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London [3]

Windsor, Berkshire [2]

Atcham, Shropshire [1]

Bayswater [1]

Brechin, Forfar [1]

Burnham, Buckinghamshire [1]

Bury, Lancashire [1]

Castle W [1]

Chelsea London [1]

Clapham [1]

Cliffe, Kent [1]

Eaton Square, London [1]

Enfield Lock, Middlesex [1]

Ford Manor, Dormansland, Lingfield, Surrey [1]

Framlingham, Suffolk [1]

Gilling East, Yorkshire [1]

Hackney London [1]

Hailsham [1]

Inchinagotagh, Skibbereen, Cork [1]

Kensington Palace, London [1]

Kensington, London [1]

Kilwinning, Ayrshire [1]

Lambeth, Surrey [1]

Langley, Buckinghamshire [1]

Ludlow, Shropshire [1]

Marylebone, London [1]

New Cross [1]

Newent, Gloucestershire [1]

Norfolk [1]

North Grimston [1]

Oswestry, Shropshire [1]

Port-of-Spain [1]

Royston, Herts [1]

Shane’s Castle, Randalstown, Northern Ireland [1]

Snodland, Kent [1]

Southampton, Hampshire [1]

St George Hanover Square, London [1]

St Georges, Hanover Square, London [1]

St Peter's, Lancashire [1]

Stanhoe Norfolk [1]

Sydenham, Kent [1]

Tynemouth, Northumberland [1]

Ventnor, Isle of Wight [1]

Welford, Northamptonshire [1]

Wimbledon, London [1]

Winchester [1]

Worleston, Nantwich [1]

Rank

Trooper [225]

Sapper [114]

Second Lieutenant [55]

Corporal [47]

Lieutenant [43]

Captain [33]

Corporal of Horse [26]

Private [25]

Major [20]

Lance Corporal [14]

Lieutenant Colonel [9]

Temporary Lieutenant [7]

Acting Corporal [4]

Gunner [4]

Acting Major [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Acting Corporal of Horse [2]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Brevet Major [2]

Brigadier General [2]

Captain and Adjutant [2]

Colonel [2]

Staff Corporal [2]

Trumpeter [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Lieutenant-Colonel [1]

Acting Adj [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Armourer's Crew [1]

Bombardier [1]

Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Corporal Sapper [1]

Corporal Shoeing Smith [1]

Director of Music [1]

Farrier Corporal [1]

Farrier Corporal of Horse [1]

Farrier Staff Corporal [1]

Interpreter Second Lieutenant [1]

Lieutenant and Adjutant [1]

Lieutenant-Colonel [1]

Musician [1]

Private Lance Corporal [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Saddler [1]

Saddler Staff Corporal [1]

Second Lieutenant (on probation) [1]

Serjeant [1]

Squadron Quarter Master Corporal [1]

Staff Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Unit

2nd Life Guards [462]

Guards Machine Gun Regiment [96]

Life Guards [35]

Household Battalion [20]

Household Cavalry And Cavalry Of The Line (Incl. Yeomanry And Imperial Camel Corps) [9]

Royal Garrison Artillery [8]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Grenadier Guards [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

17th Lancers attached 2nd Life Guards [2]

1st Life Guards [2]

6th Dragoon Guards [2]

Ayrshire Yeomanry [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

Coldstream Guards [2]

Guards Machine-Gun Regiment (on secondment from 2nd Life Guards) [2]

Labour Corps [2]

Leicestershire Yeomanry [2]

London Regiment [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Field Artillery [2]

Tank Corps [2]

attached 2nd Life Guards [2]

1/2nd Rajput Light Infantry [1]

11th Hussars [1]

12th Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

12th Lancers [1]

13th Hussars Indian Cavalry Corps [1]

13th Hussars attached 2nd Life Guards [1]

14th (The King's) Hussars [1]

17th Lancers [1]

17th Lancers 2nd attached Life Guards [1]

1st (The King's) Dragoon Guards [1]

2nd Battalion Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

2nd Dragoons [1]

2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys) [1]

2nd LIfe Guards [1]

2nd Life Guard [1]

2nd Life Guards attached Guards Machine Gun Regiment [1]

2nd Lovat's Scouts [1]

2nd Rifle Guards [1]

3rd Dragoon Guards [1]

3rd Reserve Cavalry Regiment attached 2nd Life Guards [1]

4th Dragoon Guards [1]

5th Cyclist Brigade [1]

6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers) [1]

6th Dragoon Guards Attached 2nd Life Guards [1]

6th Reserve Regiment Dragoons [1]

7th Division Army Defence Corps [1]

Service

British Army [481]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [121]

C [118]

G [55]

F [41]

H [34]

A [32]

D [26]

M [12]

W [9]

P [8]

E [6]

S [5]

T [4]

J [3]

K [3]

R [2]

L [1]

O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [476]

Country

United Kingdom [29]

Ireland [2]

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People [481] Stories Communities

Place of birth

London [3] Windsor, Berkshire [2] Atcham, Shropshire [1] Bayswater [1] Brechin, Forfar [1] Burnham, Buckinghamshire [1] Bury, Lancashire [1] Castle W [1] Chelsea London [1] Clapham [1] Cliffe, Kent [1] Eaton Square, London [1] Enfield Lock, Middlesex [1] Ford Manor, Dormansland, Lingfield, Surrey [1] Framlingham, Suffolk [1] Gilling East, Yorkshire [1] Hackney London [1] Hailsham [1] Inchinagotagh, Skibbereen, Cork [1] Kensington Palace, London [1] Kensington, London [1] Kilwinning, Ayrshire [1] Lambeth, Surrey [1] Langley, Buckinghamshire [1] Ludlow, Shropshire [1] Marylebone, London [1] New Cross [1] Newent, Gloucestershire [1] Norfolk [1] North Grimston [1] Oswestry, Shropshire [1] Port-of-Spain [1] Royston, Herts [1] Shane’s Castle, Randalstown, Northern Ireland [1] Snodland, Kent [1] Southampton, Hampshire [1] St George Hanover Square, London [1] St Georges, Hanover Square, London [1] St Peter's, Lancashire [1] Stanhoe Norfolk [1] Sydenham, Kent [1] Tynemouth, Northumberland [1] Ventnor, Isle of Wight [1] Welford, Northamptonshire [1] Wimbledon, London [1] Winchester [1] Worleston, Nantwich [1]

Rank

Trooper [225] Sapper [114] Second Lieutenant [55] Corporal [47] Lieutenant [43] Captain [33] Corporal of Horse [26] Private [25] Major [20] Lance Corporal [14] Lieutenant Colonel [9] Temporary Lieutenant [7] Acting Corporal [4] Gunner [4] Acting Major [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Acting Corporal of Horse [2] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [2] Brevet Major [2] Brigadier General [2] Captain and Adjutant [2] Colonel [2] Staff Corporal [2] Trumpeter [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Lieutenant-Colonel [1] Acting Adj [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Armourer's Crew [1] Bombardier [1] Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Corporal Sapper [1] Corporal Shoeing Smith [1] Director of Music [1] Farrier Corporal [1] Farrier Corporal of Horse [1] Farrier Staff Corporal [1] Interpreter Second Lieutenant [1] Lieutenant and Adjutant [1] Lieutenant-Colonel [1] Musician [1] Private Lance Corporal [1] Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Saddler [1] Saddler Staff Corporal [1] Second Lieutenant (on probation) [1] Serjeant [1] Squadron Quarter Master Corporal [1] Staff Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Unit

2nd Life Guards [462] Guards Machine Gun Regiment [96] Life Guards [35] Household Battalion [20] Household Cavalry And Cavalry Of The Line (Incl. Yeomanry And Imperial Camel Corps) [9] Royal Garrison Artillery [8] Royal Fusiliers [4] Grenadier Guards [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Rifle Brigade [3] 17th Lancers attached 2nd Life Guards [2] 1st Life Guards [2] 6th Dragoon Guards [2] Ayrshire Yeomanry [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] Coldstream Guards [2] Guards Machine-Gun Regiment (on secondment from 2nd Life Guards) [2] Labour Corps [2] Leicestershire Yeomanry [2] London Regiment [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Field Artillery [2] Tank Corps [2] attached 2nd Life Guards [2] 1/2nd Rajput Light Infantry [1] 11th Hussars [1] 12th Lancashire Fusiliers [1] 12th Lancers [1] 13th Hussars Indian Cavalry Corps [1] 13th Hussars attached 2nd Life Guards [1] 14th (The King's) Hussars [1] 17th Lancers [1] 17th Lancers 2nd attached Life Guards [1] 1st (The King's) Dragoon Guards [1] 2nd Battalion Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1] 2nd Dragoons [1] 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys) [1] 2nd LIfe Guards [1] 2nd Life Guard [1] 2nd Life Guards attached Guards Machine Gun Regiment [1] 2nd Lovat's Scouts [1] 2nd Rifle Guards [1] 3rd Dragoon Guards [1] 3rd Reserve Cavalry Regiment attached 2nd Life Guards [1] 4th Dragoon Guards [1] 5th Cyclist Brigade [1] 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers) [1] 6th Dragoon Guards Attached 2nd Life Guards [1] 6th Reserve Regiment Dragoons [1] 7th Division Army Defence Corps [1]

Service

British Army [481] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [121] C [118] G [55] F [41] H [34] A [32] D [26] M [12] W [9] P [8] E [6] S [5] T [4] J [3] K [3] R [2] L [1] O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [476]

Country

United Kingdom [29] Ireland [2]

Harry Davis

Died 1914

British Army 2695 Sapper 2nd Life Guards

British Army 2695 Acting Corporal 2nd Life Guards

British Army 2695 Corporal 2nd Life Guards

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Algernon Richard Trotter

Born 1870

Died 1945

British Army Second Lieutenant 2nd Life Guards

British Army Lieutenant 2nd Life Guards

British Army Captain 2nd Life Guards

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Algernon Henry Strutt

Born 1883

Died 1956

British Army Captain 2nd Life Guards

British Army Major Tank Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant 2nd Life Guards

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Michael Cipriani

Born 1890

Died 1934

British Army 3235 Trooper 2nd Life Guards

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The Hon. Arthur Edward Bruce O'neill, M.p.

Born 1876

Died 1914

British Army Captain 2nd Life Guards

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Aubrey George Ayers

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 3606 Trooper 2nd Life Guards

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Thomas George Dallimore

Born 1895

Died 1978

British Army 2947 Trooper 2nd Life Guards

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Archibald Henry Macdonald Sinclair

Born 1890

Died 1970

British Army Acting Major Life Guards

British Army Major Guards Machine Gun Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant 2nd Life Guards

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Prince Alexander A. F. W. A. G. Teck

British Army Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Life Guards

British Army Second Lieutenant 2nd Life Guards

British Army Lieutenant 2nd Life Guards

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Albert Pollard

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 2812 Trooper Life Guards

British Army 2812 Trooper 2nd Life Guards

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Charles Hodgson

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 3480 Trooper Life Guards

British Army 3480 Trooper 2nd Life Guards

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William Tyson

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 3124 Trooper Life Guards

British Army 3124 Trooper 2nd Life Guards

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Frank Payne

Died 1915

British Army 2508 Trooper Life Guards

British Army 2508 Trooper 2nd Life Guards

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A H Wilkins

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army 2528 Corporal of Horse Life Guards

British Army 2528 Corporal of Horse 2nd Life Guards

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Frank Mckellar

Born 1889

Died 1914

British Army 2630 Trooper Life Guards

British Army 2630 Trooper 2nd Life Guards

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Arthur Wackett

Died 1914

British Army 2469 Trooper Life Guards

British Army 2469 Trooper 2nd Life Guards

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Joseph Puddifoot

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 3155 Trooper Life Guards

British Army 3155 Trooper 2nd Life Guards

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Henry Dixon

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 3300 Trooper Life Guards

British Army 3300 Trooper 2nd Life Guards

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William George Knight

Born 1893

Died 1920

British Army 3045 Sapper Life Guards

British Army 3045 Trooper 2nd Life Guards

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Benjamin Johnson

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 2919 Trooper Life Guards

British Army 2919 Trooper 2nd Life Guards

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