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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]

James G Bailey

British Army 5035 Private 5th Dragoon Guards

British Army 39780 Private Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

British Army 5035 Private 1st Royal Canadian Regiment

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Richard Hanstock

British Army 5976 Private 4th Dragoon Guards

British Army 41256 Lance Corporal Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

British Army 5976 Lance Corporal Reserve Regiment of Cavalry 4th Battalion

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Richard C Hart

British Army 13525 Reserve Regiment of Cavalry

British Army 13525 6th Dragoons

British Army 13525 Private 3rd Dragoon Guards

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Ralph J Finch

British Army 7172 Private 6th Dragoons

British Army 57598 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 7172 Private 6th Dragoon Guards

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Arthur W Gibson

British Army 1607 Private 6th Dragoon Guards

British Army 41672 Private Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

British Army 1607 Private Reserve Regiment of Cavalry 3rd Battalion

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Edwin Dand

British Army 6783 Private Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) 2nd Battalion

British Army 41022 Lance Corporal Machine Gun Corps

British Army 6783 Lance Corporal 2nd Royal Canadian Regiment

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Andrew Gloag

British Army 22008 Reserve Regiment of Cavalry

British Army 22008 Private 5th Dragoon Guards

British Army 39784 Private Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

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Cyril E Beer

British Army 7754 Private Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) 2nd Battalion

British Army 41018 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 7754 Private 2nd Royal Canadian Regiment

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Albert J Boyce

British Army 9909 Private 6th Dragoon Guards

British Army 41658 Private Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

British Army 9909 Private Reserve Regiment of Cavalry 3rd Battalion

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Eric Corscaden

British Army 7093 Private Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) 2nd Battalion

British Army 41020 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 7093 Private 2nd Royal Canadian Regiment

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George S Cadman

British Army 2664 Private Royal East Kent Yeomanry

British Army 13375 Private Reserve Regiment of Cavalry

British Army 13375 Private Dragoon Guards

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Edward F M Ward

British Army 13622 Reserve Regiment of Cavalry

British Army 13622 Dragoons

British Army 13622 Private Dragoon Guards

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Jonathan H Binding

British Army 6788 Private Devonshire Regiment

British Army 29900 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

British Army 147450 Private Machine Gun Corps

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George Bridle

British Army 8877 Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) 2nd Battalion

British Army 8877 Reserve Regiment of Cavalry 2nd Battalion

British Army 47033 Serjeant Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

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Peter Mackenzie

British Army 22109 Reserve Regiment of Cavalry

British Army 34808 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

British Army 22109 Private Dragoon Guards

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Patrick Mcmenamin

British Army Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class Royal Munster Fusiliers

British Army 15 Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class Guards Machine Gun Regiment

British Army 15 Reverend Royal Army Chaplain's Department

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John Bryce

British Army 22001 Reserve Regiment of Cavalry

British Army 22001 Private Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) 2nd Battalion

British Army 39767 Private Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

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Albert Strange

British Army 7670 Private Dragoon Guards

British Army 39791 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 7670 Private Royal Canadian Regiment

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Henry F Hall

British Army 7854 Private Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) 2nd Battalion

British Army 41037 Private Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

Canadian Expeditionary Force 41037 Private Royal Canadian Regiment

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William Robertson

British Army 3457 Private Dragoon Guards

British Army 59790 Lance Corporal Machine Gun Corps

British Army 3457 Lance Corporal Royal Canadian Regiment

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