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Colchester, Essex [3]

Maidstone, Kent [2]

Aveley, Essex [1]

Bath, Somerset [1]

Battersea [1]

Bishops Stortford, Hertforshire [1]

Bolts Walls Farm, Rookhope, County Durham. [1]

Brantham, Tendring, Essex [1]

Brooksby, Leicestershire [1]

Burton End, Stansted [1]

Cambridge [1]

Castle Caereinion, Montgomeryshire [1]

Colne Engaine Essex [1]

Coopersale Common, Essex [1]

Cornish Hall End, Finchingfield, Essex [1]

Dublin [1]

Elmsted,Tendring, Essex. [1]

Fairstead, Essex [1]

Felsted, Essex [1]

Finchingfield [1]

Goole, Yorkshire [1]

Gorleston, Suffolk [1]

Hackney [1]

Halstead [1]

Henfield, Sussex [1]

Houghton St Giles, Norfolk [1]

Islington [1]

Little Horkesley, Essex [1]

London [1]

London S W Belgravia [1]

London, England [1]

Manningtree, Essex [1]

Margaret Roding, Essex. [1]

Marylebone London [1]

Mutford, Suffolk [1]

Orsett, Essex [1]

Pishiobury, Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire [1]

Prittlewell, Essex [1]

Rochford, Essex [1]

Roxwell, Essex [1]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [1]

St Andrews, Fife [1]

St Giles, London [1]

Stanford le Hope, Essex [1]

Stockport district Cheshire [1]

Sutton Scotney Winchester [1]

Ten Mile Bank, Hilgay [1]

Tendering,Essex [1]

Tendring, Essex [1]

Tufnell Park, Islington, London [1]

Rank

Private [1471]

Serjeant [140]

Second Lieutenant [133]

Corporal [128]

Lieutenant [113]

Lance Corporal [64]

Captain [49]

Major [19]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [16]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [15]

Trooper [12]

Sapper [9]

Staff Serjeant Major [9]

Shoeing Smith [8]

Acting Serjeant [7]

Gunner [7]

Driver [6]

Lance Serjeant [6]

Lieutenant Colonel [6]

Acting Captain [5]

Acting Corporal [5]

Farrier Serjeant [5]

Pioneer [4]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Saddler [4]

Squadron Serjeant Major [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Private Serjeant [3]

Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Trumpeter [3]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Bombardier [2]

Brigadier General [2]

Colonel [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Corporal 2nd [2]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [2]

Lieutenant Captain [2]

Private Acting Corporal [2]

Private Lance Corporal [2]

Regimental Serjeant Major [2]

Saddler Serjeant [2]

Sergeant [2]

Serjeant /Acting Squadron Serjeant Major [2]

Shoeing Smith Corporal [2]

2nd Lt. [1]

Acting Company Sergeant Major [1]

Acting Farrier Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Unit

Essex Yeomanry [1756]

Essex Regiment [150]

Machine Gun Corps [92]

Corps of Dragoons [80]

Labour Corps [71]

Dragoon Guards [41]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [37]

Royal Engineers [36]

Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [35]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [31]

Army Service Corps [26]

Corps of Hussars [25]

Suffolk Regiment [24]

Norfolk Regiment [22]

Royal Air Force [21]

Royal Field Artillery [19]

Company of Dragoons [17]

County of London Yeomanry [16]

Tank Corps [16]

Royal Army Service Corps [14]

Derby Yeomanry [13]

Dragoons [13]

City of London Yeomanry [12]

Corps of Lancers [12]

Hertfordshire Yeomanry [12]

Norfolk Yeomanry [12]

London Regiment [11]

Royal Flying Corps [11]

Lincolnshire Yeomanry [10]

Royal Garrison Artillery [10]

Hussars [9]

Royal Sussex Regiment [9]

Bedford Yeomanry [8]

Essex Yeomanry Territorial Force [8]

General Service Dragoons [8]

Lincolnshire Regiment [8]

Essex Yeomanry attached Dragoon Guards [6]

Northamptonshire Regiment [6]

6th Dragoon Guards [5]

Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [5]

Hampshire Regiment [5]

Lancers [5]

Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) [5]

Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) [5]

Royal Fusiliers [5]

Army Veterinary Corps [4]

Bedfordshire Regiment [4]

Indian Army Reserve of Officers [4]

Middlesex Regiment [4]

Northamptonshire Yeomanry [4]

Service

British Army [1873]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [213]

S [196]

W [170]

C [157]

H [139]

P [133]

M [109]

R [105]

G [87]

T [85]

D [83]

F [74]

A [62]

L [56]

J [51]

K [41]

E [40]

O [29]

N [21]

V [14]

I [4]

U [2]

Q [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1865]

Country

United Kingdom [44]

Canada [1]

Malta [1]

United States [1]

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Place of birth

Colchester, Essex [3] Maidstone, Kent [2] Aveley, Essex [1] Bath, Somerset [1] Battersea [1] Bishops Stortford, Hertforshire [1] Bolts Walls Farm, Rookhope, County Durham. [1] Brantham, Tendring, Essex [1] Brooksby, Leicestershire [1] Burton End, Stansted [1] Cambridge [1] Castle Caereinion, Montgomeryshire [1] Colne Engaine Essex [1] Coopersale Common, Essex [1] Cornish Hall End, Finchingfield, Essex [1] Dublin [1] Elmsted,Tendring, Essex. [1] Fairstead, Essex [1] Felsted, Essex [1] Finchingfield [1] Goole, Yorkshire [1] Gorleston, Suffolk [1] Hackney [1] Halstead [1] Henfield, Sussex [1] Houghton St Giles, Norfolk [1] Islington [1] Little Horkesley, Essex [1] London [1] London S W Belgravia [1] London, England [1] Manningtree, Essex [1] Margaret Roding, Essex. [1] Marylebone London [1] Mutford, Suffolk [1] Orsett, Essex [1] Pishiobury, Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire [1] Prittlewell, Essex [1] Rochford, Essex [1] Roxwell, Essex [1] Sheffield, Yorkshire [1] St Andrews, Fife [1] St Giles, London [1] Stanford le Hope, Essex [1] Stockport district Cheshire [1] Sutton Scotney Winchester [1] Ten Mile Bank, Hilgay [1] Tendering,Essex [1] Tendring, Essex [1] Tufnell Park, Islington, London [1]

Rank

Private [1471] Serjeant [140] Second Lieutenant [133] Corporal [128] Lieutenant [113] Lance Corporal [64] Captain [49] Major [19] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [16] Warrant Officer Class 2 [15] Trooper [12] Sapper [9] Staff Serjeant Major [9] Shoeing Smith [8] Acting Serjeant [7] Gunner [7] Driver [6] Lance Serjeant [6] Lieutenant Colonel [6] Acting Captain [5] Acting Corporal [5] Farrier Serjeant [5] Pioneer [4] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Saddler [4] Squadron Serjeant Major [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Private Serjeant [3] Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Trumpeter [3] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Bombardier [2] Brigadier General [2] Colonel [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Corporal 2nd [2] Lieutenant Acting Captain [2] Lieutenant Captain [2] Private Acting Corporal [2] Private Lance Corporal [2] Regimental Serjeant Major [2] Saddler Serjeant [2] Sergeant [2] Serjeant /Acting Squadron Serjeant Major [2] Shoeing Smith Corporal [2] 2nd Lt. [1] Acting Company Sergeant Major [1] Acting Farrier Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Unit

Essex Yeomanry [1756] Essex Regiment [150] Machine Gun Corps [92] Corps of Dragoons [80] Labour Corps [71] Dragoon Guards [41] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [37] Royal Engineers [36] Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [35] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [31] Army Service Corps [26] Corps of Hussars [25] Suffolk Regiment [24] Norfolk Regiment [22] Royal Air Force [21] Royal Field Artillery [19] Company of Dragoons [17] County of London Yeomanry [16] Tank Corps [16] Royal Army Service Corps [14] Derby Yeomanry [13] Dragoons [13] City of London Yeomanry [12] Corps of Lancers [12] Hertfordshire Yeomanry [12] Norfolk Yeomanry [12] London Regiment [11] Royal Flying Corps [11] Lincolnshire Yeomanry [10] Royal Garrison Artillery [10] Hussars [9] Royal Sussex Regiment [9] Bedford Yeomanry [8] Essex Yeomanry Territorial Force [8] General Service Dragoons [8] Lincolnshire Regiment [8] Essex Yeomanry attached Dragoon Guards [6] Northamptonshire Regiment [6] 6th Dragoon Guards [5] Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [5] Hampshire Regiment [5] Lancers [5] Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) [5] Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) [5] Royal Fusiliers [5] Army Veterinary Corps [4] Bedfordshire Regiment [4] Indian Army Reserve of Officers [4] Middlesex Regiment [4] Northamptonshire Yeomanry [4]

Service

British Army [1873] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [213] S [196] W [170] C [157] H [139] P [133] M [109] R [105] G [87] T [85] D [83] F [74] A [62] L [56] J [51] K [41] E [40] O [29] N [21] V [14] I [4] U [2] Q [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1865]

Country

United Kingdom [44] Canada [1] Malta [1] United States [1]

Patrick Munsey

British Army GS/22276 Private Essex Yeomanry

British Army 33086 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army D/29785 Private Corps of Dragoons

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Walter V Kirby

British Army 7DG/5793 Acting Serjeant Dragoon Guards

British Army 715 Acting Serjeant Army Veterinary Corps

British Army 7DG/5793 Acting Serjeant Essex Yeomanry

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Harry Bannister

British Army 2911 Private Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry 1/1st Battalion

British Army 245562 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Essex Regiment Attached Royal Army Ordnance Corps

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Henry R Mills

British Army 17064 Private Essex Regiment

British Army 106287 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army 20811 Private Machine Gun Corps

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William Mann

British Army 5239 Private Dragoon Guards

British Army 5/DG/5239 Private Dragoon Guards

British Army 34522 Private Highland Light Infantry

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Herbert Winfield

British Army 15214 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 268015 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 4551 Private Dragoon Guards

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Thomas Daulby

British Army 361680 Pioneer Royal Engineers

British Army M/287067 Pioneer Army Service Corps

British Army TR/72254 Pioneer Training Reserve Battalion

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Arthur Gilbert

British Army 5641 Private London Regiment 13th lond Battalion

British Army 1449 Private Essex Yeomanry

British Army 4201 Private Honourable Artillery Company Artillery

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John William Rodgers

British Army 20516 Private Dragoon Guards

British Army 127959 Private Royal Flying Corps

British Army GS/19139 Private Dragoon Guards

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Herbert Levey

British Army 101272 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 1599 Private Essex Yeomanry

British Army 80493 Private Reserve Regiment of Cavalry

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Thomas W Colney

British Army 243881 Private Hertfordshire Regiment

British Army 572150 Private Labour Corps

British Army 47020 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

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Sydney Arthur Fitkin

British Army 1113 Private Essex Yeomanry

British Army Second Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

British Army Lieutenant Baluchis Infantry

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Stanley Bannister

British Army 100485 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 308 Private Army Service Corps

British Army 2721 Private Essex Yeomanry

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