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Adelaide [1]

Aston, Warks [1]

Barnet, Middlesex [1]

Blackheath,Woolwich,London. [1]

Bloxham Oxfordshire England [1]

Bromborough (Wirral ?) [1]

Chislehurst [1]

Cork City [1]

Depwade Norfolk [1]

East Finchley, London [1]

Georgetown, Demerara [1]

Hertford,Hertfordshire [1]

Ilfracombe, Devon [1]

Java [1]

King's Lynn, Norfolk [1]

Madras [1]

Newlands, Cape Colony [1]

Northfields, Middlesex [1]

Palmerston North, Wellington [1]

Penzance, Cornwall [1]

Southampton, Hampshire [1]

Southsea, Hampshire [1]

Stanmore, Middlesex [1]

Thanet, Kent [1]

The Manse, Dallas, Morayshire, Scotland [1]

Thorney, Cambridgeshire [1]

Wetheral, Cumberland [1]

Wimbledon, Surrey [1]

Youghal, Co Cork [1]

Rank

Private [391]

Second Lieutenant [99]

Serjeant [49]

Corporal [46]

Lieutenant [29]

Captain [28]

Lance Corporal [18]

Trooper [12]

Acting Corporal [11]

Major [8]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [8]

Acting Serjeant [6]

Sapper [5]

Acting Captain [4]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Corporal Staff Serjeant [2]

Flying Officer [2]

Shoeing Smith [2]

Acting Serjeant Trooper [1]

Acting Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Colonel [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Driver [1]

Farrier Staff Serjeant [1]

Gunner [1]

Lance Corporal & Drummer [1]

Lance Corporal Trumpeter [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Lieutenant Captain [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant General [1]

Lieutenant Second [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Quarter Master and Lieutenant [1]

Reverend [1]

Rifleman [1]

Second L [1]

Second Lieutenant Captain [1]

Sergeant [1]

Serjeant (Squadron Quartermaster Serjeant) [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Sub Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Captain Acting Major [1]

Unit

King Edwards Horse [508]

Tank Corps [25]

Northumberland Fusiliers [23]

Royal Engineers [21]

Labour Corps [17]

King Edward's Horse [15]

Liverpool Regiment [11]

Royal Air Force [11]

Corps of Dragoons [10]

Machine Gun Corps [10]

Royal Field Artillery [10]

Lancashire Fusiliers [9]

Royal Flying Corps [9]

Royal Fusiliers [8]

Army Service Corps [5]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [5]

1st Dragoons [4]

Company of Dragoons [4]

Essex Regiment [4]

King Edwards Horse Attached King's African Rifles [4]

Royal Army Service Corps [4]

3rd Dragoon Guards [2]

Army Pay Corps [2]

Border Regiment [2]

Corps of Hussars [2]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

East Kent Regiment [2]

General List [2]

King Edwards' Horse [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

London Regiment [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Military Mounted Police [2]

Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Defence Corps [2]

Welsh Regiment [2]

Yorkshire Dragoons [2]

11th Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

18th Hussars [1]

18th Wing Royal Air Force [1]

19th King's Liverpool Regiment [1]

1st Dragoon Guards [1]

1st Rhodesia Regiment [1]

30th Lancers [1]

3rd Dragoons Guards [1]

3rd Hussars [1]

3rd South African Mounted Regiment [1]

4th Mounted Rifles [1]

Service

British Army [520]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [7]

Other Empire Force [2]

Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

B [193]

C [123]

A [54]

F [44]

G [44]

D [40]

E [11]

L [2]

M [2]

P [2]

H [1]

R [1]

T [1]

V [1]

W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [518]

Country

United Kingdom [16]

Canada [1]

Grenada [1]

Jamaica [1]

Singapore [1]

South Africa [1]

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People [520] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Adelaide [1] Aston, Warks [1] Barnet, Middlesex [1] Blackheath,Woolwich,London. [1] Bloxham Oxfordshire England [1] Bromborough (Wirral ?) [1] Chislehurst [1] Cork City [1] Depwade Norfolk [1] East Finchley, London [1] Georgetown, Demerara [1] Hertford,Hertfordshire [1] Ilfracombe, Devon [1] Java [1] King's Lynn, Norfolk [1] Madras [1] Newlands, Cape Colony [1] Northfields, Middlesex [1] Palmerston North, Wellington [1] Penzance, Cornwall [1] Southampton, Hampshire [1] Southsea, Hampshire [1] Stanmore, Middlesex [1] Thanet, Kent [1] The Manse, Dallas, Morayshire, Scotland [1] Thorney, Cambridgeshire [1] Wetheral, Cumberland [1] Wimbledon, Surrey [1] Youghal, Co Cork [1]

Rank

Private [391] Second Lieutenant [99] Serjeant [49] Corporal [46] Lieutenant [29] Captain [28] Lance Corporal [18] Trooper [12] Acting Corporal [11] Major [8] Warrant Officer Class 2 [8] Acting Serjeant [6] Sapper [5] Acting Captain [4] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Temporary Second Lieutenant [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Corporal Staff Serjeant [2] Flying Officer [2] Shoeing Smith [2] Acting Serjeant Trooper [1] Acting Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Colonel [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Driver [1] Farrier Staff Serjeant [1] Gunner [1] Lance Corporal & Drummer [1] Lance Corporal Trumpeter [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Lieutenant Captain [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant General [1] Lieutenant Second [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Quarter Master and Lieutenant [1] Reverend [1] Rifleman [1] Second L [1] Second Lieutenant Captain [1] Sergeant [1] Serjeant (Squadron Quartermaster Serjeant) [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Sub Lieutenant [1] Temporary Captain Acting Major [1]

Unit

King Edwards Horse [508] Tank Corps [25] Northumberland Fusiliers [23] Royal Engineers [21] Labour Corps [17] King Edward's Horse [15] Liverpool Regiment [11] Royal Air Force [11] Corps of Dragoons [10] Machine Gun Corps [10] Royal Field Artillery [10] Lancashire Fusiliers [9] Royal Flying Corps [9] Royal Fusiliers [8] Army Service Corps [5] King's Royal Rifle Corps [5] 1st Dragoons [4] Company of Dragoons [4] Essex Regiment [4] King Edwards Horse Attached King's African Rifles [4] Royal Army Service Corps [4] 3rd Dragoon Guards [2] Army Pay Corps [2] Border Regiment [2] Corps of Hussars [2] Devonshire Regiment [2] East Kent Regiment [2] General List [2] King Edwards' Horse [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] London Regiment [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Military Mounted Police [2] Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Defence Corps [2] Welsh Regiment [2] Yorkshire Dragoons [2] 11th Lancashire Fusiliers [1] 18th Hussars [1] 18th Wing Royal Air Force [1] 19th King's Liverpool Regiment [1] 1st Dragoon Guards [1] 1st Rhodesia Regiment [1] 30th Lancers [1] 3rd Dragoons Guards [1] 3rd Hussars [1] 3rd South African Mounted Regiment [1] 4th Mounted Rifles [1]

Service

British Army [520] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [7] Other Empire Force [2] Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

B [193] C [123] A [54] F [44] G [44] D [40] E [11] L [2] M [2] P [2] H [1] R [1] T [1] V [1] W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [518]

Country

United Kingdom [16] Canada [1] Grenada [1] Jamaica [1] Singapore [1] South Africa [1]

James Henry Smith Coates

Born 1872

British Army Sergeant King Edwards Horse 2nd

British Army Sergeant King Edwards Horse 1st

British Army 151187 Serjeant Scottish Horse

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Charles Frederick Carruthers Alderton

Born 1880

Died 1916

British Army 490 Serjeant King Edwards Horse

British Army 490 Staff Quarter Master Serjeant King Edwards Horse

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Noel Goodricke Addison

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 191 Corporal 2nd King Edwards Horse

British Army Second Lieutenant King Edwards Horse

British Army Lieutenant King Edwards Horse

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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 Betts

Born 1881

Died 1952

British Army 1044 Private King Edwards Horse

British Army 1044 Corporal King Edwards Horse

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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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Wilfred Holditch Bristow

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 1135 Private King Edwards Horse

British Army 2049 Private King Edwards Horse

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George Gordon Brown

Born 1890

Died 1958

British Army 964 Trooper King Edwards Horse 1st Battalion

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John Eyare K Bynoe

Born 1867

Died 1935

British Army 1 Staff Quarter Master Serjeant King Edwards Horse

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Ronald Lashley Bynoe

Born 1896

Died 1970

British Army 532 Private King Edwards Horse

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Valentine Henry Coombes

Died 1917

British Army 493 Serjeant King Edwards Horse

British Army 493 Warrant Officer Class 2 King Edwards Horse

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Joseph Oliver De Nobriga

Born 1897

British Army 1295 Private King Edwards Horse

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Alwyn George Fisher

Died 1915

British Army 1006 Private King Edwards Horse

British Army 1006 Private King Edward's Horse 2nd Battalion

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James Christie

Died 1915

British Army 1436 Private King Edwards Horse

British Army 1436 Private King Edward's Horse 2nd Battalion

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Frank Vans-Agnew

Born 1868

Died 1955

British Army 1112 Private King Edwards Horse

British Army Second Lieutenant Captain King Edwards Horse

British Army Captain Attached Tank Corps B Battalion

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Maurice Hylton Frankland Payne-Gallwey

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 923 Private King Edwards Horse

British Army Lieutenant King Edwards Horse

British Army Lieutenant Grenadier Guards 4th Battalion attached Special Reserve

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Reginald Ernest Feiling

British Army 144 Serjeant King Edwards Horse

British Army Second Lieutenant King Edwards Horse

British Army Captain King Edwards Horse

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Basil Hastings Barber

British Army Lieutenant King Edwards Horse

British Army Captain King Edwards Horse

British Army Major King Edwards Horse

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Charles William Brownell

British Army 1344 Sapper King Edwards Horse

British Army 1344 Acting Serjeant King Edwards Horse

British Army Second Lieutenant King Edwards Horse

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Victor Collins

Died 1918

British Army 1308 Private King Edwards Horse 1st Battalion

British Army 1308 Lance Corporal King Edward's Horse 1st Battalion

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