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London [7]

Port-of-Spain [6]

Hastings [2]

Kensington Palace, London [2]

Kensington, London [2]

Maidstone, Kent [2]

Peckham, Surrey [2]

St George, Hanover Square, London [2]

Ventnor, Isle of Wight [2]

Alfriston, Sussex [1]

All Saints, Port-of-Spain [1]

Ashbourne, Derbyshire [1]

Atcham, Shropshire [1]

Athy, Co. Kildare [1]

Bath, Somerset [1]

Bayswater [1]

Bearsted, Kent [1]

Belmont, Port-of-Spain [1]

Beverley [1]

Bexhill [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Blo Norton, Norfolk [1]

Bodle Street, Sussex [1]

Brechin, Forfar [1]

Bridgetown [1]

Bridgwater, Somerset [1]

Bridport [1]

Burham, Kent [1]

Burnham, Buckinghamshire [1]

Bury, Lancashire [1]

Cambridge [1]

Cardington, Bedfordshire [1]

Carlton House Terrace, Westminster [1]

Castle W [1]

Castleford, Yorkshire [1]

Chadsmoor, Staffordshire [1]

Chaguanas [1]

Charing, Kent [1]

Chelsea London [1]

Chelsea, London [1]

Child Okeford, Dorset [1]

Cirencester,Gloucestershire. [1]

Clapham [1]

Cliffe, Kent [1]

Corfe, Somerset [1]

Diss Norfolk [1]

Dundalk [1]

Eastbourne [1]

Eastoft, Lincolnshire [1]

Eaton Square, London [1]

Rank

Trooper [1795]

Sapper [603]

Corporal [269]

Second Lieutenant [234]

Private [227]

Lieutenant [207]

Corporal of Horse [184]

Captain [159]

Lance Corporal [84]

Major [62]

Acting Corporal [47]

Gunner [39]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [33]

Lieutenant Colonel [27]

Serjeant [27]

Trumpeter [21]

Acting Corporal of Horse [16]

Squadron Quarter Master Corporal [13]

Temporary Lieutenant [13]

Squadron Corporal Major [11]

Trooper Acting Corporal of Horse [8]

Acting Captain [7]

Quarter Master Corporal Major [7]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Brigadier General [6]

Captain and Adjutant [6]

Shoeing Smith [6]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [6]

Trooper Acting Corporal [6]

Bombardier [5]

Musician [5]

Shoeing Smith Corporal [5]

Surgeon Captain [5]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Farrier Corporal [4]

Farrier Quarter Master Corporal [4]

Saddler [4]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Trooper Lance Corporal [4]

Acting Major [3]

Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel [3]

Brevet Major [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Corporal 2nd [3]

Corporal Of Horse [3]

Driver [3]

Farrier Corporal of Horse [3]

Farrier Staff Corporal [3]

Lance Bombardier [3]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Unit

Life Guards [2512]

Guards Machine Gun Regiment [583]

1st Life Guards [473]

2nd Life Guards [462]

Household Battalion [109]

Royal Garrison Artillery [77]

Royal Engineers [48]

Labour Corps [43]

Machine Gun Corps [24]

Hussars [19]

Royal Air Force [19]

Army Service Corps [14]

Coldstream Guards [14]

Army Cyclist Corps [13]

Royal Field Artillery [13]

Grenadier Guards [12]

Household Cavalry And Cavalry Of The Line (Incl. Yeomanry And Imperial Camel Corps) [12]

Berkshire Yeomanry [10]

Royal Fusiliers [10]

Irish Guards [9]

Machine Gun Guards [9]

Tank Corps [9]

10th Life Guards [8]

Cavalry/Life Guards [8]

Lancers [8]

Royal Flying Corps [8]

Warwickshire Yeomanry [8]

London Regiment [7]

Machine Gun Regiment [7]

Dragoon Guards [6]

Dragoon Guards attached Life Guards [6]

Lancers attached Life Guards [6]

Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [6]

Rifle Brigade [6]

Royal Army Medical Corps [6]

South Nottinghamshire Hussars [6]

Staffordshire Yeomanry [6]

Welsh Guards [6]

Household Cavalry [5]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5]

West Yorkshire Regiment [5]

Worcestershire Regiment [5]

Scots Guards [4]

West Riding Regiment [4]

Yorkshire Regiment [4]

17th Lancers [3]

Ayrshire Yeomanry [3]

Cheshire Regiment [3]

Corps of Dragoons [3]

First Life Guards [3]

Service

British Army [3501]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [4]

Indian Army [4]

Other Empire Force [2]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [345]

S [330]

H [311]

W [289]

C [281]

M [281]

P [233]

G [184]

L [167]

T [162]

R [158]

D [141]

F [120]

A [107]

J [98]

K [82]

E [56]

N [55]

O [42]

V [21]

Y [15]

I [11]

U [7]

Q [4]

Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3487]

Country

United Kingdom [96]

Trinidad and Tobago [4]

Ireland [3]

Canada [2]

Jamaica [1]

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London [7] Port-of-Spain [6] Hastings [2] Kensington Palace, London [2] Kensington, London [2] Maidstone, Kent [2] Peckham, Surrey [2] St George, Hanover Square, London [2] Ventnor, Isle of Wight [2] Alfriston, Sussex [1] All Saints, Port-of-Spain [1] Ashbourne, Derbyshire [1] Atcham, Shropshire [1] Athy, Co. Kildare [1] Bath, Somerset [1] Bayswater [1] Bearsted, Kent [1] Belmont, Port-of-Spain [1] Beverley [1] Bexhill [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Blo Norton, Norfolk [1] Bodle Street, Sussex [1] Brechin, Forfar [1] Bridgetown [1] Bridgwater, Somerset [1] Bridport [1] Burham, Kent [1] Burnham, Buckinghamshire [1] Bury, Lancashire [1] Cambridge [1] Cardington, Bedfordshire [1] Carlton House Terrace, Westminster [1] Castle W [1] Castleford, Yorkshire [1] Chadsmoor, Staffordshire [1] Chaguanas [1] Charing, Kent [1] Chelsea London [1] Chelsea, London [1] Child Okeford, Dorset [1] Cirencester,Gloucestershire. [1] Clapham [1] Cliffe, Kent [1] Corfe, Somerset [1] Diss Norfolk [1] Dundalk [1] Eastbourne [1] Eastoft, Lincolnshire [1] Eaton Square, London [1]

Rank

Trooper [1795] Sapper [603] Corporal [269] Second Lieutenant [234] Private [227] Lieutenant [207] Corporal of Horse [184] Captain [159] Lance Corporal [84] Major [62] Acting Corporal [47] Gunner [39] Warrant Officer Class 2 [33] Lieutenant Colonel [27] Serjeant [27] Trumpeter [21] Acting Corporal of Horse [16] Squadron Quarter Master Corporal [13] Temporary Lieutenant [13] Squadron Corporal Major [11] Trooper Acting Corporal of Horse [8] Acting Captain [7] Quarter Master Corporal Major [7] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Brigadier General [6] Captain and Adjutant [6] Shoeing Smith [6] Temporary Second Lieutenant [6] Trooper Acting Corporal [6] Bombardier [5] Musician [5] Shoeing Smith Corporal [5] Surgeon Captain [5] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [4] Farrier Corporal [4] Farrier Quarter Master Corporal [4] Saddler [4] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Trooper Lance Corporal [4] Acting Major [3] Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel [3] Brevet Major [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Corporal 2nd [3] Corporal Of Horse [3] Driver [3] Farrier Corporal of Horse [3] Farrier Staff Corporal [3] Lance Bombardier [3] Lance Serjeant [3]

Unit

Life Guards [2512] Guards Machine Gun Regiment [583] 1st Life Guards [473] 2nd Life Guards [462] Household Battalion [109] Royal Garrison Artillery [77] Royal Engineers [48] Labour Corps [43] Machine Gun Corps [24] Hussars [19] Royal Air Force [19] Army Service Corps [14] Coldstream Guards [14] Army Cyclist Corps [13] Royal Field Artillery [13] Grenadier Guards [12] Household Cavalry And Cavalry Of The Line (Incl. Yeomanry And Imperial Camel Corps) [12] Berkshire Yeomanry [10] Royal Fusiliers [10] Irish Guards [9] Machine Gun Guards [9] Tank Corps [9] 10th Life Guards [8] Cavalry/Life Guards [8] Lancers [8] Royal Flying Corps [8] Warwickshire Yeomanry [8] London Regiment [7] Machine Gun Regiment [7] Dragoon Guards [6] Dragoon Guards attached Life Guards [6] Lancers attached Life Guards [6] Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [6] Rifle Brigade [6] Royal Army Medical Corps [6] South Nottinghamshire Hussars [6] Staffordshire Yeomanry [6] Welsh Guards [6] Household Cavalry [5] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5] West Yorkshire Regiment [5] Worcestershire Regiment [5] Scots Guards [4] West Riding Regiment [4] Yorkshire Regiment [4] 17th Lancers [3] Ayrshire Yeomanry [3] Cheshire Regiment [3] Corps of Dragoons [3] First Life Guards [3]

Service

British Army [3501] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [4] Indian Army [4] Other Empire Force [2] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [345] S [330] H [311] W [289] C [281] M [281] P [233] G [184] L [167] T [162] R [158] D [141] F [120] A [107] J [98] K [82] E [56] N [55] O [42] V [21] Y [15] I [11] U [7] Q [4] Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3487]

Country

United Kingdom [96] Trinidad and Tobago [4] Ireland [3] Canada [2] Jamaica [1]

Martin Herbert Rouse

Born 1894

Died 1914

British Army 2899 Trooper Life Guards

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William Sinclair Petersen

Born 1892

Died 1914

British Army Second Lieutenant Life Guards

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Edward Claude Berkeley Portman

Born 1898

Died 1942

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Life Guards

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Ralph Burdon Pugh

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 3347 Trooper Life Guards 2nd

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Frederick Charles Nigel Madan

Born 1889

British Army 2944 Trooper Life Guards

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Ernest Thomas Beach

Born 1882

Died 1958

British Army 2399 Corporal 2nd Life Guards

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S G Menzies

Born 1890

Died 1968

British Army Captain Life Guards/ Staff

British Army Captain Second Life Guards

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Arthur George Murray-Smith

Born 1886

Died 1914

British Army Second Lieutenant 2nd Life Guards

British Army Lieutenant 2nd Life Guards

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Albert Llewellyn Thomas

Born 1894

Died 1919

British Army 3107 Trooper Life Guards

British Army 3107 Serjeant Life Guards

British Army 3107 Serjeant Nigeria Regiment 2nd life guards attached to nigeria regiment - west Battalion

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John Spencer Cavendish

Born 1875

Died 1914

British Army Major 1st Life Guards

British Army Major 1st Life Guards

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Arthur Beal

Died 1915

British Army 2832 Trooper 1st Life Guards

British Army 2832 Corporal 1st Life Guards

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Theodore Ernest Warren Brinckman

Born 1898

Died 1954

British Army Second Lieutenant 1st Life Guards

British Army Captain 1st Life Guards

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The Hon. Wentworth Henry Canning Beaumont

Born 1890

Died 1956

British Army Captain 2nd Life Guards

British Army Major 2nd Life Guards

British Army Second Lieutenant 2nd Life Guards

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Edwin Berkeley Cook

Born 1869

Died 1914

British Army Second Lieutenant 1st Life Guards

British Army Lieutenant 1st Life Guards

British Army Captain 1st Life Guards

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Arthur J Ford

Died 1914

British Army 2826 Trooper Life Guards

British Army 2828 Trooper Life Guards

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Alfred Stuart Little

Born 1874

British Army Lieutenant Life Guards

British Army Captain Life Guards

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John James Ellsley

Born 1878

Died 1962

British Army Lieutenant and Quarter Master British West Indies Regiment

British Army 2086 Trooper Life Guards 2nd Battalion

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Everard Humphrey Wyndham

Born 1888

Died 1970

British Army Captain Life Guards

British Army Second Lieutenant 1st Life Guards

British Army Lieutenant 1st Life Guards

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Edward Scawen Wyndham

Born 1883

Died 1967

British Army Second Lieutenant 1st Life Guards

British Army Lieutenant 1st Life Guards

British Army Captain 1st Life Guards

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John Jacob Astor

Born 1886

Died 1971

British Army Captain 1st Life Guards

British Army Second Lieutenant 1st Life Guards

British Army Lieutenant 1st Life Guards

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