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Simla [3]

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Cheltenham [2]

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Moohtapore, Behar [2]

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Akola, Berar [1]

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Cuttack, Orissa [1]

Deal, Kent [1]

Deccan [1]

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Derby [1]

Devon [1]

Dharmsala [1]

Dinapore [1]

Dindigul, Madura District, Madras Presidency [1]

Dover [1]

Eastbourne, Sussex [1]

Edinburgh [1]

Rank

Rifleman [5406]

Captain [608]

Lance Naik [507]

Lieutenant [469]

Naik [317]

Havildar [310]

Second Lieutenant [280]

Major [222]

Bhisti [131]

Lieutenant Colonel [107]

Private [99]

Jemadar [95]

Cook [94]

Sweeper [60]

Subadar [53]

Bearer [29]

Corporal [18]

Bugler [15]

Colonel [13]

Rifles man [12]

Serjeant [12]

Brigadier General [11]

Syce [11]

Acting Captain [9]

Barber [9]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [7]

Lance Corporal [7]

Acting Havildar [6]

Acting Naik [5]

Brevet Major [5]

Sub Major [5]

Clerk [4]

Dhobie [4]

Naick [4]

Sapper [4]

2nd Lieutenant [3]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Lieutenant Captain [3]

Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Major Acting Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Subadar Major [3]

Acting Lieutenant [2]

Acting Major [2]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Brigade Major [2]

Constable [2]

Interpreter [2]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [2]

Lieutenant Colonel Acting Brigadier General [2]

Unit

Gurkha Rifles [5540]

3rd Gurkha Rifles [322]

1/10th Gurkha Rifles [304]

1/2nd Gurkha Rifles [280]

7th Gurkha Rifles [252]

2/11th Gurkha Rifles [250]

8th Gurkha Rifles [182]

5th Regiment Gurkha Rifles [175]

1/11th Gurkha Rifles [169]

Indian Army [141]

5th Gurkha Rifles [65]

Indian Army Reserve of Officers [63]

2/10th Gurkha Rifles [57]

4th Gurkha Rifles [54]

2/8th Gurkha Rifles [46]

1/1st Gurkha Rifles [40]

2nd Gurkha Rifles [39]

1/7th Gurkha Rifles [38]

1/9th Gurkha Rifles [38]

1/5th Gurkha Rifles [31]

King Edward's Own Gurkhas [31]

1/6th Gurkha Rifles [29]

2/3rd Gurkha Rifles [27]

Gurkha Rifles Indian Army [27]

2/7th Gurkha Rifles [24]

Royal Gurkha Rifles [22]

1/8th Gurkha Rifles [21]

2/5th Gurkha Rifles [21]

1/4th Gurkha Rifles [20]

2/6th Gurkha Rifles [20]

2/1st Gurkha Rifles [19]

2/9th Gurkha Rifles [19]

5th Royal Gurkha Rifles [19]

King Edward's Own Goorkhas [18]

2/2nd Gurkha Rifles [17]

King Edward's Own Gurkha Rifles [17]

10th Gurkha Rifles [16]

2/4th Gurkha Rifles [16]

6th Gurkha Rifles [13]

Gurkha Rifles/Staff [13]

Indian Medical Service [13]

London Regiment [13]

Royal Fusiliers [13]

2nd King Edward's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles) [12]

King Edward's Own Gurkha [11]

Gurkha Rifles/ Staff [10]

Hampshire Regiment [10]

1/18th Royal Gurkha Rifles [9]

1/39th Royal Gurkha Rifles [9]

1/3rd Gurkha Rifles [9]

Service

British Army [8361]

Indian Army [302]

Other Empire Force [3]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [1081]

D [802]

M [769]

K [733]

S [711]

J [540]

P [520]

R [463]

H [458]

G [387]

C [373]

L [366]

N [362]

T [325]

A [306]

W [105]

I [80]

F [61]

U [38]

O [25]

E [20]

Y [15]

V [11]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [8525]

Country

United Kingdom [42]

India [2]

Nepal [2]

France [1]

Turkey [1]

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London [3] Madras [3] Simla [3] Bombay [2] Cheltenham [2] Kent [2] Lucknow [2] Moohtapore, Behar [2] Plymouth, Devon [2] Scotland [2] Akola, Berar [1] Allahabad [1] Almora, St Mark Presidency, Bengal [1] Arsaph, Bengal [1] Bakloh, Punjab [1] Banda [1] Barton upon Irwell, Lancashire [1] Bayswater, London [1] Bengal [1] Bexhill, Sussex [1] Bishopston, Barton Regis,Gloucs. [1] Bodmin, Cornwall [1] Bournemouth, Hampshire [1] Brighton [1] Burma, British India [1] Caernarvon, Wales [1] Calcutta [1] Cardiff [1] Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [1] Cardiganshire [1] Cawnpore, Madras [1] Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1] Clapton, London [1] Clifton, Bristol [1] Clontarf, Dublin [1] Colombo Ceylon [1] Corsham, Wiltshire [1] Croydon [1] Cuttack, Orissa [1] Deal, Kent [1] Deccan [1] Denchworth, Berkshire [1] Derby [1] Devon [1] Dharmsala [1] Dinapore [1] Dindigul, Madura District, Madras Presidency [1] Dover [1] Eastbourne, Sussex [1] Edinburgh [1]

Rank

Rifleman [5406] Captain [608] Lance Naik [507] Lieutenant [469] Naik [317] Havildar [310] Second Lieutenant [280] Major [222] Bhisti [131] Lieutenant Colonel [107] Private [99] Jemadar [95] Cook [94] Sweeper [60] Subadar [53] Bearer [29] Corporal [18] Bugler [15] Colonel [13] Rifles man [12] Serjeant [12] Brigadier General [11] Syce [11] Acting Captain [9] Barber [9] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [7] Lance Corporal [7] Acting Havildar [6] Acting Naik [5] Brevet Major [5] Sub Major [5] Clerk [4] Dhobie [4] Naick [4] Sapper [4] 2nd Lieutenant [3] Lance Serjeant [3] Lieutenant Captain [3] Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [3] Major Acting Lieutenant Colonel [3] Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [3] Subadar Major [3] Acting Lieutenant [2] Acting Major [2] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [2] Brigade Major [2] Constable [2] Interpreter [2] Lieutenant Acting Captain [2] Lieutenant Colonel Acting Brigadier General [2]

Unit

Gurkha Rifles [5540] 3rd Gurkha Rifles [322] 1/10th Gurkha Rifles [304] 1/2nd Gurkha Rifles [280] 7th Gurkha Rifles [252] 2/11th Gurkha Rifles [250] 8th Gurkha Rifles [182] 5th Regiment Gurkha Rifles [175] 1/11th Gurkha Rifles [169] Indian Army [141] 5th Gurkha Rifles [65] Indian Army Reserve of Officers [63] 2/10th Gurkha Rifles [57] 4th Gurkha Rifles [54] 2/8th Gurkha Rifles [46] 1/1st Gurkha Rifles [40] 2nd Gurkha Rifles [39] 1/7th Gurkha Rifles [38] 1/9th Gurkha Rifles [38] 1/5th Gurkha Rifles [31] King Edward's Own Gurkhas [31] 1/6th Gurkha Rifles [29] 2/3rd Gurkha Rifles [27] Gurkha Rifles Indian Army [27] 2/7th Gurkha Rifles [24] Royal Gurkha Rifles [22] 1/8th Gurkha Rifles [21] 2/5th Gurkha Rifles [21] 1/4th Gurkha Rifles [20] 2/6th Gurkha Rifles [20] 2/1st Gurkha Rifles [19] 2/9th Gurkha Rifles [19] 5th Royal Gurkha Rifles [19] King Edward's Own Goorkhas [18] 2/2nd Gurkha Rifles [17] King Edward's Own Gurkha Rifles [17] 10th Gurkha Rifles [16] 2/4th Gurkha Rifles [16] 6th Gurkha Rifles [13] Gurkha Rifles/Staff [13] Indian Medical Service [13] London Regiment [13] Royal Fusiliers [13] 2nd King Edward's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles) [12] King Edward's Own Gurkha [11] Gurkha Rifles/ Staff [10] Hampshire Regiment [10] 1/18th Royal Gurkha Rifles [9] 1/39th Royal Gurkha Rifles [9] 1/3rd Gurkha Rifles [9]

Service

British Army [8361] Indian Army [302] Other Empire Force [3] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [1081] D [802] M [769] K [733] S [711] J [540] P [520] R [463] H [458] G [387] C [373] L [366] N [362] T [325] A [306] W [105] I [80] F [61] U [38] O [25] E [20] Y [15] V [11] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [8525]

Country

United Kingdom [42] India [2] Nepal [2] France [1] Turkey [1]

Henry Dennis Hickley

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army Captain 7th Gurkha Rifles

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John Sweetland Dallas

Born 1885

Died 1915

Indian Army Captain 1/6th Gurkha Rifles

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Denis Wellesley Maxwell

Born 1875

British Army Acting Lieutenant Colonel Gurkha Rifles

British Army Major Gurkha Rifles

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John Mckenzie Trower Hogg

Born 1869

British Army Major Gurkha Rifles

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Gurkha Rifles

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Alexander Sutherland Mackay

Born 1890

Died 1962

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Gurkha Rifles

British Army Lieutenant Colonel 7th Gurkha Rifles

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Hugh Richard Augustin Whytehead

Born 1881

Died 1915

British Army Captain 1/6th Gurkha Rifles

Indian Army Captain 1/6th Gurkha Rifles

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Hugh Guy Clutterbuck

Born 1893

Died 1916

Indian Army 1826 Private Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps

Indian Army Second Lieutenant 2/7th Gurkha Rifles

Indian Army Lieutenant 2/7th Gurkha Rifles

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John Rowley Lunell Heyland

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army Captain 9th Gurkha Rifles

Indian Army Captain 1/9th Gurkha Rifles

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George Chamberlain Hockin

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant 2/7th Gurkha Rifles

British Army Lieutenant 7th Gurkha Rifles

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Hugh Stafford Northcote Wright

Born 1877

Died 1914

British Army Captain 2/8th Gurkha Rifles

British Army Captain 8th Gurkha Rifles

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Archibald Kenneth Park

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army Captain 1/10th Gurkha Rifles

British Army Captain 10th Gurkha Rifles

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Baker Arthur Rawson Blewitt

Born 1882

Died 1916

Indian Army 9th Gurkha Rifles

Indian Army Captain

Indian Army Captain 9th Gurkha Rifles

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Wilfred Bernard O'shea

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant 1/8th Gurkha Rifles

British Army Second Lieutenant 8th Gurkha Rifles

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Charles William Maxwell

Born 1889

Died 1914

British Army Lieutenant 2/8th Gurkha Rifles

British Army Lieutenant 8th Gurkha Rifles

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Ronald Heathcote Mylne

Born 1887

Died 1969

British Army Second Lieutenant Border Regiment

Indian Army Lieutenant 10th Gurkha Rifles 1st Battalion

Indian Army Captain 10th Gurkha Rifles 1st Battalion

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Charles Mylne Mullaly

Born 1885

Died 1915

Indian Army Second Lieutenant 2nd King Edward's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles) 2nd Battalion

Indian Army Lieutenant 2nd King Edward's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles) 2nd Battalion

Indian Army Captain 2nd King Edward's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles) 2nd Battalion

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Ernest Reginald Hayes Sadler

Born 1878

Died 1914

British Army Captain Gurkha Rifles

British Army Captain Indian Army

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Geoffrey Angell

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant 2/8th Gurkha Rifles

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Arthur Montagu Rundall

Born 1878

Died 1914

Indian Army Captain 1/4th Gurkha Rifles

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Fleetwood George Campbell Ross

Born 1869

Died 1914

British Army Major 2/2nd Gurkha Rifles

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