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Place of birth

London [3]

Dublin [2]

Liverpool [2]

Ringarooma, Tasmania [2]

Wexford [2]

15 Kingston Gardens, Kingston [1]

Adelaide [1]

Bala, Merionethshire, Wales [1]

Balwyn, Victoria [1]

Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland [1]

Bexley Heath, Kent [1]

Birkenhead [1]

Birr [1]

Blethose Bedfordshire [1]

Boston, Massachusetts [1]

Byfield, Rockhampton Region, Queensland [1]

Canborne,Cornwall [1]

Cape Province [1]

Cape Town [1]

Carrick, Fife, Scotland [1]

Castletown, Co. Limerick [1]

Chewton, Victoria [1]

Coffinswell, Devonshire [1]

Compton Bishop Somerset [1]

Cranstaw, Berwick, Northumberland, England [1]

Croydon [1]

Dalry, Ayrshire [1]

Devon [1]

Dorset [1]

Dunedin [1]

East Finchley, London [1]

East Malling, Kent [1]

Eastbourne [1]

Eastbourne, Sussex [1]

Framlingham, Suffolk [1]

Froxfield, Wiltshire [1]

Georgetown, Demerara [1]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1]

Glenelg [1]

Grahamstown [1]

Great Cheverell Wilts [1]

Great Yarmouth [1]

Greenhithe, Kent [1]

Guildford [1]

Handsworth Staffordshire [1]

Hendon RD, Middlesex [1]

Inverurie Aberdeenshire Scotland [1]

Kew, Victoria [1]

Kingston, Surrey [1]

Leamington Spa [1]

Rank

Private [1364]

Second Lieutenant [343]

Lieutenant [191]

Serjeant [148]

Corporal [133]

Captain [99]

Trooper [91]

Lance Corporal [72]

Major [32]

Acting Corporal [31]

Sapper [28]

Acting Serjeant [26]

Lieutenant Colonel [20]

Lance Serjeant [9]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [8]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [6]

Staff Serjeant Major [6]

Quarter Master Serjeant [5]

Temporary Captain [5]

Acting Captain [4]

Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Gunner [4]

Rifleman [4]

Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

2nd Lieutenant [3]

Acting Major [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [3]

Farrier Serjeant [3]

Flight Cadet [3]

Sergeant [3]

Shoeing Smith [3]

Squadron Serjeant Major [3]

Staff Quartermaster Serjeant [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Temporary Lieutenant [3]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [2]

Cadet [2]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [2]

Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Private Acting Corporal [2]

Private Lance Corporal [2]

Saddler [2]

Signaller [2]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Temporary Major [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

2nd Lt. [1]

Acting Captain and Adjutant [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Unit

King Edward's Horse [1836]

Tank Corps [137]

Northumberland Fusiliers [121]

Labour Corps [75]

Royal Engineers [73]

Lancashire Fusiliers [62]

Machine Gun Corps [55]

Corps of Dragoons [54]

Royal Field Artillery [47]

Royal Air Force [35]

Liverpool Regiment [29]

Army Service Corps [28]

Royal Fusiliers [26]

Dragoon Guards [24]

Royal Flying Corps [22]

King Edwards Horse [14]

London Regiment [14]

Royal Army Service Corps [14]

Military Mounted Police [12]

Dragoons [10]

Company of Dragoons [9]

Rifle Brigade [9]

Indian Army Reserve of Officers [8]

Middlesex Regiment [8]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [8]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [8]

East Surrey Regiment [7]

Royal Garrison Artillery [7]

East Lancashire Regiment [6]

Essex Regiment [6]

Hussars [6]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [6]

11th King Edward's Own Lancers (Probyn's Horse) [5]

Border Regiment [5]

King's African Rifles [5]

Manchester Regiment [5]

Royal Naval Air Service [5]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5]

West Yorkshire Regiment [5]

Cheshire Regiment [4]

Devonshire Regiment [4]

Indian Army [4]

Lancers [4]

Machine Gun Corps (Heavy Branch) [4]

Military Foot Police [4]

Northamptonshire Regiment [4]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [4]

Royal Sussex Regiment [4]

Service

British Army [1879]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [10]

Indian Army [9]

Other Empire Force [7]

Royal Navy [7]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [234]

H [225]

S [187]

W [157]

P [132]

R [105]

L [100]

B [87]

D [82]

J [74]

C [73]

K [72]

T [71]

G [65]

F [60]

E [36]

N [34]

O [32]

A [17]

V [17]

I [11]

U [5]

Y [4]

Q [3]

Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1877]

Country

United Kingdom [49]

Trinidad and Tobago [8]

South Africa [3]

Australia [1]

Ireland [1]

Jamaica [1]

Malaysia [1]

Mozambique [1]

Russian Federation [1]

United States [1]

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Place of birth

London [3] Dublin [2] Liverpool [2] Ringarooma, Tasmania [2] Wexford [2] 15 Kingston Gardens, Kingston [1] Adelaide [1] Bala, Merionethshire, Wales [1] Balwyn, Victoria [1] Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland [1] Bexley Heath, Kent [1] Birkenhead [1] Birr [1] Blethose Bedfordshire [1] Boston, Massachusetts [1] Byfield, Rockhampton Region, Queensland [1] Canborne,Cornwall [1] Cape Province [1] Cape Town [1] Carrick, Fife, Scotland [1] Castletown, Co. Limerick [1] Chewton, Victoria [1] Coffinswell, Devonshire [1] Compton Bishop Somerset [1] Cranstaw, Berwick, Northumberland, England [1] Croydon [1] Dalry, Ayrshire [1] Devon [1] Dorset [1] Dunedin [1] East Finchley, London [1] East Malling, Kent [1] Eastbourne [1] Eastbourne, Sussex [1] Framlingham, Suffolk [1] Froxfield, Wiltshire [1] Georgetown, Demerara [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [1] Glenelg [1] Grahamstown [1] Great Cheverell Wilts [1] Great Yarmouth [1] Greenhithe, Kent [1] Guildford [1] Handsworth Staffordshire [1] Hendon RD, Middlesex [1] Inverurie Aberdeenshire Scotland [1] Kew, Victoria [1] Kingston, Surrey [1] Leamington Spa [1]

Rank

Private [1364] Second Lieutenant [343] Lieutenant [191] Serjeant [148] Corporal [133] Captain [99] Trooper [91] Lance Corporal [72] Major [32] Acting Corporal [31] Sapper [28] Acting Serjeant [26] Lieutenant Colonel [20] Lance Serjeant [9] Warrant Officer Class 2 [8] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [6] Staff Serjeant Major [6] Quarter Master Serjeant [5] Temporary Captain [5] Acting Captain [4] Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Gunner [4] Rifleman [4] Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [4] 2nd Lieutenant [3] Acting Major [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [3] Farrier Serjeant [3] Flight Cadet [3] Sergeant [3] Shoeing Smith [3] Squadron Serjeant Major [3] Staff Quartermaster Serjeant [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Temporary Lieutenant [3] Acting Company Serjeant Major [2] Cadet [2] Corporal Acting Serjeant [2] Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] Private Acting Corporal [2] Private Lance Corporal [2] Saddler [2] Signaller [2] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] Temporary Major [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] 2nd Lt. [1] Acting Captain and Adjutant [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Unit

King Edward's Horse [1836] Tank Corps [137] Northumberland Fusiliers [121] Labour Corps [75] Royal Engineers [73] Lancashire Fusiliers [62] Machine Gun Corps [55] Corps of Dragoons [54] Royal Field Artillery [47] Royal Air Force [35] Liverpool Regiment [29] Army Service Corps [28] Royal Fusiliers [26] Dragoon Guards [24] Royal Flying Corps [22] King Edwards Horse [14] London Regiment [14] Royal Army Service Corps [14] Military Mounted Police [12] Dragoons [10] Company of Dragoons [9] Rifle Brigade [9] Indian Army Reserve of Officers [8] Middlesex Regiment [8] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [8] Royal Berkshire Regiment [8] East Surrey Regiment [7] Royal Garrison Artillery [7] East Lancashire Regiment [6] Essex Regiment [6] Hussars [6] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [6] 11th King Edward's Own Lancers (Probyn's Horse) [5] Border Regiment [5] King's African Rifles [5] Manchester Regiment [5] Royal Naval Air Service [5] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5] West Yorkshire Regiment [5] Cheshire Regiment [4] Devonshire Regiment [4] Indian Army [4] Lancers [4] Machine Gun Corps (Heavy Branch) [4] Military Foot Police [4] Northamptonshire Regiment [4] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [4] Royal Sussex Regiment [4]

Service

British Army [1879] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [10] Indian Army [9] Other Empire Force [7] Royal Navy [7] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [234] H [225] S [187] W [157] P [132] R [105] L [100] B [87] D [82] J [74] C [73] K [72] T [71] G [65] F [60] E [36] N [34] O [32] A [17] V [17] I [11] U [5] Y [4] Q [3] Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1877]

Country

United Kingdom [49] Trinidad and Tobago [8] South Africa [3] Australia [1] Ireland [1] Jamaica [1] Malaysia [1] Mozambique [1] Russian Federation [1] United States [1]

William Crew Tremearne

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army 538 Trooper King Edward's Horse

British Army Sergeant King Edward's Horse Cambridge University Troop

British Army 2477/3 Second Lieutenant Machine Gun Officer Seaforth Highlanders 8th Battalion

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Basil Henry Worsley-Worswick

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army 876 Private King Edward's Horse

British Army Second Lieutenant King Edward's Horse

British Army Second Lieutenant King Edward's Horse 2nd Battalion

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Ellis Leopold Mossman

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 1022 Private King Edward's Horse

British Army 1022 Lance Corporal King Edward's Horse 1st Battalion

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Basil Godfrey Humphrys

Died 1917

British Army 432 Private King Edward's Horse

British Army 432 Lance Corporal King Edward's Horse 1st Battalion

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Charles Cox Patterson

Born 1876

Died 1916

British Army Private King Edward's Horse

British Army Lieutenant King Edward's Horse

British Army Captain King Edward's Horse

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Henry Boucher

Born 1874

Died 1957

British Army Trooper King Edward's Horse

British Army Corporal King Edward's Horse

British Army 7453 Private Imperial Yeomanry 36th Company (West Kent) - 11th Battalion

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Sidney Sowley

Born 1893

British Army 1099 Private King Edward's Horse 1st Battalion

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Horace Courthope Bowen

Born 1884

British Army 628 Trooper King Edwards Horse

British Army 628 Lance Corporal King Edward's Horse 1st Battalion

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William Quinn

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army 1447 Private King Edward's Horse

British Army 1447 Private King Edward's Horse 2nd Battalion

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Harry William Rogers

Died 1918

British Army 1440 Private King Edward's Horse

British Army 1440 Lance Corporal King Edward's Horse 1st Battalion

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Harold Dudley Knox

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 1827 Private King Edward's Horse 2nd Battalion

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John William Pinckney

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 505 Corporal King Edward's Horse

British Army Second Lieutenant King Edward's Horse

British Army Lieutenant King Edward's Horse

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Benjamin Birchall Naylor

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 168 Private King Edward's Horse

British Army 168 Private King Edward's Horse 1st Battalion

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Francis John Romanes

Died 1944

British Army Lieutenant King Edward's Horse

British Army Captain King Edward's Horse

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John Ernest Ferrario

Born 1887

Died 1931

British Army 1133 Private King Edward's Horse 2nd Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant King Edward's Horse 2nd Battalion (Special Reserve)

British Army Lieutenant King Edward's Horse 2nd Battalion (Special Reserve)

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Crosbie Alfred Norman Garstin

Born 1887

Died 1930

British Army Second Lieutenant King Edwards Horse

British Army Lieutenant King Edwards Horse

British Army XI Corps

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Reginald John Smith

Born 1893

Died 1963

British Army 16 Private King Edward's Horse

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Edward William Hermon

Born 1878

Died 1917

British Army Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel King Edward's Horse

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Colonel Northumberland Fusiliers 24th Battalion (Tyneside Irish)

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William Driver

Died 1917

British Army 1599 Private King Edward's Horse

British Army 1599 Private King Edward's Horse 2nd Battalion

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James Mclay

Born 1880

Died 1918

British Army 1499 Private King Edward's Horse

British Army 1499 Private King Edward's Horse 1st Battalion

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