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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]

Frederick Paget

Born 1890

Died 1914

British Army 2529 Trooper Life Guards

British Army 2529 Trooper 1st Life Guards

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Malcolm Macleod

Born 1893

Died 1919

British Army 2763 Trooper Life Guards

British Army 2763 Corporal of Horse 1st Life Guards

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Thomas Hopper

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 2883 Trooper Life Guards

British Army 2883 Trooper 1st Life Guards

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Albert Pollard

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 2812 Trooper Life Guards

British Army 2812 Trooper 2nd Life Guards

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Stanley Whittaker

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 2741 Trooper Life Guards

British Army 2741 Trooper 1st Life Guards

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Ernest Mariner

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 3089 Trooper Life Guards

British Army 3089 Trooper 1st Life Guards

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Charles Hodgson

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 3480 Trooper Life Guards

British Army 3480 Trooper 2nd Life Guards

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Arthur Sillence

Died 1915

British Army 2855 Trooper Life Guards

British Army 2855 Trooper 1st Life Guards

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Angus Robb

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 4161 Trooper Life Guards

British Army 4161 Trooper 1st Life Guards

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Ernest Lewry

Born 1893

Died 1914

British Army 2965 Trooper Life Guards

British Army 2965 Trooper 1st Life Guards

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William Tyson

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 3124 Trooper Life Guards

British Army 3124 Trooper 2nd Life Guards

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George Winter

Died 1918

British Army 3044 Trooper Life Guards

British Army 3044 Trooper 1st Life Guards

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Frank Payne

Died 1915

British Army 2508 Trooper Life Guards

British Army 2508 Trooper 2nd Life Guards

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James Johnston

Died 1915

British Army 2489 Trooper Life Guards

British Army 2489 Trooper 1st Life Guards

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A H Wilkins

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army 2528 Corporal of Horse Life Guards

British Army 2528 Corporal of Horse 2nd Life Guards

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James John White

Died 1914

British Army 2979 Trooper Life Guards

British Army 2979 Trooper 1st Life Guards

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James George Anson Butler

Born 1890

Died 1949

British Army Captain 1st Life Guards

British Army Second Lieutenant 1st Life Guards

British Army Lieutenant 1st Life Guards

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Harry Streeter

Born 1884

Died 1914

British Army 2345 Trooper Life Guards

British Army 2345 Trooper 1st Life Guards

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Percival Westcott

Born 1893

Died 1919

British Army 2852 Trooper Life Guards

British Army 2852 Trooper 1st Life Guards

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Herbert Savage

Born 1883

Died 1914

British Army 2447 Trooper Life Guards

British Army 2447 Trooper 1st Life Guards

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