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Goole [2]

Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire [1]

All Saints' Vicarage, Swansea, Wales [1]

Allahabad [1]

Atherstone, Warwickshire [1]

Bank House, Wellington, Shropshire [1]

Belfast [1]

Bethnal Green [1]

Bethnal Green, Middlesex [1]

Blackfriars [1]

Bolton [1]

Bournemouth, Hampshire [1]

Brighton Sussex [1]

Brooklyn New York [1]

Burton-upon-Trent [1]

Cawnpore,nNorth West Province [1]

Colwyn Bay [1]

Cowdenbeath, Fifeshire [1]

Cuttack [1]

Darjeeling [1]

Dennistoun,Glasgow. [1]

Dewsbury [1]

Ealing, Middlesex [1]

East Clandon, Surrey [1]

East Malling, Kent [1]

Edinburgh [1]

Fillongley, Warwickshire [1]

Goltho, Lincoln. Lincolnshire [1]

Greenwich, London [1]

Hammersmith London [1]

High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire [1]

Kensington, London [1]

Kilburn [1]

Kingsbarns, Fife [1]

Kirkcaldy, Fife. [1]

Ladysmith [1]

Lamberhurst Sussex [1]

Leeds, England [1]

Leek Wootton, Warwick [1]

London [1]

Low Spennymoor, Co Durham [1]

Maidstone, Kent [1]

Manchester [1]

Manor Park, Essex [1]

Markinch, Fife [1]

Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire [1]

Montrose [1]

Mytholmroyd [1]

New Cross, Peckham, London [1]

Newcastle, Northumberland [1]

Rank

Private [692]

Lieutenant [248]

Second Lieutenant [155]

Captain [114]

Serjeant [81]

Rifleman [47]

Lance Corporal [46]

Corporal [45]

Acting Serjeant [21]

Major [20]

Sapper [17]

Lieutenant Colonel [13]

Temporary Lieutenant [12]

Temporary Captain [10]

Colour Serjeant [8]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [7]

Driver [7]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Acting Captain [5]

Captain Temporary Major [5]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [5]

Acting Corporal [4]

Company Serjeant Major [4]

Sergeant [4]

Temporary Major [4]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [4]

2nd Lieutenant [3]

Pioneer [3]

Private Acting Serjeant [3]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Trooper [3]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Acting Major [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Cadet [2]

Captain /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Gunner [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant and Captain [2]

Major Acting Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Regimental Serjeant Major [2]

Sub Lieutenant [2]

Temporary Lieutenant Acting Captain [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Volunteer [2]

Acting Assistant Paymaster [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Corporal of Horse [1]

Unit

King's Royal Rifle Corps [384]

Royal Irish Rifles [344]

King's African Rifles [229]

Scottish Rifles [128]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [107]

King's Royal Rifles [91]

London Regiment [81]

Royal Fusiliers [67]

Royal Engineers [64]

Labour Corps [54]

Royal Scots [51]

King's Royal Rifles Corps [39]

Royal Highlanders [34]

King's Royal Rifles Corps [26]

Royal Army Medical Corps [25]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [25]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [23]

Machine Gun Corps [22]

Army Service Corps [19]

King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [19]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [18]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [18]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [17]

Highland Light Infantry [16]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [16]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [14]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [14]

Royal Army Service Corps [13]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [13]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [12]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [12]

King's Liverpool Regiment [12]

Royal Air Force [12]

Kings Royal Rifles [11]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [11]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [11]

Royal Sussex Regiment [11]

London Regiment (Finsbury Rifles) [10]

Rifle Brigade [10]

Royal Field Artillery [10]

Royal West Kent Regiment [9]

2nd King's African Rifles [8]

3rd King's African Rifles [8]

General List [8]

King's Royal Rifle Corps Rifles Depot [8]

Royal Defence Corps [8]

Royal Irish Regiment [8]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers attached King's African Rifles [8]

Suffolk Regiment [8]

Tank Corps [8]

Service

British Army [1155]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Other Empire Force [2]

South African Services [2]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

B [157]

M [120]

C [112]

H [98]

A [87]

S [81]

W [66]

G [55]

F [48]

D [47]

L [47]

P [38]

J [36]

T [34]

R [31]

K [30]

E [28]

O [15]

N [12]

I [3]

V [3]

Y [3]

Q [2]

U [2]

Contribution

Military Service [1151]

Country

United Kingdom [49]

India [3]

Canada [1]

Germany [1]

Guernsey [1]

Jersey [1]

Malawi [1]

South Africa [1]

United States [1]

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Goole [2] Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire [1] All Saints' Vicarage, Swansea, Wales [1] Allahabad [1] Atherstone, Warwickshire [1] Bank House, Wellington, Shropshire [1] Belfast [1] Bethnal Green [1] Bethnal Green, Middlesex [1] Blackfriars [1] Bolton [1] Bournemouth, Hampshire [1] Brighton Sussex [1] Brooklyn New York [1] Burton-upon-Trent [1] Cawnpore,nNorth West Province [1] Colwyn Bay [1] Cowdenbeath, Fifeshire [1] Cuttack [1] Darjeeling [1] Dennistoun,Glasgow. [1] Dewsbury [1] Ealing, Middlesex [1] East Clandon, Surrey [1] East Malling, Kent [1] Edinburgh [1] Fillongley, Warwickshire [1] Goltho, Lincoln. Lincolnshire [1] Greenwich, London [1] Hammersmith London [1] High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire [1] Kensington, London [1] Kilburn [1] Kingsbarns, Fife [1] Kirkcaldy, Fife. [1] Ladysmith [1] Lamberhurst Sussex [1] Leeds, England [1] Leek Wootton, Warwick [1] London [1] Low Spennymoor, Co Durham [1] Maidstone, Kent [1] Manchester [1] Manor Park, Essex [1] Markinch, Fife [1] Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire [1] Montrose [1] Mytholmroyd [1] New Cross, Peckham, London [1] Newcastle, Northumberland [1]

Rank

Private [692] Lieutenant [248] Second Lieutenant [155] Captain [114] Serjeant [81] Rifleman [47] Lance Corporal [46] Corporal [45] Acting Serjeant [21] Major [20] Sapper [17] Lieutenant Colonel [13] Temporary Lieutenant [12] Temporary Captain [10] Colour Serjeant [8] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [7] Driver [7] Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Acting Captain [5] Captain Temporary Major [5] Lieutenant Acting Captain [5] Acting Corporal [4] Company Serjeant Major [4] Sergeant [4] Temporary Major [4] Warrant Officer Class 1 [4] 2nd Lieutenant [3] Pioneer [3] Private Acting Serjeant [3] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [3] Trooper [3] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [2] Acting Major [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [2] Cadet [2] Captain /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] Gunner [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Lieutenant and Captain [2] Major Acting Lieutenant Colonel [2] Regimental Serjeant Major [2] Sub Lieutenant [2] Temporary Lieutenant Acting Captain [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Volunteer [2] Acting Assistant Paymaster [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Corporal of Horse [1]

Unit

King's Royal Rifle Corps [384] Royal Irish Rifles [344] King's African Rifles [229] Scottish Rifles [128] King's Own Scottish Borderers [107] King's Royal Rifles [91] London Regiment [81] Royal Fusiliers [67] Royal Engineers [64] Labour Corps [54] Royal Scots [51] King's Royal Rifles Corps [39] Royal Highlanders [34] King's Royal Rifles Corps [26] Royal Army Medical Corps [25] Royal Scots Fusiliers [25] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [23] Machine Gun Corps [22] Army Service Corps [19] King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment [19] Royal Irish Fusiliers [18] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [18] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [17] Highland Light Infantry [16] Royal Lancaster Regiment [16] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [14] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [14] Royal Army Service Corps [13] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [13] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [12] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [12] King's Liverpool Regiment [12] Royal Air Force [12] Kings Royal Rifles [11] Royal Berkshire Regiment [11] Royal Munster Fusiliers [11] Royal Sussex Regiment [11] London Regiment (Finsbury Rifles) [10] Rifle Brigade [10] Royal Field Artillery [10] Royal West Kent Regiment [9] 2nd King's African Rifles [8] 3rd King's African Rifles [8] General List [8] King's Royal Rifle Corps Rifles Depot [8] Royal Defence Corps [8] Royal Irish Regiment [8] Royal Welsh Fusiliers attached King's African Rifles [8] Suffolk Regiment [8] Tank Corps [8]

Service

British Army [1155] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2] Other Empire Force [2] South African Services [2] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1] Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

B [157] M [120] C [112] H [98] A [87] S [81] W [66] G [55] F [48] D [47] L [47] P [38] J [36] T [34] R [31] K [30] E [28] O [15] N [12] I [3] V [3] Y [3] Q [2] U [2]

Contribution

Military Service [1151]

Country

United Kingdom [49] India [3] Canada [1] Germany [1] Guernsey [1] Jersey [1] Malawi [1] South Africa [1] United States [1]

Ernest Stott

Died 1918

British Army 37497 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps. 13th. Battalion

British Army 9/42034 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles. 9th. Battalion

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William Whiston

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army R/21020 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army L/54024 Private Royal Irish Rifles

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George Bernard Foote

Born 1891

Died 1947

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Munster Fusiliers

British Army Lieutenant Royal Munster Fusiliers

British Army Lieutenant King's African Rifles

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Ernest Bernard Evershed

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army Stk/82 Private Royal Fusiliers 10th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers

British Army Second Lieutenant King's African Rifles

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Richard Chester Chester-Master

Born 1870

Died 1917

British Army Brevet Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel Reserve of Officers/King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Kings Royal Rifles

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Thomas Heap

Born 1887

British Army C/7507 Rifleman King's Royal Rifles Corps 23rd (Reserve) Battalion

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Henry Amer

Died 1918

British Army R/33716 Private King's Royal Rifles Corps

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John Metcalf

Born 1881

British Army 6184 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army 7018 Private Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) 3rd Volunteer Battalion

British Army 6184 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 4th Battalion

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Cecil Champagne Herbert-Stepney

Born 1871

Died 1962

British Army Captain /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army Captain King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Charles Cobb

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 27401 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 17/2056 Private Royal Irish Rifles

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James William Guy Symonds

Born 1877

Died 1951

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Field Artillery

British Army Captain King's African Rifles

British Army Captain, Commandant Magadi Railway Volunteers

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Ellis Stonehewer

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army C/6901 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army 6901 Private King's Royal Rifles

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Henry Morton Barnet

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army S/17197 Serjeant Royal Highlanders

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Royal Rifles 1st Battalion

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Crauford Tait Ellison

Born 1888

Died 1942

British Army Lieutenant King's Royal Rifles Corps

British Army Captain King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army Major King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Henry James Batchelor

Born 1882

Died 1925

British Army 5018 Private Royal Irish Rifles

British Army 29769 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army WR/291732 Private Royal Engineers

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Thomas Wilson

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant King's African Rifles

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers

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Reginald Edney Dymore Brown

Born 1887

Died 1940

British Army Royal Berkshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant 2nd King's African Rifles

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Edward Gerald Mytton Thornycroft

Born 1886

Died 1914

British Army Captain Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army Captain King's African Rifles

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Ernest Henry Allen

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army R893 Lance Corporal King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army R893 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army R/893 Lance Corporal Kings Royal Rifles 11th Battallion

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James Dow Meldrum

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 290326 Lance Corporal Acting Corporal Royal Highlanders

British Army 2000 Lance Corporal Acting Corporal Royal Highlanders 7th Fife Battalion (Territorial Force)

British Army 290326 Colour Serjeant attached to the King's African Rifles

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