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Bethnal Green, London [4]

Kensington, London [4]

Bath, Somerset [3]

Clapham, Surrey [2]

Dublin [2]

Islington, London [2]

Marylebone, London [2]

(?) Burghclere,Hants [1]

55 Taylor Street, Darlington, County Durham [1]

Aberdeen Scotland [1]

Ackworth [1]

Ackworth, Yorkshire [1]

Albourne, Sussex [1]

All Saints, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Alton Pancras Dorset [1]

Ballymoney, County Antrim [1]

Battersea London [1]

Bedminster, Bristol, Somerset [1]

Belmont, Surrey [1]

Blackbrook, Shepshed, Leicestershire [1]

Blurton Longton, Stafford [1]

Bournemouth [1]

Bradford, Yorkshire [1]

Brantham, Tendring, Essex [1]

Brentford district, Middlesex [1]

Brentford, Middlesex [1]

Brighton [1]

Brixham,Totnes,Devon [1]

Bronington [1]

Broxbourne, Hertfordshire [1]

Bury, Lancashire [1]

Calcutta [1]

Camberwell, Surrey [1]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [1]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire [1]

Chatham [1]

Chelsfield, Kent [1]

Chippenham, Wiltshire [1]

Clerkenwell, London [1]

Clifton, Gloucestershire [1]

Congleton Cheshire [1]

Corston, Bath, Somerset [1]

Daventry, Northamptonshire [1]

Diss, Norfolk [1]

Dorking, Surrey [1]

Dungarvon (Dungarvan ?) [1]

Dunstable, Bedfordshire [1]

Dysart, Fife [1]

Earlsfield [1]

East Bergholt [1]

Rank

Private [5980]

Corporal [316]

Lance Corporal [248]

Serjeant [248]

Second Lieutenant [132]

Lieutenant [101]

Acting Corporal [100]

Acting Serjeant [72]

Shoeing Smith [47]

Captain [40]

Trooper [16]

Gunner [15]

Major [14]

Lance Serjeant [13]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [13]

Private Acting Corporal [12]

Driver [11]

Sergeant [10]

Staff Serjeant [10]

Staff Serjeant Major [10]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [10]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [9]

Shoeing Smith Corporal [8]

Corporal 2nd [7]

Farrier Serjeant [7]

Acting Lance Corporal [5]

Saddler [5]

Sapper [5]

Trumpeter [4]

Acting Captain [3]

Acting Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Acting Staff Serjeant Major [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Corporal/Acting Serjeant [3]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [3]

Saddler Corporal [3]

Strapper [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Acting Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Bandsman [2]

Bombardier [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [2]

Pr [2]

Private Lance Corporal [2]

Pte [2]

Regimental Serjeant Major [2]

Serjeant Private [2]

Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Unit

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [6282]

Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [886]

Machine Gun Corps [603]

Hussars [533]

Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) [425]

Dragoon Guards [320]

Lancers [233]

Machine Gun Corps Infantry [111]

Dragoons [104]

South Nottinghamshire Hussars [101]

City of London Yeomanry [99]

Army Service Corps [94]

County of London Yeomanry [94]

Sherwood Rangers [85]

Leicestershire Yeomanry [81]

East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry [80]

Lincolnshire Yeomanry [69]

Essex Yeomanry [66]

Berkshire Yeomanry [64]

Worcestershire Yeomanry [63]

London Regiment [61]

Staffordshire Yeomanry [58]

Buckinghamshire Yeomanry [55]

Scottish Horse [54]

Queen's Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry [53]

13th Hussars [47]

Dorset Yeomanry [43]

Hertfordshire Yeomanry [42]

8th Hussars [41]

Bedford Yeomanry [41]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [40]

Royal Dragoons [37]

14th Hussars [36]

19th Hussars [36]

17th Lancers [35]

16th Lancers [34]

6th Dragoons [34]

Oxfordshire Yeomanry [34]

3rd Hussars [32]

10th Hussars [31]

1st Dragoon Guards [30]

4th Hussars [30]

7th Dragoon Guards [30]

12th Lancers [29]

15th Hussars [26]

20th Hussars [26]

5th Lancers [26]

Corps of Hussars [25]

Middlesex Regiment [25]

North Somerset Yeomanry [24]

Service

British Army [6853]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

Indian Army [3]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

B [731]

H [629]

S [614]

C [603]

W [533]

M [525]

P [401]

G [346]

D [310]

R [304]

L [299]

T [268]

F [234]

A [220]

J [212]

E [168]

K [147]

N [97]

O [79]

V [48]

Y [33]

I [25]

Q [17]

U [11]

Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [6851]

Country

United Kingdom [126]

India [3]

Egypt [2]

Canada [1]

New Zealand [1]

South Africa [1]

United States [1]

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Bethnal Green, London [4] Kensington, London [4] Bath, Somerset [3] Clapham, Surrey [2] Dublin [2] Islington, London [2] Marylebone, London [2] (?) Burghclere,Hants [1] 55 Taylor Street, Darlington, County Durham [1] Aberdeen Scotland [1] Ackworth [1] Ackworth, Yorkshire [1] Albourne, Sussex [1] All Saints, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Alton Pancras Dorset [1] Ballymoney, County Antrim [1] Battersea London [1] Bedminster, Bristol, Somerset [1] Belmont, Surrey [1] Blackbrook, Shepshed, Leicestershire [1] Blurton Longton, Stafford [1] Bournemouth [1] Bradford, Yorkshire [1] Brantham, Tendring, Essex [1] Brentford district, Middlesex [1] Brentford, Middlesex [1] Brighton [1] Brixham,Totnes,Devon [1] Bronington [1] Broxbourne, Hertfordshire [1] Bury, Lancashire [1] Calcutta [1] Camberwell, Surrey [1] Cardiff, Glamorgan [1] Cardiff, Glamorganshire [1] Chatham [1] Chelsfield, Kent [1] Chippenham, Wiltshire [1] Clerkenwell, London [1] Clifton, Gloucestershire [1] Congleton Cheshire [1] Corston, Bath, Somerset [1] Daventry, Northamptonshire [1] Diss, Norfolk [1] Dorking, Surrey [1] Dungarvon (Dungarvan ?) [1] Dunstable, Bedfordshire [1] Dysart, Fife [1] Earlsfield [1] East Bergholt [1]

Rank

Private [5980] Corporal [316] Lance Corporal [248] Serjeant [248] Second Lieutenant [132] Lieutenant [101] Acting Corporal [100] Acting Serjeant [72] Shoeing Smith [47] Captain [40] Trooper [16] Gunner [15] Major [14] Lance Serjeant [13] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [13] Private Acting Corporal [12] Driver [11] Sergeant [10] Staff Serjeant [10] Staff Serjeant Major [10] Warrant Officer Class 2 [10] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [9] Shoeing Smith Corporal [8] Corporal 2nd [7] Farrier Serjeant [7] Acting Lance Corporal [5] Saddler [5] Sapper [5] Trumpeter [4] Acting Captain [3] Acting Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Acting Staff Serjeant Major [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Corporal/Acting Serjeant [3] Private Acting Lance Corporal [3] Saddler Corporal [3] Strapper [3] Temporary Captain [3] Acting Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Bandsman [2] Bombardier [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Corporal Acting Serjeant [2] Lieutenant Acting Captain [2] Pr [2] Private Lance Corporal [2] Pte [2] Regimental Serjeant Major [2] Serjeant Private [2] Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Unit

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [6282] Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [886] Machine Gun Corps [603] Hussars [533] Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) [425] Dragoon Guards [320] Lancers [233] Machine Gun Corps Infantry [111] Dragoons [104] South Nottinghamshire Hussars [101] City of London Yeomanry [99] Army Service Corps [94] County of London Yeomanry [94] Sherwood Rangers [85] Leicestershire Yeomanry [81] East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry [80] Lincolnshire Yeomanry [69] Essex Yeomanry [66] Berkshire Yeomanry [64] Worcestershire Yeomanry [63] London Regiment [61] Staffordshire Yeomanry [58] Buckinghamshire Yeomanry [55] Scottish Horse [54] Queen's Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry [53] 13th Hussars [47] Dorset Yeomanry [43] Hertfordshire Yeomanry [42] 8th Hussars [41] Bedford Yeomanry [41] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [40] Royal Dragoons [37] 14th Hussars [36] 19th Hussars [36] 17th Lancers [35] 16th Lancers [34] 6th Dragoons [34] Oxfordshire Yeomanry [34] 3rd Hussars [32] 10th Hussars [31] 1st Dragoon Guards [30] 4th Hussars [30] 7th Dragoon Guards [30] 12th Lancers [29] 15th Hussars [26] 20th Hussars [26] 5th Lancers [26] Corps of Hussars [25] Middlesex Regiment [25] North Somerset Yeomanry [24]

Service

British Army [6853] Canadian Expeditionary Force [3] Indian Army [3] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1] Other Empire Force [1] Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

B [731] H [629] S [614] C [603] W [533] M [525] P [401] G [346] D [310] R [304] L [299] T [268] F [234] A [220] J [212] E [168] K [147] N [97] O [79] V [48] Y [33] I [25] Q [17] U [11] Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [6851]

Country

United Kingdom [126] India [3] Egypt [2] Canada [1] New Zealand [1] South Africa [1] United States [1]

John Alfred Lloyd

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 50661 Private Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

British Army 16305 Private Hussars 14th Reserve Cavalry Regiment

British Army 50661 Private Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) 9th Squadron

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Jesse Arthur Butler

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 10774 Lance Corporal 19th Hussars

British Army 50724 Lance Corporal Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

British Army 50724 Lance Corporal Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry)

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William Tarling

Born 1893

British Army 9664 Private Hussars

British Army 50675 Private Machine Gun Corps Cavalry 9th Squadron

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William Buxton Crawford

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 41451 Private Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

British Army 8126 Private Hussars of the Line 4th Corps

British Army 41451 Private Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) 3rd Squadron

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William Hitchcock

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 1445 Private Dorset Yeomanry

British Army 96187 Private Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

British Army 96187 Private Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry)

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John Henry Lee

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 50698 Private Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

British Army 11224 Private Hussars 15th Battalion

Royal Navy J10038 Boy I

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Edward J Griggs

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 51988 Private Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

British Army 51988 Private Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry)

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Raymond Evans

Born 1897

Died 1919

British Army 51879 Private Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

British Army 51879 Private Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry)

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Harry Grey

Born 1885

Died 1919

British Army 101928 Private Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry)

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Norman Henry J Beazer

Born 1893

Died 1965

British Army 52107 Private Machine Gun Corps Cavalry 9th Squadron

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George Henry Gilbert James

Born 1887

Died 1974

British Army 47883 Private Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

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Reginald Douglas Howard

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 100357 Private Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

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Arthur Gordon Went

Born 1892

Died 1967

British Army 47478 Serjeant Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

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Ernest Edward Foster

Born 1890

Died 1969

British Army 52345 Private Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

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Kenneth Mackay

Born 1887

Died 1939

British Army Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

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Sidney Fisher Foster

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 100034 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 100034 Private Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry)

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A E Edmunds

Died 1921

British Army 7816376 Corporal Machine Gun Corps

British Army 7816376 Corporal Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry)

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Joseph Thomas Barros

Born 1897

Died 1978

British Army 9714 Private 1st Reserve Cavalry Regiment

British Army 41075 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 41075 Corporal Machine Gun Corps

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Ernest Walter Hall

Born 1883

Died 1951

British Army 5068 Serjeant 19th Hussars

British Army 50741 Company Sergeant Major Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

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Arthur John Aylwin

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 3997 Serjeant 19th Hussars

British Army 50767 Serjeant Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

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