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Birmingham Warwickshire [2]

Maidstone, Kent [2]

Arkengarthdale, North Yorkshire [1]

Barby, Northamptonshire [1]

Barnsley, Yorkshire [1]

Bath, Somerset [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Bermondsey [1]

Bilston, Darlaston, Staffordshire [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Blackburn, Lancashire [1]

Bodmin, Lancashire [1]

Boughton Monchelsea, Kent [1]

Bow, East London [1]

Bristol [1]

Buckingham [1]

Burghfield, Berkshire [1]

Camberwell [1]

Cambridge Cambridgeshire [1]

Cambruslang Lanarkshire Scotland [1]

Canonbie, Dumfriesshire, Scotland [1]

Chaddesley Corbett, Worcs [1]

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1]

Chester, Cheshire [1]

Cuerden Green, Walton-le-Dale, Lancashire [1]

Deptford [1]

Dublin [1]

Dull, Perthshire [1]

Ellel, Lancashire [1]

Encombe, Corfe Castle, Dorset [1]

Englefield, Berkshire [1]

Epsom, Surrey [1]

Erith, Kent [1]

Eton district [1]

Ewell Surrey [1]

Great Snoring Norfolk [1]

Hanworth Road, Hounslow, Middlesex [1]

Harton, Durham [1]

Haslemere, Surrey [1]

Heaton Park, Lancashire [1]

Hulme Manchester [1]

Hunnanby, Yorkshire [1]

Hunton, Kent [1]

Isleworth, Middlesex [1]

Keith Banffshire SCOTLAND [1]

Kent. Gravesend [1]

Kettering, Northamptonshire [1]

Lambeth [1]

Lambeth London [1]

Leicester [1]

Rank

Lance Corporal [2362]

Private [1922]

Serjeant [463]

Gunner [308]

Corporal [216]

Acting Serjeant [183]

Driver [105]

Lance Serjeant [60]

Second Lieutenant [51]

Acting Corporal [50]

Transport Serjeant [42]

Lance Corporal /Acting Serjeant [33]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [33]

Private Acting Serjeant [26]

Bombardier [22]

Acting Lance Corporal [21]

Lance Corporal Acting Serjeant [20]

Lieutenant [17]

Serjeant /Acting Staff Serjeant Major [15]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [14]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [13]

Sapper [11]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [11]

Serjeant Major [10]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [9]

Private /Acting Lance Corporal [9]

Private Acting Corporal [9]

Staff Serjeant [9]

Corporal 2nd [8]

Rifleman [8]

Serjeant /Acting Squadron Serjeant Major [8]

Trooper [8]

Corporal /Acting Serjeant [7]

Lance Corporal /Acting Staff Serjeant Major [7]

Private /Lance Corporal [7]

Staff Serjeant Major [7]

Captain [6]

Lance Corporal/Acting Serjeant [5]

Serjeant /Acting Serjeant Major [5]

Acting Staff Serjeant Major [4]

Corporal /Acting Staff Serjeant Major [4]

Sergeant [4]

Serjeant Acting Staff Serjeant Major [4]

Temporary Serjeant [4]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [4]

Acting Serjeant Major [3]

Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [3]

Pioneer [3]

Private /Acting Serjeant [3]

Private Lance Corporal [3]

Unit

Military Mounted Police [5484]

Royal Field Artillery [249]

Royal Garrison Artillery [157]

Hussars [130]

Dragoon Guards [99]

Lancers [83]

Labour Corps [79]

Military Foot Police [79]

London Regiment [72]

Army Service Corps [57]

Royal Engineers [51]

County of London Yeomanry [46]

Northamptonshire Yeomanry [46]

Military Police Corps [40]

Hampshire Yeomanry [39]

City of London Yeomanry [37]

North Irish Horse [37]

Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [37]

Rifle Brigade [37]

Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry [37]

Royal Horse Artillery [36]

Yorkshire Hussars [34]

Scottish Horse [31]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [29]

Machine Gun Corps [27]

Lothian and Border Horse [26]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [26]

Dragoons [24]

Northumberland Fusiliers [24]

Royal Dragoons [23]

Dorsetshire Regiment [22]

Queen's Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry [22]

Royal Army Medical Corps [22]

Suffolk Yeomanry [22]

Corps of Dragoons [21]

Hampshire Regiment [21]

5th Lancers [20]

Essex Regiment [20]

Middlesex Regiment [20]

Norfolk Regiment [20]

Bedford Yeomanry [19]

Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry [19]

Lancashire Hussars [19]

Leicestershire Regiment [19]

Royal Army Service Corps [19]

South Irish Horse [19]

Yorkshire Dragoons [19]

Army Cyclist Corps [18]

Northamptonshire Regiment [18]

Royal West Kent Regiment [18]

Service

British Army [5615]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Other Empire Force [1]

Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

B [642]

H [516]

S [509]

C [492]

M [470]

W [457]

P [284]

G [273]

D [263]

R [259]

L [241]

T [241]

F [202]

A [161]

J [161]

K [124]

E [101]

N [81]

O [54]

I [26]

Y [25]

V [21]

U [11]

Q [4]

Contribution

Military Service [5616]

Country

United Kingdom [65]

Egypt [3]

India [2]

Australia [1]

Canada [1]

Ireland [1]

South Africa [1]

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Birmingham Warwickshire [2] Maidstone, Kent [2] Arkengarthdale, North Yorkshire [1] Barby, Northamptonshire [1] Barnsley, Yorkshire [1] Bath, Somerset [1] Battersea, London [1] Bermondsey [1] Bilston, Darlaston, Staffordshire [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Blackburn, Lancashire [1] Bodmin, Lancashire [1] Boughton Monchelsea, Kent [1] Bow, East London [1] Bristol [1] Buckingham [1] Burghfield, Berkshire [1] Camberwell [1] Cambridge Cambridgeshire [1] Cambruslang Lanarkshire Scotland [1] Canonbie, Dumfriesshire, Scotland [1] Chaddesley Corbett, Worcs [1] Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1] Chester, Cheshire [1] Cuerden Green, Walton-le-Dale, Lancashire [1] Deptford [1] Dublin [1] Dull, Perthshire [1] Ellel, Lancashire [1] Encombe, Corfe Castle, Dorset [1] Englefield, Berkshire [1] Epsom, Surrey [1] Erith, Kent [1] Eton district [1] Ewell Surrey [1] Great Snoring Norfolk [1] Hanworth Road, Hounslow, Middlesex [1] Harton, Durham [1] Haslemere, Surrey [1] Heaton Park, Lancashire [1] Hulme Manchester [1] Hunnanby, Yorkshire [1] Hunton, Kent [1] Isleworth, Middlesex [1] Keith Banffshire SCOTLAND [1] Kent. Gravesend [1] Kettering, Northamptonshire [1] Lambeth [1] Lambeth London [1] Leicester [1]

Rank

Lance Corporal [2362] Private [1922] Serjeant [463] Gunner [308] Corporal [216] Acting Serjeant [183] Driver [105] Lance Serjeant [60] Second Lieutenant [51] Acting Corporal [50] Transport Serjeant [42] Lance Corporal /Acting Serjeant [33] Private Acting Lance Corporal [33] Private Acting Serjeant [26] Bombardier [22] Acting Lance Corporal [21] Lance Corporal Acting Serjeant [20] Lieutenant [17] Serjeant /Acting Staff Serjeant Major [15] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [14] Corporal Acting Serjeant [13] Sapper [11] Warrant Officer Class 2 [11] Serjeant Major [10] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [9] Private /Acting Lance Corporal [9] Private Acting Corporal [9] Staff Serjeant [9] Corporal 2nd [8] Rifleman [8] Serjeant /Acting Squadron Serjeant Major [8] Trooper [8] Corporal /Acting Serjeant [7] Lance Corporal /Acting Staff Serjeant Major [7] Private /Lance Corporal [7] Staff Serjeant Major [7] Captain [6] Lance Corporal/Acting Serjeant [5] Serjeant /Acting Serjeant Major [5] Acting Staff Serjeant Major [4] Corporal /Acting Staff Serjeant Major [4] Sergeant [4] Serjeant Acting Staff Serjeant Major [4] Temporary Serjeant [4] Warrant Officer Class 1 [4] Acting Serjeant Major [3] Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [3] Pioneer [3] Private /Acting Serjeant [3] Private Lance Corporal [3]

Unit

Military Mounted Police [5484] Royal Field Artillery [249] Royal Garrison Artillery [157] Hussars [130] Dragoon Guards [99] Lancers [83] Labour Corps [79] Military Foot Police [79] London Regiment [72] Army Service Corps [57] Royal Engineers [51] County of London Yeomanry [46] Northamptonshire Yeomanry [46] Military Police Corps [40] Hampshire Yeomanry [39] City of London Yeomanry [37] North Irish Horse [37] Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [37] Rifle Brigade [37] Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry [37] Royal Horse Artillery [36] Yorkshire Hussars [34] Scottish Horse [31] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [29] Machine Gun Corps [27] Lothian and Border Horse [26] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [26] Dragoons [24] Northumberland Fusiliers [24] Royal Dragoons [23] Dorsetshire Regiment [22] Queen's Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry [22] Royal Army Medical Corps [22] Suffolk Yeomanry [22] Corps of Dragoons [21] Hampshire Regiment [21] 5th Lancers [20] Essex Regiment [20] Middlesex Regiment [20] Norfolk Regiment [20] Bedford Yeomanry [19] Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry [19] Lancashire Hussars [19] Leicestershire Regiment [19] Royal Army Service Corps [19] South Irish Horse [19] Yorkshire Dragoons [19] Army Cyclist Corps [18] Northamptonshire Regiment [18] Royal West Kent Regiment [18]

Service

British Army [5615] Australian Imperial Force [2] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2] Other Empire Force [1] Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

B [642] H [516] S [509] C [492] M [470] W [457] P [284] G [273] D [263] R [259] L [241] T [241] F [202] A [161] J [161] K [124] E [101] N [81] O [54] I [26] Y [25] V [21] U [11] Q [4]

Contribution

Military Service [5616]

Country

United Kingdom [65] Egypt [3] India [2] Australia [1] Canada [1] Ireland [1] South Africa [1]

Robert Alfred Harle

Born 1890

Died 1933

British Army P/5729 Lance Corporal Military Mounted Police

British Army P/5729 Lance Corporal Military Foot Police

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James Heslop

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army P/12838 Private Military Mounted Police

British Army 2291 Private Northumberland Yeomanry

British Army P/12838 Lance Corporal Military Police Corps

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Harry George Wiffen

Born 1889

British Army P1820 Lance Corporal Military Mounted Police

British Army P1820 Serjeant Military Mounted Police

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W H Price

British Army 802 Lance Corporal Military Mounted Police

British Army 802 Transport Serjeant Military Mounted Police

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A Benbow

British Army 726 Lance Corporal Military Mounted Police

British Army 726 Transport Serjeant Military Mounted Police

British Army 7681041 Transport Serjeant Military Mounted Police

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A J Woodman

British Army P.795 Lance Corporal Military Mounted Police

British Army P.795 Acting Corporal Military Mounted Police

British Army P.795 Serjeant Military Mounted Police

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T Mccues

British Army 785 Lance Corporal Military Mounted Police

British Army 785 Transport Serjeant Military Mounted Police

British Army 7681071 Serjeant Military Mounted Police

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H Hanna

British Army P4633 Corporal Military Mounted Police

British Army P4633 Acting Serjeant Military Mounted Police

British Army P4633 Acting Staff Quarter Master Serjeant Military Mounted Police

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W Mcdonald

British Army 765 Lance Corporal Military Mounted Police

British Army 765 Transport Serjeant Military Mounted Police

British Army 7681056 Transport Serjeant Military Mounted Police

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W Marsh

British Army 771 Lance Corporal Military Mounted Police

British Army 771 Acting Serjeant Military Mounted Police

British Army 7681061 Acting Serjeant Military Mounted Police

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G Murphy

British Army 679 Lance Corporal Military Mounted Police

British Army 679 Transport Serjeant Military Mounted Police

British Army 7681024 Transport Serjeant Military Mounted Police

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Frederick Howard Baugh

Died 1917

British Army P6120 Lance Corporal Military Mounted Police Military Police Corps

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Robert Wiley

Born 1896

British Army P/8789 Lance Corporal Military Mounted Police

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Frederic Joseph Horler

Born 1876

Died 1952

British Army P 378 Lance Corporal Military Mounted Police

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Walter H Horne

Born 1886

Died 1950

British Army 1156 Private Lancers

British Army P/5531 Private Military Mounted Police

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Horace Vivian Tremlett

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army P1537 Lance Corporal Military Mounted Police

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William Stuart Cooke Chick

Born 1881

Died 1952

British Army P-2907 Lance Corporal Military Mounted Police

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Frederick George Dykes

Born 1890

British Army P6579 Lance Corporal Military Mounted Police

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Thomas Henry Longstaff

Born 1888

Died 1919

British Army P 5214 Lance Corporal Military Mounted Police

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George Gregson

Died 1918

British Army P/1325 Lance Corporal Military Mounted Police

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