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Maidstone, Kent [5]

Brighton [2]

Abingdon, Berkshire [1]

Addlestone near Chertsey Surrey [1]

Aldershot [1]

Alsager, Cheshire [1]

Ashby-de-la-Zouch [1]

Bath, Somerset [1]

Bedford, Bedfordshire [1]

Belmont, Surrey [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Born at sea [1]

Bournemouth [1]

Brisbane [1]

Burfield, Reading, Berkshire [1]

Camberwell [1]

Canterbury, Kent [1]

Chapel En Le Frith, Whaley Bridge [1]

Chorley, Lancashire [1]

Docking Norfolk [1]

Driffield [1]

Dublin [1]

Duffield, Derbyshire [1]

Dunton, Bedfordshire [1]

Eastry District, Kent [1]

Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [1]

Fort St George, Madras [1]

Hackney, London [1]

Heacham, Norfolk [1]

Hemsby, Norfolk [1]

Horsham Sussex [1]

Horwich Bolton Lancashire [1]

Hykeham [1]

Islington [1]

Kenninghall, Norfolk [1]

Kensington, London [1]

Kentish Town, London [1]

Lahore [1]

Larling Norfolk [1]

Leicester [1]

Linton, Kent [1]

Little Eaton, Derbyshire [1]

Liverpool [1]

London Balham [1]

Loose, Kent [1]

Luton, Bedfordshire [1]

Lyminge Kent [1]

Lyncombe, Somerset [1]

Macclesfield, Cheshire [1]

Marylebone, London [1]

Rank

Private [2611]

Serjeant [193]

Corporal [140]

Lance Corporal [112]

Second Lieutenant [58]

Driver [51]

Lieutenant [27]

Staff Serjeant Major [27]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [23]

Farrier Serjeant [19]

Shoeing Smith [19]

Acting Serjeant [18]

Gunner [16]

Acting Corporal [15]

Captain [15]

Lance Serjeant [15]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [10]

Trooper [10]

Major [8]

Saddler Corporal [8]

Staff Serjeant [8]

Farrier Staff Serjeant [7]

Shoeing Smith Corporal [7]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Sapper [6]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [6]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [5]

Saddler [5]

Sergeant [5]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Regimental Serjeant Major [4]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [4]

Trumpeter [4]

Acting Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Acting Staff Serjeant [3]

Serjeant Trumpeter [3]

Squadron Serjeant Major [3]

Corporal 2nd [2]

Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Private Acting Corporal [2]

Private Driver [2]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Saddler Serjeant [2]

Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Transport Corporal [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Captain / Flight Commander [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Unit

Corps of Lancers [2849]

Lancers [1337]

17th Lancers [180]

Corps of Hussars [173]

9th Lancers [171]

5th Lancers [152]

12th Lancers [138]

16th Lancers [134]

Middlesex Regiment [103]

Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [103]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [96]

Hussars [95]

Machine Gun Corps [81]

21st Lancers [78]

Labour Corps [69]

Army Service Corps [66]

East Surrey Regiment [59]

Corps of Dragoons [57]

The Queen's Regiment [56]

Surrey Yeomanry [48]

London Regiment [36]

Bedford Yeomanry [35]

City of London Yeomanry [28]

Royal Engineers [28]

Royal Field Artillery [28]

Royal West Kent Regiment [27]

Rifle Brigade [26]

Dragoon Guards [22]

Royal Fusiliers [22]

16th (The Queen's) Lancers [21]

Army Cyclist Corps [21]

14th Hussars [20]

South Irish Horse [20]

Royal Irish Regiment [19]

13th Hussars [17]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [16]

Lincolnshire Regiment [14]

Essex Regiment [13]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [13]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [13]

Essex Yeomanry [12]

Northumberland Fusiliers [12]

Durham Light Infantry [11]

Hampshire Regiment [11]

Leicestershire Regiment [11]

East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry [10]

7th Hussars [9]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [9]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [9]

Company of Dragoons [8]

Service

British Army [3205]

Indian Army [6]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

B [355]

H [308]

C [296]

S [276]

M [264]

W [234]

P [178]

D [157]

T [156]

R [141]

G [138]

F [111]

L [107]

E [87]

J [82]

K [79]

A [76]

N [61]

O [51]

Y [16]

V [14]

Q [9]

I [6]

U [4]

Contribution

Military Service [3205]

Country

United Kingdom [35]

India [2]

South Africa [2]

Egypt [1]

Ireland [1]

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People [3206] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Maidstone, Kent [5] Brighton [2] Abingdon, Berkshire [1] Addlestone near Chertsey Surrey [1] Aldershot [1] Alsager, Cheshire [1] Ashby-de-la-Zouch [1] Bath, Somerset [1] Bedford, Bedfordshire [1] Belmont, Surrey [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Born at sea [1] Bournemouth [1] Brisbane [1] Burfield, Reading, Berkshire [1] Camberwell [1] Canterbury, Kent [1] Chapel En Le Frith, Whaley Bridge [1] Chorley, Lancashire [1] Docking Norfolk [1] Driffield [1] Dublin [1] Duffield, Derbyshire [1] Dunton, Bedfordshire [1] Eastry District, Kent [1] Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [1] Fort St George, Madras [1] Hackney, London [1] Heacham, Norfolk [1] Hemsby, Norfolk [1] Horsham Sussex [1] Horwich Bolton Lancashire [1] Hykeham [1] Islington [1] Kenninghall, Norfolk [1] Kensington, London [1] Kentish Town, London [1] Lahore [1] Larling Norfolk [1] Leicester [1] Linton, Kent [1] Little Eaton, Derbyshire [1] Liverpool [1] London Balham [1] Loose, Kent [1] Luton, Bedfordshire [1] Lyminge Kent [1] Lyncombe, Somerset [1] Macclesfield, Cheshire [1] Marylebone, London [1]

Rank

Private [2611] Serjeant [193] Corporal [140] Lance Corporal [112] Second Lieutenant [58] Driver [51] Lieutenant [27] Staff Serjeant Major [27] Warrant Officer Class 2 [23] Farrier Serjeant [19] Shoeing Smith [19] Acting Serjeant [18] Gunner [16] Acting Corporal [15] Captain [15] Lance Serjeant [15] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [10] Trooper [10] Major [8] Saddler Corporal [8] Staff Serjeant [8] Farrier Staff Serjeant [7] Shoeing Smith Corporal [7] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Sapper [6] Warrant Officer Class 1 [6] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [5] Saddler [5] Sergeant [5] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Regimental Serjeant Major [4] Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [4] Trumpeter [4] Acting Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Acting Staff Serjeant [3] Serjeant Trumpeter [3] Squadron Serjeant Major [3] Corporal 2nd [2] Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Private Acting Corporal [2] Private Driver [2] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Saddler Serjeant [2] Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Transport Corporal [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Captain / Flight Commander [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Unit

Corps of Lancers [2849] Lancers [1337] 17th Lancers [180] Corps of Hussars [173] 9th Lancers [171] 5th Lancers [152] 12th Lancers [138] 16th Lancers [134] Middlesex Regiment [103] Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [103] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [96] Hussars [95] Machine Gun Corps [81] 21st Lancers [78] Labour Corps [69] Army Service Corps [66] East Surrey Regiment [59] Corps of Dragoons [57] The Queen's Regiment [56] Surrey Yeomanry [48] London Regiment [36] Bedford Yeomanry [35] City of London Yeomanry [28] Royal Engineers [28] Royal Field Artillery [28] Royal West Kent Regiment [27] Rifle Brigade [26] Dragoon Guards [22] Royal Fusiliers [22] 16th (The Queen's) Lancers [21] Army Cyclist Corps [21] 14th Hussars [20] South Irish Horse [20] Royal Irish Regiment [19] 13th Hussars [17] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [16] Lincolnshire Regiment [14] Essex Regiment [13] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [13] Royal Munster Fusiliers [13] Essex Yeomanry [12] Northumberland Fusiliers [12] Durham Light Infantry [11] Hampshire Regiment [11] Leicestershire Regiment [11] East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry [10] 7th Hussars [9] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [9] Royal Irish Fusiliers [9] Company of Dragoons [8]

Service

British Army [3205] Indian Army [6] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2] Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

B [355] H [308] C [296] S [276] M [264] W [234] P [178] D [157] T [156] R [141] G [138] F [111] L [107] E [87] J [82] K [79] A [76] N [61] O [51] Y [16] V [14] Q [9] I [6] U [4]

Contribution

Military Service [3205]

Country

United Kingdom [35] India [2] South Africa [2] Egypt [1] Ireland [1]

Wilfred Lawson Knibbs

Born 1882

Died 1963

British Army 2L/4675 Corporal Lancers

British Army L/12915 Corporal Corps of Lancers

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Robert Charles Moss

Born 1890

Died 1945

British Army GS/23374 Private Lancers

British Army L/11477 Private Corps of Lancers

British Army GS/23374 Private Corps of Lancers 9th Lancers

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George Edwin Ellison

Born 1878

Died 1918

British Army L/16063 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army L/12643 Private Corps of Lancers 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers

British Army SE/6722 Private 5th Lancers

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Robert William Patterson

Born 1891

Died 1921

British Army 17L/6507 Private Lancers

British Army Private 17th Lancers

British Army L/13503 Private Corps of Lancers

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William Cowling Redpath

Born 1882

Died 1920

British Army 5L/6615 Private Lancers

British Army L/12630 Private Corps of Lancers

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Tom Muggeridge

Born 1890

Died 1953

British Army GS/23356 Private Lancers

British Army L/11469 Private Corps of Lancers

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Walter Lawrence

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army GS/17085 Private Lancers

British Army L/10775 Private Corps of Lancers 9th

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Percy James Laker

Born 1880

Died 1974

British Army 162/5114 Serjeant Lancers

British Army L/13116 Serjeant Corps of Lancers 16th Lancers

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Alfred Bird

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army L/8067 Private Corps of Lancers

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Albert Williams

Born 1878

British Army 12I/4359 Private 12th Lancers

British Army L/12727 Private Corps of Lancers

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Thomas Richard Farmer

Born 1878

Died 1949

British Army L/13078 Corporal 16th Lancers

British Army L/13078 Corporal Corps of Lancers

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Frederick J Cuthbert

Born 1881

Died 1921

British Army 16L/5141 Private 16th Lancers

British Army L/13124 Private Corps of Lancers

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Charles Henry Maidment

Born 1877

Died 1918

British Army L/13061 Corporal Corps of Lancers

British Army L/13061 Lance Serjeant 16th (The Queen's) Lancers

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Claude Douglas Langbridge

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 17L/5785 Serjeant Lancers

British Army L/13332 Serjeant Corps of Lancers

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Bertram George Hepburn

Born 1890

Died 1971

British Army L/6405 Lamptrimmer Lancers

British Army L/13482 Lamptrimmer Corps of Lancers

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Arthur Burkley Neale

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 162/5468 Private Lancers

British Army L/13176 Private Corps of Lancers

British Army 1568 Private 16th (The Queen's) Lancers

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Frederick Henry Hardie

Born 1879

British Army 5L/4649 Serjeant 5th Lancers

British Army L/12541 Serjeant Corps of Lancers

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Frank Williams

Died 1918

British Army GS/24975 Private 9th Lancers

British Army L/13692 Private Corps of Lancers

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Horace Richard Barnes

Born 1892

Died 1934

British Army GS/23426 Private 17th Lancers

British Army L/11493 Private Corps of Lancers

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John Lee

Born 1878

Died 1918

British Army 5L/5558 Private 12th Lancers

British Army 5L/5558 Private 5th Lancers

British Army 5558 Private 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers

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