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Place of birth

Cupar, Fife [3]

'Westbrook', Rondebosch, Cape Province [1]

Alexander Palace, Saint Petersburg, [1]

Bath, Somerset [1]

Bonhill, Dunbartonshire [1]

Buckie, Banffshire [1]

Carlisle, Cumberland [1]

Chelsea [1]

Coxheath,Kent [1]

Darwen, Lancs [1]

Dunfermline [1]

Edinburgh, Scotland [1]

Forfar [1]

Gilberdyke, Howden [1]

Gilston Park, Hertfordshire [1]

Glenmorangie, Tain, Ross-shire [1]

Inverness [1]

Jedburgh [1]

Kilbride, Isle of Arran [1]

Kilwinning, Ayrshire [1]

Linlithgow [1]

Renton [1]

Vienna [1]

Wigan, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [71]

Lieutenant [11]

Captain [10]

Second Lieutenant [9]

Corporal [7]

Serjeant [6]

Lance Corporal [5]

Major [5]

Trooper [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Acting Corporal [2]

Shoeing Smith [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Acting Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Captain and Adjutant [1]

Corporal Saddler [1]

Corporal and Adjutant [1]

Cpl [1]

Honorary Colonel-in-Chief [1]

L/Cpl [1]

Pte [1]

Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Sergeant Major [1]

Sgt [1]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Staff Sergeant Major /Acting Regimental Sergeant Major [1]

Staff Serjeant Major [1]

Supreme Commander [1]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Trumpeter [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys) [84]

Royal Dragoon Guards [23]

Royal Dragoons [23]

Dragoons [19]

Royal Scots Greys [15]

2nd Dragoons [12]

Corps of Dragoons [8]

Dragoons Royal Scots Greys [3]

Labour Corps [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [3]

1st Dragoon Guards [2]

Dragoon Guards [2]

Royal Scots [2]

Royal Scots Greys 2nd Dragoons [2]

2nd Dragoons (Scots Greys) [1]

2nd Dragoons Royal Scots Greys [1]

2nd Regiment Dragoons [1]

4th Dragoon Guards [1]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1]

Army Reserve [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

Company of Dragoons [1]

Corps of Dragoons [1]

Corps Of Dragoons [1]

Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys) [1]

Dragoons Royal Scots Greys Attached Lothian and Border Horse [1]

Dragoons The Royal Scots Greys [1]

General Service Dragoons [1]

Inniskilling Dragoons [1]

Lanarkshire Yeomanry [1]

Lancers [1]

Life Guards [1]

London Regiment [1]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps ( Cavalry) [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) [1]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [1]

Reserve Regiment Dragoons [1]

Reserve of Officers [1]

Retired List [1]

Royal Dragoons. Machine Gun Corps [1]

Royal Highlanders [1]

Royal Scots Greys Dragoons [1]

Royal Scots Greys Machine Gun Officer [1]

Royal Scots Greys Special Reserve Dragoons [1]

Royal Scots Greys attached Dragoons Guards [1]

Russkaja Imperatorskaja Armija [1]

Scottish Horse [1]

Service

British Army [111]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

A [10]

B [10]

C [10]

M [10]

H [9]

R [9]

S [9]

T [9]

D [6]

G [6]

F [5]

P [4]

W [4]

K [3]

I [2]

L [2]

E [1]

J [1]

O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [108]

Country

United Kingdom [13]

Zimbabwe [1]

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People [111] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Cupar, Fife [3] 'Westbrook', Rondebosch, Cape Province [1] Alexander Palace, Saint Petersburg, [1] Bath, Somerset [1] Bonhill, Dunbartonshire [1] Buckie, Banffshire [1] Carlisle, Cumberland [1] Chelsea [1] Coxheath,Kent [1] Darwen, Lancs [1] Dunfermline [1] Edinburgh, Scotland [1] Forfar [1] Gilberdyke, Howden [1] Gilston Park, Hertfordshire [1] Glenmorangie, Tain, Ross-shire [1] Inverness [1] Jedburgh [1] Kilbride, Isle of Arran [1] Kilwinning, Ayrshire [1] Linlithgow [1] Renton [1] Vienna [1] Wigan, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [71] Lieutenant [11] Captain [10] Second Lieutenant [9] Corporal [7] Serjeant [6] Lance Corporal [5] Major [5] Trooper [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Acting Corporal [2] Shoeing Smith [2] Temporary Captain [2] Acting Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Brigadier General [1] Captain and Adjutant [1] Corporal Saddler [1] Corporal and Adjutant [1] Cpl [1] Honorary Colonel-in-Chief [1] L/Cpl [1] Pte [1] Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Sergeant Major [1] Sgt [1] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Staff Sergeant Major /Acting Regimental Sergeant Major [1] Staff Serjeant Major [1] Supreme Commander [1] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Trumpeter [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys) [84] Royal Dragoon Guards [23] Royal Dragoons [23] Dragoons [19] Royal Scots Greys [15] 2nd Dragoons [12] Corps of Dragoons [8] Dragoons Royal Scots Greys [3] Labour Corps [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [3] 1st Dragoon Guards [2] Dragoon Guards [2] Royal Scots [2] Royal Scots Greys 2nd Dragoons [2] 2nd Dragoons (Scots Greys) [1] 2nd Dragoons Royal Scots Greys [1] 2nd Regiment Dragoons [1] 4th Dragoon Guards [1] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1] Army Reserve [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1] Company of Dragoons [1] Corps of Dragoons [1] Corps Of Dragoons [1] Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys) [1] Dragoons Royal Scots Greys Attached Lothian and Border Horse [1] Dragoons The Royal Scots Greys [1] General Service Dragoons [1] Inniskilling Dragoons [1] Lanarkshire Yeomanry [1] Lancers [1] Life Guards [1] London Regiment [1] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps ( Cavalry) [1] Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) [1] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [1] Reserve Regiment Dragoons [1] Reserve of Officers [1] Retired List [1] Royal Dragoons. Machine Gun Corps [1] Royal Highlanders [1] Royal Scots Greys Dragoons [1] Royal Scots Greys Machine Gun Officer [1] Royal Scots Greys Special Reserve Dragoons [1] Royal Scots Greys attached Dragoons Guards [1] Russkaja Imperatorskaja Armija [1] Scottish Horse [1]

Service

British Army [111] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

A [10] B [10] C [10] M [10] H [9] R [9] S [9] T [9] D [6] G [6] F [5] P [4] W [4] K [3] I [2] L [2] E [1] J [1] O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [108]

Country

United Kingdom [13] Zimbabwe [1]

Alfred Henry Forster

Born 1898

Died 1919

British Army Lieutenant Dragoons

British Army Lieutenant Royal Scots Greys 2nd Dragoons

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John Alexander Thynne

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys) 2nd Battalion

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Eric Henry Bonham

Born 1875

Died 1937

British Army Captain 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys)

British Army Major 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys)

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Archibald Alexander Leslie-Melville

Born 1890

Died 1947

British Army Lieutenant Dragoons

British Army Captain Royal Scots Greys

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Hugh Napier Douglas-Pennant

Born 1894

Died 1949

British Army Lieutenant 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys)

British Army 2nd Lieutenant 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys)

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Edward Robert Francis Compton

Born 1891

Died 1977

British Army Lieutenant 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys)

British Army Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps Cavalry Brigade

British Army Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

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David Ferguson Esplin

Born 1890

Died 1914

British Army 1552 Private 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys)

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John Donaldson Scott

Born 1891

Died 1914

British Army D/4743 Private 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys)

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Stephen Harvey

Born 1889

Died 1921

British Army 15060 Private 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys)

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Rufus Taylor

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army GS/15550 Private Dragoons

British Army D/15380 Private Dragoons

British Army D/15380 Private 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys)

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Walter Long

Died 1917

British Army Captain Dragoons

British Army Brigadier General 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys)

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Lionel Henry Salvin Bowlby

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant 2nd Dragoons

British Army Lieutenant 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys)

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George Frederick Arthur Pigot-Moodie

Born 1888

Died 1959

British Army Lieutenant Dragoons

British Army Lieutenant Royal Scots Greys Machine Gun Officer

British Army Captain Royal Scots Greys

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Daniel O'brien

Died 1918

British Army 1814 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

British Army D/8649 Private 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys)

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David Taylor

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army 4621 Lance Corporal Royal Dragoons

British Army 4621 Lance Corporal 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys)

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David Smith

Died 1917

British Army D/4841 Lance Corporal Royal Dragoons

British Army D/4841 Corporal 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys)

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J Pearson

Died 1915

British Army 5425 Serjeant Dragoons

British Army 5425 Serjeant 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys)

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James Dallas

Died 1916

British Army 2914 Private 2nd Dragoons

British Army 2914 Private 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys)

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Robert Morris Davidson

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army D/9373 Private 2nd Dragoons

British Army D/9373 Private 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys)

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John Mutter

Died 1914

British Army 2977 Private Dragoons

British Army 2977 Private 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys)

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