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Aberdeen or Monifieth [1]

Bath [1]

Berkeley, Gloucestershire [1]

Bungay, Suffolk [1]

Charlton in Dover, Kent [1]

Chatteris, Cambridgeshire [1]

Dublin [1]

Havering, Essex [1]

Lahore, Punjab [1]

Llanvair Kilgeddin, Monmouthshire, Wales [1]

London [1]

Nottingham [1]

Ontario [1]

Saint Just, Cornwall [1]

Silsoe, Ampthill, Bedfordshire [1]

Stoke Newington [1]

Wimbledon, Surrey [1]

Rank

Lieutenant [173]

Captain [112]

Major [66]

Lieutenant Colonel [46]

Second Lieutenant [45]

Temporary Lieutenant [45]

Colonel [26]

Private [26]

Temporary Captain [15]

Acting Corporal [7]

Corporal [7]

Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Colonel [6]

Serjeant [5]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [5]

Assistant Paymaster [4]

Acting Captain [3]

Lieutenant Colonel/Temporary Colonel [3]

Lieutenant and Paymaster [3]

Staff Serjeant Major [3]

1st Lieutenant [2]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Pay Master [2]

Acting Paymaster [2]

Acting Serjeant Lieutenant [2]

Acting Staff Serjeant [2]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Brigadier General [2]

Commissary [2]

Lieutenant Assistant Pay Master [2]

Lieutenant Colonel Temporary Colonel [2]

Lieutenant and Captain [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Temporary Colonel [2]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

1st Captain [1]

Acting Group Captain [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Bombardier [1]

Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel [1]

Captain /Temporary Major [1]

Captain /Temporary Major and Staff Paymaster [1]

Captain and Paymaster [1]

Chief Pay Master [1]

Chief Paymaster [1]

Civilian Acting Paymaster [1]

Colonel /Honorary Major General [1]

Colonel Paymaster [1]

Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [1]

Commander Paymaster [1]

Unit

Army Pay Department [402]

Royal Army Pay Department [52]

Army Pay Corps [39]

Royal Air Force [10]

Royal Army Pay Corps [10]

London Regiment [6]

Bedfordshire Regiment [4]

General List [4]

Royal Garrison Artillery [4]

Labour Corps [3]

Royal Field Artillery [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Army Pay Department/ Staff [2]

Corps of Military Accountants [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

Gordon Highlanders [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

King's African Rifles [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2]

Staff [2]

10th Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [1]

16th Army Reserve Pay Department [1]

6th Battalion Royal Highlanders [1]

Arab Rifles [1]

Army Pay Department [1]

Army Chaplains Department [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Army Ordnance Depot [1]

Army Pay Corps/ Army Pay Department [1]

Army Pay Department Dover [1]

Army Pay Department Field Cashier [1]

Army Pay Department Staff Paymaster [1]

Army Pay Department and Companies [1]

Army Pay Department/ Pay Corps [1]

Army Pay Department/General Headquarter Staff [1]

Army Printing and Stationery Services [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Army Service Corps Motor Transport [1]

Army pay Corps [1]

Base Pay Office [1]

Divisional Ammunition Park [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

East African Expeditionary Force [1]

East African Pay Corps [1]

Egyptian Expeditionary Force [1]

Field Cashier 2nd Division Army Pay Department [1]

Field Cheshire [1]

General Headquarters Staff [1]

Service

British Army [468]

Other Empire Force [2]

Royal Navy [2]

Last name first letter

B [58]

S [44]

H [39]

C [32]

D [31]

M [29]

W [26]

L [24]

A [21]

R [21]

T [21]

P [19]

G [18]

F [15]

J [15]

O [14]

E [10]

I [8]

K [7]

N [7]

Y [7]

V [3]

Contribution

Military Service [459]

Country

United Kingdom [12]

Egypt [1]

Ireland [1]

Isle of Man [1]

Jersey [1]

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People [469] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Aberdeen or Monifieth [1] Bath [1] Berkeley, Gloucestershire [1] Bungay, Suffolk [1] Charlton in Dover, Kent [1] Chatteris, Cambridgeshire [1] Dublin [1] Havering, Essex [1] Lahore, Punjab [1] Llanvair Kilgeddin, Monmouthshire, Wales [1] London [1] Nottingham [1] Ontario [1] Saint Just, Cornwall [1] Silsoe, Ampthill, Bedfordshire [1] Stoke Newington [1] Wimbledon, Surrey [1]

Rank

Lieutenant [173] Captain [112] Major [66] Lieutenant Colonel [46] Second Lieutenant [45] Temporary Lieutenant [45] Colonel [26] Private [26] Temporary Captain [15] Acting Corporal [7] Corporal [7] Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Colonel [6] Serjeant [5] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [5] Assistant Paymaster [4] Acting Captain [3] Lieutenant Colonel/Temporary Colonel [3] Lieutenant and Paymaster [3] Staff Serjeant Major [3] 1st Lieutenant [2] Able Seaman [2] Acting Pay Master [2] Acting Paymaster [2] Acting Serjeant Lieutenant [2] Acting Staff Serjeant [2] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [2] Brigadier General [2] Commissary [2] Lieutenant Assistant Pay Master [2] Lieutenant Colonel Temporary Colonel [2] Lieutenant and Captain [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Temporary Colonel [2] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] 1st Captain [1] Acting Group Captain [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Bombardier [1] Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel [1] Captain /Temporary Major [1] Captain /Temporary Major and Staff Paymaster [1] Captain and Paymaster [1] Chief Pay Master [1] Chief Paymaster [1] Civilian Acting Paymaster [1] Colonel /Honorary Major General [1] Colonel Paymaster [1] Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [1] Commander Paymaster [1]

Unit

Army Pay Department [402] Royal Army Pay Department [52] Army Pay Corps [39] Royal Air Force [10] Royal Army Pay Corps [10] London Regiment [6] Bedfordshire Regiment [4] General List [4] Royal Garrison Artillery [4] Labour Corps [3] Royal Field Artillery [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Army Pay Department/ Staff [2] Corps of Military Accountants [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] Gordon Highlanders [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] King's African Rifles [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2] Staff [2] 10th Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [1] 16th Army Reserve Pay Department [1] 6th Battalion Royal Highlanders [1] Arab Rifles [1] Army Pay Department [1] Army Chaplains Department [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Army Ordnance Depot [1] Army Pay Corps/ Army Pay Department [1] Army Pay Department Dover [1] Army Pay Department Field Cashier [1] Army Pay Department Staff Paymaster [1] Army Pay Department and Companies [1] Army Pay Department/ Pay Corps [1] Army Pay Department/General Headquarter Staff [1] Army Printing and Stationery Services [1] Army Service Corps [1] Army Service Corps Motor Transport [1] Army pay Corps [1] Base Pay Office [1] Divisional Ammunition Park [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] East African Expeditionary Force [1] East African Pay Corps [1] Egyptian Expeditionary Force [1] Field Cashier 2nd Division Army Pay Department [1] Field Cheshire [1] General Headquarters Staff [1]

Service

British Army [468] Other Empire Force [2] Royal Navy [2]

Last name first letter

B [58] S [44] H [39] C [32] D [31] M [29] W [26] L [24] A [21] R [21] T [21] P [19] G [18] F [15] J [15] O [14] E [10] I [8] K [7] N [7] Y [7] V [3]

Contribution

Military Service [459]

Country

United Kingdom [12] Egypt [1] Ireland [1] Isle of Man [1] Jersey [1]

Robert Megaw Ireland, K.b.e.

Born 1849

Died 1919

British Army Major Army Pay Department

British Army Colonel Army Pay Department

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Francis Knox Pomeroy

Born 1876

Died 1962

British Army Captain Army Pay Department

British Army Paymaster Army Pay Department Command Pay Offices Gibraltar

British Army Major Army Pay Department

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John Hunter Little

Born 1872

Died 1938

British Army Temporary Captain Army Pay Department

British Army Major Army Pay Department

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Edgar George Baldry

Born 1876

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant Army Pay Department

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Hamlet Bush Toller

Born 1871

Died 1950

British Army Lieutenant Colonel/Temporary Colonel Army Pay Department

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John Carlisle Decy Spedding

Born 1877

Died 1919

British Army Captain Base Pay Office

British Army Major Army Pay Department

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Andrew Richards Nugee

Born 1857

Died 1921

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Army Pay Department

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Charles Arthur Capper

Born 1867

Died 1919

British Army Second Lieutenant Army Pay Department

British Army Lieutenant Army Pay Department

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William Gibb

Born 1873

Died 1917

British Army Staff Pay Sergeant Major Army pay Corps

British Army Lieutenant Army Pay Department

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Reginald Seward Ruston

Born 1867

Died 1963

British Army Lieutenant Colonel/Temporary Colonel Army Pay Department

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Arthur Alan Collyer, O.b.e.

Born 1868

Died 1919

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Army Pay Department

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Ernest C Eicke

Born 1860

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Army Pay Department

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John Henry Adams

Born 1883

Died 1919

British Army Captain Army Pay Department

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Sackville Edward Cecil Hamilton Beamish

Born 1872

Died 1947

British Army Major Army Pay Department

British Army Major Field Cashier 2nd Division Army Pay Department

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De La Pere Robinson

Born 1842

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Army Pay Department

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Herbert Trevor Raban

Born 1878

Died 1932

British Army Captain Army Pay Department

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Michael Biddulph

Born 1871

Died 1920

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Army Pay Department

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Herbert Henry Thompson

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army Captain Army Pay Department

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Edward Codyre

Born 1869

Died 1936

British Army Captain Army Pay Department

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Eustace Arthur Lang

Born 1874

British Army Major Royal Army Pay Department

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