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Nottingham [3]

Ilkeston, Derbyshire [2]

Basford, Nottingham [1]

Derbyshire [1]

East Bridgeford [1]

Egham, Surrey [1]

Ellastone, Staffordshire [1]

Fareham, Hampshire [1]

Flawborough, Newark [1]

Harpole Hall, Northamptonshire [1]

Hyson Green, Nottingham [1]

Maidstone, Kent [1]

Mansfield, Nottinghamshire [1]

Mapperley, Nottinghamshire [1]

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [1]

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England [1]

Nuthall Nottinghamshire [1]

Oxton, Nottinghamshire [1]

Pembury, Kent [1]

Pirton, Worcestershire [1]

Poynton, Cheshire [1]

Sleaford, Lincolnshire [1]

Southwell, Nottinghamshire [1]

St Oswald's, Durham [1]

Writtle, Essex [1]

Rank

Private [1265]

Serjeant [115]

Corporal [92]

Second Lieutenant [62]

Lance Corporal [59]

Lieutenant [35]

Captain [29]

Sapper [24]

Acting Corporal [19]

Pioneer [19]

Major [14]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [11]

Acting Serjeant [10]

Staff Serjeant Major [9]

Gunner [8]

Lance Serjeant [8]

Company Serjeant Major [5]

Driver [5]

Lieutenant Colonel [5]

Farrier Serjeant [4]

Shoeing Smith Corporal [4]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Trooper [3]

Trumpeter [3]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [2]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Acting Staff Serjeant [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Corporal 2nd [2]

Private Acting Corporal [2]

Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Saddler [2]

Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

AB [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Serjeant Private [1]

Acting Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant Major [1]

Aide de Camp [1]

Armament Staff Serjeant [1]

Bandsman [1]

Colonel [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Corpo [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Corporal Mechanic [1]

Unit

South Nottinghamshire Hussars [1527]

Machine Gun Corps [521]

Corps of Hussars [364]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [101]

Royal Engineers [85]

Labour Corps [46]

Army Service Corps [33]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [30]

Middlesex Regiment [19]

Royal Flying Corps [19]

Royal Air Force [18]

South Nottinghamshire Hussars Yeomanry [17]

South Nottinghamshire Yeomanry [16]

Hussars [14]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [12]

Military Mounted Police [12]

Derby Yeomanry [11]

Nottinghamshire Yeomanry [9]

Royal Garrison Artillery [9]

1/1st South Nottinghamshire Hussars [8]

2/1st South Nottinghamshire Hussars [8]

Northumberland Fusiliers [8]

Durham Light Infantry [7]

Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) [7]

1st South Nottinghamshire Hussars [6]

Tank Corps [6]

Buckinghamshire Yeomanry [5]

Royal Army Medical Corps [5]

Berkshire Yeomanry [4]

City of London Yeomanry [4]

Liverpool Regiment [4]

London Regiment [4]

Oxfordshire Yeomanry [4]

Rifle Brigade [4]

Royal Army Service Corps [4]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4]

South Notts Hussars [4]

1st Life Guards [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Corps of Lancers [3]

Imperial Camel Corps [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Lancashire Hussars [3]

Life Guards [3]

Lothian and Border Horse [3]

Nottinghamshire Hussars [3]

Reserve Cavalry Regiment [3]

Royal Artillery [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Wiltshire Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [1610]

Royal Navy [3]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

S [182]

H [169]

W [151]

B [121]

C [121]

M [119]

L [90]

P [89]

T [80]

R [76]

G [74]

F [65]

D [50]

J [42]

K [40]

A [39]

N [27]

O [24]

E [23]

V [10]

I [9]

Y [5]

U [3]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1603]

Country

United Kingdom [13]

France [1]

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Place of birth

Nottingham [3] Ilkeston, Derbyshire [2] Basford, Nottingham [1] Derbyshire [1] East Bridgeford [1] Egham, Surrey [1] Ellastone, Staffordshire [1] Fareham, Hampshire [1] Flawborough, Newark [1] Harpole Hall, Northamptonshire [1] Hyson Green, Nottingham [1] Maidstone, Kent [1] Mansfield, Nottinghamshire [1] Mapperley, Nottinghamshire [1] Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [1] Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England [1] Nuthall Nottinghamshire [1] Oxton, Nottinghamshire [1] Pembury, Kent [1] Pirton, Worcestershire [1] Poynton, Cheshire [1] Sleaford, Lincolnshire [1] Southwell, Nottinghamshire [1] St Oswald's, Durham [1] Writtle, Essex [1]

Rank

Private [1265] Serjeant [115] Corporal [92] Second Lieutenant [62] Lance Corporal [59] Lieutenant [35] Captain [29] Sapper [24] Acting Corporal [19] Pioneer [19] Major [14] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [11] Acting Serjeant [10] Staff Serjeant Major [9] Gunner [8] Lance Serjeant [8] Company Serjeant Major [5] Driver [5] Lieutenant Colonel [5] Farrier Serjeant [4] Shoeing Smith Corporal [4] Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Trooper [3] Trumpeter [3] Acting Company Serjeant Major [2] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Acting Staff Serjeant [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Corporal 2nd [2] Private Acting Corporal [2] Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Saddler [2] Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] AB [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Serjeant Private [1] Acting Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Staff Serjeant Major [1] Aide de Camp [1] Armament Staff Serjeant [1] Bandsman [1] Colonel [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Corpo [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Corporal Mechanic [1]

Unit

South Nottinghamshire Hussars [1527] Machine Gun Corps [521] Corps of Hussars [364] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [101] Royal Engineers [85] Labour Corps [46] Army Service Corps [33] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [30] Middlesex Regiment [19] Royal Flying Corps [19] Royal Air Force [18] South Nottinghamshire Hussars Yeomanry [17] South Nottinghamshire Yeomanry [16] Hussars [14] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [12] Military Mounted Police [12] Derby Yeomanry [11] Nottinghamshire Yeomanry [9] Royal Garrison Artillery [9] 1/1st South Nottinghamshire Hussars [8] 2/1st South Nottinghamshire Hussars [8] Northumberland Fusiliers [8] Durham Light Infantry [7] Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) [7] 1st South Nottinghamshire Hussars [6] Tank Corps [6] Buckinghamshire Yeomanry [5] Royal Army Medical Corps [5] Berkshire Yeomanry [4] City of London Yeomanry [4] Liverpool Regiment [4] London Regiment [4] Oxfordshire Yeomanry [4] Rifle Brigade [4] Royal Army Service Corps [4] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4] South Notts Hussars [4] 1st Life Guards [3] Army Ordnance Corps [3] Corps of Lancers [3] Imperial Camel Corps [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Lancashire Hussars [3] Life Guards [3] Lothian and Border Horse [3] Nottinghamshire Hussars [3] Reserve Cavalry Regiment [3] Royal Artillery [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Wiltshire Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [1610] Royal Navy [3] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

S [182] H [169] W [151] B [121] C [121] M [119] L [90] P [89] T [80] R [76] G [74] F [65] D [50] J [42] K [40] A [39] N [27] O [24] E [23] V [10] I [9] Y [5] U [3] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1603]

Country

United Kingdom [13] France [1]

Frank Foster

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 817 Private South Nottinghamshire Hussars

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Edward G Robinson

Born 1882

Died 1965

British Army 275098 Regimental Serjeant Major South Nottinghamshire Hussars

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James Schofield

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 1542 Private South Nottinghamshire Hussars

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Alonzo Gent

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army 1786 Private South Nottinghamshire Hussars

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Thomas Nicholls

Born 1898

Died 1943

British Army 806844 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 2114 Gunner South Nottinghamshire Hussars

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William H Wagstaffe

British Army 780 Private South Nottinghamshire Hussars

British Army 165010 Corporal Machine Gun Corps

British Army 53251 Serjeant South Nottinghamshire Hussars

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Joseph Readyhoof

Born 1892

Died 1968

British Army 1498 Serjeant South Nottinghamshire Hussars

British Army 280491 Serjeant Leicestershire Yeomanry

British Army 280491 Serjeant Corps of Hussars

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Percy Joseph Ellis

British Army 41337 Staff Quarter Master Serjeant South Nottinghamshire Hussars

British Army Lieutenant South Nottinghamshire Hussars

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Smith

British Army South Nottinghamshire Hussars

British Army 282081 Private South Nottinghamshire Hussars

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Percy Crick

British Army 441(Incomplete) Corporal South Nottinghamshire Hussars

British Army 441(Incomplete) Serjeant South Nottinghamshire Hussars

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Edward H Hickling

British Army 621 Serjeant South Nottinghamshire Hussars

British Army 280096 Serjeant South Nottinghamshire Hussars

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Harry Faulkner

British Army 188 Private South Nottinghamshire Hussars

British Army 188 Serjeant South Nottinghamshire Hussars

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William Paulson

British Army 365 Corporal Acting Serjeant South Nottinghamshire Hussars

British Army 365 Acting Serjeant South Nottinghamshire Hussars

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A Irwing

British Army Serjeant South Nottinghamshire Hussars

British Army 539174 Staff Quarter Master Serjeant South Nottinghamshire Hussars

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Edward Archibald Prout

British Army Lieutenant South Nottinghamshire Hussars

British Army Captain South Nottinghamshire Hussars

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W Cresswell

British Army 373/ 2592 Serjeant/ Serjeant South Nottinghamshire Hussars/ South Nottinghamshire Hussars

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K A Lee

British Army 735/ 280015 Trooper/ Trooper South Nottinghamshire Hussars/ South Nottinghamshire Hussars

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Henry Thomas Roach

British Army Quarter Master and Captain South Nottinghamshire Hussars

British Army Quarter Master and Lieutenant South Nottinghamshire Hussars

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W R Jarvis

British Army Second Lieutenant South Nottinghamshire Hussars

British Army Lieutenant South Nottinghamshire Hussars

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William J Harris

British Army 838 Private South Nottinghamshire Hussars

British Army 838 Corporal South Nottinghamshire Hussars

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