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Place of birth

London [3]

Alton, Hampshire [1]

Bankipore, Bengal [1]

Barkers Terrace, Heptonstall, Hebden Bridge [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Blisland, Cornwall [1]

Bo'Ness, Linlithgowshire, West Lothian, Scotland [1]

Calais [1]

County Carlow [1]

County Galway [1]

Driffield, Yorkshire [1]

Dublin [1]

Durham [1]

East Indies [1]

Gilbertstown, Dunkineely, Co. Donegal [1]

Hobart, Tasmania [1]

Jamalpur [1]

Kensington, London [1]

Kent [1]

Kirkcaldy [1]

Kurachee, Bombay [1]

Lyme Regis, Dorset [1]

Mendham, Suffolk [1]

Penang [1]

Plomesgate, Suffolk [1]

Poona [1]

Portland [1]

Rochester, Kent [1]

Romsey, Hampshire [1]

Shanghai [1]

St. Pancras, London [1]

Stoke Lyne, Oxfordshire [1]

Taraahur, Ajmir [1]

The Castle, Dorset [1]

West Ham [1]

Woolwich [1]

Wyatt Road, Staines, Middlesex [1]

Yoxall, Staffordshire [1]

Rank

Captain [47]

Private [45]

Second Lieutenant [42]

Lieutenant [34]

Major [29]

Lieutenant Colonel [23]

Brigadier General [20]

Serjeant [15]

Corporal [13]

Driver [11]

Major General [10]

Colonel [6]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Lance Corporal [4]

Brigade Major [3]

Interpreter [3]

Lieutenant General [3]

Reverend [3]

Sapper [3]

Temporary Brigadier General [3]

Brevet Major [2]

Brigadier [2]

General [2]

Gunner [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Sergeant [2]

Staff Captain [2]

Temporary Lieutenant General [2]

Trooper [2]

Trumpeter [2]

1st Class Assistant Surgeon [1]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

3rd Class Chaplain to the Forces [1]

4th Class Chaplain [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Brigade Medical Officer Captain [1]

Brigade Veterinary Officer (MID) [1]

Bt Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Captain (Veterinary Officer) in Egypt [1]

Captain 4th Class Chaplain [1]

Captain Acting Brigadier Major [1]

Captain Reverend [1]

Captain Senior Reserve [1]

Captain and Adjutant [1]

Captain, acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Captain/Brigadier/Major [1]

Chaplain [1]

Chaplain 4th Class Reverend [1]

Unit

Canadian Cavalry Brigade [50]

Cavalry Brigade [26]

Rifle Brigade [10]

Army Service Corps [5]

Lancers [5]

Reserve Cavalry Brigade [5]

Sialkot Cavalry Brigade [5]

5th Cavalry Brigade [4]

Army Veterinary Corps [4]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [4]

Dragoon Guards [4]

Royal Army Service Corps [4]

Sialkot Cavalry Brigade Army Service Corps [4]

1st Cavalry Brigade [3]

2nd Cavalry Division [3]

3rd Cavalry Division [3]

6th Cavalry Brigade [3]

Hussars [3]

Indian Army [3]

Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [3]

Royal Field Artillery [3]

Staff [3]

10th Cavalry Brigade [2]

12th Cavalry [2]

3rd Reserve Cavalry Brigade [2]

4th Cavalry Brigade [2]

7th Cavalry Brigade [2]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2]

Army Service Corps attached Cavalry Brigade [2]

Armée française [2]

Cavalry Brigade Field Ambulance [2]

Cavalry Corps [2]

Cavalry Frontier Force [2]

General Officer's Commanding Cavalry Brigade [2]

Imperial Army [2]

Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Royal Engineers [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Supply and Transport Corps [2]

103 Brigade (3rd Tyneside Irish) [1]

11th Reserve Cavalry Brigade [1]

14/20th Hussars [1]

14th Hussars [1]

14th Reserve Regiment (Cavalry) [1]

15/19th Hussars [1]

15th (Imperial Service) Cavalry Brigade [1]

15th Hussars [1]

16th Lancers [1]

16th Light Cavalry [1]

Service

British Army [216]

Indian Army [16]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [5]

Other Empire Force [4]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Last name first letter

B [37]

C [23]

H [23]

M [19]

S [19]

A [14]

G [14]

R [12]

W [12]

D [10]

T [9]

K [8]

P [7]

L [6]

F [5]

J [3]

E [1]

I [1]

N [1]

Q [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [223]

Country

United Kingdom [12]

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Place of birth

London [3] Alton, Hampshire [1] Bankipore, Bengal [1] Barkers Terrace, Heptonstall, Hebden Bridge [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Blisland, Cornwall [1] Bo'Ness, Linlithgowshire, West Lothian, Scotland [1] Calais [1] County Carlow [1] County Galway [1] Driffield, Yorkshire [1] Dublin [1] Durham [1] East Indies [1] Gilbertstown, Dunkineely, Co. Donegal [1] Hobart, Tasmania [1] Jamalpur [1] Kensington, London [1] Kent [1] Kirkcaldy [1] Kurachee, Bombay [1] Lyme Regis, Dorset [1] Mendham, Suffolk [1] Penang [1] Plomesgate, Suffolk [1] Poona [1] Portland [1] Rochester, Kent [1] Romsey, Hampshire [1] Shanghai [1] St. Pancras, London [1] Stoke Lyne, Oxfordshire [1] Taraahur, Ajmir [1] The Castle, Dorset [1] West Ham [1] Woolwich [1] Wyatt Road, Staines, Middlesex [1] Yoxall, Staffordshire [1]

Rank

Captain [47] Private [45] Second Lieutenant [42] Lieutenant [34] Major [29] Lieutenant Colonel [23] Brigadier General [20] Serjeant [15] Corporal [13] Driver [11] Major General [10] Colonel [6] Acting Serjeant [4] Lance Corporal [4] Brigade Major [3] Interpreter [3] Lieutenant General [3] Reverend [3] Sapper [3] Temporary Brigadier General [3] Brevet Major [2] Brigadier [2] General [2] Gunner [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Sergeant [2] Staff Captain [2] Temporary Lieutenant General [2] Trooper [2] Trumpeter [2] 1st Class Assistant Surgeon [1] 2nd Lieutenant [1] 3rd Class Chaplain to the Forces [1] 4th Class Chaplain [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1] Brigade Medical Officer Captain [1] Brigade Veterinary Officer (MID) [1] Bt Lieutenant Colonel [1] Captain (Veterinary Officer) in Egypt [1] Captain 4th Class Chaplain [1] Captain Acting Brigadier Major [1] Captain Reverend [1] Captain Senior Reserve [1] Captain and Adjutant [1] Captain, acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Captain/Brigadier/Major [1] Chaplain [1] Chaplain 4th Class Reverend [1]

Unit

Canadian Cavalry Brigade [50] Cavalry Brigade [26] Rifle Brigade [10] Army Service Corps [5] Lancers [5] Reserve Cavalry Brigade [5] Sialkot Cavalry Brigade [5] 5th Cavalry Brigade [4] Army Veterinary Corps [4] Canadian Expeditionary Force [4] Dragoon Guards [4] Royal Army Service Corps [4] Sialkot Cavalry Brigade Army Service Corps [4] 1st Cavalry Brigade [3] 2nd Cavalry Division [3] 3rd Cavalry Division [3] 6th Cavalry Brigade [3] Hussars [3] Indian Army [3] Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [3] Royal Field Artillery [3] Staff [3] 10th Cavalry Brigade [2] 12th Cavalry [2] 3rd Reserve Cavalry Brigade [2] 4th Cavalry Brigade [2] 7th Cavalry Brigade [2] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2] Army Service Corps attached Cavalry Brigade [2] Armée française [2] Cavalry Brigade Field Ambulance [2] Cavalry Corps [2] Cavalry Frontier Force [2] General Officer's Commanding Cavalry Brigade [2] Imperial Army [2] Lancashire Fusiliers [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Royal Engineers [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Supply and Transport Corps [2] 103 Brigade (3rd Tyneside Irish) [1] 11th Reserve Cavalry Brigade [1] 14/20th Hussars [1] 14th Hussars [1] 14th Reserve Regiment (Cavalry) [1] 15/19th Hussars [1] 15th (Imperial Service) Cavalry Brigade [1] 15th Hussars [1] 16th Lancers [1] 16th Light Cavalry [1]

Service

British Army [216] Indian Army [16] Canadian Expeditionary Force [5] Other Empire Force [4] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Last name first letter

B [37] C [23] H [23] M [19] S [19] A [14] G [14] R [12] W [12] D [10] T [9] K [8] P [7] L [6] F [5] J [3] E [1] I [1] N [1] Q [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [223]

Country

United Kingdom [12]

Robert Hugh Boyd

Born 1894

Died 1952

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2293310

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2293310 Corporal

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2293310 Corporal 1st Canadian Cavalry Brigade Lord Stratchcona Horse

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Harcus Strachan

Born 1884

Died 1982

Canadian Expeditionary Force 15585 Lieutenant Canadian Cavalry Brigade Fort Garry Horse

Canadian Expeditionary Force Captain Canadian Cavalry Brigade Fort Garry Horse

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Edward Mungo Dorman

Born 1885

British Army Col. Cavalry Brigade 3rd Meerut

British Army Lt. Col. Cavalry Dragoon Guards 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards

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Charles Bulkeley Bulkeley - Johnson

Born 1867

Died 1917

British Army Brigadier General GOC 8th Cavalry Brigade

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John Frederic Arnott

Born 1892

Died 1967

British Army 107064 Private Canadian Cavalry Brigade

British Army Lieutenant Wiltshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Walter Thornton Hodgson

British Army Major Cavalry Brigade

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Cavalry Brigade

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Charles Toler Macmorrough Kavanagh, K.

Born 1864

Died 1950

British Army Temporary Brigadier General General Officer's Commanding Cavalry Brigade

British Army Temporary Lieutenant General Cavalry Corps

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John Gwynne Griffith

Born 1874

Died 1915

Indian Army Major 32nd Lancers; Brigade Major 9th Cavalry Brigade (Home from India on leave at the outbreak of war)

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Joseph Jowitt

British Army 10476 Serjeant Cavalry Brigade

British Army 10476 Staff Serjeant Cavalry Brigade

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James Fergusson Hickson

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 550064 Private Canadian Cavalry Brigade

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Liverpool Regiment 9th Battalion (Territorial)

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George Herbert Stanton Kent

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 28130 Corporal Cavalry Brigade

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers

British Army Captain Royal Engineers

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Alfred James Munnings

Born 1878

Died 1959

Other Empire Force War Artist Canadian Cavalry Brigade

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William Arnold Webster Levy-Lawson

Born 1864

Died 1943

British Army Cavalry Brigade

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Buckinghamshire Yeomanry

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Thomas Tait Pitman

Born 1868

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Hussars 11th

British Army Brigadier General Cavalry Brigade 4th

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Charles Patrick William Pirie

Born 1859

Died 1933

British Army Major General Indian Army

British Army Major General Ambala Cavalry Brigade

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Hereward Llewelyn Roberts

Born 1864

Died 1947

British Army Brigadier General Cavalry Brigade Indian Army

British Army Brigadier Cavalry Brigade Meerut Indian Army

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Dennis Coleridge Boles

Born 1885

British Army Captain and Adjutant 17th Lancers

British Army Staff Captain 7th Cavalry Brigade

British Army Captain 7th Cavalry Brigade

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William Dean

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army Private Canadian Cavalry Brigade

British Army 118061 Private Canadian Cavalry Brigade

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Irish Rifles

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Guy Melfort Baldwin

Born 1865

Died 1945

Indian Army Colonel in Chief Queen Victoria's Own Corps of Guides

British Army Brigadier General Cavalry Frontier Force

Indian Army Brigadier General Derajat Brigade

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George Arthur Cookson

Born 1860

Died 1929

Indian Army Major General GOC 8th (Lucknow) Cavalry Brigade

Indian Army Major General GOC 2nd Indian Cavalry Division

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