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1 Saint George's Place, Holy Rhood, Southampton, Hampshire [1]

Aberdeen [1]

Arkengarthdale, North Yorkshire [1]

Armley, Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Blethose Bedfordshire [1]

Brighton, Sussex [1]

Burnley [1]

Bury, Lancashire [1]

Buttington, Montgomeryshire [1]

Canongate, Edinburgh [1]

Cloghela, Co. Tipperary [1]

Colchester, Essex [1]

Colne, Lancashire [1]

Doncaster [1]

Downton, Wiltshire [1]

Eaglescliffe, County Durham [1]

Eastbourne, Sussex [1]

Fishpool, Bury, Lancashire [1]

Hackney [1]

Hambleden, Buckinghamshire [1]

Hanworth Road, Hounslow, Middlesex [1]

Hardington Mandeville, Somerset [1]

Harmondsworth, Hillingdon, Middlesex [1]

High Ham, Somerset [1]

Hilton Downs, Sunderland, County Durham [1]

Huddersfield, Yorkshire [1]

Isle of Wight [1]

Isle of Wight, Hampshire [1]

Lincoln [1]

London [1]

Lubenham Leicestershire [1]

Neatheravon, Wiltshire [1]

Newport, Isle of Wight [1]

Olney, Bucks [1]

Rock Ferry, Birkenhead [1]

Royston, Hertfordshire [1]

Scawby, Lincs [1]

St.Pauls,Barton Regis,Gloucestershire. [1]

Walton, Liverpool [1]

West Bromwich, Birmingham [1]

Woollahra, New South Wales [1]

York, [1]

Rank

Private [539]

Serjeant [40]

Corporal [35]

Second Lieutenant [33]

Lance Corporal [27]

Captain [19]

Lieutenant [19]

Trooper [7]

Acting Serjeant [6]

Lieutenant Colonel [6]

Major [6]

Lance Serjeant [5]

Acting Corporal [3]

Corporal 2nd [3]

Shoeing Smith [3]

Staff Serjeant Major [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Brigadier General [2]

Driver [2]

Lieutenant Quarter Master [2]

Regimental Serjeant Major [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Transport Serjeant [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Lieutenant [1]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Acting Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Bandsman [1]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Captain Major [1]

Captain/Temporary Major [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corpora [1]

Corporal Saddler [1]

Corporal of Horse [1]

Flying Officer [1]

Gunner [1]

Lieutenant Major [1]

Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1]

Pilot Officer [1]

Private/Corporal [1]

Provisional Lance Corporal [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Saddler Corporal [1]

Sapper [1]

Serjeant Major [1]

Shoeing Serjeant Major [1]

Squadron Leader [1]

Unit

3rd Dragoon Guards [586]

3rd Dragoon Guards (Prince of Wales' Own) [96]

Dragoon Guards [53]

Corps of Dragoons [46]

6th Dragoon Guards [23]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [22]

Company of Dragoons [21]

Labour Corps [21]

Machine Gun Corps [17]

Military Mounted Police [12]

Army Service Corps [11]

General Service Dragoons [9]

Royal Engineers [9]

3rd (Prince of Wales') Dragoon Guards [8]

Army Veterinary Corps [8]

Machine Gun Guards [8]

Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [8]

South Lancashire Regiment [8]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7]

Tank Corps [7]

Company Of Dragoons [6]

6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers) [5]

Corps of Hussars [5]

Middlesex Regiment [4]

3rd Hussars [3]

5th Dragoon Guards [3]

7th Dragoon Guards [3]

Corps Of Dragoons [3]

Indian Army [3]

Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) [3]

Royal Field Artillery [3]

1st Dragoon Guards [2]

3rd Dragoon Guards [2]

3rd (Prince of Wales's) Dragoon Guards [2]

3rd Battalion Dragoon Guards [2]

3rd Dragoon Guards (Prince of Wales' Own). [2]

3rd Reserve Cavalry Regiment [2]

3rd Royal Canadian Regiment [2]

4th Dragoon Guards [2]

6th Dragoons [2]

Dorsetshire Regiment [2]

Hertfordshire Yeomanry [2]

Highland Light Infantry [2]

King Edwards Horse [2]

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

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [2]

1/3rd Scottish Horse [1]

113th Infantry [1]

Service

British Army [664]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Royal Navy [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [195]

C [135]

G [94]

H [51]

A [47]

F [40]

D [21]

E [20]

S [13]

P [9]

L [8]

M [6]

W [6]

J [5]

K [5]

R [3]

T [2]

O [1]

Q [1]

V [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [659]

Country

United Kingdom [21]

Ireland [4]

Egypt [1]

France [1]

Germany [1]

India [1]

Pakistan [1]

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Place of birth

1 Saint George's Place, Holy Rhood, Southampton, Hampshire [1] Aberdeen [1] Arkengarthdale, North Yorkshire [1] Armley, Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Blethose Bedfordshire [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Burnley [1] Bury, Lancashire [1] Buttington, Montgomeryshire [1] Canongate, Edinburgh [1] Cloghela, Co. Tipperary [1] Colchester, Essex [1] Colne, Lancashire [1] Doncaster [1] Downton, Wiltshire [1] Eaglescliffe, County Durham [1] Eastbourne, Sussex [1] Fishpool, Bury, Lancashire [1] Hackney [1] Hambleden, Buckinghamshire [1] Hanworth Road, Hounslow, Middlesex [1] Hardington Mandeville, Somerset [1] Harmondsworth, Hillingdon, Middlesex [1] High Ham, Somerset [1] Hilton Downs, Sunderland, County Durham [1] Huddersfield, Yorkshire [1] Isle of Wight [1] Isle of Wight, Hampshire [1] Lincoln [1] London [1] Lubenham Leicestershire [1] Neatheravon, Wiltshire [1] Newport, Isle of Wight [1] Olney, Bucks [1] Rock Ferry, Birkenhead [1] Royston, Hertfordshire [1] Scawby, Lincs [1] St.Pauls,Barton Regis,Gloucestershire. [1] Walton, Liverpool [1] West Bromwich, Birmingham [1] Woollahra, New South Wales [1] York, [1]

Rank

Private [539] Serjeant [40] Corporal [35] Second Lieutenant [33] Lance Corporal [27] Captain [19] Lieutenant [19] Trooper [7] Acting Serjeant [6] Lieutenant Colonel [6] Major [6] Lance Serjeant [5] Acting Corporal [3] Corporal 2nd [3] Shoeing Smith [3] Staff Serjeant Major [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Brigadier General [2] Driver [2] Lieutenant Quarter Master [2] Regimental Serjeant Major [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Transport Serjeant [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Lieutenant [1] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Acting Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Bandsman [1] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1] Captain Major [1] Captain/Temporary Major [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corpora [1] Corporal Saddler [1] Corporal of Horse [1] Flying Officer [1] Gunner [1] Lieutenant Major [1] Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1] Pilot Officer [1] Private/Corporal [1] Provisional Lance Corporal [1] Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Saddler Corporal [1] Sapper [1] Serjeant Major [1] Shoeing Serjeant Major [1] Squadron Leader [1]

Unit

3rd Dragoon Guards [586] 3rd Dragoon Guards (Prince of Wales' Own) [96] Dragoon Guards [53] Corps of Dragoons [46] 6th Dragoon Guards [23] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [22] Company of Dragoons [21] Labour Corps [21] Machine Gun Corps [17] Military Mounted Police [12] Army Service Corps [11] General Service Dragoons [9] Royal Engineers [9] 3rd (Prince of Wales') Dragoon Guards [8] Army Veterinary Corps [8] Machine Gun Guards [8] Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [8] South Lancashire Regiment [8] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7] Tank Corps [7] Company Of Dragoons [6] 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers) [5] Corps of Hussars [5] Middlesex Regiment [4] 3rd Hussars [3] 5th Dragoon Guards [3] 7th Dragoon Guards [3] Corps Of Dragoons [3] Indian Army [3] Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) [3] Royal Field Artillery [3] 1st Dragoon Guards [2] 3rd Dragoon Guards [2] 3rd (Prince of Wales's) Dragoon Guards [2] 3rd Battalion Dragoon Guards [2] 3rd Dragoon Guards (Prince of Wales' Own). [2] 3rd Reserve Cavalry Regiment [2] 3rd Royal Canadian Regiment [2] 4th Dragoon Guards [2] 6th Dragoons [2] Dorsetshire Regiment [2] Hertfordshire Yeomanry [2] Highland Light Infantry [2] King Edwards Horse [2] Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Irish Fusiliers [2] 1/3rd Scottish Horse [1] 113th Infantry [1]

Service

British Army [664] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2] Royal Navy [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [195] C [135] G [94] H [51] A [47] F [40] D [21] E [20] S [13] P [9] L [8] M [6] W [6] J [5] K [5] R [3] T [2] O [1] Q [1] V [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [659]

Country

United Kingdom [21] Ireland [4] Egypt [1] France [1] Germany [1] India [1] Pakistan [1]

Thomas Guiver

Born 1880

Died 1914

British Army DG/5277 Serjeant 3rd Dragoon Guards

South African Services 3rd Dragoon Guards

British Army DG/5277 Serjeant 3rd Dragoon Guards Prince of Wales Own

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Peter A Pope

Born 1879

Died 1918

British Army 20312 Private/Corporal 3rd Dragoon Guards (Household Cavalry and Cavalry of the Line) 2nd Cavalry Brigade

British Army 6DG/4173, D/20312 Private 3rd Dragoon Guards

British Army D/20312 Private 3rd Dragoon Guards

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Bernard George Cornish

Born 1883

Died 1915

British Army GS/8015 Private 3rd Dragoon Guards

British Army Dragoon Guards

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Grosvenor Talbot Cliff

Born 1880

Died 1918

British Army Captain 3rd Dragoon Guards

British Army Lieutenant Colonel 3rd Dragoon Guards

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Henry Brown

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 3DG-5925 Private 3rd Dragoon Guards

British Army D-19988 Private 3rd Dragoon Guards

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Robert Bell

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 5748 Private 3rd Dragoon Guards

British Army 1140 Private 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers)

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Joseph Gough

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army 5984 Private 3rd Dragoon Guards

British Army D/5984 Private 3rd Dragoon Guards

British Army D/5984 Private 3rd Dragoon Guards (Prince of Wales' Own)

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James Brady

Born 1887

Died 1935

British Army D/1215 Private 6th Dragoon Guards

British Army 1215 Private 6th Dragoon Guards

British Army 1215 Trooper 3rd Dragoon Guards

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John Greenwood

Born 1892

Died 1968

British Army GS/15242 Private 3rd Dragoon Guards

British Army D/15283 Private 3rd Dragoon Guards

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Joseph Doyle

Died 1923

British Army 3DG/5020 Private 3rd Dragoon Guards

British Army D/27621 Private 6th Dragoon Gaurds (Carbiners)

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Charles Theodore Smith

Born 1883

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant 3rd Dragoon Guards

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Christopher Hanna

Born 1887

Died 1914

British Army 3DG/4373 Private 3rd Dragoon Guards

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James Henry Bennett

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 7268 Private 3rd Dragoon Guards

British Army D/7268 Private 3rd Dragoon Guards

British Army D/7268 Private 3rd Dragoon Guards (Prince of Wales' Own)

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Arthur Ernest Baker

Born 1895

Died 1914

British Army 5643 Private 3rd Dragoon Guards

British Army D/5643 Private 3rd Dragoon Guards

British Army 5643 Private 3rd Dragoon Guards (Prince of Wales' Own)

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Archibald George Glazier

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 1752 Private 3rd Dragoon Guards

British Army D/1752 Private 3rd Dragoon Guards

British Army 1752 Private 3rd Dragoon Guards (Prince of Wales' Own)

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Edward Wynne Chapman

Born 1887

Died 1914

British Army Lieutenant 3rd Dragoon Guards

British Army Lieutenant 3rd Dragoon Guards (Prince of Wales' Own)

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Edgar Ralph Coles

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant 3rd Dragoon Guards

British Army Captain 3rd Dragoon Guards

British Army Captain 3rd Dragoon Guards (Prince of Wales' Own)

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James Gardner

British Army D/3202 Corporal 3rd Dragoon Guards

British Army D/3202 Acting Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant 3rd Dragoon Guards

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Richard Burton Allen

British Army Second Lieutenant 3rd Dragoon Guards

British Army Captain 3rd Dragoon Guards

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Edward Brown

British Army 6659 Private 3rd Dragoon Guards

British Army D/6659 Private 3rd Dragoon Guards

British Army 388239 Private 3rd Dragoon Guards

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