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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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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]

H D Ireson

Died 1918

British Army D/4224 Private Dragoon Guards

British Army D/4224 Private 7th Dragoon Guards (Princess Royal's)

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Frederick Arthur Lingwood

Died 1918

British Army 11531 Private Dragoon Guards

British Army 11531 Private 7th Dragoon Guards (Princess Royal's)

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Charles Pearce

Born 1895

Died 1921

British Army D/10031 Private Dragoon Guards

British Army D/10031 Private 7th Dragoon Guards (Princess Royal's)

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George E Coxon

Born 1897

British Army 7DG/7030 Trooper 7th Dragoon Guards

British Army D/20617 Trooper Company of Dragoons

British Army D/20617 Serjeant 7th Dragoon Guards

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Percy Buckland Barnes

Died 1918

British Army GS/21670 Private 7th Dragoon Guards

British Army D/16848 Private 7th Dragoon Guards

British Army D/16848 Private 7th Dragoon Guards (Princess Royal's)

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Christopher Armstrong

Died 1914

British Army 6971 Private 7th Dragoon Guards

British Army 6971 Private 7th Dragoon Guards (Princess Royal's)

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James Large Clarke

Born 1888

Died 1914

British Army 2613 Corporal 7th Dragoon Guards

British Army 2613 Corporal 7th Dragoon Guards (Princess Royal's)

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Thomas A Bilsdon

Died 1917

British Army GS/14313 Private 7th Dragoon Guards

British Army GS/14313 Private 7th Dragoon Guards (Princess Royal's)

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Mark Abbott

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 1528 Private 7th Dragoon Guards

British Army D/1528 Private 7th Dragoon Guards

British Army 1528 Private 7th Dragoon Guards (Princess Royal's)

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Thomas Goodman

Died 1914

British Army 6514 Saddler Serjeant 7th Dragoon Guards

British Army 6514 Serjeant 7th Dragoon Guards

British Army 6514 Serjeant 7th Dragoon Guards (Princess Royal's)

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Arthur Oswald Firth

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 5001 Private 7th Dragoon Guards

British Army D/5001 Private 7th Dragoon Guards

British Army 5001 Private 7th Dragoon Guards (Princess Royal's)

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John Gilbert

British Army 6989 Private 7th Dragoon Guards

British Army D/6989 Private 7th Dragoon Guards

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Wilfred Bramwell

British Army D/33111 Private 7th Dragoon Guards

British Army 391819 Private 7th Dragoon Guards

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Bert Chapman

British Army D/894 Private 7th Dragoon Guards

British Army 389931 Private 7th Dragoon Guards

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G Owen Garrard

British Army D/35361 Private 7th Dragoon Guards

British Army 393164 Private 7th Dragoon Guards

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Vincent Frankland

British Army GS/21773 Private 7th Dragoon Guards

British Army D/16886 Private 7th Dragoon Guards

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Herbert H Fenn

British Army D/35771 Private 7th Dragoon Guards

British Army 393468 Private 7th Dragoon Guards

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Allan Comerford

British Army D/36005 Private 7th Dragoon Guards

British Army 393668 Private 7th Dragoon Guards

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Craddock W Greenway

British Army GS/21379 Private 7th Dragoon Guards

British Army D/16687 Private 7th Dragoon Guards

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Charles H Hall

British Army D/35137 Private 7th Dragoon Guards

British Army 392999 Private 7th Dragoon Guards

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