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Place of birth

St. Pancras, London [2]

Tring, Herts [2]

Wing [2]

16 Palmerston Road, Kilburn, London [1]

Bath, Somerset [1]

Belaugh, Norfolk [1]

Bledlow, Buckinghamshire [1]

Brentwood, Essex [1]

Broughton, Oxfordshire [1]

Calcutta [1]

Chipping Norton [1]

Croydon, Surrey [1]

Dalmeny, W Lothian, Scotland [1]

Earlsfield [1]

East Clandon, Surrey [1]

Eye Hill House, Soham, Cambridgeshire [1]

Forest Gate, Epping [1]

Gravesend, Kent [1]

Greenwich, South London [1]

Hethe, Oxfordshire [1]

Ipswich, Suffolk [1]

Isleworth, Middlesex [1]

Islington, London [1]

Kineton, Warwickshire [1]

Kington, Herefordshire [1]

London England [1]

Milton Keynes [1]

North Walsham, Norfolk [1]

Over Norton, Oxfordshire [1]

Rockland All Saints, Norfolk [1]

Salford, Manchester. [1]

Shadwell, Middlesex [1]

Shanghai [1]

Sheffield [1]

Soham, Cambridgeshire [1]

Steventon, Berkshire [1]

Stone, Bucks [1]

Taunton [1]

Wandsworth, London [1]

Rank

Private [1207]

Corporal [130]

Serjeant [106]

Second Lieutenant [80]

Lance Corporal [63]

Lieutenant [53]

Captain [25]

Acting Corporal [20]

Sapper [18]

Acting Serjeant [15]

Lance Serjeant [12]

Major [12]

Pioneer [7]

Lieutenant Colonel [6]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [6]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Company Serjeant Major [5]

Corporal 2nd [5]

Driver [5]

Farrier Serjeant [5]

Gunner [4]

Staff Serjeant [4]

Staff Serjeant Major [4]

Acting Captain [3]

Trooper [3]

Acting Lance Serjeant [2]

Acting Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Corporal/Acting Serjeant [2]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Sergeant [2]

Shoeing Smith [2]

1017 [1]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Squadron Serjeant Major Serjeant [1]

Bombardier [1]

Colour Serjeant Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Cor [1]

Corporal (Pensioned) [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Corporal Shoeing Smith /Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Corporal/Shoeing Smith [1]

Cpl [1]

Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Honorary Lieutenant [1]

Lieutenant and Adjutant [1]

Private /Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Private /Lance Corporal [1]

Unit

Buckinghamshire Yeomanry [1232]

Machine Gun Corps [527]

Corps of Hussars [305]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [235]

Oxfordshire Yeomanry [159]

Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars [91]

Royal Engineers [87]

Buckinghamshire Hussars [79]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [43]

Hampshire Regiment [42]

Labour Corps [34]

Royal Buckinghamshire Yeomanry [26]

Army Service Corps [23]

Imperial Camel Corps [19]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [19]

Worcestershire Yeomanry [18]

Worcestershire Regiment [17]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [16]

Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [16]

Military Mounted Police [15]

Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars Yeomanry [15]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [14]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Yeomanry [12]

Hussars [11]

Royal Air Force [11]

Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry [11]

Gloucestershire Yeomanry [10]

London Regiment [10]

Dorset Yeomanry [9]

Hertfordshire Yeomanry [8]

Leicestershire Yeomanry [8]

Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) [8]

Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry [8]

City of London Yeomanry [7]

Corps of Dragoons [7]

South Nottinghamshire Hussars [7]

Wiltshire Yeomanry [7]

Berkshire Yeomanry [6]

Gloucestershire Regiment [6]

Wiltshire Regiment [6]

Northamptonshire Yeomanry [5]

Royal Army Medical Corps [5]

2/1st Buckinghamshire Yeomanry [4]

Middlesex Regiment [4]

Royal Bucks Hussars [4]

Somerset Light Infantry [4]

Staffordshire Yeomanry [4]

1st Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars [3]

Army Cyclist Corps [3]

Bucks Hussars [3]

Service

British Army [1549]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Last name first letter

B [163]

C [140]

S [139]

W [132]

H [124]

M [102]

G [89]

P [84]

D [82]

R [80]

T [78]

L [71]

A [46]

F [44]

J [40]

K [32]

E [28]

N [26]

V [15]

O [14]

Y [8]

I [6]

U [3]

Q [2]

Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1548]

Country

United Kingdom [24]

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Place of birth

St. Pancras, London [2] Tring, Herts [2] Wing [2] 16 Palmerston Road, Kilburn, London [1] Bath, Somerset [1] Belaugh, Norfolk [1] Bledlow, Buckinghamshire [1] Brentwood, Essex [1] Broughton, Oxfordshire [1] Calcutta [1] Chipping Norton [1] Croydon, Surrey [1] Dalmeny, W Lothian, Scotland [1] Earlsfield [1] East Clandon, Surrey [1] Eye Hill House, Soham, Cambridgeshire [1] Forest Gate, Epping [1] Gravesend, Kent [1] Greenwich, South London [1] Hethe, Oxfordshire [1] Ipswich, Suffolk [1] Isleworth, Middlesex [1] Islington, London [1] Kineton, Warwickshire [1] Kington, Herefordshire [1] London England [1] Milton Keynes [1] North Walsham, Norfolk [1] Over Norton, Oxfordshire [1] Rockland All Saints, Norfolk [1] Salford, Manchester. [1] Shadwell, Middlesex [1] Shanghai [1] Sheffield [1] Soham, Cambridgeshire [1] Steventon, Berkshire [1] Stone, Bucks [1] Taunton [1] Wandsworth, London [1]

Rank

Private [1207] Corporal [130] Serjeant [106] Second Lieutenant [80] Lance Corporal [63] Lieutenant [53] Captain [25] Acting Corporal [20] Sapper [18] Acting Serjeant [15] Lance Serjeant [12] Major [12] Pioneer [7] Lieutenant Colonel [6] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [6] Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Company Serjeant Major [5] Corporal 2nd [5] Driver [5] Farrier Serjeant [5] Gunner [4] Staff Serjeant [4] Staff Serjeant Major [4] Acting Captain [3] Trooper [3] Acting Lance Serjeant [2] Acting Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Corporal/Acting Serjeant [2] Private Acting Lance Corporal [2] Sergeant [2] Shoeing Smith [2] 1017 [1] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Squadron Serjeant Major Serjeant [1] Bombardier [1] Colour Serjeant Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Cor [1] Corporal (Pensioned) [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Corporal Shoeing Smith /Acting Lance Serjeant [1] Corporal/Shoeing Smith [1] Cpl [1] Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Honorary Lieutenant [1] Lieutenant and Adjutant [1] Private /Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Private /Lance Corporal [1]

Unit

Buckinghamshire Yeomanry [1232] Machine Gun Corps [527] Corps of Hussars [305] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [235] Oxfordshire Yeomanry [159] Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars [91] Royal Engineers [87] Buckinghamshire Hussars [79] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [43] Hampshire Regiment [42] Labour Corps [34] Royal Buckinghamshire Yeomanry [26] Army Service Corps [23] Imperial Camel Corps [19] Royal Berkshire Regiment [19] Worcestershire Yeomanry [18] Worcestershire Regiment [17] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [16] Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [16] Military Mounted Police [15] Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars Yeomanry [15] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [14] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Yeomanry [12] Hussars [11] Royal Air Force [11] Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry [11] Gloucestershire Yeomanry [10] London Regiment [10] Dorset Yeomanry [9] Hertfordshire Yeomanry [8] Leicestershire Yeomanry [8] Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) [8] Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry [8] City of London Yeomanry [7] Corps of Dragoons [7] South Nottinghamshire Hussars [7] Wiltshire Yeomanry [7] Berkshire Yeomanry [6] Gloucestershire Regiment [6] Wiltshire Regiment [6] Northamptonshire Yeomanry [5] Royal Army Medical Corps [5] 2/1st Buckinghamshire Yeomanry [4] Middlesex Regiment [4] Royal Bucks Hussars [4] Somerset Light Infantry [4] Staffordshire Yeomanry [4] 1st Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars [3] Army Cyclist Corps [3] Bucks Hussars [3]

Service

British Army [1549] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Last name first letter

B [163] C [140] S [139] W [132] H [124] M [102] G [89] P [84] D [82] R [80] T [78] L [71] A [46] F [44] J [40] K [32] E [28] N [26] V [15] O [14] Y [8] I [6] U [3] Q [2] Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1548]

Country

United Kingdom [24]

The Honourable Neil James Archibald Primrose

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army Captain Buckinghamshire Yeomanry Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars

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Herbert Love

Died 1915

British Army 1684 Private Buckinghamshire Yeomanry

British Army 1684 Private Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars

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Torrens Cockburn Mccullagh

Born 1887

British Army 627 Staff Serjeant Major Buckinghamshire Yeomanry

British Army 444917 Company Sergeant Major Labour Corps

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Sydney H Brown

Died 1919

British Army 2467 Private Buckinghamshire Yeomanry

British Army H/205997 Private Buckinghamshire Yeomanry

British Army 106484 Private Hertfordshire Yeomanry

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Everard Philip Digby Pauncefort-Duncombe, Bart.

Born 1885

Died 1971

British Army Major Buckinghamshire Yeomanry and Staff France, Egypt, Gallipoli

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Cecil Alfred Grenfell

Born 1864

Died 1924

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Buckinghamshire Yeomanry

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Cecil Powlett Mountjoy Weatherley

Born 1860

Died 1932

British Army Captain Buckinghamshire Yeomanry

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William C Evans

Born 1892

Died 1973

British Army 1888 Private Buckinghamshire Yeomanry

British Army 50178 Private Imperial Camel Corps

British Army 205568 Private Worcestershire Yeomanry

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Arnold Cartledge

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 251327 Private Buckinghamshire Yeomanry

British Army 251327 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 251327 Private Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars 1st/1st Battalion

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Richard Henry Compton

Died 1918

British Army 3138 Private Buckinghamshire Yeomanry

British Army 39799 Private Worcestershire Regiment

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Charles G Tame

Died 1917

British Army 3098 Private Buckinghamshire Yeomanry

British Army 40156 Private Worcestershire Regiment

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Frederick Pitwell

Died 1919

British Army H67115 Private Buckinghamshire Yeomanry

British Army 29405 Private Hampshire Regiment

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William James Houchen

Born 1891

Died 1973

British Army 206150 Private Buckinghamshire Yeomanry

British Army 165671 Private Machine Gun Corps

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George Frederick Mason

Died 1915

British Army 1742 Private Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars

British Army 1742 Private Buckinghamshire Yeomanry

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Jack Langley

Born 1882

Died 1915

British Army 1097 Private Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars

British Army 1097 Private Buckinghamshire Yeomanry

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William Stratfold Read

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army 1012 Private Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars

British Army 1012 Private Buckinghamshire Yeomanry

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Albert Edward Lineham

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 669 Private Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars

British Army 669 Private Buckinghamshire Yeomanry

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George Henry Pratley

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 1106 Private Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars

British Army 1106 Private Buckinghamshire Yeomanry

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Ormonde Pratt

Died 1915

British Army 1133 Corporal Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars

British Army 1133 Corporal Buckinghamshire Yeomanry

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Albert Edward Tooley

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 305711 Private Buckinghamshire Yeomanry

British Army 305711 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 305711 Private Middlesex Hussars

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