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Ashton under Lyne [1]

Bayswater, London [1]

Brighton, Sussex [1]

Calcutta [1]

Clerkenwell [1]

Eastham, Cheshire [1]

Grandpont, Oxfordshire [1]

Hanover Square, London [1]

Leeds [1]

Newport Pagnell [1]

Paddington, London [1]

Solihull, Warwickshire [1]

St. George Hanover Square, London [1]

West London [1]

Wimborne Dorset [1]

Rank

Captain [59]

Lieutenant [51]

Major [41]

Private [24]

Temporary Major [18]

Second Lieutenant [17]

Lieutenant Colonel [16]

Temporary Captain [14]

Driver [12]

Colonel [9]

Temporary Lieutenant [7]

Brevet Colonel [6]

Serjeant [6]

Lance Corporal [4]

Rough Rider [4]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Private Strapper [3]

Acting Major [2]

Colonel Retired Pay [2]

Corporal [2]

Hononary Captain [2]

Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Quarter Master and Honorary Lieutenant [2]

Quarter Master and Lieutenant [2]

Regimental Serjeant Major [2]

Squadron Serjeant Major [2]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

ALIAS Private Strapper [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Brevet Major [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Captain and Brevet Major [1]

Captain/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Driver Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Farrier [1]

Farrier Serjeant [1]

Gunner /Acting Bombardier [1]

Honorary Brigadier General [1]

Honorary Colonel [1]

Honorary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Honorary Major [1]

Lieutenant /Acting Captain [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Lieutenant Colonel Temporary Brigadier General [1]

Unit

Remount Service [142]

Army Remount Service [22]

Royal Army Service Corps Base Remount Depot [18]

Army Service Corps [13]

Cavalry Remount Service [6]

Base Remount Depot [5]

Reserve of Officers [5]

Royal Army Service Corps [5]

Royal Field Artillery [4]

Labour Corps [3]

Remount Conducting Service [3]

Remount Service Army Service Corps [3]

Army Service Corps Base Remount Depot [2]

Army Service Corps Remount [2]

Army Service Corps Remount Depot [2]

Army Service Corps Remount Service [2]

Army Service Corps, Remount Service [2]

Base Remount Department [2]

Base Remount Depot/Remount Service [2]

Berkshire Yeomanry [2]

Dragoon Guards [2]

General List [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Hertfordshire Yeomanry [2]

Indian Army [2]

London Regiment [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Remount Department [2]

Remount Depot [2]

Remount Depot Army Service Corps [2]

Remount Service/ Staff [2]

Remount Services Army Service Corps [2]

Reserve of Officers/Cavalry Remount Service [2]

Royal Army Service Corps Base Remount [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

Yeomanry [2]

16th Lancers [1]

16th/5th Lancers [1]

6th Brigade Royal Flying Corps [1]

7th (Queen's Own) Hussars [1]

Advance Remount Depot [1]

American Horse Purchaser Company Remount Service [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Army Service Corps (remount horses) [1]

Army Service Corps Remount Directorate [1]

Army Service Corps Remount Squadron [1]

Army Service Corps attached Remount Depot [1]

Army Service Corps attached Remount Squadron [1]

Army Service Corps, Remount Department [1]

Army Service Corps, Remount Section [1]

Service

British Army [268]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [36]

H [29]

B [22]

W [22]

P [21]

S [21]

T [16]

G [15]

C [14]

D [12]

F [11]

A [9]

L [9]

E [6]

R [6]

O [5]

N [4]

J [3]

I [2]

K [2]

V [2]

U [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [264]

Country

United Kingdom [8]

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People [269] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Ashton under Lyne [1] Bayswater, London [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Calcutta [1] Clerkenwell [1] Eastham, Cheshire [1] Grandpont, Oxfordshire [1] Hanover Square, London [1] Leeds [1] Newport Pagnell [1] Paddington, London [1] Solihull, Warwickshire [1] St. George Hanover Square, London [1] West London [1] Wimborne Dorset [1]

Rank

Captain [59] Lieutenant [51] Major [41] Private [24] Temporary Major [18] Second Lieutenant [17] Lieutenant Colonel [16] Temporary Captain [14] Driver [12] Colonel [9] Temporary Lieutenant [7] Brevet Colonel [6] Serjeant [6] Lance Corporal [4] Rough Rider [4] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [4] Private Strapper [3] Acting Major [2] Colonel Retired Pay [2] Corporal [2] Hononary Captain [2] Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Quarter Master and Honorary Lieutenant [2] Quarter Master and Lieutenant [2] Regimental Serjeant Major [2] Squadron Serjeant Major [2] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] ALIAS Private Strapper [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Brevet Major [1] Brigadier General [1] Captain and Brevet Major [1] Captain/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Driver Acting Lance Corporal [1] Farrier [1] Farrier Serjeant [1] Gunner /Acting Bombardier [1] Honorary Brigadier General [1] Honorary Colonel [1] Honorary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Honorary Major [1] Lieutenant /Acting Captain [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Lieutenant Colonel Temporary Brigadier General [1]

Unit

Remount Service [142] Army Remount Service [22] Royal Army Service Corps Base Remount Depot [18] Army Service Corps [13] Cavalry Remount Service [6] Base Remount Depot [5] Reserve of Officers [5] Royal Army Service Corps [5] Royal Field Artillery [4] Labour Corps [3] Remount Conducting Service [3] Remount Service Army Service Corps [3] Army Service Corps Base Remount Depot [2] Army Service Corps Remount [2] Army Service Corps Remount Depot [2] Army Service Corps Remount Service [2] Army Service Corps, Remount Service [2] Base Remount Department [2] Base Remount Depot/Remount Service [2] Berkshire Yeomanry [2] Dragoon Guards [2] General List [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] Hertfordshire Yeomanry [2] Indian Army [2] London Regiment [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Remount Department [2] Remount Depot [2] Remount Depot Army Service Corps [2] Remount Service/ Staff [2] Remount Services Army Service Corps [2] Reserve of Officers/Cavalry Remount Service [2] Royal Army Service Corps Base Remount [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2] Yeomanry [2] 16th Lancers [1] 16th/5th Lancers [1] 6th Brigade Royal Flying Corps [1] 7th (Queen's Own) Hussars [1] Advance Remount Depot [1] American Horse Purchaser Company Remount Service [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Army Service Corps (remount horses) [1] Army Service Corps Remount Directorate [1] Army Service Corps Remount Squadron [1] Army Service Corps attached Remount Depot [1] Army Service Corps attached Remount Squadron [1] Army Service Corps, Remount Department [1] Army Service Corps, Remount Section [1]

Service

British Army [268] Australian Imperial Force [1] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

M [36] H [29] B [22] W [22] P [21] S [21] T [16] G [15] C [14] D [12] F [11] A [9] L [9] E [6] R [6] O [5] N [4] J [3] I [2] K [2] V [2] U [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [264]

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United Kingdom [8]

William Montague Savill

Born 1876

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Army Remount Service No. 5 Base Remount Depot, Calais

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Army Remount Service 55th Remount Squadron, Ripon

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Army Remount Service Remount Depot, Romsey

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George William Dowell

Born 1860

Died 1940

British Army Major Remount Service

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Temporary Brigadier General Remount Service

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Algernon George De Vere Capell

Born 1884

Died 1966

British Army Lieutenant Remount Service

British Army Captain Remount Service

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John William Massey Wood, Mvo

Born 1855

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Remount Service

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Army Remount Service

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William Eugene Melles

Born 1883

British Army Captain Remount Service

British Army Major Remount Service

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Maurice Raymond Portal

Born 1870

Died 1955

British Army Lieutenant Remount Service

British Army Major Remount Service

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William Eyre Matcham

Born 1865

Died 1938

British Army Colonel Remount Service

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Colonel (Captain Retired Pay) Remount Service (Staff)

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Steuart Bogle-Smith

Born 1860

Died 1921

British Army Colonel Remount Service

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John Delalynde Mansel

Born 1850

Died 1915

British Army Colonel Remount Service

British Army Colonel Rifle Brigade

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Albert Sidney Galtrey

British Army Lieutenant Remount Service

British Army Captain Remount Service

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Dermot Fitzgerald

Born 1891

Died 1939

British Army Lieutenant Conducting Officer Remount Conducting Service

British Army Captain Remount Conducting Service

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George Denholm Armour

British Army Major Remount Service

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Remount Service

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Alfred John Baker

Born 1864

Died 1915

British Army Colour Serjeant Army Remount Service

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Walter John Hervey

Born 1865

Died 1948

British Army Major Army Remount Service

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Henry Minchin Ferrar

Born 1863

Died 1949

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Remount Service

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A D Acland

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Colonel Remount Service

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Remount Service

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Charles Fennelly Van Der Byl

Born 1874

Died 1956

British Army Second Lieutenant 16th Lancers

British Army Captain 16th Lancers

British Army Temporary Major Army Cyclist Corps

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Stewart Edens Brown

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Remount Service

British Army Acting Captain Remount Service

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Charles John Wilmot-Sitwell

British Army Lieutenant Remount Service

British Army Captain Remount Service

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Samuel Marshall

British Army Quarter Master and Lieutenant Remount Service

British Army Quarter Master and Captain Remount Service

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