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London [8]

Melbourne Victoria [6]

Rockhampton Queensland [6]

Dundee [5]

London England [4]

Sydney New South Wales [4]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [3]

Bombay [3]

Brixton [3]

Bundaberg Queensland [3]

Calcutta [3]

St Andrews, Fife [3]

Alton, Hampshire [2]

Auckland [2]

Birkenhead [2]

Brisbane Queensland [2]

Bromley by Bow, Poplar, London [2]

Colchester [2]

Coventry [2]

Edinburgh, Scotland [2]

Ellesmere, Shropshire [2]

Glasgow [2]

Johannesburg [2]

Lambeth, London [2]

Liverpool [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

Madeley, Shropshire [2]

Maidstone, Kent [2]

Melbourne, Victoria [2]

Pietermaritzburg, Natal [2]

Preston, Lancashire [2]

Putney, London [2]

Redfern New South Wales [2]

Sheffield [2]

Simla [2]

Violet Town Victoria [2]

101 Belgrave Road, London, S.W. [1]

2 Lime Kiln Cottages Willingdon, Sussex [1]

Aberdeen [1]

Aberdeenshire Scotland [1]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Aldershot [1]

Aliwal North, Cape Province [1]

Amphitheatre Victoria [1]

Arbroath, Scotland [1]

Ardale, Victoria [1]

Armley and Bramley, Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Arran Island Scotland [1]

Arsaph, Bengal [1]

Arundel, Sussex [1]

Rank

Private [4009]

Second Lieutenant [564]

Captain [368]

Lieutenant [354]

Corporal [311]

Lance Corporal [303]

Serjeant [296]

Gunner [182]

Major [164]

Lieutenant Colonel [79]

Driver [52]

Acting Corporal [50]

Rifleman [49]

Sergeant [43]

Acting Serjeant [37]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [32]

Sapper [31]

Brigadier General [28]

Lance Serjeant [25]

Trooper [22]

Corporal 2nd [21]

Acting Captain [20]

Bombardier [18]

Colonel [15]

Company Serjeant Major [14]

Temporary Captain [13]

Temporary Major [13]

2nd Lieutenant [11]

Acting Lance Corporal [11]

Colour Serjeant [11]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [11]

Acting Bombardier [10]

Major General [10]

Staff Serjeant [10]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [9]

Pioneer [9]

Temporary Lieutenant [9]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [8]

Bearer [8]

Captain and Quarter Master [8]

Gunner RMA [8]

Lieutenant and Quarter Master [8]

Shoeing Smith [8]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [7]

Naik [7]

Reverend [7]

Trumpeter [7]

Able Seaman Driver [6]

Bugler [6]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [6]

Unit

4th Hussars [699]

4th Dragoon Guards [611]

4th King's African Rifles [369]

4th South African Infantry [339]

4th Royal Scots [310]

4th Battalion North Lancashire Regiment [198]

Corps of Hussars [126]

4th York and Lancaster Regiment [117]

Machine Gun Corps [93]

4th Cameron Highlanders [92]

4th Royal Highlanders [90]

4th (Queen's Own) Hussars [83]

Labour Corps [82]

Royal Scots [81]

Royal Engineers [80]

1/4th Royal Lancaster Regiment [78]

4th Iraq Levies [72]

York and Lancaster Regiment 4th Battalion [70]

Corps of Dragoons [69]

4th West Riding Regiment [68]

4th Dragoon Guards (Royal Irish) [63]

4th King's Shropshire Light Infantry [60]

4th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery [59]

4th Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [56]

4th Gurkha Rifles [54]

Royal Field Artillery [53]

4th Royal Marine Battalion [50]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [45]

Army Service Corps [41]

4th Liverpool Regiment [39]

Devonshire Regiment [38]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [37]

Royal Highlanders 4th Battalion [37]

4th South Wales Borderers [36]

Royal Garrison Artillery [36]

4th Regiment South African Infantry [34]

London Regiment [34]

4th Cavalry [33]

Hussars [33]

1/4th York and Lancaster Regiment [32]

4th Devon Regiment [32]

Royal Irish Rifles [32]

4th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment [29]

York and Lancaster Regiment [29]

Royal Army Medical Corps 4th Field Ambulance [28]

4th Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [27]

4th Monmouthshire Regiment [27]

4th Rajputs [27]

Company of Dragoons [27]

Dragoon Guards [26]

Service

British Army [5542]

South African Services [361]

Australian Imperial Force [151]

Indian Army [69]

Royal Navy [63]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [62]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [21]

Other Empire Force [20]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [9]

Last name first letter

B [1666]

C [1124]

G [784]

A [636]

H [374]

D [370]

F [351]

M [159]

S [148]

W [130]

E [86]

P [71]

R [68]

L [56]

T [55]

J [30]

N [23]

K [21]

O [18]

Y [16]

I [7]

V [5]

Q [4]

Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [5865]

Country

United Kingdom [205]

South Africa [46]

Australia [24]

Ireland [12]

Canada [9]

New Zealand [5]

Egypt [3]

India [3]

Singapore [2]

Austria [1]

Cook Islands [1]

France [1]

Greece [1]

Sri Lanka [1]

Turkey [1]

United States [1]

Zimbabwe [1]

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London [8] Melbourne Victoria [6] Rockhampton Queensland [6] Dundee [5] London England [4] Sydney New South Wales [4] Birkenhead, Cheshire [3] Bombay [3] Brixton [3] Bundaberg Queensland [3] Calcutta [3] St Andrews, Fife [3] Alton, Hampshire [2] Auckland [2] Birkenhead [2] Brisbane Queensland [2] Bromley by Bow, Poplar, London [2] Colchester [2] Coventry [2] Edinburgh, Scotland [2] Ellesmere, Shropshire [2] Glasgow [2] Johannesburg [2] Lambeth, London [2] Liverpool [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] Madeley, Shropshire [2] Maidstone, Kent [2] Melbourne, Victoria [2] Pietermaritzburg, Natal [2] Preston, Lancashire [2] Putney, London [2] Redfern New South Wales [2] Sheffield [2] Simla [2] Violet Town Victoria [2] 101 Belgrave Road, London, S.W. [1] 2 Lime Kiln Cottages Willingdon, Sussex [1] Aberdeen [1] Aberdeenshire Scotland [1] Adelaide South Australia [1] Aldershot [1] Aliwal North, Cape Province [1] Amphitheatre Victoria [1] Arbroath, Scotland [1] Ardale, Victoria [1] Armley and Bramley, Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Arran Island Scotland [1] Arsaph, Bengal [1] Arundel, Sussex [1]

Rank

Private [4009] Second Lieutenant [564] Captain [368] Lieutenant [354] Corporal [311] Lance Corporal [303] Serjeant [296] Gunner [182] Major [164] Lieutenant Colonel [79] Driver [52] Acting Corporal [50] Rifleman [49] Sergeant [43] Acting Serjeant [37] Warrant Officer Class 2 [32] Sapper [31] Brigadier General [28] Lance Serjeant [25] Trooper [22] Corporal 2nd [21] Acting Captain [20] Bombardier [18] Colonel [15] Company Serjeant Major [14] Temporary Captain [13] Temporary Major [13] 2nd Lieutenant [11] Acting Lance Corporal [11] Colour Serjeant [11] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [11] Acting Bombardier [10] Major General [10] Staff Serjeant [10] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [9] Pioneer [9] Temporary Lieutenant [9] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [8] Bearer [8] Captain and Quarter Master [8] Gunner RMA [8] Lieutenant and Quarter Master [8] Shoeing Smith [8] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [7] Naik [7] Reverend [7] Trumpeter [7] Able Seaman Driver [6] Bugler [6] Lieutenant Acting Captain [6]

Unit

4th Hussars [699] 4th Dragoon Guards [611] 4th King's African Rifles [369] 4th South African Infantry [339] 4th Royal Scots [310] 4th Battalion North Lancashire Regiment [198] Corps of Hussars [126] 4th York and Lancaster Regiment [117] Machine Gun Corps [93] 4th Cameron Highlanders [92] 4th Royal Highlanders [90] 4th (Queen's Own) Hussars [83] Labour Corps [82] Royal Scots [81] Royal Engineers [80] 1/4th Royal Lancaster Regiment [78] 4th Iraq Levies [72] York and Lancaster Regiment 4th Battalion [70] Corps of Dragoons [69] 4th West Riding Regiment [68] 4th Dragoon Guards (Royal Irish) [63] 4th King's Shropshire Light Infantry [60] 4th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery [59] 4th Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [56] 4th Gurkha Rifles [54] Royal Field Artillery [53] 4th Royal Marine Battalion [50] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [45] Army Service Corps [41] 4th Liverpool Regiment [39] Devonshire Regiment [38] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [37] Royal Highlanders 4th Battalion [37] 4th South Wales Borderers [36] Royal Garrison Artillery [36] 4th Regiment South African Infantry [34] London Regiment [34] 4th Cavalry [33] Hussars [33] 1/4th York and Lancaster Regiment [32] 4th Devon Regiment [32] Royal Irish Rifles [32] 4th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment [29] York and Lancaster Regiment [29] Royal Army Medical Corps 4th Field Ambulance [28] 4th Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [27] 4th Monmouthshire Regiment [27] 4th Rajputs [27] Company of Dragoons [27] Dragoon Guards [26]

Service

British Army [5542] South African Services [361] Australian Imperial Force [151] Indian Army [69] Royal Navy [63] Canadian Expeditionary Force [62] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [21] Other Empire Force [20] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [9]

Last name first letter

B [1666] C [1124] G [784] A [636] H [374] D [370] F [351] M [159] S [148] W [130] E [86] P [71] R [68] L [56] T [55] J [30] N [23] K [21] O [18] Y [16] I [7] V [5] Q [4] Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [5865]

Country

United Kingdom [205] South Africa [46] Australia [24] Ireland [12] Canada [9] New Zealand [5] Egypt [3] India [3] Singapore [2] Austria [1] Cook Islands [1] France [1] Greece [1] Sri Lanka [1] Turkey [1] United States [1] Zimbabwe [1]

Alfred Leslie Guppy

Born 1886

Died 1965

Australian Imperial Force 201 Acting Corporal 4th Brigade 14th Battalion

Australian Imperial Force 201 Corporal 4th Brigade 14th Battalion

Australian Imperial Force 201 Sergeant 4th Brigade 14th Battalion

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Charles Smith

Born 1879

Died 1960

Canadian Expeditionary Force 875445 184th Overseas Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force 875445 Gunner 76th Depot Battery C.F.A.

Canadian Expeditionary Force 875445 Gunner O. C. Reserve Brigade C.F.A.

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Charles Thompson

Born 1894

Died 1972

Australian Imperial Force 392 Corporal 4th Brigade 14th Battalion

Australian Imperial Force 392 Sergeant 4th Brigade 14th Battalion

Australian Imperial Force 392 Second Lieutenant 4th Brigade 14th Battalion

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Peter Robertson Gardner

Born 1885

Died 1971

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 16/1537 2nd Lieutenant 4th Maori Contingent

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Francis George Murphy

Born 1897

Died 1918

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 12/2045 Private 4th Reinforcements Auckland Infantry Battalion

Royal Navy Deck Hand HMS Victory Mercantile Marine Reserve

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Clement Reginald Smith

Born 1899

Died 1928

Australian Imperial Force 7829 Private Recruit Depot Liverpool

Australian Imperial Force 7829 Private Technical Battalion, Liverpool A Company

Australian Imperial Force 7829 Private 4th Battalion 26th Reinforcements

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Allan Henry Dennehy

Born 1897

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 5686 Private 4th Battalion 18th Reinforcements

Australian Imperial Force 5686 Private 4th Battalion

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Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill

Born 1874

Died 1965

British Army Major Grenadier Guards 2nd Battalion

British Army Cornet (2nd Lieutenant) 4th Queen's Own Hussars

British Army Lieutenant-Colonel Royal Scots Fusiliers 6th Battalion

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Edgar Cecil Jones

Born 1888

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 1762 Private 4th Reinforcements 13th Battalion

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Christopher William Reeve Beechey

Born 1883

Died 1969

Australian Imperial Force 1368 Private 4th Infantry Brigade 4th Field Ambulance

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Alan Marshal

Born 1883

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 163 Private Australian Infantry, 4th Brigade 15th Battalion

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Basil Baillie Falkner

Born 1893

British Army Second Lieutenant 4th Hussars

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Leicestershire Yeomanry

British Army Lieutenant 4th Hussars

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Charles Nutbrown

Born 1868

Canadian Expeditionary Force 1075290 Private 4th Pioneer Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force 1075290 Private 4th Labour Battalion

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Robert James Vere Falkner

Born 1891

Died 1954

British Army Lieutenant 4th Hussars

British Army Second Lieutenant 4th Hussars

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Wellesley Saxward Jessup

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 1171

Australian Imperial Force 1171 Corporal 4th Pioneers

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Territorial Force

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Ewen George Sinclair-Maclagan

Born 1868

Died 1948

Australian Imperial Force

Australian Imperial Force Major-General 4th Division

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Walter Lewis Betambeau

Born 1889

Died 1967

British Army G/10084 Private 7th Battalion "Buffs"

British Army G/10084 Private 4th Battalion

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Albert Edward Box

Born 1892

Died 1970

Australian Imperial Force 522 Private 4th Australian Light Horse Regiment A Squadron

Australian Imperial Force 522 Corporal 4th Australian Light Horse Regiment A Squadron

Australian Imperial Force 522 Corporal 1st Australian Light Horse Training Regiment

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Leonard Inggs

Born 1896

Died 1980

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 2nd Lieutenant 62 Squadron

South African Services 8299 4th Transvaal Scottish

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James Edward Barker

Born 1890

Died 1968

Australian Imperial Force 1336 Private 4th A.I.F. Division 14th Battalion

Australian Imperial Force 1336 Private 4th A.I.F. Division 14th Infantry Battalion

Australian Imperial Force 1336 Lance Corporal 4th A.I.F. Division 14th Battalion

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