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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]

Ernest Valentine Richer

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 2572 Private County of London Yeomanry 2nd Battalion

British Army 115666 Private County of London Yeomanry 2nd Battalion

British Army 115666 Corporal County of London Yeomanry (Westminster Dragoons) 2nd Battalion

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Alan Ernest Ife

Born 1899

Died 1969

British Army Second Lieutenant County of London Yeomanry

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George Grant Bird

Born 1893

Died 1974

British Army 3584 Private County of London Yeomanry 1/1st Battalion

British Army 260380 Private County of London Yeomanry (Corps of Hussars) 1/1st Battalion

British Army 260380 Lance Corporal County of London Yeomanry (Corps of Hussars) 1/1st Battalion

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Allan J Reed

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 903 Private County of London Yeomanry

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Douglas Eldridge Sharp

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 1737 Private County of London Yeomanry

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Frederick Thomas Howard - Tom Tate

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army 1729 Private County of London Yeomanry

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Harold Richard Western

Born 1896

Died 1916

County

British Army 2205 Private County of London Yeomanry 2nd Battalion

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John Andrew Stott

British Army 4054 Corporal County of London Yeomanry 1st.

British Army 260624 Private County of London Yeomanry 1st.

British Army 260624 Acting Lance Corporal County of London Yeomanry

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Sidney Francis Vick

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 1968 County of London Yeomanry

British Army 115275 County of London Yeomanry

British Army Second Lieutenant Liverpool Regiment

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James Cameron Dun Waters

Born 1865

Died 1939

British Army Second Lieutenant County of London Yeomanry

British Army Honorary Lieutenant County of London Yeomanry

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Basil Mayer

Born 1890

Died 1955

British Army 1044 Private County of London Yeomanry 3rd Corps

British Army 265203 Private Corps of Hussars

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Ernald Henry Anson

Born 1893

Died 1953

British Army Second Lieutenant County of London Yeomanry

British Army Captain County of London Yeomanry

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William Neilson

Born 1881

Died 1960

British Army Captain County of London Yeomanry

British Army Brigadier General Hussars

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Aubrey Haywood Ridsdale

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant County of London Yeomanry

British Army 2nd Lieutenant City of London Yeomanry

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Charles Douglas Wells

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 2721 County of London Yeomanry

British Army 92589 Private 6th Tank Corps "F" Battalion

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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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Alexander Augustus Forbes

Born 1893

Died 1974

British Army 1307 Saddler Corporal County of London Yeomanry

British Army 1307 Corporal County of London Yeomanry

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Leonard Thomas Pemberton

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 2664 Private County of London Yeomanry

British Army 115741 Private County of London Yeomanry

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Frank Morrey

Born 1889

Died 1956

British Army 1861 Private County of London Yeomanry

British Army 265624 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 265624 Private London Regiment 3rd lond Battalion

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