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Place of birth

East Indies [2]

Aurungarabad, Madras [1]

Bedford, Bedfordshire [1]

Bengal [1]

Calcutta [1]

Chelsea [1]

Chippenham, Wiltshire [1]

Dalhouse [1]

Darjeeling [1]

Evesham [1]

Fakenham, Norfolk [1]

Greenwich, Kent [1]

Guildford, Surrey [1]

Jamalpur [1]

Jongoo, Burma [1]

Jullundur [1]

Little Compton, Gloucestershire [1]

London [1]

Lucknow [1]

Mahdipur [1]

Mauritius [1]

Meerut [1]

Mhow [1]

Naini Tal, British India [1]

Nellore, Madras [1]

Sadodar [1]

Saugor [1]

St John's Wood, London [1]

Straits Settlements [1]

Tullynessie, Aberdeenshire [1]

Upminster, Essex [1]

Vancouver [1]

Wadhurst, Sussex [1]

Winslow, Buckinghamshire [1]

Rank

Captain [109]

Major [105]

Lieutenant Colonel [54]

Colonel [37]

Major General [34]

Lieutenant [32]

Second Lieutenant [30]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [20]

Brigadier General [18]

Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [17]

Serjeant [16]

Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [14]

Brevet Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [12]

Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [11]

Brevet Colonel [10]

Brevet Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [7]

Colonel Temporary Brigadier General [7]

Lieutenant General [7]

Captain /Temporary Major [6]

Major and Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [6]

Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [6]

Captain/Temporary Major [5]

Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [5]

Lieutenant Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [5]

Private [5]

Staff Serjeant [5]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [4]

Brevet Major [4]

Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [4]

Temporary Captain [4]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Cadet [3]

Captain and Brevet Major [3]

Clerk [3]

Colonel /Temporary Major General [3]

General [3]

Lieutenant Colonel Temporary Brigadier General [3]

Staff Captain [3]

Temporary Major [3]

Acting Captain [2]

Acting Major [2]

Brevet Colonel /Temporary Major General [2]

Brevet Colonel/Temporary Major General [2]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [2]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Captain /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Conductor [2]

Corporal [2]

Driver [2]

Unit

Indian Army [114]

Indian Army/ Staff [104]

Staff [74]

Indian Army/Staff [42]

Indian Army Staff [39]

Indian Army/ Staff and Head Quarters [29]

Indian Army/Staff and Head Quarters [28]

Staff Indian Army [22]

Indian Army Reserve of Officers [20]

Staff and Head Quarters [20]

Indian Army/ Staff and Headquarters [17]

Indian Army Staff Corps [12]

15th Punjab Regiment [6]

Indian Staff Corps [6]

General Headquarters Staff [5]

Staff and Headquarters [5]

Corps of Military Staff Clerks Indian Army [4]

General Staff [4]

Indian Army Staff and Head Quarters [4]

Staff Corps [4]

Staff; Staff Corps [4]

Commands and Staff [3]

Gurkha Rifles/Indian Army/ Staff [3]

Indian Army Reserve of Officers/ Staff and Head Quarters [3]

Lancers/Indian Army/ Staff [3]

Bengal Staff Corps [2]

Canadian Machine Gun [2]

Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps [2]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

Gurkha Rifles [2]

Horse Indian Army [2]

Indian Army Reserve of Officers/ Staff [2]

Indian Army Reserve of Officers/ Staff and Headquarters [2]

Indian Army Transport/ Staff [2]

Indian Army/ General Headquarters Staff [2]

Indian Army/Commands and Staff [2]

Indian Army/Staff and Headquarters [2]

Lancers/Indian Army/Staff [2]

London Regiment [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Military Staff Clerks Indian Army [2]

Punjabis [2]

Royal Engineers [2]

Royal Engineers Indian Army [2]

1/42nd Deoli Regiment [1]

103rd Mahratta Light Infantry and Staff [1]

103rd Mahrattas [1]

104th Wellesley's Rifles and Staff [1]

106th Infantry Brigade 35th Division Indian Army [1]

107th Pioneers [1]

Service

British Army [558]

Indian Army [48]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [67]

B [63]

M [58]

H [49]

W [42]

S [39]

D [25]

G [25]

P [25]

T [25]

L [21]

F [17]

J [16]

R [16]

E [15]

N [13]

K [11]

A [10]

V [10]

Y [10]

O [8]

I [1]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [566]

Country

United Kingdom [18]

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Place of birth

East Indies [2] Aurungarabad, Madras [1] Bedford, Bedfordshire [1] Bengal [1] Calcutta [1] Chelsea [1] Chippenham, Wiltshire [1] Dalhouse [1] Darjeeling [1] Evesham [1] Fakenham, Norfolk [1] Greenwich, Kent [1] Guildford, Surrey [1] Jamalpur [1] Jongoo, Burma [1] Jullundur [1] Little Compton, Gloucestershire [1] London [1] Lucknow [1] Mahdipur [1] Mauritius [1] Meerut [1] Mhow [1] Naini Tal, British India [1] Nellore, Madras [1] Sadodar [1] Saugor [1] St John's Wood, London [1] Straits Settlements [1] Tullynessie, Aberdeenshire [1] Upminster, Essex [1] Vancouver [1] Wadhurst, Sussex [1] Winslow, Buckinghamshire [1]

Rank

Captain [109] Major [105] Lieutenant Colonel [54] Colonel [37] Major General [34] Lieutenant [32] Second Lieutenant [30] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [20] Brigadier General [18] Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [17] Serjeant [16] Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [14] Brevet Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [12] Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [11] Brevet Colonel [10] Brevet Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [7] Colonel Temporary Brigadier General [7] Lieutenant General [7] Captain /Temporary Major [6] Major and Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [6] Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [6] Captain/Temporary Major [5] Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [5] Lieutenant Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [5] Private [5] Staff Serjeant [5] Acting Serjeant [4] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [4] Brevet Major [4] Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [4] Temporary Captain [4] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [4] Cadet [3] Captain and Brevet Major [3] Clerk [3] Colonel /Temporary Major General [3] General [3] Lieutenant Colonel Temporary Brigadier General [3] Staff Captain [3] Temporary Major [3] Acting Captain [2] Acting Major [2] Brevet Colonel /Temporary Major General [2] Brevet Colonel/Temporary Major General [2] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [2] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] Captain /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] Conductor [2] Corporal [2] Driver [2]

Unit

Indian Army [114] Indian Army/ Staff [104] Staff [74] Indian Army/Staff [42] Indian Army Staff [39] Indian Army/ Staff and Head Quarters [29] Indian Army/Staff and Head Quarters [28] Staff Indian Army [22] Indian Army Reserve of Officers [20] Staff and Head Quarters [20] Indian Army/ Staff and Headquarters [17] Indian Army Staff Corps [12] 15th Punjab Regiment [6] Indian Staff Corps [6] General Headquarters Staff [5] Staff and Headquarters [5] Corps of Military Staff Clerks Indian Army [4] General Staff [4] Indian Army Staff and Head Quarters [4] Staff Corps [4] Staff; Staff Corps [4] Commands and Staff [3] Gurkha Rifles/Indian Army/ Staff [3] Indian Army Reserve of Officers/ Staff and Head Quarters [3] Lancers/Indian Army/ Staff [3] Bengal Staff Corps [2] Canadian Machine Gun [2] Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps [2] Devonshire Regiment [2] Gurkha Rifles [2] Horse Indian Army [2] Indian Army Reserve of Officers/ Staff [2] Indian Army Reserve of Officers/ Staff and Headquarters [2] Indian Army Transport/ Staff [2] Indian Army/ General Headquarters Staff [2] Indian Army/Commands and Staff [2] Indian Army/Staff and Headquarters [2] Lancers/Indian Army/Staff [2] London Regiment [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Military Staff Clerks Indian Army [2] Punjabis [2] Royal Engineers [2] Royal Engineers Indian Army [2] 1/42nd Deoli Regiment [1] 103rd Mahratta Light Infantry and Staff [1] 103rd Mahrattas [1] 104th Wellesley's Rifles and Staff [1] 106th Infantry Brigade 35th Division Indian Army [1] 107th Pioneers [1]

Service

British Army [558] Indian Army [48] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [67] B [63] M [58] H [49] W [42] S [39] D [25] G [25] P [25] T [25] L [21] F [17] J [16] R [16] E [15] N [13] K [11] A [10] V [10] Y [10] O [8] I [1] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [566]

Country

United Kingdom [18]

Ranjitsinhji His Highness The Jamsaheb Of Nawanagar

Born 1872

Died 1933

British Army Indian Army Staff

British Army Major Indian Army Staff

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John Eccles Nixon

Born 1857

Died 1921

British Army General Indian Army

Bengal Staff Corps 18th Bengal Lancers

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M L Hornby

Born 1870

Died 1948

British Army Retired Pay Brevet Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General Indian Army/ Staff

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Andrew Skeen

Born 1873

Died 1935

Indian Army Lieutenant 15th Punjab Regiment 1st Battalion

Indian Army General Indian Staff Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Own Scottish Borderers

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Henry Plummer Ishmael

Born 1882

Died 1914

British Army Second Lieutenant Staff-Indian Army

British Army Second Lieutenant Indian Army

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John Fillis Carre Carter

Born 1882

Died 1944

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Indian Army

British Army Major Indian Army Staff

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Ernest William Stuart King Maconchy

Born 1861

Died 1945

British Army Brigadier General Indian Army Staff

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James Archibald Douglas

Born 1862

Died 1932

Indian Army Major General Indian Army

Indian Army Colonel / temporary Brigadier General Staff

Indian Army Colonel Staff Assistant Quartermaster-General

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Leslie Cardew Thuillier

Born 1877

Died 1964

British Army Major Indian Army

Indian Army Second Lieutenant Indian Staff Corps

Indian Army Lieutenant Indian Staff Corps

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Harry Townsend Fulton.

Born 1869

Died 1918

British Army Major Temporary Brigadier General Indian Army/ Staff

New Zealand Expeditionary Force Brigadier General

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Andrew Monro Jukes

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army Captain Indian Army/ Staff

Indian Army Captain Indian Medical Service

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Claud William Jacob

Born 1863

Died 1948

British Army Lieutenant General Indian Army/ Staff

British Army Field Marshal

Indian Army Colonel Indian Corps Meerut Division

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John Kelso Tod

Born 1864

British Army Colonel Staff

British Army Colonel Indian Army

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Oswald Arthur Gerald Fitzgerald.

Born 1875

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant Colonel 18th (King George's Own) Lancers

British Army Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Indian Army attached General Staff

British Army Brevet Lieutenant Colonel

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Charles Edward Hendley

Born 1863

Died 1920

Indian Army Colonel Indian Army, Staff Basra, Mesopotamia

Indian Army Colonel Late 81st Pioneers, Staff Assistant Quartermaster-General

Indian Army Major General Indian Army

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Alfred Woodrow Stanley Wingate

British Army Colonel Staff

British Army Colonel Staff Indian Army

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Alfred James Ruegg

Born 1865

Died 1953

British Army Major General Staff Indian Army

Indian Army Captain (Honorary)

Indian Army Lieutenant (honorary)

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Eric Sydney Percy-Smith

Born 1879

British Army Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel Indian Army/ Staff

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Edward Leyborne Popham

Born 1876

British Army Major Staff

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Indian Army

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Pomeroy Holland-Pryor

Born 1866

British Army Lieutenant Colonel and Brevet Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General Indian Army/ Staff

Indian Army Major-General

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