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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]

Corps of Lancers [6]

County of London Regiment [6]

East Surrey Regiment [6]

Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) [6]

Military Foot Police [6]

County of London Yeomanry attached Machine Gun Corps [5]

Durham Light Infantry [5]

Lincolnshire Yeomanry [5]

Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [5]

Scottish Horse [5]

Sherwood Rangers [5]

South Irish Horse [5]

Suffolk Regiment [5]

Cheshire Regiment [4]

Dorsetshire Regiment [4]

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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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] Corps of Lancers [6] County of London Regiment [6] East Surrey Regiment [6] Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) [6] Military Foot Police [6] County of London Yeomanry attached Machine Gun Corps [5] Durham Light Infantry [5] Lincolnshire Yeomanry [5] Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [5] Scottish Horse [5] Sherwood Rangers [5] South Irish Horse [5] Suffolk Regiment [5] Cheshire Regiment [4] Dorsetshire Regiment [4]

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]

Francis Martin Healey

Born 1869

Died 1915

British Army 1551 Private County of London Yeomanry

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Percy Alexander Scott

Born 1872

British Army Captain Major County of London Yeomanry

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Thomas Cantrell Dugdale

Born 1880

Died 1952

British Army 1712 Serjeant County of London Yeomanry

British Army 1712 Warrant Officer Class 2 County of London Yeomanry

British Army 261589 Warrant Officer Class 2 Corps of Hussars

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Charles J Mackness

Died 1915

British Army 1876 Private County of London Yeomanry

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Charles T Goddard

Born 1887

Died 1967

British Army 2625 Trooper

British Army 260015 Trooper Corps of Hussars

British Army 260015 Corporal County of London Yeomanry

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Donald Henry Webber

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 3022 County of London Yeomanry 3/1st Battalion

British Army GS/62508 Acting Corporal Royal Fusiliers 7th Battalion

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Norman Alphonso Haywood

Born 1885

Died 1963

British Army 1603 Private County of London Yeomanry

British Army Lieutenant Egyptian Labour Corps

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John Howard Jehu

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 1292 Staff Serjeant Major Montgomeryshire Yeomanry

British Army Lieutenant County of London Yeomanry

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S Miall

British Army 1354 Serjeant County of London Yeomanry

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Alan Eltringham

British Army Lieutenant County of London Yeomanry

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George Kekewich

British Army Captain County of London Yeomanry

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Arthur Smart

Born 1896

British Army 3470 Private County of London Yeomanry

British Army 260321 Private Corps of Hussars

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William Beare Incledon-Webber

Born 1872

British Army School of Musketry

British Army Captain County of London Yeomanry

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Eric Yardley Saxby

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 1030 Private County of London Yeomanry 3rd Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) 9th Battalion attached 2nd/5th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers

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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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Stanley Charles Hitchcoe

Born 1897

Died 1958

British Army 2515 Private County of London Yeomanry

British Army 151427 Private Machine Gun Corps

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Henry J Deller

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 2261(Incomplete) Private County of London Yeomanry

British Army G/4076(Incomplete) Private Middlesex Regiment

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Charles Howard Keeble

Born 1896

Died 1952

British Army 1800 Private County of London Yeomanry

British Army 150857 Private Machine Gun Corps

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Charles G Tanner

British Army 812 Private County of London Yeomanry

British Army 812 Corporal County of London Yeomanry

British Army Second Lieutenant Hertfordshire Yeomanry

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William H Cooper

British Army 2069 Private County of London Yeomanry

British Army 40106 Private County of London Yeomanry

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