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Maidstone, Kent [5]

London [4]

Port-of-Spain [3]

Bath, Somerset [2]

Kensington, London [2]

Leeds, Yorkshire [2]

Liverpool [2]

Reedness, Goole [2]

Thanet, Kent [2]

Aberffrwd, Cardigan [1]

Accrington [1]

Altrincham [1]

Altrincham Cheshire. [1]

Arbroath [1]

Arundel, Sussex [1]

Ballymoney, County Antrim [1]

Barnton, Cheshire [1]

Bayswater [1]

Bedford, Bedfordshire [1]

Bexhill [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Bodle Street, Sussex [1]

Brannockstown, Trim, Meath [1]

Bridport [1]

Brierley Hill, Staffordshire [1]

Bristol,Gloucestershire [1]

Brockdish Norfolk [1]

Brookline Massachusetts [1]

Bubwith, Yorks [1]

Bury, St Ives, Huntingdonshire [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Cardiff [1]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [1]

Carlton, Selby, Yorkshire [1]

Cawnpore, Bengal [1]

Charing, Kent [1]

Chelsea London [1]

Chelsea, London [1]

Chingford, Essex [1]

Clapham [1]

Clerkenwell, London [1]

Cloyne, County Cork [1]

Colchester [1]

Corfe, Somerset [1]

Corston, Bath, Somerset [1]

Corwen, Merionethshire, Wales [1]

Crakehall, Bedale, Yorkshire [1]

DUBLIN [1]

Derby [1]

Desborough, Northants [1]

Rank

Private [3852]

Trooper [1148]

Sapper [300]

Corporal [299]

Guardsman [286]

Second Lieutenant [256]

Lance Corporal [233]

Lieutenant [186]

Serjeant [181]

Captain [74]

Acting Corporal [65]

Corporal of Horse [57]

Private Lance Corporal [53]

Lance Serjeant [44]

Major [33]

Private Acting Corporal [25]

Shoeing Smith [24]

Acting Serjeant [22]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [17]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [15]

Private /Lance Corporal [10]

Gunner [9]

Temporary Lieutenant [9]

Acting Captain [8]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [8]

Company Serjeant Major [8]

Regimental Serjeant Major [7]

Acting Corporal of Horse [6]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [6]

Lieutenant Colonel [6]

Private Corporal [6]

Staff Serjeant Major [6]

Driver [5]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [5]

Temporary Captain [5]

Transport Serjeant [5]

Trumpeter [5]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Corporal Lance Serjeant [4]

Private Acting Serjeant [4]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [4]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [3]

Acting Major [3]

Bandsman [3]

Corporal Private [3]

Corporal Shoeing Smith [3]

Pioneer [3]

Quartermaster Serjeant [3]

Shoeing Smith Corporal [3]

Temporary Major [3]

Unit

Guards Machine Gun Regiment [4417]

Machine Gun Corps [846]

Dragoon Guards [743]

Royal Horse Guards [679]

Grenadier Guards [621]

Coldstream Guards [567]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [465]

Life Guards [460]

Machine Gun Guards [446]

Scots Guards [355]

Irish Guards [195]

Household Battalion [168]

Welsh Guards [140]

Guards Machine Gun Battalion [122]

Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [113]

2nd Life Guards [100]

1st Life Guards [76]

1st Dragoon Guards [65]

5th Dragoon Guards [64]

Hussars [62]

7th Dragoon Guards [57]

Royal Dragoon Guards [54]

6th Dragoon Guards [53]

4th Dragoon Guards [52]

Corps of Dragoons [50]

London Regiment [49]

Lancers [48]

3rd Dragoon Guards [47]

Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) [44]

Royal Highlanders Guards [44]

Royal Canadian Regiment [39]

Royal Engineers [39]

Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) [36]

Machine Gun Squadron [30]

Army Service Corps [27]

Machine Gun Regiment [27]

Labour Corps [25]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [25]

Guards Machine Gun Corps [20]

Royal Fusiliers [20]

Tank Corps [19]

17th Lancers [18]

1st Royal Canadian Regiment [15]

Gloucestershire Regiment [14]

Dragoons [13]

Royal Army Medical Corps [13]

Company of Dragoons [11]

Guards Machine Gun Regiment Battalion [11]

Royal Dragoons [11]

Cheshire Regiment [10]

Service

British Army [6437]

Other Empire Force [3]

Indian Army [2]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

B [711]

S [603]

H [555]

M [555]

W [551]

C [539]

P [350]

G [329]

R [308]

L [290]

T [261]

D [252]

F [230]

J [179]

A [166]

K [152]

E [110]

N [108]

O [79]

V [44]

I [25]

Y [22]

Q [10]

U [7]

Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [6433]

Country

United Kingdom [91]

Trinidad and Tobago [2]

Canada [1]

Egypt [1]

India [1]

Ireland [1]

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Place of birth

Maidstone, Kent [5] London [4] Port-of-Spain [3] Bath, Somerset [2] Kensington, London [2] Leeds, Yorkshire [2] Liverpool [2] Reedness, Goole [2] Thanet, Kent [2] Aberffrwd, Cardigan [1] Accrington [1] Altrincham [1] Altrincham Cheshire. [1] Arbroath [1] Arundel, Sussex [1] Ballymoney, County Antrim [1] Barnton, Cheshire [1] Bayswater [1] Bedford, Bedfordshire [1] Bexhill [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Bodle Street, Sussex [1] Brannockstown, Trim, Meath [1] Bridport [1] Brierley Hill, Staffordshire [1] Bristol,Gloucestershire [1] Brockdish Norfolk [1] Brookline Massachusetts [1] Bubwith, Yorks [1] Bury, St Ives, Huntingdonshire [1] Camberwell, London [1] Cardiff [1] Cardiff, Glamorgan [1] Carlton, Selby, Yorkshire [1] Cawnpore, Bengal [1] Charing, Kent [1] Chelsea London [1] Chelsea, London [1] Chingford, Essex [1] Clapham [1] Clerkenwell, London [1] Cloyne, County Cork [1] Colchester [1] Corfe, Somerset [1] Corston, Bath, Somerset [1] Corwen, Merionethshire, Wales [1] Crakehall, Bedale, Yorkshire [1] DUBLIN [1] Derby [1] Desborough, Northants [1]

Rank

Private [3852] Trooper [1148] Sapper [300] Corporal [299] Guardsman [286] Second Lieutenant [256] Lance Corporal [233] Lieutenant [186] Serjeant [181] Captain [74] Acting Corporal [65] Corporal of Horse [57] Private Lance Corporal [53] Lance Serjeant [44] Major [33] Private Acting Corporal [25] Shoeing Smith [24] Acting Serjeant [22] Corporal Acting Serjeant [17] Warrant Officer Class 2 [15] Private /Lance Corporal [10] Gunner [9] Temporary Lieutenant [9] Acting Captain [8] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [8] Company Serjeant Major [8] Regimental Serjeant Major [7] Acting Corporal of Horse [6] Lieutenant Acting Captain [6] Lieutenant Colonel [6] Private Corporal [6] Staff Serjeant Major [6] Driver [5] Private Acting Lance Corporal [5] Temporary Captain [5] Transport Serjeant [5] Trumpeter [5] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Corporal Lance Serjeant [4] Private Acting Serjeant [4] Temporary Second Lieutenant [4] Acting Company Serjeant Major [3] Acting Major [3] Bandsman [3] Corporal Private [3] Corporal Shoeing Smith [3] Pioneer [3] Quartermaster Serjeant [3] Shoeing Smith Corporal [3] Temporary Major [3]

Unit

Guards Machine Gun Regiment [4417] Machine Gun Corps [846] Dragoon Guards [743] Royal Horse Guards [679] Grenadier Guards [621] Coldstream Guards [567] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [465] Life Guards [460] Machine Gun Guards [446] Scots Guards [355] Irish Guards [195] Household Battalion [168] Welsh Guards [140] Guards Machine Gun Battalion [122] Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [113] 2nd Life Guards [100] 1st Life Guards [76] 1st Dragoon Guards [65] 5th Dragoon Guards [64] Hussars [62] 7th Dragoon Guards [57] Royal Dragoon Guards [54] 6th Dragoon Guards [53] 4th Dragoon Guards [52] Corps of Dragoons [50] London Regiment [49] Lancers [48] 3rd Dragoon Guards [47] Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) [44] Royal Highlanders Guards [44] Royal Canadian Regiment [39] Royal Engineers [39] Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) [36] Machine Gun Squadron [30] Army Service Corps [27] Machine Gun Regiment [27] Labour Corps [25] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [25] Guards Machine Gun Corps [20] Royal Fusiliers [20] Tank Corps [19] 17th Lancers [18] 1st Royal Canadian Regiment [15] Gloucestershire Regiment [14] Dragoons [13] Royal Army Medical Corps [13] Company of Dragoons [11] Guards Machine Gun Regiment Battalion [11] Royal Dragoons [11] Cheshire Regiment [10]

Service

British Army [6437] Other Empire Force [3] Indian Army [2] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

B [711] S [603] H [555] M [555] W [551] C [539] P [350] G [329] R [308] L [290] T [261] D [252] F [230] J [179] A [166] K [152] E [110] N [108] O [79] V [44] I [25] Y [22] Q [10] U [7] Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [6433]

Country

United Kingdom [91] Trinidad and Tobago [2] Canada [1] Egypt [1] India [1] Ireland [1]

David Quinn

Born 1878

Died 1917

British Army 1174 Private Guards Machine Gun Regiment

British Army 1174 Lance Corporal Machine Gun Guards 172nd Coy.

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Theodore Arthur Tapp

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army Corporal Coldstream Guards attached Machine Gun Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Coldstream Guards attached Machine Gun Corps 1st Battalion

British Army Captain Coldstream Guards attached 3rd Company Machine Gun Corps

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Harry Quantrill

Born 1894

Died 1963

British Army 3907 Trooper Life Guards 1st Bn

British Army 3752 Trooper Guards Machine Gun Regiment

British Army 3907 Trooper Life Guards 1st Bn

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Harold Bramhill

Born 1895

Died 1972

British Army 50 Guardsman Guards Machine Gun Regiment

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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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Harold Mackley

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 5873 Lance Corporal Coldstream Guards

British Army 594 Lance Corporal Guards Machine Gun Regiment

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Charles Ernest Whittaker

Born 1896

Died 1977

British Army 14310 Private Coldstream Guards

British Army 1333 Private Guards Machine Gun Regiment

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William Edward Butson

Born 1888

Died 1965

British Army 8541 Warrant Officer Class 2 Corporal of Horse 1st Life Guards

British Army 3387 Guards Machine Gun Regiment

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Gerald Winney Cowles

Born 1885

British Army 1043 Trooper Royal Highlanders Guards

British Army 5441 Trooper Guards Machine Gun Regiment

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Stanley Thomas Kercher

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 3149 Trooper Guards Machine Gun Regiment

British Army 3149 Trooper The Guards Machine Gun Regiment 1st (1st Life Guards) Battalion

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Thomas Percival Stone

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 2824 Trooper Life Guards

British Army 4844 Trooper Machine Gun Corps

British Army 4844 Trooper Guards Machine Gun Regiment

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Walter Gilbert Barham

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 15537 Private Coldstream Guards

British Army 449 Private Guards Machine Gun Regiment

British Army 449 Private Machine Gun Guards

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Leslie Anderson

Born 1896

Died 1919

British Army 8825 Private Royal Dragoon Guards 2nd Battalion

British Army 3310 Private Machine Gun Guards

British Army 3310 Corporal Guards Machine Gun 4th Bn

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Ernest Edward Wylie

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 11843 Private Scots Guards

British Army 1001 Private Lance Corporal Guards Machine Gun Regiment

British Army 1001 Lance Corporal Machine Gun Guards

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Frank Keen

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 2582 Trooper Life Guards

British Army 4022 Trooper Guards Machine Gun Regiment

British Army 4022 Corporal Guards Machine Gun Regiment

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George William Little

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 17003 Private Grenadier Guards

British Army 1729 Private Machine Gun Guards

British Army 1729 Private Guards Machine Gun Regiment 5th Reserve Battalion

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Horace Arthur Cottam

Died 1917

British Army 21270 Private Grenadier Guards

British Army 81 Private Guards Machine Gun Regiment

British Army 81 Private Machine Gun Guards

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William Millward

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 10220 Private Scots Guards

British Army 893 Serjeant Guards Machine Gun Regiment

British Army 893 Serjeant Machine Gun Guards

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Edward Garside Whitehead

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 21718 Private Grenadier Guards

British Army 385 Private Guards Machine Gun Regiment

British Army 385 Private Machine Gun Guards

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William Albert Foster

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 120 Private Guards Machine Gun Regiment

British Army 120 Private Machine Gun Guards

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