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Gloucester, Gloucestershire [1]

Kingston, Surrey [1]

London [1]

Talke, Staffordshire [1]

Rank

Captain [14]

Lieutenant [12]

Second Lieutenant [12]

Major [9]

Private [8]

Temporary Major [4]

Temporary Captain [3]

Colonel [2]

Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [2]

Corporal [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Serjeant [2]

Staff Serjeant Major [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Acting Brigadier [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Lieutenant /Acting Major/ Acting Lieutenant /Acting Major [1]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Acting Lieutenant General [1]

Acting Major General [1]

Brigade Major [1]

Captain Acting Major [1]

Captain Temporary Major [1]

Captain and Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Captain and Brevet Major [1]

Colonel Temporary Brigadier General [1]

Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Flight Lieutenant [1]

General [1]

Gunner Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Lance Corporal [1]

Lieutenant General [1]

Major /Temporary Colonel [1]

Major General [1]

Major and Brevet Colonel [1]

Major and Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Pilot Officer [1]

Squadron Leader [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Temporary Brigadier General [1]

Temporary Lieutenant Acting Major [1]

Temporary Lieutenant General [1]

Temporary Major General [1]

Trooper [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Wing Commander [1]

private [1]

Unit

Machine Gun Corps [24]

Staff [11]

General Staff [6]

Tank Corps [5]

London Regiment [3]

Machine Gun Corps/ Staff [3]

Military Provost Staff Corps [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

Canadian Machine Gun [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Staff Corps [2]

115th Machine Gun Corps [1]

12th Lancers [1]

15th (The Kings) Hussars [1]

19th Cavalry Machine Gun Corps [1]

1st Staff Yeomanry [1]

2nd Cavalry Staff Hospital [1]

5th Dragoon Guards [1]

8th Corps of Staff [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Army Service Corps/ Staff/ Canadian Machine Gun Brigade [1]

Ayrshire Yeomanry [1]

Border Regiment [1]

Buckinghamshire Hussars [1]

Buckinghamshire Yeomanry [1]

Canadian Machine Gun Brigade [1]

Chinese Technical Staff [1]

Commands and Staff [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

East African Mounted Rifles [1]

East Kent Regiment [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

General List attached Tank Corps [1]

General Reserve of Officers [1]

Glamorganshire Imperial Yeomanry [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

Guards Machine Gun Regiment [1]

Hampshire Imperial Yeomanry [1]

Hussars [1]

Imperial Rest Camp Staff [1]

Imperial Yeomanry [1]

Indian Army [1]

Intelligence Corps [1]

Liverpool Regiment [1]

London Regiment attached Machine Gun Corps [1]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [1]

Machine Gun Corps General Staff [1]

Machine Gun Corps Staff [1]

Machine Gun Corps Staff Intelligence [1]

Service

British Army [44]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Last name first letter

H [6]

B [5]

C [5]

S [4]

E [3]

G [3]

R [3]

W [3]

A [2]

D [2]

K [2]

F [1]

J [1]

L [1]

M [1]

N [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [44]

Country

United Kingdom [3]

India [1]

Kenya [1]

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People [44] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Gloucester, Gloucestershire [1] Kingston, Surrey [1] London [1] Talke, Staffordshire [1]

Rank

Captain [14] Lieutenant [12] Second Lieutenant [12] Major [9] Private [8] Temporary Major [4] Temporary Captain [3] Colonel [2] Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [2] Corporal [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Serjeant [2] Staff Serjeant Major [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Acting Brigadier [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Lieutenant /Acting Major/ Acting Lieutenant /Acting Major [1] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Acting Lieutenant General [1] Acting Major General [1] Brigade Major [1] Captain Acting Major [1] Captain Temporary Major [1] Captain and Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1] Captain and Brevet Major [1] Colonel Temporary Brigadier General [1] Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Flight Lieutenant [1] General [1] Gunner Acting Lance Corporal [1] Lance Corporal [1] Lieutenant General [1] Major /Temporary Colonel [1] Major General [1] Major and Brevet Colonel [1] Major and Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1] Pilot Officer [1] Squadron Leader [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Temporary Brigadier General [1] Temporary Lieutenant Acting Major [1] Temporary Lieutenant General [1] Temporary Major General [1] Trooper [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Wing Commander [1] private [1]

Unit

Machine Gun Corps [24] Staff [11] General Staff [6] Tank Corps [5] London Regiment [3] Machine Gun Corps/ Staff [3] Military Provost Staff Corps [3] Army Service Corps [2] Canadian Machine Gun [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Staff Corps [2] 115th Machine Gun Corps [1] 12th Lancers [1] 15th (The Kings) Hussars [1] 19th Cavalry Machine Gun Corps [1] 1st Staff Yeomanry [1] 2nd Cavalry Staff Hospital [1] 5th Dragoon Guards [1] 8th Corps of Staff [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Army Service Corps/ Staff/ Canadian Machine Gun Brigade [1] Ayrshire Yeomanry [1] Border Regiment [1] Buckinghamshire Hussars [1] Buckinghamshire Yeomanry [1] Canadian Machine Gun Brigade [1] Chinese Technical Staff [1] Commands and Staff [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] East African Mounted Rifles [1] East Kent Regiment [1] Essex Regiment [1] General List attached Tank Corps [1] General Reserve of Officers [1] Glamorganshire Imperial Yeomanry [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] Guards Machine Gun Regiment [1] Hampshire Imperial Yeomanry [1] Hussars [1] Imperial Rest Camp Staff [1] Imperial Yeomanry [1] Indian Army [1] Intelligence Corps [1] Liverpool Regiment [1] London Regiment attached Machine Gun Corps [1] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [1] Machine Gun Corps General Staff [1] Machine Gun Corps Staff [1] Machine Gun Corps Staff Intelligence [1]

Service

British Army [44] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Last name first letter

H [6] B [5] C [5] S [4] E [3] G [3] R [3] W [3] A [2] D [2] K [2] F [1] J [1] L [1] M [1] N [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [44]

Country

United Kingdom [3] India [1] Kenya [1]

Robert Stacey Marks Rigby Mbe

Born 1888

Died 1942

British Army Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps

British Army private Royal Fusiliers Public School Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Durham Light Infantry 11th Battalion

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Charles Hervey Hoare

Born 1875

Died 1955

British Army Second Lieutenant Hampshire Imperial Yeomanry

British Army Captain Glamorganshire Imperial Yeomanry

British Army Lieutenant West Kent (Queen's Own) Yeomanry

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G S Bond

British Army 38661 Gunner Acting Lance Corporal Machine Gun Corps

British Army 38661 Gunner Acting Lance Corporal Staff

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J Hardress-Lloyd

British Army Major /Temporary Colonel Machine Gun Corps/ Staff

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W Ramsay

British Army 1477 Corporal Machine Gun Corps/Staff

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J Gore

British Army 41433/ 41433 Staff Serjeant Major Machine Gun Corps/ Staff

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G R Williams

British Army 68878/ 68878 Corporal Machine Gun Corps/ Staff

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John Tredinnick Crocker

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps Infantry

British Army Lieutenant Middlesex Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Middlesex Regiment Seconded to Tank Corps

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Sydney Herbert Charrington

Born 1878

Died 1954

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers (City of London) Regiment 7th Battalion

British Army Lieutenant 15th (The Kings) Hussars

British Army Captain 15th (The Kings) Hussars

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Harold Braisford Hindley

British Army Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps Staff Intelligence

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Lincoln Wychesley Evans

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant 115th Machine Gun Corps

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Acting Major Machine Gun Corps attached Education Staff

British Army Major Machine Gun Corps attached Education Staff

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Arthur Graham Woods

British Army Captain Machine Gun Corps

British Army Major Machine Gun Corps

British Army Major Tank Corps and Staff

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Archibald Seton Montgomerie

Born 1880

Died 1945

British Army Major Ayrshire Yeomanry

British Army Major 8th Corps of Staff

British Army Major Guards Machine Gun Regiment

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Edward Eldred Bruce Fairbrass

British Army 9833 Acting Corporal Machine Gun Corps

British Army 9833 Acting Corporal Tank Corps

British Army 9833 Acting Corporal General Staff

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Archie Vyvyan Board

British Army Second Lieutenant Essex Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army Captain Machine Gun Corps

British Army Major General Staff

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C S Dodgson

British Army Colonel Canadian Machine Gun

British Army Colonel Army Service Corps

British Army Colonel Staff

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Claude John Ainslie

British Army Second Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps

British Army Major Staff of 2nd Division

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Reginald Edmund Hutchins

British Army Lieutenant Middlesex Regiment

British Army Major Staff

British Army Major Machine Gun Corps

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James William Henderson

British Army 2178 Private London Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps

British Army Captain Staff

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G F H Satow

British Army Temporary Major Machine Gun Corps/Commands and Staff

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