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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]

Archibald Duncan Mcallister

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 21324 Private Grenadier Guards

British Army 1293 Private Lance Corporal Guards Machine Gun Regiment

British Army 1293 Lance Corporal Guards Machine Gun Regiment

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Thomas Johnstone

Born 1895

Died 1921

British Army 12843 Private Scots Guards

British Army 8281 Private Guards Machine Gun Regiment

British Army 8281 Guardsman Guards Machine Gun Regiment

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Leonard Budd

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 16341 Corporal Coldstream Guards

British Army 454 Corporal Guards Machine Gun Regiment

British Army 454 Lance Serjeant Guards Machine Gun Regiment

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John Reilly

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 4359 Private Irish Guards

British Army 1177 Private Guards Machine Gun Regiment

British Army 1177 Lance Serjeant Guards Machine Gun Regiment

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George Alfred Laxton

Born 1894

Died 1919

British Army 15831 Private Grenadier Guards

British Army 589 Private Guards Machine Gun Regiment

British Army 589 Guardsman Guards Machine Gun Regiment

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Joseph Louis Sellier

Born 1894

Other Empire Force Trinidad Motorcycle Corps

British Army 4793 Trooper Machine Gun Regiment of Foot Guards 2nd Battalion

British Army 3203 Trooper Life Guards 2nd Battalion

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Kenneth Dennison

Born 1896

British Army 489 Acting Lance Corporal Guards Machine Gun Regiment

British Army 489 Acting Corporal Guards Machine Gun Regiment

British Army 489 Private Guards Machine Gun Regiment 1st Battalion

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Alexander M Brown

Died 1917

British Army 11631 Private Scots Guards

British Army 761 Private Guards Machine Gun Regiment

British Army 761 Private Machine Gun Guards

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Leonard Gosley

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 15896 Private Coldstream Guards

British Army 529 Private Guards Machine Gun Regiment

British Army 529 Private Machine Gun Guards

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Thomas Clancy

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 9847 Private Irish Guards

British Army 1051 Private Guards Machine Gun Regiment

British Army 1051 Private Machine Gun Guards

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James Bowes

Died 1917

British Army 24234 Private Grenadier Guards

British Army 52 Private Guards Machine Gun Regiment

British Army 52 Private Machine Gun Guards

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Peter Burns

Died 1917

British Army 7853 Private Irish Guards

British Army 1436 Private Guards Machine Gun Regiment

British Army 1436 Private Machine Gun Guards

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Richard Coleman

Died 1918

British Army 8920 Private Irish Guards

British Army 1046 Private Guards Machine Gun Regiment

British Army 1046 Private Machine Gun Guards

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James Bennett Elmer

Died 1917

British Army 812 Serjeant Guards Machine Gun Regiment

British Army 812 Serjeant Machine Gun Guards

British Army 8653 SCOTS GUARDS

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Thomas Emms

Died 1918

British Army 19100 Private Coldstream Guards

British Army 1852 Private Guards Machine Gun Battalion

British Army 1852 Private Guards Machine Gun Regiment

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John Whiteside

Died 1917

British Army 19196 Private Grenadier Guards

British Army 380 Private Guards Machine Gun Regiment

British Army 380 Private Machine Gun Guards

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Frederick Mutch

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 14918 Private Scots Guards

British Army 915 Private Guards Machine Gun Regiment

British Army 915 Private Machine Gun Guards

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Arthur W. Marr

Died 1918

British Army 15946 Private Grenadier Guards

British Army 223 Private Machine Gun Guards

British Army 223 Private Guards Machine Gun Regiment

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James Rigby

Died 1917

British Army 18287 Private Grenadier Guards

British Army 290 Private Guards Machine Gun Regiment

British Army 290 Private Machine Gun Guards

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William Henry Knight

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army 2191 Private Welsh Guards

British Army 1908 Private Guards Machine Gun Regiment

British Army 1908 Private Machine Gun Guards

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