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Place of birth

Ashton on Mersey, Cheshire [1]

British Subject [1]

Byfield, Rockhampton Region, Queensland [1]

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [1]

Dairsie, Fife [1]

Exeter, Devon [1]

Finsbury, London N. [1]

Inverkeithing, Fife [1]

Kingston [1]

Kirkcaldy [1]

Malabar Hill, Bombay - now named Mumbai [1]

Melcombe Regis [1]

Newtonbrook, Ontario [1]

Nuneaton, Warwickshire [1]

Paris [1]

Plymouth, Devon [1]

Portsmouth [1]

Rochester [1]

Salford, Lancashire [1]

Sheffield [1]

The Manse, Speymouth, Morayshire [1]

Tunbridge Wells [1]

West Derby, Liverpool [1]

Wimblington, Cambs ( North Witchford District ) [1]

Wittington, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Second Lieutenant [99]

Private [70]

Cadet [54]

Lieutenant [34]

Serjeant [22]

Captain [20]

Corporal [18]

Lance Corporal [17]

Major [8]

Lance Serjeant [6]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [6]

Acting Corporal [4]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Sergeant [4]

Temporary Lieutenant [4]

Officer Cadet [3]

Acting Captain [2]

Gunner [2]

Petty Officer [2]

Rifleman [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

2/Lt [1]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Corporal C.A.M.C. [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Acting Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Assistant Instructor [1]

Attested as Private [1]

Cadet (A/S.Q.M.S.) [1]

Captain Major [1]

Captain and Quarter Master [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Commander [1]

Commissioned Instructor [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Driver [1]

Drummer [1]

Lance Corporal (acting paid) [1]

Lance Corporal Private [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Lance Sergeant (paid) [1]

Lance Sergent [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Unit

Officer Cadet Battalion [99]

Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [21]

London Regiment [16]

Royal Air Force [9]

6th Officer Cadet Battalion [5]

9th Officer Cadet Battalion [5]

Lancashire Fusiliers [5]

Manchester Regiment [5]

12th Officer Cadet Battalion [4]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [4]

Essex Regiment [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Army Service Corps [3]

Cheshire Regiment [3]

Inns of Court Officers Training Corps [3]

Liverpool Regiment [3]

Norfolk Regiment [3]

Seaforth Highlanders [3]

Suffolk Regiment [3]

10th Officer Cadet Battalion [2]

13th Officer Cadet Battalion [2]

14th Officer Cadet Battalion [2]

15th Officer Cadet Battalion [2]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Attached Officer Cadet Battalion [2]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

Highland Light Infantry [2]

Honourable Artillery Company [2]

Honourable Artillery Company Infantry [2]

King's Liverpool Regiment [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

No 2 Officer Cadet Battalion Cambridge [2]

No. 5 Officer Cadet Battalion [2]

North Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Officer Cadet Battalion late London Regiment [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

1/10th Liverpool Regiment [1]

10th Gurkha Rifles [1]

10th Yeomanry King's Shropshire Light Infantry [1]

11th Officer Cadet Battalion [1]

15 (Artists Rifles) Officer Cadet Battalion [1]

17th Officer Cadet Battalion [1]

Service

British Army [173]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Other Empire Force [2]

Royal Navy [2]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Indian Army [1]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [18]

S [16]

B [13]

T [13]

H [10]

L [10]

P [10]

C [9]

D [9]

K [9]

R [9]

E [7]

F [7]

G [7]

J [7]

W [6]

N [5]

A [3]

O [2]

I [1]

U [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [170]

Country

United Kingdom [17]

Canada [1]

Egypt [1]

Greece [1]

Indonesia [1]

Russian Federation [1]

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People [173] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Ashton on Mersey, Cheshire [1] British Subject [1] Byfield, Rockhampton Region, Queensland [1] Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [1] Dairsie, Fife [1] Exeter, Devon [1] Finsbury, London N. [1] Inverkeithing, Fife [1] Kingston [1] Kirkcaldy [1] Malabar Hill, Bombay - now named Mumbai [1] Melcombe Regis [1] Newtonbrook, Ontario [1] Nuneaton, Warwickshire [1] Paris [1] Plymouth, Devon [1] Portsmouth [1] Rochester [1] Salford, Lancashire [1] Sheffield [1] The Manse, Speymouth, Morayshire [1] Tunbridge Wells [1] West Derby, Liverpool [1] Wimblington, Cambs ( North Witchford District ) [1] Wittington, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Second Lieutenant [99] Private [70] Cadet [54] Lieutenant [34] Serjeant [22] Captain [20] Corporal [18] Lance Corporal [17] Major [8] Lance Serjeant [6] Temporary Second Lieutenant [6] Acting Corporal [4] Acting Serjeant [4] Sergeant [4] Temporary Lieutenant [4] Officer Cadet [3] Acting Captain [2] Gunner [2] Petty Officer [2] Rifleman [2] Temporary Captain [2] 2/Lt [1] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Corporal C.A.M.C. [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Lance Serjeant [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Acting Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Assistant Instructor [1] Attested as Private [1] Cadet (A/S.Q.M.S.) [1] Captain Major [1] Captain and Quarter Master [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Commander [1] Commissioned Instructor [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Driver [1] Drummer [1] Lance Corporal (acting paid) [1] Lance Corporal Private [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Lance Sergeant (paid) [1] Lance Sergent [1] Leading Seaman [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Unit

Officer Cadet Battalion [99] Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [21] London Regiment [16] Royal Air Force [9] 6th Officer Cadet Battalion [5] 9th Officer Cadet Battalion [5] Lancashire Fusiliers [5] Manchester Regiment [5] 12th Officer Cadet Battalion [4] Cambridgeshire Regiment [4] Essex Regiment [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] Army Service Corps [3] Cheshire Regiment [3] Inns of Court Officers Training Corps [3] Liverpool Regiment [3] Norfolk Regiment [3] Seaforth Highlanders [3] Suffolk Regiment [3] 10th Officer Cadet Battalion [2] 13th Officer Cadet Battalion [2] 14th Officer Cadet Battalion [2] 15th Officer Cadet Battalion [2] Army Cyclist Corps [2] Attached Officer Cadet Battalion [2] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] Highland Light Infantry [2] Honourable Artillery Company [2] Honourable Artillery Company Infantry [2] King's Liverpool Regiment [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] No 2 Officer Cadet Battalion Cambridge [2] No. 5 Officer Cadet Battalion [2] North Staffordshire Regiment [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Officer Cadet Battalion late London Regiment [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2] 1/10th Liverpool Regiment [1] 10th Gurkha Rifles [1] 10th Yeomanry King's Shropshire Light Infantry [1] 11th Officer Cadet Battalion [1] 15 (Artists Rifles) Officer Cadet Battalion [1] 17th Officer Cadet Battalion [1]

Service

British Army [173] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2] Other Empire Force [2] Royal Navy [2] Australian Imperial Force [1] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] Indian Army [1] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [18] S [16] B [13] T [13] H [10] L [10] P [10] C [9] D [9] K [9] R [9] E [7] F [7] G [7] J [7] W [6] N [5] A [3] O [2] I [1] U [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [170]

Country

United Kingdom [17] Canada [1] Egypt [1] Greece [1] Indonesia [1] Russian Federation [1]

Norman Sutherland

Born 1896

Died 1953

British Army 7400 Private Entrenching Battalion 2nd Entrenching Battalion

British Army 7400 Private Manchester Regiment 25th

British Army 7400 Private Manchester Regiment 25th

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William C Emmett

British Army 62136 Private Officer Cadet Battalion

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T Price Thomas

British Army 768493 Private Officer Cadet Battalion

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G W Stafford

British Army Cadet Officer Cadet Battalion

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Chas W H Buddles

British Army Cadet 21st Officer Cadet Battalion

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Hilary Cameron Russel Rendle

Born 1899

British Army Officer Cadet Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Devonshire Regiment

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David Ormond Jones

British Army 56624 Lance Corporal Welsh Regiment

British Army 56624 Corporal Welsh Regiment

British Army 56624 Cadet Officer Cadet Battalion

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Archibald Lewis

Born 1890

Died 1962

British Army Cadet Officer Cadet Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

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Thomas Landale Christie

Born 1893

British Army 10th Officer Cadet Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Seaforth Highlanders 89th battalion seaforth highland Battalion

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Fred Lemmon

Born 1897

Died 1970

British Army 2522 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment

British Army 2522 Corporal Cambridgeshire Regiment

British Army 2522 Private Cambridgshire Regiment 1st Bn

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Eustace Charles Keble

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 37620 Private Attached Officer Cadet Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant North Staffordshire Regiment

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Samuel John Marton Sampson

British Army Captain London Regiment

British Army Major Officer Cadet Battalion

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Samuel Stubbs Ford

British Army 240889 Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army Second Lieutenant Officer Cadet Battalion

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Hubert Caler Juta

British Army 28165 Private Coldstream Guards

British Army 28165 Private Officer Cadet Battalion

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John Kelly

British Army 375081 Corporal Royal Scots

British Army Second Lieutenant Officer Cadet Battalion

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Frederick Augustus Lambert

British Army 17527 Serjeant Northumberland Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Officer Cadet Battalion

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John Walter Granville Parry

British Army 764338 Private London Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Officer Cadet Battalion

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J L Mcsweeney

British Army C/97061 Cadet Officer Cadet Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Territorial Force

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Samuel Townsend-Green

British Army Captain London Regiment

British Army Captain Officer Cadet Battalion

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W B Watkins

British Army 4501 Lance Serjeant Officer Cadet Battalion/London Regiment

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