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Maidstone, Kent [5]

London [3]

Port-of-Spain [3]

Liverpool [2]

Reedness, Goole [2]

Thanet, Kent [2]

Aberffrwd, Cardigan [1]

Altrincham [1]

Altrincham Cheshire. [1]

Arbroath [1]

Barnton, Cheshire [1]

Bayswater [1]

Bedford, Bedfordshire [1]

Bexhill [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Bodle Street, Sussex [1]

Brannockstown, Trim, Meath [1]

Bridport [1]

Brierley Hill, Staffordshire [1]

Brockdish Norfolk [1]

Bubwith, Yorks [1]

Bury, St Ives, Huntingdonshire [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Cardiff [1]

Carlton, Selby, Yorkshire [1]

Charing, Kent [1]

Chelsea London [1]

Chelsea, London [1]

Chingford, Essex [1]

Clapham [1]

Clerkenwell, London [1]

Cloyne, County Cork [1]

Corfe, Somerset [1]

Corwen, Merionethshire, Wales [1]

Crakehall, Bedale, Yorkshire [1]

Derby [1]

Dodington, Gloucestershire [1]

Dorking, Surrey [1]

Droylsden, Lancashire [1]

Dundalk [1]

Earlswood, Reigate, Surrey [1]

East Dean, Gloucestershire [1]

East Dean, near Chichester [1]

East Farndon [1]

East Ham, Essex [1]

Easter Glackton Petty Invernesshire [1]

Eastoft, Lincolnshire [1]

Eastry District, Kent [1]

Finsbury, Middlesex [1]

Folkestone [1]

Rank

Private [2527]

Trooper [1113]

Sapper [295]

Guardsman [275]

Corporal [236]

Second Lieutenant [162]

Lance Corporal [150]

Lieutenant [135]

Serjeant [92]

Acting Corporal [55]

Corporal of Horse [55]

Private Lance Corporal [48]

Captain [45]

Lance Serjeant [25]

Private Acting Corporal [22]

Major [20]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [15]

Acting Serjeant [12]

Shoeing Smith [10]

Private /Lance Corporal [9]

Temporary Lieutenant [8]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [7]

Acting Corporal of Horse [6]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [6]

Company Serjeant Major [6]

Gunner [6]

Acting Captain [5]

Driver [5]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [5]

Private Corporal [5]

Regimental Serjeant Major [5]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [4]

Trumpeter [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Corporal Lance Serjeant [3]

Pioneer [3]

Private Acting Serjeant [3]

Quartermaster Serjeant [3]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Saddler [3]

Serjeant Private [3]

Trooper Lance Corporal [3]

Acting Colour Serjeant [2]

Acting Major [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Corporal 2nd [2]

Corporal Private [2]

Corporal Shoeing Smith [2]

Corporal Trooper [2]

Corporal/Lance Serjeant [2]

Unit

Guards Machine Gun Regiment [4417]

Royal Horse Guards [656]

Grenadier Guards [503]

Life Guards [435]

Coldstream Guards [412]

Scots Guards [272]

Machine Gun Corps [196]

Household Battalion [166]

Irish Guards [166]

Dragoon Guards [159]

Welsh Guards [114]

Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [113]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [100]

2nd Life Guards [96]

Machine Gun Guards [76]

1st Life Guards [71]

Hussars [51]

London Regiment [49]

Royal Highlanders Guards [44]

Royal Canadian Regiment [39]

Machine Gun Regiment [27]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [25]

5th Dragoon Guards [24]

Royal Engineers [20]

Army Service Corps [18]

Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) [18]

1st Royal Canadian Regiment [15]

6th Dragoon Guards [15]

Gloucestershire Regiment [14]

1st Dragoon Guards [12]

4th Dragoon Guards [12]

Lancers [12]

Guards Machine Gun Regiment Battalion [11]

Labour Corps [11]

Royal Army Medical Corps [11]

Royal Dragoon Guards [11]

17th Lancers [10]

Cheshire Regiment [10]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [10]

Suffolk Regiment [10]

Essex Regiment [9]

Guards Machine Gun Battalion [9]

North Staffordshire Regiment [9]

3rd Dragoon Guards [8]

Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) [8]

South Lancashire Regiment [8]

West Yorkshire Regiment [8]

Worcestershire Regiment [8]

4th Royal Canadian Regiment [7]

6th Dragoons [7]

Service

British Army [4798]

Other Empire Force [2]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

B [532]

S [438]

H [430]

M [429]

W [421]

C [399]

P [262]

G [245]

R [223]

L [217]

T [193]

D [181]

F [166]

J [136]

A [122]

K [104]

N [86]

E [80]

O [64]

V [27]

I [18]

Y [14]

Q [6]

U [4]

Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [4794]

Country

United Kingdom [73]

Canada [1]

Egypt [1]

Ireland [1]

Trinidad and Tobago [1]

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Maidstone, Kent [5] London [3] Port-of-Spain [3] Liverpool [2] Reedness, Goole [2] Thanet, Kent [2] Aberffrwd, Cardigan [1] Altrincham [1] Altrincham Cheshire. [1] Arbroath [1] Barnton, Cheshire [1] Bayswater [1] Bedford, Bedfordshire [1] Bexhill [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Bodle Street, Sussex [1] Brannockstown, Trim, Meath [1] Bridport [1] Brierley Hill, Staffordshire [1] Brockdish Norfolk [1] Bubwith, Yorks [1] Bury, St Ives, Huntingdonshire [1] Camberwell, London [1] Cardiff [1] Carlton, Selby, Yorkshire [1] Charing, Kent [1] Chelsea London [1] Chelsea, London [1] Chingford, Essex [1] Clapham [1] Clerkenwell, London [1] Cloyne, County Cork [1] Corfe, Somerset [1] Corwen, Merionethshire, Wales [1] Crakehall, Bedale, Yorkshire [1] Derby [1] Dodington, Gloucestershire [1] Dorking, Surrey [1] Droylsden, Lancashire [1] Dundalk [1] Earlswood, Reigate, Surrey [1] East Dean, Gloucestershire [1] East Dean, near Chichester [1] East Farndon [1] East Ham, Essex [1] Easter Glackton Petty Invernesshire [1] Eastoft, Lincolnshire [1] Eastry District, Kent [1] Finsbury, Middlesex [1] Folkestone [1]

Rank

Private [2527] Trooper [1113] Sapper [295] Guardsman [275] Corporal [236] Second Lieutenant [162] Lance Corporal [150] Lieutenant [135] Serjeant [92] Acting Corporal [55] Corporal of Horse [55] Private Lance Corporal [48] Captain [45] Lance Serjeant [25] Private Acting Corporal [22] Major [20] Corporal Acting Serjeant [15] Acting Serjeant [12] Shoeing Smith [10] Private /Lance Corporal [9] Temporary Lieutenant [8] Warrant Officer Class 2 [7] Acting Corporal of Horse [6] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [6] Company Serjeant Major [6] Gunner [6] Acting Captain [5] Driver [5] Private Acting Lance Corporal [5] Private Corporal [5] Regimental Serjeant Major [5] Lieutenant Acting Captain [4] Trumpeter [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Corporal Lance Serjeant [3] Pioneer [3] Private Acting Serjeant [3] Quartermaster Serjeant [3] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Saddler [3] Serjeant Private [3] Trooper Lance Corporal [3] Acting Colour Serjeant [2] Acting Major [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Corporal 2nd [2] Corporal Private [2] Corporal Shoeing Smith [2] Corporal Trooper [2] Corporal/Lance Serjeant [2]

Unit

Guards Machine Gun Regiment [4417] Royal Horse Guards [656] Grenadier Guards [503] Life Guards [435] Coldstream Guards [412] Scots Guards [272] Machine Gun Corps [196] Household Battalion [166] Irish Guards [166] Dragoon Guards [159] Welsh Guards [114] Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [113] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [100] 2nd Life Guards [96] Machine Gun Guards [76] 1st Life Guards [71] Hussars [51] London Regiment [49] Royal Highlanders Guards [44] Royal Canadian Regiment [39] Machine Gun Regiment [27] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [25] 5th Dragoon Guards [24] Royal Engineers [20] Army Service Corps [18] Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) [18] 1st Royal Canadian Regiment [15] 6th Dragoon Guards [15] Gloucestershire Regiment [14] 1st Dragoon Guards [12] 4th Dragoon Guards [12] Lancers [12] Guards Machine Gun Regiment Battalion [11] Labour Corps [11] Royal Army Medical Corps [11] Royal Dragoon Guards [11] 17th Lancers [10] Cheshire Regiment [10] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [10] Suffolk Regiment [10] Essex Regiment [9] Guards Machine Gun Battalion [9] North Staffordshire Regiment [9] 3rd Dragoon Guards [8] Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) [8] South Lancashire Regiment [8] West Yorkshire Regiment [8] Worcestershire Regiment [8] 4th Royal Canadian Regiment [7] 6th Dragoons [7]

Service

British Army [4798] Other Empire Force [2] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

B [532] S [438] H [430] M [429] W [421] C [399] P [262] G [245] R [223] L [217] T [193] D [181] F [166] J [136] A [122] K [104] N [86] E [80] O [64] V [27] I [18] Y [14] Q [6] U [4] Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [4794]

Country

United Kingdom [73] Canada [1] Egypt [1] Ireland [1] Trinidad and Tobago [1]

Gerald Winney Cowles

Born 1885

British Army 1043 Trooper Royal Highlanders Guards

British Army 5441 Trooper Guards Machine Gun Regiment

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Stanley Thomas Kercher

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 3149 Trooper Guards Machine Gun Regiment

British Army 3149 Trooper The Guards Machine Gun Regiment 1st (1st Life Guards) Battalion

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Frank Keen

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 2582 Trooper Life Guards

British Army 4022 Trooper Guards Machine Gun Regiment

British Army 4022 Corporal Guards Machine Gun Regiment

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Joseph Thomas Barros

Born 1897

Died 1978

British Army 9714 Private 1st Reserve Cavalry Regiment

British Army 41075 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 41075 Corporal Machine Gun Corps

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William Albert Foster

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 120 Private Guards Machine Gun Regiment

British Army 120 Private Machine Gun Guards

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Tom Welsh Tait

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 989 Private Guards Machine Gun Regiment

British Army 989 Guardsman Machine Gun Guards 4th Battalion

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Harry Connor

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 90 Private Guards Machine Gun Regiment

British Army 90 Private Machine Gun Guards

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Henry Garden

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 839 Private Guards Machine Gun Regiment

British Army 839 Private Machine Gun Guards

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John Currie

Died 1917

British Army 794 Private Guards Machine Gun Regiment

British Army 794 Private Machine Gun Guards

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George Anderson

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 751 Private Guards Machine Gun Regiment

British Army 751 Private Machine Gun Guards

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John Campbell

Born 1878

Died 1917

British Army 793 Private Guards Machine Gun Regiment

British Army 793 Private Machine Gun Guards

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Henry Blyth

Died 1917

British Army 775 Private Guards Machine Gun Regiment

British Army 775 Private Machine Gun Guards

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Thomas Percival Stone

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 2824 Trooper Life Guards

British Army 4844 Trooper Machine Gun Corps

British Army 4844 Trooper Guards Machine Gun Regiment

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Walter Gilbert Barham

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 15537 Private Coldstream Guards

British Army 449 Private Guards Machine Gun Regiment

British Army 449 Private Machine Gun Guards

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Ernest Edward Wylie

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 11843 Private Scots Guards

British Army 1001 Private Lance Corporal Guards Machine Gun Regiment

British Army 1001 Lance Corporal Machine Gun Guards

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George William Little

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 17003 Private Grenadier Guards

British Army 1729 Private Machine Gun Guards

British Army 1729 Private Guards Machine Gun Regiment 5th Reserve Battalion

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Horace Arthur Cottam

Died 1917

British Army 21270 Private Grenadier Guards

British Army 81 Private Guards Machine Gun Regiment

British Army 81 Private Machine Gun Guards

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William Millward

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 10220 Private Scots Guards

British Army 893 Serjeant Guards Machine Gun Regiment

British Army 893 Serjeant Machine Gun Guards

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Edward Garside Whitehead

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 21718 Private Grenadier Guards

British Army 385 Private Guards Machine Gun Regiment

British Army 385 Private Machine Gun Guards

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Thomas Allinson

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 6685 Private Guards Machine Gun Regiment

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