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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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People [1155] Stories Communities

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]

Hendry Bruce Simson

British Army 7224 Sapper East African Royal Engineers Volunteers and Telegraph Section

British Army 7224 Sapper Divisional Signal Company

British Army 7224 Sapper Unattached List

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Kenneth Bruce Allan

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Captain 2/1st King's African Rifles attached General List

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Harold Joseph Evans

British Army R/7176 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army 19837 Second Lieutenant 60th Rifles

British Army Corporal Machine Gun Corps

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Randal Brooks Cooke

British Army 43 Private Rand Rifles

British Army Private 3rd South African Infantry

British Army Lieutenant Acting Captain King's Royal Rifle Corps 13 Battalion

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Harry Collins

British Army 7073 Staff Serjeant Major 1st Imperial Royal Horse

British Army Lieutenant 1/2nd King's African Rifles

British Army Captain General and Special List

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F Gale

British Army 272 Private Uganda Volunteer Reserve

British Army Second Lieutenant East Africa Military Audit Department

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers

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Edmund T Wibberley

British Army 10263 Private Royal Irish Rifles

British Army 57702 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army 26269 Private Training Reserve Battalion

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Charles Grant

British Army 1698 Private Connaught Rangers

British Army 58163 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army 38315 Private Royal Irish Rifles

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John T Fox

British Army 5872 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 242170 Private Rifles

British Army 614063 Private Labour Corps

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W H Thair

British Army 146295 East Surrey Regiment

British Army 146295 Royal Defence Corps

British Army 146295 King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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Arthur Francis Wynne

British Army 6906 Corporal Southern Rifles

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force

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Arnold Booth

British Army 5155 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 242066 Lance Corporal Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 242066 Lance Corporal York and Lancaster Regiment

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Grant Espie Hardie

British Army 125th Napier's Rifles

British Army Lieutenant Colonel 4th King's Liverpool Regiment

British Army Acting Lieutenant Colonel 2/6th Jat Light Infantry

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Percy William Mitchell

British Army 2029 Private North Somerset Yeomanry

British Army 165904 Private North Somerset Yeomanry

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps

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William Clark

British Army Lieutenant Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

British Army Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 6th Battalion

British Army Lieutenant attached to the Kings African Rifles

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