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London [10]

Edinburgh [5]

Handsworth, Staffs [5]

Dublin [4]

Kensington, London [4]

Birchington Kent [2]

Birmingham, Warks [2]

Bromley, Kent [2]

Cambridge [2]

Chelsea, London [2]

Cork [2]

Croydon, Surrey [2]

Dundee [2]

Durham [2]

Edgbaston, Birmingham [2]

Fulham, London [2]

Islington, London [2]

Kensington London [2]

Leicester, Leicestershire [2]

Norwich, Norfolk [2]

Scarborough [2]

Tunbridge Wells [2]

West Bromwich, Staffs [2]

Woolwich, London [2]

"Brynddu" Cemaes Anglesey [1]

158 Mercers Road, Islington [1]

Aldenham, Hertfordshire [1]

Ancroft, Northumberland [1]

Antwerp [1]

Aston Warwickshire [1]

Aston, Warks [1]

Ballyroan [1]

Bangor Castle, County Down, Ireland [1]

Bangor, Caernarvonshire [1]

Barlston, Staffordshire [1]

Barry, Glamorgan, Wales [1]

Barton Regis, Gloucestershire [1]

Bath, Somerset [1]

Beadnell, Northumberland [1]

Beaminster, Dorset [1]

Beau Sejour, Paget [1]

Bedford, Bedfordshire [1]

Bedwelty, Monmouthshire [1]

Beford [1]

Belafst [1]

Benares [1]

Berbice [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Bisley, Gloucestershire [1]

Blackheath [1]

Rank

Second Lieutenant [1833]

Lieutenant [1499]

Captain [1473]

Private [541]

Temporary Captain [482]

Major [366]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [348]

Temporary Lieutenant [273]

Serjeant [149]

Corporal [128]

Temporary Major [125]

Lieutenant Colonel [114]

Lieutenant and Quarter Master [76]

Quarter Master and Lieutenant [75]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [61]

Lance Corporal [60]

Captain and Quarter Master [51]

Acting Captain [48]

Quarter Master and Captain [48]

Gunner [37]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [31]

Honorary Lieutenant [31]

Acting Serjeant [28]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [26]

Sapper [25]

Staff Captain [22]

Quarter Master Serjeant [20]

Staff Serjeant [20]

Colonel [19]

Regimental Serjeant Major [19]

Colour Serjeant [18]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [17]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [16]

Company Serjeant Major [15]

Driver [15]

Honorary Captain [15]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [14]

2nd Lieutenant [12]

Acting Corporal [12]

Lieutenant and Quartermaster [12]

Serjeant Major [12]

Sub Lieutenant [12]

Temporary Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [12]

Cadet [11]

Brevet Major [10]

Interpreter [10]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [10]

Able Seaman [9]

Acting Major [9]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [9]

Unit

General List [3670]

Royal Flying Corps [541]

Royal Engineers [292]

London Regiment [170]

Royal Air Force [141]

Royal Fusiliers [140]

General List and Royal Flying Corps [93]

General List Royal Flying Corps [92]

General and Special List [88]

General List/ Staff [84]

Army Service Corps [81]

Staff [70]

Labour Corps [68]

King's African Rifles [64]

Royal Army Medical Corps [61]

Royal Field Artillery [61]

General List/Staff [58]

Intelligence Corps [57]

General List/New Armies [55]

Royal Army Service Corps [48]

Middlesex Regiment [46]

General List and Royal Air Force [45]

Durham Light Infantry [44]

Special List [44]

Machine Gun Corps [42]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [40]

Rifle Brigade [40]

Manchester Regiment [39]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [38]

General List attached Royal Engineers [37]

Highland Light Infantry [35]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [35]

Northumberland Fusiliers [32]

Royal Scots [32]

General List Staff [31]

General List/Royal Flying Corps [31]

Gloucestershire Regiment [31]

General List/Commands and Staff [30]

Royal Garrison Artillery [30]

Inns of Court Officers Training Corps [29]

Yorkshire Regiment [29]

Imperial Army [27]

Nigeria Regiment [27]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [26]

Welsh Regiment [26]

East Surrey Regiment [25]

East Yorkshire Regiment [25]

General List Royal Air Force [25]

Hampshire Regiment [25]

Royal Engineers Inland Water Transport [25]

Service

British Army [5305]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [119]

Royal Navy [39]

Other Empire Force [29]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [16]

Indian Army [15]

Australian Imperial Force [7]

South African Services [5]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4]

Last name first letter

M [534]

B [523]

C [487]

S [444]

H [434]

W [398]

P [273]

R [260]

L [257]

D [253]

G [246]

F [213]

T [210]

A [141]

J [131]

K [131]

E [104]

N [96]

O [78]

V [47]

I [38]

Y [12]

U [9]

Q [5]

Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [5305]

Country

United Kingdom [216]

Canada [8]

Ireland [4]

South Africa [4]

Australia [3]

India [3]

France [2]

Malaysia [2]

United States [2]

Bahamas [1]

Barbados [1]

Jamaica [1]

New Zealand [1]

Sri Lanka [1]

Trinidad and Tobago [1]

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London [10] Edinburgh [5] Handsworth, Staffs [5] Dublin [4] Kensington, London [4] Birchington Kent [2] Birmingham, Warks [2] Bromley, Kent [2] Cambridge [2] Chelsea, London [2] Cork [2] Croydon, Surrey [2] Dundee [2] Durham [2] Edgbaston, Birmingham [2] Fulham, London [2] Islington, London [2] Kensington London [2] Leicester, Leicestershire [2] Norwich, Norfolk [2] Scarborough [2] Tunbridge Wells [2] West Bromwich, Staffs [2] Woolwich, London [2] "Brynddu" Cemaes Anglesey [1] 158 Mercers Road, Islington [1] Aldenham, Hertfordshire [1] Ancroft, Northumberland [1] Antwerp [1] Aston Warwickshire [1] Aston, Warks [1] Ballyroan [1] Bangor Castle, County Down, Ireland [1] Bangor, Caernarvonshire [1] Barlston, Staffordshire [1] Barry, Glamorgan, Wales [1] Barton Regis, Gloucestershire [1] Bath, Somerset [1] Beadnell, Northumberland [1] Beaminster, Dorset [1] Beau Sejour, Paget [1] Bedford, Bedfordshire [1] Bedwelty, Monmouthshire [1] Beford [1] Belafst [1] Benares [1] Berbice [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Bisley, Gloucestershire [1] Blackheath [1]

Rank

Second Lieutenant [1833] Lieutenant [1499] Captain [1473] Private [541] Temporary Captain [482] Major [366] Temporary Second Lieutenant [348] Temporary Lieutenant [273] Serjeant [149] Corporal [128] Temporary Major [125] Lieutenant Colonel [114] Lieutenant and Quarter Master [76] Quarter Master and Lieutenant [75] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [61] Lance Corporal [60] Captain and Quarter Master [51] Acting Captain [48] Quarter Master and Captain [48] Gunner [37] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [31] Honorary Lieutenant [31] Acting Serjeant [28] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [26] Sapper [25] Staff Captain [22] Quarter Master Serjeant [20] Staff Serjeant [20] Colonel [19] Regimental Serjeant Major [19] Colour Serjeant [18] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [17] Lieutenant Acting Captain [16] Company Serjeant Major [15] Driver [15] Honorary Captain [15] Warrant Officer Class 2 [14] 2nd Lieutenant [12] Acting Corporal [12] Lieutenant and Quartermaster [12] Serjeant Major [12] Sub Lieutenant [12] Temporary Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [12] Cadet [11] Brevet Major [10] Interpreter [10] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [10] Able Seaman [9] Acting Major [9] Air Mechanic 1st Class [9]

Unit

General List [3670] Royal Flying Corps [541] Royal Engineers [292] London Regiment [170] Royal Air Force [141] Royal Fusiliers [140] General List and Royal Flying Corps [93] General List Royal Flying Corps [92] General and Special List [88] General List/ Staff [84] Army Service Corps [81] Staff [70] Labour Corps [68] King's African Rifles [64] Royal Army Medical Corps [61] Royal Field Artillery [61] General List/Staff [58] Intelligence Corps [57] General List/New Armies [55] Royal Army Service Corps [48] Middlesex Regiment [46] General List and Royal Air Force [45] Durham Light Infantry [44] Special List [44] Machine Gun Corps [42] King's Royal Rifle Corps [40] Rifle Brigade [40] Manchester Regiment [39] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [38] General List attached Royal Engineers [37] Highland Light Infantry [35] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [35] Northumberland Fusiliers [32] Royal Scots [32] General List Staff [31] General List/Royal Flying Corps [31] Gloucestershire Regiment [31] General List/Commands and Staff [30] Royal Garrison Artillery [30] Inns of Court Officers Training Corps [29] Yorkshire Regiment [29] Imperial Army [27] Nigeria Regiment [27] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [26] Welsh Regiment [26] East Surrey Regiment [25] East Yorkshire Regiment [25] General List Royal Air Force [25] Hampshire Regiment [25] Royal Engineers Inland Water Transport [25]

Service

British Army [5305] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [119] Royal Navy [39] Other Empire Force [29] Canadian Expeditionary Force [16] Indian Army [15] Australian Imperial Force [7] South African Services [5] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4]

Last name first letter

M [534] B [523] C [487] S [444] H [434] W [398] P [273] R [260] L [257] D [253] G [246] F [213] T [210] A [141] J [131] K [131] E [104] N [96] O [78] V [47] I [38] Y [12] U [9] Q [5] Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [5305]

Country

United Kingdom [216] Canada [8] Ireland [4] South Africa [4] Australia [3] India [3] France [2] Malaysia [2] United States [2] Bahamas [1] Barbados [1] Jamaica [1] New Zealand [1] Sri Lanka [1] Trinidad and Tobago [1]

Clifford Whatley Crewe

Born 1890

Died 1917

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Cadet

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Temporary Second Lieutenant (on probation) General List

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Temporary Second Lieutenant General List

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Ralph Walter Maude

Born 1873

Died 1922

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Special List Assistant Provost Marshal

British Army Temporary Captain Special List Assistant Provost Marshal

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant Special List 2nd/8th Gurkha Rifles

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Edward Hounslow Stansbie

Born 1895

Died 1982

British Army Captain General List

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Hugh Fitzroy Emerton

Born 1892

Died 1944

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant (attached) Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant Labour Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Temporary Second Lieutenant General List

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Edmond Xavier Kapp

Born 1890

Died 1978

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant / Temporary Lieutenant General List

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant General List

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant Royal Sussex Regiment 11th Battalion

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Robert Anthony Eden

Born 1897

Died 1977

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps 21st (Service) Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Durham Light Infantry 6th Battalion

British Army Temp. Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps 21st (Service) Battalion

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George Demitry Lamkirk

Born 1893

Died 1941

British Army Lance Captain General List

British Army Captain General List

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John Fergusson Roxburgh

Born 1889

Died 1954

British Army Lieutenant General List

British Army Captain General List

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Ernest Fanthom Hingeley

Born 1893

Died 1967

British Army Lieutenant General List

British Army 695 Second Lieutenant Royal Warwickshire Regiment 14th (s) Battalion

Indian Army Lieutenant

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John Benjamin Mcdowell

Born 1878

Died 1954

British Army Lieutenant Official Cinematographer Special List

British Army Lieutenant General List

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Newman Reeve Hughman

Born 1841

Died 1922

British Army Quarter Master and Captain General List

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George James Bruce

Born 1880

Died 1918

British Army Captain General List

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Douglas George Wearing

Died 1918

British Army Captain General List

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Eric George Sherbrooke Walker

Born 1887

Died 1976

British Army Captain/Intelligence Officer General List

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Clive Cathingwood Dangar

Died 1918

British Army Captain General List

British Army Major General List

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James Inglis

Born 1870

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant and Quarter Master General List

British Army Lieutenant General List

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Ronald De Bode Cazalet

Born 1890

Died 1920

British Army Temporary Captain General List

British Army Captain General List

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Percy Baglietto Cottrell

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army Temporary Lieutenant General List

British Army Lieutenant General List

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Elias George Guerrier

Died 1918

British Army Temporary Lieutenant General List

British Army Lieutenant General List

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Sherbrook Augustus John Keatinge

Born 1860

Died 1933

British Army Temporary Major General List

British Army Major Brevet Lieutenant Colonel General List

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