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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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People [4798] Stories Communities

Place of birth

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 Vance

British Army 10867 Private King's Dragoon Guards

British Army 47105 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 10867 Private Royal Cavalry Regiment

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John Y Aytoun

British Army 6008 Private Reserve Regiment of Cavalry

British Army 6008 Private Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) 2nd Battalion

British Army 41015 Private Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

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James Burns

British Army 3960 Private Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) 2nd Battalion

British Army 41797 Private Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

British Army 3960 Private Reserve Regiment of Cavalry 5th Battalion

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Arthur Mills

British Army 6980 Corporal Indian Expeditionary Force

British Army 6980 Serjeant Dragoon Guards

British Army 6482 Company Serjeant Major Rifle Brigade

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James W Burrell

British Army GDN/5666 Private Acting Serjeant 6th Dragoons

British Army D/21149 Private Acting Serjeant 6th Dragoons

British Army 3384 Private Acting Serjeant Guards Machine Gun Regiment

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Frederick W Darley

British Army 7781 1st Dragoon Guards

British Army 7781 Reserve Regiment of Cavalry 1st Battalion

British Army 47006 Private Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

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George C Gingell

British Army 19619 Reserve Regiment of Cavalry

British Army 19619 Private 5th Dragoon Guards

British Army 39783 Private Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

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William Davis

British Army 7139 Private 6th Dragoon Guards

British Army 41668 Corporal Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

British Army 7139 Corporal Reserve Regiment of Cavalry 3rd Battalion

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William F Curtis

British Army 5028 Private Reserve Regiment of Cavalry

British Army 5028 Private 4th Dragoon Guards

British Army 41236 Private Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

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Frederick Bontoft

British Army 7170 Private 4th Dragoon Guards

British Army 7170 Private Reserve Regiment of Cavalry

British Army 41233 Private Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

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John Baker

British Army 10609 Private 5th Dragoon Guards

British Army 10609 Private Reserve Regiment of Cavalry 1st Battalion

British Army 47227 Private Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

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William Clarke

British Army 4714 Private 5th Dragoon Guards

British Army 4714 Private 1st Royal Canadian Regiment

British Army 39782 Private Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

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Robert N V Gandy

British Army 21015 Private 6th Dragoon Guards

British Army 41712 Private Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

British Army 21015 Private Reserve Regiment of Cavalry 3rd Battalion

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William J Ferguson

British Army 5254 Private Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) 2nd Battalion

British Army 41030 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 5254 Private 2nd Royal Canadian Regiment

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Charles Noel Thomas Carnsew

British Army 110077 Acting Corporal RMR

British Army Lieutenant 1/1st Staffordshire Yeomanry attached Machine Gun Corps

British Army Lieutenant 18th Guards Machine Gun Regiment

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Ernest F Evans

British Army 6495 Bandsman 7th Dragoon Guards

British Army 47237 Corporal Machine Gun Corps

British Army 6495 Corporal 4th Royal Canadian Regiment

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Maurice Brennan

British Army 10223 Private 6th Dragoons

British Army 143084 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 37237 Private South Lancashire Regiment

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William Hailstone

British Army 5595 Private Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) 2nd Battalion

British Army 39771 Private Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

British Army 578428 Private Labour Corps

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