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Maidstone, Kent [6]

London [3]

Bethnal Green, London [2]

Goole [2]

Hackney, Middlesex [2]

Swindon, Wiltshire [2]

Winchester, Hampshire [2]

35, Gelly Rd, Gelly, Rhondda, [1]

All Saints, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Alton Pancras Dorset [1]

Antananarivo [1]

Avonbridge, Stirlingshire [1]

Axemouth, Devon [1]

Balsham [1]

Barkers Terrace, Heptonstall, Hebden Bridge [1]

Baylham [1]

Belmont, Surrey [1]

Bishops Stortford, Hertforshire [1]

Bombay [1]

Borrowash, Derbyshire [1]

Bridgewater somerset [1]

Brixham,Totnes,Devon [1]

Bronington, Flintshire [1]

Broxley, Shropshire [1]

Burntisland, Fifeshire [1]

Byer Moor, Gateshead [1]

Cahir [1]

Camberwell, Surrey [1]

Charles, Plymouth [1]

Chelsfield, Kent [1]

Chigwell, Essex [1]

Church, Accrington, Lancashire [1]

Clearwell Glooucestershire [1]

Cricklade,Wiltshire. [1]

Dartmouth,Devon, [1]

Derby [1]

Dirleton, Haddington [1]

Dorset [1]

Dunfermline [1]

Dungarvon (Dungarvan ?) [1]

Earlsfield [1]

Eastbourne, Sussex [1]

Ewhurst, Surrey [1]

Falkirk, Stirlingshire [1]

Felstead, Dunmow, Essex [1]

Fenton [1]

Flore, Northampton [1]

Frenchay, Bristol [1]

Frodsham, Cheshire [1]

Gillingham, Dorset [1]

Rank

Private [2294]

Second Lieutenant [409]

Lieutenant [238]

Corporal [150]

Serjeant [143]

Lance Corporal [110]

Sapper [109]

Captain [99]

Major [47]

Acting Corporal [36]

Acting Serjeant [30]

Pioneer [30]

Driver [16]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [16]

Lance Serjeant [15]

Lieutenant Colonel [15]

Staff Serjeant Major [13]

Temporary Lieutenant [12]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [12]

Gunner [11]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [11]

Trooper [11]

Shoeing Smith [10]

Corporal 2nd [9]

Sergeant [6]

Temporary Captain [6]

Acting Lance Corporal [5]

Shoeing Smith Corporal [5]

2nd Lieutenant [4]

Acting Captain [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Boy [4]

Regimental Serjeant Major [4]

Rough Rider [4]

Saddler [4]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Commander [3]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Corporal of Horse [3]

Honorary Lieutenant [3]

Private Acting Corporal [3]

Private Corporal [3]

Saddler Corporal [3]

Acting Lance Serjeant [2]

Acting Staff Serjeant [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Bombardier [2]

Civilian [2]

Colonel [2]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [2]

Unit

Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [2067]

Reserve Cavalry Regiment [602]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [567]

Machine Gun Corps [352]

Royal Engineers [352]

Hussars [175]

Dragoon Guards [120]

3rd Reserve Cavalry Regiment [84]

Lancers [78]

Corps of Hussars [75]

Labour Corps [64]

Army Service Corps [55]

5th Reserve Cavalry Regiment [47]

Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) [42]

Military Mounted Police [39]

Essex Yeomanry [36]

Dragoons [32]

Northumberland Fusiliers [32]

2nd Reserve Cavalry Regiment [31]

Tank Corps [30]

Reserve Regiment Cavalry [29]

Corps of Dragoons [28]

Royal Fusiliers [28]

London Regiment [27]

Royal Field Artillery [27]

Dorsetshire Regiment [25]

East Surrey Regiment [24]

Staffordshire Yeomanry [23]

City of London Yeomanry [22]

Hampshire Regiment [20]

Leicestershire Yeomanry [20]

Dorset Yeomanry [19]

1st Reserve Cavalry Regiment [18]

County of London Yeomanry [18]

Hertfordshire Yeomanry [18]

Royal Air Force [17]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [17]

12th Lancers [16]

20th Hussars [16]

East Kent Regiment [16]

Gloucestershire Regiment [16]

Leicestershire Regiment [16]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [16]

Border Regiment [15]

Buckinghamshire Yeomanry [15]

Royal West Kent Regiment [15]

Welsh Horse [15]

3rd Hussars [14]

4th Hussars [14]

General Service Dragoons [14]

Service

British Army [3192]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [9]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [8]

Indian Army [4]

Other Empire Force [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [358]

S [304]

W [280]

M [271]

C [257]

H [257]

P [193]

R [155]

G [153]

T [140]

L [135]

D [126]

J [107]

F [87]

A [80]

K [74]

E [72]

O [52]

N [46]

Y [18]

I [16]

V [9]

Q [6]

U [3]

Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3154]

Country

United Kingdom [97]

Canada [3]

India [3]

Jamaica [1]

South Africa [1]

Trinidad and Tobago [1]

United States [1]

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Place of birth

Maidstone, Kent [6] London [3] Bethnal Green, London [2] Goole [2] Hackney, Middlesex [2] Swindon, Wiltshire [2] Winchester, Hampshire [2] 35, Gelly Rd, Gelly, Rhondda, [1] All Saints, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Alton Pancras Dorset [1] Antananarivo [1] Avonbridge, Stirlingshire [1] Axemouth, Devon [1] Balsham [1] Barkers Terrace, Heptonstall, Hebden Bridge [1] Baylham [1] Belmont, Surrey [1] Bishops Stortford, Hertforshire [1] Bombay [1] Borrowash, Derbyshire [1] Bridgewater somerset [1] Brixham,Totnes,Devon [1] Bronington, Flintshire [1] Broxley, Shropshire [1] Burntisland, Fifeshire [1] Byer Moor, Gateshead [1] Cahir [1] Camberwell, Surrey [1] Charles, Plymouth [1] Chelsfield, Kent [1] Chigwell, Essex [1] Church, Accrington, Lancashire [1] Clearwell Glooucestershire [1] Cricklade,Wiltshire. [1] Dartmouth,Devon, [1] Derby [1] Dirleton, Haddington [1] Dorset [1] Dunfermline [1] Dungarvon (Dungarvan ?) [1] Earlsfield [1] Eastbourne, Sussex [1] Ewhurst, Surrey [1] Falkirk, Stirlingshire [1] Felstead, Dunmow, Essex [1] Fenton [1] Flore, Northampton [1] Frenchay, Bristol [1] Frodsham, Cheshire [1] Gillingham, Dorset [1]

Rank

Private [2294] Second Lieutenant [409] Lieutenant [238] Corporal [150] Serjeant [143] Lance Corporal [110] Sapper [109] Captain [99] Major [47] Acting Corporal [36] Acting Serjeant [30] Pioneer [30] Driver [16] Temporary Second Lieutenant [16] Lance Serjeant [15] Lieutenant Colonel [15] Staff Serjeant Major [13] Temporary Lieutenant [12] Warrant Officer Class 2 [12] Gunner [11] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [11] Trooper [11] Shoeing Smith [10] Corporal 2nd [9] Sergeant [6] Temporary Captain [6] Acting Lance Corporal [5] Shoeing Smith Corporal [5] 2nd Lieutenant [4] Acting Captain [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Boy [4] Regimental Serjeant Major [4] Rough Rider [4] Saddler [4] Colour Serjeant [3] Commander [3] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Corporal of Horse [3] Honorary Lieutenant [3] Private Acting Corporal [3] Private Corporal [3] Saddler Corporal [3] Acting Lance Serjeant [2] Acting Staff Serjeant [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Bombardier [2] Civilian [2] Colonel [2] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [2]

Unit

Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [2067] Reserve Cavalry Regiment [602] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [567] Machine Gun Corps [352] Royal Engineers [352] Hussars [175] Dragoon Guards [120] 3rd Reserve Cavalry Regiment [84] Lancers [78] Corps of Hussars [75] Labour Corps [64] Army Service Corps [55] 5th Reserve Cavalry Regiment [47] Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) [42] Military Mounted Police [39] Essex Yeomanry [36] Dragoons [32] Northumberland Fusiliers [32] 2nd Reserve Cavalry Regiment [31] Tank Corps [30] Reserve Regiment Cavalry [29] Corps of Dragoons [28] Royal Fusiliers [28] London Regiment [27] Royal Field Artillery [27] Dorsetshire Regiment [25] East Surrey Regiment [24] Staffordshire Yeomanry [23] City of London Yeomanry [22] Hampshire Regiment [20] Leicestershire Yeomanry [20] Dorset Yeomanry [19] 1st Reserve Cavalry Regiment [18] County of London Yeomanry [18] Hertfordshire Yeomanry [18] Royal Air Force [17] Royal Irish Fusiliers [17] 12th Lancers [16] 20th Hussars [16] East Kent Regiment [16] Gloucestershire Regiment [16] Leicestershire Regiment [16] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [16] Border Regiment [15] Buckinghamshire Yeomanry [15] Royal West Kent Regiment [15] Welsh Horse [15] 3rd Hussars [14] 4th Hussars [14] General Service Dragoons [14]

Service

British Army [3192] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [9] Canadian Expeditionary Force [8] Indian Army [4] Other Empire Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [358] S [304] W [280] M [271] C [257] H [257] P [193] R [155] G [153] T [140] L [135] D [126] J [107] F [87] A [80] K [74] E [72] O [52] N [46] Y [18] I [16] V [9] Q [6] U [3] Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3154]

Country

United Kingdom [97] Canada [3] India [3] Jamaica [1] South Africa [1] Trinidad and Tobago [1] United States [1]

James William Sinclair Grabham

Born 1886

Died 1968

British Army

British Army 42864 Trooper Northumberland Regiment 3/1 northumberland Battalion

British Army 42864 Corporal Reserve Regiment of Cavalry 5th Battalion

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John Thirlwell Jefferson

Born 1895

Died 1981

British Army 82756 Private Reserve Regiment of Cavalry

British Army

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Albert Allen

Born 1895

Died 1972

British Army G/6819 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army WR297298 Pioneer Royal Engineers

British Army 13014 Pioneer Reserve Regiment of Cavalry

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Herbert John Cordwell

Born 1877

Died 1916

British Army 24522 Private 2nd Reserve Cavalry Regiment

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William Hugh Byam Shervinton

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 7202 Private Lancers

British Army Second Lieutenant Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army 8th Reserve Cavalry Regiment

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Robert Henry Tolliday

Born 1894

Died 1974

British Army 6336 Private Lancers

British Army 41919 Private Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

British Army 6336 Private Reserve Regiment of Cavalry

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John Burgon Bickersteth

Born 1888

Died 1979

British Army Private Yorkshire Hussars

British Army 2nd Lieutenant 5th Cavalry Reserve Regiment

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Royal Dragoons 1st Battalion

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Frederick Peart Brightwell

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 3262 2nd Reserve Cavalry Regiment

British Army GS/3262 Private Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) 2nd Battalion

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Victor Charles Austin

Died 1918

British Army 4421 Acting Lance Corporal 12th Reserve Cavalry Regiment

British Army 4421 Lance Corporal Reserve Cavalry Regiment

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Harold Grimson

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 9523 Private 2nd Reserve Cavalry Regiment

British Army D/9523 Private 6th Dragoons (Inniskilling)

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Austin Joseph Walton

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army 18506 Lance Corporal 10th Reserve Cavalry Regiment

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Hector George Beers

British Army Honorary Lieutenant Reserve Regiment of Cavalry 9th lancers 1st Battalion

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Alexander Coats

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army D/21948 Private Reserve Cavalry Regiment 4th

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George Kenneth Burke

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 27288 Private Corps of Hussars (Reserve Cavalry Regiment) 9th Battalion

British Army 1886 Private British West Indies Regiment 1st Battalion

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William George Durrant

Born 1881

Died 1952

British Army 4285 Private Dragoon Guards

British Army 2DG/4285 Private Dragoon Guards

British Army 4285 Lance Corporal Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) 2nd Battalion

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William Bromley Nottingham

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army 21665 Private Reserve Regiment of Cavalry 9th Battalion

British Army 16448 Private Northamptonshire Regiment 5th (Service) Battalion (Pioneers)

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William Oliphant Down

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army Captain Royal Berkshire Regiment

British Army 14012 Lance Corporal Reserve Cavalry Regiment

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David Lubinsky

Born 1899

Died 1980

British Army 504712 Labour Corps 633rd Employment Company

British Army R/390958 Private Royal Army Service Corps Remount Depot

British Army 22387 6th Reserve Cavalry Regiment

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William George Jones

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 13666 Private Reserve Cavalry Regiment

British Army 13666 Private Reserve Cavalry Regiment 12th

British Army 13666 Private 13th Hussars

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Henry J Head

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army 16988 Acting Serjeant Reserve Regiment of Cavalry

British Army 16988 Serjeant Reserve Cavalry Regiment

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