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Place of birth

Chelsea [2]

Darjeeling [2]

Beacon Place, Lichfield [1]

Bethnal Green London [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Brighton,Sussex [1]

Camberwell [1]

Cape Town [1]

Castle Dermott, Kildare [1]

Chislehurst, Kent [1]

County Cork [1]

Dublin [1]

Glasgow Scotland [1]

Hastings, Sussex [1]

Hong Kong [1]

Kensington,London. [1]

Kingston, Surrey [1]

Lee, Kent [1]

Leeds [1]

Llandoven, South Wales [1]

Logan Downs, Queensland [1]

Madras [1]

Marylebone, London [1]

Much Wenlock, Shropshire, England [1]

Murree [1]

Newport [1]

Onchan [1]

St Andrews, Fife [1]

Steyning, Sussex [1]

Tenby, Pembrokeshire [1]

Tunbridge Wells [1]

West Montrose, Ontario [1]

Rank

Private [238]

Captain [142]

Second Lieutenant [97]

Lieutenant [86]

Major [74]

Muleteer [71]

El Mulazim Awal [62]

El Ying [58]

Translator [48]

El Mul Awal [46]

El Mulazim Tani [41]

Lieutenant Colonel [38]

El Sagh [35]

Serjeant [24]

Corporal [21]

Driver [17]

Civilian [14]

El Mul [10]

El Yng [10]

Lance Corporal [10]

Tailor [10]

El Yug [9]

El Bimbashi [8]

Mulazim Awal [8]

Acting Captain [7]

Bimbashi [7]

Serjeant Major [7]

3rd Constable [6]

Acting Corporal [6]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [6]

El Mul Tani [6]

El Mulazim Awal [6]

Interpreter [6]

Katib [6]

Staff Serjeant [6]

Temporary Lieutenant [6]

Kalib [5]

Sub Conductor [5]

Temporary Captain [5]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Bash Shawish [4]

El Mir [4]

Saddler [4]

Second Class Muleteer [4]

Yuzbashi [4]

Brigadier General [3]

Civilian Saddler [3]

Colonel [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

El Bimb [3]

Unit

Egyptian Army [390]

Artillery Egyptian Army [163]

Egyptian Labour Corps [70]

Medical Corps Egyptian Army [65]

Royal Army Medical Corps [37]

Royal Army Service Corps [37]

Army Service Corps [36]

Camel Corps Egyptian Army [34]

1st Battalion Egyptian Army [27]

Military Works Department Egyptian Army [27]

Cavalry and Mounted Infantry Egyptian Army [26]

Staff Egyptian Army [26]

Transport Corps Egyptian Army [26]

2nd Battalion Egyptian Army [23]

Veterinary Department Egyptian Army [21]

3rd Battalion Egyptian Army [20]

5th Battalion Egyptian Army [16]

Egyptian Army Transport Corps [16]

Department of Supplies Egyptian Army [13]

Ordnance Department Egyptian Army [13]

Royal Field Artillery [13]

Royal Engineers [12]

8th Battalion Egyptian Army [11]

Labour Corps [10]

6th Battalion Egyptian Army [9]

4th Battalion Egyptian Army [7]

Egyptian Army Motor Transport Corps [6]

Egyptian Camel Transport Corps [6]

Egyptian Expeditionary Force [6]

Essex Regiment [6]

Gloucestershire Regiment [6]

Suffolk Regiment [5]

Corps of Hussars [4]

Hampshire Regiment [4]

New Zealand Hospital Medical Corps Egyptian Army [4]

Army Veterinary Corps [3]

Attached Egyptian Army [3]

Camel Transport Corps Egyptian Army [3]

Egyptian Army Service Corps [3]

Intelligence Department Egyptian Army [3]

Labour Corps Egyptian Army [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Army Veterinary Corps [3]

Staffordshire Yeomanry [3]

17th Battalion Egyptian Army [2]

18th Hussars [2]

1st Squadron Cavalry Egyptian Army [2]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2]

Army Ordnance Corps attached Egyptian Army [2]

Army Service Corps Motor Transport [2]

Service

British Army [1180]

Other Empire Force [103]

Royal Navy [2]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [319]

A [263]

H [100]

S [89]

B [66]

C [40]

I [38]

E [37]

W [36]

R [29]

P [28]

F [27]

K [25]

T [24]

G [23]

L [23]

D [20]

J [18]

N [18]

O [15]

Y [15]

Z [12]

V [4]

Contribution

Military Service [1269]

Country

United Kingdom [15]

India [3]

Egypt [1]

Ireland [1]

South Africa [1]

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People [1269] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Chelsea [2] Darjeeling [2] Beacon Place, Lichfield [1] Bethnal Green London [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Brighton,Sussex [1] Camberwell [1] Cape Town [1] Castle Dermott, Kildare [1] Chislehurst, Kent [1] County Cork [1] Dublin [1] Glasgow Scotland [1] Hastings, Sussex [1] Hong Kong [1] Kensington,London. [1] Kingston, Surrey [1] Lee, Kent [1] Leeds [1] Llandoven, South Wales [1] Logan Downs, Queensland [1] Madras [1] Marylebone, London [1] Much Wenlock, Shropshire, England [1] Murree [1] Newport [1] Onchan [1] St Andrews, Fife [1] Steyning, Sussex [1] Tenby, Pembrokeshire [1] Tunbridge Wells [1] West Montrose, Ontario [1]

Rank

Private [238] Captain [142] Second Lieutenant [97] Lieutenant [86] Major [74] Muleteer [71] El Mulazim Awal [62] El Ying [58] Translator [48] El Mul Awal [46] El Mulazim Tani [41] Lieutenant Colonel [38] El Sagh [35] Serjeant [24] Corporal [21] Driver [17] Civilian [14] El Mul [10] El Yng [10] Lance Corporal [10] Tailor [10] El Yug [9] El Bimbashi [8] Mulazim Awal [8] Acting Captain [7] Bimbashi [7] Serjeant Major [7] 3rd Constable [6] Acting Corporal [6] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [6] El Mul Tani [6] El Mulazim Awal [6] Interpreter [6] Katib [6] Staff Serjeant [6] Temporary Lieutenant [6] Kalib [5] Sub Conductor [5] Temporary Captain [5] Acting Serjeant [4] Bash Shawish [4] El Mir [4] Saddler [4] Second Class Muleteer [4] Yuzbashi [4] Brigadier General [3] Civilian Saddler [3] Colonel [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] El Bimb [3]

Unit

Egyptian Army [390] Artillery Egyptian Army [163] Egyptian Labour Corps [70] Medical Corps Egyptian Army [65] Royal Army Medical Corps [37] Royal Army Service Corps [37] Army Service Corps [36] Camel Corps Egyptian Army [34] 1st Battalion Egyptian Army [27] Military Works Department Egyptian Army [27] Cavalry and Mounted Infantry Egyptian Army [26] Staff Egyptian Army [26] Transport Corps Egyptian Army [26] 2nd Battalion Egyptian Army [23] Veterinary Department Egyptian Army [21] 3rd Battalion Egyptian Army [20] 5th Battalion Egyptian Army [16] Egyptian Army Transport Corps [16] Department of Supplies Egyptian Army [13] Ordnance Department Egyptian Army [13] Royal Field Artillery [13] Royal Engineers [12] 8th Battalion Egyptian Army [11] Labour Corps [10] 6th Battalion Egyptian Army [9] 4th Battalion Egyptian Army [7] Egyptian Army Motor Transport Corps [6] Egyptian Camel Transport Corps [6] Egyptian Expeditionary Force [6] Essex Regiment [6] Gloucestershire Regiment [6] Suffolk Regiment [5] Corps of Hussars [4] Hampshire Regiment [4] New Zealand Hospital Medical Corps Egyptian Army [4] Army Veterinary Corps [3] Attached Egyptian Army [3] Camel Transport Corps Egyptian Army [3] Egyptian Army Service Corps [3] Intelligence Department Egyptian Army [3] Labour Corps Egyptian Army [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Army Veterinary Corps [3] Staffordshire Yeomanry [3] 17th Battalion Egyptian Army [2] 18th Hussars [2] 1st Squadron Cavalry Egyptian Army [2] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2] Army Ordnance Corps attached Egyptian Army [2] Army Service Corps Motor Transport [2]

Service

British Army [1180] Other Empire Force [103] Royal Navy [2] Australian Imperial Force [1] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [319] A [263] H [100] S [89] B [66] C [40] I [38] E [37] W [36] R [29] P [28] F [27] K [25] T [24] G [23] L [23] D [20] J [18] N [18] O [15] Y [15] Z [12] V [4]

Contribution

Military Service [1269]

Country

United Kingdom [15] India [3] Egypt [1] Ireland [1] South Africa [1]

Walter Alexander Andrew Leslie

Born 1893

Died 1982

Other Empire Force Cadet Officer Training Corps Bedford Grammar School Contingent

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery

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John L F Tweedie

Born 1873

Died 1963

British Army Captain Egyptian Army

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Gloucestershire Regiment

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Charles Vincent Fox

Born 1877

Died 1928

British Army Captain Scots Guards

British Army Captain Scots Guards

British Army Major Scots Guards

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Arthur Henry Talbot Chetwynd

Born 1887

Died 1972

British Army Second Lieutenant Derbyshire Yeomanry Imperial Yeomanry

British Army Second Lieutenant Derbyshire Yeomanry

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Derbyshire Yeomanry

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Walter George Leon Montagu-Douglas-Scott

Born 1870

Died 1969

British Army Lovat's Scouts

British Army Captain Egyptian Army

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Charles Maurice Jickling

Born 1881

British Army Major Egyptian Army

British Army Captain Norfolk Regiment 3 Bn.

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Norfolk Regiment

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Reginald Crommelin Popham Blyth

Born 1877

Died 1915

British Army Captain Gloucestershire Regiment attached Egyptian Army

British Army Captain Gloucestershire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Wahbaeffendirizkalllahabashi

British Army Egyptian Army

British Army el ying Egyptian Army

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Elias Kawkabani

British Army Egyptian Army

British Army Interpreter Egyptian Army

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Elhussein Mohammed Hassan

British Army Egyptian Army

British Army El Tani Egyptian Army

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Mabrukaliel Farargi

British Army Egyptian Army

British Army Private Egyptian Army

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Mahmudeffendi Fahminamatalla

British Army Egyptian Army

British Army El Mul Egyptian Army

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Mahmudeffendi Hashim

British Army Egyptian Army

British Army El Ying Egyptian Army

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Mahmudeffendi Askar

British Army Egyptian Army

British Army El Mul Awal Egyptian Army

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Mahmudeffendi Ismail Gelal

British Army Egyptian Army

British Army El Mul Awal Egyptian Army

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Mahmudeffendi Taher

British Army Egyptian Army

British Army El Sagh Egyptian Army

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Mahmudeffendi Besim

British Army Egyptian Army

British Army El Mule Awal Egyptian Army

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Mahmud Mukhtar

Other Empire Force Egyptian Army

Other Empire Force Civilian Saddler Egyptian Army

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Mahmudeffendi Fahmiokasha

British Army Egyptian Army

British Army El Mul Awal Egyptian Army

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Mahmudeffendi Suleimaliguili

British Army Egyptian Army

British Army El Mul Egyptian Army

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