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All Saints' Vicarage, Swansea, Wales [1]

Barrow in Furness, Lancashire [1]

Bethnal Green, East London [1]

Birmingham [1]

Brighton, Sussex [1]

Bromsgrove, Worcs [1]

Brooklyn New York [1]

Darjeeling [1]

Isle of Wight [1]

Jaraidaile [1]

Kensington, London [1]

Kingston, Surrey [1]

Liverpool [1]

Liverpool Lancashire [1]

London [1]

Naini Tal, India [1]

Newark Nottinghamshire [1]

Olton, Warwickshire [1]

Omoy [1]

Shropham, Norfolk [1]

Simla [1]

Watford [1]

Rank

Private [156]

Lieutenant [95]

Captain [67]

Second Lieutenant [61]

Serjeant [53]

Corporal [32]

Lance Corporal [17]

Staff Serjeant [15]

Major [14]

Trooper [8]

Lieutenant Colonel [7]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [6]

Acting Major [5]

Acting Serjeant [5]

Driver [5]

Pioneer [5]

Rifleman [5]

Temporary Captain [5]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Acting Captain [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Honorary Lieutenant [3]

Temporary Lieutenant [3]

Temporary Major [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

3rd Serjeant [2]

Acting Corporal [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Corporal 2nd [2]

Intelligence Officer [2]

Sapper [2]

1/G/Constable [1]

1st Constable [1]

2nd Constable [1]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Acting Warrant Office [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Agent [1]

Assistant Superintendent [1]

Captain and Adjutant [1]

Colour Sergeant [1]

Commandant Second Lieutenant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Conductor [1]

Constable [1]

Deputy Assistant Adjutant General [1]

Gun Carrier [1]

Honorary Captain [1]

Unit

East African Regiment [140]

East African Labour Corps [58]

King's African Rifles [49]

East African Mounted Rifles [30]

Rhodesia Regiment [28]

East Kent Regiment [26]

East Yorkshire Regiment [26]

East Africa Unattached List [22]

East Surrey Regiment [21]

2nd Rhodesia Regiment [19]

East African Maxim Guns [17]

South African Mounted Regiment [15]

East Africa Pay Corps [13]

East African Forces [11]

East African Intelligence Department [10]

East African Military Labour Corps [10]

East African Pioneer Company [10]

East African Transport Corps [10]

South African Infantry Brigade [10]

East Lancashire Regiment [9]

East African Motor Transport Corps [7]

East African Unattached List [7]

Nigeria Regiment [7]

London Regiment [6]

West African Field Force [6]

East Africa Supply Corps [5]

East African Political Department [5]

King's African Rifles Regiment [5]

Pioneers [5]

South African Irish Regiment [5]

Unattached List [5]

Attached King's African Rifles [4]

East Africa Volunteer Artillery [4]

East African Pay Corps [4]

General List [4]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4]

2nd King's African Rifles [3]

East Africa Medical Supplies [3]

East African Rifles [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Ross's Scouts [3]

Royal Engineers [3]

South African Horse [3]

1st King's African Rifles [2]

Army Service Corps [2]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

East African [2]

East African Force [2]

East African Pioneers [2]

Service

British Army [375]

Indian Army [3]

Other Empire Force [3]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

M [44]

H [38]

S [35]

B [34]

C [26]

G [23]

R [21]

T [18]

L [17]

P [17]

W [17]

A [13]

F [13]

J [13]

D [11]

K [11]

E [7]

N [7]

O [5]

I [3]

U [2]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [375]

Country

United Kingdom [15]

Kenya [2]

India [1]

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Place of birth

All Saints' Vicarage, Swansea, Wales [1] Barrow in Furness, Lancashire [1] Bethnal Green, East London [1] Birmingham [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Bromsgrove, Worcs [1] Brooklyn New York [1] Darjeeling [1] Isle of Wight [1] Jaraidaile [1] Kensington, London [1] Kingston, Surrey [1] Liverpool [1] Liverpool Lancashire [1] London [1] Naini Tal, India [1] Newark Nottinghamshire [1] Olton, Warwickshire [1] Omoy [1] Shropham, Norfolk [1] Simla [1] Watford [1]

Rank

Private [156] Lieutenant [95] Captain [67] Second Lieutenant [61] Serjeant [53] Corporal [32] Lance Corporal [17] Staff Serjeant [15] Major [14] Trooper [8] Lieutenant Colonel [7] Warrant Officer Class 1 [6] Acting Major [5] Acting Serjeant [5] Driver [5] Pioneer [5] Rifleman [5] Temporary Captain [5] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [4] Acting Captain [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Honorary Lieutenant [3] Temporary Lieutenant [3] Temporary Major [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] 3rd Serjeant [2] Acting Corporal [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Corporal 2nd [2] Intelligence Officer [2] Sapper [2] 1/G/Constable [1] 1st Constable [1] 2nd Constable [1] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Acting Warrant Office [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Agent [1] Assistant Superintendent [1] Captain and Adjutant [1] Colour Sergeant [1] Commandant Second Lieutenant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Conductor [1] Constable [1] Deputy Assistant Adjutant General [1] Gun Carrier [1] Honorary Captain [1]

Unit

East African Regiment [140] East African Labour Corps [58] King's African Rifles [49] East African Mounted Rifles [30] Rhodesia Regiment [28] East Kent Regiment [26] East Yorkshire Regiment [26] East Africa Unattached List [22] East Surrey Regiment [21] 2nd Rhodesia Regiment [19] East African Maxim Guns [17] South African Mounted Regiment [15] East Africa Pay Corps [13] East African Forces [11] East African Intelligence Department [10] East African Military Labour Corps [10] East African Pioneer Company [10] East African Transport Corps [10] South African Infantry Brigade [10] East Lancashire Regiment [9] East African Motor Transport Corps [7] East African Unattached List [7] Nigeria Regiment [7] London Regiment [6] West African Field Force [6] East Africa Supply Corps [5] East African Political Department [5] King's African Rifles Regiment [5] Pioneers [5] South African Irish Regiment [5] Unattached List [5] Attached King's African Rifles [4] East Africa Volunteer Artillery [4] East African Pay Corps [4] General List [4] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4] 2nd King's African Rifles [3] East Africa Medical Supplies [3] East African Rifles [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Ross's Scouts [3] Royal Engineers [3] South African Horse [3] 1st King's African Rifles [2] Army Service Corps [2] Devonshire Regiment [2] East African [2] East African Force [2] East African Pioneers [2]

Service

British Army [375] Indian Army [3] Other Empire Force [3] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

M [44] H [38] S [35] B [34] C [26] G [23] R [21] T [18] L [17] P [17] W [17] A [13] F [13] J [13] D [11] K [11] E [7] N [7] O [5] I [3] U [2] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [375]

Country

United Kingdom [15] Kenya [2] India [1]

Jiwan Beg

British Army East African Regiment

British Army 27 Sepoy East African Regiment

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Herbert Francis Clayton Hobbs

Died 1939

British Army Captain West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army Captain East African Cavalry Division

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John H Morrison

British Army 3502 Serjeant East African Regiment

British Army Lieutenant East African Regiment

British Army Lieutenant East African Maxim Guns

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Victor I Johnson

British Army 3509 Lance Corporal East African Regiment

British Army 3509 Serjeant East African Regiment

British Army 3509 Serjeant East African Maxim Guns

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George Kennedy

British Army 3561 Private East African Regiment

British Army 11559 Private East African Unit

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A Graham Thompson

British Army Lieutenant East African Regiment

British Army Lieutenant East African Forces

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Maxwell D Le Poer-Trench

British Army 2032 Private East African Motor Transport Corps

British Army 11714 Private East Africa Unattached List

British Army 2537 Private East African Motor Transport Corps

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Wilfred Henry Furlonger

Born 1883

British Army Lieutenant East African Signal Company

British Army Lieutenant East Lancashire Regiment

British Army Captain Kings African Rifles

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H R H Ireland

British Army Lieutenant East African Regiment

British Army Lieutenant East African Forces

British Army Lieutenant East African Maxim Guns

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William R Galloway

British Army 69 Private East African Regiment

British Army 3568 Private East African Regiment

British Army 2398 Private East African Motor Transport Corps

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Norman Thomlinson

British Army Constable East African Regiment

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John Skellorn

British Army 92 Private East African Regiment

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James Macrae

British Army 3501 Serjeant East African Regiment

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Andrew Black

British Army 6 Private East African Regiment

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C M Curmora

British Army Lieutenant East African Regiment

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Phineas E Wolffe

British Army 3562 Private East African Regiment

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Herbert John Snelgar

British Army 3560 Private East African Regiment

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Ralph A Chater

British Army 50 Private East African Regiment

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Percy Taylor

British Army 29 Private East African Regiment

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George Brown

British Army 3516 Private East African Regiment

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