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Place of birth

Cupar, Fife [3]

Alexander Palace, Saint Petersburg, [1]

Bonhill, Dunbartonshire [1]

Buckie, Banffshire [1]

Chelsea [1]

Coxheath,Kent [1]

Darwen, Lancs [1]

Dunfermline [1]

Edinburgh, Scotland [1]

Forfar [1]

Gilston Park, Hertfordshire [1]

Glenmorangie, Tain, Ross-shire [1]

Inverness [1]

Jedburgh [1]

Kilbride, Isle of Arran [1]

Renton [1]

Vienna [1]

Wigan, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [63]

Corporal [7]

Lance Corporal [5]

Serjeant [5]

Captain [4]

Lieutenant [4]

Major [4]

Second Lieutenant [4]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Shoeing Smith [2]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Captain and Adjutant [1]

Corporal Saddler [1]

Corporal and Adjutant [1]

Cpl [1]

Honorary Colonel-in-Chief [1]

L/Cpl [1]

Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Sergeant Major [1]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Staff Sergeant Major /Acting Regimental Sergeant Major [1]

Supreme Commander [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Trooper [1]

Trumpeter [1]

Unit

2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys) [84]

Royal Dragoon Guards [23]

Royal Dragoons [20]

2nd Dragoons [12]

Dragoons [11]

Corps of Dragoons [4]

1st Dragoon Guards [2]

Labour Corps [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [2]

Royal Scots Greys 2nd Dragoons [2]

2nd Dragoons (Scots Greys) [1]

2nd Dragoons Royal Scots Greys [1]

2nd Regiment Dragoons [1]

4th Dragoon Guards [1]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Company of Dragoons [1]

Corps of Dragoons [1]

Corps Of Dragoons [1]

General Service Dragoons [1]

Inniskilling Dragoons [1]

Lanarkshire Yeomanry [1]

Life Guards [1]

London Regiment [1]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [1]

Reserve Regiment Dragoons [1]

Reserve of Officers [1]

Retired List [1]

Royal Dragoons. Machine Gun Corps [1]

Royal Scots [1]

Royal Scots Greys [1]

Russkaja Imperatorskaja Armija [1]

Scottish Horse [1]

The Royal Scots Greys 2nd Dragoons [1]

Service

British Army [89]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [10]

C [10]

M [9]

A [8]

H [8]

T [8]

G [6]

D [5]

R [5]

F [4]

S [4]

P [3]

W [3]

E [1]

I [1]

J [1]

K [1]

L [1]

O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [86]

Country

United Kingdom [10]

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People [89] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Cupar, Fife [3] Alexander Palace, Saint Petersburg, [1] Bonhill, Dunbartonshire [1] Buckie, Banffshire [1] Chelsea [1] Coxheath,Kent [1] Darwen, Lancs [1] Dunfermline [1] Edinburgh, Scotland [1] Forfar [1] Gilston Park, Hertfordshire [1] Glenmorangie, Tain, Ross-shire [1] Inverness [1] Jedburgh [1] Kilbride, Isle of Arran [1] Renton [1] Vienna [1] Wigan, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [63] Corporal [7] Lance Corporal [5] Serjeant [5] Captain [4] Lieutenant [4] Major [4] Second Lieutenant [4] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Shoeing Smith [2] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Brigadier General [1] Captain and Adjutant [1] Corporal Saddler [1] Corporal and Adjutant [1] Cpl [1] Honorary Colonel-in-Chief [1] L/Cpl [1] Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Sergeant Major [1] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Staff Sergeant Major /Acting Regimental Sergeant Major [1] Supreme Commander [1] Temporary Captain [1] Trooper [1] Trumpeter [1]

Unit

2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys) [84] Royal Dragoon Guards [23] Royal Dragoons [20] 2nd Dragoons [12] Dragoons [11] Corps of Dragoons [4] 1st Dragoon Guards [2] Labour Corps [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [2] Royal Scots Greys 2nd Dragoons [2] 2nd Dragoons (Scots Greys) [1] 2nd Dragoons Royal Scots Greys [1] 2nd Regiment Dragoons [1] 4th Dragoon Guards [1] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Company of Dragoons [1] Corps of Dragoons [1] Corps Of Dragoons [1] General Service Dragoons [1] Inniskilling Dragoons [1] Lanarkshire Yeomanry [1] Life Guards [1] London Regiment [1] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [1] Reserve Regiment Dragoons [1] Reserve of Officers [1] Retired List [1] Royal Dragoons. Machine Gun Corps [1] Royal Scots [1] Royal Scots Greys [1] Russkaja Imperatorskaja Armija [1] Scottish Horse [1] The Royal Scots Greys 2nd Dragoons [1]

Service

British Army [89] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [10] C [10] M [9] A [8] H [8] T [8] G [6] D [5] R [5] F [4] S [4] P [3] W [3] E [1] I [1] J [1] K [1] L [1] O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [86]

Country

United Kingdom [10]

Adam Ernest Barrie

Died 1917

British Army 7897 Private Royal Dragoon Guards 2nd Battalion

British Army D/7897 Private Royal Dragoon Guards 2nd Battalion

British Army 7897 Private 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys)

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Thomas Currie

Died 1918

British Army 5439 Private Royal Dragoon Guards 2nd Battalion

British Army D/5439 Private Royal Dragoon Guards 2nd Battalion

British Army D/5439 Lance Corporal 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys)

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Charles Axten

Died 1918

British Army 1272 Private Royal Dragoon Guards 2nd Battalion

British Army D/1272 Private Royal Dragoon Guards 2nd Battalion

British Army 1272 Private 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys)

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William Cochrane

Died 1917

British Army 6479 Private Royal Dragoon Guards 2nd Battalion

British Army 2DN/6479 Private Royal Dragoon Guards 2nd Battalion

British Army 6479 Private 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys)

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William Alfred Buffham

Born 1895

Died 1914

British Army 8267 Private Royal Dragoon Guards 2nd Battalion

British Army D/8267 Private Royal Dragoon Guards 2nd Battalion

British Army 8267 Private 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys)

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Alexander Clint

Died 1914

British Army 179 Private Royal Dragoon Guards 2nd Battalion

British Army D/179 Private Royal Dragoon Guards 2nd Battalion

British Army 179 Private 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys)

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Ernest Charles Cooke

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army 6287 Serjeant Royal Dragoon Guards 2nd Battalion

British Army 2DN/6277 Serjeant Royal Dragoon Guards 2nd Battalion

British Army 6287 Serjeant 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys)

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John Shaw Currie

Born 1880

Died 1919

British Army 9732 Private 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys)

British Army SE/4851 Private Army Veterinary Corps

British Army SE/4851 Shoeing Smith Army Veterinary Corps

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Albert Spink

British Army 8646 Acting Corporal Reserve Regiment of Cavalry

British Army 8646 Acting Corporal 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys)

British Army 41854 Acting Corporal Machine Gun Corps Cavalry 5th Machine Gun Cavalry Brigade Squadrons

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