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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]

Percy Glidewell

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 2331 Private City of London Yeomanry

British Army 2331 Private City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders)

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Reginald Wilson

Died 1916

British Army 3399 Private City of London Yeomanry

British Army 3399 Private City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders)

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John F Woolrich

Died 1915

British Army 2293 Private City of London Yeomanry

British Army 2293 Private City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders)

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Alick C Herring

Died 1915

British Army 1883 Private City of London Yeomanry

British Army 1883 Private City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders)

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Ernest Septimus Miller

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army 2191 Private City of London Yeomanry

British Army 2191 Private City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders)

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Gilbert R Boyce

Died 1915

British Army 2723 Private City of London Yeomanry

British Army 2723 Private City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders)

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Leonard Wilfred Lee

Born 1887

British Army 2569 Private City of London Yeomanry

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Frank Sidney Pritchard

Born 1894

British Army 3510 Private City of London Yeomanry

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Osbert Eustace Vesey

Born 1884

Died 1957

British Army Captain City of London Yeomanry

British Army Major Temporary Lieutenant Colonel Staff

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Alfred James Belsham

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 3281 Private City of London Yeomanry

British Army 40726 Private City of London Yeomanry

British Army 40726 Private City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders)

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Herbert Phillips Fletcher

Born 1870

Died 1916

British Army Major City of London Yeomanry

British Army Major Royal Flying Corps

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Percy Edward Woods

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army 1700 Regimental Quartermaster Serjeant City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders) 2nd/1st

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Archer Ernest Hoddle

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 2384 Private City of London Yeomanry

British Army M2/269305 Private Army Service Corps 2nd Reception Battalion (Larkhill)

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Alfred Cecil Jaffe

Born 1885

British Army Major City of London Yeomanry

British Army Lieutenant Colonel City of London Yeomanry

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Harold Fowler

Born 1883

Died 1916

British Army 3290 Private City of London Yeomanry

British Army 3290 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 3290 Private Middlesex Hussars

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Alfred Fordham

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army L/10638 Private City of London Yeomanry

British Army GS/16548 Private Lancers

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Charles Moxon Quiller Orchardson

Born 1874

Died 1917

British Army 3471 Lance Corporal County of London Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant City of London Yeomanry

British Army Captain London Regiment 1st Battalion

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William Massey Birkett

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 4488 Private City of London Yeomanry

British Army G/40644 Private Middlesex Regiment

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T M S Pitt

Born 1872

British Army Major City of London Yeomanry

British Army Brigadier General General Staff

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Hubert Matheson Giles

Born 1884

Died 1967

British Army Captain City of London Yeomanry

British Army Captain Royal Air Force

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