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Liverpool [2]

Salford [2]

Barrow in Furness [1]

Battersea [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Bolton [1]

Bowdon, Altrincham, Cheshire [1]

Bromley Cross Bolton [1]

Bromley Cross, Bolton, Lancashire [1]

Bury [1]

Childwall,Prescott,Lancashire. [1]

Exeter [1]

Farington, Preston, Lancashire [1]

Flixton, Manchester [1]

Lambeth, London [1]

Llandebie, Carmarthenshire [1]

Manchester [1]

Middleton, Rochdale Borough, Lancashire [1]

Middlewich, Cheshire [1]

Mobberley Cheshire [1]

Nantwich, Cheshire [1]

Netherall Cumberland [1]

Tattenhall, Chester [1]

Wainfleet, Lincolnshire [1]

Walsall, Staffs [1]

Rank

Private [840]

Second Lieutenant [151]

Serjeant [118]

Corporal [90]

Lieutenant [60]

Lance Corporal [43]

Captain [28]

Sapper [27]

Trooper [22]

Lance Serjeant [13]

Major [13]

Acting Corporal [12]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [12]

Acting Serjeant [11]

Shoeing Smith [8]

Gunner [6]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Acting Captain [5]

Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Staff Serjeant Major [4]

Trumpeter [4]

Farrier Serjeant [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Bombardier [2]

Cadet [2]

Driver [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Pioneer [2]

Shoeing Smith Corporal [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

3rd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Regiment Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Armourer [1]

Brevet Major [1]

Captain and Quarter Master [1]

Colonel [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Commissary [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Corporal Shoeing Smith [1]

Deputy Assitant Quarter Master General [1]

Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Farrier Staff Serjeant [1]

Flight Commander [1]

Flying Officer [1]

Honorary Captain [1]

Unit

Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry [1192]

Manchester Regiment [218]

Royal Engineers [87]

Labour Corps [70]

Corps of Dragoons [41]

Lancashire Fusiliers [26]

Machine Gun Corps [25]

Border Regiment [24]

Royal Field Artillery [24]

Army Service Corps [20]

Military Mounted Police [19]

Royal Air Force [15]

Corps of Hussars [14]

Royal Fusiliers [14]

Liverpool Regiment [13]

South Lancashire Regiment [12]

Tank Corps [12]

Royal Flying Corps [11]

Royal Garrison Artillery [11]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [9]

Hertfordshire Yeomanry [7]

Royal Army Service Corps [7]

Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry [7]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [6]

East Lancashire Regiment [5]

Indian Army Reserve of Officers [5]

Military Foot Police [5]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5]

Scottish Horse [5]

Cheshire Regiment [4]

Company of Dragoons [4]

Dragoons [4]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

General Service Dragoons [3]

Grenadier Guards [3]

Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [3]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [3]

9th Hodson's Horse [2]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Bedford Yeomanry [2]

Buckinghamshire Yeomanry [2]

Cameron Highlanders [2]

Denbigh Yeomanry [2]

Dorset Yeomanry [2]

Dragoon Guards [2]

Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry attached Manchester Regiment [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

General List [2]

Hussars [2]

King Edward's Horse [2]

Service

British Army [1205]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3]

Other Empire Force [2]

Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

B [122]

H [122]

S [115]

W [109]

C [85]

M [78]

G [74]

T [63]

D [59]

R [59]

L [55]

P [50]

F [47]

J [41]

A [34]

K [33]

N [17]

E [16]

O [11]

V [6]

I [4]

Y [4]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1202]

Country

United Kingdom [21]

Trinidad and Tobago [1]

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Place of birth

Liverpool [2] Salford [2] Barrow in Furness [1] Battersea [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Bolton [1] Bowdon, Altrincham, Cheshire [1] Bromley Cross Bolton [1] Bromley Cross, Bolton, Lancashire [1] Bury [1] Childwall,Prescott,Lancashire. [1] Exeter [1] Farington, Preston, Lancashire [1] Flixton, Manchester [1] Lambeth, London [1] Llandebie, Carmarthenshire [1] Manchester [1] Middleton, Rochdale Borough, Lancashire [1] Middlewich, Cheshire [1] Mobberley Cheshire [1] Nantwich, Cheshire [1] Netherall Cumberland [1] Tattenhall, Chester [1] Wainfleet, Lincolnshire [1] Walsall, Staffs [1]

Rank

Private [840] Second Lieutenant [151] Serjeant [118] Corporal [90] Lieutenant [60] Lance Corporal [43] Captain [28] Sapper [27] Trooper [22] Lance Serjeant [13] Major [13] Acting Corporal [12] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [12] Acting Serjeant [11] Shoeing Smith [8] Gunner [6] Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Acting Captain [5] Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Staff Serjeant Major [4] Trumpeter [4] Farrier Serjeant [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Bombardier [2] Cadet [2] Driver [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Pioneer [2] Shoeing Smith Corporal [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] 3rd Lieutenant [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Regiment Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Armourer [1] Brevet Major [1] Captain and Quarter Master [1] Colonel [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Commissary [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Corporal Shoeing Smith [1] Deputy Assitant Quarter Master General [1] Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Farrier Staff Serjeant [1] Flight Commander [1] Flying Officer [1] Honorary Captain [1]

Unit

Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry [1192] Manchester Regiment [218] Royal Engineers [87] Labour Corps [70] Corps of Dragoons [41] Lancashire Fusiliers [26] Machine Gun Corps [25] Border Regiment [24] Royal Field Artillery [24] Army Service Corps [20] Military Mounted Police [19] Royal Air Force [15] Corps of Hussars [14] Royal Fusiliers [14] Liverpool Regiment [13] South Lancashire Regiment [12] Tank Corps [12] Royal Flying Corps [11] Royal Garrison Artillery [11] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [9] Hertfordshire Yeomanry [7] Royal Army Service Corps [7] Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry [7] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [6] East Lancashire Regiment [5] Indian Army Reserve of Officers [5] Military Foot Police [5] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [5] Scottish Horse [5] Cheshire Regiment [4] Company of Dragoons [4] Dragoons [4] Army Ordnance Corps [3] General Service Dragoons [3] Grenadier Guards [3] Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [3] Royal Munster Fusiliers [3] 9th Hodson's Horse [2] Army Cyclist Corps [2] Bedford Yeomanry [2] Buckinghamshire Yeomanry [2] Cameron Highlanders [2] Denbigh Yeomanry [2] Dorset Yeomanry [2] Dragoon Guards [2] Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry attached Manchester Regiment [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] General List [2] Hussars [2] King Edward's Horse [2]

Service

British Army [1205] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3] Other Empire Force [2] Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

B [122] H [122] S [115] W [109] C [85] M [78] G [74] T [63] D [59] R [59] L [55] P [50] F [47] J [41] A [34] K [33] N [17] E [16] O [11] V [6] I [4] Y [4] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1202]

Country

United Kingdom [21] Trinidad and Tobago [1]

Geoffrey Hodson

Born 1886

Died 1983

British Army 110497 Lance Corporal Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry 'C' Squadron

British Army 110497 Corporal Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry 2/1st

British Army Cadet Machine Gun Corps Cadet Battalion

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Tom Smalley

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 4131 Private Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

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Henry Russell Hornby

Born 1888

Died 1971

British Army Lieutenant Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

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Harry Stott

British Army 3955 Private Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

British Army 110533 Private Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

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Bernard Mckenna

Died 1914

British Army 3380 Private Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

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Thomas Williams

Born 1876

Died 1915

British Army 3395 Private Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

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Thomas Ridyard

Born 1869

Died 1917

British Army 1124 Private Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

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John Harrison

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army 3779 Private Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

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William Henry Adams

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 4857 Trooper Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry 2nd/1st

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Thomas Henry Flavelle

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 30404 Private Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

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Adin Sybray

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 3099 Lance Corporal Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

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John Grace

Born 1887

British Army Second Lieutenant Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

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Francis William George Egerton

Born 1874

Died 1948

British Army Major Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

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Stanley Barlow

British Army 3967 Private Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

British Army 245627 Trooper Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

British Army 245627 Private Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

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Cyril E Devin

British Army 3031 Corporal Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

British Army 3031 Staff Quarter Master Serjeant Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

British Army 3031 Commissary Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

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James Stott

British Army 1466 Staff Quarter Master Serjeant Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

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Reginald Charles Garnett

Born 1895

British Army Second Lieutenant Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry Household Cavalry and Cavalry of the Line (including Yeomanry and Imperial Camel Corps)

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Fred Beilby

British Army 3229 Private Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

British Army 3229 Acting Corporal Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

British Army 110024 Acting Corporal Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

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Joseph H Dransfield

British Army 3286 Private Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

British Army 3286 Acting Corporal Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

British Army 110084 Acting Corporal Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

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George H Bates

British Army 3557 Private Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

British Army 3557 Acting Regiment Quarter Master Serjeant Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

British Army 110045 Acting Regiment Quarter Master Serjeant Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry

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