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London [5]

Kensington, London [4]

Battersea, London [2]

Fulham, London [2]

Islington [2]

10 Mount Gardens, St Sepulchre, Northampton [1]

51 Myddleton Square, Clerkenwell, London [1]

62 Gladstone Avenue, Chester [1]

Addlestone near Chertsey Surrey [1]

Alsager Cheshire [1]

Ampthill, Bedfordshire [1]

Barnsbury, London, Middlesex [1]

Barton Regis, Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Bedfont, Hounslow, Middlesex [1]

Bedford [1]

Birmingham, Warks [1]

Blackburn, Lancashire [1]

Blandford, Dorset [1]

Blean, Kent [1]

Bow, East London [1]

Buenos Aires [1]

Camberwell [1]

Charlton, Woolwich, Kent [1]

Chatham, Kent [1]

Chelsea, Middlesex [1]

Chelsmford, Essex [1]

Chigwell, Essex [1]

Claines, Worcestershire [1]

Clapham, Surrey [1]

Clapton, Middlesex [1]

Elstree, Hertfordshire [1]

Erdington, Warks [1]

Fulham [1]

Glasgow, Scotland [1]

Glendevon, Scotland [1]

Gloucester [1]

Greenwich, London [1]

Hampshire [1]

Hampstead, London [1]

Hanwell, Middlesex [1]

Hastings, Sussex [1]

Havinne [1]

Highbury, Islington, London [1]

Highbury, London [1]

Hill Road, Clevedon, Somerset [1]

Hornsey, London [1]

Hounslow [1]

Islington, London [1]

Islington, North London [1]

Jaraidaile [1]

Rank

Private [2411]

Second Lieutenant [352]

Serjeant [274]

Corporal [262]

Lieutenant [248]

Lance Corporal [160]

Captain [118]

Major [44]

Acting Corporal [34]

Acting Serjeant [26]

Sapper [22]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [21]

Trooper [21]

Lieutenant Colonel [19]

Rifleman [14]

Staff Serjeant Major [14]

Company Serjeant Major [12]

Gunner [12]

Lance Serjeant [12]

Driver [10]

Pioneer [10]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [10]

Private Acting Corporal [9]

Squadron Serjeant Major [9]

Shoeing Smith [8]

Farrier Serjeant [7]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [7]

Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [7]

Trumpeter [7]

Acting Lance Corporal [6]

Temporary Lieutenant [6]

Private Acting Serjeant [5]

Private Lance Corporal [5]

Acting Captain [4]

Captain and Adjutant [4]

Colonel [4]

Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Private/ Private [4]

Staff Quartermaster Serjeant [4]

2nd Lieutenant [3]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [3]

Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [3]

Acting Lance Serjeant [2]

Acting Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [2]

Acting Staff Serjeant Major [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Unit

County of London Yeomanry [2846]

Machine Gun Corps [759]

Corps of Hussars [571]

County of London Regiment [300]

Royal Engineers [125]

London Regiment [118]

Middlesex Regiment [99]

Tank Corps [87]

Army Service Corps [85]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [85]

York and Lancaster Regiment [85]

Royal Air Force [72]

Royal Field Artillery [69]

Labour Corps [67]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [56]

Military Mounted Police [46]

Royal Fusiliers [42]

Imperial Camel Corps [34]

City of London Yeomanry [30]

Royal Flying Corps [30]

Royal Army Service Corps [27]

Royal Garrison Artillery [23]

Royal Army Medical Corps [19]

County Of London Regiment [18]

Hussars [15]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [15]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [14]

Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [14]

County of London [13]

County of London Rifles [13]

Dorset Yeomanry [13]

Dragoon Guards [13]

Liverpool Regiment [13]

Rifle Brigade [13]

County Of London Yeomanry [12]

Corps of Dragoons [10]

Essex Regiment [10]

Worcestershire Regiment [10]

East Surrey Regiment [9]

Essex Yeomanry [9]

Labour Corps ex County of London Regiment [9]

Military Foot Police [9]

Oxfordshire Yeomanry [8]

Royal Fusiliers/County of London Regiment [8]

Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [7]

Royal Sussex Regiment [7]

Westminster Dragoons [7]

Corps of Lancers [6]

County of London Regiment Royal Fusiliers [6]

Durham Light Infantry [6]

Service

British Army [3349]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [9]

Royal Navy [2]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

W [427]

S [415]

M [356]

H [303]

P [301]

T [238]

R [232]

L [186]

D [135]

J [113]

K [92]

F [83]

E [77]

C [71]

N [67]

O [53]

B [45]

V [39]

G [37]

A [26]

Y [20]

I [17]

U [9]

Q [6]

Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3346]

Country

United Kingdom [64]

India [2]

France [1]

Ireland [1]

Kenya [1]

Malaysia [1]

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London [5] Kensington, London [4] Battersea, London [2] Fulham, London [2] Islington [2] 10 Mount Gardens, St Sepulchre, Northampton [1] 51 Myddleton Square, Clerkenwell, London [1] 62 Gladstone Avenue, Chester [1] Addlestone near Chertsey Surrey [1] Alsager Cheshire [1] Ampthill, Bedfordshire [1] Barnsbury, London, Middlesex [1] Barton Regis, Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Bedfont, Hounslow, Middlesex [1] Bedford [1] Birmingham, Warks [1] Blackburn, Lancashire [1] Blandford, Dorset [1] Blean, Kent [1] Bow, East London [1] Buenos Aires [1] Camberwell [1] Charlton, Woolwich, Kent [1] Chatham, Kent [1] Chelsea, Middlesex [1] Chelsmford, Essex [1] Chigwell, Essex [1] Claines, Worcestershire [1] Clapham, Surrey [1] Clapton, Middlesex [1] Elstree, Hertfordshire [1] Erdington, Warks [1] Fulham [1] Glasgow, Scotland [1] Glendevon, Scotland [1] Gloucester [1] Greenwich, London [1] Hampshire [1] Hampstead, London [1] Hanwell, Middlesex [1] Hastings, Sussex [1] Havinne [1] Highbury, Islington, London [1] Highbury, London [1] Hill Road, Clevedon, Somerset [1] Hornsey, London [1] Hounslow [1] Islington, London [1] Islington, North London [1] Jaraidaile [1]

Rank

Private [2411] Second Lieutenant [352] Serjeant [274] Corporal [262] Lieutenant [248] Lance Corporal [160] Captain [118] Major [44] Acting Corporal [34] Acting Serjeant [26] Sapper [22] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [21] Trooper [21] Lieutenant Colonel [19] Rifleman [14] Staff Serjeant Major [14] Company Serjeant Major [12] Gunner [12] Lance Serjeant [12] Driver [10] Pioneer [10] Warrant Officer Class 2 [10] Private Acting Corporal [9] Squadron Serjeant Major [9] Shoeing Smith [8] Farrier Serjeant [7] Lieutenant Acting Captain [7] Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [7] Trumpeter [7] Acting Lance Corporal [6] Temporary Lieutenant [6] Private Acting Serjeant [5] Private Lance Corporal [5] Acting Captain [4] Captain and Adjutant [4] Colonel [4] Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Private/ Private [4] Staff Quartermaster Serjeant [4] 2nd Lieutenant [3] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Corporal Acting Serjeant [3] Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Warrant Officer Class 1 [3] Acting Lance Serjeant [2] Acting Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [2] Acting Staff Serjeant Major [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Unit

County of London Yeomanry [2846] Machine Gun Corps [759] Corps of Hussars [571] County of London Regiment [300] Royal Engineers [125] London Regiment [118] Middlesex Regiment [99] Tank Corps [87] Army Service Corps [85] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [85] York and Lancaster Regiment [85] Royal Air Force [72] Royal Field Artillery [69] Labour Corps [67] Royal Lancaster Regiment [56] Military Mounted Police [46] Royal Fusiliers [42] Imperial Camel Corps [34] City of London Yeomanry [30] Royal Flying Corps [30] Royal Army Service Corps [27] Royal Garrison Artillery [23] Royal Army Medical Corps [19] County Of London Regiment [18] Hussars [15] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [15] King's Royal Rifle Corps [14] Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [14] County of London [13] County of London Rifles [13] Dorset Yeomanry [13] Dragoon Guards [13] Liverpool Regiment [13] Rifle Brigade [13] County Of London Yeomanry [12] Corps of Dragoons [10] Essex Regiment [10] Worcestershire Regiment [10] East Surrey Regiment [9] Essex Yeomanry [9] Labour Corps ex County of London Regiment [9] Military Foot Police [9] Oxfordshire Yeomanry [8] Royal Fusiliers/County of London Regiment [8] Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [7] Royal Sussex Regiment [7] Westminster Dragoons [7] Corps of Lancers [6] County of London Regiment Royal Fusiliers [6] Durham Light Infantry [6]

Service

British Army [3349] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [9] Royal Navy [2] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

W [427] S [415] M [356] H [303] P [301] T [238] R [232] L [186] D [135] J [113] K [92] F [83] E [77] C [71] N [67] O [53] B [45] V [39] G [37] A [26] Y [20] I [17] U [9] Q [6] Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3346]

Country

United Kingdom [64] India [2] France [1] Ireland [1] Kenya [1] Malaysia [1]

Henry Douglas Osborne

Born 1887

Died 1919

British Army 644 Private County of London Regiment 13 Battalion (Kensington)

British Army 11335 Private Inns of Court Officers Training Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant East Kent Regiment

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Charles J Mackness

Died 1915

British Army 1876 Private County of London Yeomanry

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Eric Berkley Jones

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 265114 Serjeant Corps of Hussars

British Army 838 Corporal County of London Yeomanry

British Army 265114 Sergeant Corps of Hussars

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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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Daniel Lloyd

British Army 1358 Private County of London Yeomanry

British Army 115024 Private County of London Yeomanry

British Army Second Lieutenant County of London Yeomanry

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Herbert Sanderson

British Army 698 Serjeant County of London Yeomanry

British Army Second Lieutenant County of London Yeomanry

British Army Lieutenant County of London Yeomanry

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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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Ernest Alexander Wilkinson

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 1577 Private County of London Regiment 28th Battalion Artists Rifles

British Army Second Lieutenant Leicestershire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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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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Edwin Francis Medcalf

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 4213 Lance Corporal County of London

British Army Second Lieutenant Leicestershire Regiment

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Ernest Gordon Godfrey

Born 1897

Died 1972

British Army Captain County of London Regiment

British Army 2nd Lt. London Regiment 6th (city of London) Battalion ( Rifles)

British Army Captain London Regiment 6th ( City of London) Battalion ( Rifles)

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Francis Frederick Keller

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 2526 Private Service Battery County of London Regiment

British Army Lieutenant London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles)

British Army Rifleman London Regiment (Artists' Rifles)

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S Miall

British Army 1354 Serjeant County of London Yeomanry

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A C Heggie

British Army 170 Company Serjeant Major County of London Regiment 23rd Battalion

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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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Reginald Payne

Born 1898

Died 1920

British Army 35282 Private County of London Yeomanry

British Army 35282 Private Corps of Hussars 4th (Queen's Own)

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Frank Roland Stockwell

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant County Of London Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment

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