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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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Place of birth

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]

Frank E Brewer

Born 1889

British Army R/42995 Private King's Royal Rifles

British Army 395448 Private London Regiment 9th lond Battalion

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J Brayton

British Army R/15247 Rifleman King's Royal Rifles

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Royal Rifles

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Thomas Nugent

Died 1918

British Army 3525 Private Royal Irish Rifles

British Army 31164 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers

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William Algernon Ireland Kay

Born 1876

Died 1918

British Army Captain Rifles

British Army Major Brevet Lieutenant Colonel and Temporary Colonel King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army Brigadier General General Staff

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Philip Nigel Garnett

Born 1886

Died 1914

British Army Lieutenant Royal Berkshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant King's African Rifles

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Albert Eccleston

Died 1915

British Army 8363 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army 8363 Private Kings Royal Rifles

British Army 8363 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps

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James Kay Pirret

Died 1917

British Army 8/3140 Private Royal Irish Rifles

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Kenneth John Raffray Gardiner

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers

British Army Second Lieutenant Temporary Captain King's African Rifles and Special List

British Army Captain King's African Rifles and Special List

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James Macmillan Hunter

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 26019 Lance Corporal Scottish Rifles

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army 2nd Lieutenant 1st Division 2nd Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Guy Christopher Ottley Oldfield

Born 1888

Died 1914

British Army Lieutenant Royal West Surrey Regiment Attached King's African Rifles

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Henry Horton Pickett

Born 1896

Died 1948

British Army Private London Regiment, Queens Westminster Rifles 16th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps 5th Battalion

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Henry Cullen Gouldsbury

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army King's African Rifles

British Army Captain East Africa Unattached List

British Army Captain Royal Berkshire Regiment Attached King's African Rifles

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Leonard Adolphus Otto

Born 1899

Died 1959

British Army 1041 Corporal Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Scottish Rifles

British Army Lieutenant King's African Rifles and Indian Army

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Alfred Agass

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 423796 Private London Regiment 10th lond Battalion

British Army 465025 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army 465025 Private London Regiment 11th lond Battalion

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William Anderson

Born 1885

British Army D/2233 Private Royal Irish Rifles

British Army 5417 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 4th Battalion

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Roy Oliver Binet

Born 1895

Died 1971

British Army 7/4073 Corporal Royal Irish Rifles

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Benjamin Suggitt

Born 1881

British Army R/36569 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army King's Royal Rifles Corps

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Norman Bark

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 1893 Second Lieutenant 6th Liverpool Rifles

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Own Scottish Borderers 3th king's own scottish bord Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force

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Frederick Charles Rolf Muller

Born 1895

British Army Lieutenant King's African Rifles

British Army Lieutenant Worcestershire Regiment attached King's African Rifles

British Army Lieutenant Worecestershire Regiment

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F L Malley

Died 1921

British Army Royal Dublin Fusiliers

British Army Lieutenant King's African Rifles

British Army Lieutenant Royal Dublin Fusiliers

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