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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]

Frederick Cole

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 1319 Private 5th Dragoon Guards

British Army D/1319 Private 5th Dragoon Guards

British Army 1319 Private 5th Dragoon Guards (Princess Charlotte of Wales's)

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Edwin Crossland

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 8564 Private 5th Dragoon Guards

British Army D/8564 Private 5th Dragoon Guards

British Army 8564 Private 5th Dragoon Guards (Princess Charlotte of Wales's)

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Robert Cook

Died 1915

British Army 5915 Private 5th Dragoon Guards

British Army 1DG/5915 Private 5th Dragoon Guards

British Army 5915 Private 5th Dragoon Guards (Princess Charlotte of Wales's)

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William Edward Grosvenor

Born 1894

Died 1914

British Army 7027 Private 5th Dragoon Guards

British Army D/7027 Private 5th Dragoon Guards

British Army 7027 Private 5th Dragoon Guards (Princess Charlotte of Wales's)

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Alfred T. Barnes

Died 1915

British Army 5198 Private 5th Dragoon Guards

British Army 5DG/5198 Private 5th Dragoon Guards

British Army 5198 Lance Corporal 5th Dragoon Guards (Princess Charlotte of Wales's)

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R C Baker

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 4986 Private 5th Dragoon Guards

British Army 4986 Private 5th Dragoon Guards (Princess Charlotte of Wales's)

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William Couttie

Born 1881

Died 1919

British Army D/10359 Private 5th Dragoon Guards

British Army D/10359 Private 5th Dragoon Guards (Princess Charlotte of Wales's)

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Robert Fredrick Buckett

Born 1886

Died 1914

British Army 5324 Private 5th Dragoon Guards

British Army 5324 Private 5th Dragoon Guards (Princess Charlotte of Wales's)

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Alexander Reid Dalton

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army D/8233 Private 5th Dragoon Guards

British Army D/8233 Private 5th Dragoon Guards (Princess Charlotte of Wales's)

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William Cashmore

Died 1917

British Army D/1233 Corporal 5th Dragoon Guards

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

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Thomas E Halsey

British Army 7179 Private 5th Dragoon Guards

British Army D/7179 Private 5th Dragoon Guards

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Alfred R Buckeridge

British Army 4197 Shoeing Corporal 5th Dragoon Guards

British Army 5DG/4197 Corporal 5th Dragoon Guards

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Edgar F Barrett

British Army 7552 Private 5th Dragoon Guards

British Army D/7552 Private 5th Dragoon Guards

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John R Austin

British Army GS/19607 Private 5th Dragoon Guards

British Army D/15980 Private 5th Dragoon Guards

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Albert Gascoigne

British Army 7343 Private 5th Dragoon Guards

British Army D/7343 Private 5th Dragoon Guards

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Frederick C Grigg

British Army 7601 Private 5th Dragoon Guards

British Army D/7601 Private 5th Dragoon Guards

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David Crighton

British Army GS/10836 Private 5th Dragoon Guards

British Army D/13940 Private 5th Dragoon Guards

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Walter Booth

British Army 4896 Private 5th Dragoon Guards

British Army D/4896 Private 5th Dragoon Guards

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William A Gauld

British Army 7927 Private 5th Dragoon Guards

British Army D/7927 Private 5th Dragoon Guards

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Robert L Allan

British Army D/9357 Private 5th Dragoon Guards

British Army 34853 Private 5th Dragoon Guards

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