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Bromley, Kent [1]

Glasgow [1]

Glossop, Derbyshire [1]

Mary Tavy, Devon [1]

Reading, Berkshire [1]

St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands [1]

Tarring, Worthing, Sussex [1]

Rank

Private [163]

Pioneer [24]

Corporal [22]

Driver [21]

Gunner [17]

Second Lieutenant [15]

Lieutenant [13]

Serjeant [13]

Captain [9]

Lance Corporal [7]

Sapper [6]

Acting Captain [2]

Acting Corporal [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Major [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

3 am [1]

Acting Pioneer Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Bombardier [1]

Cadet [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Flying Officer [1]

Labourer [1]

Lieutenant Quartermaster [1]

Native Pioneer [1]

Porter [1]

Private 2 [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Squadron Serjeant Major [1]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Trainee Driver [1]

Trumpeter [1]

WS/Corporal [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Pioneer Corps [194]

Labour Corps [22]

Royal Field Artillery [21]

East African Pioneer Company [15]

Royal Engineers [14]

Royal Fusiliers [12]

Army Service Corps [11]

East African Pioneer Corps [11]

East African Labour Corps [9]

Machine Gun Corps [9]

Royal Garrison Artillery [9]

Durham Light Infantry [7]

Royal Scots [7]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [6]

Liverpool Regiment [6]

Highland Light Infantry [5]

Manchester Regiment [5]

South Lancashire Regiment [5]

Cheshire Regiment [4]

East Africa Pioneer Corps [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

Lancashire Fusiliers [4]

Leicestershire Regiment [4]

London Regiment [4]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4]

Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps [3]

East African Motor Transport Corps [3]

East African Regiment [3]

East African Transport Corps [3]

Gordon Highlanders [3]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [3]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3]

Seaforth Highlanders [3]

Somerset Light Infantry [3]

South Staffordshire Regiment [3]

West Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Wiltshire Regiment [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Border Regiment [2]

Connaught Rangers [2]

Corps of Hussars [2]

Dorsetshire Regiment [2]

East Africa Unattached List [2]

East African Mounted Rifles [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [255]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Last name first letter

B [31]

H [25]

M [23]

S [17]

C [16]

D [16]

A [15]

F [13]

P [13]

G [12]

K [11]

W [11]

R [10]

J [9]

N [8]

T [8]

L [5]

E [4]

Y [4]

O [2]

I [1]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [254]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [6]

Kenya [1]

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People [255] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Bromley, Kent [1] Glasgow [1] Glossop, Derbyshire [1] Mary Tavy, Devon [1] Reading, Berkshire [1] St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands [1] Tarring, Worthing, Sussex [1]

Rank

Private [163] Pioneer [24] Corporal [22] Driver [21] Gunner [17] Second Lieutenant [15] Lieutenant [13] Serjeant [13] Captain [9] Lance Corporal [7] Sapper [6] Acting Captain [2] Acting Corporal [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Major [2] Temporary Captain [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] 3 am [1] Acting Pioneer Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Bombardier [1] Cadet [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Flying Officer [1] Labourer [1] Lieutenant Quartermaster [1] Native Pioneer [1] Porter [1] Private 2 [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Squadron Serjeant Major [1] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Trainee Driver [1] Trumpeter [1] WS/Corporal [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Pioneer Corps [194] Labour Corps [22] Royal Field Artillery [21] East African Pioneer Company [15] Royal Engineers [14] Royal Fusiliers [12] Army Service Corps [11] East African Pioneer Corps [11] East African Labour Corps [9] Machine Gun Corps [9] Royal Garrison Artillery [9] Durham Light Infantry [7] Royal Scots [7] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [6] Liverpool Regiment [6] Highland Light Infantry [5] Manchester Regiment [5] South Lancashire Regiment [5] Cheshire Regiment [4] East Africa Pioneer Corps [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] Lancashire Fusiliers [4] Leicestershire Regiment [4] London Regiment [4] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4] Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps [3] East African Motor Transport Corps [3] East African Regiment [3] East African Transport Corps [3] Gordon Highlanders [3] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3] Seaforth Highlanders [3] Somerset Light Infantry [3] South Staffordshire Regiment [3] West Yorkshire Regiment [3] Wiltshire Regiment [3] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Border Regiment [2] Connaught Rangers [2] Corps of Hussars [2] Dorsetshire Regiment [2] East Africa Unattached List [2] East African Mounted Rifles [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2] East Yorkshire Regiment [2] Essex Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [255] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Last name first letter

B [31] H [25] M [23] S [17] C [16] D [16] A [15] F [13] P [13] G [12] K [11] W [11] R [10] J [9] N [8] T [8] L [5] E [4] Y [4] O [2] I [1] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [254] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [6] Kenya [1]

Charles William De Gruchy

Born 1895

British Army Private Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps (AMPC)

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Naurata

British Army Pioneer Corps

British Army 433 Labourer Pioneer Corps

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Kawal Singh

British Army Pioneer Corps

British Army 79 Porter Pioneer Corps

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Charles John Edwin Morgan

Born 1897

Died 1958

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Scottish Rifles 7th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Scottish Rifles 6th Battalion

British Army 6694 Private Scottish Rifles 5th Battalion

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Charles Edward Boulderson Rogers

Born 1894

Died 1954

British Army Lieutenant Royal Berkshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps

British Army Captain Royal Berkshire Regiment Royal Air Force

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John Henry Brutton Also Known As Jack Kenderdine

Born 1899

Died 1960

British Army Cadet University of London Officer Training Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Sussex Regiment 3rd Battlion

British Army Lieutenant Royal Sussex Regiment 3rd Battlion

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H P Phillips

British Army Captain Pioneer Corps

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Walter Baden Harper-Childs

British Army Second Lieutenant Pioneer Corps

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William Bradley

British Army 21683 Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

British Army 13028709 Private Pioneer Corps

British Army 1941 Private Pioneer Corps

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Burton Turner

British Army 39961 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 13839333 Private Pioneer Corps

British Army 1941 Private Pioneer Corps

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Thomas Bell Hughes

British Army 871103 Acting Serjeant Canadian Pioneer Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Canadian Pioneer Corps

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Edgar Teeney

British Army 214754 Private Labour Corps

British Army 13013136 Private Pioneer Corps

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Ali Asmani

British Army 663 Pioneer East African Pioneer Corps

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A E Beverton

British Army 3108 Pioneer East African Pioneer Corps

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John Baker

British Army 22469 Private Worcestershire Regiment

British Army 13037714 Private Pioneer Corps

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Oseni Ali

British Army 774 Pioneer East African Pioneer Corps

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James Brown

British Army 11694 Private Royal Scots

British Army 3044535 Private Pioneer Corps

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E N Heale

British Army Major Pioneer Corps/ Indian Army

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James Edward Ward

British Army 9973 Private Hussars

British Army 530721 Private Hussars

British Army 13111177 Private Pioneer Corps

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George Munro

British Army S/6840 Private Seaforth Highlanders

British Army 13118749 Private Pioneer Corps

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