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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]

Cecil William Battine

Born 1867

Died 1949

Other Empire Force Military Correspondent Attached to American Expeditionary Force

British Army Captain 15th (The King's) Hussars

British Army Lieutenant Royal Welsh Fusiliers 3rd (Militia) Battalion

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Theodore Alfred Herbert Bales

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 3115 Private Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars

British Army 42044 Private Reserve Regiment of Cavalry 5th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Reserve Regiment of Cavalry

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Edgar Precious Smith

Born 1888

British Army D/34637 Serjeant 7th Dragoon Guards

British Army 1908 Private Royal East Kent Yeomanry

British Army 240100 Serjeant Royal East Kent Yeomanry

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William T Collins

British Army 41336 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army D/36031 Private Corps of Dragoons

British Army 393692 Private 7th Dragoon Guards

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William Alford

British Army 6536 Private 7th Dragoon Guards

British Army 29810 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 39810 Private Machine Gun Corps

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Ernest H Green

British Army 8974 Private 7th Dragoon Guards

British Army 32638 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 11336 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

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Arthur F A Burstow

British Army 3/10804 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 9th Battalion

British Army 61926 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army D/34652 Private Corps of Dragoons

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S Griffiths

British Army 2045 Private 7th Dragoon Guards

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1/6th Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Albert Brown

British Army 2834 Private 7th Dragoon Guards

British Army 51130 Private Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

British Army 7816288 Private Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

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Arthur Edmund Beechey

British Army 25494 Private Reserve Regiment of Cavalry

British Army R 34519 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army 25494 Acting Serjeant 7th Dragoon Guards

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Russell Carr

British Army Second Lieutenant Special List

British Army Second Lieutenant Dragoon Guards

British Army Major 4th King's African Rifles

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John W Crackett

British Army 2587 Private 7th Dragoon Guards

British Army 34161 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 49491 Private East Lancashire Regiment

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Edward Barton

British Army 4918 Private 7th Dragoon Guards

British Army 720 Private Army Veterinary Corps

British Army 40 Private 4th L A C C Regiment

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Ernest F Evans

British Army 6495 Bandsman 7th Dragoon Guards

British Army 47237 Corporal Machine Gun Corps

British Army 6495 Corporal 4th Royal Canadian Regiment

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