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Place of birth

Derby [2]

Aston, Warwickshire [1]

Bakewell, Derbyshire [1]

Beacon Place, Lichfield [1]

Belper [1]

Belper, Derbyshire [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Bulwell, Notts [1]

Buxton, Derbyshire [1]

Carlisle [1]

Christchurch [1]

DERBY [1]

Derby, Derbyshire [1]

Dunston, Lincolnshire [1]

Farnborough, Hampshire [1]

Forest Hill, Lewisham, London [1]

Gorloston, Suffolk [1]

Leeds [1]

London [1]

Newcastle upon Tyne Northumberland [1]

Newcastle-under-Lyme. [1]

Nottingham [1]

Osmaston, Derbyshire [1]

Rangemore, Burton-On-Trent, Staffordshire [1]

Retford,Notts [1]

Salisbury, Wiltshire [1]

Sparkbrook, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

St Andrews parish, Derby, Derbyshire [1]

St Peter's Parish, Derby [1]

Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire [1]

Wigley Meadow Farm, Grange Mill, Winster, Derbys. [1]

Woolley, Somerset [1]

Rank

Private [185]

Second Lieutenant [44]

Lieutenant [28]

Serjeant [17]

Captain [13]

Corporal [13]

Lance Corporal [8]

Sapper [7]

Lance Serjeant [5]

Acting Corporal [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Staff Serjeant Major [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Acting Captain [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Driver [2]

Major [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

2/LT (TP) [1]

4th Class Chaplain [1]

Acting Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [1]

Brigade Major [1]

Caprain [1]

Captain and Quarter Master [1]

Cor [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Farrier Serjeant [1]

Honorary Second Lieutenant [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1]

Major Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Overseer [1]

Private /Lance Corporal [1]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Reverend [1]

Second L [1]

Second Lie [1]

Second Lieutenant /Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Sergeant [1]

Serjeant Major [1]

Shoeing Smith Corporal [1]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant /Orderly Room Serjeant [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Trooper [1]

Unit

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [122]

Derbyshire Yeomanry [102]

Derby Yeomanry [77]

Royal Engineers [20]

East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry [12]

The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) [11]

London Regiment [8]

Nottinghamshire Yeomanry [8]

Royal Fusiliers [8]

Durham Light Infantry [7]

Labour Corps [7]

Shropshire Yeomanry [6]

County of London Yeomanry [5]

Machine Gun Corps [5]

Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) [5]

Surrey Yeomanry [5]

Army Service Corps [4]

Corps of Hussars [4]

Lincolnshire Yeomanry [4]

Worcestershire Yeomanry [4]

City of London Yeomanry [3]

Gloucestershire Yeomanry [3]

Nottingham Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry [3]

Nottinghamshire Yeomanry (Sherwood Rangers) [3]

Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Sherwood Rangers [3]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Yeomanry [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Warwickshire Yeomanry [3]

1st Derbyshire Yeomanry [2]

Denbigh Yeomanry [2]

Derbyshire Yeomanry Territorial Force [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

Essex Yeomanry [2]

Hertfordshire Yeomanry [2]

Leicestershire Regiment [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal North Devonshire Yeomanry [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

Seaforth Highlanders [2]

Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry [2]

South Nottinghamshire Yeomanry [2]

Staffordshire Yeomanry [2]

Sussex Yeomanry [2]

Tank Corps [2]

Welsh Regiment [2]

1/1st Derby Yeomanry [1]

Service

British Army [270]

Other Empire Force [2]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

B [42]

H [28]

C [26]

W [24]

S [23]

M [17]

P [17]

G [12]

A [10]

R [10]

T [9]

D [8]

K [8]

J [7]

L [7]

F [6]

E [5]

I [3]

O [3]

N [2]

V [2]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [261]

Country

United Kingdom [18]

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People [270] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Derby [2] Aston, Warwickshire [1] Bakewell, Derbyshire [1] Beacon Place, Lichfield [1] Belper [1] Belper, Derbyshire [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Bulwell, Notts [1] Buxton, Derbyshire [1] Carlisle [1] Christchurch [1] DERBY [1] Derby, Derbyshire [1] Dunston, Lincolnshire [1] Farnborough, Hampshire [1] Forest Hill, Lewisham, London [1] Gorloston, Suffolk [1] Leeds [1] London [1] Newcastle upon Tyne Northumberland [1] Newcastle-under-Lyme. [1] Nottingham [1] Osmaston, Derbyshire [1] Rangemore, Burton-On-Trent, Staffordshire [1] Retford,Notts [1] Salisbury, Wiltshire [1] Sparkbrook, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] St Andrews parish, Derby, Derbyshire [1] St Peter's Parish, Derby [1] Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire [1] Wigley Meadow Farm, Grange Mill, Winster, Derbys. [1] Woolley, Somerset [1]

Rank

Private [185] Second Lieutenant [44] Lieutenant [28] Serjeant [17] Captain [13] Corporal [13] Lance Corporal [8] Sapper [7] Lance Serjeant [5] Acting Corporal [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Staff Serjeant Major [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Acting Captain [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Driver [2] Major [2] Temporary Captain [2] 2/LT (TP) [1] 4th Class Chaplain [1] Acting Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [1] Brigade Major [1] Caprain [1] Captain and Quarter Master [1] Cor [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Farrier Serjeant [1] Honorary Second Lieutenant [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1] Major Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Overseer [1] Private /Lance Corporal [1] Private Acting Lance Corporal [1] Reverend [1] Second L [1] Second Lie [1] Second Lieutenant /Temporary Lieutenant [1] Sergeant [1] Serjeant Major [1] Shoeing Smith Corporal [1] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant /Orderly Room Serjeant [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Trooper [1]

Unit

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [122] Derbyshire Yeomanry [102] Derby Yeomanry [77] Royal Engineers [20] East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry [12] The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) [11] London Regiment [8] Nottinghamshire Yeomanry [8] Royal Fusiliers [8] Durham Light Infantry [7] Labour Corps [7] Shropshire Yeomanry [6] County of London Yeomanry [5] Machine Gun Corps [5] Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) [5] Surrey Yeomanry [5] Army Service Corps [4] Corps of Hussars [4] Lincolnshire Yeomanry [4] Worcestershire Yeomanry [4] City of London Yeomanry [3] Gloucestershire Yeomanry [3] Nottingham Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry [3] Nottinghamshire Yeomanry (Sherwood Rangers) [3] Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Sherwood Rangers [3] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Yeomanry [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Warwickshire Yeomanry [3] 1st Derbyshire Yeomanry [2] Denbigh Yeomanry [2] Derbyshire Yeomanry Territorial Force [2] Essex Regiment [2] Essex Yeomanry [2] Hertfordshire Yeomanry [2] Leicestershire Regiment [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal North Devonshire Yeomanry [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] Seaforth Highlanders [2] Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry [2] South Nottinghamshire Yeomanry [2] Staffordshire Yeomanry [2] Sussex Yeomanry [2] Tank Corps [2] Welsh Regiment [2] 1/1st Derby Yeomanry [1]

Service

British Army [270] Other Empire Force [2] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

B [42] H [28] C [26] W [24] S [23] M [17] P [17] G [12] A [10] R [10] T [9] D [8] K [8] J [7] L [7] F [6] E [5] I [3] O [3] N [2] V [2] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [261]

Country

United Kingdom [18]

Arthur Henry Talbot Chetwynd

Born 1887

Died 1972

British Army Second Lieutenant Derbyshire Yeomanry Imperial Yeomanry

British Army Second Lieutenant Derbyshire Yeomanry

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Derbyshire Yeomanry

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Frank Holder

Born 1889

Died 1920

British Army 1643 Private Derby Yeomanry

British Army 75149 Corporal Derbyshire Yeomanry

British Army 75149 Private Derby Yeomanry

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George Kenworthy

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 1393 Private Derby Yeomanry

British Army 1393 Private Derbyshire Yeomanry

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Harry Worth

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 1743 Private Derby Yeomanry

British Army 1743 Private Derbyshire Yeomanry

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William Ironmonger

Born 1855

Died 1919

British Army 75743 Private Derbyshire Yeomanry Depot

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Reginald Maurice Frankland

Born 1893

Died 1976

British Army 3310 Private Derbyshire Yeomanry

British Army 76156 Private Derbyshire Yeomanry

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Victor Henry Cowmeadow

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 3379 Private Derby Yeomanry

British Army 76067 Private Derby Yeomanry

British Army 76067 Private 1/1st Derbyshire Yeomanry

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Herbert Lowe

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 1691 Private Derby Yeomanry

British Army 1691 Private Derbyshire Yeomanry

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Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, M.p.

Born 1863

Died 1931

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Derbyshire Yeomanry Gallipoli

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Alexander Francis Gordon

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army 76249 Private Derbyshire Yeomanry 2nd/1st

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Edward Albert Collins

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 76242 Private Derbyshire Yeomanry

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Charles Rene Gold

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army Captain Derbyshire Yeomanry

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William Henry Chappell

Born 1884

Died 1920

British Army 75011 Warrant Officer Class 2 Derbyshire Yeomanry

British Army 635 Warrant Officer Class 2 Derby Yeomanry

British Army 635 Lance Serjeant Derby Yeomanry

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Bertram Harry Godfrey Arkwright

Born 1879

British Army Second Lieutenant Derby Yeomanry

British Army Captain Derbyshire Yeomanry

British Army Brigade Major Derbyshire Yeomanry

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John Peniston Milbanke

Born 1872

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Colonel The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)

British Army 10th Hussars

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Royal Sussex Regiment 3rd and 4th Battalions

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Harry Cole

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army 865 Private Derby Yeomanry

British Army 865 Private Derbyshire Yeomanry

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William Howard

Died 1915

British Army 1933 Private Derby Yeomanry

British Army 1933 Private Derbyshire Yeomanry

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George Bayley

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army 1570 Private Derby Yeomanry

British Army 1570 Private Derbyshire Yeomanry

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Alfred Poyser

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 2012 Private Derby Yeomanry

British Army 2012 Private Derbyshire Yeomanry

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Maurice Bryan

Died 1915

British Army 2165 Private Denbigh Yeomanry

British Army 2165 Private Derbyshire Yeomanry

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