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Kensington, London [4]

London [4]

Fulham, London [2]

10 Mount Gardens, St Sepulchre, Northampton [1]

62 Gladstone Avenue, Chester [1]

Addlestone near Chertsey Surrey [1]

Alsager Cheshire [1]

Ampthill, Bedfordshire [1]

Barton Regis, Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Bedfont, Hounslow, Middlesex [1]

Birmingham, Warks [1]

Blackburn, Lancashire [1]

Blandford, Dorset [1]

Blean, Kent [1]

Bow, East London [1]

Buenos Aires [1]

Camberwell [1]

Chatham, Kent [1]

Chelsea, Middlesex [1]

Chigwell, Essex [1]

Clapham, Surrey [1]

Clapton, Middlesex [1]

Erdington, Warks [1]

Fulham [1]

Glasgow, Scotland [1]

Glendevon, Scotland [1]

Gloucester [1]

Greenwich, London [1]

Hampshire [1]

Hampstead, London [1]

Havinne [1]

Highbury, Islington, London [1]

Highbury, London [1]

Hornsey, London [1]

Islington [1]

Islington, London [1]

Jaraidaile [1]

Kew, Victoria [1]

Kings Heath, Worcs [1]

Lancashire [1]

Marylebone, London [1]

Meifod, Montgomeryshire [1]

Montreal [1]

New Malden, Surrey [1]

Orsett, Essex [1]

Ramsgate [1]

Rockland All Saints with St Andrew, Norfolk [1]

Sandling, Maidstone, Kent [1]

Sidcup, Kent [1]

Rank

Private [2108]

Second Lieutenant [299]

Serjeant [246]

Corporal [239]

Lieutenant [194]

Lance Corporal [133]

Captain [86]

Major [28]

Acting Corporal [27]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [21]

Trooper [21]

Acting Serjeant [20]

Sapper [17]

Staff Serjeant Major [13]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [10]

Lieutenant Colonel [9]

Pioneer [9]

Squadron Serjeant Major [9]

Gunner [8]

Lance Serjeant [8]

Shoeing Smith [8]

Company Serjeant Major [7]

Driver [7]

Farrier Serjeant [7]

Private Acting Corporal [7]

Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [7]

Trumpeter [7]

Acting Lance Corporal [5]

Private Lance Corporal [5]

Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Private Acting Serjeant [4]

Private/ Private [4]

Staff Quartermaster Serjeant [4]

Captain and Adjutant [3]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [3]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [3]

Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Temporary Lieutenant [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Acting Captain [2]

Acting Staff Serjeant Major [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Captain Major [2]

Colonel [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Farrier Quartermaster Serjeant [2]

Flight Officer [2]

Honorary Lieutenant [2]

Interpreter [2]

Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Unit

County of London Yeomanry [2846]

Machine Gun Corps [736]

Corps of Hussars [569]

Middlesex Regiment [90]

Royal Engineers [89]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [85]

York and Lancaster Regiment [84]

Royal Air Force [65]

Royal Field Artillery [64]

Labour Corps [57]

London Regiment [55]

Army Service Corps [53]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [53]

Tank Corps [52]

Military Mounted Police [46]

Royal Fusiliers [35]

Imperial Camel Corps [34]

City of London Yeomanry [30]

Royal Army Service Corps [23]

Royal Flying Corps [19]

Royal Garrison Artillery [15]

Hussars [14]

Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [14]

Dorset Yeomanry [13]

Dragoon Guards [13]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [13]

County Of London Yeomanry [12]

Corps of Dragoons [10]

Royal Army Medical Corps [10]

Essex Yeomanry [9]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [9]

Oxfordshire Yeomanry [8]

Essex Regiment [7]

Middlesex Hussars [7]

Westminster Dragoons [7]

County of London Regiment [6]

County of London Yeomanry attached Machine Gun Corps [6]

East Surrey Regiment [6]

Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) [6]

Military Foot Police [6]

Suffolk Regiment [6]

Corps of Lancers [5]

Lincolnshire Yeomanry [5]

Middlesex Yeomanry [5]

Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [5]

Scottish Horse [5]

Sherwood Rangers [5]

South Irish Horse [5]

West Yorkshire Regiment [5]

Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry [5]

Service

British Army [2913]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [8]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

W [377]

S [365]

M [310]

P [267]

H [263]

R [202]

T [200]

L [162]

D [121]

J [102]

K [84]

F [69]

E [63]

N [55]

C [54]

O [44]

B [39]

V [35]

G [30]

A [25]

Y [18]

I [14]

U [9]

Q [4]

Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2910]

Country

United Kingdom [43]

India [1]

Kenya [1]

Malaysia [1]

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Place of birth

Kensington, London [4] London [4] Fulham, London [2] 10 Mount Gardens, St Sepulchre, Northampton [1] 62 Gladstone Avenue, Chester [1] Addlestone near Chertsey Surrey [1] Alsager Cheshire [1] Ampthill, Bedfordshire [1] Barton Regis, Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Battersea, London [1] Bedfont, Hounslow, Middlesex [1] Birmingham, Warks [1] Blackburn, Lancashire [1] Blandford, Dorset [1] Blean, Kent [1] Bow, East London [1] Buenos Aires [1] Camberwell [1] Chatham, Kent [1] Chelsea, Middlesex [1] Chigwell, Essex [1] Clapham, Surrey [1] Clapton, Middlesex [1] Erdington, Warks [1] Fulham [1] Glasgow, Scotland [1] Glendevon, Scotland [1] Gloucester [1] Greenwich, London [1] Hampshire [1] Hampstead, London [1] Havinne [1] Highbury, Islington, London [1] Highbury, London [1] Hornsey, London [1] Islington [1] Islington, London [1] Jaraidaile [1] Kew, Victoria [1] Kings Heath, Worcs [1] Lancashire [1] Marylebone, London [1] Meifod, Montgomeryshire [1] Montreal [1] New Malden, Surrey [1] Orsett, Essex [1] Ramsgate [1] Rockland All Saints with St Andrew, Norfolk [1] Sandling, Maidstone, Kent [1] Sidcup, Kent [1]

Rank

Private [2108] Second Lieutenant [299] Serjeant [246] Corporal [239] Lieutenant [194] Lance Corporal [133] Captain [86] Major [28] Acting Corporal [27] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [21] Trooper [21] Acting Serjeant [20] Sapper [17] Staff Serjeant Major [13] Warrant Officer Class 2 [10] Lieutenant Colonel [9] Pioneer [9] Squadron Serjeant Major [9] Gunner [8] Lance Serjeant [8] Shoeing Smith [8] Company Serjeant Major [7] Driver [7] Farrier Serjeant [7] Private Acting Corporal [7] Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [7] Trumpeter [7] Acting Lance Corporal [5] Private Lance Corporal [5] Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Private Acting Serjeant [4] Private/ Private [4] Staff Quartermaster Serjeant [4] Captain and Adjutant [3] Corporal Acting Serjeant [3] Lieutenant Acting Captain [3] Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Temporary Lieutenant [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Acting Captain [2] Acting Staff Serjeant Major [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Captain Major [2] Colonel [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Farrier Quartermaster Serjeant [2] Flight Officer [2] Honorary Lieutenant [2] Interpreter [2] Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Unit

County of London Yeomanry [2846] Machine Gun Corps [736] Corps of Hussars [569] Middlesex Regiment [90] Royal Engineers [89] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [85] York and Lancaster Regiment [84] Royal Air Force [65] Royal Field Artillery [64] Labour Corps [57] London Regiment [55] Army Service Corps [53] Royal Lancaster Regiment [53] Tank Corps [52] Military Mounted Police [46] Royal Fusiliers [35] Imperial Camel Corps [34] City of London Yeomanry [30] Royal Army Service Corps [23] Royal Flying Corps [19] Royal Garrison Artillery [15] Hussars [14] Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [14] Dorset Yeomanry [13] Dragoon Guards [13] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [13] County Of London Yeomanry [12] Corps of Dragoons [10] Royal Army Medical Corps [10] Essex Yeomanry [9] King's Royal Rifle Corps [9] Oxfordshire Yeomanry [8] Essex Regiment [7] Middlesex Hussars [7] Westminster Dragoons [7] County of London Regiment [6] County of London Yeomanry attached Machine Gun Corps [6] East Surrey Regiment [6] Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) [6] Military Foot Police [6] Suffolk Regiment [6] Corps of Lancers [5] Lincolnshire Yeomanry [5] Middlesex Yeomanry [5] Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [5] Scottish Horse [5] Sherwood Rangers [5] South Irish Horse [5] West Yorkshire Regiment [5] Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry [5]

Service

British Army [2913] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [8] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

W [377] S [365] M [310] P [267] H [263] R [202] T [200] L [162] D [121] J [102] K [84] F [69] E [63] N [55] C [54] O [44] B [39] V [35] G [30] A [25] Y [18] I [14] U [9] Q [4] Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2910]

Country

United Kingdom [43] India [1] Kenya [1] Malaysia [1]

Henry S Peacock

British Army 20075 Serjeant Royal Irish Regiment

British Army 7872180 Serjeant Tank Corps

British Army 113 Serjeant County of London Yeomanry

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Edgar W Topham

British Army 82598 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 30090 Private County of London Yeomanry

British Army 45216 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

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Christopher J Henderson

British Army 16807 Private Dragoons

British Army 21598 Private Reserve Regiment of Cavalry

British Army 16807 Private County of London Yeomanry

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N Trewheler

British Army 1537 Private County of London Yeomanry

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army Lieutenant King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment

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William Stanley Watson

British Army 2610 PrivateLieutenant County Of London Yeomanry Royal Army Service Corps

British Army Captain Royal Army Service Corps attached Lancashire Fusiliers

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James Ambrose Stone

British Army 2501 Private County of London Yeomanry

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Ordnance Corps

British Army 2501 Squadron Leader Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force

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Robert Geoffrey Somerford

British Army 1585 Trumpeter County of London Yeomanry

British Army GS/19985 Private General Service Dragoons

British Army Second Lieutenant Scottish Horse

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Walter Lawrence

British Army 368 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

British Army 150609 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 360452 Private Labour Corps

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Leonard G Hiscocks

British Army 920046 Driver Royal Field Artillery Transport

British Army 3486 Driver London Regiment

British Army 3823 Driver County of London Yeomanry

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Harold J Stainforth

British Army 1089 Corporal County of London Yeomanry

British Army 205428 Corporal York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant York and Lancaster Regiment

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Ralph Stanley Sennitt

British Army 2370 Private County of London Yeomanry

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Army Service Corps

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Service Corps

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Henry C P Teakle

British Army 25961 Private Royal Irish Fusiliers

British Army 1724 Private County of London Yeomanry

British Army 33081 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Arthur Henry Leveson Thomson

British Army 1714 Private County of London Yeomanry

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Army Service Corps attached Royal Air Force

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Service Corps attached Royal Air Force

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