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London [4]

Aston, Warwickshire [1]

Basford, Nottingham [1]

Belper Derbyshire [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Breadsall, Derbyshire [1]

Bulwell, Notts [1]

Derby [1]

Dunston, Lincolnshire [1]

E. Bridgeford, Nottinghamshire [1]

Earl Sterndale, Derbyshire [1]

Egham, Surrey [1]

Farnborough, Hampshire [1]

Hanover Square, London [1]

Harpole Hall, Northamptonshire [1]

Hartlepool. [1]

Ilkeston, Derbyshire [1]

Kersey, Suffolk [1]

Kingstown [1]

Mansfield, Nottinghamshire [1]

Newcastle upon Tyne Northumberland [1]

Nottingham [1]

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England [1]

Retford,Notts [1]

Rotherhithe, Kent [1]

Sparkbrook, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

St Oswald's, Durham [1]

Stevington, Bedfordshire [1]

Surbiton Surrey [1]

Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire [1]

Woolley, Somerset [1]

Worksop, Nottinghamshire [1]

Rank

Private [732]

Serjeant [86]

Second Lieutenant [84]

Corporal [67]

Lieutenant [65]

Lance Corporal [45]

Captain [42]

Sapper [32]

Major [17]

Acting Serjeant [12]

Lance Serjeant [11]

Staff Serjeant Major [11]

Trooper [10]

Acting Corporal [6]

Lieutenant Colonel [6]

Shoeing Smith [6]

Acting Captain [5]

Gunner [5]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [5]

Pioneer [4]

Squadron Serjeant Major [4]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Corporal 2nd [3]

Farrier Serjeant [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Private Acting Corporal [2]

Quartermaster Lieutenant [2]

Shoeing Smith Corporal [2]

Trumpeter [2]

2/LT (TP) [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serje [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Serjeant Private [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Adjutant/ Captain [1]

Aide de Camp [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Assistant Sergeant Major [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Brevet Colonel [1]

Brevet Major [1]

Captain and Brevet Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Cor [1]

Corporal /Lance Serjeant [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Corporal Acting Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Corporal Shoeing Smith [1]

Unit

Corps of Hussars [370]

Nottinghamshire Yeomanry [334]

Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Sherwood Rangers [310]

Sherwood Rangers [262]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [122]

Nottinghamshire Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry [90]

South Nottinghamshire Hussars [78]

Royal Engineers [75]

Derby Yeomanry [56]

Nottinghamshire Yeomanry (Sherwood Rangers) [46]

South Nottinghamshire Yeomanry [36]

Machine Gun Corps [23]

Labour Corps [22]

South Nottinghamshire Hussars Yeomanry [17]

City of London Yeomanry [16]

Royal Air Force [15]

Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry [14]

Army Service Corps [13]

East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry [13]

Nottinghamshire Special Reserve Yeomanry [13]

London Regiment [11]

The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) [11]

Royal Fusiliers [9]

Buckinghamshire Yeomanry [8]

County of London Yeomanry [8]

Worcestershire Yeomanry [8]

Staffordshire Yeomanry [7]

1/1st Nottinghamshire Yeomanry [6]

Gloucestershire Yeomanry [6]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [6]

Nottingham Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry [6]

Nottinghamshire Hussars [6]

Shropshire Yeomanry [6]

Oxfordshire Yeomanry [5]

Royal Garrison Artillery [5]

Surrey Yeomanry [5]

Tank Corps [5]

Army Cyclist Corps [4]

Berkshire Yeomanry [4]

Dragoons [4]

Imperial Camel Corps [4]

Leicestershire Yeomanry [4]

Lincolnshire Yeomanry [4]

Northamptonshire Yeomanry [4]

Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [4]

Warwickshire Yeomanry [4]

Yorkshire Dragoons [4]

1st Life Guards [3]

Essex Yeomanry [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Service

British Army [1067]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [4]

Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

S [145]

W [107]

H [106]

B [83]

C [76]

M [73]

P [63]

T [60]

R [55]

L [47]

D [44]

G [38]

F [35]

J [30]

K [23]

N [22]

E [21]

A [14]

O [8]

V [7]

I [4]

Q [2]

U [2]

Y [2]

Contribution

Military Service [1065]

Country

United Kingdom [18]

Canada [1]

France [1]

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines [1]

Trinidad and Tobago [1]

United States [1]

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London [4] Aston, Warwickshire [1] Basford, Nottingham [1] Belper Derbyshire [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Breadsall, Derbyshire [1] Bulwell, Notts [1] Derby [1] Dunston, Lincolnshire [1] E. Bridgeford, Nottinghamshire [1] Earl Sterndale, Derbyshire [1] Egham, Surrey [1] Farnborough, Hampshire [1] Hanover Square, London [1] Harpole Hall, Northamptonshire [1] Hartlepool. [1] Ilkeston, Derbyshire [1] Kersey, Suffolk [1] Kingstown [1] Mansfield, Nottinghamshire [1] Newcastle upon Tyne Northumberland [1] Nottingham [1] Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England [1] Retford,Notts [1] Rotherhithe, Kent [1] Sparkbrook, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] St Oswald's, Durham [1] Stevington, Bedfordshire [1] Surbiton Surrey [1] Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire [1] Woolley, Somerset [1] Worksop, Nottinghamshire [1]

Rank

Private [732] Serjeant [86] Second Lieutenant [84] Corporal [67] Lieutenant [65] Lance Corporal [45] Captain [42] Sapper [32] Major [17] Acting Serjeant [12] Lance Serjeant [11] Staff Serjeant Major [11] Trooper [10] Acting Corporal [6] Lieutenant Colonel [6] Shoeing Smith [6] Acting Captain [5] Gunner [5] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [5] Pioneer [4] Squadron Serjeant Major [4] Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Corporal 2nd [3] Farrier Serjeant [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Private Acting Corporal [2] Quartermaster Lieutenant [2] Shoeing Smith Corporal [2] Trumpeter [2] 2/LT (TP) [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serje [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Serjeant Private [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Acting Staff Serjeant Major [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Adjutant/ Captain [1] Aide de Camp [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Assistant Sergeant Major [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Brevet Colonel [1] Brevet Major [1] Captain and Brevet Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Cor [1] Corporal /Lance Serjeant [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Corporal Acting Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Corporal Shoeing Smith [1]

Unit

Corps of Hussars [370] Nottinghamshire Yeomanry [334] Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Sherwood Rangers [310] Sherwood Rangers [262] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [122] Nottinghamshire Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry [90] South Nottinghamshire Hussars [78] Royal Engineers [75] Derby Yeomanry [56] Nottinghamshire Yeomanry (Sherwood Rangers) [46] South Nottinghamshire Yeomanry [36] Machine Gun Corps [23] Labour Corps [22] South Nottinghamshire Hussars Yeomanry [17] City of London Yeomanry [16] Royal Air Force [15] Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry [14] Army Service Corps [13] East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry [13] Nottinghamshire Special Reserve Yeomanry [13] London Regiment [11] The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) [11] Royal Fusiliers [9] Buckinghamshire Yeomanry [8] County of London Yeomanry [8] Worcestershire Yeomanry [8] Staffordshire Yeomanry [7] 1/1st Nottinghamshire Yeomanry [6] Gloucestershire Yeomanry [6] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [6] Nottingham Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry [6] Nottinghamshire Hussars [6] Shropshire Yeomanry [6] Oxfordshire Yeomanry [5] Royal Garrison Artillery [5] Surrey Yeomanry [5] Tank Corps [5] Army Cyclist Corps [4] Berkshire Yeomanry [4] Dragoons [4] Imperial Camel Corps [4] Leicestershire Yeomanry [4] Lincolnshire Yeomanry [4] Northamptonshire Yeomanry [4] Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [4] Warwickshire Yeomanry [4] Yorkshire Dragoons [4] 1st Life Guards [3] Essex Yeomanry [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Service

British Army [1067] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [4] Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

S [145] W [107] H [106] B [83] C [76] M [73] P [63] T [60] R [55] L [47] D [44] G [38] F [35] J [30] K [23] N [22] E [21] A [14] O [8] V [7] I [4] Q [2] U [2] Y [2]

Contribution

Military Service [1065]

Country

United Kingdom [18] Canada [1] France [1] Saint Vincent and the Grenadines [1] Trinidad and Tobago [1] United States [1]

William A Medcalf

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 1206 Lance Serjeant Derby Yeomanry

British Army 1206 Corporal Derby Yeomanry

British Army Second Lieutenant Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

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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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Charles Rogers

Died 1915

British Army 28222 Corporal Nottinghamshire Yeomanry (Sherwood Rangers) 2/1st Battalion

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George William Mepham

Born 1879

Died 1918

British Army 7060 Nottinghamshire Yeomanry

British Army 281566 Labour Corps

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W D S Brownrigg

Born 1886

British Army Captain and Brevet Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel Staff

British Army Captain and Brevet Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel Nottinghamshire Yeomanry

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Frederick John Harris

British Army 2945 Acting Corporal Shropshire Yeomanry

British Army 109202 Acting Corporal Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

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Samuel William Wordsworth Pickering

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 2784 Private Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Sherwood Rangers

British Army 806851 Gunner Royal Artillery Transport

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John Peniston Milbanke

Born 1872

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Sherwood Rangers/ Reserve of Officers

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Samuel Ayero Johnson

British Army Trooper Northamptonshire Yeomanry

British Army Lieutenant Nottinghamshire Yeomanry

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G Clark

British Army 275067 Private Nottinghamshire Yeomanry

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Leonard Childe

British Army 275561 Private Nottinghamshire Yeomanry

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Alfred A Shaw

British Army 076921 Company Serjeant Major Nottinghamshire Yeomanry

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Herbert Shaw

British Army 1612 Private Nottinghamshire Yeomanry

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Barry Neame

British Army Lieutenant Nottinghamshire Yeomanry

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Philip Preston Shuttleworth

British Army Honorary Lieutenant Nottinghamshire Yeomanry

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Herbert F Stephenson

British Army 1917 Private Nottinghamshire Yeomanry

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William W Smith

British Army 275056 Staff Serjeant Major Nottinghamshire Yeomanry

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P Cotterill

British Army 275066 Corporal Nottinghamshire Yeomanry

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S Davis

British Army 540792 Trooper Nottinghamshire Yeomanry

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