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London [10]

Dublin [3]

Bengal [2]

Blackheath, Kent [2]

Calcutta [2]

Glasgow [2]

Hastings, Sussex [2]

Kensington London [2]

York [2]

101 Belgrave Road, London, S.W. [1]

Ashley,Northampton. [1]

Aurungarabad, Madras [1]

Axbridge, Somerset [1]

Bagnes de Bigorre [1]

Bangalore [1]

Barnes, Surrey [1]

Beadnell, Northumberland [1]

Beford [1]

Belgravia [1]

Bewick Folly, Eglingham, Northumberland. [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Bishop Auckland, County Durham [1]

Bishop's Court, County Kildare [1]

Bishopston, Barton Regis,Gloucs. [1]

Bombay - now named Mumbai [1]

Born at sea [1]

Bradford, Yorkshire [1]

Bromley, Kent [1]

Broughton, Lancashire [1]

Bruges [1]

Burnley, Lancashire [1]

California [1]

Cannes, Maritono Almo [1]

Capel St. Mary, Suffolk [1]

Cawnpore, Bengal [1]

Chatteris, Cambridgeshire [1]

Chester, Cheshire [1]

Chichester, Sussex [1]

Chilton Lodge, Hungerford, Berkshire [1]

Cirencester, Gloucestershire [1]

Clapham Park, Surrey [1]

Colchester [1]

Crediton, Devon [1]

Crondall, Hampshire [1]

Currygrane, County Longford [1]

Davenport, Devon [1]

Dewsbury, Yorkshire [1]

Donnybrook,Dublin [1]

Dunedin, Midlothian, Scotland [1]

Durham, Ontario [1]

Rank

Captain [540]

Major [449]

Lieutenant Colonel [224]

Temporary Captain [211]

Lieutenant [195]

Second Lieutenant [161]

Colonel [137]

Major General [93]

Brigadier General [81]

Temporary Major [73]

Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [54]

Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [47]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [39]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [32]

Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [28]

Temporary Lieutenant [26]

Lieutenant General [25]

Temporary Brigadier General [20]

Brevet Colonel [19]

Brevet Major [19]

Private [18]

Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [12]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [12]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [11]

Colonel Temporary Brigadier General [11]

Lieutenant Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [11]

General [10]

Honorary Brigadier General [9]

Staff Captain [9]

Surgeon General [9]

Temporary Colonel [9]

Interpreter [8]

Major Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [8]

Staff Serjeant [8]

Acting Captain [7]

Acting Major [7]

Captain and Brevet Major [7]

Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [7]

Major and Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [7]

Brigade Major [6]

Serjeant [6]

Temporary Brigadier [6]

Brevet Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [5]

Captain /Temporary Major [5]

Lance Corporal [5]

Lieutenant Colonel Temporary Brigadier General [5]

Major-General [5]

Temporary Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [5]

Colonel/Temporary Major General [4]

Corporal [4]

Unit

General Headquarters Staff [833]

General Staff [206]

General List [121]

Staff [100]

General List/ Staff [84]

General List/Staff [58]

Royal Artillery [39]

General Head Quarters Staff [38]

Royal Engineers [32]

General List Staff [31]

General List/Commands and Staff [30]

Royal Army Medical Corps [20]

Royal Artillery/ General Headquarters Staff [20]

Army Service Corps [19]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [17]

Royal Artillery/General Headquarters Staff [17]

Royal Field Artillery [15]

Reserve of Officers [14]

Royal Engineers/ General Headquarters Staff [14]

Commands and Staff [13]

General Headquarter Staff [13]

General List/ Commands and Staff [13]

Rifle Brigade [13]

General Headquarter's Staff [12]

General List and Staff [12]

General Staff Officer [12]

London Regiment [12]

Durham Light Infantry [11]

Indian Army [11]

Lancers [11]

Reserve of Officers/ General Headquarters Staff [11]

Army Medical Service [10]

Army Medical Service/General Headquarters Staff [10]

General Staff Intelligence [10]

Royal Air Force [10]

Royal Engineers/General Headquarters Staff [10]

Army Medical Service/ General Headquarters Staff [9]

Dorsetshire Regiment [9]

Machine Gun Corps [9]

Royal Garrison Artillery [9]

Censor Staff [8]

Hussars/ General Headquarters Staff [8]

Lancashire Fusiliers [8]

Royal Army Medical Corps/General Headquarters Staff [8]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [7]

Army Service Corps/ General Headquarters Staff [7]

Army Service Corps/General Headquarters Staff [6]

Cheshire Regiment [6]

Royal Army Medical Corps/ Army Medical Service/ General Headquarters Staff [6]

Royal Fusiliers [6]

Service

British Army [2094]

Indian Army [28]

Other Empire Force [9]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [8]

Royal Navy [5]

Australian Imperial Force [4]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

South African Services [2]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [259]

C [218]

H [187]

M [172]

D [156]

G [142]

S [136]

W [130]

R [91]

P [84]

F [79]

A [75]

L [73]

T [72]

J [43]

K [39]

E [36]

N [33]

O [25]

I [22]

V [17]

U [5]

Y [5]

Q [4]

Contribution

Military Service [2094]

Country

United Kingdom [91]

India [15]

Ireland [5]

Singapore [3]

South Africa [3]

Sudan [2]

Afghanistan [1]

Australia [1]

Austria [1]

France [1]

Germany [1]

Kenya [1]

Malta [1]

Mexico [1]

Pakistan [1]

Zimbabwe [1]

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Place of birth

London [10] Dublin [3] Bengal [2] Blackheath, Kent [2] Calcutta [2] Glasgow [2] Hastings, Sussex [2] Kensington London [2] York [2] 101 Belgrave Road, London, S.W. [1] Ashley,Northampton. [1] Aurungarabad, Madras [1] Axbridge, Somerset [1] Bagnes de Bigorre [1] Bangalore [1] Barnes, Surrey [1] Beadnell, Northumberland [1] Beford [1] Belgravia [1] Bewick Folly, Eglingham, Northumberland. [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Bishop Auckland, County Durham [1] Bishop's Court, County Kildare [1] Bishopston, Barton Regis,Gloucs. [1] Bombay - now named Mumbai [1] Born at sea [1] Bradford, Yorkshire [1] Bromley, Kent [1] Broughton, Lancashire [1] Bruges [1] Burnley, Lancashire [1] California [1] Cannes, Maritono Almo [1] Capel St. Mary, Suffolk [1] Cawnpore, Bengal [1] Chatteris, Cambridgeshire [1] Chester, Cheshire [1] Chichester, Sussex [1] Chilton Lodge, Hungerford, Berkshire [1] Cirencester, Gloucestershire [1] Clapham Park, Surrey [1] Colchester [1] Crediton, Devon [1] Crondall, Hampshire [1] Currygrane, County Longford [1] Davenport, Devon [1] Dewsbury, Yorkshire [1] Donnybrook,Dublin [1] Dunedin, Midlothian, Scotland [1] Durham, Ontario [1]

Rank

Captain [540] Major [449] Lieutenant Colonel [224] Temporary Captain [211] Lieutenant [195] Second Lieutenant [161] Colonel [137] Major General [93] Brigadier General [81] Temporary Major [73] Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [54] Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [47] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [39] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [32] Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [28] Temporary Lieutenant [26] Lieutenant General [25] Temporary Brigadier General [20] Brevet Colonel [19] Brevet Major [19] Private [18] Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [12] Temporary Second Lieutenant [12] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [11] Colonel Temporary Brigadier General [11] Lieutenant Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [11] General [10] Honorary Brigadier General [9] Staff Captain [9] Surgeon General [9] Temporary Colonel [9] Interpreter [8] Major Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [8] Staff Serjeant [8] Acting Captain [7] Acting Major [7] Captain and Brevet Major [7] Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [7] Major and Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [7] Brigade Major [6] Serjeant [6] Temporary Brigadier [6] Brevet Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [5] Captain /Temporary Major [5] Lance Corporal [5] Lieutenant Colonel Temporary Brigadier General [5] Major-General [5] Temporary Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [5] Colonel/Temporary Major General [4] Corporal [4]

Unit

General Headquarters Staff [833] General Staff [206] General List [121] Staff [100] General List/ Staff [84] General List/Staff [58] Royal Artillery [39] General Head Quarters Staff [38] Royal Engineers [32] General List Staff [31] General List/Commands and Staff [30] Royal Army Medical Corps [20] Royal Artillery/ General Headquarters Staff [20] Army Service Corps [19] King's Royal Rifle Corps [17] Royal Artillery/General Headquarters Staff [17] Royal Field Artillery [15] Reserve of Officers [14] Royal Engineers/ General Headquarters Staff [14] Commands and Staff [13] General Headquarter Staff [13] General List/ Commands and Staff [13] Rifle Brigade [13] General Headquarter's Staff [12] General List and Staff [12] General Staff Officer [12] London Regiment [12] Durham Light Infantry [11] Indian Army [11] Lancers [11] Reserve of Officers/ General Headquarters Staff [11] Army Medical Service [10] Army Medical Service/General Headquarters Staff [10] General Staff Intelligence [10] Royal Air Force [10] Royal Engineers/General Headquarters Staff [10] Army Medical Service/ General Headquarters Staff [9] Dorsetshire Regiment [9] Machine Gun Corps [9] Royal Garrison Artillery [9] Censor Staff [8] Hussars/ General Headquarters Staff [8] Lancashire Fusiliers [8] Royal Army Medical Corps/General Headquarters Staff [8] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [7] Army Service Corps/ General Headquarters Staff [7] Army Service Corps/General Headquarters Staff [6] Cheshire Regiment [6] Royal Army Medical Corps/ Army Medical Service/ General Headquarters Staff [6] Royal Fusiliers [6]

Service

British Army [2094] Indian Army [28] Other Empire Force [9] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [8] Royal Navy [5] Australian Imperial Force [4] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2] South African Services [2] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [259] C [218] H [187] M [172] D [156] G [142] S [136] W [130] R [91] P [84] F [79] A [75] L [73] T [72] J [43] K [39] E [36] N [33] O [25] I [22] V [17] U [5] Y [5] Q [4]

Contribution

Military Service [2094]

Country

United Kingdom [91] India [15] Ireland [5] Singapore [3] South Africa [3] Sudan [2] Afghanistan [1] Australia [1] Austria [1] France [1] Germany [1] Kenya [1] Malta [1] Mexico [1] Pakistan [1] Zimbabwe [1]

Frederick Edward William Hervey-Bathurst

British Army Captain Army Service Corps

British Army Major Army Service Corps

British Army Reserve of Officers

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George Benet

British Army Temporary Honorary Captain Royal Army Medical Corps

Other Empire Force Temporary Honorary Captain RAMC Harvard Medical Unit attached Royal Army Medical Corps

Other Empire Force Temporary Honorary Captain RAMC No. 22 General Hospital B.E.F. Medical Officer

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Lionel Rowland Osborn

British Army 156901 Sapper Royal Engineers Inland Water Transport

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers Inland Water Transport

British Army Temporary Major Royal Engineers Inland Water Transport

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Thomas Malcolm Russell Leonard

British Army Doctor Attached Nigeria Regiment

British Army Major West African Medical Service

British Army Lieutenant Colonel West African Medical Service

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