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Barrow in Furness, Lancashire [1]

Cape Province, [1]

Cheshire [1]

Goa [1]

Kent [1]

Kington, Herefordshire [1]

Thame, Oxfordshire [1]

Rank

Private [665]

Driver [208]

Corporal [114]

Lieutenant [103]

Serjeant [81]

Lance Corporal [66]

Captain [58]

Second Lieutenant [46]

Headman [31]

Acting Corporal [23]

Carpenter [22]

Blacksmith [19]

Mechanic [17]

Sapper [11]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [11]

Cyclist [10]

Staff Serjeant [10]

Major [9]

Sub Conductor [9]

Filter [7]

Pioneer [7]

Corporal Conductor [6]

Honorary Lieutenant [6]

Acting Major [5]

Acting Serjeant [5]

Conductor [5]

Corporal 2nd [5]

Fitter [5]

Temporary Captain [5]

Follower [4]

Head Conductor [4]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [4]

Clerk [3]

Saddler [3]

Staff Serjeant Major [3]

Captain /Temporary Major [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

El Mulazim Awal [2]

Gunner [2]

Interpreter [2]

Kalib [2]

Lance Captain [2]

Serjeant Conductor [2]

Serjeant Major [2]

Spare Hand [2]

Telephone Orderly [2]

Tinsmith [2]

2nd Serjeant [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Unit

East African Motor Transport Corps [866]

East African Transport Corps [490]

East African Mounted Rifles [114]

East African Labour Corps [84]

Belfield Scouts [41]

East Africa Unattached List [37]

East African Forces [28]

Uganda Transport Corps [20]

East Africa Pay Corps [18]

East Africa Supply Corps [16]

East African Regiment [12]

East Africa Veterinary Corps [9]

South African Service Corps Transport and Remounts [9]

East African Force [8]

King's African Rifles [8]

South African Service Corps Motor Transport [8]

East African Pioneer Company [7]

De Jager's Scouts [6]

East African Intelligence Department [5]

East African Political Department [5]

Divisional Signal Company [4]

East African Signal Company [4]

East African Ordnance Department [3]

Prison Guards [3]

South African Infantry Brigade [3]

South African Mounted Brigade [3]

Arab Rifles [2]

Baganda Rifles [2]

British South African Police [2]

East Africa Army Service Corps [2]

East Africa Medical Supplies [2]

East Africa Road Corps [2]

East Africa Volunteer Artillery [2]

East African Maxim Guns [2]

East African Pay Corps [2]

East African Rifles [2]

East African Training Corps [2]

Intelligence Department [2]

Labour Corps [2]

Mauritius Labour Battalion [2]

Mombasa Marine Defence Force [2]

Nairobi Defence Force [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

South African Horse [2]

South African Mounted Regiment [2]

Unattached List [2]

2nd East African Transport Corps [1]

2nd Rhodesia Regiment [1]

2nd South African Infantry Regiment [1]

2nd South African Rifles [1]

Service

British Army [1404]

Other Empire Force [3]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

M [142]

S [124]

E [101]

A [98]

Y [98]

B [95]

K [73]

L [67]

P [65]

D [61]

H [56]

C [47]

F [45]

R [45]

G [42]

J [41]

W [40]

T [38]

N [31]

Z [27]

V [22]

I [21]

O [18]

U [8]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1404]

Country

United Kingdom [2]

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People [1406] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Barrow in Furness, Lancashire [1] Cape Province, [1] Cheshire [1] Goa [1] Kent [1] Kington, Herefordshire [1] Thame, Oxfordshire [1]

Rank

Private [665] Driver [208] Corporal [114] Lieutenant [103] Serjeant [81] Lance Corporal [66] Captain [58] Second Lieutenant [46] Headman [31] Acting Corporal [23] Carpenter [22] Blacksmith [19] Mechanic [17] Sapper [11] Warrant Officer Class 2 [11] Cyclist [10] Staff Serjeant [10] Major [9] Sub Conductor [9] Filter [7] Pioneer [7] Corporal Conductor [6] Honorary Lieutenant [6] Acting Major [5] Acting Serjeant [5] Conductor [5] Corporal 2nd [5] Fitter [5] Temporary Captain [5] Follower [4] Head Conductor [4] Warrant Officer Class 1 [4] Clerk [3] Saddler [3] Staff Serjeant Major [3] Captain /Temporary Major [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] El Mulazim Awal [2] Gunner [2] Interpreter [2] Kalib [2] Lance Captain [2] Serjeant Conductor [2] Serjeant Major [2] Spare Hand [2] Telephone Orderly [2] Tinsmith [2] 2nd Serjeant [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Unit

East African Motor Transport Corps [866] East African Transport Corps [490] East African Mounted Rifles [114] East African Labour Corps [84] Belfield Scouts [41] East Africa Unattached List [37] East African Forces [28] Uganda Transport Corps [20] East Africa Pay Corps [18] East Africa Supply Corps [16] East African Regiment [12] East Africa Veterinary Corps [9] South African Service Corps Transport and Remounts [9] East African Force [8] King's African Rifles [8] South African Service Corps Motor Transport [8] East African Pioneer Company [7] De Jager's Scouts [6] East African Intelligence Department [5] East African Political Department [5] Divisional Signal Company [4] East African Signal Company [4] East African Ordnance Department [3] Prison Guards [3] South African Infantry Brigade [3] South African Mounted Brigade [3] Arab Rifles [2] Baganda Rifles [2] British South African Police [2] East Africa Army Service Corps [2] East Africa Medical Supplies [2] East Africa Road Corps [2] East Africa Volunteer Artillery [2] East African Maxim Guns [2] East African Pay Corps [2] East African Rifles [2] East African Training Corps [2] Intelligence Department [2] Labour Corps [2] Mauritius Labour Battalion [2] Mombasa Marine Defence Force [2] Nairobi Defence Force [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] South African Horse [2] South African Mounted Regiment [2] Unattached List [2] 2nd East African Transport Corps [1] 2nd Rhodesia Regiment [1] 2nd South African Infantry Regiment [1] 2nd South African Rifles [1]

Service

British Army [1404] Other Empire Force [3] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

M [142] S [124] E [101] A [98] Y [98] B [95] K [73] L [67] P [65] D [61] H [56] C [47] F [45] R [45] G [42] J [41] W [40] T [38] N [31] Z [27] V [22] I [21] O [18] U [8] Q [1]

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Military Service [1404]

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United Kingdom [2]

Arthur Henry Sutton

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 1762 Private East African Transport Corps

British Army 1762 Serjeant East African Transport Corps

Other Empire Force 1762 Conductor East African Transport Corps

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Nathaniel J M Barry

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant East African Transport Corps

British Army Captain East African Transport Corps

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. Charlie

Died 1916

Other Empire Force Driver East African Transport Corps

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Arthur William Prentice

Born 1869

Died 1915

British Army 1581 Corporal Conductor East African Transport Corps

British Army 1581 Corporal East African Transport Corps

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George B O'bryen

Died 1918

British Army Cyclist East African Motor Transport Corps

British Army 2284 Corporal East African Motor Transport Corps

British Army 2284 Corporal East African Transport Corps

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Francis Wigley Greswolde Greswolde-Williams

Born 1873

British Army Lieutenant East African Transport Corps

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Reginald Alfred Flynn Fawcus

Born 1889

British Army Lieutenant East African Transport Corps

British Army Captain East African Transport Corps

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Arthur Hugh Donald Le Poer-Trench

Born 1889

British Army 2519 Private East African Motor Transport Corps

British Army 8174 Private London Regiment 2/28th london regiment (artist Battalion

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Perceval Bright Williams

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 2170 Driver East African Motor Transport Corps

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Harry C Hopton

British Army Lieutenant East African Transport Corps

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William Dennis

Died 1916

British Army 1602 Corporal Conductor East African Transport Corps

British Army 2762 Corporal Conductor East African Intelligence Department

British Army 2762 Honorary Lieutenant East African Intelligence Department

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Raymond B M Barberton

British Army 1748 Private East African Transport CorpsEast African Transport Corps

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George Frederick Gordon Hunter

Born 1882

Died 1919

British Army 24 Uganda Transport Corps

British Army 5718 East African Labour Corps

British Army Lieutenant East African Labour Corps

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Katula Alisitariko

British Army 277 Headman East African Transport Corps

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Abdel Aal Ali

British Army 3616 Private East African Transport Corps

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Cecil Faria

British Army 1734 Private East African Transport Corps

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Robert H Bird

British Army 1717 Corporal East African Transport Corps

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Johannes J De Jager

British Army 1757 Private East African Transport Corps

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Philibert Ducrotoy

British Army 1752 Private East African Transport Corps

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P A Edgcomb

British Army Lieutenant East African Transport Corps

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