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Dublin [2]

London [2]

Maidstone, Kent [2]

Abbeyfeale, County Limerick [1]

Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Ballymoney, County Antrim [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Bramley, Leeds [1]

Brighton, Sussex [1]

Brighton,Sussex [1]

Chelsea, London [1]

Comber, County Down [1]

Cupar, Fife [1]

Dinapore [1]

Douglas, Isle of Man [1]

Edinburgh [1]

Grove Park, Middlesex [1]

Hackney, London [1]

Hemsby, Norfolk [1]

Herstmonceux, Sussex [1]

Horwich Bolton Lancashire [1]

Islington, London [1]

Kildare [1]

Kings Norton, Worcestershire [1]

Kingswinford, Staffordshire [1]

Lambeth [1]

Limerick [1]

Listowel, County Kerry [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

Monks Risborough [1]

Northwood. Ramsgate, Kent. [1]

Paddington, London [1]

Portland [1]

Ravensthorpe, Northamptonshire [1]

Reaghan, Pallas [1]

St Ives, Huntingdonshire [1]

St Martin [1]

St Pancras, London [1]

Turton, Bolton Lancashire [1]

Walcote, Leicestershire [1]

Walton Le Dale, Lancashire [1]

Welshpool, Montgomeryshire [1]

Weston [1]

Wimbledon [1]

York [1]

Rank

Private [569]

Corporal [63]

Second Lieutenant [51]

Serjeant [50]

Lance Corporal [48]

Captain [33]

Lieutenant [28]

Major [20]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [12]

Shoeing Smith [8]

Staff Serjeant Major [6]

Acting Serjeant [5]

Trooper [5]

Acting Corporal [4]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Acting Major [2]

Brigadier General [2]

Corporal 2nd [2]

Farrier Staff Serjeant [2]

Saddler [2]

Sergeant [2]

Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

2nd Corporal [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Armourer Staff Serjeant [1]

Assistant Sergeant Major [1]

Bodyguard to G.O.C. [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Brigadier [1]

Capt [1]

Capt and Special service Officer (attached) [1]

Captain an Adjutant [1]

Captain and Quarter Master [1]

Colonel [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Driver [1]

Farrier Quartermaster Sergeant [1]

Farrier Serjeant [1]

Filter Corporal [1]

Flight Commander [1]

Honorable Captain [1]

Honorable Captain Acting Major [1]

Honorable Lieutenant [1]

Honorary Lieutenant Quarter Master [1]

Unit

5th Lancers [649]

Corps of Lancers [127]

5th (Royal Irish) Lancers [54]

Middlesex Regiment [30]

2/5th Lancers Fusiliers [29]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [24]

Lancers [21]

Military Mounted Police [20]

Machine Gun Corps [19]

Labour Corps [18]

Corps of Hussars [16]

Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [14]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [12]

5th Royal Irish Lancers [11]

Army Service Corps [11]

16/5th Lancers [9]

12th Lancers [8]

16th Lancers [8]

9th Lancers [8]

Royal Fusiliers [8]

The Queen's Regiment [7]

Lancashire Fusiliers [6]

General Service Lancers [5]

Royal Field Artillery [5]

5th Cavalry [4]

5th Dragoon Guards [4]

Royal Engineers [4]

5th Lancers Cavalry [3]

Corps Lancers [3]

East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry [3]

Royal Flying Corps [3]

16th/5th Lancers [2]

17th Lancers [2]

21st Lancers [2]

3rd Cavalry [2]

5th Cavalry Brigade [2]

Bedford Yeomanry [2]

Corps of Signals [2]

Guards Machine Gun Regiment [2]

Indian Army [2]

London Regiment [2]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [2]

Tank Corps [2]

Worcestershire Regiment [2]

1/4th West Riding Regiment [1]

1/6th York and Lancaster Regiment [1]

11th Hussars [1]

12th Cavalry [1]

12th Cavalry Indian Army Attached 5th Lancers [1]

12th Cavalry attached 5th Lancers [1]

Service

British Army [769]

Indian Army [9]

Royal Navy [2]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [199]

C [174]

G [84]

H [59]

A [56]

F [52]

D [38]

W [22]

S [20]

P [13]

M [11]

E [9]

R [9]

Y [5]

L [4]

T [4]

N [3]

K [2]

O [2]

V [2]

I [1]

Contribution

Military Service [762]

Country

United Kingdom [27]

Ireland [3]

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Place of birth

Dublin [2] London [2] Maidstone, Kent [2] Abbeyfeale, County Limerick [1] Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Ballymoney, County Antrim [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Bramley, Leeds [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Brighton,Sussex [1] Chelsea, London [1] Comber, County Down [1] Cupar, Fife [1] Dinapore [1] Douglas, Isle of Man [1] Edinburgh [1] Grove Park, Middlesex [1] Hackney, London [1] Hemsby, Norfolk [1] Herstmonceux, Sussex [1] Horwich Bolton Lancashire [1] Islington, London [1] Kildare [1] Kings Norton, Worcestershire [1] Kingswinford, Staffordshire [1] Lambeth [1] Limerick [1] Listowel, County Kerry [1] Liverpool, Lancashire [1] Monks Risborough [1] Northwood. Ramsgate, Kent. [1] Paddington, London [1] Portland [1] Ravensthorpe, Northamptonshire [1] Reaghan, Pallas [1] St Ives, Huntingdonshire [1] St Martin [1] St Pancras, London [1] Turton, Bolton Lancashire [1] Walcote, Leicestershire [1] Walton Le Dale, Lancashire [1] Welshpool, Montgomeryshire [1] Weston [1] Wimbledon [1] York [1]

Rank

Private [569] Corporal [63] Second Lieutenant [51] Serjeant [50] Lance Corporal [48] Captain [33] Lieutenant [28] Major [20] Warrant Officer Class 2 [12] Shoeing Smith [8] Staff Serjeant Major [6] Acting Serjeant [5] Trooper [5] Acting Corporal [4] Lance Serjeant [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Acting Major [2] Brigadier General [2] Corporal 2nd [2] Farrier Staff Serjeant [2] Saddler [2] Sergeant [2] Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Staff Serjeant [2] 2nd Corporal [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Armourer Staff Serjeant [1] Assistant Sergeant Major [1] Bodyguard to G.O.C. [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1] Brigadier [1] Capt [1] Capt and Special service Officer (attached) [1] Captain an Adjutant [1] Captain and Quarter Master [1] Colonel [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Driver [1] Farrier Quartermaster Sergeant [1] Farrier Serjeant [1] Filter Corporal [1] Flight Commander [1] Honorable Captain [1] Honorable Captain Acting Major [1] Honorable Lieutenant [1] Honorary Lieutenant Quarter Master [1]

Unit

5th Lancers [649] Corps of Lancers [127] 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers [54] Middlesex Regiment [30] 2/5th Lancers Fusiliers [29] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [24] Lancers [21] Military Mounted Police [20] Machine Gun Corps [19] Labour Corps [18] Corps of Hussars [16] Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [14] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [12] 5th Royal Irish Lancers [11] Army Service Corps [11] 16/5th Lancers [9] 12th Lancers [8] 16th Lancers [8] 9th Lancers [8] Royal Fusiliers [8] The Queen's Regiment [7] Lancashire Fusiliers [6] General Service Lancers [5] Royal Field Artillery [5] 5th Cavalry [4] 5th Dragoon Guards [4] Royal Engineers [4] 5th Lancers Cavalry [3] Corps Lancers [3] East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry [3] Royal Flying Corps [3] 16th/5th Lancers [2] 17th Lancers [2] 21st Lancers [2] 3rd Cavalry [2] 5th Cavalry Brigade [2] Bedford Yeomanry [2] Corps of Signals [2] Guards Machine Gun Regiment [2] Indian Army [2] London Regiment [2] Royal Munster Fusiliers [2] Tank Corps [2] Worcestershire Regiment [2] 1/4th West Riding Regiment [1] 1/6th York and Lancaster Regiment [1] 11th Hussars [1] 12th Cavalry [1] 12th Cavalry Indian Army Attached 5th Lancers [1] 12th Cavalry attached 5th Lancers [1]

Service

British Army [769] Indian Army [9] Royal Navy [2] Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [199] C [174] G [84] H [59] A [56] F [52] D [38] W [22] S [20] P [13] M [11] E [9] R [9] Y [5] L [4] T [4] N [3] K [2] O [2] V [2] I [1]

Contribution

Military Service [762]

Country

United Kingdom [27] Ireland [3]

Harry Harris

Born 1873

Died 1951

British Army L/7701 Private 5th Lancers

British Army Corporal 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers

British Army Sergeant 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers

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Hon Herbrand Charles Alexander

Born 1888

Died 1965

British Army Lieutenant Colonel 5th Lancers

British Army Lieutenant 5th Lancers

British Army Captain 5th Lancers

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Oswald Kesteven Chance

Born 1880

Died 1935

British Army Major 5th Lancers

British Army Brevet Lieutenant Colonel 5th Lancers

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Joseph William Cottingham

Born 1887

Died 1940

British Army 7021 Lance Corporal 5th Lancers

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Claude Nicholson

Born 1898

Died 1943

British Army Lieutenant Lancers

British Army Captain Lancers

British Army Second Lieutenant 16th Lancers

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Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby

Born 1861

Died 1936

British Army Major General 5th Lancers

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George Edwin Ellison

Born 1878

Died 1918

British Army L/16063 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army L/12643 Private Corps of Lancers 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers

British Army SE/6722 Private 5th Lancers

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Charles Fennelly Van Der Byl

Born 1874

Died 1956

British Army Second Lieutenant 16th Lancers

British Army Captain 16th Lancers

British Army Temporary Major Army Cyclist Corps

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John Henry Blackwell

Born 1894

British Army 5082 Private 5th Lancers

British Army 5082 Corporal 5th Lancers

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John Horace Fearnley

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army L/5152 Private 5th Lancers

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Lawrence Martin

Born 1895

Died 1985

British Army G/42094 Private Middlesex Regiment 13th Battalion

British Army G/42094 Private Middlesex Regiment 20th Battalion

British Army 23065 Private 5th Royal Irish Lancers A Squadron

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John Alexander Henry Batten-Pooll

Born 1889

Died 1965

British Army Captain Lancers

British Army Captain Cavalry

British Army Lieutenant 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers

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James Henry Louis Smith

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 4913 Private Lancers

British Army L/4913 Lance Corporal Lancers

British Army Lance Corporal 5th Royal Irish Lancers

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Charles Fennell Brenchley

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 7458 Private 5th Lancers

British Army 7458 Private 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers

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John Lee

Born 1878

Died 1918

British Army 5L/5558 Private 12th Lancers

British Army 5L/5558 Private 5th Lancers

British Army 5558 Private 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers

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Thomas Caygell

British Army 278 Shoeing Smith 5th Lancers

British Army L/278 Corporal 5th Lancers

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Harry J Chrismas

Born 1896

British Army 4366 Private 5th Lancers

British Army L/4366 Private 5th Lancers

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Thomas G Ghost

British Army 1656 Private 5th Lancers

British Army L/1656 Private 5th Lancers

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Mark Mayson

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army L/2071 Serjeant 5th Lancers

British Army L/2071 Serjeant 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers

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Sidney Gardner

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army L/8149 Lance Corporal 5th Lancers

British Army L/8149 Private 5th Lancers

British Army Second Lieutenant East Lancashire Regiment

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