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London [2]

Maidstone, Kent [2]

Battersea [1]

Beddingham, Sussex [1]

Bedford [1]

Bicester [1]

Bromley, Kent. [1]

Brussels [1]

Chaddesden, Derbyshire [1]

Clerkenwell, London [1]

Colchester [1]

Congleton, Cheshire [1]

Cork [1]

Cupar, Fife [1]

East Finchley, Middlesex [1]

Eastbourne,Sussex. [1]

Ellesmere, Shropshire [1]

Gravesend, Kent [1]

Great Bowden [1]

Halsall, Lancashire [1]

Hamilton, Scotland [1]

High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire [1]

Lewisham, London [1]

Llangendeirne, Carmarthenshire [1]

Manchester [1]

Milton Sittingbourne Kent [1]

Newcastle upon Tyne Northumberland [1]

Norwich Norfolk [1]

Penrith [1]

Radcliffe, Lancashire [1]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [1]

Southsea [1]

St. George Hanover Square, London [1]

Strasbourg [1]

Uxbridge, Middlesex [1]

Wexford [1]

Writtle, Essex [1]

Wroxham, Norfolk [1]

Rank

Private [541]

Serjeant [40]

Corporal [37]

Lance Corporal [31]

Second Lieutenant [29]

Lieutenant [19]

Captain [13]

Acting Corporal [11]

Major [8]

Lance Serjeant [7]

Acting Serjeant [5]

Sapper [4]

Trooper [4]

Shoeing Smith [3]

Trumpeter [3]

Acting Captain [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Brigadier General [2]

Corporal 2nd [2]

Gunner [2]

Saddler [2]

Shoeing Smith Corporal [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Assistant Provost Marshall [1]

Acting Colonel [1]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Acting Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Bandsman [1]

Bearer [1]

Brevet Colonel (Temporary Brigadier General) [1]

Captain Adjutant [1]

Captain and Adjutant [1]

Colonel [1]

Corpora [1]

Driver [1]

Farrier Serjeant [1]

Honorary Captain [1]

Lance-Corporal [1]

Le Vicomte [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant General [1]

Major & Brevet Lieutenant Colonel (Temporary Brigadier General) [1]

Major-General (temporary Lieutenant-General) [1]

Pensioner [1]

Pioneer [1]

Pte. [1]

Sergeant [1]

Serjeant Quarter Master [1]

Unit

4th Dragoon Guards [611]

4th Dragoon Guards (Royal Irish) [63]

Corps of Dragoons [63]

Machine Gun Corps [36]

Company of Dragoons [26]

Dragoon Guards [26]

Labour Corps [26]

7th Dragoon Guards [18]

General Service Dragoons [17]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [16]

Army Service Corps [10]

Military Mounted Police [10]

Royal Engineers [9]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [9]

4th Royal Canadian Regiment [7]

6th Dragoon Guards [6]

Dorsetshire Regiment [6]

Corps of Hussars [5]

Dragoons [5]

3rd Dragoon Guards [4]

Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) [4]

Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) [4]

Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [4]

Royal Field Artillery [4]

Yorkshire Regiment [4]

2nd Dragoons [3]

4th Dragoon Guards [3]

4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards [3]

4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards [3]

5th Dragoon Guards [3]

Army Veterinary Corps [3]

London Regiment [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Tank Corps [3]

1st Dragoon Guards [2]

4th Hussars [2]

4th Reserve Dragoons [2]

C of Dragoons [2]

Company Of Dragoons [2]

Corps Of Dragoons [2]

Corps of Lancers [2]

Derby Yeomanry [2]

Essex Yeomanry [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2]

Reserve Cavalry [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Service

British Army [664]

Other Empire Force [2]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [216]

C [123]

G [74]

A [64]

H [52]

D [46]

F [41]

E [13]

M [9]

P [7]

S [6]

W [6]

L [3]

R [2]

N [1]

O [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [658]

Country

United Kingdom [23]

Ireland [2]

Egypt [1]

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Place of birth

London [2] Maidstone, Kent [2] Battersea [1] Beddingham, Sussex [1] Bedford [1] Bicester [1] Bromley, Kent. [1] Brussels [1] Chaddesden, Derbyshire [1] Clerkenwell, London [1] Colchester [1] Congleton, Cheshire [1] Cork [1] Cupar, Fife [1] East Finchley, Middlesex [1] Eastbourne,Sussex. [1] Ellesmere, Shropshire [1] Gravesend, Kent [1] Great Bowden [1] Halsall, Lancashire [1] Hamilton, Scotland [1] High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire [1] Lewisham, London [1] Llangendeirne, Carmarthenshire [1] Manchester [1] Milton Sittingbourne Kent [1] Newcastle upon Tyne Northumberland [1] Norwich Norfolk [1] Penrith [1] Radcliffe, Lancashire [1] Sheffield, Yorkshire [1] Southsea [1] St. George Hanover Square, London [1] Strasbourg [1] Uxbridge, Middlesex [1] Wexford [1] Writtle, Essex [1] Wroxham, Norfolk [1]

Rank

Private [541] Serjeant [40] Corporal [37] Lance Corporal [31] Second Lieutenant [29] Lieutenant [19] Captain [13] Acting Corporal [11] Major [8] Lance Serjeant [7] Acting Serjeant [5] Sapper [4] Trooper [4] Shoeing Smith [3] Trumpeter [3] Acting Captain [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Brigadier General [2] Corporal 2nd [2] Gunner [2] Saddler [2] Shoeing Smith Corporal [2] Staff Serjeant [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Assistant Provost Marshall [1] Acting Colonel [1] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Acting Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Bandsman [1] Bearer [1] Brevet Colonel (Temporary Brigadier General) [1] Captain Adjutant [1] Captain and Adjutant [1] Colonel [1] Corpora [1] Driver [1] Farrier Serjeant [1] Honorary Captain [1] Lance-Corporal [1] Le Vicomte [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant General [1] Major & Brevet Lieutenant Colonel (Temporary Brigadier General) [1] Major-General (temporary Lieutenant-General) [1] Pensioner [1] Pioneer [1] Pte. [1] Sergeant [1] Serjeant Quarter Master [1]

Unit

4th Dragoon Guards [611] 4th Dragoon Guards (Royal Irish) [63] Corps of Dragoons [63] Machine Gun Corps [36] Company of Dragoons [26] Dragoon Guards [26] Labour Corps [26] 7th Dragoon Guards [18] General Service Dragoons [17] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [16] Army Service Corps [10] Military Mounted Police [10] Royal Engineers [9] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [9] 4th Royal Canadian Regiment [7] 6th Dragoon Guards [6] Dorsetshire Regiment [6] Corps of Hussars [5] Dragoons [5] 3rd Dragoon Guards [4] Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) [4] Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) [4] Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [4] Royal Field Artillery [4] Yorkshire Regiment [4] 2nd Dragoons [3] 4th Dragoon Guards [3] 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards [3] 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards [3] 5th Dragoon Guards [3] Army Veterinary Corps [3] London Regiment [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Tank Corps [3] 1st Dragoon Guards [2] 4th Hussars [2] 4th Reserve Dragoons [2] C of Dragoons [2] Company Of Dragoons [2] Corps Of Dragoons [2] Corps of Lancers [2] Derby Yeomanry [2] Essex Yeomanry [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2] Reserve Cavalry [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Service

British Army [664] Other Empire Force [2] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [216] C [123] G [74] A [64] H [52] D [46] F [41] E [13] M [9] P [7] S [6] W [6] L [3] R [2] N [1] O [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [658]

Country

United Kingdom [23] Ireland [2] Egypt [1]

John Kendrick Patterson

Born 1894

Died 1969

British Army 2361 Trooper Dragoon Guards

British Army D/2361 Private Dragoon Guards

British Army 4th Dragoon Guards

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Arthur Farrow

Born 1898

Died 1980

British Army 6179 Private 4th Dragoon Guards

British Army D/6179 Private 4th Dragoon Guards

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Guy Eliot De Pass

Born 1898

British Army Second Lieutenant 4th Dragoon Guards

British Army Lieutenant 4th Dragoon Guards

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Adrian Carton De Wiart

Born 1880

Died 1963

British Army Brigadier General 4th Dragoon Guards

British Army Captain 4th Dragoon Guards attached 8th Gloucs Battalion

British Army 836 Major-General (temporary Lieutenant-General) Royal Dragoon Guards 4/7th royal dragoon guard Battalion

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Benjamin George Clouting

Born 1897

Died 1990

British Army 8292 Private 4th Dragoon Guards

British Army D/8292 Private 4th Dragoon Guards

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Richard Gordon Munro

Born 1895

Died 1967

British Army Second Lieutenant 4th Dragoon Guards

British Army Captain Adjutant 4th Dragoon Guards

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John Wyndham Aylmer

Born 1889

Died 1953

British Army Lieutenant 4th Dragoon Guards France 16th August 1914

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Charles Frederick Clinch

Born 1891

British Army GS/8637 Private 4th Dragoon Guards

British Army Lance-Corporal 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards

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Peter Miles Courage

Born 1895

Died 1974

British Army Second Lieutenant 4th Dragoon Guards

British Army Lieutenant 4th Dragoon Guards

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Robert Archibald Cary

Born 1898

British Army Second Lieutenant 4th Dragoon Guards

British Army Acting Captain 4th Dragoon Guards

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William Graham

Born 1894

Died 1973

British Army GS/21628 Private 4th Dragoon Guards

British Army D/16821 Private 4th Dragoon Guards

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Charles Boyling

Born 1868

Died 1918

British Army Montgomeryshire Yeomanry

British Army 4515 Private Royal Rifle Dragoons

British Army 3221 Private 4th Dragoon Guards

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Gerald Hugh Fitzgerald

Born 1886

Died 1914

British Army Captain 4th Dragoon Guards

British Army Captain 4th Dragoon Guards (Royal Irish)

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Ernest Walter Cramp

Born 1887

Died 1914

British Army 037 Private 4th Dragoon Guards

British Army D/037 Private 4th Dragoon Guards

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John Aldam Aizlewood

Born 1895

Died 1990

British Army Second Lieutenant 4th Dragoon Guards

British Army Acting Captain 4th Dragoon Guards

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Sidney William Gibbs

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army GS/7842 Private 4th Dragoon Guards

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Charles T Barton

British Army GS/7059 Private 4th Dragoon Guards

British Army GS/7059 Private 4th 4th Dragoon Guards

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Harold Eyre

Born 1896

Died 1920

British Army D/32868 Private Company of Dragoons

British Army 12270 Private Notts & Derbyshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army D/32868 Private 4th Dragoon Guards (Royal Irish)

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Bartholomew Joseph Griffin

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army GS/8065 Private 4th Dragoon Guards

British Army D/13377 Pte. 4th Dragoon Guards (Royal Irish)

British Army D/13377 Private 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards

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Francis Charles Chapman

Born 1887

Died 1914

British Army D/3927 Corporal 4th Dragoon Guards

British Army D/3927 Corporal 4th Dragoon Guards (Royal Irish)

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