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Brighton, Sussex. [1]

Chatham [1]

Crewkerne, Somerset [1]

Faulkbourne, near Witham, Essex [1]

Folkeston, Kent [1]

Formby, Lancashire [1]

Godstone, Surrey [1]

Greenwich [1]

Henby, Watford [1]

Islington, Middlesex [1]

Maidstone, Kent [1]

Manchester [1]

Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Middlesex [1]

Newport, Isle of Wight [1]

Ninfield [1]

Oldham, Lancashire [1]

Payhembury, Devon [1]

Reigate [1]

Romsey Registration District [1]

Shepton Mallet, Somerset [1]

Southampton, Hampshire [1]

Southwark, London [1]

Stamford Hill, Hackney,Middlesex [1]

Stepney, London [1]

Stepney, Middlesex [1]

Sutton,Washington,Petworth,Sussex. [1]

Waterlooville [1]

Waterlooville, Framlington, Hampshire [1]

Rank

Private [511]

Corporal [39]

Serjeant [38]

Second Lieutenant [34]

Lance Corporal [24]

Lieutenant [18]

Captain [13]

Major [7]

Lance Serjeant [6]

Lieutenant Colonel [6]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Acting Corporal [5]

Shoeing Smith [5]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Farrier Staff Serjeant [2]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Saddler [2]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Staff Serjeant Major [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

3rd Class Assistant Surgeon [1]

Act. RSM [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Corporal Lieutenant [1]

Acting Lieutenant [1]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Brevet Colonel [1]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Captain Adjutant [1]

Captain and Adjutant [1]

Colonel [1]

Commanding Officer [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Dragoon [1]

Farrier Serjeant [1]

Honorary Captain [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Lance Corporal (unpaid) [1]

Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [1]

Lieutenant Major [1]

Lieutenant Temporary Captain [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Saddler Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Sapper [1]

Unit

5th Dragoon Guards [574]

5th Dragoon Guards (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) [73]

Corps of Dragoons [51]

Machine Gun Corps [47]

Dragoon Guards [39]

1st Dragoon Guards [30]

Company of Dragoons [28]

Army Veterinary Corps [18]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [18]

1st Royal Canadian Regiment [15]

Labour Corps [12]

Royal Engineers [10]

Military Mounted Police [8]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [8]

Scottish Rifles [8]

Highland Light Infantry [7]

6th Dragoon Guards [6]

Army Service Corps [6]

Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [6]

General Service Dragoons [5]

Corps Of Dragoons [4]

Essex Yeomanry [4]

London Regiment [4]

Royal Field Artillery [4]

6th Dragoons [3]

Company Of Dragoons [3]

Corps of Hussars [3]

Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) [3]

18th Hussars [2]

3rd Hussars [2]

5th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) Dragoon Guards [2]

5th Inniskilling Dragoon Guards [2]

5th Royal Canadian Regiment [2]

7th Dragoon Guards [2]

9th Lancers [2]

Border Regiment [2]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [2]

Dragoons [2]

IRCR [2]

Leicestershire Regiment [2]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

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

Reserve of Officers [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

West Yorkshire Regiment [2]

12th Lancers [1]

14th Hussars [1]

15th Battalion Tank Corps [1]

15th Hussars [1]

Service

British Army [631]

Indian Army [2]

Other Empire Force [1]

Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

B [201]

C [135]

G [83]

H [54]

A [50]

F [35]

D [31]

M [8]

W [7]

S [6]

P [5]

T [4]

E [3]

J [3]

L [3]

N [1]

O [1]

R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [628]

Country

United Kingdom [10]

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Place of birth

Brighton, Sussex. [1] Chatham [1] Crewkerne, Somerset [1] Faulkbourne, near Witham, Essex [1] Folkeston, Kent [1] Formby, Lancashire [1] Godstone, Surrey [1] Greenwich [1] Henby, Watford [1] Islington, Middlesex [1] Maidstone, Kent [1] Manchester [1] Manchester, Lancashire [1] Middlesex [1] Newport, Isle of Wight [1] Ninfield [1] Oldham, Lancashire [1] Payhembury, Devon [1] Reigate [1] Romsey Registration District [1] Shepton Mallet, Somerset [1] Southampton, Hampshire [1] Southwark, London [1] Stamford Hill, Hackney,Middlesex [1] Stepney, London [1] Stepney, Middlesex [1] Sutton,Washington,Petworth,Sussex. [1] Waterlooville [1] Waterlooville, Framlington, Hampshire [1]

Rank

Private [511] Corporal [39] Serjeant [38] Second Lieutenant [34] Lance Corporal [24] Lieutenant [18] Captain [13] Major [7] Lance Serjeant [6] Lieutenant Colonel [6] Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Acting Corporal [5] Shoeing Smith [5] Acting Serjeant [4] Farrier Staff Serjeant [2] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Saddler [2] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Staff Serjeant Major [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] 3rd Class Assistant Surgeon [1] Act. RSM [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Corporal Lieutenant [1] Acting Lieutenant [1] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Brevet Colonel [1] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1] Captain Adjutant [1] Captain and Adjutant [1] Colonel [1] Commanding Officer [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Dragoon [1] Farrier Serjeant [1] Honorary Captain [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Lance Corporal (unpaid) [1] Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [1] Lieutenant Major [1] Lieutenant Temporary Captain [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Saddler Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Sapper [1]

Unit

5th Dragoon Guards [574] 5th Dragoon Guards (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) [73] Corps of Dragoons [51] Machine Gun Corps [47] Dragoon Guards [39] 1st Dragoon Guards [30] Company of Dragoons [28] Army Veterinary Corps [18] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [18] 1st Royal Canadian Regiment [15] Labour Corps [12] Royal Engineers [10] Military Mounted Police [8] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [8] Scottish Rifles [8] Highland Light Infantry [7] 6th Dragoon Guards [6] Army Service Corps [6] Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [6] General Service Dragoons [5] Corps Of Dragoons [4] Essex Yeomanry [4] London Regiment [4] Royal Field Artillery [4] 6th Dragoons [3] Company Of Dragoons [3] Corps of Hussars [3] Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) [3] 18th Hussars [2] 3rd Hussars [2] 5th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) Dragoon Guards [2] 5th Inniskilling Dragoon Guards [2] 5th Royal Canadian Regiment [2] 7th Dragoon Guards [2] 9th Lancers [2] Border Regiment [2] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [2] Dragoons [2] IRCR [2] Leicestershire Regiment [2] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) [2] Reserve of Officers [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] West Yorkshire Regiment [2] 12th Lancers [1] 14th Hussars [1] 15th Battalion Tank Corps [1] 15th Hussars [1]

Service

British Army [631] Indian Army [2] Other Empire Force [1] Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

B [201] C [135] G [83] H [54] A [50] F [35] D [31] M [8] W [7] S [6] P [5] T [4] E [3] J [3] L [3] N [1] O [1] R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [628]

Country

United Kingdom [10]

George Auvache

Born 1880

Died 1950

British Army D/12333 Private 5th Dragoon Guards

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William Sapsford

Born 1890

Died 1951

British Army 8732 Private Dragoon Guards

British Army D8732 Private Dragoon Guards

British Army D8732 Private 5th Dragoon Guards

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Edward Hegan

Born 1855

Died 1922

British Army Commanding Officer Staff

British Army Staff Captain Staff

British Army Colonel Staff

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Daniel Casey

Born 1878

Died 1958

British Army GS/9039 Private 5th Dragoon Guards

British Army D/13592 Private Corps of Dragoons

British Army 13592 5th Dragoon Guards

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Arthur Harper

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 5565 Corporal 5th Dragoon Guards

British Army Second Lieutenant Border Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Border Regiment

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Walter Beckingham

Born 1887

Died 1962

British Army 632 Private 5th Dragoon Guards

British Army D/632 Private 5th Dragoon Guards

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George Christmas Harrington

Born 1878

Died 1917

British Army 4500 Company Serjeant Major 5th Dragoon Guards

British Army 5DG/4500 Warrant Officer Class 2 5th Dragoon Guards

British Army Second Lieutenant 6th Dragoon Guards

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Moreton Foley Gage

Born 1873

Died 1953

British Army Major 5th Dragoon Guards

British Army Lieutenant Colonel 5th Dragoon Guards

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Humphrey Pleydell-Bouverie

Born 1883

Died 1958

British Army Captain 5th Dragoon Guards

British Army Major 5th Dragoon Guards

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Harold Denham

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 152 Private 5th Dragoon Guards

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Arthur Robert Mason

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army GS/12530 Private Dragoon Guards

British Army GS/12530 Private 5th Dragoon Guards (Princess Charlotte of Wales's)

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Frederick Moors

British Army 411 Private Dragoon Guards

British Army D/411 Private Dragoon Guards

British Army Shoeing smith 5th Dragoon Guards

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George Archibald

Died 1915

British Army 5789 Private 5th Dragoon Guards

British Army DG/5789 Private 5th Dragoon Guards

British Army 5789 Private 1st (King's) Dragoon Guards

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Charles W Jenner

British Army D/1236 Private Dragoon Guards

British Army 1236 Private 5th Dragoon Guards

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William Cashmore

Died 1917

British Army 1233 Corporal 5th Dragoon Guards (Princess Charlotte of Wales's)

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James Brown

Died 1917

British Army 4764 Private 5th Dragoon Guards

British Army 5DG/4764 Private 5th Dragoon Guards

British Army 4764 Private 5th Dragoon Guards (Princess Charlotte of Wales's)

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William Coombs

Born 1885

Died 1914

British Army 1318 Private 5th Dragoon Guards

British Army D/1318 Private 5th Dragoon Guards

British Army 1318 Private 5th Dragoon Guards (Princess Charlotte of Wales's)

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Herbert Cleveland Arnup

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 7359 Private 5th Dragoon Guards

British Army 7359 Private 5th Dragoon Guards (Princess Charlotte of Wales's)

British Army D/7359 Private 5th Dragoon Guards

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Edward Clulow

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army 4455 Private 5th Dragoon Guards

British Army 1DG/4455 Private 5th Dragoon Guards

British Army D/19464 Private Company of Dragoons

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Albert John Gray

Died 1914

British Army 5211 Private 5th Dragoon Guards

British Army 5DG 5211 Private 5th Dragoon Guards

British Army 5211 Private 5th Dragoon Guards (Princess Charlotte of Wales's)

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