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Bath, Somerset [2]

Eastbourne, Sussex [2]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Co. Kildare [1]

Crondall, Hampshire [1]

Dewsbury, Yorkshire [1]

Edinburgh, Scotland [1]

Finchley, Middlesex [1]

Gillingham, Kent [1]

Glossop, Derbyshire [1]

Halifax, Yorkshire [1]

Hillsborough, Co Down, I [1]

Hollingbourne, Kent [1]

Hunton, Kent [1]

Kensington, London [1]

London Borough of Southwark [1]

Melbourne [1]

Montrose, Angus [1]

Newcastle upon Tyne [1]

Newdigate, Surrey [1]

Norwood, Surrey [1]

Penarth, Wales [1]

Portsea, Hampshire [1]

Reading, Berkshire [1]

Southsea [1]

Stonham Aspal, Suffolk [1]

Weston-super-Mare, Somerset [1]

Windsor, Berkshire [1]

Rank

Private [532]

Corporal [51]

Serjeant [45]

Lance Corporal [35]

Second Lieutenant [32]

Captain [15]

Lieutenant [14]

Acting Corporal [7]

Driver [5]

Major [4]

Shoeing Smith [4]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Trooper [4]

Corporal 2nd [3]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Sapper [3]

Sergeant [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Acting Staff Serjeant Major [2]

Farrier Serjeant [2]

Regimental Serjeant Major [2]

Saddler [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Staff Serjeant Major [2]

Trumpeter [2]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Acting Captain and Adjutant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Boy [1]

Captain and Quarter Master [1]

Corporal Saddler [1]

Corporal Shoeing Smith [1]

Lance Corporal (Unpaid) [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant Quarter Master [1]

Major General [1]

Major Lieutenant [1]

Major and Quarter Master [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Shoeing Smith Corporal [1]

Temporal Corporal [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Unit

Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) [660]

Corps of Dragoons [65]

Dragoon Guards [31]

Company of Dragoons [30]

Machine Gun Corps [18]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [18]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [18]

General Service Dragoons [9]

Labour Corps [9]

Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [9]

South Lancashire Regiment [9]

6th Dragoon Guards [8]

Army Service Corps [7]

Military Mounted Police [7]

Corps of Hussars [6]

Royal Engineers [6]

London Regiment [5]

Royal Field Artillery [5]

2nd Royal Canadian Regiment [4]

6th Dragoons [4]

Cheshire Regiment [4]

Dragoons [4]

Essex Yeomanry [4]

Royal Air Force [4]

Royal Flying Corps [4]

Tank Corps [4]

1st Dragoon Guards [3]

2nd Dragoons [3]

2nd Reserve Cavalry Regiment [3]

4th Dragoon Guards [3]

Corps Of Dragoons [3]

Grenadier Guards [3]

Leicestershire Yeomanry [3]

Machine Gun Squadron [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [3]

Shropshire Light Infantry [3]

12th Lancers [2]

1st Dragoons [2]

Army Service Corps Motor Transport [2]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [2]

Royal Scots [2]

The Queen's Regiment [2]

The Queens Bays [2]

1/3rd Scottish Horse [1]

15th Hussars [1]

18th Battalion Tank Corps [1]

Service

British Army [660]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [211]

C [126]

G [107]

A [51]

D [46]

H [41]

F [37]

E [9]

M [5]

P [4]

R [4]

S [4]

W [3]

I [2]

K [2]

N [2]

T [2]

J [1]

L [1]

O [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [658]

Country

United Kingdom [12]

Canada [1]

India [1]

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Place of birth

Bath, Somerset [2] Eastbourne, Sussex [2] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Co. Kildare [1] Crondall, Hampshire [1] Dewsbury, Yorkshire [1] Edinburgh, Scotland [1] Finchley, Middlesex [1] Gillingham, Kent [1] Glossop, Derbyshire [1] Halifax, Yorkshire [1] Hillsborough, Co Down, I [1] Hollingbourne, Kent [1] Hunton, Kent [1] Kensington, London [1] London Borough of Southwark [1] Melbourne [1] Montrose, Angus [1] Newcastle upon Tyne [1] Newdigate, Surrey [1] Norwood, Surrey [1] Penarth, Wales [1] Portsea, Hampshire [1] Reading, Berkshire [1] Southsea [1] Stonham Aspal, Suffolk [1] Weston-super-Mare, Somerset [1] Windsor, Berkshire [1]

Rank

Private [532] Corporal [51] Serjeant [45] Lance Corporal [35] Second Lieutenant [32] Captain [15] Lieutenant [14] Acting Corporal [7] Driver [5] Major [4] Shoeing Smith [4] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Trooper [4] Corporal 2nd [3] Lance Serjeant [3] Sapper [3] Sergeant [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Acting Serjeant [2] Acting Staff Serjeant Major [2] Farrier Serjeant [2] Regimental Serjeant Major [2] Saddler [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Staff Serjeant Major [2] Trumpeter [2] Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Acting Captain and Adjutant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Boy [1] Captain and Quarter Master [1] Corporal Saddler [1] Corporal Shoeing Smith [1] Lance Corporal (Unpaid) [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant Quarter Master [1] Major General [1] Major Lieutenant [1] Major and Quarter Master [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Private Acting Lance Corporal [1] Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Shoeing Smith Corporal [1] Temporal Corporal [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Unit

Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) [660] Corps of Dragoons [65] Dragoon Guards [31] Company of Dragoons [30] Machine Gun Corps [18] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [18] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [18] General Service Dragoons [9] Labour Corps [9] Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [9] South Lancashire Regiment [9] 6th Dragoon Guards [8] Army Service Corps [7] Military Mounted Police [7] Corps of Hussars [6] Royal Engineers [6] London Regiment [5] Royal Field Artillery [5] 2nd Royal Canadian Regiment [4] 6th Dragoons [4] Cheshire Regiment [4] Dragoons [4] Essex Yeomanry [4] Royal Air Force [4] Royal Flying Corps [4] Tank Corps [4] 1st Dragoon Guards [3] 2nd Dragoons [3] 2nd Reserve Cavalry Regiment [3] 4th Dragoon Guards [3] Corps Of Dragoons [3] Grenadier Guards [3] Leicestershire Yeomanry [3] Machine Gun Squadron [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Royal Scots Fusiliers [3] Shropshire Light Infantry [3] 12th Lancers [2] 1st Dragoons [2] Army Service Corps Motor Transport [2] Devonshire Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Royal Irish Fusiliers [2] Royal Scots [2] The Queen's Regiment [2] The Queens Bays [2] 1/3rd Scottish Horse [1] 15th Hussars [1] 18th Battalion Tank Corps [1]

Service

British Army [660] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [211] C [126] G [107] A [51] D [46] H [41] F [37] E [9] M [5] P [4] R [4] S [4] W [3] I [2] K [2] N [2] T [2] J [1] L [1] O [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [658]

Country

United Kingdom [12] Canada [1] India [1]

William Day

British Army D/3754 Trumpeter Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) 2nd Battalion

British Army D/3754 Private Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) 2nd Battalion

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Reginald Green

British Army 4612 Lance Corporal Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) 2nd Battalion

British Army D/4612 Private Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) 2nd Battalion

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D G Burnside

British Army 391062 Corporal Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) 2nd Battalion

British Army D/31202 Corporal Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) 2nd Battalion

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Harold E Compton

British Army 5993 Private Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) 2nd Battalion

British Army D/5993 Private Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) 2nd Battalion

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E Gough

British Army 391205 Private Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) 2nd Battalion

British Army D/31374 Private Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) 2nd Battalion

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G S Chaplin

British Army 394013 Private Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) 2nd Battalion

British Army D/36425 Private Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) 2nd Battalion

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William A Bentley

British Army 6349 Private Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) 2nd Battalion

British Army 2DG/6349 Private Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) 2nd Battalion

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A W Barclay

British Army 392798 Private Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) 2nd Battalion

British Army D/34837 Private Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) 2nd Battalion

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F L Brookes

British Army 392747 Sapper Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) 2nd Battalion

British Army D/34764 Sapper Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) 2nd Battalion

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James Burrage

British Army 6265 Private Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) 2nd Battalion

British Army 2WG/6265 Private Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) 2nd Battalion

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Walter John Clegg

British Army GS/21567 Private Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) 2nd Battalion

British Army D/16788 Private Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) 2nd Battalion

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William Bryant

British Army 2365 Private Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) 2nd Battalion

British Army D/2365 Private Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) 2nd Battalion

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Charles G Chumbley

British Army D/3000 Private Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) 2nd Battalion

British Army D/3000 Acting Serjeant Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) 2nd Battalion

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Evelyn W Gorwill

British Army GS/20284 Private Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) 2nd Battalion

British Army D/16340 Private Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) 2nd Battalion

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William H S Browne

British Army 2311 Private Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) 2nd Battalion

British Army D/2311 Corporal Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) 2nd Battalion

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Thomas Buchan

British Army 4710 Lance Corporal Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) 2nd Battalion

British Army D/4710 Private Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) 2nd Battalion

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Frederick W Goodfellow

British Army 6236 Private Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) 2nd Battalion

British Army 2DG/6236 Private Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) 2nd Battalion

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General Curson

British Army 4782 Private Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) 2nd Battalion

British Army D/4782 Private Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) 2nd Battalion

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John A Beanland

British Army GS/20344 Private Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) 2nd Battalion

British Army D/16263 Private Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) 2nd Battalion

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William Allanson

British Army 7377 Private Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) 2nd Battalion

British Army D/7377 Private Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) 2nd Battalion

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