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London [6]

Clapham [2]

Kensington, London [2]

153 Huddleston Road, Islington, London [1]

Addlestone near Chertsey Surrey [1]

Biggleswade, Bedfordshire [1]

Birmingham, Warks [1]

Brisbane [1]

Campden Hill, Kensington [1]

Cardiff, Wales [1]

Chelsea, London [1]

Cosham, Hampshire [1]

Doncaster [1]

Donnybrook,Dublin [1]

Enfield, Middlesex [1]

Fisherton Anger, Alderbury, Wilts, [1]

Folkestone [1]

Grosvenor Square, London [1]

Hampstead registration district [1]

Hornsey [1]

Horseheath, Linton, Cambridgeshire [1]

ISLINGTON LONDON ( Middlesex) [1]

Islington [1]

Islington, Middlesex [1]

Kenninghall, Norfolk [1]

Kingsclere, Hampshire [1]

Lagos [1]

Lambeth, London [1]

Lancaster, Lancashire [1]

Maidstone, Kent [1]

Malling [1]

Newport Pagrell, Buckinghamshire [1]

Norwich Norfolk [1]

Paddington, London [1]

Putney, Surrey [1]

Richmond, Surrey [1]

Sevenoaks, Kent [1]

St Andrews, Cardiff [1]

St George in the East, Middlesex, England [1]

Stoken Church Buckinghamshire [1]

Strandtown, Co Down [1]

Surrey [1]

Sutton, Bedfordshire [1]

Swinton, Lancashire [1]

Tolleshunt Knights, Essex [1]

Tunbridge Wells [1]

Walsingham Norfolk [1]

Warrington [1]

Warwick [1]

Waterford [1]

Rank

Private [1766]

Second Lieutenant [283]

Lieutenant [199]

Serjeant [161]

Corporal [160]

Lance Corporal [144]

Captain [105]

Trooper [45]

Sapper [37]

Major [33]

Gunner [32]

Acting Serjeant [24]

Acting Corporal [22]

Lance Serjeant [10]

Lieutenant Colonel [10]

Pioneer [10]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [10]

Shoeing Smith [8]

Company Serjeant Major [7]

Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [7]

Squadron Serjeant Major [7]

Acting Captain [6]

Private Acting Corporal [6]

Shoeing Smith Corporal [6]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [5]

Trumpeter [5]

Acting Lance Corporal [4]

Driver [4]

Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Flight Officer [4]

Flying Officer [4]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Temporary Lieutenant [4]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Farrier Serjeant [3]

Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Regimental Serjeant Major [3]

Staff Quartermaster Serjeant [3]

Staff Serjeant Major [3]

Surgeon Lieutenant [3]

Acting Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Battery Serjeant Major [2]

Corporal 2nd [2]

Flight Cadet [2]

Flight Clerk Stores [2]

Interpreter [2]

Lance-Corporal [2]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [2]

Private /Lance Corporal [2]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Unit

City of London Yeomanry [2412]

Machine Gun Corps [635]

Corps of Hussars [335]

Royal Engineers [125]

London Regiment [96]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [86]

Royal Air Force [73]

Royal Field Artillery [70]

City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders) [63]

Labour Corps [63]

Royal Fusiliers [45]

Middlesex Regiment [42]

Tank Corps [39]

Military Mounted Police [38]

Royal Garrison Artillery [38]

Army Service Corps [35]

Lancers [34]

County of London Yeomanry [28]

Royal Flying Corps [28]

Imperial Camel Corps [25]

Corps of Lancers [18]

Royal Army Service Corps [18]

Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [17]

Bedford Yeomanry [15]

Lincolnshire Yeomanry [13]

East Surrey Regiment [12]

Hussars [12]

Dorset Yeomanry [11]

Labour Corps ex City of London Yeomanry [11]

Royal Army Medical Corps [11]

Army Pay Corps [10]

Staffordshire Yeomanry [10]

Dragoon Guards [9]

Essex Yeomanry [9]

General Service Lancers [9]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [9]

Rifle Brigade [9]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [8]

Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) [8]

York and Lancaster Regiment [8]

Royal Artillery [7]

Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [7]

Army Cyclist Corps [5]

Army Veterinary Corps [5]

City Of London Yeomanry [5]

City of London Regiment [5]

Indian Army [5]

Reserve Cavalry Regiment [5]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [5]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [5]

Service

British Army [2475]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [9]

Royal Navy [6]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [290]

S [244]

M [229]

B [195]

W [189]

C [164]

P [161]

R [125]

L [115]

D [99]

T [92]

F [87]

J [85]

G [78]

A [69]

K [65]

E [62]

N [42]

O [35]

V [16]

I [14]

U [9]

Y [9]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2472]

Country

United Kingdom [36]

Nigeria [1]

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London [6] Clapham [2] Kensington, London [2] 153 Huddleston Road, Islington, London [1] Addlestone near Chertsey Surrey [1] Biggleswade, Bedfordshire [1] Birmingham, Warks [1] Brisbane [1] Campden Hill, Kensington [1] Cardiff, Wales [1] Chelsea, London [1] Cosham, Hampshire [1] Doncaster [1] Donnybrook,Dublin [1] Enfield, Middlesex [1] Fisherton Anger, Alderbury, Wilts, [1] Folkestone [1] Grosvenor Square, London [1] Hampstead registration district [1] Hornsey [1] Horseheath, Linton, Cambridgeshire [1] ISLINGTON LONDON ( Middlesex) [1] Islington [1] Islington, Middlesex [1] Kenninghall, Norfolk [1] Kingsclere, Hampshire [1] Lagos [1] Lambeth, London [1] Lancaster, Lancashire [1] Maidstone, Kent [1] Malling [1] Newport Pagrell, Buckinghamshire [1] Norwich Norfolk [1] Paddington, London [1] Putney, Surrey [1] Richmond, Surrey [1] Sevenoaks, Kent [1] St Andrews, Cardiff [1] St George in the East, Middlesex, England [1] Stoken Church Buckinghamshire [1] Strandtown, Co Down [1] Surrey [1] Sutton, Bedfordshire [1] Swinton, Lancashire [1] Tolleshunt Knights, Essex [1] Tunbridge Wells [1] Walsingham Norfolk [1] Warrington [1] Warwick [1] Waterford [1]

Rank

Private [1766] Second Lieutenant [283] Lieutenant [199] Serjeant [161] Corporal [160] Lance Corporal [144] Captain [105] Trooper [45] Sapper [37] Major [33] Gunner [32] Acting Serjeant [24] Acting Corporal [22] Lance Serjeant [10] Lieutenant Colonel [10] Pioneer [10] Warrant Officer Class 2 [10] Shoeing Smith [8] Company Serjeant Major [7] Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [7] Squadron Serjeant Major [7] Acting Captain [6] Private Acting Corporal [6] Shoeing Smith Corporal [6] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [5] Trumpeter [5] Acting Lance Corporal [4] Driver [4] Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Flight Officer [4] Flying Officer [4] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Temporary Lieutenant [4] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Farrier Serjeant [3] Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Regimental Serjeant Major [3] Staff Quartermaster Serjeant [3] Staff Serjeant Major [3] Surgeon Lieutenant [3] Acting Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Battery Serjeant Major [2] Corporal 2nd [2] Flight Cadet [2] Flight Clerk Stores [2] Interpreter [2] Lance-Corporal [2] Lieutenant Acting Captain [2] Private /Lance Corporal [2] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Unit

City of London Yeomanry [2412] Machine Gun Corps [635] Corps of Hussars [335] Royal Engineers [125] London Regiment [96] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [86] Royal Air Force [73] Royal Field Artillery [70] City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders) [63] Labour Corps [63] Royal Fusiliers [45] Middlesex Regiment [42] Tank Corps [39] Military Mounted Police [38] Royal Garrison Artillery [38] Army Service Corps [35] Lancers [34] County of London Yeomanry [28] Royal Flying Corps [28] Imperial Camel Corps [25] Corps of Lancers [18] Royal Army Service Corps [18] Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [17] Bedford Yeomanry [15] Lincolnshire Yeomanry [13] East Surrey Regiment [12] Hussars [12] Dorset Yeomanry [11] Labour Corps ex City of London Yeomanry [11] Royal Army Medical Corps [11] Army Pay Corps [10] Staffordshire Yeomanry [10] Dragoon Guards [9] Essex Yeomanry [9] General Service Lancers [9] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [9] Rifle Brigade [9] King's Royal Rifle Corps [8] Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) [8] York and Lancaster Regiment [8] Royal Artillery [7] Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [7] Army Cyclist Corps [5] Army Veterinary Corps [5] City Of London Yeomanry [5] City of London Regiment [5] Indian Army [5] Reserve Cavalry Regiment [5] Royal Lancaster Regiment [5] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [5]

Service

British Army [2475] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [9] Royal Navy [6] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [290] S [244] M [229] B [195] W [189] C [164] P [161] R [125] L [115] D [99] T [92] F [87] J [85] G [78] A [69] K [65] E [62] N [42] O [35] V [16] I [14] U [9] Y [9] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2472]

Country

United Kingdom [36] Nigeria [1]

William James Pitt

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army 2999 Private City of London Yeomanry

British Army 2999 Private City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders)

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Gerald James Prytherch

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 2005 Private City of London Yeomanry

British Army 2005 Private City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders)

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Graham Jeffery Thirkell

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army 2136 Private City of London Yeomanry

British Army 2136 Private City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders)

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Donald Black

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 4145 Shoeing Smith Lovat's Scouts

British Army 4677 Private City of London Yeomanry

British Army 41375 Private City of London Yeomanry

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Frank Nelson Green

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 2554 Private City of London Yeomanry

British Army 40323 Private City of London Yeomanry

British Army 40323 Private City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders)

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Richard Francis

Died 1917

British Army 2181 Private City of London Yeomanry

British Army 40156 Private City of London Yeomanry

British Army 40156 Private City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders)

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William Edward Hay

Died 1916

British Army 1544 Acting Corporal City of London Yeomanry

British Army 1544 Serjeant City of London Yeomanry

British Army 1544 Serjeant City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders)

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Richard W Cross

Died 1917

British Army 2986 Private City of London Yeomanry

British Army 40538 Private City of London Yeomanry

British Army 40538 Private City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders)

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Frank Grainger

Died 1917

British Army 2994 Private City of London Yeomanry

British Army 40544 Private City of London Yeomanry

British Army 40544 Private City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders)

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Horatio Cortissos De Pinna

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army 2240 Lance Corporal City of London Yeomanry

British Army 2240 Private City of London Yeomanry

British Army 2240 Private City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders)

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Walter Wybrow

Born 1872

Died 1917

British Army 3446 Private City of London Yeomanry

British Army 41436 Private City of London Yeomanry

British Army 41436 Private City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders)

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Frederic Henry Simpson

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 34017 Private City of London Yeomanry

British Army 40804 Private City of London Yeomanry

British Army 40804 Private City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders)

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George Harold Alexander Sketchley

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 2770 Private City of London Yeomanry

British Army 40414 Private City of London Yeomanry

British Army 40414 Private City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders)

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Archibald Hobday

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 3859 Private City of London Yeomanry

British Army 40912 Private City of London Yeomanry

British Army 40912 Private City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders)

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Frederick Lane

Born 1882

Died 1915

British Army 1568 Lance Corporal City of London Yeomanry

British Army 1568 Private City of London Yeomanry

British Army 1568 Private City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders)

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James Morris

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 2285 Private City of London Yeomanry

British Army 40199 Serjeant City of London Yeomanry

British Army 40199 Serjeant City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders)

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Herbert Snow Barnes

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 3280 Private City of London Yeomanry

British Army 3280 Private City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders)

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Horace L Dunn

Died 1916

British Army 3306 Private City of London Yeomanry

British Army 3306 Private City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders)

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George Hewlett Mapp

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 1783 Serjeant City of London Yeomanry

British Army 1783 Serjeant City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders)

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Francis Robert Gregson

Born 1855

Died 1917

British Army Temporary Major City of London Yeomanry

British Army Major City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders)

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