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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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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]

Henry Edward Napier

Born 1862

Died 1915

British Army Cheshire Regiment

British Army Brigadier General General Staff

British Army Brigadier General Staff

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Arthur Neale Lee

Born 1877

Died 1954

British Army Second Lieutenant Volunteer Rifle Corps 1st Nottinghamshire (Robin Hood)

British Army Lieutenant Volunteer Rifle Corps 1st Nottinghamshire (Robin Hood)

British Army Captain Volunteer Rifle Corps 1st Nottinghamshire (Robin Hood)

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Ernest Dunlop Swinton

Born 1868

Died 1951

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Colonel General Headquarters Staff

British Army Major General General Headquarters Staff

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Richard Hutton Davies

Born 1862

Died 1918

British Army Brigadier General Staff Corps

British Army Major Staff Corps

British Army Major General General Staff

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Charles Hervey Hoare

Born 1875

Died 1955

British Army Second Lieutenant Hampshire Imperial Yeomanry

British Army Captain Glamorganshire Imperial Yeomanry

British Army Lieutenant West Kent (Queen's Own) Yeomanry

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George Ayscough Armytage

Born 1872

Died 1953

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps 7th Battalion

British Army Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps 7th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps 4th Battalion

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Edward Geoffrey St Aubyn

Born 1880

Died 1960

British Army Second Lieutenant Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 3rd Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Hampshire Regiment 8th Battalion

British Army Captain National Defence Companies

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George Marcus Bles

Born 1878

Died 1954

British Army Captain Staff

British Army 2Lt Manchester Regiment 16Bn Officers

British Army Captain General Staff War Office

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Henry Newport Charles Heath

Born 1860

Died 1915

British Army Major General Staff

British Army Major General General Staff

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Edmund Guy Tulloch Bainbridge

Born 1867

Died 1943

British Army Brigadier General General Headquarters Staff

British Army Major General Staff

British Army General

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Augustus De Segur Mckerrell

Born 1863

Died 1916

British Army Temporary Brigadier General Staff

British Army Brigadier General General Staff

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Frederick William Lumsden

Born 1872

Died 1918

Royal Navy Second Lieutenant Royal Marines Artillery

British Army Brigadier General General Staff

British Army Major /Temporary Brigadier General Staff/ Royal Marine Artillery 14th Infantry Brigade

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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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St. John Louis Hyde Du Plat-Taylor

Born 1865

Died 1936

British Army Major General Headquarters Staff

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Aylmer Gould Hunter-Weston

Born 1864

Died 1940

British Army Brigadier General Royal Engineers

British Army Lieutenant General General Staff

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Walter Kemp Bourne

Born 1872

British Army I.S.C.

British Army Lieutenant I.S.C.

British Army Brigade Major Secunderabad Cavalry Brigade

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John Tredinnick Crocker

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps Infantry

British Army Lieutenant Middlesex Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Middlesex Regiment Seconded to Tank Corps

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Philip Prideaux Budge

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army Major Royal Artillery

British Army Brevet Lieutenant Colonel General Headquarters Staff

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Francis John Davies, K

Born 1864

Died 1948

British Army Brigadier General General Staff

British Army Major General GOC 8th Division

British Army Lieutenant General General Staff

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