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Place of birth

London [15]

Maidstone, Kent [10]

Kensington, London [7]

Dublin [5]

Bethnal Green, London [4]

Bath, Somerset [3]

Blisland, Cornwall [3]

Calcutta [3]

Marylebone, London [3]

Simla [3]

Aberdeen [2]

Bengal [2]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [2]

Bombay [2]

Bournemouth [2]

Bury, Lancashire [2]

Camberwell, Surrey [2]

Cardiff [2]

Clapham, Surrey [2]

Eastbourne, Sussex [2]

Edinburgh [2]

Hackney, London [2]

Hackney, Middlesex [2]

Harleston, Norfolk [2]

Islington, London [2]

Kent [2]

Liverpool [2]

Loose, Kent [2]

Middlesex [2]

Northampton [2]

Norwood, Surrey [2]

Notting Hill [2]

Reading, Berkshire [2]

Shanghai [2]

Snodland, Kent [2]

Swindon, Wiltshire [2]

Thanet, Kent [2]

Whitchurch, Dorset [2]

York [2]

(?) Burghclere,Hants [1]

1 Saint George's Place, Holy Rhood, Southampton, Hampshire [1]

3, Ballybough Lane, Dublin. [1]

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

55 Taylor Street, Darlington, County Durham [1]

Abberley, Worcestershire [1]

Aberdeen Scotland [1]

Ackworth [1]

Ackworth, Yorkshire [1]

Agra [1]

Albourne, Sussex [1]

Rank

Private [9185]

Sowar [1662]

Second Lieutenant [882]

Lieutenant [827]

Captain [746]

Corporal [622]

Serjeant [523]

Lance Corporal [418]

Major [391]

Lieutenant Colonel [186]

Acting Corporal [162]

Sapper [137]

Trooper [134]

Acting Serjeant [120]

Acting Lance Dafadar [102]

Lance Dafadar [74]

Driver [70]

Shoeing Smith [62]

Dafadar [57]

Jemadar [47]

Acting Lance Daffadar [43]

Gunner [42]

Staff Serjeant [42]

Daffadar [41]

Staff Serjeant Major [37]

Lance Serjeant [36]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [33]

Bhisti [32]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [32]

Pioneer [30]

Brigadier General [29]

Lance Daffadar [29]

Cook [28]

Risaldar [28]

Sergeant [27]

Syce [26]

Colonel [25]

Corporal 2nd [24]

Major General [24]

Sweeper [24]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [24]

Farrier [23]

Temporary Lieutenant [23]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [19]

Bearer [17]

Interpreter [17]

Temporary Captain [17]

Trumpeter [16]

Boy [15]

Private Acting Corporal [15]

Unit

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [6282]

Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [2067]

Cavalry [964]

Hussars [627]

Machine Gun Corps [603]

Reserve Cavalry Regiment [602]

Indian Cavalry Supply Column [561]

Guides Cavalry Frontier Force [527]

Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) [425]

Royal Engineers [408]

Dragoon Guards [386]

Light Cavalry [349]

5th Cavalry [317]

Lancers [288]

Reserve Cavalry [267]

Army Service Corps [242]

Royal Army Service Corps [145]

22nd Cavalry [144]

Labour Corps [134]

Dragoons [130]

City of London Yeomanry [120]

Corps of Hussars [120]

County of London Yeomanry [112]

Machine Gun Corps Infantry [111]

South Nottinghamshire Hussars [106]

1st Indian Cavalry Supply Column 82nd Company [99]

London Regiment [97]

27th Light Cavalry [96]

Sherwood Rangers [89]

Leicestershire Yeomanry [87]

3rd Reserve Cavalry Regiment [84]

16th Cavalry [83]

East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry [82]

26th Light Cavalry [79]

Lincolnshire Yeomanry [79]

Berkshire Yeomanry [75]

Essex Yeomanry [71]

Royal Field Artillery [71]

Worcestershire Yeomanry [70]

Tank Corps [68]

1st Indian Cavalry Supply Column 89th Company [65]

Indian Army [65]

Cavalry Depot [64]

Staffordshire Yeomanry [64]

Cavalry Regiment [61]

Buckinghamshire Yeomanry [60]

Household Cavalry [59]

Queen's Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry [59]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [59]

2nd Indian Cavalry Supply Column [58]

Service

British Army [15396]

Indian Army [240]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [67]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [19]

Other Empire Force [18]

Royal Navy [5]

Australian Imperial Force [3]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [1620]

S [1496]

M [1425]

H [1307]

C [1181]

W [1050]

G [839]

P [820]

R [705]

A [679]

D [654]

T [603]

L [599]

K [497]

F [494]

J [482]

N [346]

E [306]

O [164]

I [105]

Y [80]

V [71]

U [41]

Q [25]

Z [17]

Contribution

Military Service [15500]

Country

United Kingdom [336]

Canada [6]

India [6]

South Africa [4]

United States [4]

Egypt [3]

Ireland [3]

Australia [2]

Jamaica [1]

Kenya [1]

Malaysia [1]

New Zealand [1]

Spain [1]

Sudan [1]

Trinidad and Tobago [1]

Zimbabwe [1]

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People [15606] Stories Communities

Place of birth

London [15] Maidstone, Kent [10] Kensington, London [7] Dublin [5] Bethnal Green, London [4] Bath, Somerset [3] Blisland, Cornwall [3] Calcutta [3] Marylebone, London [3] Simla [3] Aberdeen [2] Bengal [2] Birkenhead, Cheshire [2] Bombay [2] Bournemouth [2] Bury, Lancashire [2] Camberwell, Surrey [2] Cardiff [2] Clapham, Surrey [2] Eastbourne, Sussex [2] Edinburgh [2] Hackney, London [2] Hackney, Middlesex [2] Harleston, Norfolk [2] Islington, London [2] Kent [2] Liverpool [2] Loose, Kent [2] Middlesex [2] Northampton [2] Norwood, Surrey [2] Notting Hill [2] Reading, Berkshire [2] Shanghai [2] Snodland, Kent [2] Swindon, Wiltshire [2] Thanet, Kent [2] Whitchurch, Dorset [2] York [2] (?) Burghclere,Hants [1] 1 Saint George's Place, Holy Rhood, Southampton, Hampshire [1] 3, Ballybough Lane, Dublin. [1] 35, Gelly Rd, Gelly, Rhondda, [1] 55 Taylor Street, Darlington, County Durham [1] Abberley, Worcestershire [1] Aberdeen Scotland [1] Ackworth [1] Ackworth, Yorkshire [1] Agra [1] Albourne, Sussex [1]

Rank

Private [9185] Sowar [1662] Second Lieutenant [882] Lieutenant [827] Captain [746] Corporal [622] Serjeant [523] Lance Corporal [418] Major [391] Lieutenant Colonel [186] Acting Corporal [162] Sapper [137] Trooper [134] Acting Serjeant [120] Acting Lance Dafadar [102] Lance Dafadar [74] Driver [70] Shoeing Smith [62] Dafadar [57] Jemadar [47] Acting Lance Daffadar [43] Gunner [42] Staff Serjeant [42] Daffadar [41] Staff Serjeant Major [37] Lance Serjeant [36] Warrant Officer Class 2 [33] Bhisti [32] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [32] Pioneer [30] Brigadier General [29] Lance Daffadar [29] Cook [28] Risaldar [28] Sergeant [27] Syce [26] Colonel [25] Corporal 2nd [24] Major General [24] Sweeper [24] Temporary Second Lieutenant [24] Farrier [23] Temporary Lieutenant [23] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [19] Bearer [17] Interpreter [17] Temporary Captain [17] Trumpeter [16] Boy [15] Private Acting Corporal [15]

Unit

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [6282] Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [2067] Cavalry [964] Hussars [627] Machine Gun Corps [603] Reserve Cavalry Regiment [602] Indian Cavalry Supply Column [561] Guides Cavalry Frontier Force [527] Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) [425] Royal Engineers [408] Dragoon Guards [386] Light Cavalry [349] 5th Cavalry [317] Lancers [288] Reserve Cavalry [267] Army Service Corps [242] Royal Army Service Corps [145] 22nd Cavalry [144] Labour Corps [134] Dragoons [130] City of London Yeomanry [120] Corps of Hussars [120] County of London Yeomanry [112] Machine Gun Corps Infantry [111] South Nottinghamshire Hussars [106] 1st Indian Cavalry Supply Column 82nd Company [99] London Regiment [97] 27th Light Cavalry [96] Sherwood Rangers [89] Leicestershire Yeomanry [87] 3rd Reserve Cavalry Regiment [84] 16th Cavalry [83] East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry [82] 26th Light Cavalry [79] Lincolnshire Yeomanry [79] Berkshire Yeomanry [75] Essex Yeomanry [71] Royal Field Artillery [71] Worcestershire Yeomanry [70] Tank Corps [68] 1st Indian Cavalry Supply Column 89th Company [65] Indian Army [65] Cavalry Depot [64] Staffordshire Yeomanry [64] Cavalry Regiment [61] Buckinghamshire Yeomanry [60] Household Cavalry [59] Queen's Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry [59] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [59] 2nd Indian Cavalry Supply Column [58]

Service

British Army [15396] Indian Army [240] Canadian Expeditionary Force [67] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [19] Other Empire Force [18] Royal Navy [5] Australian Imperial Force [3] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [1620] S [1496] M [1425] H [1307] C [1181] W [1050] G [839] P [820] R [705] A [679] D [654] T [603] L [599] K [497] F [494] J [482] N [346] E [306] O [164] I [105] Y [80] V [71] U [41] Q [25] Z [17]

Contribution

Military Service [15500]

Country

United Kingdom [336] Canada [6] India [6] South Africa [4] United States [4] Egypt [3] Ireland [3] Australia [2] Jamaica [1] Kenya [1] Malaysia [1] New Zealand [1] Spain [1] Sudan [1] Trinidad and Tobago [1] Zimbabwe [1]

John W Mycock

British Army 2843 Private Hussars

British Army 51331 Private Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

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Herbert Scoble

British Army 4570 Private Hussars

British Army 56854 Private Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

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G A F Widdicks

British Army 1900 Private Dragoons

British Army 51098 Private Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

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Percy G Willis

British Army 832 Acting Serjeant Hussars

British Army 4764 Acting Serjeant Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

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James Mathieson

British Army 8283 Private Dragoons

British Army 105500 Private Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

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W Sebag Montefiore

British Army Captain Reserve Cavalry Regiment Attached Lancers

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Robert S Bell

British Army 20536 Corporal Reserve Cavalry Regiment

British Army 80292 Corporal Labour Corps

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John H Payne

British Army 4367 Private Lancers

British Army 41903 Private Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

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Reginald C Perring

British Army 4976 Private Hussars

British Army 47836 Private Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

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William Norman Moray Girling

British Army 443394 Private Cavalry Pioneer Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment 21st Battalion

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George S Sherman

British Army 5454 Private Lancers

British Army 52527 Private Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

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Frederick White

British Army 4555 Private Lancers

British Army 52531 Private Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

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Henry W Whitaker

British Army 13712 Corporal Lancers

British Army 51009 Corporal Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

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George Exford

British Army CMT/2836 Private 2nd Indian Cavalry Supply Column

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Muktar Abdullah

British Army 25311 Corporal 2nd 3rd Cavalry Regiment Iraq Levies

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Frederick Youngs

British Army 11 Private Hussars

British Army 62552 Private Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

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Arthur Wyatt

British Army 6828 Serjeant Hussars

British Army 50981 Serjeant Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

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W Mountain

British Army 8098 Private Hussars

British Army 259032 Private Labour Corps

British Army 259032 Private Cavalry Regiment

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John Allen

British Army 242803 Private Labour Corps ex Royal Cavalry

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Reginald G Moger

British Army 3607 Private Lancers

British Army 50840 Private Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

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