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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]

Kensworth, Dunstable, Bedfordshire [1]

Kersey, Suffolk [1]

Liverpool [1]

London [1]

Maidstone, Kent [1]

Mansfield, Nottinghamshire [1]

Mapperley, Nottinghamshire [1]

Newcastle upon Tyne Northumberland [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]

South Newington,Oxfordshire [1]

Southwell, Nottinghamshire [1]

St Oswald's, Durham [1]

Stevington, Bedfordshire [1]

Writtle, Essex [1]

Rank

Private [1664]

Serjeant [144]

Corporal [121]

Second Lieutenant [84]

Lance Corporal [78]

Lieutenant [46]

Captain [35]

Sapper [29]

Acting Corporal [22]

Pioneer [20]

Acting Serjeant [19]

Major [15]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [13]

Lance Serjeant [11]

Staff Serjeant Major [11]

Gunner [9]

Lieutenant Colonel [7]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [7]

Company Serjeant Major [6]

Shoeing Smith Corporal [6]

Driver [5]

Farrier Serjeant [5]

Private Acting Corporal [5]

Shoeing Smith [5]

Trooper [5]

Trumpeter [4]

Acting Lance Corporal [3]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Corporal 2nd [3]

Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Acting Captain [2]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [2]

Acting Staff Serjeant [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Colonel [2]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [2]

Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Saddler [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]

Adjutant/ Captain [1]

Aide de Camp [1]

Armament Staff Serjeant [1]

Unit

South Nottinghamshire Hussars [1527]

Corps of Hussars [765]

Machine Gun Corps [530]

Sherwood Rangers [222]

Nottinghamshire Yeomanry [145]

Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Sherwood Rangers [138]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [102]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [100]

Royal Engineers [94]

Nottinghamshire Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry [54]

Labour Corps [49]

Nottinghamshire Hussars [37]

Army Service Corps [36]

Nottinghamshire Yeomanry (Sherwood Rangers) [28]

Hussars [22]

Middlesex Regiment [21]

Royal Air Force [21]

Royal Flying Corps [19]

South Nottinghamshire Hussars Yeomanry [17]

South Nottinghamshire Yeomanry [16]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [12]

Military Mounted Police [12]

Derby Yeomanry [11]

Royal Garrison Artillery [10]

City of London Yeomanry [9]

Northumberland Fusiliers [9]

1/1st South Nottinghamshire Hussars [8]

2/1st South Nottinghamshire Hussars [8]

5th Nottinghamshire Hussars [8]

Durham Light Infantry [8]

Lancashire Hussars [8]

Liverpool Regiment [8]

Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) [7]

Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry [7]

Tank Corps [7]

1st South Nottinghamshire Hussars [6]

Imperial Camel Corps [6]

The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) [6]

Army Cyclist Corps [5]

London Regiment [5]

Northumberland Hussars [5]

Nottinghamshire Special Reserve Yeomanry [5]

Oxfordshire Yeomanry [5]

Royal Army Medical Corps [5]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5]

Berkshire Yeomanry [4]

Buckinghamshire Yeomanry [4]

Lincolnshire Regiment [4]

Reserve Cavalry Regiment [4]

Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [4]

Service

British Army [2082]

Royal Navy [3]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

S [252]

H [229]

W [196]

B [157]

C [154]

M [144]

L [110]

P [109]

T [104]

R [95]

G [93]

F [87]

D [68]

K [57]

J [50]

A [45]

N [34]

E [33]

O [26]

V [13]

I [11]

Y [7]

U [4]

Q [3]

Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2075]

Country

United Kingdom [16]

France [1]

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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] Kensworth, Dunstable, Bedfordshire [1] Kersey, Suffolk [1] Liverpool [1] London [1] Maidstone, Kent [1] Mansfield, Nottinghamshire [1] Mapperley, Nottinghamshire [1] Newcastle upon Tyne Northumberland [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] South Newington,Oxfordshire [1] Southwell, Nottinghamshire [1] St Oswald's, Durham [1] Stevington, Bedfordshire [1] Writtle, Essex [1]

Rank

Private [1664] Serjeant [144] Corporal [121] Second Lieutenant [84] Lance Corporal [78] Lieutenant [46] Captain [35] Sapper [29] Acting Corporal [22] Pioneer [20] Acting Serjeant [19] Major [15] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [13] Lance Serjeant [11] Staff Serjeant Major [11] Gunner [9] Lieutenant Colonel [7] Warrant Officer Class 2 [7] Company Serjeant Major [6] Shoeing Smith Corporal [6] Driver [5] Farrier Serjeant [5] Private Acting Corporal [5] Shoeing Smith [5] Trooper [5] Trumpeter [4] Acting Lance Corporal [3] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Corporal 2nd [3] Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Acting Captain [2] Acting Company Serjeant Major [2] Acting Staff Serjeant [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Colonel [2] Corporal Acting Serjeant [2] Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Saddler [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] Adjutant/ Captain [1] Aide de Camp [1] Armament Staff Serjeant [1]

Unit

South Nottinghamshire Hussars [1527] Corps of Hussars [765] Machine Gun Corps [530] Sherwood Rangers [222] Nottinghamshire Yeomanry [145] Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Sherwood Rangers [138] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [102] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [100] Royal Engineers [94] Nottinghamshire Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry [54] Labour Corps [49] Nottinghamshire Hussars [37] Army Service Corps [36] Nottinghamshire Yeomanry (Sherwood Rangers) [28] Hussars [22] Middlesex Regiment [21] Royal Air Force [21] Royal Flying Corps [19] South Nottinghamshire Hussars Yeomanry [17] South Nottinghamshire Yeomanry [16] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [12] Military Mounted Police [12] Derby Yeomanry [11] Royal Garrison Artillery [10] City of London Yeomanry [9] Northumberland Fusiliers [9] 1/1st South Nottinghamshire Hussars [8] 2/1st South Nottinghamshire Hussars [8] 5th Nottinghamshire Hussars [8] Durham Light Infantry [8] Lancashire Hussars [8] Liverpool Regiment [8] Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) [7] Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry [7] Tank Corps [7] 1st South Nottinghamshire Hussars [6] Imperial Camel Corps [6] The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) [6] Army Cyclist Corps [5] London Regiment [5] Northumberland Hussars [5] Nottinghamshire Special Reserve Yeomanry [5] Oxfordshire Yeomanry [5] Royal Army Medical Corps [5] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5] Berkshire Yeomanry [4] Buckinghamshire Yeomanry [4] Lincolnshire Regiment [4] Reserve Cavalry Regiment [4] Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [4]

Service

British Army [2082] Royal Navy [3] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

S [252] H [229] W [196] B [157] C [154] M [144] L [110] P [109] T [104] R [95] G [93] F [87] D [68] K [57] J [50] A [45] N [34] E [33] O [26] V [13] I [11] Y [7] U [4] Q [3] Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2075]

Country

United Kingdom [16] France [1]

George Leslie Sharpe

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 2220 Private South Nottinghamshire Hussars

British Army 281028 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 281028 Private South Nottinghamshire Hussars

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James Allsop Rogers

Died 1918

British Army 877 Corporal South Nottinghamshire Hussars

British Army 280063 Serjeant Corps of Hussars

British Army 280063 Serjeant South Nottinghamshire Hussars

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Archibald Parker

Died 1918

British Army 1527 Private South Nottinghamshire Hussars

British Army 280513 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 280513 Private South Nottinghamshire Hussars

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Harry Martin

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 1871 Private South Nottinghamshire Hussars

British Army 280761 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 280761 Corporal South Nottinghamshire Hussars

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Charles William Harrison

Died 1918

British Army 1373 Private South Nottinghamshire Hussars

British Army 280403 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 280403 Private South Nottinghamshire Hussars

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Fred Herridge

Died 1917

British Army 2432 Private South Nottinghamshire Hussars

British Army 281176 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 281176 Private South Nottinghamshire Hussars

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Reginald George Grant

Died 1918

British Army 2609 Private South Nottinghamshire Hussars

British Army 281227 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 281227 Private South Nottinghamshire Hussars

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John Blackie

Died 1918

British Army 2629 Private South Nottinghamshire Hussars

British Army 281247 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 281247 Private South Nottinghamshire Hussars

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Samuel Spencer

Died 1918

British Army 1388 Private South Nottinghamshire Hussars

British Army 280416 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 280416 Serjeant South Nottinghamshire Hussars

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John Starbrook

Died 1917

British Army 1089 Private South Nottinghamshire Hussars

British Army 280232 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 280232 Private South Nottinghamshire Hussars

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Cyril Lewis Hardy

Born 1899

Died 1917

British Army 2215 Private South Nottinghamshire Hussars

British Army 281024 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 281024 Private South Nottinghamshire Hussars

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William Harrison

Died 1917

British Army 2111 Private South Nottinghamshire Hussars

British Army 280951 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 280951 Private South Nottinghamshire Hussars

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Ernest Straw

Died 1918

British Army 1668 Private South Nottinghamshire Hussars

British Army 280618 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 280618 Private South Nottinghamshire Hussars

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Albert Sutcliffe

Died 1918

British Army 1940 Private South Nottinghamshire Hussars

British Army 280816 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 280816 Private South Nottinghamshire Hussars

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Edwin Taylor

Born 1880

Died 1918

British Army 1855 Private South Nottinghamshire Hussars

British Army 280747 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 280747 Private South Nottinghamshire Hussars

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Samuel Tongue

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 2320 Private South Nottinghamshire Hussars

British Army 281098 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 281098 Private South Nottinghamshire Hussars

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Arthur Towle

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 2091 Private South Nottinghamshire Hussars

British Army 280936 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 280936 Private South Nottinghamshire Hussars

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Frederick William Piggin

Died 1918

British Army Nottinghamshire Yeomanry

British Army Captain South Nottinghamshire Hussars

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John Edward Noton

Born 1890

Died 1942

British Army 282159 Corporal Nottinghamshire Yeomanry

British Army 282159 Corporal South Nottinghamshire Hussars (Corps of Hussars) 1st Battalion

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Gerald Vivian Oldrey

Born 1885

Died 1919

British Army Second Lieutenant South Nottinghamshire Hussars

British Army Lieutenant Nottinghamshire Yeomanry

British Army Lieutenant South Nottinghamshire Hussars

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