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Place of birth

Bangalore [1]

Bedford [1]

Blairgowrie [1]

Canterbury, Kent [1]

Croydon [1]

Guildford [1]

Hamarpore [1]

Jersey [1]

Jersey, Channel Islands [1]

Kabartir Village, Karakot, Garhwal [1]

Karbartir, Uttar Pradesh [1]

Manjaur, Tehri [1]

Muree [1]

Murree, Bengal [1]

Nana Tal [1]

Negri Sembilan, Federated Malay States [1]

Newhills. Aberdeenshire [1]

Orotava [1]

Saintfield, Co. Down [1]

South Shields, Durham [1]

Rank

Rifleman [1120]

Captain [81]

Lieutenant [63]

Lance Naik [62]

Naik [55]

Havildar [47]

Second Lieutenant [40]

Major [31]

Bhisti [19]

Cook [18]

Sweeper [11]

Langri [9]

Bearer [8]

Jemadar [8]

Lieutenant Colonel [8]

Private [8]

Subadar [7]

Barber [4]

Mochi [4]

Lance Corporal [3]

Serjeant [3]

Acting Major [2]

Mess Servant [2]

Syce [2]

Tailor [2]

1st Class Supply Agents [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Battalion Colonel [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Censor [1]

Company Havildar Major [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Corporal [1]

Dhobie [1]

Lieutenant Colonel and Brevet Colonel [1]

Lieutenant and Captain [1]

Lieutenant-Colonel [1]

Medical Officer [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Private Trooper [1]

Rifles man [1]

Second Lieutenant and Lieutenant [1]

Sepoy [1]

Sowar [1]

Subedar [1]

Subordinate Major [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Unit

Garhwal Rifles [816]

1/18th Royal Garhwal Rifles [439]

1/39th Royal Garhwal Rifles [434]

Royal Garhwal Rifles [206]

1/39th Garhwal Rifles [38]

2/39th Royal Garhwal Rifles [36]

2/39th Garhwal Rifles [27]

1/18th Regiment Garhwal Rifles [24]

1/39th Regiment Garhwal Rifles [22]

39th Garhwal Rifles [21]

1/18th R. Garhwal Rifles [17]

Indian Army [16]

Royal Garhwal Rifles Garhwal Rifles [13]

Indian Army Reserve of Officers [10]

1/39th Royal Garwhal Rifles [8]

1/18th Garhwal Rifles [7]

1/39th Royal Garhwal Rifles [7]

1/18th Royal Garhwal Rifles [5]

London Regiment [5]

1/18th Royal Garwhal Rifles [4]

2nd Battalion 39th Garhwal Rifles [3]

2nd Battalion, 39th Garhwal Rifles [3]

39th Royal Garhwal Rifles [3]

Garhwal Rifles/ Staff [3]

Garwhal Rifles [3]

Gurkha Rifles [3]

Royal Garhwal Rifles Royal Garhwal Rifles [3]

1/12th Royal Garhwal Rifles [2]

1/139th Royal Garhwal Rifles [2]

1/39 Royal Garhwal Rifles [2]

1/39th R. Garhwal Rifles [2]

1st Battalion 39th Garhwal Rifles [2]

2/39th Regiment Garhwal Rifles [2]

3/18th Garhwal Rifles [2]

3/39th Garhwal Rifles [2]

4/39th Garhwal Rifles [2]

Burma Military Police [2]

Dogras [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Punjabis [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

York and Lancaster Regiment [2]

1 39th Garhwal Rifles [1]

1/17th Royal Garhwal Rifles [1]

1/18th Royal Garhwal Fifles [1]

1/19th Royal Garhwal Rifles [1]

1/28th Royal Garhwal Rifles [1]

1/36th Royal Garhwal Rifles [1]

1/39th Royal Garwhal Rifles [1]

Service

British Army [1523]

Indian Army [32]

Last name first letter

B [206]

K [169]

G [141]

M [132]

S [126]

D [123]

R [88]

A [84]

J [84]

C [64]

P [58]

N [57]

H [50]

F [36]

L [31]

T [30]

U [25]

I [16]

W [9]

E [5]

O [5]

V [2]

Contribution

Military Service [1538]

Country

United Kingdom [5]

India [1]

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Place of birth

Bangalore [1] Bedford [1] Blairgowrie [1] Canterbury, Kent [1] Croydon [1] Guildford [1] Hamarpore [1] Jersey [1] Jersey, Channel Islands [1] Kabartir Village, Karakot, Garhwal [1] Karbartir, Uttar Pradesh [1] Manjaur, Tehri [1] Muree [1] Murree, Bengal [1] Nana Tal [1] Negri Sembilan, Federated Malay States [1] Newhills. Aberdeenshire [1] Orotava [1] Saintfield, Co. Down [1] South Shields, Durham [1]

Rank

Rifleman [1120] Captain [81] Lieutenant [63] Lance Naik [62] Naik [55] Havildar [47] Second Lieutenant [40] Major [31] Bhisti [19] Cook [18] Sweeper [11] Langri [9] Bearer [8] Jemadar [8] Lieutenant Colonel [8] Private [8] Subadar [7] Barber [4] Mochi [4] Lance Corporal [3] Serjeant [3] Acting Major [2] Mess Servant [2] Syce [2] Tailor [2] 1st Class Supply Agents [1] Acting Captain [1] Battalion Colonel [1] Brigadier General [1] Censor [1] Company Havildar Major [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Corporal [1] Dhobie [1] Lieutenant Colonel and Brevet Colonel [1] Lieutenant and Captain [1] Lieutenant-Colonel [1] Medical Officer [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Private Trooper [1] Rifles man [1] Second Lieutenant and Lieutenant [1] Sepoy [1] Sowar [1] Subedar [1] Subordinate Major [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Unit

Garhwal Rifles [816] 1/18th Royal Garhwal Rifles [439] 1/39th Royal Garhwal Rifles [434] Royal Garhwal Rifles [206] 1/39th Garhwal Rifles [38] 2/39th Royal Garhwal Rifles [36] 2/39th Garhwal Rifles [27] 1/18th Regiment Garhwal Rifles [24] 1/39th Regiment Garhwal Rifles [22] 39th Garhwal Rifles [21] 1/18th R. Garhwal Rifles [17] Indian Army [16] Royal Garhwal Rifles Garhwal Rifles [13] Indian Army Reserve of Officers [10] 1/39th Royal Garwhal Rifles [8] 1/18th Garhwal Rifles [7] 1/39th Royal Garhwal Rifles [7] 1/18th Royal Garhwal Rifles [5] London Regiment [5] 1/18th Royal Garwhal Rifles [4] 2nd Battalion 39th Garhwal Rifles [3] 2nd Battalion, 39th Garhwal Rifles [3] 39th Royal Garhwal Rifles [3] Garhwal Rifles/ Staff [3] Garwhal Rifles [3] Gurkha Rifles [3] Royal Garhwal Rifles Royal Garhwal Rifles [3] 1/12th Royal Garhwal Rifles [2] 1/139th Royal Garhwal Rifles [2] 1/39 Royal Garhwal Rifles [2] 1/39th R. Garhwal Rifles [2] 1st Battalion 39th Garhwal Rifles [2] 2/39th Regiment Garhwal Rifles [2] 3/18th Garhwal Rifles [2] 3/39th Garhwal Rifles [2] 4/39th Garhwal Rifles [2] Burma Military Police [2] Dogras [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Punjabis [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] York and Lancaster Regiment [2] 1 39th Garhwal Rifles [1] 1/17th Royal Garhwal Rifles [1] 1/18th Royal Garhwal Fifles [1] 1/19th Royal Garhwal Rifles [1] 1/28th Royal Garhwal Rifles [1] 1/36th Royal Garhwal Rifles [1] 1/39th Royal Garwhal Rifles [1]

Service

British Army [1523] Indian Army [32]

Last name first letter

B [206] K [169] G [141] M [132] S [126] D [123] R [88] A [84] J [84] C [64] P [58] N [57] H [50] F [36] L [31] T [30] U [25] I [16] W [9] E [5] O [5] V [2]

Contribution

Military Service [1538]

Country

United Kingdom [5] India [1]

Darwan Sing Negi

Born 1881

Died 1950

Indian Army 1909 Naik 39th Garhwal Rifles 1st Battalion

Indian Army Subedar 39th Garhwal Rifles

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Guy Hastings Taylor

Born 1873

Died 1914

British Army Major 2/39th Garhwal Rifles

British Army Major 39th Garhwal Rifles

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Archibald Henry Mankelow

Born 1888

Died 1915

Indian Army Lieutenant 1/39th Garhwal Rifles

Indian Army Lieutenant 39th Garhwal Rifles

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Shankar Sing Rawat

British Army Garhwal Rifles

British Army 24 Rifleman Garhwal Rifles

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Ernest Robert Rainier Swiney

Born 1863

Died 1915

Indian Army Lieutenant Colonel and Brevet Colonel 1/39th Garhwal Rifles

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G C Prophit

Died 1920

British Army Second Lieutenant 39th Garhwal Rifles

British Army Lieutenant 39th Garhwal Rifles

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William George Stanhope Kenny

Born 1882

Died 1915

British Army Captain 1/39th Garhwal Rifles

British Army Captain 39th Garhwal Rifles

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Duma Sing Bisht

British Army Garhwal Rifles

British Army 3856 Rifleman Garhwal Rifles

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Durga Sing Sajwan

British Army Garhwal Rifles

British Army 3704 Rifleman Garhwal Rifles

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Durga Sing Negi

British Army Garhwal Rifles

British Army 4908 Rifleman Garhwal Rifles

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Durga Sing Gusain

British Army Garhwal Rifles

British Army 2597 Rifleman Garhwal Rifles

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Jhagar Sing Mahar

British Army Garhwal Rifles

British Army 3909 Rifleman Garhwal Rifles

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Jhagar Sing Rawat

British Army Garhwal Rifles

British Army 3837 Lance Naik Garhwal Rifles

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Jhagar Sing Bisht

British Army Garhwal Rifles

British Army 4602 Rifleman Garhwal Rifles

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Mahima Datt

British Army Garhwal Rifles

British Army 134 Cook Garhwal Rifles

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Madan Sing Bisht

British Army Garhwal Rifles

British Army 3135 Rifleman Garhwal Rifles

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Madan Sing Negi

British Army Garhwal Rifles

British Army 503 Naik Garhwal Rifles

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Madan Sing Rawat

British Army Garhwal Rifles

British Army 3240 Rifleman Garhwal Rifles

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Madho Sing Gusain

Indian Army Garhwal Rifles

Indian Army 315 (incomplete) Rifleman Garhwal Rifles

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Madho Sing Sunar

British Army Garhwal Rifles

British Army 4214 Lance Naik Garhwal Rifles

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