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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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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]

Henry Allen Swain

Born 1882

Died 1948

British Army 1062 Serjeant Leicestershire Yeomanry

British Army Lieutenant Leicestershire Yeomanry

British Army 1062 Squadron Sergeant Major Leicestershire Regiment Military Cross New Years Honours 1916

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Albert Edmund (bert) Galloway

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 2345 Private Leicestershire Yeomanry

British Army 255355 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 255355 Private Leicestershire Yeomanry

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George Max Crawford

Died 1917

British Army 3370 Private Leicestershire Yeomanry

British Army 41171 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 41171 Private Leicestershire Yeomanry

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Bertie Bloodworth

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 2329 Private Leicestershire Yeomanry

British Army 255342 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 255342 Private Leicestershire Yeomanry

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George Ernest Rhodes

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 3438 Private Leicestershire Yeomanry

British Army 256062 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 256062 Private Leicestershire Yeomanry

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Frederick Lester

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 2573 Private Leicestershire Yeomanry

British Army 255510 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 255510 Private Leicestershire Yeomanry

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George William Cooper

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 2330 Private Leicestershire Yeomanry

British Army 255343 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 255343 Private Leicestershire Yeomanry

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Cecil James Harrison

Died 1917

British Army 3495 Private Leicestershire Yeomanry

British Army 256109 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 256109 Private Leicestershire Yeomanry

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George Berton Farmer

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 2390 Lance Corporal Leicestershire Yeomanry

British Army 255388 Lance Corporal Leicestershire Yeomanry

British Army Second Lieutenant East Lancashire Regiment

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Walter Rudolph Howard

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 2402 Private Leicestershire Yeomanry

British Army 255401 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 255401 Private Leicestershire Yeomanry

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Rowland W Huss

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 3208 Private Leicestershire Yeomanry

British Army 255885 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 255885 Private Leicestershire Yeomanry

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Frederick Ernest Middleton

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 3033 Private Leicestershire Yeomanry

British Army 255763 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 255763 Private Leicestershire Yeomanry

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Charles Cecil Claude Hart

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 3409 Private Leicestershire Yeomanry

British Army 256041 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 256041 Private Leicestershire Yeomanry

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William Henry Rowe

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 2169 Private Leicestershire Yeomanry

British Army 255250 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 255250 Private Leicestershire Yeomanry

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Alfred Browning Stanley Tennyson

Born 1878

Died 1952

British Army Lieutenant Leicestershire Yeomanry

British Army Lieutenant Lancers

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Arthur Warner

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 41191 Private Leicestershire Yeomanry

British Army 41191 Private Corps of Hussars

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William Henry Manger

Born 1898

Died 1969

British Army 3253 Private Leicestershire Yeomanry

British Army 255921 Private Corps of Hussars

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Ernest Charles Bown

Born 1891

Died 1987

British Army 2930 Private Leicestershire Yeomanry

British Army 255689 Private Corps of Hussars

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William George Wakefield

Born 1889

British Army 2024 Private Leicestershire Yeomanry attached Machine Gun Corps

British Army Lieutenant Leicestershire Yeomanry attached Machine Gun Corps

British Army Lieutenant Leicestershire Yeomanry

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Albert Joseph Hopkins

Born 1896

Died 1977

British Army 1922 Private Leicestershire Yeomanry

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