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London [5]

East Indies [2]

Maidstone, Kent [2]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Aldershot [1]

Aurungarabad, Madras [1]

Ballantrae [1]

Bath [1]

Battersea [1]

Bedford, Bedfordshire [1]

Bengal [1]

Bengal, [1]

Bobcaygeon, Ontario [1]

Bombay [1]

Bruges [1]

Calcutta [1]

Carlisle [1]

Chelsea [1]

Chester, Cheshire [1]

Chippenham, Wiltshire [1]

Clapham Park, Surrey [1]

Clarendon South Australia [1]

Cork [1]

County Cavan [1]

Dalhouse [1]

Darjeeling [1]

Doncaster, Yorkshire [1]

Dublin [1]

Dulwich [1]

Dumbarton, Scotland [1]

Dundee [1]

Evesham [1]

Fakenham, Norfolk [1]

Filgrave, Buckinghamshire [1]

Fremantle Western Australia [1]

Glasgow [1]

Glasgow Scotland [1]

Glenelg South Australia [1]

Greenwich, Kent [1]

Guildford, Surrey [1]

Gurteen Kilsheelan, County Waterford [1]

Hampstead [1]

Hedgerley Lodge, Madingley Road, Cambridge [1]

Hendon, Middlesex [1]

Jamalpur [1]

Jongoo, Burma [1]

Jullundur [1]

Kennington, Lambeth Borough, London [1]

Kennington, London [1]

Kensington, London [1]

Rank

Major [332]

Captain [254]

Lieutenant Colonel [201]

Colonel [128]

Lieutenant [87]

Second Lieutenant [84]

Serjeant [76]

Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [72]

Private [69]

Temporary Captain [57]

Acting Serjeant [51]

Major General [49]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [47]

Captain /Temporary Major [37]

Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Colonel [37]

Brigadier General [35]

Company Serjeant Major [30]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [29]

Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [28]

Captain/Temporary Major [25]

Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [24]

Temporary Major [23]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [20]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [20]

Corporal [18]

Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [18]

Brevet Colonel [16]

Company Serjeant Major Instructor [16]

Lance Corporal [16]

Lieutenant Colonel/Temporary Colonel [16]

Serjeant Instructor [16]

Lieutenant Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [14]

Staff Serjeant [14]

Lieutenant General [13]

Brevet Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [12]

Major and Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [12]

Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [11]

Major Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [11]

Temporary Lieutenant [11]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [10]

Captain /Acting Major [10]

Colonel Temporary Brigadier General [10]

Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [10]

Temporary Lieutenant /Acting Captain [10]

Acting Company Serjeant Major Instructor [9]

Acting Major [9]

Brevet Major [9]

Major /Acting Lieutenant Colonel [9]

Company Sergeant Major [8]

Brevet Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [7]

Unit

Army Gymnastic Staff [251]

Staff [250]

Indian Army [114]

Indian Army/ Staff [104]

Army Service Corps/ Staff [89]

Army Service Corps [82]

Royal Army Medical Corps [79]

Army Service Corps/Staff [65]

Army Ordnance Depot/ Staff [54]

General Headquarters Staff [50]

Royal Army Service Corps [45]

Indian Army/Staff [42]

Army Veterinary Corps/ Staff [41]

Indian Army Staff [39]

Army Ordnance Depot/Staff [30]

Northamptonshire Regiment [30]

Indian Army/ Staff and Head Quarters [29]

Indian Army/Staff and Head Quarters [28]

Army Ordnance Depot [26]

Royal Army Medical Corps/ Staff [26]

Staff Egyptian Army [26]

Commands and Staff [25]

Army Medical Service [24]

Army Veterinary Corps/Staff [23]

Staff Indian Army [22]

Indian Army Reserve of Officers [20]

Staff and Head Quarters [20]

Army Medical Service/ Headquarters Staff [19]

Army Veterinary Corps [19]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [19]

Indian Army/ Staff and Headquarters [17]

Headquarters Staff [15]

Army Gymnastic Staff attached Northamptonshire Regiment [14]

Middlesex Regiment [14]

Army Service Corps Staff [13]

London Regiment [13]

Military Provost Staff Corps [13]

General Staff [12]

Indian Army Staff Corps [12]

Army Medical Service/General Headquarters Staff [10]

Army Staff [10]

General List [10]

Royal Army Veterinary Corps/ Staff [10]

Royal Engineers [10]

Army Medical Service/ General Headquarters Staff [9]

Army Medical Service/Headquarters Staff [9]

Australian Army Medical Service [9]

No.1 Section, Sea Transport Staff [9]

Royal Army Medical Corps/Staff [9]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps/ Staff [9]

Service

British Army [2039]

Indian Army [50]

Australian Imperial Force [15]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [11]

Other Empire Force [9]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Royal Navy [3]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [236]

M [213]

S [192]

C [190]

H [186]

W [129]

P [108]

D [100]

R [86]

G [85]

L [81]

T [75]

F [62]

A [61]

J [56]

K [47]

N [44]

E [42]

O [30]

Y [18]

V [17]

I [11]

U [6]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2070]

Country

United Kingdom [58]

India [3]

Australia [2]

Ireland [1]

Sri Lanka [1]

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Place of birth

London [5] East Indies [2] Maidstone, Kent [2] Adelaide South Australia [1] Aldershot [1] Aurungarabad, Madras [1] Ballantrae [1] Bath [1] Battersea [1] Bedford, Bedfordshire [1] Bengal [1] Bengal, [1] Bobcaygeon, Ontario [1] Bombay [1] Bruges [1] Calcutta [1] Carlisle [1] Chelsea [1] Chester, Cheshire [1] Chippenham, Wiltshire [1] Clapham Park, Surrey [1] Clarendon South Australia [1] Cork [1] County Cavan [1] Dalhouse [1] Darjeeling [1] Doncaster, Yorkshire [1] Dublin [1] Dulwich [1] Dumbarton, Scotland [1] Dundee [1] Evesham [1] Fakenham, Norfolk [1] Filgrave, Buckinghamshire [1] Fremantle Western Australia [1] Glasgow [1] Glasgow Scotland [1] Glenelg South Australia [1] Greenwich, Kent [1] Guildford, Surrey [1] Gurteen Kilsheelan, County Waterford [1] Hampstead [1] Hedgerley Lodge, Madingley Road, Cambridge [1] Hendon, Middlesex [1] Jamalpur [1] Jongoo, Burma [1] Jullundur [1] Kennington, Lambeth Borough, London [1] Kennington, London [1] Kensington, London [1]

Rank

Major [332] Captain [254] Lieutenant Colonel [201] Colonel [128] Lieutenant [87] Second Lieutenant [84] Serjeant [76] Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [72] Private [69] Temporary Captain [57] Acting Serjeant [51] Major General [49] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [47] Captain /Temporary Major [37] Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Colonel [37] Brigadier General [35] Company Serjeant Major [30] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [29] Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [28] Captain/Temporary Major [25] Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [24] Temporary Major [23] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [20] Warrant Officer Class 2 [20] Corporal [18] Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [18] Brevet Colonel [16] Company Serjeant Major Instructor [16] Lance Corporal [16] Lieutenant Colonel/Temporary Colonel [16] Serjeant Instructor [16] Lieutenant Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [14] Staff Serjeant [14] Lieutenant General [13] Brevet Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [12] Major and Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [12] Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [11] Major Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [11] Temporary Lieutenant [11] Acting Company Serjeant Major [10] Captain /Acting Major [10] Colonel Temporary Brigadier General [10] Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [10] Temporary Lieutenant /Acting Captain [10] Acting Company Serjeant Major Instructor [9] Acting Major [9] Brevet Major [9] Major /Acting Lieutenant Colonel [9] Company Sergeant Major [8] Brevet Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [7]

Unit

Army Gymnastic Staff [251] Staff [250] Indian Army [114] Indian Army/ Staff [104] Army Service Corps/ Staff [89] Army Service Corps [82] Royal Army Medical Corps [79] Army Service Corps/Staff [65] Army Ordnance Depot/ Staff [54] General Headquarters Staff [50] Royal Army Service Corps [45] Indian Army/Staff [42] Army Veterinary Corps/ Staff [41] Indian Army Staff [39] Army Ordnance Depot/Staff [30] Northamptonshire Regiment [30] Indian Army/ Staff and Head Quarters [29] Indian Army/Staff and Head Quarters [28] Army Ordnance Depot [26] Royal Army Medical Corps/ Staff [26] Staff Egyptian Army [26] Commands and Staff [25] Army Medical Service [24] Army Veterinary Corps/Staff [23] Staff Indian Army [22] Indian Army Reserve of Officers [20] Staff and Head Quarters [20] Army Medical Service/ Headquarters Staff [19] Army Veterinary Corps [19] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [19] Indian Army/ Staff and Headquarters [17] Headquarters Staff [15] Army Gymnastic Staff attached Northamptonshire Regiment [14] Middlesex Regiment [14] Army Service Corps Staff [13] London Regiment [13] Military Provost Staff Corps [13] General Staff [12] Indian Army Staff Corps [12] Army Medical Service/General Headquarters Staff [10] Army Staff [10] General List [10] Royal Army Veterinary Corps/ Staff [10] Royal Engineers [10] Army Medical Service/ General Headquarters Staff [9] Army Medical Service/Headquarters Staff [9] Australian Army Medical Service [9] No.1 Section, Sea Transport Staff [9] Royal Army Medical Corps/Staff [9] Royal Army Ordnance Corps/ Staff [9]

Service

British Army [2039] Indian Army [50] Australian Imperial Force [15] Canadian Expeditionary Force [11] Other Empire Force [9] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3] Royal Navy [3] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [236] M [213] S [192] C [190] H [186] W [129] P [108] D [100] R [86] G [85] L [81] T [75] F [62] A [61] J [56] K [47] N [44] E [42] O [30] Y [18] V [17] I [11] U [6] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2070]

Country

United Kingdom [58] India [3] Australia [2] Ireland [1] Sri Lanka [1]

Bernard Law Montgomery, K.

Born 1887

Died 1976

British Army Captain General Staff Officer

British Army Lieutenant Colonel General Staff Officer

British Army Lieutenant Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Charles Edwin Laurence Harris

Born 1896

Died 1996

British Army 3232 Private London Regiment 3/28th (County of London) Battalion (Artist’s Rifles)

British Army 3232 Private London Regiment 1/28th (County of London) Battalion (Artist’s Rifles)

British Army Lance Corporal London Regiment 1/28th (County of London) Battalion (Artist’s Rifles)

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John Albert Nutkins

Born 1894

Died 1974

British Army 471460 Private London Regiment 12th (County of London) Battalion (The Rangers)

British Army 1098 Physical Training Instructor Army Gymnastic Staff

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Archibald Ernest Joesbury

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 1062 Serjeant Army Gymnastics Staff

British Army 1062 Staff Sergeant

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John Eccles Nixon

Born 1857

Died 1921

British Army General Indian Army

Bengal Staff Corps 18th Bengal Lancers

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Robert Arthur Nugent

Born 1853

Died 1926

British Army Assistant Commissary Control Department

British Army Assistant Commissary Commissariat and Transport Department

British Army Commissary Commissariat and Transport Department 2, "V" Lines

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George Gordon Lord

Born 1898

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 327 Private Head Quarters Staff

Australian Imperial Force 327 Corporal (Temp) Field Artillery 2nd Field Artillery Brigade

Australian Imperial Force 327 Corporal (Temp) Australian Army Medical Corps AAMC 2nd Australian Field Ambulance (Attached)

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Ranjitsinhji His Highness The Jamsaheb Of Nawanagar

Born 1872

Died 1933

British Army Indian Army Staff

British Army Major Indian Army Staff

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M L Hornby

Born 1870

Died 1948

British Army Retired Pay Brevet Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General Indian Army/ Staff

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Roger Bulstrode

Born 1878

Died 1961

British Army Temporary Chaplain to the Forces 3rd Class Commands and Staff

British Army Temporary Chaplain to the Forces (3rd Class) The Reverend Commands and staff

British Army Reverend Lieutenant Colonel Army Chaplains Department

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Edward John Dolton

Born 1835

Died 1921

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Army Service Corps

British Army Drummer Scots Fusilier Guards (Scots Guards) 1st Battalion

British Army Assistant Commissary Control Department

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Andrew Skeen

Born 1873

Died 1935

Indian Army Lieutenant 15th Punjab Regiment 1st Battalion

Indian Army General Indian Staff Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Own Scottish Borderers

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Hugh Cracroft

Born 1874

Died 1923

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Army Service Corps/Commands and Staff

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Cecil George Leslie

Born 1879

Died 1919

British Army Captain Army Staff 36th Divisional Head Quarters

British Army Major Army Staff 36th Divisional Head Quarters

British Army Major Dragoon Guards

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William George Cartwright

Born 1864

Died 1936

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Army Audit Staff Exchequer and Audit Department

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Hubert Maxwell Lenox-Conyngham

Born 1869

Died 1918

British Army Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel Army Veterinary Corps/ Staff

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Reginald Joseph Slaughter

Born 1874

Died 1968

British Army Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel Army Service Corps/Staff

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William Hunter

Born 1861

Died 1937

British Army Colonel Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Colonel Staff

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Ernest William Stuart King Maconchy

Born 1861

Died 1945

British Army Brigadier General Indian Army Staff

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Oswald Arthur Gerald Fitzgerald.

Born 1875

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant Colonel 18th (King George's Own) Lancers

British Army Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Indian Army attached General Staff

British Army Brevet Lieutenant Colonel

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