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Place of birth

East Clandon, Surrey [2]

Maidstone, Kent [2]

34 Charles Square, Berkeley Square, London [1]

53 Eaton Square, London [1]

Aberdeen [1]

Ahuy, Côte d'or [1]

Alsager, Cheshire [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Beacon Place, Lichfield [1]

Bettiah, Champeran [1]

Brighton [1]

Bury St Edmunds [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Cerne, Dorset [1]

Chatham, Kent [1]

Clewer Green, Windsor, Berkshire [1]

Hastings, Sussex [1]

Holloway, London [1]

Islington, London [1]

Kirtlington Park, Oxfordshire [1]

Manningham, Yorkshire [1]

Oldfield, Altrincham, Cheshire [1]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [1]

Ramsey [1]

Southwark, London [1]

Sparkbrook, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Sydney [1]

Thorncombe, Dorset [1]

Toxteth, Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

Whitchurch, Hampshire [1]

Wokingham, Berkshire [1]

Wolverhampton [1]

Rank

Private [135]

Lieutenant [19]

Lance Corporal [14]

Second Lieutenant [13]

Serjeant [12]

Captain [11]

Corporal [8]

Major [7]

Sapper [5]

Driver [4]

Acting Corporal [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Boy [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Sergeant [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Brevet Major [1]

Caprain [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Interprètes [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Maréchal des Logis [1]

Motor Cyclist Corporal [1]

Officer Interpreter [1]

Private later Sergeant [1]

Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Sergeant Mechanic [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant (Temporary Lieutenant) [1]

Trooper [1]

Trumpeter [1]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

9th Lancers [136]

9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers [77]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [27]

Lancers [25]

Royal West Kent Regiment [19]

Royal Engineers [17]

Labour Corps [11]

Corps of Lancers [9]

Machine Gun Corps [9]

Royal Field Artillery [9]

Royal Flying Corps [7]

The Queen's Regiment [7]

21st Lancers [5]

Royal Air Force [5]

9th Queen's Royal Lancers [4]

East Surrey Regiment [4]

7th Royal Canadian Regiment [3]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

17th Lancers [2]

Armée française [2]

Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Canadian Regiment [2]

Royal Navy [2]

Royal Sussex Regiment [2]

Royal West Surrey Regiment [2]

11th Hussars [1]

11th Lancers [1]

125th Napier's Rifles [1]

16th (The Queen's) Lancers [1]

21 Lancers [1]

2nd Lancers attached 9th Lancers [1]

4th Army Signal Company [1]

655th Employment Company [1]

9th (Queens Royal) Lancers [1]

9th Attached Lancers [1]

9th Battalion Machine Gun Corps [1]

9th Corps of Lancers [1]

9th Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

9th Royal Lancers [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Attached 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers [1]

Attached IV Corps - French Military Mission [1]

Attached to 9th Queen's Royal Lancers [1]

Buckinghamshire Yeomanry Attached 9th Lancers [1]

Derbyshire Yeomanry [1]

Devomshire Regiment [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [188]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [4]

Other Empire Force [3]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [34]

C [31]

G [25]

A [16]

F [15]

H [13]

S [12]

D [7]

W [6]

E [5]

P [5]

M [4]

R [4]

T [4]

L [3]

J [1]

K [1]

N [1]

Q [1]

V [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [182]

Country

United Kingdom [21]

India [1]

Isle of Man [1]

South Africa [1]

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People [190] Stories Communities

Place of birth

East Clandon, Surrey [2] Maidstone, Kent [2] 34 Charles Square, Berkeley Square, London [1] 53 Eaton Square, London [1] Aberdeen [1] Ahuy, Côte d'or [1] Alsager, Cheshire [1] Battersea, London [1] Beacon Place, Lichfield [1] Bettiah, Champeran [1] Brighton [1] Bury St Edmunds [1] Camberwell, London [1] Cerne, Dorset [1] Chatham, Kent [1] Clewer Green, Windsor, Berkshire [1] Hastings, Sussex [1] Holloway, London [1] Islington, London [1] Kirtlington Park, Oxfordshire [1] Manningham, Yorkshire [1] Oldfield, Altrincham, Cheshire [1] Portsmouth, Hampshire [1] Ramsey [1] Southwark, London [1] Sparkbrook, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Sydney [1] Thorncombe, Dorset [1] Toxteth, Liverpool, Lancashire [1] Whitchurch, Hampshire [1] Wokingham, Berkshire [1] Wolverhampton [1]

Rank

Private [135] Lieutenant [19] Lance Corporal [14] Second Lieutenant [13] Serjeant [12] Captain [11] Corporal [8] Major [7] Sapper [5] Driver [4] Acting Corporal [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Boy [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Sergeant [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Brevet Major [1] Caprain [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Interprètes [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Maréchal des Logis [1] Motor Cyclist Corporal [1] Officer Interpreter [1] Private later Sergeant [1] Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Sergeant Mechanic [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant (Temporary Lieutenant) [1] Trooper [1] Trumpeter [1] Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

9th Lancers [136] 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers [77] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [27] Lancers [25] Royal West Kent Regiment [19] Royal Engineers [17] Labour Corps [11] Corps of Lancers [9] Machine Gun Corps [9] Royal Field Artillery [9] Royal Flying Corps [7] The Queen's Regiment [7] 21st Lancers [5] Royal Air Force [5] 9th Queen's Royal Lancers [4] East Surrey Regiment [4] 7th Royal Canadian Regiment [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] 17th Lancers [2] Armée française [2] Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Canadian Regiment [2] Royal Navy [2] Royal Sussex Regiment [2] Royal West Surrey Regiment [2] 11th Hussars [1] 11th Lancers [1] 125th Napier's Rifles [1] 16th (The Queen's) Lancers [1] 21 Lancers [1] 2nd Lancers attached 9th Lancers [1] 4th Army Signal Company [1] 655th Employment Company [1] 9th (Queens Royal) Lancers [1] 9th Attached Lancers [1] 9th Battalion Machine Gun Corps [1] 9th Corps of Lancers [1] 9th Lancashire Fusiliers [1] 9th Royal Lancers [1] Army Service Corps [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Attached 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers [1] Attached IV Corps - French Military Mission [1] Attached to 9th Queen's Royal Lancers [1] Buckinghamshire Yeomanry Attached 9th Lancers [1] Derbyshire Yeomanry [1] Devomshire Regiment [1] Devonshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [188] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [4] Other Empire Force [3] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [34] C [31] G [25] A [16] F [15] H [13] S [12] D [7] W [6] E [5] P [5] M [4] R [4] T [4] L [3] J [1] K [1] N [1] Q [1] V [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [182]

Country

United Kingdom [21] India [1] Isle of Man [1] South Africa [1]

Victor Reginald Brooke

Born 1873

Died 1914

British Army Brevet Major 9th Lancers

British Army 2nd Lieutenant 9th Lancers

British Army Lieutenant 9th Lancers

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Horace Sidney Clay

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 4041 Private 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers

British Army 4041 Private 9th Lancers

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John Francis Lofts

Born 1891

Died 1974

British Army L/6876 Private 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers

British Army L/6876 Private 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers

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Albert Aspey

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 989 Private 9th Lancers

British Army 34195 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 14th Battalion

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Harry Aston

Born 1890

Died 1914

British Army 1777 Serjeant 9th Lancers

British Army L/1777 Corporal 9th Lancers

British Army L/1777 Corporal 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers

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Francis Octavius Grenfell

Born 1880

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army Lieutenant King's Royal Rifles

British Army Lieutenant 9th Lancers

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Frank Sparkes

Born 1884

Died 1919

British Army GS/12689 Private 9th Lancers

British Army GS/12689 Private 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers

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Richard John Victor Carpenter

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army L/7229 Private 9th Lancers

British Army L/7229 Private 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers

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Frederick De Vere Bruce Allfrey

Born 1891

Died 1914

British Army Second Lieutenant 9th Lancers

British Army Lieutenant 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers

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Eustace Henry Egremont Abadie

Born 1877

Died 1914

British Army Lieutenant 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers

British Army Captain 9th Queen's Royal Lancers

British Army Major 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers

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William Reynolds

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 4064 Private Lancers

British Army L/4064 Private Lancers

British Army 4064 Private 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers

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Albert Wareham

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army L/6789 Lance Corporal 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers

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Thomas Pratt

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army L/6773 Private 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers

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Eustace De L Gibbs

Died 1914

British Army 1038 Serjeant 9th Lancers

British Army L/1038 Serjeant 9th Lancers

British Army 1038 Serjeant 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers

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Phillip Glass

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army 587 Private 9th Lancers

British Army L/587 Private 9th Lancers

British Army 587 Private 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers

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Joseph Coomer

Died 1914

British Army 817 Private 9th Lancers

British Army L/817 Private 9th Lancers

British Army 817 Private 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers

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John Anelay

Born 1879

Died 1915

British Army 4196 Serjeant 9th Lancers

British Army 9L/4196 Staff Quarter Master Serjeant 9th Lancers

British Army 4196 Quartermaster Serjeant 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers

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Ernest Skinner

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army 49 Private 9th Lancers

British Army L/49 Private 9th Lancers

British Army 49 Private 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers

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William Henry Cooper

Born 1895

Died 1914

British Army 4201 Private 9th Lancers

British Army L/4201 Private 9th Lancers

British Army 4201 Private 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers

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Ernest Henry Carter

Died 1914

British Army 994 Private 9th Lancers

British Army L/994 Private 9th Lancers

British Army 994 Private 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers

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