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Maidstone, Kent [2]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

Bicester [1]

Botley Fareham Hampshire [1]

Boughton Lees, Kent [1]

Bow, London [1]

Burlampore [1]

Canterbury, Kent [1]

Chappell, Essex [1]

Colchester [1]

Colchester,Essex [1]

Dunmore East, Waterford, [1]

Edmonton [1]

Halling, Kent [1]

Hellingly [1]

Khaira Gali, Rawalpindi [1]

Kirkcudbright, Scotland [1]

Laughton [1]

Leicester [1]

Leominster, Hereford [1]

London [1]

Loose, Kent [1]

Lucknow [1]

Malpas, Cheshire [1]

Newcastle upon Tyne Northumberland [1]

Norwich Norfolk [1]

Paddington, London [1]

Rock Ferry, Birkenhead [1]

Shepton Mallet [1]

South Shields, County Durham [1]

Sunderland [1]

Tendring, Essex [1]

Weston Super Mare [1]

Whitwell, Isle of Wight [1]

Woolwich, Kent [1]

Wrotham, Kent [1]

wateringbury maidstone [1]

Rank

Private [550]

Corporal [54]

Serjeant [45]

Second Lieutenant [43]

Lance Corporal [29]

Lieutenant [25]

Captain [18]

Acting Serjeant [10]

Acting Corporal [8]

Major [7]

Lieutenant Colonel [5]

Shoeing Smith [5]

Staff Serjeant [5]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [4]

Trooper [4]

Bandsman [3]

Brigadier General [3]

Gunner [3]

Trumpeter [3]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Corpora [2]

Farrier Staff Serjeant [2]

Regimental Serjeant Major [2]

Sapper [2]

Squadron Serjeant Major [2]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Transport Serjeant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

2nd Class Assistant Surgeon [1]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Corporal Dafadar [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [1]

Bombardier [1]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Captain (Deputy Assistant Adjutant General) [1]

Captain (Deputy Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster) [1]

Captain (retired) [1]

Captain and Adjutant [1]

Colonel [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Conductor [1]

Cook [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Cpl DCM [1]

Driver [1]

Unit

7th Dragoon Guards [634]

Corps of Dragoons [59]

Company of Dragoons [35]

7th Hussars [34]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [30]

Dragoon Guards [28]

7th Dragoon Guards (Princess Royal's) [27]

Machine Gun Corps [25]

Army Veterinary Corps [21]

4th Dragoon Guards [17]

1st Dragoon Guards [15]

General Service Dragoons [15]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [13]

Labour Corps [12]

Royal Field Artillery [12]

Military Mounted Police [11]

Royal Engineers [10]

Dorsetshire Regiment [7]

7th (Princess Royal's) Dragoon Guards [6]

Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [6]

Tank Corps [6]

Corps of Hussars [4]

Middlesex Regiment [4]

3rd Dragoon Guards [3]

Army Service Corps [3]

Essex Yeomanry [3]

2nd Dragoons [2]

5th Dragoon Guards [2]

7th (Queen's Own) Hussars [2]

7th Hariana Lancers [2]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Berkshire Yeomanry [2]

Corps Of Dragoons [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

General Service of Dragoons [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

King's Dragoon Guards [2]

King's Liverpool Regiment [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Northamptonshire Yeomanry [2]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Royal Dragoon Guards [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [2]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [2]

Royal West Kent Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [694]

Other Empire Force [2]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Last name first letter

B [234]

C [163]

G [90]

F [45]

H [45]

A [41]

D [35]

E [10]

S [7]

L [5]

W [5]

P [4]

M [3]

J [2]

R [2]

I [1]

N [1]

O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [693]

Country

United Kingdom [15]

India [5]

Ireland [1]

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People [694] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Maidstone, Kent [2] Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Bicester [1] Botley Fareham Hampshire [1] Boughton Lees, Kent [1] Bow, London [1] Burlampore [1] Canterbury, Kent [1] Chappell, Essex [1] Colchester [1] Colchester,Essex [1] Dunmore East, Waterford, [1] Edmonton [1] Halling, Kent [1] Hellingly [1] Khaira Gali, Rawalpindi [1] Kirkcudbright, Scotland [1] Laughton [1] Leicester [1] Leominster, Hereford [1] London [1] Loose, Kent [1] Lucknow [1] Malpas, Cheshire [1] Newcastle upon Tyne Northumberland [1] Norwich Norfolk [1] Paddington, London [1] Rock Ferry, Birkenhead [1] Shepton Mallet [1] South Shields, County Durham [1] Sunderland [1] Tendring, Essex [1] Weston Super Mare [1] Whitwell, Isle of Wight [1] Woolwich, Kent [1] Wrotham, Kent [1] wateringbury maidstone [1]

Rank

Private [550] Corporal [54] Serjeant [45] Second Lieutenant [43] Lance Corporal [29] Lieutenant [25] Captain [18] Acting Serjeant [10] Acting Corporal [8] Major [7] Lieutenant Colonel [5] Shoeing Smith [5] Staff Serjeant [5] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [4] Trooper [4] Bandsman [3] Brigadier General [3] Gunner [3] Trumpeter [3] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [2] Corpora [2] Farrier Staff Serjeant [2] Regimental Serjeant Major [2] Sapper [2] Squadron Serjeant Major [2] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Transport Serjeant [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] 2nd Class Assistant Surgeon [1] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Corporal Dafadar [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Aircraftman 2nd Class [1] Bombardier [1] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1] Captain (Deputy Assistant Adjutant General) [1] Captain (Deputy Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster) [1] Captain (retired) [1] Captain and Adjutant [1] Colonel [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Conductor [1] Cook [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Cpl DCM [1] Driver [1]

Unit

7th Dragoon Guards [634] Corps of Dragoons [59] Company of Dragoons [35] 7th Hussars [34] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [30] Dragoon Guards [28] 7th Dragoon Guards (Princess Royal's) [27] Machine Gun Corps [25] Army Veterinary Corps [21] 4th Dragoon Guards [17] 1st Dragoon Guards [15] General Service Dragoons [15] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [13] Labour Corps [12] Royal Field Artillery [12] Military Mounted Police [11] Royal Engineers [10] Dorsetshire Regiment [7] 7th (Princess Royal's) Dragoon Guards [6] Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [6] Tank Corps [6] Corps of Hussars [4] Middlesex Regiment [4] 3rd Dragoon Guards [3] Army Service Corps [3] Essex Yeomanry [3] 2nd Dragoons [2] 5th Dragoon Guards [2] 7th (Queen's Own) Hussars [2] 7th Hariana Lancers [2] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Berkshire Yeomanry [2] Corps Of Dragoons [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2] General Service of Dragoons [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] King's Dragoon Guards [2] King's Liverpool Regiment [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Northamptonshire Yeomanry [2] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Army Veterinary Corps [2] Royal Dragoon Guards [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Irish Fusiliers [2] Royal Munster Fusiliers [2] Royal West Kent Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [694] Other Empire Force [2] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Last name first letter

B [234] C [163] G [90] F [45] H [45] A [41] D [35] E [10] S [7] L [5] W [5] P [4] M [3] J [2] R [2] I [1] N [1] O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [693]

Country

United Kingdom [15] India [5] Ireland [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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John William Arthur

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army GS/21024 Private 7th Dragoon Guards Scottish Cavalry Depot

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Henry Anderson Lempriere

Born 1867

Died 1914

British Army Lieutenant Colonel 7th Dragoon Guards

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Arthur Shaw

Born 1889

Died 1914

British Army D/2112 Private Dragoon Guards

British Army D/2112 Private 7th Dragoon Guards B Squadron

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Samuel Bryce

Born 1882

Died 1914

British Army Second Lieutenant 1st Dragoon Guards

British Army 4585 Squadron Serjeant Major 7th (Princess Royal's) Dragoon Guards

British Army Second Lieutenant 7th (Princess Royal's) Dragoon Guards

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Edward William Field

British Army 4901 Private 7th Dragoon Guards

British Army LD/4901 Private 7th Dragoon Guards

British Army D/4901 Private Dragoon Guards 7th Battalion

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Frank Harding

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army GS/7194 Private 7th Dragoon Guards

British Army D/13103 Private Dragoon Guards

British Army D/13103 Private 7th Dragoon Guards (Princess Royal's)

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Thomas Crutchley

Died 1916

British Army 1822 Lance Corporal 7th Dragoon Guards

British Army D/1822 Corporal 7th Dragoon Guards

British Army D/1822 Corporal ALIAS

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George Leslie Reid

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant 7th Dragoon Guards (Princess Royal's)

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Richard Davis

Died 1917

British Army 1080 Private 7th Dragoon Guards

British Army D/1080 Private 7th Dragoon Guards

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Cecil De Burgh Gordon Persse

Born 1875

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant 7th Dragoon Guards

British Army Lieutenant 7th Dragoon Guards attached Irish Guards

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Reginald Edward Jones

Born 1890

Died 1914

British Army 2425 Lance Corporal Dragoon Guards

British Army D/2425 Acting Corporal Dragoon Guards

British Army 2425 Corporal 7th Dragoon Guards (Princess Royal's)

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Bertie Bacon

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 405 Private 7th Dragoon Guards

British Army D/405 Private 7th Dragoon Guards

British Army 405 Trooper 7th Dragoon Guards (Princess Royal's)

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Herbert F Goom

British Army D/3759 Private 7th Dragoon Guards

British Army D/3759 Acting Corporal 7th Dragoon Guards

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Bernard Anslow

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 608 Private Dragoon Guards

British Army D/608 Private Dragoon Guards

British Army 608 Private 7th Dragoon Guards (Princess Royal's)

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Ambrose W Bates

British Army D/915 Private 7th Dragoon Guards

British Army D/915 7th Dragoon Guards

British Army 390000 7th Dragoon Guards

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James M Butcher

British Army D/3561 Private 7th Dragoon Guards

British Army D/29873 Private 7th Dragoon Guards

British Army 390947 Private 7th Dragoon Guards

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C Budden

British Army GS/7760 Private 7th Dragoon Guards

British Army D/13278 Private Dragoons

British Army D/34212 Private 7th Dragoon Guards

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Henry Cuthbert Raylton Bolckow

Born 1897

British Army Second Lieutenant 7th Dragoon Guards

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Thomas A Coxon

Born 1898

Died 1985

British Army D/6635 Private 7th Dragoon Guards

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