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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]

P Crowley

British Army 3236 Sapper 2nd Life Guards

British Army 766 Sapper Household Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Munster Fusiliers

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George R Gregory

British Army 5024 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 307590 Private 2nd Life Guards

British Army 400014 Private Labour Corps

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Arnold Richard Charles Cooper

British Army 3464 Lance Corporal 2nd Life Guards

British Army Second Lieutenant Rifle Brigade

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Air Force

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Alfred H Barstow

British Army 3690 Sapper 1st Life Guards

British Army 200598 Sapper Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 1413403 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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William Griffiths

British Army 3478 Trooper 2nd Life Guards

British Army Second Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps

British Army Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps

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Charles S Bainbridge

British Army 313708 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 3465 Gunner Staffordshire Yeomanry

British Army 4232 Gunner 2nd Life Guards

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Richard G Brown

British Army 314769 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 310023 Gunner Warwickshire Yeomanry

British Army 4512 Gunner 1st Life Guards

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John Blake

British Army 6185 Corporal 17th Lancers

British Army 4246 Corporal Machine Gun Guads

British Army 4435 Corporal 2nd Life Guards

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George Whitley Frend

British Army 3064 Trooper 1st Life Guards

British Army Captain Royal Field Artillery

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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Augustine Delaney

British Army 10279 Private 2nd Battalion Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 28226 Corporal Life Guards

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Robert Macnamara Cowie

British Army Surgeon Major Royal Horse Guards

British Army Medical Officer Royal Army Medical Corps attached to 1st Life Guards

British Army Surgeon Captain Royal Army Medical Corps attached to 1st Life Guards

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John Durham

British Army 5048 Private Dragoon Guards

British Army 52089 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 32059 Private Life Guards

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James George Kevan

British Army Second Lieutenant Guards Machine Gun Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Life Guards

British Army Second Lieutenant Berkshire Yeomanry

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Mark Morisse

British Army 2/262 Trooper South African Army Unit

British Army Second Lieutenant Life Guards

British Army Lieutenant Guards Machine Gun Regiment

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Leonard Stanley Ward-Price

British Army Lieutenant Life Guards attached Royal Horse Guards

British Army Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

British Army Captain Royal Flying Corps

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Percy T Prosser

British Army 2066 Corporal Household Battalion

British Army 4619 Corporal Life Guards

British Army 3746 Corporal Guards Machine Gun Regiment

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Reginald Stanley Brown

British Army 6074 Dragoon Guards

British Army 3742 Trooper 1st Life Guards

British Army Lieutenant Royal West Surrey Regiment

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George Griffiths Ifold Chomley

British Army Temporary Lieutenant 1st Life Guards

British Army Major 1st Labour Corps Battalion Guards Machine Gun Regiment

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Wm Livingstone Chrystal

British Army 11/34 Corporal New Zealand Mounted Troops

British Army Second Lieutenant Guards Machine Gun Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant 1st Life Guards

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Robert Gerald Alexander

British Army Captain Lancers

British Army Captain General Headquarters Staff

British Army Captain Life Guards

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