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Maidstone, Kent [6]

London [4]

Bethnal Green, London [2]

Goole [2]

Hackney, Middlesex [2]

Swindon, Wiltshire [2]

Winchester, Hampshire [2]

York [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]

Barnet [1]

Baylham [1]

Belmont, Surrey [1]

Bengal, British Raj [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]

Devon [1]

Dirleton, Haddington [1]

Dorset [1]

Dunfermline [1]

Dungarvon (Dungarvan ?) [1]

Earlsfield [1]

Eastbourne, Sussex [1]

Echt, Aberdeenshire [1]

Ewhurst, Surrey [1]

Falkirk, Stirlingshire [1]

Felstead, Dunmow, Essex [1]

Rank

Private [2661]

Second Lieutenant [481]

Lieutenant [312]

Corporal [172]

Serjeant [166]

Captain [143]

Lance Corporal [127]

Sapper [116]

Major [62]

Acting Corporal [37]

Acting Serjeant [32]

Pioneer [30]

Lieutenant Colonel [20]

Driver [18]

Lance Serjeant [18]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [17]

Trooper [17]

Staff Serjeant Major [14]

Temporary Lieutenant [14]

Boy [13]

Gunner [13]

Shoeing Smith [13]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [12]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [12]

Corporal 2nd [9]

Temporary Captain [8]

Sergeant [7]

2nd Lieutenant [5]

Acting Lance Corporal [5]

Acting Captain [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Lieutenant Captain [4]

Regimental Serjeant Major [4]

Rough Rider [4]

Shoeing Smith Corporal [4]

Bombardier [3]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Commander [3]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [3]

Corporal of Horse [3]

Honorary Lieutenant [3]

Private Acting Corporal [3]

Private Corporal [3]

Saddler [3]

Acting Lance Serjeant [2]

Acting Staff Serjeant [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Brigadier General [2]

Captain and Adjutant [2]

Unit

Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [2067]

Reserve Cavalry Regiment [602]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [575]

Royal Engineers [366]

Machine Gun Corps [360]

Reserve Cavalry [267]

Hussars [180]

Dragoon Guards [121]

Lancers [87]

3rd Reserve Cavalry Regiment [84]

Corps of Hussars [77]

Labour Corps [67]

Army Service Corps [60]

2nd Reserve Cavalry [51]

5th Reserve Cavalry [48]

5th Reserve Cavalry Regiment [47]

Indian Army Reserve of Officers [45]

Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) [43]

Military Mounted Police [40]

Essex Yeomanry [37]

Dragoons [35]

Northumberland Fusiliers [34]

Royal Fusiliers [33]

2nd Reserve Cavalry Regiment [31]

Royal Field Artillery [30]

Tank Corps [30]

Corps of Dragoons [29]

Reserve Regiment Cavalry [29]

London Regiment [27]

Dorsetshire Regiment [25]

City of London Yeomanry [24]

East Surrey Regiment [24]

Staffordshire Yeomanry [24]

Leicestershire Yeomanry [21]

Dorset Yeomanry [20]

Hampshire Regiment [20]

Hertfordshire Yeomanry [20]

Royal Air Force [19]

1st Reserve Cavalry Regiment [18]

County of London Yeomanry [18]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [18]

3rd Reserve Cavalry [17]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [17]

12th Lancers [16]

20th Hussars [16]

Cavalry Reserve [16]

East Kent Regiment [16]

Gloucestershire Regiment [16]

Leicestershire Regiment [16]

North Somerset Yeomanry [16]

Service

British Army [3790]

Indian Army [23]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [11]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [10]

Other Empire Force [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [419]

S [355]

W [318]

M [316]

H [315]

C [305]

P [222]

G [199]

R [189]

T [178]

L [159]

D [149]

J [122]

F [105]

A [102]

K [87]

E [81]

O [65]

N [58]

I [21]

Y [21]

V [11]

Q [7]

U [3]

Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3759]

Country

United Kingdom [108]

Canada [4]

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 [4] Bethnal Green, London [2] Goole [2] Hackney, Middlesex [2] Swindon, Wiltshire [2] Winchester, Hampshire [2] York [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] Barnet [1] Baylham [1] Belmont, Surrey [1] Bengal, British Raj [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] Devon [1] Dirleton, Haddington [1] Dorset [1] Dunfermline [1] Dungarvon (Dungarvan ?) [1] Earlsfield [1] Eastbourne, Sussex [1] Echt, Aberdeenshire [1] Ewhurst, Surrey [1] Falkirk, Stirlingshire [1] Felstead, Dunmow, Essex [1]

Rank

Private [2661] Second Lieutenant [481] Lieutenant [312] Corporal [172] Serjeant [166] Captain [143] Lance Corporal [127] Sapper [116] Major [62] Acting Corporal [37] Acting Serjeant [32] Pioneer [30] Lieutenant Colonel [20] Driver [18] Lance Serjeant [18] Temporary Second Lieutenant [17] Trooper [17] Staff Serjeant Major [14] Temporary Lieutenant [14] Boy [13] Gunner [13] Shoeing Smith [13] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [12] Warrant Officer Class 2 [12] Corporal 2nd [9] Temporary Captain [8] Sergeant [7] 2nd Lieutenant [5] Acting Lance Corporal [5] Acting Captain [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Lieutenant Captain [4] Regimental Serjeant Major [4] Rough Rider [4] Shoeing Smith Corporal [4] Bombardier [3] Colour Serjeant [3] Commander [3] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Corporal Acting Serjeant [3] Corporal of Horse [3] Honorary Lieutenant [3] Private Acting Corporal [3] Private Corporal [3] Saddler [3] Acting Lance Serjeant [2] Acting Staff Serjeant [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Brigadier General [2] Captain and Adjutant [2]

Unit

Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [2067] Reserve Cavalry Regiment [602] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [575] Royal Engineers [366] Machine Gun Corps [360] Reserve Cavalry [267] Hussars [180] Dragoon Guards [121] Lancers [87] 3rd Reserve Cavalry Regiment [84] Corps of Hussars [77] Labour Corps [67] Army Service Corps [60] 2nd Reserve Cavalry [51] 5th Reserve Cavalry [48] 5th Reserve Cavalry Regiment [47] Indian Army Reserve of Officers [45] Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) [43] Military Mounted Police [40] Essex Yeomanry [37] Dragoons [35] Northumberland Fusiliers [34] Royal Fusiliers [33] 2nd Reserve Cavalry Regiment [31] Royal Field Artillery [30] Tank Corps [30] Corps of Dragoons [29] Reserve Regiment Cavalry [29] London Regiment [27] Dorsetshire Regiment [25] City of London Yeomanry [24] East Surrey Regiment [24] Staffordshire Yeomanry [24] Leicestershire Yeomanry [21] Dorset Yeomanry [20] Hampshire Regiment [20] Hertfordshire Yeomanry [20] Royal Air Force [19] 1st Reserve Cavalry Regiment [18] County of London Yeomanry [18] Royal Irish Fusiliers [18] 3rd Reserve Cavalry [17] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [17] 12th Lancers [16] 20th Hussars [16] Cavalry Reserve [16] East Kent Regiment [16] Gloucestershire Regiment [16] Leicestershire Regiment [16] North Somerset Yeomanry [16]

Service

British Army [3790] Indian Army [23] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [11] Canadian Expeditionary Force [10] Other Empire Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [419] S [355] W [318] M [316] H [315] C [305] P [222] G [199] R [189] T [178] L [159] D [149] J [122] F [105] A [102] K [87] E [81] O [65] N [58] I [21] Y [21] V [11] Q [7] U [3] Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3759]

Country

United Kingdom [108] Canada [4] India [3] Jamaica [1] South Africa [1] Trinidad and Tobago [1] United States [1]

Thomas Abraham Smithson

Born 1883

Died 1920

British Army 46562 Staff Serjeant Reserve Cavalry

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James William Sinclair Grabham

Born 1886

Died 1968

British Army

British Army 42864 Trooper Northumberland Regiment 3/1 northumberland Battalion

British Army 42864 Corporal Reserve Regiment of Cavalry 5th Battalion

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John Thirlwell Jefferson

Born 1895

Died 1981

British Army 82756 Private Reserve Regiment of Cavalry

British Army

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Albert Allen

Born 1895

Died 1972

British Army G/6819 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army WR297298 Pioneer Royal Engineers

British Army 13014 Pioneer Reserve Regiment of Cavalry

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Swithin Eldridge

Born 1895

Died 1977

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2683799 Private Canadian Light Horse Royal North West Mounted Police

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2683799 Private Canadian Cavalry Reserve

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2683799 Private Royal North West Mounted Police Cavalry Draft

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Norman Olive

Born 1896

Died 1967

British Army 39822 Private Machine Gun Corps Lancer Machine Gun Squadron

British Army 21754 Private Reserve Cavalry 4th Reserve Cavalry Regiment

British Army 21754 Private 4th Dragoon Guards

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George Wright Bickerton

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 31431 Reserve Cavalry

British Army 34443 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Robert Henry Tolliday

Born 1894

Died 1974

British Army 6336 Private Lancers

British Army 41919 Private Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

British Army 6336 Private Reserve Regiment of Cavalry

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Herbert John Cordwell

Born 1877

Died 1916

British Army 24522 Private 2nd Reserve Cavalry Regiment

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John Burgon Bickersteth

Born 1888

Died 1979

British Army Private Yorkshire Hussars

British Army 2nd Lieutenant 5th Cavalry Reserve Regiment

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Royal Dragoons 1st Battalion

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Frederick Peart Brightwell

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 3262 2nd Reserve Cavalry Regiment

British Army GS/3262 Private Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) 2nd Battalion

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Harold Grimson

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 9523 Private 2nd Reserve Cavalry Regiment

British Army D/9523 Private 6th Dragoons (Inniskilling)

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William Hugh Byam Shervinton

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 7202 Private Lancers

British Army Second Lieutenant Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army 8th Reserve Cavalry Regiment

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Victor Charles Austin

Died 1918

British Army 4421 Acting Lance Corporal 12th Reserve Cavalry Regiment

British Army 4421 Lance Corporal Reserve Cavalry Regiment

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William George Durrant

Born 1881

Died 1952

British Army 4285 Private Dragoon Guards

British Army 2DG/4285 Private Dragoon Guards

British Army 4285 Lance Corporal Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) 2nd Battalion

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William Frank Smith

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army Reserve Class B

British Army Household Cavalry Depot

British Army 2602 Trooper Household Cavalry Royal Horse Guards

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Austin Joseph Walton

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army 18506 Lance Corporal 10th Reserve Cavalry Regiment

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Hector George Beers

British Army Honorary Lieutenant Reserve Regiment of Cavalry 9th lancers 1st Battalion

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Alexander Coats

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army D/21948 Private Reserve Cavalry Regiment 4th

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David Lubinsky

Born 1899

Died 1980

British Army 504712 Labour Corps 633rd Employment Company

British Army R/390958 Private Royal Army Service Corps Remount Depot

British Army 22387 6th Reserve Cavalry Regiment

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