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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]

James Mallan

British Army 51607 Private Royal Scots

British Army 13039918 Private Pioneer Corps

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Harry Robson

British Army 57407 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 13024165 Private Pioneer Corps

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Edward L Fleischmann

British Army GS/50178 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army 13111375 Private Pioneer Corps

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Peter Docherty

British Army 26249 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 13111228 Private Pioneer Corps

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James Brown

British Army 276629 Private Manchester Regiment

British Army 13007819 Private Pioneer Corps

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A Alexandrides

British Army 3132 Pioneer East African Pioneer Corps

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Percy George Paxton

British Army L/400 Private Lancers

British Army 13015572 Acting Corporal Pioneer Corps

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W B Hall

British Army 32 Pioneer East Africa Pioneer Corps

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W S Hanson

British Army Corporal Uganda Pioneer Corps

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John Houghton

British Army 49158 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 13040310 Private Pioneer Corps

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Arthur J Pitt

British Army 34560 Private Border Regiment

British Army 130111124 Pioneer Corps

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Charles Evans

British Army 3353 Private Royal Scots

British Army 130 (Incomplete) Private Pioneer Corps

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William Johnson

British Army 1587 Private Monmouthshire Regiment

British Army 1305304 Private Pioneer Corps

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Gilbert W Jones

British Army 46505 Staff Quarter Master Serjeant Surrey Yeomanry

British Army D/74 Staff Quarter Master Serjeant Pioneer Corps

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Frederick J Francis

British Army 3194 Pioneer East African Pioneer Corps

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Charles H Frankel

British Army 278956 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 13805825 Sapper Pioneer Corps

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Fred Hampson

British Army 22547 Private Border Regiment

British Army 1303780 Private Pioneer Corps

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Ivor Carpenter

British Army 24215 Private Coldstream Guards

British Army 14298549 Private Pioneer Corps

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Henry W Brown

British Army 13040790 Private Pioneer Corps

British Army G/14418 Private Middlesex Regiment 20th Battalion

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G A Street

British Army Serjeant Uganda Pioneer Corps

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