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Maidstone, Kent [7]

Bethnal Green, London [3]

Worthing, Sussex [2]

Aldershot, Hants [1]

Aldgate, Middx [1]

Altrincham, Cheshire [1]

Aslackley, Lincolnshire [1]

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Buxton, Derbyshire, England [1]

Calne, Wiltshire [1]

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Co. Tipperary [1]

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Kentish Town, London [1]

Leeds [1]

Leek [1]

Llandoven, South Wales [1]

Mapperley, Nottinghamshire [1]

Marylebone, London [1]

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Rank

Private [2831]

Driver [262]

Rifleman [111]

Corporal [95]

Second Lieutenant [76]

Lance Corporal [65]

Lieutenant [56]

Serjeant [32]

Captain [30]

Sapper [30]

Acting Corporal [28]

Acting Serjeant [19]

Private Driver [11]

Pioneer [7]

Major [6]

Acting Lance Corporal [5]

Waggoner [5]

Acting Staff Serjeant [4]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Staff Serjeant [4]

Acting Lance Serjeant [3]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Temporary Lieutenant [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Chaplain [2]

Colonel [2]

Corporal 2nd [2]

Gunner [2]

Private Acting Corporal [2]

Private Lance Corporal [2]

Staff Serjeant Major [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

3rd Class Schoolmaster [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

AirCraftsman Class 2 [1]

Armourer Staff Serjeant [1]

Battery Quarter [1]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Brevet Major [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Cadet [1]

Captain Temporary Major [1]

Captain and Adjutant [1]

Commander [1]

Commissary [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Unit

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3195]

Army Service Corps [1949]

Army Ordnance Corps [355]

Royal Army Medical Corps [305]

London Regiment [252]

Royal Army Service Corps [249]

Army Pay Corps [103]

Royal Fusiliers [94]

Labour Corps [90]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [76]

Army Cyclist Corps [73]

Royal Engineers [73]

Rifle Brigade [62]

Machine Gun Corps [47]

Army Veterinary Corps [29]

Royal Irish Rifles [21]

Indian Army Reserve of Officers [15]

Middlesex Regiment [15]

Indian Army [14]

Army Service Corps Labour Company [13]

Training Reserve Battalion [12]

Northumberland Fusiliers [10]

Cheshire Regiment [9]

East Surrey Regiment [9]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [9]

Royal Army Veterinary Corps [8]

Royal Army Pay Corps [7]

Royal West Kent Regiment [7]

The Queen's Regiment [7]

Hampshire Regiment [6]

Imperial Army [6]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [6]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [5]

Gloucestershire Regiment [5]

King's Rifle Regiment [5]

Northamptonshire Regiment [5]

Royal Air Force [5]

Royal Defence Corps [5]

Dorsetshire Regiment [4]

Lancashire Fusiliers [4]

Manchester Regiment [4]

Royal Field Artillery [4]

Training Reserve [4]

Worcestershire Regiment [4]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [3]

Army Reserve [3]

Army Service Corps Motor Transport [3]

Army Service Corps/Labour Corps [3]

Bedfordshire Regiment [3]

East Lancashire Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [3232]

Other Empire Force [2]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [380]

S [309]

C [301]

H [283]

M [254]

W [232]

P [182]

D [165]

R [155]

G [152]

L [135]

T [125]

F [106]

J [93]

A [81]

K [70]

N [56]

E [54]

O [39]

I [15]

Y [13]

V [12]

U [11]

Q [9]

Contribution

Military Service [3229]

Country

United Kingdom [59]

India [7]

Malta [1]

South Africa [1]

United States [1]

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Maidstone, Kent [7] Bethnal Green, London [3] Worthing, Sussex [2] Aldershot, Hants [1] Aldgate, Middx [1] Altrincham, Cheshire [1] Aslackley, Lincolnshire [1] Aston Birmingham [1] Banbury, Oxon [1] Battersea, London [1] Bircham Newton Norfolk [1] Birmingham [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Bitterne,Hants [1] Bournemouth [1] Bournemouth, Hampshire [1] Bromsgrove, Worcestershire [1] Burnley [1] Buxton, Derbyshire, England [1] Calne, Wiltshire [1] Capetown Cape Colony [1] Castletownbere, Co. Cork [1] Chamberlain's Cottage, Woodmansterne, Surrey [1] Clapham Park, Surrey [1] Co. Tipperary [1] Crondall Hampshire [1] East Malling, Kent [1] Ely [1] Ely, Cambridgeshire [1] Epping, Essex [1] Faversham [1] Flushing [1] Fulham [1] Glasgow [1] Glasgow Scotland [1] Great Yarmouth,Norfolk [1] Guildford,Surrey. [1] Headley, Hampshire [1] Ilminster, Somerset [1] Ipswich [1] Islington, London [1] Jersey City [1] Kensington, London [1] Kentish Town, London [1] Leeds [1] Leek [1] Llandoven, South Wales [1] Mapperley, Nottinghamshire [1] Marylebone, London [1] Middlesex [1]

Rank

Private [2831] Driver [262] Rifleman [111] Corporal [95] Second Lieutenant [76] Lance Corporal [65] Lieutenant [56] Serjeant [32] Captain [30] Sapper [30] Acting Corporal [28] Acting Serjeant [19] Private Driver [11] Pioneer [7] Major [6] Acting Lance Corporal [5] Waggoner [5] Acting Staff Serjeant [4] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Staff Serjeant [4] Acting Lance Serjeant [3] Colour Serjeant [3] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Temporary Lieutenant [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Chaplain [2] Colonel [2] Corporal 2nd [2] Gunner [2] Private Acting Corporal [2] Private Lance Corporal [2] Staff Serjeant Major [2] Temporary Captain [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] 3rd Class Schoolmaster [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] AirCraftsman Class 2 [1] Armourer Staff Serjeant [1] Battery Quarter [1] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1] Brevet Major [1] Brigadier General [1] Cadet [1] Captain Temporary Major [1] Captain and Adjutant [1] Commander [1] Commissary [1] Company Serjeant Major [1]

Unit

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3195] Army Service Corps [1949] Army Ordnance Corps [355] Royal Army Medical Corps [305] London Regiment [252] Royal Army Service Corps [249] Army Pay Corps [103] Royal Fusiliers [94] Labour Corps [90] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [76] Army Cyclist Corps [73] Royal Engineers [73] Rifle Brigade [62] Machine Gun Corps [47] Army Veterinary Corps [29] Royal Irish Rifles [21] Indian Army Reserve of Officers [15] Middlesex Regiment [15] Indian Army [14] Army Service Corps Labour Company [13] Training Reserve Battalion [12] Northumberland Fusiliers [10] Cheshire Regiment [9] East Surrey Regiment [9] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [9] Royal Army Veterinary Corps [8] Royal Army Pay Corps [7] Royal West Kent Regiment [7] The Queen's Regiment [7] Hampshire Regiment [6] Imperial Army [6] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [6] Cambridgeshire Regiment [5] Gloucestershire Regiment [5] King's Rifle Regiment [5] Northamptonshire Regiment [5] Royal Air Force [5] Royal Defence Corps [5] Dorsetshire Regiment [4] Lancashire Fusiliers [4] Manchester Regiment [4] Royal Field Artillery [4] Training Reserve [4] Worcestershire Regiment [4] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [3] Army Reserve [3] Army Service Corps Motor Transport [3] Army Service Corps/Labour Corps [3] Bedfordshire Regiment [3] East Lancashire Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [3232] Other Empire Force [2] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1] Australian Imperial Force [1] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [380] S [309] C [301] H [283] M [254] W [232] P [182] D [165] R [155] G [152] L [135] T [125] F [106] J [93] A [81] K [70] N [56] E [54] O [39] I [15] Y [13] V [12] U [11] Q [9]

Contribution

Military Service [3229]

Country

United Kingdom [59] India [7] Malta [1] South Africa [1] United States [1]

Cyril Dunman Lacey

Born 1884

Died 1941

British Army Temporary Captain King's Royal Rifle Corps 9th Battalion

British Army Temporary Captain / Acting Major (whilst 2nd in command of Battn) King's Royal Rifle Army 9th Battalion

British Army Private Middlesex Regiment 16th Battalion

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Leonard George Reilly

Died 1918

British Army S/4/122400 Private Army Service Corps

British Army A/202853 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps 16th

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William Richard Brett

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army T9/3094054 Private Army Service Corps

British Army A/202901 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Alfred Bowyer

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army 7043 Lance Corporal King's Royal Rifle Corps 2nd Battalion

British Army 7043 Lance Corporal King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army 7043 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 3rd Battalion

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William Thomas Bowen

Died 1916

British Army Royal Army Medical Corps Militia

British Army R13330 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps 10th Battalion

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Daniel Eyles

Born 1887

Died 1914

British Army 6916 Army Reserve

British Army 6916 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps 2nd Battalion

British Army 6916 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 2nd Battalion

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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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George Frederick Bertelsen

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army SE/20208 Private Army Veterinary Corps

British Army 44842 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Valentine Blencowe

Born 1885

Died 1923

British Army A/201179 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army T/446509 Private Army Service Corps

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George Thomas Barnard

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army S4/146133 Private Royal Army Service Corps

British Army A/202298 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps 11th Battalion

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Francis William Lloyd Edwards

Born 1880

Died 1920

British Army Captain General Head Quarters

British Army Major Brevet Lieutenant Colonel King's Royal Rifle Corps attached Egyptian Army

British Army Lieutenant Colonel King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Edward Ernest John Dunklin

Born 1898

Died 1958

British Army C3430 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 19th Battalion

British Army TR13/73515 Rifleman 109th Training Reserve Battalion

British Army 35949 Private County of London Yeomanry 2/3rd Battalion

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Francis James May

Born 1896

Died 1920

British Army T4/065348 Serjeant Army Service Corps

British Army A 204611 Serjeant King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army 204611 Serjeant King's Royal Rifle Corps 4th Bn.

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James Beckenham

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 7254 Private Army Service Corps

British Army R/38097 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army R/38097 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Charles Roderick Robert Mcgrigor

Born 1860

British Army Brigadier General 3rd Army Corps

British Army Major General 3rd Army Corps

British Army 2nd Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps king's royal rifle corps (60th Battalion

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William H Jackson

Born 1879

Died 1918

British Army 090751 Private Army Service Corps

British Army A 203665 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Albert Aspden Barker

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army SE/8305 Private Army Veterinary Corps

British Army R34429 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps 3rd

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C H Hummerstone

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 02503 Corporal 2nd Army Ordnance Corps

British Army A/204240 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Frederick H Dunham

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 11452 Private Army Service Corps

British Army A203729 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

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John Thomas O'neil

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 1711 Private Army Pay Corps

British Army R12751 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 1st Battalion

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