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Buckie, Banffshire [1]

Canterbury, Kent [1]

Chaddesden, Derbyshire [1]

Colchester, Essex [1]

Donnington Wood, Shropshire [1]

Finchley,Middlesex [1]

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Sheffield,Yorkshire [1]

Sunderland [1]

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Private [638]

Serjeant [42]

Lance Corporal [25]

Driver [23]

Corporal [21]

Staff Serjeant [6]

Acting Corporal [5]

Acting Serjeant [5]

Lance Serjeant [5]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Trooper [4]

Gunner [3]

Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Shoeing Smith [3]

Staff Serjeant Major [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Farrier Serjeant [2]

Private Acting Corporal [2]

Trumpeter [2]

Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Bombardier [1]

Corporal Saddle Tree Maker [1]

Corporal Shoeing Smith [1]

Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Farrier Staff Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant Quarter Master [1]

Pioneer [1]

Private Serjeant [1]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Saddler [1]

Saddler/Corporal [1]

Sergeant [1]

Serjeant Private [1]

Shoeing Smith Corporal [1]

Smith Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Squadron Sergeant Major [1]

Squadron Serjeant Major [1]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Staff Serjeant Farrier [1]

Transport Serjeant [1]

Unit

Company of Dragoons [723]

Dragoon Guards [116]

Dragoons [41]

7th Dragoon Guards [35]

Company Of Dragoons [35]

1st Dragoon Guards [33]

5th Dragoon Guards [31]

Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) [31]

6th Dragoon Guards [29]

Royal Dragoon Guards [28]

3rd Dragoon Guards [27]

4th Dragoon Guards [27]

Machine Gun Corps [24]

2nd Dragoons [22]

6th Dragoons [21]

Army Service Corps [21]

London Regiment [21]

Labour Corps [19]

Essex Yeomanry [17]

Northamptonshire Yeomanry [13]

1st Dragoons [12]

Royal Field Artillery [12]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [11]

North Somerset Yeomanry [11]

Royal Dragoons [11]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [11]

Hertfordshire Yeomanry [10]

Hussars [10]

Corps of Lancers [9]

King Edward's Horse [9]

Middlesex Regiment [9]

Seaforth Highlanders [8]

South Wales Borderers [7]

Hampshire Regiment [6]

Royal Fusiliers [6]

Royal Scots [6]

Cameron Highlanders [5]

Derby Yeomanry [5]

Northumberland Fusiliers [5]

Yorkshire Dragoons [5]

Berkshire Yeomanry [4]

Corps of Dragoons [4]

Durham Light Infantry [4]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [4]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [4]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [4]

Royal Irish Regiment [4]

Royal Irish Rifles [4]

Worcestershire Regiment [4]

13th Hussars [3]

Service

British Army [765]

Last name first letter

H [187]

C [145]

G [106]

F [68]

D [60]

L [53]

B [49]

K [42]

J [37]

E [10]

A [6]

M [1]

P [1]

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Military Service [765]

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United Kingdom [4]

Ireland [1]

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People [765] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Buckie, Banffshire [1] Canterbury, Kent [1] Chaddesden, Derbyshire [1] Colchester, Essex [1] Donnington Wood, Shropshire [1] Finchley,Middlesex [1] Lasswade, Midlothian [1] Norwich Norfolk [1] Sheffield,Yorkshire [1] Sunderland [1]

Rank

Private [638] Serjeant [42] Lance Corporal [25] Driver [23] Corporal [21] Staff Serjeant [6] Acting Corporal [5] Acting Serjeant [5] Lance Serjeant [5] Second Lieutenant [4] Trooper [4] Gunner [3] Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Shoeing Smith [3] Staff Serjeant Major [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Farrier Serjeant [2] Private Acting Corporal [2] Trumpeter [2] Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Acting Serjeant Major [1] Acting Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Bombardier [1] Corporal Saddle Tree Maker [1] Corporal Shoeing Smith [1] Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Farrier Staff Serjeant [1] Lieutenant Quarter Master [1] Pioneer [1] Private Serjeant [1] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Saddler [1] Saddler/Corporal [1] Sergeant [1] Serjeant Private [1] Shoeing Smith Corporal [1] Smith Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Squadron Sergeant Major [1] Squadron Serjeant Major [1] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Staff Serjeant Farrier [1] Transport Serjeant [1]

Unit

Company of Dragoons [723] Dragoon Guards [116] Dragoons [41] 7th Dragoon Guards [35] Company Of Dragoons [35] 1st Dragoon Guards [33] 5th Dragoon Guards [31] Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) [31] 6th Dragoon Guards [29] Royal Dragoon Guards [28] 3rd Dragoon Guards [27] 4th Dragoon Guards [27] Machine Gun Corps [24] 2nd Dragoons [22] 6th Dragoons [21] Army Service Corps [21] London Regiment [21] Labour Corps [19] Essex Yeomanry [17] Northamptonshire Yeomanry [13] 1st Dragoons [12] Royal Field Artillery [12] King's Royal Rifle Corps [11] North Somerset Yeomanry [11] Royal Dragoons [11] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [11] Hertfordshire Yeomanry [10] Hussars [10] Corps of Lancers [9] King Edward's Horse [9] Middlesex Regiment [9] Seaforth Highlanders [8] South Wales Borderers [7] Hampshire Regiment [6] Royal Fusiliers [6] Royal Scots [6] Cameron Highlanders [5] Derby Yeomanry [5] Northumberland Fusiliers [5] Yorkshire Dragoons [5] Berkshire Yeomanry [4] Corps of Dragoons [4] Durham Light Infantry [4] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [4] Royal Berkshire Regiment [4] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [4] Royal Irish Regiment [4] Royal Irish Rifles [4] Worcestershire Regiment [4] 13th Hussars [3]

Service

British Army [765]

Last name first letter

H [187] C [145] G [106] F [68] D [60] L [53] B [49] K [42] J [37] E [10] A [6] M [1] P [1]

Contribution

Military Service [765]

Country

United Kingdom [4] Ireland [1]

John Somerville Handley

Born 1893

Died 1974

British Army GS/3819 Private 2nd Dragoons

British Army D/12368 Private Company of Drgoons

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Harold Eyre

Born 1896

Died 1920

British Army D/32868 Private Company of Dragoons

British Army 12270 Private Notts & Derbyshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army D/32868 Private 4th Dragoon Guards (Royal Irish)

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John Dempster

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army GS/6211 Private 2nd Dragoons

British Army D/12816 Private Company of Dragoons

British Army D/12816 Private 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys)

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Edward J Jones

British Army GS/8446 Private Dragoons

British Army D/13476 Private Company of Dragoons

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Henry Jones

British Army 6DN/4454 Serjeant Dragoons

British Army D/21016 Serjeant Company of Dragoons

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Arthur Harrison

British Army GS/9912 Private Dragoons

British Army D/13802 Private Company of Dragoons

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John L Kelly

British Army GS/25689 Private Dragoons

British Army D/14278 Private Company of Dragoons

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William Keith

British Army D-18416 Private Dragoons

British Army D-18416 Private Company of Dragoons

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Andrew H Kirkwood

British Army GS/6612 Private Dragoons

British Army D/12929 Private Company of Dragoons

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Edward C Henrey

British Army GS/9930 Private Dragoons

British Army D/13813 Private Company of Dragoons

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James Hughes

British Army D-17240 Private Dragoons

British Army D-17240 Private Company of Dragoons

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George Hogg

British Army D-17256 Private Dragoons

British Army D-17256 Private Company of Dragoons

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Henry J Holton

British Army GS/8436 Private Dragoons

British Army D/13474 Private Company of Dragoons

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Thomas Langford

British Army GS/3923 Private Dragoons

British Army D/12399 Private Company of Dragoons

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Thomas Harris

British Army GS/7874 Private Dragoons

British Army D/13147 Private Company of Dragoons

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Dugald Mc M Law

British Army GS/6077 Private Dragoons

British Army D/12776 Private Company of Dragoons

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George K Law

British Army GS/6076 Private Dragoons

British Army D/12775 Private Company of Dragoons

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Gilbert Jones

British Army GS/5298 Private Dragoons

British Army D/12565 Private Company of Dragoons

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Joseph Jones

British Army GS/9500 Private Dragoons

British Army D/13690 Private Company of Dragoons

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Thomas J Hepper

British Army D/17074 Private Dragoons

British Army D/17074 Private Company of Dragoons

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