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 2nd Dragoons

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James Barclay

British Army 1399 Private 2nd Dragoons

British Army D/1399 Private 2nd Dragoons

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Henry Balderstone

British Army D/3999 Corporal 2nd Dragoons

British Army D/3999 Serjeant 2nd Dragoons

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