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Maidstone, Kent [6]

London [3]

Bethnal Green, London [2]

Goole [2]

Hackney, Middlesex [2]

Swindon, Wiltshire [2]

Winchester, Hampshire [2]

35, Gelly Rd, Gelly, Rhondda, [1]

All Saints, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Alton Pancras Dorset [1]

Antananarivo [1]

Avonbridge, Stirlingshire [1]

Axemouth, Devon [1]

Balsham [1]

Barkers Terrace, Heptonstall, Hebden Bridge [1]

Baylham [1]

Belmont, Surrey [1]

Bishops Stortford, Hertforshire [1]

Bombay [1]

Borrowash, Derbyshire [1]

Bridgewater somerset [1]

Brixham,Totnes,Devon [1]

Bronington, Flintshire [1]

Broxley, Shropshire [1]

Burntisland, Fifeshire [1]

Byer Moor, Gateshead [1]

Cahir [1]

Camberwell, Surrey [1]

Charles, Plymouth [1]

Chelsfield, Kent [1]

Chigwell, Essex [1]

Church, Accrington, Lancashire [1]

Clearwell Glooucestershire [1]

Cricklade,Wiltshire. [1]

Dartmouth,Devon, [1]

Derby [1]

Dirleton, Haddington [1]

Dorset [1]

Dunfermline [1]

Dungarvon (Dungarvan ?) [1]

Earlsfield [1]

Eastbourne, Sussex [1]

Ewhurst, Surrey [1]

Falkirk, Stirlingshire [1]

Felstead, Dunmow, Essex [1]

Fenton [1]

Flore, Northampton [1]

Frenchay, Bristol [1]

Frodsham, Cheshire [1]

Gillingham, Dorset [1]

Rank

Private [2294]

Second Lieutenant [409]

Lieutenant [238]

Corporal [150]

Serjeant [143]

Lance Corporal [110]

Sapper [109]

Captain [99]

Major [47]

Acting Corporal [36]

Acting Serjeant [30]

Pioneer [30]

Driver [16]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [16]

Lance Serjeant [15]

Lieutenant Colonel [15]

Staff Serjeant Major [13]

Temporary Lieutenant [12]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [12]

Gunner [11]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [11]

Trooper [11]

Shoeing Smith [10]

Corporal 2nd [9]

Sergeant [6]

Temporary Captain [6]

Acting Lance Corporal [5]

Shoeing Smith Corporal [5]

2nd Lieutenant [4]

Acting Captain [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Boy [4]

Regimental Serjeant Major [4]

Rough Rider [4]

Saddler [4]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Commander [3]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Corporal of Horse [3]

Honorary Lieutenant [3]

Private Acting Corporal [3]

Private Corporal [3]

Saddler Corporal [3]

Acting Lance Serjeant [2]

Acting Staff Serjeant [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Bombardier [2]

Civilian [2]

Colonel [2]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [2]

Unit

Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [2067]

Reserve Cavalry Regiment [602]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [567]

Machine Gun Corps [352]

Royal Engineers [352]

Hussars [175]

Dragoon Guards [120]

3rd Reserve Cavalry Regiment [84]

Lancers [78]

Corps of Hussars [75]

Labour Corps [64]

Army Service Corps [55]

5th Reserve Cavalry Regiment [47]

Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) [42]

Military Mounted Police [39]

Essex Yeomanry [36]

Dragoons [32]

Northumberland Fusiliers [32]

2nd Reserve Cavalry Regiment [31]

Tank Corps [30]

Reserve Regiment Cavalry [29]

Corps of Dragoons [28]

Royal Fusiliers [28]

London Regiment [27]

Royal Field Artillery [27]

Dorsetshire Regiment [25]

East Surrey Regiment [24]

Staffordshire Yeomanry [23]

City of London Yeomanry [22]

Hampshire Regiment [20]

Leicestershire Yeomanry [20]

Dorset Yeomanry [19]

1st Reserve Cavalry Regiment [18]

County of London Yeomanry [18]

Hertfordshire Yeomanry [18]

Royal Air Force [17]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [17]

12th Lancers [16]

20th Hussars [16]

East Kent Regiment [16]

Gloucestershire Regiment [16]

Leicestershire Regiment [16]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [16]

Border Regiment [15]

Buckinghamshire Yeomanry [15]

Royal West Kent Regiment [15]

Welsh Horse [15]

3rd Hussars [14]

4th Hussars [14]

General Service Dragoons [14]

Service

British Army [3192]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [9]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [8]

Indian Army [4]

Other Empire Force [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [358]

S [304]

W [280]

M [271]

C [257]

H [257]

P [193]

R [155]

G [153]

T [140]

L [135]

D [126]

J [107]

F [87]

A [80]

K [74]

E [72]

O [52]

N [46]

Y [18]

I [16]

V [9]

Q [6]

U [3]

Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3154]

Country

United Kingdom [97]

Canada [3]

India [3]

Jamaica [1]

South Africa [1]

Trinidad and Tobago [1]

United States [1]

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Place of birth

Maidstone, Kent [6] London [3] Bethnal Green, London [2] Goole [2] Hackney, Middlesex [2] Swindon, Wiltshire [2] Winchester, Hampshire [2] 35, Gelly Rd, Gelly, Rhondda, [1] All Saints, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Alton Pancras Dorset [1] Antananarivo [1] Avonbridge, Stirlingshire [1] Axemouth, Devon [1] Balsham [1] Barkers Terrace, Heptonstall, Hebden Bridge [1] Baylham [1] Belmont, Surrey [1] Bishops Stortford, Hertforshire [1] Bombay [1] Borrowash, Derbyshire [1] Bridgewater somerset [1] Brixham,Totnes,Devon [1] Bronington, Flintshire [1] Broxley, Shropshire [1] Burntisland, Fifeshire [1] Byer Moor, Gateshead [1] Cahir [1] Camberwell, Surrey [1] Charles, Plymouth [1] Chelsfield, Kent [1] Chigwell, Essex [1] Church, Accrington, Lancashire [1] Clearwell Glooucestershire [1] Cricklade,Wiltshire. [1] Dartmouth,Devon, [1] Derby [1] Dirleton, Haddington [1] Dorset [1] Dunfermline [1] Dungarvon (Dungarvan ?) [1] Earlsfield [1] Eastbourne, Sussex [1] Ewhurst, Surrey [1] Falkirk, Stirlingshire [1] Felstead, Dunmow, Essex [1] Fenton [1] Flore, Northampton [1] Frenchay, Bristol [1] Frodsham, Cheshire [1] Gillingham, Dorset [1]

Rank

Private [2294] Second Lieutenant [409] Lieutenant [238] Corporal [150] Serjeant [143] Lance Corporal [110] Sapper [109] Captain [99] Major [47] Acting Corporal [36] Acting Serjeant [30] Pioneer [30] Driver [16] Temporary Second Lieutenant [16] Lance Serjeant [15] Lieutenant Colonel [15] Staff Serjeant Major [13] Temporary Lieutenant [12] Warrant Officer Class 2 [12] Gunner [11] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [11] Trooper [11] Shoeing Smith [10] Corporal 2nd [9] Sergeant [6] Temporary Captain [6] Acting Lance Corporal [5] Shoeing Smith Corporal [5] 2nd Lieutenant [4] Acting Captain [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Boy [4] Regimental Serjeant Major [4] Rough Rider [4] Saddler [4] Colour Serjeant [3] Commander [3] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Corporal of Horse [3] Honorary Lieutenant [3] Private Acting Corporal [3] Private Corporal [3] Saddler Corporal [3] Acting Lance Serjeant [2] Acting Staff Serjeant [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Bombardier [2] Civilian [2] Colonel [2] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [2]

Unit

Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [2067] Reserve Cavalry Regiment [602] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [567] Machine Gun Corps [352] Royal Engineers [352] Hussars [175] Dragoon Guards [120] 3rd Reserve Cavalry Regiment [84] Lancers [78] Corps of Hussars [75] Labour Corps [64] Army Service Corps [55] 5th Reserve Cavalry Regiment [47] Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) [42] Military Mounted Police [39] Essex Yeomanry [36] Dragoons [32] Northumberland Fusiliers [32] 2nd Reserve Cavalry Regiment [31] Tank Corps [30] Reserve Regiment Cavalry [29] Corps of Dragoons [28] Royal Fusiliers [28] London Regiment [27] Royal Field Artillery [27] Dorsetshire Regiment [25] East Surrey Regiment [24] Staffordshire Yeomanry [23] City of London Yeomanry [22] Hampshire Regiment [20] Leicestershire Yeomanry [20] Dorset Yeomanry [19] 1st Reserve Cavalry Regiment [18] County of London Yeomanry [18] Hertfordshire Yeomanry [18] Royal Air Force [17] Royal Irish Fusiliers [17] 12th Lancers [16] 20th Hussars [16] East Kent Regiment [16] Gloucestershire Regiment [16] Leicestershire Regiment [16] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [16] Border Regiment [15] Buckinghamshire Yeomanry [15] Royal West Kent Regiment [15] Welsh Horse [15] 3rd Hussars [14] 4th Hussars [14] General Service Dragoons [14]

Service

British Army [3192] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [9] Canadian Expeditionary Force [8] Indian Army [4] Other Empire Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [358] S [304] W [280] M [271] C [257] H [257] P [193] R [155] G [153] T [140] L [135] D [126] J [107] F [87] A [80] K [74] E [72] O [52] N [46] Y [18] I [16] V [9] Q [6] U [3] Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3154]

Country

United Kingdom [97] Canada [3] India [3] Jamaica [1] South Africa [1] Trinidad and Tobago [1] United States [1]

Hugh Berrington Joscelyne

Born 1888

Died 1963

British Army 334 Warrant Officer Class 2 Essex Yeomanry

British Army 80017 Warrant Officer Class 2 Essex Yeomanry

British Army 80017 Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant Essex Yeomanry 1/1st

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Sidney Edward Collings

Born 1895

British Army 5615 Lance Corporal 12th Lancers

British Army 41871 Lance Corporal Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

British Army 5615 Lance Corporal Reserve Regiment of Cavalry 6th Battalion

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Harold Lonsdale Shone

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 723 Acting Corporal Cheshire Yeomanry

British Army 230590 Serjeant Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army 230590 Serjeant Reserve Regiment of Cavalry

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Alexander Henry Frederick Broomfield

Born 1896

Died 1970

British Army 29567 Reserve Regiment of Cavalry 14th Battalion

British Army 47283 Private Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

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John Archbold

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 28708 Private Reserve Regiment of Cavalry 11th Battalion

British Army Trooper 18th Hussars

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery 232nd Army Brigade

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Harvey Alexander Brabazon Combe

Born 1884

British Army Second Lieutenant Reserve Regiment of Cavalry

British Army Captain Reserve Regiment of Cavalry

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Carl Jocelyn Bamkin

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army Private Reserve Regiment of Cavalry 11th

British Army Private Reserve Regiment of Cavalry 4th

British Army Private Dorsetshire Regiment 3rd

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Harry Cave Taylor

Born 1886

Died 1947

British Army 6313 Lance Corporal Wiltshire Regiment

British Army 6313 Private Wiltshire Regiment

British Army 2214 Private Royal Dragoon Guards 1st Battalion

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Charles Stewart Taylor

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 18021 Reserve Regiment of Cavalry

British Army 20299 Reserve Regiment of Cavalry

British Army 47131 Private Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

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Ralph Edwin West

Born 1890

Died 1969

British Army 1049 Corporal South Irish Horse

British Army 73082 Corporal Reserve Regiment of Cavalry

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Frederick George Mccolm

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 12944 Private Reserve Cavalry Regiment 4th

British Army 12944 Private Corps of Dragoons 4th Reserve Regiment

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Robert Edward Mcilree Lomer

Born 1874

Died 1955

British Army Major Dragoon Guards

British Army Major Reserve Regiment of Cavalry

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Alfred Harrington

Died 1915

British Army D/10196 Private 3rd Reserve Cavalry Regiment

British Army D/10196 Private Company of Dragoons

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Samuel Watson

Born 1872

Died 1920

British Army 13079 Private Reserve Cavalry Regiment

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Thomas Penn

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 41071 Private Reserve Cavalry

British Army Second Lieutenant Lincolnshire Regiment

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Wilfred Lorrain Gareau

Born 1894

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 226572

Canadian Expeditionary Force 226572 Lance Corporal Canadian Reserve Cavalry Regiment

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Michael Murray

Born 1876

Died 1916

British Army 7902 Private Reserve Cavalry Regiment 4th

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J E Morton

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army GS/11875 Private Reserve Cavalry Regiment 1st

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Herbert Louis Stearn

Born 1899

Died 1919

British Army 48986 Private Reserve Cavalry Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Frank Arthur Crouch

Born 1877

Died 1949

British Army 12707 Private Reserve Regiment of Cavalry 1st Battalion

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