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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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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]

Walter J Pearce

Died 1918

British Army 1605 Private Guards Machine Gun Battalion

British Army 1605 Private Machine Gun Guards

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Tom Welsh Tait

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 989 Private Guards Machine Gun Regiment

British Army 989 Guardsman Machine Gun Guards 4th Battalion

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Harry Connor

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 90 Private Guards Machine Gun Regiment

British Army 90 Private Machine Gun Guards

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Patrick Malone

Died 1917

British Army 1157 Private Guards Machine Gun Battalion

British Army 1157 Private Machine Gun Guards

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Henry Garden

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 839 Private Guards Machine Gun Regiment

British Army 839 Private Machine Gun Guards

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John Currie

Died 1917

British Army 794 Private Guards Machine Gun Regiment

British Army 794 Private Machine Gun Guards

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George Anderson

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 751 Private Guards Machine Gun Regiment

British Army 751 Private Machine Gun Guards

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John Campbell

Born 1878

Died 1917

British Army 793 Private Guards Machine Gun Regiment

British Army 793 Private Machine Gun Guards

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Henry Blyth

Died 1917

British Army 775 Private Guards Machine Gun Regiment

British Army 775 Private Machine Gun Guards

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Donald K Macewen

Born 1893

British Army 7829 Private Scots Guards

British Army 887 Private Machine Gun Guards

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Percy John Woolley

Born 1885

Died 1922

British Army 11208 Private Grenadier Guards

British Army 364 Guardsman Machine Gun Guards

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Fred Ashworth

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 19944 Private Grenadier Guards

British Army 7 Lance Corporal Guards Machine Gun Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Northumberland Fusiliers 23rd (4th Tyneside Scottish)

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Walter George Herbert Patterson

Born 1877

British Army 493 Trooper Household Battalion 2nd Battalion

British Army 3787 Trooper Life Guards 1st Battalion

British Army 2242 Trooper Guards Machine Gun Regiment

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Charles Ernest Anstey

Born 1893

Died 1974

British Army 7218 Corporal Irish Guards

British Army 7218 Serjeant Irish Guards

British Army Second Lieutenant Essex Regiment

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Thomas Allinson

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 6685 Private Guards Machine Gun Regiment

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Francis Louis Mcleod

Born 1898

British Army 3197 Sapper Guards Machine Gun Regiment

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Eric Wyndham Hubbard

Born 1885

Died 1946

British Army Second Lieutenant Guards Machine Gun Regiment

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Peter Gore

Born 1888

Died 1936

British Army 8088 Private Guards Machine Gun Regiment

British Army Private

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Cornelius William Knight

Born 1899

British Army 2754 Guardsman Guards Machine Gun Regiment

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Raymond Windham De La Poer Beresford-Peirse

Born 1896

Died 1971

British Army Lieutenant Guards Machine Gun Regiment

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