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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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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]

John R Boyd

British Army GS/3856 Private 2nd Dragoons

British Army GS/3856 Corporal 2nd Dragoons

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David Taylor

British Army D/9205 Shoeing Smith 2nd Dragoons

British Army D/9205 Private 2nd Dragoons

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John George Funnell

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 2069 Trooper 2nd Dragoons

British Army 2069 Lance Corporal 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys)

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Eric Henry Bonham

Born 1875

Died 1937

British Army Captain 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys)

British Army Major 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys)

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Daniel O'brien

Died 1918

British Army 1814 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

British Army D/8649 Private 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys)

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Ronald Lambart Basset

British Army Second Lieutenant 2nd Dragoons

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Geoffrey Akroyd

British Army Lieutenant 2nd Dragoons

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James C Rankin

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army D-18388 Private 2nd Dragoons

British Army D-18388 Private Corps Of Dragoons

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Gordon Ferrier Falconer

Born 1888

Died 1919

British Army 2DN/6138 Private 2nd Dragoons

British Army D/20898 Private Corps of Dragoons

British Army D/20898 Private 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys)

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Robert Burns

Died 1919

British Army GS/8685 Private 2nd Dragoons

British Army D/13520 Private Corps of Dragoons

British Army 13520 Private 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys)

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Rufus Taylor

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army GS/15550 Private Dragoons

British Army D/15380 Private Dragoons

British Army D/15380 Private 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys)

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Walter Long

Died 1917

British Army Captain Dragoons

British Army Brigadier General 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys)

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Andrew Bennie

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army GS/6507 Private 2nd Dragoons

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Scots

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Frank Blunden

British Army 2DN/5446 Warrant Officer Class 2 2nd Dragoons

British Army D/25827 Quarter Master Serjeant 2nd Dragoons

British Army D/25827 Quarter Master Serjeant Corps of Dragoons

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Edward Frederick William Tuffin

Born 1881

British Army 5137 Private King’s Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 1st Battalion

British Army 5325 Private Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) 2nd Battalion

British Army 5325 Lance Corporal (Unpaid) Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) 2nd Battalion

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George Robb

Born 1886

Died 1914

British Army 2774 Corporal Royal Dragoons

British Army D/2774 Corporal Royal Dragoons

British Army 2774 Corporal 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys)

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George Turnbull

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army GS/6729 Private Dragoons

British Army D/12962 Private Corps of Dragoons

British Army D/12962 Private 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys)

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David Ferguson Esplin

Born 1890

Died 1914

British Army 1552 Private 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys)

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John Donaldson Scott

Born 1891

Died 1914

British Army D/4743 Private 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys)

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Sydney James Hardy

British Army Captain 2nd Dragoons

British Army Major 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys)

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