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Grantham, Lincolnshire [2]

Aswarby, Lincolnshire [1]

Barrowby, Lincolnshire, England [1]

Basford, Nottinghamshire [1]

Bedford [1]

Bingham, Nottinghamshire [1]

Birtley, Durham [1]

Bolts Walls Farm, Rookhope, County Durham. [1]

Bottesford, Leicestershire [1]

Branston, Lincolnshire [1]

Caistor, Lincolnshire [1]

Coltishall, Norfolk [1]

Corfu [1]

Depwade, Norfolk, England [1]

Eastham, Cheshire [1]

Edlington, Lincolnshire [1]

Fort St. Elmo, Valletta [1]

Goole, Yorkshire [1]

Grantham [1]

Hackney, London, England [1]

Heighington [1]

High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire [1]

Horn Exton Oakham Rutland [1]

Hykeham [1]

Kensington, London [1]

Kilmarnock, Ayrshire [1]

Lambeth, London, England [1]

Leicester [1]

Lincoln [1]

Lockerbie, Scotland [1]

Lowestoft, Suffolk [1]

Newtown, Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Northampton [1]

Peterborough, Northamptonshire [1]

Revesby, West Fenn, Lincolnshire, England [1]

Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England [1]

St Nicholas, Glamorgan [1]

Stamford [1]

Stevington, Bedfordshire [1]

Timberland, Lincolnshire [1]

Tinwell near Stamford Lincolnshire [1]

Weybridge, Surrey, England [1]

Rank

Private [1071]

Serjeant [112]

Corporal [101]

Second Lieutenant [83]

Lance Corporal [78]

Lieutenant [49]

Captain [39]

Sapper [26]

Acting Corporal [23]

Acting Serjeant [15]

Major [13]

Gunner [12]

Lance Serjeant [12]

Lieutenant Colonel [6]

Private Acting Corporal [6]

Shoeing Smith [6]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [6]

Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [5]

Pioneer [4]

Private /Lance Corporal [4]

Staff Serjeant Major [4]

Acting Captain [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Corporal 2nd [3]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [3]

Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Squadron Serjeant Major [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Temporary Regimental Serjeant Major [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Corporal /Lance Serjeant [2]

Interpreter [2]

Quarter Master and Lieutenant [2]

Trumpeter [2]

2nd Corporal [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Sergeant [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Farrier Serjeant [1]

Acting L [1]

Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Acting Lieutenant [1]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Acting Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Air Mechanical [1]

Unit

Lincolnshire Yeomanry [1385]

Machine Gun Corps [539]

Lincolnshire Regiment [155]

Corps of Hussars [90]

Royal Engineers [76]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [65]

Labour Corps [34]

Army Service Corps [25]

Imperial Camel Corps [24]

Essex Yeomanry [16]

City of London Yeomanry [15]

Army Cyclist Corps [12]

Bedford Yeomanry [12]

Military Mounted Police [11]

Royal Air Force [11]

Royal Garrison Artillery [11]

Royal Flying Corps [10]

County of London Yeomanry [8]

Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [8]

Royal Field Artillery [8]

Royal Horse Guards [7]

Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry [7]

Yorkshire Dragoons [7]

Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) [6]

Royal Army Medical Corps [6]

Corps of Lancers [5]

Dragoon Guards [5]

Border Regiment [4]

Cheshire Regiment [4]

Essex Regiment [4]

Hertfordshire Yeomanry [4]

Rifle Brigade [4]

Royal Army Service Corps [4]

Royal Artillery [4]

Suffolk Yeomanry [4]

Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry [3]

East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry [3]

Lancashire Hussars [3]

Leicestershire Yeomanry [3]

Lincolnshire Yeomanry Attached Machine Gun Corps [3]

Lincolnshire Yeomanry attached Machine Gun Corps [3]

Liverpool Regiment [3]

London Regiment [3]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [3]

Northamptonshire Yeomanry [3]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3]

Royal Sussex Regiment [3]

Sherwood Rangers [3]

Staffordshire Yeomanry [3]

Sussex Yeomanry [3]

Service

British Army [1457]

Last name first letter

B [166]

S [159]

H [140]

W [134]

C [108]

M [104]

D [77]

G [74]

R [61]

P [60]

T [58]

L [56]

F [49]

A [48]

J [35]

E [34]

N [32]

K [26]

O [18]

V [8]

Y [6]

I [4]

Contribution

Military Service [1454]

Country

United Kingdom [28]

Greece [1]

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People [1457] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Grantham, Lincolnshire [2] Aswarby, Lincolnshire [1] Barrowby, Lincolnshire, England [1] Basford, Nottinghamshire [1] Bedford [1] Bingham, Nottinghamshire [1] Birtley, Durham [1] Bolts Walls Farm, Rookhope, County Durham. [1] Bottesford, Leicestershire [1] Branston, Lincolnshire [1] Caistor, Lincolnshire [1] Coltishall, Norfolk [1] Corfu [1] Depwade, Norfolk, England [1] Eastham, Cheshire [1] Edlington, Lincolnshire [1] Fort St. Elmo, Valletta [1] Goole, Yorkshire [1] Grantham [1] Hackney, London, England [1] Heighington [1] High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire [1] Horn Exton Oakham Rutland [1] Hykeham [1] Kensington, London [1] Kilmarnock, Ayrshire [1] Lambeth, London, England [1] Leicester [1] Lincoln [1] Lockerbie, Scotland [1] Lowestoft, Suffolk [1] Newtown, Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Northampton [1] Peterborough, Northamptonshire [1] Revesby, West Fenn, Lincolnshire, England [1] Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England [1] St Nicholas, Glamorgan [1] Stamford [1] Stevington, Bedfordshire [1] Timberland, Lincolnshire [1] Tinwell near Stamford Lincolnshire [1] Weybridge, Surrey, England [1]

Rank

Private [1071] Serjeant [112] Corporal [101] Second Lieutenant [83] Lance Corporal [78] Lieutenant [49] Captain [39] Sapper [26] Acting Corporal [23] Acting Serjeant [15] Major [13] Gunner [12] Lance Serjeant [12] Lieutenant Colonel [6] Private Acting Corporal [6] Shoeing Smith [6] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [6] Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [5] Pioneer [4] Private /Lance Corporal [4] Staff Serjeant Major [4] Acting Captain [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Corporal 2nd [3] Corporal Acting Serjeant [3] Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Squadron Serjeant Major [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Temporary Regimental Serjeant Major [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Corporal /Lance Serjeant [2] Interpreter [2] Quarter Master and Lieutenant [2] Trumpeter [2] 2nd Corporal [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Sergeant [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Farrier Serjeant [1] Acting L [1] Acting Lance Serjeant [1] Acting Lieutenant [1] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Acting Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Air Mechanical [1]

Unit

Lincolnshire Yeomanry [1385] Machine Gun Corps [539] Lincolnshire Regiment [155] Corps of Hussars [90] Royal Engineers [76] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [65] Labour Corps [34] Army Service Corps [25] Imperial Camel Corps [24] Essex Yeomanry [16] City of London Yeomanry [15] Army Cyclist Corps [12] Bedford Yeomanry [12] Military Mounted Police [11] Royal Air Force [11] Royal Garrison Artillery [11] Royal Flying Corps [10] County of London Yeomanry [8] Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [8] Royal Field Artillery [8] Royal Horse Guards [7] Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry [7] Yorkshire Dragoons [7] Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) [6] Royal Army Medical Corps [6] Corps of Lancers [5] Dragoon Guards [5] Border Regiment [4] Cheshire Regiment [4] Essex Regiment [4] Hertfordshire Yeomanry [4] Rifle Brigade [4] Royal Army Service Corps [4] Royal Artillery [4] Suffolk Yeomanry [4] Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry [3] East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry [3] Lancashire Hussars [3] Leicestershire Yeomanry [3] Lincolnshire Yeomanry Attached Machine Gun Corps [3] Lincolnshire Yeomanry attached Machine Gun Corps [3] Liverpool Regiment [3] London Regiment [3] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [3] Northamptonshire Yeomanry [3] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3] Royal Sussex Regiment [3] Sherwood Rangers [3] Staffordshire Yeomanry [3] Sussex Yeomanry [3]

Service

British Army [1457]

Last name first letter

B [166] S [159] H [140] W [134] C [108] M [104] D [77] G [74] R [61] P [60] T [58] L [56] F [49] A [48] J [35] E [34] N [32] K [26] O [18] V [8] Y [6] I [4]

Contribution

Military Service [1454]

Country

United Kingdom [28] Greece [1]

Alan Frost

British Army 780 Serjeant Essex Yeomanry

British Army GS/20437 Serjeant General Service of Dragoons

British Army Second Lieutenant Lincolnshire Yeomanry

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Frank B Scarborough

British Army 101314 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 2124 Private Lincolnshire Yeomanry

British Army 55492 Private City of London Yeomanry

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William J Mason

British Army 382687 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 4033 Gunner City of London Yeomanry

British Army 56136 Gunner Lincolnshire Yeomanry

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Delvie Wm Campbell Davies Evans

British Army Major Pembroke Yeomanry

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Pembroke Yeomanry

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Somerset Light Infantry 8th Battalion

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Arthur Cunningham

British Army 319356 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 3832 Gunner City of London Yeomanry

British Army 3035 Gunner Lincolnshire Yeomanry

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Frederick Hall

British Army 101304 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 1904 Private Lincolnshire Yeomanry

British Army 55318 Private City of London Yeomanry

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Thomas E Smith

British Army 100707 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 2647 Private Lincolnshire Yeomanry

British Army 55902 Private City of London Yeomanry

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Anthony Little

British Army 11145 Private Lincolnshire Yeomanry

British Army 3836 Private City of London Yeomanry

British Army GS/18475 Private Reserve Regiment of Cavalry

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William Campbell

British Army 9932 Private Royal Irish Fusiliers

British Army 14764 Army Cyclists Corps

British Army 5766 Army Cyclists Corps

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Thomas Storey

British Army 30722 Private Lincolnshire Yeomanry

British Army 161044 Machine Gun Corps

British Army 274867emph altrender=1023349 Royal Field Artillery

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John J Angus

British Army 7068 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 203295 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army L/9791 Private Lincolnshire Yeomanry

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Thos W Adnitt

British Army TF/185 Driver Army Service Corps Lincolnshire Yeomanry

British Army 277603 Driver Essex Regiment 1/6th Battalion

British Army 245516 Driver Army Service Corps

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Arthur Cuthbert Watkins

British Army 770 Corporal Cheshire Yeomanry

British Army Second Lieutenant Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Royal Air Force

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Ronald Godsmark

British Army 30166 Private Acting Corporal 18th Hussars

British Army 30166 Private Acting Corporal Corps of Hussars

British Army Second Lieutenant Lincolnshire Yeomanry Attached Machine Gun Corps

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Walter Mathers

British Army 2675 Derby Yeomanry

British Army 2407 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army 40559 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

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George A Basker

British Army 1766 Serjeant Nottinghamshire Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry

British Army 1766 Serjeant Sherwood Rangers

British Army 275045 Serjeant Corps of Hussars

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Robert Black Purves

British Army Major Attached Lincolnshire Yeomanry

British Army Major Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Acting Lieutenant Colonel Royal Army Medical Corps

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