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Bolton Lancashire [3]

Hounslow, Middlesex [3]

Paddington, London [3]

Bedford [2]

Birmingham [2]

Bow, London [2]

Brighton [2]

Brixton [2]

Chelsea, London [2]

Chester [2]

Desborough, Northants [2]

Didsbury, Manchester [2]

Holborn, London [2]

Ipswich [2]

Islington [2]

Islington, London [2]

Keighley [2]

Kensington, London [2]

Leytonstone [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

Macclesfield, Cheshire [2]

Manchester [2]

Oxford [2]

Poplar [2]

Preston, Lancashire [2]

Spitalfields [2]

Swansea, Glamorganshire [2]

West Ham [2]

West Ham, Essex [2]

34 Paradise Street, Lambeth [1]

371 Brook Street, Preston, Lancashire [1]

ABERCARN, Newport, Monmouthshire [1]

Abercombie, Glam [1]

Alderton, Gloucestershire [1]

Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire [1]

Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [1]

Astwood Bank [1]

BLEAN, WHITSTABLE, KENT [1]

Baddeley Edge. Milton. Stoke on Trent. Staffordshire. [1]

Bala [1]

Balderstone [1]

Ball Haye Green, Leek, Staffordshire [1]

Barnard Castle, County Durham [1]

Barton under Irwell,Lancashire, England [1]

Battersea [1]

Beccles, Suffolk [1]

Bermondsey, Surrey [1]

Beverley, Yorkshire [1]

Bexley Heath [1]

Binbrook, Lincolnshire [1]

Rank

Private [395]

Second Lieutenant [66]

Lance Corporal [45]

Lieutenant [44]

Corporal [29]

Captain [26]

Serjeant [20]

Company Serjeant Major [10]

Major [10]

Lieutenant Colonel [7]

Fusilier [5]

Sergeant [5]

Temporary Captain [5]

2nd Lieutenant [3]

Brigadier General [3]

Temporary Major [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Colonel [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Driver [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Lance-Corporal [2]

Pte [2]

Rifleman [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Trooper [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

2/LT (TP) [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Major [1]

Barman [1]

Battalion Major [1]

Cadet [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Commanding Officer [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Flight Commander [1]

Gunner [1]

L/CPL [1]

L/cpl [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Lance corporal [1]

Lieutenant (Acting Captain) [1]

Lt Colonel [1]

Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major General [1]

Unit

Royal Fusiliers [246]

Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) [246]

Royal Fusiliers (City Of London Regiment) [109]

City of London Yeomanry [50]

London Regiment [37]

Royal Fusiliers (City of London) Regiment [29]

Middlesex Regiment [20]

City of London Regiment [17]

Royal Fusiliers City of London Regiment [13]

City of London Royal Fusiliers [9]

Royal Engineers [8]

Royal Fusiliers (City of London) [8]

Army Service Corps [7]

East Surrey Regiment [7]

Machine Gun Corps [7]

Labour Corps [6]

Royal Fusiliers, City of London Regiment [5]

Bedfordshire Regiment [4]

London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [4]

Royal Air Force [4]

Tank Corps [4]

Training Reserve [4]

City of London Regiment Royal Fusiliers [3]

Liverpool Regiment [3]

Northamptonshire Regiment [3]

Northumberland Fusiliers [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [3]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3]

South Staffordshire Regiment [3]

The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) [3]

Wiltshire Regiment [3]

City of London Regiment/Royal Fusiliers [2]

City of London Rifles [2]

Corps of Hussars [2]

Dorsetshire Regiment [2]

East Kent Regiment [2]

General Staff [2]

Infantry Base Depot [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Royal Defence Corps [2]

Royal Field Artillery [2]

Royal Fusiliers (city of London Regiment) [2]

Royal Fusiliers/City of London Regiment [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [2]

South Wales Borderers [2]

Yorkshire Regiment [2]

107th T.R. [1]

15th (The Kings) Hussars [1]

Service

British Army [526]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [5]

Royal Navy [2]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [59]

S [52]

H [47]

C [45]

M [35]

W [32]

L [30]

P [27]

E [26]

G [25]

R [22]

D [21]

A [20]

T [19]

F [18]

J [18]

K [10]

N [10]

O [4]

I [2]

V [2]

Y [1]

Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [504]

Country

United Kingdom [254]

India [13]

Ireland [2]

France [1]

Kenya [1]

South Africa [1]

Trinidad and Tobago [1]

Zimbabwe [1]

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People [526] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Bolton Lancashire [3] Hounslow, Middlesex [3] Paddington, London [3] Bedford [2] Birmingham [2] Bow, London [2] Brighton [2] Brixton [2] Chelsea, London [2] Chester [2] Desborough, Northants [2] Didsbury, Manchester [2] Holborn, London [2] Ipswich [2] Islington [2] Islington, London [2] Keighley [2] Kensington, London [2] Leytonstone [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] Macclesfield, Cheshire [2] Manchester [2] Oxford [2] Poplar [2] Preston, Lancashire [2] Spitalfields [2] Swansea, Glamorganshire [2] West Ham [2] West Ham, Essex [2] 34 Paradise Street, Lambeth [1] 371 Brook Street, Preston, Lancashire [1] ABERCARN, Newport, Monmouthshire [1] Abercombie, Glam [1] Alderton, Gloucestershire [1] Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire [1] Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire [1] Astwood Bank [1] BLEAN, WHITSTABLE, KENT [1] Baddeley Edge. Milton. Stoke on Trent. Staffordshire. [1] Bala [1] Balderstone [1] Ball Haye Green, Leek, Staffordshire [1] Barnard Castle, County Durham [1] Barton under Irwell,Lancashire, England [1] Battersea [1] Beccles, Suffolk [1] Bermondsey, Surrey [1] Beverley, Yorkshire [1] Bexley Heath [1] Binbrook, Lincolnshire [1]

Rank

Private [395] Second Lieutenant [66] Lance Corporal [45] Lieutenant [44] Corporal [29] Captain [26] Serjeant [20] Company Serjeant Major [10] Major [10] Lieutenant Colonel [7] Fusilier [5] Sergeant [5] Temporary Captain [5] 2nd Lieutenant [3] Brigadier General [3] Temporary Major [3] Acting Corporal [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Colonel [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Driver [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Lance-Corporal [2] Pte [2] Rifleman [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Trooper [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] 2/LT (TP) [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Major [1] Barman [1] Battalion Major [1] Cadet [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Commanding Officer [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Flight Commander [1] Gunner [1] L/CPL [1] L/cpl [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Lance corporal [1] Lieutenant (Acting Captain) [1] Lt Colonel [1] Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major General [1]

Unit

Royal Fusiliers [246] Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) [246] Royal Fusiliers (City Of London Regiment) [109] City of London Yeomanry [50] London Regiment [37] Royal Fusiliers (City of London) Regiment [29] Middlesex Regiment [20] City of London Regiment [17] Royal Fusiliers City of London Regiment [13] City of London Royal Fusiliers [9] Royal Engineers [8] Royal Fusiliers (City of London) [8] Army Service Corps [7] East Surrey Regiment [7] Machine Gun Corps [7] Labour Corps [6] Royal Fusiliers, City of London Regiment [5] Bedfordshire Regiment [4] London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [4] Royal Air Force [4] Tank Corps [4] Training Reserve [4] City of London Regiment Royal Fusiliers [3] Liverpool Regiment [3] Northamptonshire Regiment [3] Northumberland Fusiliers [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Scots Fusiliers [3] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3] South Staffordshire Regiment [3] The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) [3] Wiltshire Regiment [3] City of London Regiment/Royal Fusiliers [2] City of London Rifles [2] Corps of Hussars [2] Dorsetshire Regiment [2] East Kent Regiment [2] General Staff [2] Infantry Base Depot [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Royal Defence Corps [2] Royal Field Artillery [2] Royal Fusiliers (city of London Regiment) [2] Royal Fusiliers/City of London Regiment [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Royal Irish Fusiliers [2] South Wales Borderers [2] Yorkshire Regiment [2] 107th T.R. [1] 15th (The Kings) Hussars [1]

Service

British Army [526] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [5] Royal Navy [2] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [59] S [52] H [47] C [45] M [35] W [32] L [30] P [27] E [26] G [25] R [22] D [21] A [20] T [19] F [18] J [18] K [10] N [10] O [4] I [2] V [2] Y [1] Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [504]

Country

United Kingdom [254] India [13] Ireland [2] France [1] Kenya [1] South Africa [1] Trinidad and Tobago [1] Zimbabwe [1]

Douglas Shayler

British Army 30677 Private City of London Yeomanry

British Army 150740 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army GS/23907 Private Royal Fusiliers

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Sydney Turing Barlow Lawford

Born 1865

Died 1953

British Army Brigadier General Commanding 22nd Infantry Brigade, 7th Division France

British Army Major General General Officer Commanding 41st Division Italy

British Army Major General General Officer Commanding 41st Division, Flanders (Presentation of medals to 10th R.W. Surreys at Steenvoorde)

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Arthur J Holland

British Army TR/10/24987 Private Training Reserve Battalion

British Army M/41111 Private Royal Army Service Corps

British Army 11670 Fusilier Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 2nd Battalion

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Gordon Edward Fell Smith

British Army 2865 Private City of London Regiment Royal Fusiliers

British Army 94846 Private Tank Corps

British Army 94846 Corporal Machine Gun Corps

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Reginald Mase

British Army TF/731 Driver Army Service Corps

British Army TF/731 Driver City of London Rifle

British Army 59076 Driver Northumberland Fusiliers

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Wyatt H Jones

British Army 2295 Private City of London Royal Fusiliers

British Army S4/185547 Private Army Service Corps

British Army S4/185547 Corporal Army Service Corps

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