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Ashford, Kent [1]

Bath, Somerset [1]

Bellary [1]

Burma [1]

Chiswick [1]

Dublin [1]

Forest Gate [1]

Hastings, [1]

Heaton Chapel, Cheshire [1]

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Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [1]

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Purneah, West Bengal [1]

Rawalpindi [1]

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Sheerness, Isle of Sheppey, Kent [1]

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St John's Wood, London [1]

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Sepoy [4884]

Lance Naik [300]

Rifleman [281]

Captain [254]

Naik [199]

Havildar [196]

Lieutenant [161]

Driver [125]

Second Lieutenant [115]

Major [98]

Cook [95]

Gunner [81]

Bhisti [71]

Jemadar [70]

Sweeper [48]

Acting Naik [40]

Acting Havildar [38]

Private [37]

Subadar [37]

Lieutenant Colonel [36]

Bugler [22]

Serjeant [10]

Reservist [9]

Temporary Naik [9]

Lance Corporal [8]

Corporal [7]

Rest [7]

Acting Captain [6]

Colonel [6]

Temporary Havildar [6]

Barber [5]

Bearer [5]

Signaller [5]

Water Carrier [5]

Lance Havildar [4]

Temporary Major [4]

Mochi [3]

Subadar Major [3]

Bombardier [2]

Carpenter [2]

Daffadar [2]

Dhobie [2]

Gurga [2]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [2]

Quarter Master Havildar [2]

Sapper [2]

Signalman [2]

Sub Major [2]

Tailor [2]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Unit

Rajputs [3182]

Rajputs Infantry [1522]

Rajputs Rifles [708]

13th Rajputs [388]

16th Rajputs [346]

6th Rajputs Rifles [343]

120th Rajputs Infantry [321]

8th Rajputs [304]

2/7th Rajputs [249]

122nd Rajputs Infantry [203]

122th Rajputs Infantry [182]

114th Pack Battery Rajputs [100]

Indian Army [46]

11th Rajputs [38]

7th Rajputs [38]

Napiers Rifles [30]

4th Rajputs [27]

2nd Rajputs [26]

Indian Army Reserve of Officers [25]

5/6th Rajputs [18]

Napier Rifles [17]

Rajputs Indian Army [16]

1/4th Rajputs [13]

2/125th Napiers Rifles [13]

3/6th Rajputs Rifles [11]

Deoli Regiment [11]

3/6th Rajputs Infantry [8]

Pack Battery Rajputs [7]

Queen Victoria's Own Rajputs Light Infantry [7]

Rajput Rifles [7]

Rifle Brigade [7]

2/4th Rajputs [6]

Infantry [6]

Middlesex Regiment [6]

1/42nd Deoli Regiment [5]

13th Rajputs (Shekhawati Regiment) [5]

13th Rajputs (The Shekhawati Regiment) [5]

16th Rajputs (Lucknow Regiment) [5]

3/6th Rajput Rifles [5]

7th Duke of Connaught's Own Rajputs [5]

Duke of Connaught's Own Rajputs [5]

Rajputs Light Infantry [5]

114th Rajputs Pack Battery [4]

122nd Rajputs [4]

16th Rajputs (The Lucknow Regiment) [4]

2nd Queen Victoria's Own Rajputs Light Infantry [4]

Hampshire Regiment [4]

Machine Gun Corps [4]

Punjabis [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

Service

British Army [7098]

Indian Army [83]

Last name first letter

S [910]

B [893]

M [754]

R [716]

G [422]

K [420]

J [393]

H [373]

P [328]

D [327]

N [302]

C [294]

A [289]

L [223]

T [133]

U [100]

I [88]

F [77]

W [44]

O [25]

Y [17]

Z [11]

E [6]

V [4]

Q [1]

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Military Service [7144]

Country

United Kingdom [10]

China [1]

Jersey [1]

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Ashford, Kent [1] Bath, Somerset [1] Bellary [1] Burma [1] Chiswick [1] Dublin [1] Forest Gate [1] Hastings, [1] Heaton Chapel, Cheshire [1] Kincardineshire [1] Leicester [1] Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [1] Medway, Kent [1] Mitcham, Surrey [1] Nottinghamshire [1] Palace of Amar Mahal, Jammu [1] Purneah, West Bengal [1] Rawalpindi [1] Scotland [1] Sheerness, Isle of Sheppey, Kent [1] Southampton [1] St John's Wood, London [1] St. Thomas, Exeter [1] Stirling [1] Stoke -sub-Hamdon [1] Suffolk [1] Tientsin [1] Trincomalee [1] Waterford [1]

Rank

Sepoy [4884] Lance Naik [300] Rifleman [281] Captain [254] Naik [199] Havildar [196] Lieutenant [161] Driver [125] Second Lieutenant [115] Major [98] Cook [95] Gunner [81] Bhisti [71] Jemadar [70] Sweeper [48] Acting Naik [40] Acting Havildar [38] Private [37] Subadar [37] Lieutenant Colonel [36] Bugler [22] Serjeant [10] Reservist [9] Temporary Naik [9] Lance Corporal [8] Corporal [7] Rest [7] Acting Captain [6] Colonel [6] Temporary Havildar [6] Barber [5] Bearer [5] Signaller [5] Water Carrier [5] Lance Havildar [4] Temporary Major [4] Mochi [3] Subadar Major [3] Bombardier [2] Carpenter [2] Daffadar [2] Dhobie [2] Gurga [2] Lieutenant Acting Captain [2] Quarter Master Havildar [2] Sapper [2] Signalman [2] Sub Major [2] Tailor [2] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Unit

Rajputs [3182] Rajputs Infantry [1522] Rajputs Rifles [708] 13th Rajputs [388] 16th Rajputs [346] 6th Rajputs Rifles [343] 120th Rajputs Infantry [321] 8th Rajputs [304] 2/7th Rajputs [249] 122nd Rajputs Infantry [203] 122th Rajputs Infantry [182] 114th Pack Battery Rajputs [100] Indian Army [46] 11th Rajputs [38] 7th Rajputs [38] Napiers Rifles [30] 4th Rajputs [27] 2nd Rajputs [26] Indian Army Reserve of Officers [25] 5/6th Rajputs [18] Napier Rifles [17] Rajputs Indian Army [16] 1/4th Rajputs [13] 2/125th Napiers Rifles [13] 3/6th Rajputs Rifles [11] Deoli Regiment [11] 3/6th Rajputs Infantry [8] Pack Battery Rajputs [7] Queen Victoria's Own Rajputs Light Infantry [7] Rajput Rifles [7] Rifle Brigade [7] 2/4th Rajputs [6] Infantry [6] Middlesex Regiment [6] 1/42nd Deoli Regiment [5] 13th Rajputs (Shekhawati Regiment) [5] 13th Rajputs (The Shekhawati Regiment) [5] 16th Rajputs (Lucknow Regiment) [5] 3/6th Rajput Rifles [5] 7th Duke of Connaught's Own Rajputs [5] Duke of Connaught's Own Rajputs [5] Rajputs Light Infantry [5] 114th Rajputs Pack Battery [4] 122nd Rajputs [4] 16th Rajputs (The Lucknow Regiment) [4] 2nd Queen Victoria's Own Rajputs Light Infantry [4] Hampshire Regiment [4] Machine Gun Corps [4] Punjabis [4] Royal Fusiliers [4]

Service

British Army [7098] Indian Army [83]

Last name first letter

S [910] B [893] M [754] R [716] G [422] K [420] J [393] H [373] P [328] D [327] N [302] C [294] A [289] L [223] T [133] U [100] I [88] F [77] W [44] O [25] Y [17] Z [11] E [6] V [4] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [7144]

Country

United Kingdom [10] China [1] Jersey [1]

Frederick Carey Stakeley Samborne-Palmer

Born 1869

Died 1950

Indian Army Captain 13th Rajputs (The Shekhawati Regiment)

Indian Army Major 13th Rajputs (The Shekhawati Regiment)

Indian Army Lieutenant Colonel 8th Rajputs

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Percy Beattie-Crozier

Born 1881

Died 1915

British Army Captain Indian Army

British Army South Staffordshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

Indian Army Captain 4th Rajputs, attd 15th Sikhs

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Montague William Blanchford

Born 1895

Died 1963

British Army Lieutenant 2/4th Rajputs

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Maurice Charles Day

Born 1891

Died 1914

British Army Second Lieutenant 13th Rajputs

British Army Second Lieutenant 13th Rajputs (Shekhawati Regiment)

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C A Bignell

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 13th Rajputs

British Army Captain 1/4th Rajputs

British Army Captain Indian Army

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Robert Frank Clothier

Born 1884

Died 1914

Indian Army Captain 13th Rajputs (Shekhawati Regiment)

British Army Second Lieutenant

Indian Army Second Lieutenant

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Bhikam Singh

Died 1920

British Army 8th Rajputs

British Army 3596 Sepoy 8th Rajputs

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Theodore Julian Bolland

Born 1870

Died 1915

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Manchester Regiment

Indian Army 2nd Lieutenant 16th Rajputs

Indian Army Lieutenant Indian Staff Corps

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Gilbert Ireland

Born 1888

British Army Captain 13th Rajputs

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Edward Waters Harbin Marsh

Born 1880

Died 1915

British Army Captain 13th Rajputs

British Army Captain 13th Rajputs (Shekhawati Regiment)

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Frederick Obre Mackenzie

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army Captain Rajputs

Indian Army Lieutenant 15th Punjab Regiment 1st Battalion

Indian Army Second Lieutenant

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Hansraj Singh

Died 1919

British Army 4540 16th Rajputs

British Army 4540 Sepoy 16th Rajputs

British Army 4540 Sepoy 16th Rajputs (Lucknow Regiment)

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Bagha Singh

Died 1918

British Army 16th Rajputs

British Army 2735 Sepoy 16th Rajputs

British Army 2735 Sepoy 16th Rajputs (Lucknow Regiment)

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Bijai Singh

Died 1918

British Army 16th Rajputs

British Army 3078 Sepoy 16th Rajputs

British Army 3078 Sepoy 16th Rajputs (Lucknow Regiment)

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Chandar Singh

Died 1919

British Army 3321 16th Rajputs

British Army 3321 Sepoy 16th Rajputs

British Army 3321 Sepoy 16th Rajputs (Lucknow Regiment)

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Alfred Carnac Watson

Born 1866

Died 1941

British Army Lieutenant Colonel 8th Rajputs

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Richard John Clarke

Born 1879

Died 1915

British Army Captain 8th Rajputs

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Andrew Herbert Irwin

Born 1897

Died 1915

Indian Army Second Lieutenant 8th Rajputs

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Hari Singh

Born 1895

Died 1961

Indian Army Subadar Rajputs Infantry Regiment 16th

Indian Army Captain

Indian Army Colonel

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Francis Joseph Owen Hume-Wright

Born 1887

Died 1932

British Army Lieutenant Cheshire Regiment Jubbulpore, India

Indian Army Major 7th Rajputs

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