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Place of birth

Edinburgh [4]

Calcutta [3]

Dublin [3]

Kensington [3]

Lahore [3]

Surrey [3]

Bangalore [2]

Bath, Somerset [2]

Burma [2]

Cambridge [2]

Cork [2]

Cornwall [2]

East Stonehouse, Devon [2]

Kensington, London [2]

Kent [2]

London [2]

Poona [2]

Simla [2]

Solihull [2]

'Delamont', Killyleagh, Downpatrick [1]

48 Claremont Road, Hansworth, Birmingham [1]

Aberdeen, Scotland [1]

Ahmednuggar [1]

Alicante [1]

Allahabad [1]

Allensmore Vicarage, Hereford [1]

Ascension Island [1]

Ashfield, Lymm, Cheshire [1]

Ashton Under Lyme [1]

At Sea (Indian Ocean) [1]

Aurungabad, Deccan [1]

Axminster, Devon [1]

Barrow-in-Furness [1]

Bath [1]

Batley Yorkshire [1]

Bayswater [1]

Beckley, Sussex [1]

Bedford [1]

Bedford, Bedfordshire [1]

Belgaum [1]

Bengal [1]

Blackburn [1]

Bournemouth Hampshire [1]

Brathay House Anerley [1]

Bridge, Kent [1]

Bristol [1]

Bulford, Wiltshire [1]

Carlisle, Cumbria [1]

Ceylon [1]

Chelsea, London [1]

Rank

Sepoy [3480]

Captain [1045]

Lieutenant [796]

Second Lieutenant [537]

Major [406]

Lance Naik [255]

Rifleman [238]

Naik [215]

Havildar [206]

Riding Master [178]

Lieutenant Colonel [170]

Private [149]

Bhisti [57]

Acting Captain [52]

Jemadar [52]

Cook [42]

Sweeper [39]

Subadar [36]

Riding Master and Lieutenant [35]

Langri [31]

Serjeant [30]

Corporal [28]

Lance Corporal [20]

Acting Naik [18]

Bearer [15]

Acting Havildar [14]

Bugler [14]

Brigadier General [13]

Colonel [11]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [11]

Acting Major [10]

Sapper [9]

Brevet Colonel [8]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [7]

Temporary Captain [7]

Brevet Major [6]

Driver [6]

Temporary Major [6]

Acting Serjeant [5]

Brigade Major [5]

Temporary Lieutenant [5]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [5]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Captain Temporary Major [4]

Dhobie [4]

Lance Serjeant [4]

Sub Lieutenant [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Acting Corporal [3]

Barber [3]

Unit

Punjabis [3861]

87th Punjabis [520]

Rifles [353]

2/26th Punjabis [310]

2/89th Punjabis [283]

71st Punjabis [253]

3/153rd Rifles [245]

10/2nd Punjabis [242]

Indian Army [192]

Punjabis Regiment [115]

Indian Army Reserve of Officers [96]

Punjabis Indian Army [67]

24th Punjabis [63]

25th Punjabis [60]

92nd Punjabis [51]

1/67th Punjabis [49]

15th Punjab Regiment [47]

28th Punjabis [47]

31st Punjabis [47]

29th Punjabis [43]

74th Punjabis [43]

62nd Punjabis [42]

72nd Punjabis [41]

91st Punjabis [41]

London Regiment [40]

22nd Punjabis [39]

46th Punjabis [39]

33rd Punjabis [38]

82nd Punjabis [38]

67th Punjabis [36]

26th Punjabis [35]

2/67th Punjabis [33]

84th Punjabis [33]

90th Punjabis [33]

27th Punjabis [32]

1/89th Punjabis [30]

76th Punjabis [30]

1/69th Punjabis [28]

69th Punjabis [27]

1/30th Punjabis [26]

1/19th Punjabis [22]

1/66th Punjabis [22]

3/16th Punjabis Regiment [22]

30th Punjabis [22]

89th Punjabis [22]

Middlesex Regiment [22]

19th Punjabis [21]

21st Punjabis [20]

66th Punjabis [20]

Royal Engineers [16]

Service

British Army [7158]

Indian Army [432]

Royal Navy [6]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [5]

Other Empire Force [4]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [853]

S [852]

B [682]

A [552]

G [429]

H [413]

R [397]

K [389]

D [322]

N [316]

J [310]

C [307]

F [289]

P [267]

W [242]

L [229]

T [176]

I [156]

U [65]

E [41]

O [38]

Y [30]

V [28]

Z [21]

Q [11]

Contribution

Military Service [7357]

Country

United Kingdom [74]

India [9]

China [3]

Australia [2]

Ireland [2]

Pakistan [2]

Canada [1]

France [1]

Isle of Man [1]

Swaziland [1]

Turkey [1]

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People [7415] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Edinburgh [4] Calcutta [3] Dublin [3] Kensington [3] Lahore [3] Surrey [3] Bangalore [2] Bath, Somerset [2] Burma [2] Cambridge [2] Cork [2] Cornwall [2] East Stonehouse, Devon [2] Kensington, London [2] Kent [2] London [2] Poona [2] Simla [2] Solihull [2] 'Delamont', Killyleagh, Downpatrick [1] 48 Claremont Road, Hansworth, Birmingham [1] Aberdeen, Scotland [1] Ahmednuggar [1] Alicante [1] Allahabad [1] Allensmore Vicarage, Hereford [1] Ascension Island [1] Ashfield, Lymm, Cheshire [1] Ashton Under Lyme [1] At Sea (Indian Ocean) [1] Aurungabad, Deccan [1] Axminster, Devon [1] Barrow-in-Furness [1] Bath [1] Batley Yorkshire [1] Bayswater [1] Beckley, Sussex [1] Bedford [1] Bedford, Bedfordshire [1] Belgaum [1] Bengal [1] Blackburn [1] Bournemouth Hampshire [1] Brathay House Anerley [1] Bridge, Kent [1] Bristol [1] Bulford, Wiltshire [1] Carlisle, Cumbria [1] Ceylon [1] Chelsea, London [1]

Rank

Sepoy [3480] Captain [1045] Lieutenant [796] Second Lieutenant [537] Major [406] Lance Naik [255] Rifleman [238] Naik [215] Havildar [206] Riding Master [178] Lieutenant Colonel [170] Private [149] Bhisti [57] Acting Captain [52] Jemadar [52] Cook [42] Sweeper [39] Subadar [36] Riding Master and Lieutenant [35] Langri [31] Serjeant [30] Corporal [28] Lance Corporal [20] Acting Naik [18] Bearer [15] Acting Havildar [14] Bugler [14] Brigadier General [13] Colonel [11] Lieutenant Acting Captain [11] Acting Major [10] Sapper [9] Brevet Colonel [8] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [7] Temporary Captain [7] Brevet Major [6] Driver [6] Temporary Major [6] Acting Serjeant [5] Brigade Major [5] Temporary Lieutenant [5] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [5] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [4] Captain Temporary Major [4] Dhobie [4] Lance Serjeant [4] Sub Lieutenant [4] Able Seaman [3] Acting Corporal [3] Barber [3]

Unit

Punjabis [3861] 87th Punjabis [520] Rifles [353] 2/26th Punjabis [310] 2/89th Punjabis [283] 71st Punjabis [253] 3/153rd Rifles [245] 10/2nd Punjabis [242] Indian Army [192] Punjabis Regiment [115] Indian Army Reserve of Officers [96] Punjabis Indian Army [67] 24th Punjabis [63] 25th Punjabis [60] 92nd Punjabis [51] 1/67th Punjabis [49] 15th Punjab Regiment [47] 28th Punjabis [47] 31st Punjabis [47] 29th Punjabis [43] 74th Punjabis [43] 62nd Punjabis [42] 72nd Punjabis [41] 91st Punjabis [41] London Regiment [40] 22nd Punjabis [39] 46th Punjabis [39] 33rd Punjabis [38] 82nd Punjabis [38] 67th Punjabis [36] 26th Punjabis [35] 2/67th Punjabis [33] 84th Punjabis [33] 90th Punjabis [33] 27th Punjabis [32] 1/89th Punjabis [30] 76th Punjabis [30] 1/69th Punjabis [28] 69th Punjabis [27] 1/30th Punjabis [26] 1/19th Punjabis [22] 1/66th Punjabis [22] 3/16th Punjabis Regiment [22] 30th Punjabis [22] 89th Punjabis [22] Middlesex Regiment [22] 19th Punjabis [21] 21st Punjabis [20] 66th Punjabis [20] Royal Engineers [16]

Service

British Army [7158] Indian Army [432] Royal Navy [6] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [5] Other Empire Force [4] Australian Imperial Force [2] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [853] S [852] B [682] A [552] G [429] H [413] R [397] K [389] D [322] N [316] J [310] C [307] F [289] P [267] W [242] L [229] T [176] I [156] U [65] E [41] O [38] Y [30] V [28] Z [21] Q [11]

Contribution

Military Service [7357]

Country

United Kingdom [74] India [9] China [3] Australia [2] Ireland [2] Pakistan [2] Canada [1] France [1] Isle of Man [1] Swaziland [1] Turkey [1]

Stannus Geoghegan

Born 1866

Died 1929

British Army Lieutenant Royal Irish Regiment

Indian Army Lieutenant Indian Staff Corps

Indian Army Captain Indian Staff Corps

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Francis Faith Hodgson

Born 1880

Died 1915

British Army Captain 84th Punjabis

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Arthur Henry Norman Gatherer

Born 1887

Died 1956

British Army Second Lieutenant 46th Punjabis

Indian Army Captain

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William Best Greig

Born 1870

Died 1941

British Army Second Lieutenant The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army Major 82nd Punjabis

Indian Army Second Lieutenant 22nd Madras Infantry Indian Staff Corps

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Evelyn James Everest Poole

Born 1886

Died 1936

British Army Major 46th Punjabis

Indian Army Captain 15th Punjab Regiment 1st Battalion

Indian Army 46th Punjabis

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Geoffrey Willoughby Atkins

Born 1883

Died 1955

Indian Army Major 24th Punjabis

Indian Army Major 25th Punjabis

Indian Army Lieutenant Colonel 15th Punjab Regiment 1st Battalion

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Donald William Mcpherson

Born 1879

Died 1916

Indian Army Major

Indian Army Major 62nd Punjabis

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Aubrey S T Reilly

Died 1917

British Army Captain Punjabis 69th Punjabis

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Cyril Nisbet Steel

Born 1884

Died 1972

Indian Army Major 15th Punjab Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Northamptonshire Regiment

Indian Army Lieutenant 25th Punjabis

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Harington Rivers Stranack

Born 1886

Died 1964

British Army Captain Punjabis

Indian Army Second Lieutenant

Indian Army Lieutenant Colonel 15th Punjab Regiment 1st Battalion

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De Lacy Wolrich Passy

Born 1878

Died 1915

Indian Army Major 25th Punjabis

Indian Army Captain 15th Punjab Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army Major Northumberland Fusiliers (attached) 8th Battalion

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William Thomas Forshaw

Born 1890

Died 1943

British Army Lieutenant Manchester Regiment

British Army Captain Manchester Regiment

British Army Captain Punjabis

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Robert Money Barnes

Born 1897

Died 1979

British Army Second Lieutenant Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army Second Lieutenant 2/21st Punjabis

British Army Captain 2/21st Punjabis

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Arthur Brodie Haig

Born 1886

Died 1957

Indian Army Major 24th Punjabis

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Arthur Cuthbert Henry Trevor

Born 1884

Died 1959

British Army Major 24th Punjabis

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Robert Kent Henson

Born 1897

Died 1975

British Army Captain 45th Sikhs

Indian Army Second Lieutenant 25th Punjabis

Indian Army Lieutenant 25th Punjabis

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Arnold Chadwick Doveton

Born 1884

Died 1959

Indian Army Second Lieutenant

Indian Army Lieutenant 21st Punjabis

Indian Army Captain 21st Punjabis

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John Corlett Rowson

Born 1891

Died 1970

British Army Captain Punjabis Indian Army

Indian Army Lieutenant 27th Punjabis

Indian Army Captain 15th Punjab Regiment 1st Battalion

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Aubrey Spranger Townsend Reilly

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army Captain 69th Punjabis attached 92nd Punjabis

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John Perfect Gulland

Born 1888

Died 1955

British Army Lieutenant 69th Punjabis

Indian Army Captain 1/69th Punjabis

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