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Place of birth

Islington, London [3]

Leicester [3]

16 Queen Street, Mayfair, London [1]

36 King Gardens, Plymouth [1]

77 Chalk Farm Road, Pancras [1]

Aslackley, Lincolnshire [1]

Aston, Warwickshire [1]

Atherstone, Warwickshire [1]

Bolton Lancashire [1]

Bozeat, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [1]

Branston, Staffordshire [1]

Brighton, Sussex [1]

Buckland Common, Bucks [1]

Chelmsford, Essex [1]

Codnor, Derbyshire [1]

Croxley Green [1]

East Malling, Kent [1]

Edward's Tce., Scarborough St., Newington, Hull [1]

Evesham, Worcs [1]

Farnborough, Hampshire [1]

Faversham [1]

Hastings, Sussex [1]

Hollinwood [1]

Icklesham, East Sussex [1]

Islington [1]

LONDON [1]

Lamberhurst Sussex [1]

Lambeth [1]

Lambeth, Surrey, England [1]

Larkfield, Kent [1]

Leatherhead [1]

Leeds, England [1]

Leytonstone,Essex [1]

London, Bethnal Green [1]

Manchester [1]

Maryhill,Lanarkshire [1]

Mile End Old Town, Middlesex [1]

Mile End Old Town, Western London. [1]

Moore Twp., Lambton County, Ontario [1]

Mytholmroyd [1]

Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland [1]

Nottingham [1]

Oldbury, West Bromwich [1]

Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, England [1]

Pembury, Kent [1]

Peterborough [1]

Plaistow, Essex [1]

Ponteland, Northumberland [1]

Poplar, Middlesex [1]

Preston Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [90]

Rifleman [42]

Lance Corporal [11]

Lieutenant [11]

Captain [7]

Second Lieutenant [7]

Serjeant [6]

Corporal [5]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Sergeant [3]

Major [2]

Sgt [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

A/CSM [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Appointed Acting Lance Sergeant [1]

Brevet Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Capt [1]

L/Cpl [1]

Lance Corpral [1]

Lieutenant General [1]

Lieutenent [1]

Lt [1]

Major originally Temporary Major [1]

PRIVATE [1]

Private (Lance Corporal) [1]

Promoted Corporal [1]

Promoted Lance Corporal [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Quartermaster Sergeant [1]

Quatermaster Sergeant [1]

RFN (L/Corp) [1]

Sapper [1]

Staff Captain [1]

Temporary Brigadier General [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

corporal [1]

rifleman [1]

Unit

Kings Royal Rifle Corps [83]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [76]

Kings Royal Rifles [11]

London Regiment [10]

Labour Corps [9]

Army Service Corps [7]

Kings Royal Rifle Corp [4]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

KINGS ROYAL RIFLE CORPS [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

KRRC [2]

Kings Rifle Regiment [2]

Kings Royal Rifles Corps [2]

Leicestershire Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

Worcestershire Regiment [2]

1st Division [1]

5th Division, Irish Command (on secondment from KRRC) [1]

Army Reserve [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

Deputy Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster General [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

GOC 189th Infantry Brigade [1]

General Staff [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps attached Royal Flying Corps [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps attached Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps attached Royal Scots Fusiliers [1]

Kings Loyal Lancashire Regiment [1]

Kings Rifle Corps [1]

Kings Royal Rife Corp [1]

Kings Royal Rifle [1]

Kings Royal Rifle Corp/Northampshire Regt, [1]

Kings Royal Rifle Corps & later Rifle Brigade [1]

Kings Royal Rifle Corps (KRRC) [1]

Kings Royal Rifle Corps (Militia) [1]

Kings Royal Rifle Corps attached Royal Flying Corps [1]

Kings Royal Rifle corps [1]

Kings Royal rifle Corp [1]

LONDON REGIMENT [1]

London Reg't [1]

Service

British Army [114]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [18]

S [11]

C [10]

D [10]

M [9]

H [8]

W [8]

L [7]

A [6]

G [5]

P [5]

T [5]

F [4]

R [3]

K [2]

E [1]

I [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [113]

Country

United Kingdom [48]

India [3]

Malta [1]

Sierra Leone [1]

South Africa [1]

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People [114] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Islington, London [3] Leicester [3] 16 Queen Street, Mayfair, London [1] 36 King Gardens, Plymouth [1] 77 Chalk Farm Road, Pancras [1] Aslackley, Lincolnshire [1] Aston, Warwickshire [1] Atherstone, Warwickshire [1] Bolton Lancashire [1] Bozeat, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [1] Branston, Staffordshire [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Buckland Common, Bucks [1] Chelmsford, Essex [1] Codnor, Derbyshire [1] Croxley Green [1] East Malling, Kent [1] Edward's Tce., Scarborough St., Newington, Hull [1] Evesham, Worcs [1] Farnborough, Hampshire [1] Faversham [1] Hastings, Sussex [1] Hollinwood [1] Icklesham, East Sussex [1] Islington [1] LONDON [1] Lamberhurst Sussex [1] Lambeth [1] Lambeth, Surrey, England [1] Larkfield, Kent [1] Leatherhead [1] Leeds, England [1] Leytonstone,Essex [1] London, Bethnal Green [1] Manchester [1] Maryhill,Lanarkshire [1] Mile End Old Town, Middlesex [1] Mile End Old Town, Western London. [1] Moore Twp., Lambton County, Ontario [1] Mytholmroyd [1] Newcastle Upon Tyne, Northumberland [1] Nottingham [1] Oldbury, West Bromwich [1] Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, England [1] Pembury, Kent [1] Peterborough [1] Plaistow, Essex [1] Ponteland, Northumberland [1] Poplar, Middlesex [1] Preston Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [90] Rifleman [42] Lance Corporal [11] Lieutenant [11] Captain [7] Second Lieutenant [7] Serjeant [6] Corporal [5] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Sergeant [3] Major [2] Sgt [2] Temporary Captain [2] A/CSM [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Appointed Acting Lance Sergeant [1] Brevet Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Capt [1] L/Cpl [1] Lance Corpral [1] Lieutenant General [1] Lieutenent [1] Lt [1] Major originally Temporary Major [1] PRIVATE [1] Private (Lance Corporal) [1] Promoted Corporal [1] Promoted Lance Corporal [1] Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Quartermaster Sergeant [1] Quatermaster Sergeant [1] RFN (L/Corp) [1] Sapper [1] Staff Captain [1] Temporary Brigadier General [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] corporal [1] rifleman [1]

Unit

Kings Royal Rifle Corps [83] King's Royal Rifle Corps [76] Kings Royal Rifles [11] London Regiment [10] Labour Corps [9] Army Service Corps [7] Kings Royal Rifle Corp [4] Army Ordnance Corps [3] KINGS ROYAL RIFLE CORPS [3] Rifle Brigade [3] KRRC [2] Kings Rifle Regiment [2] Kings Royal Rifles Corps [2] Leicestershire Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Berkshire Regiment [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Munster Fusiliers [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] Worcestershire Regiment [2] 1st Division [1] 5th Division, Irish Command (on secondment from KRRC) [1] Army Reserve [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] Deputy Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster General [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] GOC 189th Infantry Brigade [1] General Staff [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps attached Royal Flying Corps [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps attached Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps attached Royal Scots Fusiliers [1] Kings Loyal Lancashire Regiment [1] Kings Rifle Corps [1] Kings Royal Rife Corp [1] Kings Royal Rifle [1] Kings Royal Rifle Corp/Northampshire Regt, [1] Kings Royal Rifle Corps & later Rifle Brigade [1] Kings Royal Rifle Corps (KRRC) [1] Kings Royal Rifle Corps (Militia) [1] Kings Royal Rifle Corps attached Royal Flying Corps [1] Kings Royal Rifle corps [1] Kings Royal rifle Corp [1] LONDON REGIMENT [1] London Reg't [1]

Service

British Army [114] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [18] S [11] C [10] D [10] M [9] H [8] W [8] L [7] A [6] G [5] P [5] T [5] F [4] R [3] K [2] E [1] I [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [113]

Country

United Kingdom [48] India [3] Malta [1] Sierra Leone [1] South Africa [1]

Arthur Carr-Glyn Lonsdale

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Kings Royal Rifles

British Army Lieutenant The Kings Royal Rifles

British Army Lieutenent Royal Scotts Fusileers 2nd Battalion

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Audley Delves Thursby

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army Capt Kings Royal Rifle Corps 3rd Bn.

British Army Captain King's Royal Rifle Corps 60th Battalion

British Army Captain King's Royal Rifle Corps 3rd Battalion

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Robert Breakell

Died 1917

British Army R13110 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army R/13110 Rifleman Kings Royal Rifle Corp 10th Bn

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Charles William Dale

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army Y/26 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army Y/26 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army y/26 Rifleman Kings Royal Rifle Corps 13th Battallion

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Harold Harlow

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army R 5216 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army R/5216 rifleman Kings Royal Rifle Corps 13th Battalion

British Army R/5216 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps

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George Maidment

Born 1872

Died 1916

British Army 6/1289 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army 6/1289 Corporal Kings Royal Rifles 18th

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William Henry Ewart Gott

Born 1897

Died 1942

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps

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

British Army Captain King's Royal Rifle Corps

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George Dobson

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army R/8102 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army R/8102 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army R/8102 Rifleman Kings Royal Rifle Corp 8th. Battalion

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Harry Castle

Died 1918

British Army 6185 Private London Regiment

British Army A/200259 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army Lance Corporal Kings Royal Rifle Corps 12 Battalion

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Harry Hewlett

Born 1890

British Army 8603 Rifleman Kings Royal Rifle Corps 10th Battalion

British Army 38486 Private Hampshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

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John Wormald

Born 1882

Died 1957

British Army Captain King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army Major King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army Temporary Captain King's Royal Rifle Corps 7th Battalion

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William George Pennells

Died 1918

British Army A/201567 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army A/201567 Private Kings Royal Rifle Corps 20th Battalion

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Harold N Partridge

Born 1899

Died 1979

British Army 47402 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army 47402 Private Kings Royal Rifle Corps

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John Sheldon

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army 4581 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army 4581 Private Kings Royal rifle Corp 1st battalion

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Thornton Butler

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army R/18040 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army R/18040 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army R/18040 Rifleman Kings Royal Rifle Corps 7th Battalion

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Frank Owen Seager

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 9872 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army 9872 Rifleman Kings Royal Rifle Corps 4th Battalion

British Army 9872 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps

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George William Weston

Died 1917

British Army C/365 Private Kings Royal Rifle Corps

British Army 156126 Private Royal Engineers 180 Tunnelling Company

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Cornelius Spillane

Born 1880

Died 1916

British Army 3266 Private Royal Kings Rifle Corps

British Army 3266 Private Royal Munster Fusiliers

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Joseph Mcmanus

Born 1881

British Army 1482 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army 1482 Kings Royal Rifles

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Alfred Harold Fordham

Born 1884

Died 1963

British Army C/1720 Acting Serjeant King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps

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