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Place of birth

Maidstone, Kent [4]

Chelsea, London [2]

67 Bentham Road, Hackney, London [1]

Aldbourne, Wiltshire [1]

Arkengarthdale, North Yorkshire [1]

Ballymena, Co Antrim [1]

Bangalore [1]

Beckenham, Kent [1]

Beddington, Surrey [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Bicester [1]

Birmingham Warwickshire [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Blethose Bedfordshire [1]

Boughton Lees, Kent [1]

Bowldown, Tetbury, Glos [1]

Brighton, Sussex. [1]

Canterbury Kent [1]

Canterbury, Kent [1]

Chaddesden, Derbyshire [1]

Chaibassa [1]

Co. Kildare [1]

Colchester, Essex [1]

Crumlin, Monmouthshire, Wales [1]

Cupar, Fife [1]

Dublin Ireland [1]

Dunfermline [1]

Edinburgh, Scotland [1]

Edmonton [1]

Ellesmere, Shropshire [1]

Ffestiniog, Merionethshire [1]

Finchley,Middlesex [1]

Fleetwood, Lancashire [1]

Gartcosh Chryston,North Lanarkshire,Scotland. [1]

Gilberdyke, Howden [1]

Gillingham, Dorset [1]

Glasgow [1]

Great Bowden [1]

Great Bowden, Market Harborough, Leics [1]

Greenock, Renfrew [1]

Halling, Kent [1]

Harrietsham, Kent [1]

Hollingbourne, Kent [1]

Hunton, Kent [1]

Kensington [1]

Kingston on Thames, Surrey [1]

Laughton [1]

Lincoln [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

Lubenham Leicestershire [1]

Rank

Private [2462]

Serjeant [268]

Corporal [165]

Lance Corporal [120]

Second Lieutenant [68]

Lieutenant [47]

Captain [39]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [33]

Acting Serjeant [25]

Shoeing Smith [24]

Trooper [24]

Staff Serjeant [20]

Acting Corporal [18]

Staff Serjeant Major [18]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [16]

Major [15]

Lance Serjeant [13]

Farrier Serjeant [10]

Farrier Staff Serjeant [9]

Trumpeter [9]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [9]

Lieutenant Colonel [8]

Driver [7]

Quarter Master Serjeant [7]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [6]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [6]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [5]

Regimental Serjeant Major [5]

Saddler [5]

Sergeant [5]

Shoeing Smith Corporal [5]

Bandsman [4]

Corporal 2nd [4]

Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Gunner [4]

Private Acting Corporal [4]

Saddler Staff Serjeant [4]

Staff Quartermaster Serjeant [4]

Private Acting Serjeant [3]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Saddler Corporal [3]

Serjeant Trumpeter [3]

Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Temporary Major [3]

Acting Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Boy [2]

Corpora [2]

Corporal Shoeing Smith [2]

Lance Corporal (unpaid) [2]

Musician [2]

Unit

Corps of Dragoons [2029]

Dragoon Guards [1986]

Company of Dragoons [344]

General Service Dragoons [264]

Royal Dragoon Guards [142]

1st Dragoon Guards [138]

Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) [125]

Dragoons [124]

4th Dragoon Guards [121]

7th Dragoon Guards [112]

6th Dragoon Guards [97]

5th Dragoon Guards [96]

3rd Dragoon Guards [91]

Dragoons Guards [63]

Machine Gun Corps [61]

Royal Dragoons [57]

Hussars [52]

Labour Corps [48]

Corps Of Dragoons [47]

Essex Yeomanry [30]

6th Dragoons [27]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [27]

2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys) [25]

King Edward's Horse [20]

2nd Dragoons [18]

Company Of Dragoons [17]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [17]

Royal Field Artillery [17]

1st Dragoons [15]

3rd Dragoons Guards [15]

Hertfordshire Yeomanry [15]

4th Dragoons Guards [14]

Guards Machine Gun Regiment [14]

King's Dragoon Guards [14]

6th Dragoons Guards [13]

Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [13]

South Wales Borderers [13]

14th Hussars [12]

Life Guards [12]

Military Mounted Police [12]

Royal Engineers [12]

Scottish Rifles [12]

Army Service Corps [11]

Highland Light Infantry [11]

Inniskilling Dragoon Guards [11]

Machine Gun Guards [11]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [11]

London Regiment [10]

Lothian and Border Horse [10]

13th Hussars [9]

Service

British Army [3147]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [341]

S [332]

H [288]

W [285]

M [252]

C [232]

P [171]

R [170]

T [153]

G [143]

F [122]

D [115]

L [113]

J [90]

A [88]

K [67]

E [53]

N [38]

O [36]

V [18]

I [14]

Y [12]

U [8]

Q [6]

Contribution

Military Service [3145]

Country

United Kingdom [42]

India [3]

Ireland [2]

France [1]

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Place of birth

Maidstone, Kent [4] Chelsea, London [2] 67 Bentham Road, Hackney, London [1] Aldbourne, Wiltshire [1] Arkengarthdale, North Yorkshire [1] Ballymena, Co Antrim [1] Bangalore [1] Beckenham, Kent [1] Beddington, Surrey [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Bicester [1] Birmingham Warwickshire [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Blethose Bedfordshire [1] Boughton Lees, Kent [1] Bowldown, Tetbury, Glos [1] Brighton, Sussex. [1] Canterbury Kent [1] Canterbury, Kent [1] Chaddesden, Derbyshire [1] Chaibassa [1] Co. Kildare [1] Colchester, Essex [1] Crumlin, Monmouthshire, Wales [1] Cupar, Fife [1] Dublin Ireland [1] Dunfermline [1] Edinburgh, Scotland [1] Edmonton [1] Ellesmere, Shropshire [1] Ffestiniog, Merionethshire [1] Finchley,Middlesex [1] Fleetwood, Lancashire [1] Gartcosh Chryston,North Lanarkshire,Scotland. [1] Gilberdyke, Howden [1] Gillingham, Dorset [1] Glasgow [1] Great Bowden [1] Great Bowden, Market Harborough, Leics [1] Greenock, Renfrew [1] Halling, Kent [1] Harrietsham, Kent [1] Hollingbourne, Kent [1] Hunton, Kent [1] Kensington [1] Kingston on Thames, Surrey [1] Laughton [1] Lincoln [1] Liverpool, Lancashire [1] Lubenham Leicestershire [1]

Rank

Private [2462] Serjeant [268] Corporal [165] Lance Corporal [120] Second Lieutenant [68] Lieutenant [47] Captain [39] Warrant Officer Class 2 [33] Acting Serjeant [25] Shoeing Smith [24] Trooper [24] Staff Serjeant [20] Acting Corporal [18] Staff Serjeant Major [18] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [16] Major [15] Lance Serjeant [13] Farrier Serjeant [10] Farrier Staff Serjeant [9] Trumpeter [9] Warrant Officer Class 1 [9] Lieutenant Colonel [8] Driver [7] Quarter Master Serjeant [7] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [6] Corporal Acting Serjeant [6] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [5] Regimental Serjeant Major [5] Saddler [5] Sergeant [5] Shoeing Smith Corporal [5] Bandsman [4] Corporal 2nd [4] Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Gunner [4] Private Acting Corporal [4] Saddler Staff Serjeant [4] Staff Quartermaster Serjeant [4] Private Acting Serjeant [3] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Saddler Corporal [3] Serjeant Trumpeter [3] Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Temporary Major [3] Acting Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Boy [2] Corpora [2] Corporal Shoeing Smith [2] Lance Corporal (unpaid) [2] Musician [2]

Unit

Corps of Dragoons [2029] Dragoon Guards [1986] Company of Dragoons [344] General Service Dragoons [264] Royal Dragoon Guards [142] 1st Dragoon Guards [138] Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) [125] Dragoons [124] 4th Dragoon Guards [121] 7th Dragoon Guards [112] 6th Dragoon Guards [97] 5th Dragoon Guards [96] 3rd Dragoon Guards [91] Dragoons Guards [63] Machine Gun Corps [61] Royal Dragoons [57] Hussars [52] Labour Corps [48] Corps Of Dragoons [47] Essex Yeomanry [30] 6th Dragoons [27] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [27] 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys) [25] King Edward's Horse [20] 2nd Dragoons [18] Company Of Dragoons [17] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [17] Royal Field Artillery [17] 1st Dragoons [15] 3rd Dragoons Guards [15] Hertfordshire Yeomanry [15] 4th Dragoons Guards [14] Guards Machine Gun Regiment [14] King's Dragoon Guards [14] 6th Dragoons Guards [13] Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [13] South Wales Borderers [13] 14th Hussars [12] Life Guards [12] Military Mounted Police [12] Royal Engineers [12] Scottish Rifles [12] Army Service Corps [11] Highland Light Infantry [11] Inniskilling Dragoon Guards [11] Machine Gun Guards [11] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [11] London Regiment [10] Lothian and Border Horse [10] 13th Hussars [9]

Service

British Army [3147] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [341] S [332] H [288] W [285] M [252] C [232] P [171] R [170] T [153] G [143] F [122] D [115] L [113] J [90] A [88] K [67] E [53] N [38] O [36] V [18] I [14] Y [12] U [8] Q [6]

Contribution

Military Service [3145]

Country

United Kingdom [42] India [3] Ireland [2] France [1]

William Jones, Alias John Mason

Born 1885

British Army D/5005 Private Dragoons

British Army 9521 Lance Corporal Dragoon Guards 2nd Battalion (Cavalry Reserve)

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George Auvache

Born 1881

Died 1950

British Army GS/3627 Private 1st Dragoon Guards

British Army D/12333 Private Corps Of Dragoons

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Harry Hills

Born 1895

Died 1976

British Army GS/8086 Private Dragoon Guards 3rd Reserve Cavalry Regiment

British Army GS/8086 Lance Corporal (unpaid) Dragoon Guards 3rd Reserve Cavalry Regiment

British Army GS/8086 Lance Corporal Corps of Dragoons 6th Battalion

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Harold Eyre

Born 1896

Died 1920

British Army D/32868 Private Company of Dragoons

British Army 12270 Private Notts & Derbyshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army D/32868 Private 4th Dragoon Guards (Royal Irish)

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Theordore Anthony Brown

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant 6th Dragoons Guards

British Army Captain East Kent Regiment 3 Battalion

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Edgar Reginald Alford

Born 1889

Died 1951

British Army 5960 Corporal 2nd 5th Dragoon Guards

British Army 5960 Dragoon Dragoons of the Line 1st Dragoon Guards

British Army 5960 Lance Corporal (unpaid) Dragoons of the Line 1st Dragoon Guards

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Horace Somerville Sewell

Born 1881

British Army Captain Dragoon Guards

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Dragoons

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Hussars

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Osmond Trahairn Deudraeth Williams

Born 1883

Died 1915

British Army 926 Corporal Royal Dragoons

British Army Captain Welsh Guards 1st Battalion

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Daniel Casey

Born 1878

Died 1958

British Army GS/9039 Private 5th Dragoon Guards

British Army D/13592 Private Corps of Dragoons

British Army 13592 5th Dragoon Guards

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Harry Cave Taylor

Born 1886

Died 1947

British Army 6313 Lance Corporal Wiltshire Regiment

British Army 6313 Private Wiltshire Regiment

British Army 2214 Private Royal Dragoon Guards 1st Battalion

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Joseph Edward Bise

Born 1889

British Army pte Dragoon Guards 2nd

British Army D/2178 Private 6th Dragoons inniskilling

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Alfred Hadida

Born 1879

British Army 5DG/4671 Serjeant Dragoon Guards 5th Battalion

British Army D/20147 Serjeant Corps of Dragoons 4th Battalion

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James Mcdonald

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army GS/6655 Private Dragoon Guards

British Army D/12944 Lance Corporal Corps of Dragoons

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Thomas Holland

Died 1915

British Army 5116 Private Royal Dragoons

British Army 1DN/5116 Private Royal Dragoons

British Army 5116 Private Royal Dragoon Guards 1st Battalion

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William Kyle

Died 1917

British Army 820 Private Royal Dragoons

British Army D/820 Private Royal Dragoons

British Army D/820 Royal Dragoon Guards 2nd Battalion

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Charles Boyling

Born 1868

Died 1918

British Army Montgomeryshire Yeomanry

British Army 4515 Private Royal Rifle Dragoons

British Army 3221 Private 4th Dragoon Guards

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Ebenezer Hammond

Born 1886

Died 1944

British Army 523 Saddler 1st Dragoon Guards

British Army Dragoons of the Line 1st Royal Dragoons

British Army D/523 Serjeant 1st Dragoon Guards

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George William Short

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army D/1639 Private Dragoon Guards

British Army D/1639 Private Corps of Dragoons

British Army 1639 Sergeant Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) "A" Squadron

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William Dunn

Born 1884

Died 1919

British Army H/34687 Private Hussars

British Army D/33632 Private Corps of Dragoons

British Army 33632 Private Dragoon Guards

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Frederick Harrison

British Army 6655 Private Dragoons Guards

British Army 6655 Serjeant Dragoons Guards

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