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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]

Theodore Samuel Holland

Born 1878

Died 1947

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant General List

British Army Temporary Captain General List

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Walter Gundry

Died 1918

British Army Quarter Master and Lieutenant General List

British Army Lieutenant General List

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Clement William Coyle

Born 1897

Died 1919

British Army [Second] Lieutenant General List

British Army Lieutenant General List

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Hubert Gallant Welton

Born 1878

Died 1957

British Army Captain Intelligence Corps

British Army Interpreter H.M. Transport "Royal Edward"

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant

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Douglas Hamilton Wilson

Died 1920

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Colonel General List/ Staff

British Army Lieutenant Colonel General List

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James Barromew Hay

Born 1879

Died 1919

British Army Temporary Captain /Local Lieutenant Colonel General List/ Staff

British Army Lieutenant Colonel General List

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Albert William Hazel

Born 1876

Died 1919

British Army Lieutenant Colonel General List

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John Lang

Born 1849

Died 1917

British Army Captain General List

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Kingsley Dykes

Born 1894

Died 1969

British Army Temporary Captain General List

British Army Temporary Captain Staff

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Henry Maitland Maitland

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant General List

British Army Captain General List

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Henry Wilding

British Army Second Lieutenant General List

British Army Captain General List

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Samuel James Paget

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army Captain General List

British Army Captain Staff Infantry Brigade

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Edward Cyril Pennefather

Born 1881

British Army Second Lieutenant General List

British Army Temporary Major General List

British Army Major General List

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Charles Edwin Laurence Harris

Born 1896

Died 1996

British Army 3232 Private London Regiment 3/28th (County of London) Battalion (Artist’s Rifles)

British Army 3232 Private London Regiment 1/28th (County of London) Battalion (Artist’s Rifles)

British Army Lance Corporal London Regiment 1/28th (County of London) Battalion (Artist’s Rifles)

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Bernard Tarrant Coller

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant General List

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Norman Robert Pringle

Born 1872

Died 1919

British Army Captain General List attd. Inland Water Transport, Royal Engineers

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Ivor Walter Heron-Maxwell

Born 1871

Died 1928

British Army Captain General List

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Basil Aubrey Hollond Woodd

Born 1869

Died 1949

British Army Captain General List

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Edward Maurice Barkley Ingram, Obe

Born 1891

Died 1941

British Army Captain General List and Staff

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Raymond Wilberforce Spooner

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 9219 Private London Regiment London Rifle Brigade

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Second Lieutenant General List Royal Flying Corps

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