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Alverstoke, Hampshire [1]

Andover,Hants [1]

Bootle, Cumberland [1]

Chester, Cheshire [1]

Eshowe Zululand [1]

Frome, Somerset [1]

Hoxton, London [1]

Lancashire [1]

Redruth, Cornwall [1]

Shoeburyness, Essex [1]

Streatham, Surrey [1]

Warham Walsingham Norfolk [1]

Rank

Private [2505]

Driver [247]

Serjeant [164]

Corporal [116]

Lieutenant [115]

Gun Carrier [109]

Acting Lance Corporal [99]

Captain [88]

Lance Corporal [83]

Machine Gun Carrier [68]

Gunner [52]

Second Lieutenant [43]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [40]

Acting Corporal [30]

Major [25]

Acting Serjeant [24]

Corporal 2nd [18]

Company Serjeant Major [17]

Stew Boy [16]

Colour Serjeant [13]

Lance Naik [13]

Barman [12]

Bugler [10]

General Clerk [10]

Machine/Maxim Gun Carrier [10]

Temporary Lieutenant [10]

Carrier [9]

Lieutenant Colonel [9]

Acting Bombardier [8]

Learner [8]

Bandsman [6]

Battery Serjeant Major [6]

Constable [6]

Dispenser [6]

Drummer [6]

Stretcher Bearer [6]

Temporary Captain [6]

Company Sergeant Major [5]

Headman [5]

Lance Serjeant [5]

Transport Serjeant [5]

Acting Driver [4]

Bearer [4]

LNR [4]

Leader [4]

Machine Maxim Gun Carrier [4]

Private Acting Corporal [4]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [3]

Boy [3]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Unit

Gold Coast Regiment [3710]

Gold Coast Regiment West African Force [21]

West African Field Force [20]

Gold Coast Regiment West African Field Force [17]

London Regiment [17]

Attached Gold Coast Regiment [8]

Nigeria Regiment [7]

Attached Columns Operating in Togoland [6]

Cheshire Regiment [6]

East Surrey Regiment [6]

General List [6]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [6]

Machine Gun Corps [6]

Royal Engineers [6]

South Lancashire Regiment [6]

Worcestershire Regiment [6]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [5]

Essex Regiment [5]

Gordon Highlanders [5]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [5]

Monmouthshire Regiment [5]

Northamptonshire Regiment [5]

Royal Fusiliers [5]

Royal Garrison Artillery [5]

Scottish Rifles [5]

Liverpool Regiment [4]

Norfolk Regiment [4]

Northern Territories Constabulary Gold Coast Regiment [4]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

Royal Scots [4]

Army Service Corps [3]

Attached Nigeria Regiment [3]

Cameron Highlanders [3]

Corps of Hussars [3]

Customs Preventive Service [3]

Gold Coast Field Company [3]

Gold Coast Regiment West African Frontier Force [3]

Hampshire Regiment [3]

Highland Light Infantry [3]

Lancashire Fusiliers [3]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [3]

Royal Field Artillery [3]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [3]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

1st Rhodesia Regiment [2]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [3830]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

A [737]

B [435]

M [410]

K [376]

S [318]

J [147]

T [144]

Y [143]

N [138]

D [134]

I [125]

G [92]

W [92]

O [81]

L [74]

H [73]

C [72]

P [61]

E [48]

F [46]

R [29]

Z [26]

Q [17]

V [8]

U [4]

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Military Service [3830]

Country

United Kingdom [3]

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People [3830] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Alverstoke, Hampshire [1] Andover,Hants [1] Bootle, Cumberland [1] Chester, Cheshire [1] Eshowe Zululand [1] Frome, Somerset [1] Hoxton, London [1] Lancashire [1] Redruth, Cornwall [1] Shoeburyness, Essex [1] Streatham, Surrey [1] Warham Walsingham Norfolk [1]

Rank

Private [2505] Driver [247] Serjeant [164] Corporal [116] Lieutenant [115] Gun Carrier [109] Acting Lance Corporal [99] Captain [88] Lance Corporal [83] Machine Gun Carrier [68] Gunner [52] Second Lieutenant [43] Private Acting Lance Corporal [40] Acting Corporal [30] Major [25] Acting Serjeant [24] Corporal 2nd [18] Company Serjeant Major [17] Stew Boy [16] Colour Serjeant [13] Lance Naik [13] Barman [12] Bugler [10] General Clerk [10] Machine/Maxim Gun Carrier [10] Temporary Lieutenant [10] Carrier [9] Lieutenant Colonel [9] Acting Bombardier [8] Learner [8] Bandsman [6] Battery Serjeant Major [6] Constable [6] Dispenser [6] Drummer [6] Stretcher Bearer [6] Temporary Captain [6] Company Sergeant Major [5] Headman [5] Lance Serjeant [5] Transport Serjeant [5] Acting Driver [4] Bearer [4] LNR [4] Leader [4] Machine Maxim Gun Carrier [4] Private Acting Corporal [4] Acting Company Serjeant Major [3] Boy [3] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Unit

Gold Coast Regiment [3710] Gold Coast Regiment West African Force [21] West African Field Force [20] Gold Coast Regiment West African Field Force [17] London Regiment [17] Attached Gold Coast Regiment [8] Nigeria Regiment [7] Attached Columns Operating in Togoland [6] Cheshire Regiment [6] East Surrey Regiment [6] General List [6] King's Royal Rifle Corps [6] Machine Gun Corps [6] Royal Engineers [6] South Lancashire Regiment [6] Worcestershire Regiment [6] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [5] Essex Regiment [5] Gordon Highlanders [5] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [5] Monmouthshire Regiment [5] Northamptonshire Regiment [5] Royal Fusiliers [5] Royal Garrison Artillery [5] Scottish Rifles [5] Liverpool Regiment [4] Norfolk Regiment [4] Northern Territories Constabulary Gold Coast Regiment [4] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] Royal Scots [4] Army Service Corps [3] Attached Nigeria Regiment [3] Cameron Highlanders [3] Corps of Hussars [3] Customs Preventive Service [3] Gold Coast Field Company [3] Gold Coast Regiment West African Frontier Force [3] Hampshire Regiment [3] Highland Light Infantry [3] Lancashire Fusiliers [3] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Berkshire Regiment [3] Royal Field Artillery [3] Royal Munster Fusiliers [3] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3] 1st Rhodesia Regiment [2] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [3830] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

A [737] B [435] M [410] K [376] S [318] J [147] T [144] Y [143] N [138] D [134] I [125] G [92] W [92] O [81] L [74] H [73] C [72] P [61] E [48] F [46] R [29] Z [26] Q [17] V [8] U [4]

Contribution

Military Service [3830]

Country

United Kingdom [3]

Derimanu Kankaga

British Army Gold Coast Regiment

British Army 6352 Acting Lance Corporal Gold Coast Regiment

British Army 6352 Private Gold Coast Regiment

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Avawah Grunshi

Died 1915

British Army Gold Coast Regiment

British Army 5300 Private Gold Coast Regiment

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H C Christian

British Army V 13 Private Gold Coast Regiment

Other Empire Force V 13 Private Gold Coast Regiment

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Longe Akure

British Army Gold Coast Regiment

British Army 3873 Private Acting Lance Corporal Gold Coast Regiment

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Bukare Kanjarga

British Army Gold Coast Regiment

British Army 6419 Private Acting Lance Corporal Gold Coast Regiment

British Army 6419 Private Gold Coast Regiment

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Awudu Bole

British Army Gold Coast Regiment

British Army 5863 Private Gold Coast Regiment

British Army 5863 Private Lance Corporal Gold Coast Regiment

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Bogualoh Kanjarga

British Army Gold Coast Regiment

British Army 5580 Serjeant Gold Coast Regiment

British Army 5580 Corporal Gold Coast Regiment

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Bassam-Grunshi

British Army Gold Coast Regiment

British Army 5328 Acting Corporal Gold Coast Regiment

British Army 5328 Private Acting Corporal Gold Coast Regiment

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Bethio Grunshi

British Army Gold Coast Regiment

British Army 6694 Acting Lance Corporal Gold Coast Regiment

British Army 6694 Private Gold Coast Regiment

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Braima Dagarti

British Army Gold Coast Regiment

British Army 4765 Acting Company Serjeant Major Gold Coast Regiment

British Army 4765 Private Gold Coast Regiment

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Aruna Moshi

British Army Gold Coast Regiment

British Army 7085 Acting Lance Corporal Gold Coast Regiment

British Army 7085 Private Gold Coast Regiment

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Braima Bole

British Army Gold Coast Regiment

British Army 6502 Bugler Gold Coast Regiment

British Army 6502 Private Gold Coast Regiment

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Awology Grunshi

British Army Gold Coast Regiment

British Army 211 Gun Carrier Gold Coast Regiment

British Army 10688 Gun Carrier Gold Coast Regiment

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Bela Busanga

British Army Gold Coast Regiment

British Army 6958 Private Gold Coast Regiment

British Army 6958 Acting Corporal Gold Coast Regiment

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Bariki Dagarti

British Army Gold Coast Regiment

British Army 5521 Serjeant Gold Coast Regiment

British Army 5521 Private Gold Coast Regiment

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Braima Dagarti

British Army Gold Coast Regiment

British Army 6583 Private Gold Coast Regiment

British Army 6583 Acting Corporal Gold Coast Regiment

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Bela Moshi

British Army Gold Coast Regiment

British Army 7059 Acting Lance Corporal Gold Coast Regiment

British Army 7059 Private Gold Coast Regiment

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Apensa Kanjarga

British Army Gold Coast Regiment

British Army 6279 Private Acting Lance Corporal Gold Coast Regiment

British Army 6279 Private Gold Coast Regiment

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John Try

British Army Gold Coast Regiment

British Army 5991 Private Gold Coast Regiment

British Army 5991 Acting Lance Corporal Gold Coast Regiment

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Esan Eruwa

British Army Gold Coast Regiment

British Army 3090 Private Gold Coast Regiment

British Army 3090 Serjeant Gold Coast Regiment

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