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Barnet [1]

Bengal, British Raj [1]

Blisland, Cornwall [1]

Bogawantalawa, Ceylon.... now called..... [1]

Caistor, Norfolk [1]

Calcutta [1]

Cambridge [1]

Devon [1]

Doomka, Bengal [1]

Driffield, Yorkshire [1]

Galway [1]

Islington [1]

Jamalpur [1]

Kingston St Mary, Somerset [1]

Kurachee, Bombay [1]

Langley, Buckinghamshire [1]

Llanfyllin, Wales [1]

Loose, Kent [1]

Maine [1]

Midgley, Yorkshire [1]

Muttra, North West Province [1]

Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh [1]

Notting Hill [1]

Nowgong Fort, Bundelkhand, Madhya Pradesh [1]

Portland [1]

Pundoul, Bengal [1]

Ramsgate, Kent [1]

Shere, Surrey [1]

Shifnal, Shropshire [1]

Simla [1]

Singapore Straits Settlements [1]

Southend, Essex [1]

St Austell, Cornwall [1]

Weymouth, Dorset [1]

Woolston, Berkshire [1]

Rank

Private [177]

Lieutenant [131]

Captain [114]

Second Lieutenant [92]

Major [56]

Corporal [27]

Lieutenant Colonel [26]

Serjeant [17]

Sowar [16]

Acting Corporal [11]

Lance Corporal [11]

Staff Serjeant [9]

Acting Serjeant [5]

Brevet Major [5]

Driver [5]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Major General [4]

Trooper [4]

Brigade Major [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Acting Lance Dafadar [2]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Acting Major [2]

Acting Staff Serjeant [2]

Brevet Colonel [2]

Brigadier General [2]

Colonel [2]

Daffadar [2]

Lieutenant Captain [2]

Mechanist Staff Serjeant [2]

Risaldar [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Acting Captain / Flight Commander [1]

Acting Lance Daffadar [1]

Acting Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Brevet Colonel Temporary Major General [1]

Brigadier [1]

Butler [1]

Captain /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Captain and Adjutant [1]

Captain and Quarter Master [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Conductor [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Farrier Sowar [1]

Lance Corporal Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Unit

Indian Cavalry Supply Column [134]

Royal Army Service Corps [111]

Army Service Corps [67]

Indian Army [65]

Indian Army Reserve of Officers [45]

Cavalry Indian Army [28]

Cavalry [19]

5th Cavalry Indian Army [13]

Indian Army/ Cavalry [12]

1st Indian Cavalry Supply Column 89th Company [10]

16th Cavalry Indian Army [9]

1st Indian Cavalry Supply Column 82nd Company [9]

Light Cavalry [9]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [9]

Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [9]

Indian Army Cavalry [8]

Indian Cavalry [8]

Light Cavalry Indian Army [7]

22nd Cavalry Indian Army [6]

4th Cavalry Indian Army [6]

Cavalry/Indian Army [6]

Indian Army Reserve of Officers 28th Cavalry [6]

Indian Cavalry Division [5]

17th Cavalry Indian Army [4]

27th Light Cavalry Indian Army [4]

28th Cavalry Indian Army [4]

Indian Army Reserve of Officers attached Cavalry [4]

Liverpool Regiment [4]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

12th Cavalry Indian Army [3]

17th Cavalry [3]

21st Cavalry Indian Army [3]

25th Cavalry Frontier Force Indian Army [3]

28th Light Cavalry [3]

4th Cavalry [3]

8th Cavalry Indian Army [3]

City of London Yeomanry [3]

Indian Cavalry Supply Column Army Service Corps [3]

London Regiment [3]

12th Cavalry [2]

1st Indian Cavalry Supply Column 89nd Company [2]

21st Cavalry Frontier Force Indian Army [2]

23rd Cavalry (Frontier Force) [2]

27th Light Cavalry [2]

2nd Indian Cavalry Division [2]

2nd Indian Cavalry Supply Column [2]

Bihar Light Horse [2]

Cavalry Brigade [2]

Cavalry Frontier Force [2]

County of London Yeomanry [2]

Service

British Army [506]

Indian Army [46]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [53]

H [47]

S [44]

P [43]

C [37]

W [34]

R [33]

T [32]

G [31]

B [30]

L [20]

A [19]

D [14]

J [14]

F [12]

N [12]

K [11]

O [10]

E [6]

I [4]

Y [4]

V [3]

Q [1]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [513]

Country

United Kingdom [9]

United States [1]

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People [515] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Barnet [1] Bengal, British Raj [1] Blisland, Cornwall [1] Bogawantalawa, Ceylon.... now called..... [1] Caistor, Norfolk [1] Calcutta [1] Cambridge [1] Devon [1] Doomka, Bengal [1] Driffield, Yorkshire [1] Galway [1] Islington [1] Jamalpur [1] Kingston St Mary, Somerset [1] Kurachee, Bombay [1] Langley, Buckinghamshire [1] Llanfyllin, Wales [1] Loose, Kent [1] Maine [1] Midgley, Yorkshire [1] Muttra, North West Province [1] Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh [1] Notting Hill [1] Nowgong Fort, Bundelkhand, Madhya Pradesh [1] Portland [1] Pundoul, Bengal [1] Ramsgate, Kent [1] Shere, Surrey [1] Shifnal, Shropshire [1] Simla [1] Singapore Straits Settlements [1] Southend, Essex [1] St Austell, Cornwall [1] Weymouth, Dorset [1] Woolston, Berkshire [1]

Rank

Private [177] Lieutenant [131] Captain [114] Second Lieutenant [92] Major [56] Corporal [27] Lieutenant Colonel [26] Serjeant [17] Sowar [16] Acting Corporal [11] Lance Corporal [11] Staff Serjeant [9] Acting Serjeant [5] Brevet Major [5] Driver [5] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [4] Major General [4] Trooper [4] Brigade Major [3] Temporary Captain [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Acting Lance Dafadar [2] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [2] Acting Major [2] Acting Staff Serjeant [2] Brevet Colonel [2] Brigadier General [2] Colonel [2] Daffadar [2] Lieutenant Captain [2] Mechanist Staff Serjeant [2] Risaldar [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Acting Captain / Flight Commander [1] Acting Lance Daffadar [1] Acting Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Brevet Colonel Temporary Major General [1] Brigadier [1] Butler [1] Captain /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Captain and Adjutant [1] Captain and Quarter Master [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Conductor [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Farrier Sowar [1] Lance Corporal Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Unit

Indian Cavalry Supply Column [134] Royal Army Service Corps [111] Army Service Corps [67] Indian Army [65] Indian Army Reserve of Officers [45] Cavalry Indian Army [28] Cavalry [19] 5th Cavalry Indian Army [13] Indian Army/ Cavalry [12] 1st Indian Cavalry Supply Column 89th Company [10] 16th Cavalry Indian Army [9] 1st Indian Cavalry Supply Column 82nd Company [9] Light Cavalry [9] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [9] Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [9] Indian Army Cavalry [8] Indian Cavalry [8] Light Cavalry Indian Army [7] 22nd Cavalry Indian Army [6] 4th Cavalry Indian Army [6] Cavalry/Indian Army [6] Indian Army Reserve of Officers 28th Cavalry [6] Indian Cavalry Division [5] 17th Cavalry Indian Army [4] 27th Light Cavalry Indian Army [4] 28th Cavalry Indian Army [4] Indian Army Reserve of Officers attached Cavalry [4] Liverpool Regiment [4] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] 12th Cavalry Indian Army [3] 17th Cavalry [3] 21st Cavalry Indian Army [3] 25th Cavalry Frontier Force Indian Army [3] 28th Light Cavalry [3] 4th Cavalry [3] 8th Cavalry Indian Army [3] City of London Yeomanry [3] Indian Cavalry Supply Column Army Service Corps [3] London Regiment [3] 12th Cavalry [2] 1st Indian Cavalry Supply Column 89nd Company [2] 21st Cavalry Frontier Force Indian Army [2] 23rd Cavalry (Frontier Force) [2] 27th Light Cavalry [2] 2nd Indian Cavalry Division [2] 2nd Indian Cavalry Supply Column [2] Bihar Light Horse [2] Cavalry Brigade [2] Cavalry Frontier Force [2] County of London Yeomanry [2]

Service

British Army [506] Indian Army [46] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [53] H [47] S [44] P [43] C [37] W [34] R [33] T [32] G [31] B [30] L [20] A [19] D [14] J [14] F [12] N [12] K [11] O [10] E [6] I [4] Y [4] V [3] Q [1] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [513]

Country

United Kingdom [9] United States [1]

Jasper Beverley Lynch

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army Captain Indian Cavalry

British Army 87th Royal Irish Fusiliers

Indian Army 12th Cavalry, Indian Army

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Marmaduke H. L. Gale

Born 1873

Died 1915

British Army Major 8th Cavalry Indian Army

British Army Major 8th Indian Cavalry

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Vincent Coldwell

Born 1880

Died 1916

British Army Captain 4th Cavalry

British Army Captain Indian Army

British Army Captain 4th Indian Cavalry

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Leslie Irvine Lumsden Thornton

Born 1889

Died 1915

Indian Army Lieutenant Indian Army Reserve of Officers 16th Cavalry at Lucknow

Indian Army Second Lieutenant Indian Army Reserve of Officers, attached 16th Cavalry

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Alfred Clive Le Mesurier

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Indian Army Reserve of Officers

Indian Army Lieutenant Indian Cavalry 12th Battalion

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Sydney Henry Persse

Born 1897

Died 1945

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Cavalry Indian Army

British Army Captain Cavalry Indian Army

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Angus Charles Maitland

Born 1887

Died 1986

Indian Army M2/18811 Private 1st Indian Cavalry Supply Column [1st Indian Cavalry Division]

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Army Service Corps

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Service Corps

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Charles Patrick William Pirie

Born 1859

Died 1933

British Army Major General Indian Army

British Army Major General Ambala Cavalry Brigade

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Hereward Llewelyn Roberts

Born 1864

Died 1947

British Army Brigadier General Cavalry Brigade Indian Army

British Army Brigadier Cavalry Brigade Meerut Indian Army

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J P Phipps

British Army Second Lieutenant Cavalry

British Army Lieutenant Cavalry Indian Army

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E S Vicary

British Army Captain Cavalry

British Army Brevet Major Cavalry

British Army Brevet Major Indian Army

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Walter Hesketh

Born 1872

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Cavalry

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Indian Army

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Henry Templer

British Army Colonel Indian Army

Indian Army Lieutenant Colonel, Brevet Colonel Indian Cavalry

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Robert Macpherson Hall

Died 1915

British Army Major Indian Army 25th Cavalry

British Army Major 25th Indian Cavalry (Frontier Force)

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Stanley Mc Ewan Ferguson

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Seaforth Highlanders

British Army Lieutenant 17th Cavalry Indian Army

British Army Lieutenant 17th Indian Cavalry

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Mahbub Khan

British Army Indian Army Cavalry

British Army Risaldar Indian Army Cavalry

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Natha Singh

British Army Indian Army/ Cavalry

British Army Risaldar Indian Army/ Cavalry

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Musalli

British Army Indian Army/ Cavalry

British Army 1534/ 1534 Daffadar Indian Army/ Cavalry

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Ali Khan Hashim

British Army Cavalry Indian Army

British Army 3161 Farrier Sowar Cavalry Indian Army

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Kehar Singh

British Army Indian Army/ Cavalry

British Army 1187/ 1187 Daffadar Indian Army/ Cavalry

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