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Adelaide [1]

Cackerham, Lancashire [1]

Devon [1]

Dublin [1]

Erdington, Warks [1]

Gugerat [1]

Harrow, Middlesex [1]

Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire [1]

Reading, Berkshire [1]

Sleaford, Lincolnshire [1]

St Cuthbert, Edinburgh, Scotland [1]

Rank

Volunteer [156]

Lieutenant [60]

Private [30]

Captain [25]

Second Lieutenant [19]

Temporary Lieutenant [18]

Sister [15]

Temporary Captain [15]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [12]

Major [11]

Temporary Honorary Captain [8]

Corporal [7]

Serjeant [7]

Interpreter [5]

Nurse [5]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Temporary Honorary Lieutenant [4]

Political Officer [3]

Sub Assistant Surgeon [3]

Sub Lieutenant [3]

Temporary Major [3]

Civilian [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Honorary Nurse [2]

Matron [2]

Nursing Sister [2]

Rifleman [2]

Volunteer Father [2]

Acting Police Officer [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Assistant Sister [1]

Boy [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Brigadier-General [1]

Bugler [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Civil Medical Officer [1]

Civil Medical Orderly [1]

Colonel [1]

Dresser [1]

Driver [1]

Engineer [1]

Engineer Lieutenant [1]

Father [1]

Field Paymaster [1]

Force Volunteer [1]

Head Conductor [1]

Honorary Captain Reverend Father [1]

Honorary Lieutenant [1]

Honorary Lieutenant Reverend Father [1]

Unit

Nyasaland Field Force [327]

Nyasaland Volunteer Reserve [100]

King's African Rifles [29]

Rhodesia-Nyasaland Field Force [4]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [4]

General and Special List [3]

Medical Service [3]

Nyasaland Carrier Transport [3]

Nyasaland Field Force Volunteer Reserve [3]

East Africa Medical Supplies [2]

GOC, Nyasaland - Rhodesia Field Force [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Nyasaland Field Force Medical Service [2]

Nyasaland Field Force/Staff Head Quarters [2]

Nyasaland Medical Service [2]

Rhodesia - Nyasaland Field Force [2]

South Lancashire Regiment [2]

16th Lancers [1]

1st Gurkha Rifles [1]

1st King's African Rifles [1]

1st Rhodesia Native Regiment [1]

2nd Nyasaland Field Force [1]

2nd Rhodesia Regiment [1]

5th South African Infantry [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

British South African Police [1]

Carrier Transport Corps [1]

Carrier Transport Nyasaland Field Force [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

East Africa Unattached List [1]

East African Labour Corps [1]

East African Mounted Rifles [1]

French Red Cross [1]

GOC 15th Infantry Brigade, BEF France [1]

GOC, Nyasaland-Rhodesian Field Force [1]

General Field Force [1]

General List [1]

General List 1st King's African Rifles [1]

Inspector-General of the King's African Rifles [1]

Intelligence Service/Nyasaland-Rhodesia Force [1]

King's African Rifles Administrative Department [1]

King's Liverpool Regiment [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

Labour Corps Western Command [1]

Liverpool Regiment [1]

Marine Section [1]

Marine Transport Department [1]

Medical Officer [1]

Medical Service Nyasaland Field Force [1]

Native Carrier Training Unit [1]

Service

British Army [345]

Royal Navy [4]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [59]

B [32]

S [30]

C [28]

W [24]

H [20]

P [17]

D [14]

G [14]

N [14]

R [14]

A [12]

E [11]

L [10]

F [9]

T [9]

J [7]

K [6]

I [5]

V [4]

O [3]

U [2]

Y [2]

Contribution

Military Service [346]

Country

United Kingdom [5]

India [1]

Ireland [1]

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People [346] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Adelaide [1] Cackerham, Lancashire [1] Devon [1] Dublin [1] Erdington, Warks [1] Gugerat [1] Harrow, Middlesex [1] Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire [1] Reading, Berkshire [1] Sleaford, Lincolnshire [1] St Cuthbert, Edinburgh, Scotland [1]

Rank

Volunteer [156] Lieutenant [60] Private [30] Captain [25] Second Lieutenant [19] Temporary Lieutenant [18] Sister [15] Temporary Captain [15] Temporary Second Lieutenant [12] Major [11] Temporary Honorary Captain [8] Corporal [7] Serjeant [7] Interpreter [5] Nurse [5] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Temporary Honorary Lieutenant [4] Political Officer [3] Sub Assistant Surgeon [3] Sub Lieutenant [3] Temporary Major [3] Civilian [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Honorary Nurse [2] Matron [2] Nursing Sister [2] Rifleman [2] Volunteer Father [2] Acting Police Officer [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Assistant Sister [1] Boy [1] Brigadier General [1] Brigadier-General [1] Bugler [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Civil Medical Officer [1] Civil Medical Orderly [1] Colonel [1] Dresser [1] Driver [1] Engineer [1] Engineer Lieutenant [1] Father [1] Field Paymaster [1] Force Volunteer [1] Head Conductor [1] Honorary Captain Reverend Father [1] Honorary Lieutenant [1] Honorary Lieutenant Reverend Father [1]

Unit

Nyasaland Field Force [327] Nyasaland Volunteer Reserve [100] King's African Rifles [29] Rhodesia-Nyasaland Field Force [4] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [4] General and Special List [3] Medical Service [3] Nyasaland Carrier Transport [3] Nyasaland Field Force Volunteer Reserve [3] East Africa Medical Supplies [2] GOC, Nyasaland - Rhodesia Field Force [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Nyasaland Field Force Medical Service [2] Nyasaland Field Force/Staff Head Quarters [2] Nyasaland Medical Service [2] Rhodesia - Nyasaland Field Force [2] South Lancashire Regiment [2] 16th Lancers [1] 1st Gurkha Rifles [1] 1st King's African Rifles [1] 1st Rhodesia Native Regiment [1] 2nd Nyasaland Field Force [1] 2nd Rhodesia Regiment [1] 5th South African Infantry [1] Army Service Corps [1] British South African Police [1] Carrier Transport Corps [1] Carrier Transport Nyasaland Field Force [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] East Africa Unattached List [1] East African Labour Corps [1] East African Mounted Rifles [1] French Red Cross [1] GOC 15th Infantry Brigade, BEF France [1] GOC, Nyasaland-Rhodesian Field Force [1] General Field Force [1] General List [1] General List 1st King's African Rifles [1] Inspector-General of the King's African Rifles [1] Intelligence Service/Nyasaland-Rhodesia Force [1] King's African Rifles Administrative Department [1] King's Liverpool Regiment [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] Labour Corps Western Command [1] Liverpool Regiment [1] Marine Section [1] Marine Transport Department [1] Medical Officer [1] Medical Service Nyasaland Field Force [1] Native Carrier Training Unit [1]

Service

British Army [345] Royal Navy [4] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [59] B [32] S [30] C [28] W [24] H [20] P [17] D [14] G [14] N [14] R [14] A [12] E [11] L [10] F [9] T [9] J [7] K [6] I [5] V [4] O [3] U [2] Y [2]

Contribution

Military Service [346]

Country

United Kingdom [5] India [1] Ireland [1]

Robert Hellier Napier

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army Volunteer Nyasaland Field Force

British Army Lieutenant Nyasaland Field Force

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Hector Livingston Duff

Born 1872

Died 1954

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Nyasaland Field Force

British Army Political Officer Lieutenant Colonel Rhodesia - Nyasaland Field Force

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Vincent John Dawson Ascott

Born 1892

Died 1914

British Army 53 Volunteer Nyasaland Field Force

British Army 53 Volunteer Nyasaland Volunteer Reserve

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Henry Robert Cruise

Born 1883

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant 2nd Nyasaland Field Force

British Army Captain 2nd Nyasaland Field Force

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Charles Thorburn

British Army Captain Nyasaland Field Force

British Army Major Nyasaland-Rhodesia Field Force OC Base and Lines of Communication

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Ndala

British Army Nyasaland Field Force

British Army Corporal Nyasaland Field Force

British Army Bugler Nyasaland Field Force

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Gordon Merriman

Born 1885

Died 1914

British Army Volunteer Nyasaland Field Force

British Army Volunteer Nyasaland Volunteer Reserve

British Army 154 Volunteer Nyasaland Volunteer Reserve

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J A Griffiths

British Army Volunteer Nyasaland Field Force

British Army Lieutenant Nyasaland Field Force

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Intelligence Service/Nyasaland-Rhodesia Force

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Job

British Army Nyasaland Field Force

British Army Corporal Nyasaland Field Force

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Sambo

British Army Nyasaland Field Force

British Army Corporal Nyasaland Field Force

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Robert Drummond

British Army Civil Medical Orderly Nyasaland Field Force

British Army Captain Nyasaland Field Force

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Edwin Nyambi

British Army Nyasaland Field Force

British Army Interpreter Nyasaland Field Force

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G A Morton

British Army Volunteer Nyasaland Field Force

British Army 425 Volunteer Nyasaland Field Force

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Nkhunga Goodbye

British Army Nyasaland Field Force

British Army Private Nyasaland Field Force

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Mbulanje

British Army Nyasaland Field Force

British Army Corporal Nyasaland Field Force

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Kalalamuka

British Army Nyasaland Field Force

British Army Private Nyasaland Field Force

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John Meikle

British Army Volunteer Nyasaland Field Force

British Army Lieutenant Nyasaland Field Force

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Mgomani

British Army Nyasaland Field Force

British Army Serjeant Nyasaland Field Force

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Egondwe

British Army Nyasaland Field Force

British Army Interpreter Nyasaland Field Force

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Buliani

British Army Nyasaland Field Force

British Army Boy Nyasaland Field Force

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