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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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People [1067] Stories Communities

Place of birth

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]

Charles Broughton

British Army 3123 Private Nottingham Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry

British Army 241226 Private Royal Engineers

British Army 260255 Private The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)

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Douglas Mcpherson

British Army 2523 Private Royal East Kent Yeomanry

British Army 13064 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army 235340 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

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Albert Smith

British Army 1947 Lance Corporal Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Sherwood Rangers

British Army 275342 Lance Corporal Sherwood Rangers

British Army Lieutenant Royal Air Force

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Wallace F Hamilton

British Army 538 Private 4th Light Horse Regiment Australian Imperial Force

British Army Second Lieutenant 2/1st Nottinghamshire Yeomanry

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George A Lewis

British Army 1394 Private Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Sherwood Rangers

British Army 59815 Acting Corporal York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 401635 Acting Corporal Royal Army Medical Corps

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Godfrey Edgar Martyn Williams

British Army 281 Serjeant Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Nottinghamshire Yeomanry

British Army Captain Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers Indian Army

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George Senior

British Army 2792 Private Yorkshire Hussars Yeomanry

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry attached Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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