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Leicester [11]

Basford, Nottingham [2]

Grantham [2]

Loughborough [2]

Sunderland [2]

Ashtead [1]

Aston Registration District, Warwickshire [1]

Barrow upon soar [1]

Belgrave, Leicester [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Blackbrook, Shepshed, Leicestershire [1]

Brighton, Steyning district, Sussex [1]

Burton on Trent, Staffordshire [1]

Castle Donington, Leicestershire [1]

Croft, Blaby, Leicestershire [1]

East Shilton, Hinckley, Leicestershire [1]

Edmonton, Middlesex [1]

Handsworth, Staffordshire [1]

Hastings [1]

Hudnall, Little Gaddesden [1]

Husbands Bosworth [1]

Kensington [1]

Kettering [1]

Kibworth, Leics [1]

Langar, Bingham, Nottingham [1]

Lincoln, Lincs [1]

Liverpool [1]

Mapperley, Nottingham [1]

Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire [1]

New Holland, Barrow-upon-Humber, Lincolnshire [1]

North Kilworth [1]

Nottingham [1]

Pickwell, Leicestershire [1]

Pontardawe, Swansea [1]

Quorndon [1]

Rose Grove, Burnley [1]

Seagrave, Leicestershire [1]

Sileby [1]

Stoke Golding, Hinckley [1]

Syston Leicestershire [1]

Thurnby [1]

Twyford [1]

Waltham on the Wolds, Melton Mowbray [1]

Whetstone, Leicester [1]

Whitwick, Leicestershire [1]

Rank

Private [1282]

Serjeant [122]

Second Lieutenant [116]

Corporal [103]

Lieutenant [87]

Lance Corporal [72]

Captain [37]

Sapper [16]

Major [12]

Shoeing Smith [12]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [12]

Acting Corporal [11]

Lance Serjeant [11]

Pioneer [10]

Trooper [9]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [9]

Staff Serjeant Major [8]

Driver [7]

Squadron Serjeant Major [7]

Gunner [6]

Bandsman [5]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Farrier Serjeant [4]

Staff Serjeant [4]

Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Sergeant [3]

Trumpeter [3]

Acting Captain [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Corporal 2nd [2]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Pr [2]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Saddler [2]

Shoeing Smith Corporal [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Battery Serjeant [1]

Captain and Quarter Master [1]

Colonel [1]

Commissary [1]

Corporal /Lance Serjeant [1]

Corporal/ Transport Major [1]

Corporal/Private [1]

Unit

Leicestershire Yeomanry [1652]

Corps of Hussars [784]

Leicestershire Regiment [96]

Machine Gun Corps [72]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [62]

Royal Engineers [50]

Labour Corps [45]

Hussars [23]

Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [18]

Royal Field Artillery [18]

Royal Garrison Artillery [13]

Royal Air Force [12]

Norfolk Regiment [10]

Royal Fusiliers [10]

Army Service Corps [9]

Surrey Yeomanry [8]

Tank Corps [8]

Bedford Yeomanry [7]

Buckinghamshire Yeomanry [7]

Royal Army Medical Corps [7]

Dorset Yeomanry [6]

Royal Flying Corps [6]

Warwickshire Yeomanry [6]

19th Hussars [5]

Corps of Lancers [5]

Manchester Regiment [5]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5]

4th Hussars [4]

Army Service Corps Leicestershire Yeomanry [4]

Corps of Dragoons [4]

County of London Yeomanry [4]

Lancers [4]

Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) [4]

10th Hussars [3]

Army Cyclist Corps [3]

Army Pay Corps [3]

Cavalry Leicestershire Yeomanry [3]

City of London Yeomanry [3]

General List [3]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Worcestershire Regiment [3]

2nd Life Guards [2]

Cheshire Yeomanry [2]

Derby Yeomanry [2]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

Devonshire Yeomanry [2]

Dragoon Guards [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

General Service Dragoons [2]

Service

British Army [1713]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [186]

H [166]

S [160]

W [156]

C [146]

M [114]

P [114]

G [102]

T [77]

D [76]

R [73]

L [61]

K [57]

F [48]

A [39]

N [35]

J [30]

E [24]

O [15]

I [11]

V [11]

Y [6]

Q [3]

U [3]

Contribution

Military Service [1709]

Country

United Kingdom [21]

France [1]

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Place of birth

Leicester [11] Basford, Nottingham [2] Grantham [2] Loughborough [2] Sunderland [2] Ashtead [1] Aston Registration District, Warwickshire [1] Barrow upon soar [1] Belgrave, Leicester [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Blackbrook, Shepshed, Leicestershire [1] Brighton, Steyning district, Sussex [1] Burton on Trent, Staffordshire [1] Castle Donington, Leicestershire [1] Croft, Blaby, Leicestershire [1] East Shilton, Hinckley, Leicestershire [1] Edmonton, Middlesex [1] Handsworth, Staffordshire [1] Hastings [1] Hudnall, Little Gaddesden [1] Husbands Bosworth [1] Kensington [1] Kettering [1] Kibworth, Leics [1] Langar, Bingham, Nottingham [1] Lincoln, Lincs [1] Liverpool [1] Mapperley, Nottingham [1] Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire [1] New Holland, Barrow-upon-Humber, Lincolnshire [1] North Kilworth [1] Nottingham [1] Pickwell, Leicestershire [1] Pontardawe, Swansea [1] Quorndon [1] Rose Grove, Burnley [1] Seagrave, Leicestershire [1] Sileby [1] Stoke Golding, Hinckley [1] Syston Leicestershire [1] Thurnby [1] Twyford [1] Waltham on the Wolds, Melton Mowbray [1] Whetstone, Leicester [1] Whitwick, Leicestershire [1]

Rank

Private [1282] Serjeant [122] Second Lieutenant [116] Corporal [103] Lieutenant [87] Lance Corporal [72] Captain [37] Sapper [16] Major [12] Shoeing Smith [12] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [12] Acting Corporal [11] Lance Serjeant [11] Pioneer [10] Trooper [9] Warrant Officer Class 2 [9] Staff Serjeant Major [8] Driver [7] Squadron Serjeant Major [7] Gunner [6] Bandsman [5] Acting Serjeant [4] Farrier Serjeant [4] Staff Serjeant [4] Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Sergeant [3] Trumpeter [3] Acting Captain [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Corporal 2nd [2] Lieutenant Acting Captain [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Pr [2] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Saddler [2] Shoeing Smith Corporal [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Battery Serjeant [1] Captain and Quarter Master [1] Colonel [1] Commissary [1] Corporal /Lance Serjeant [1] Corporal/ Transport Major [1] Corporal/Private [1]

Unit

Leicestershire Yeomanry [1652] Corps of Hussars [784] Leicestershire Regiment [96] Machine Gun Corps [72] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [62] Royal Engineers [50] Labour Corps [45] Hussars [23] Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [18] Royal Field Artillery [18] Royal Garrison Artillery [13] Royal Air Force [12] Norfolk Regiment [10] Royal Fusiliers [10] Army Service Corps [9] Surrey Yeomanry [8] Tank Corps [8] Bedford Yeomanry [7] Buckinghamshire Yeomanry [7] Royal Army Medical Corps [7] Dorset Yeomanry [6] Royal Flying Corps [6] Warwickshire Yeomanry [6] 19th Hussars [5] Corps of Lancers [5] Manchester Regiment [5] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5] 4th Hussars [4] Army Service Corps Leicestershire Yeomanry [4] Corps of Dragoons [4] County of London Yeomanry [4] Lancers [4] Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) [4] 10th Hussars [3] Army Cyclist Corps [3] Army Pay Corps [3] Cavalry Leicestershire Yeomanry [3] City of London Yeomanry [3] General List [3] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Worcestershire Regiment [3] 2nd Life Guards [2] Cheshire Yeomanry [2] Derby Yeomanry [2] Devonshire Regiment [2] Devonshire Yeomanry [2] Dragoon Guards [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2] General Service Dragoons [2]

Service

British Army [1713] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [186] H [166] S [160] W [156] C [146] M [114] P [114] G [102] T [77] D [76] R [73] L [61] K [57] F [48] A [39] N [35] J [30] E [24] O [15] I [11] V [11] Y [6] Q [3] U [3]

Contribution

Military Service [1709]

Country

United Kingdom [21] France [1]

Herbert Sydney Trotter

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 1805 Private Leicestershire Yeomanry

British Army 1805 Lance Corporal Leicestershire Regiment Medal of St. George, 4th Class (Russia)

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Benjamin Stephen Tomlin

Born 1877

Died 1915

British Army 2708 Troper Leicestershir (PAO) Yeomanry C Squadron

British Army 2708 Private Leicestershire Yeomanry

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Ernest Leslie Janes

Born 1897

Died 1923

British Army 2843 Private The Hertfordshire Yeomanry

British Army 204132 Private Leicestershire Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army 204132 Private Leicestershire Regiment 8th Battalion

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Arthur Smith

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 1999 Private Leicestershire Yeomanry

British Army 1999 Corporal Leicestershire Yeomanry

British Army 255066 Corporal Corps of Hussars

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Arthur Thomas Powell

Born 1882

Died 1915

British Army 1939 Private Leicestershire Yeomanry

British Army 1939 Lance Corporal Leicestershire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Albert Harold Parry

Born 1886

British Army 1727 Lance Corporal Leicestershire Yeomanry

British Army 1727 Private Leicestershire Yeomanry

British Army Lieutenant Warwickshire Yeomanry

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William Stanley Cleveland Iliffe

Born 1896

Died 1977

British Army 1785 Trooper Leicestershire Yeomanry

British Army 255125 Sergeant Corps of Hussars Leicestershire Yeomanry

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Basil Baillie Falkner

Born 1893

British Army Second Lieutenant 4th Hussars

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Leicestershire Yeomanry

British Army Lieutenant 4th Hussars

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Sydney Maurice Banbury

Born 1893

Died 1914

British Army 2413 Private Leicestershire Yeomanry

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Colin Peake

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Leicestershire Yeomanry

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George Parlby

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army 2394 Private Leicestershire Yeomanry

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Philip Musgrove Toulmin

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Leicestershire Yeomanry

British Army Lieutenant Leicestershire Yeomanry

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John Parker

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army 1478 Corporal Leicestershire Yeomanry

British Army 1478 Lance Serjeant Leicestershire Yeomanry

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Henry William Bristoll

Born 1893

Died 1935

British Army 2348 Private Army Cyclist Corps

British Army 58987 Private Leicestershire Yeomanry [Corps of Hussars]

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Harry Wilfred Coy

Died 1915

British Army 2323 Private Leicestershire Yeomanry

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Osmond Francis Campbell

Born 1899

British Army 3400 Private Leicestershire Yeomanry 3rd/1st Battalion

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Alvyn Riley

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 65264 Private Leicestershire Yeomanry

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Arthur Richard Talbott

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 1823 Lance Corporal Leicestershire Yeomanry

British Army 255025 Lance Corporal Corps of Hussars

British Army 255025 Serjeant Leicestershire Yeomanry

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Robert Perkins

Born 1873

Died 1941

British Army 1222 Serjeant Leicestershire Yeomanry

British Army 255159 Serjeant Corps of Hussars

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Percy John Farman

Born 1891

Died 1933

British Army 256027 Private Leicestershire Yeomanry

British Army D/31737 Private Corps of Dragoons

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