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Maidstone, Kent [6]

London [2]

All Saints, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Alton Pancras Dorset [1]

Baylham [1]

Belmont, Surrey [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Bishops Stortford, Hertforshire [1]

Brixham,Totnes,Devon [1]

Broxley, Shropshire [1]

Byer Moor, Gateshead [1]

Charles, Plymouth [1]

Chelsfield, Kent [1]

Chigwell, Essex [1]

Church, Accrington, Lancashire [1]

Cricklade,Wiltshire. [1]

Derby [1]

Dungarvon (Dungarvan ?) [1]

Earlsfield [1]

Ewhurst, Surrey [1]

Fenton [1]

Hackney Wick, London [1]

Hackney, Middx. [1]

Hampshire [1]

Hawick [1]

Hendon, Sunderland, Co. Durham [1]

Hollingbourne, Kent [1]

Hornsey, Middlesex [1]

Houghton le Spring, County Durham [1]

Hucknall [1]

Kenninghall, Norfolk [1]

King's Lynn, Norfolk [1]

Kingston [1]

Kingston on Thames, Surrey [1]

Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland [1]

Little Eaton, Derbyshire [1]

Loose, Kent [1]

Maldon, Essex [1]

Malling [1]

Malmesbury, Wiltshire [1]

Market Bosworth, Leicestershire [1]

Middlesex [1]

Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh [1]

Nantwich, Cheshire [1]

New Cross, Greenwich, London [1]

Oxshott, Surrey [1]

Penzance, Cornwall [1]

Perth, Western Australia [1]

Perthshire [1]

Pettinain, Lanarkshire [1]

Rank

Private [1637]

Second Lieutenant [308]

Lieutenant [182]

Corporal [108]

Serjeant [99]

Sapper [90]

Lance Corporal [72]

Captain [67]

Major [34]

Acting Corporal [30]

Pioneer [28]

Acting Serjeant [20]

Driver [11]

Trooper [11]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [11]

Temporary Lieutenant [10]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [10]

Gunner [9]

Lieutenant Colonel [9]

Lance Serjeant [7]

Corporal 2nd [6]

Shoeing Smith [6]

Staff Serjeant Major [6]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [5]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Acting Captain [3]

Honorary Lieutenant [3]

Saddler [3]

Sergeant [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Bombardier [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Corporal /Acting Serjeant [2]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [2]

Corporal of Horse [2]

Matron/ Matron [2]

Pr [2]

Private Acting Corporal [2]

Private Corporal [2]

Regimental Serjeant Major [2]

Rough Rider [2]

Saddler Corporal [2]

Shoeing Smith Corporal [2]

Squadron Sergeant Major [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

rank [2]

1st Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [2067]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [557]

Machine Gun Corps [335]

Royal Engineers [287]

Hussars [153]

Dragoon Guards [110]

Corps of Hussars [75]

Lancers [65]

Reserve Cavalry Regiment [59]

Army Service Corps [44]

Labour Corps [43]

Military Mounted Police [38]

Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) [37]

Essex Yeomanry [36]

Corps of Dragoons [28]

Tank Corps [28]

Dragoons [26]

Northumberland Fusiliers [26]

City of London Yeomanry [22]

Staffordshire Yeomanry [22]

Dorsetshire Regiment [21]

East Surrey Regiment [21]

Royal Fusiliers [21]

London Regiment [20]

Dorset Yeomanry [19]

Leicestershire Yeomanry [19]

Royal Field Artillery [19]

County of London Yeomanry [18]

Hertfordshire Yeomanry [18]

Buckinghamshire Yeomanry [15]

Reserve Regiment of Cavalry attached Dragoon Guards [15]

Royal Air Force [15]

12th Lancers [14]

3rd Hussars [14]

4th Hussars [14]

Gloucestershire Regiment [14]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [14]

Welsh Horse [14]

Border Regiment [13]

General Service Dragoons [13]

Hampshire Regiment [13]

North Somerset Yeomanry [13]

Reserve Regiment of Cavalry attached Hussars [13]

Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry [13]

20th Hussars [12]

5th Lancers [12]

Royal West Kent Regiment [12]

Sherwood Rangers [12]

11th Hussars [11]

6th Dragoon Guards [11]

Service

British Army [2258]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [7]

Indian Army [2]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [254]

W [220]

S [207]

H [195]

C [184]

M [180]

P [125]

G [109]

R [106]

T [102]

L [92]

D [84]

J [73]

F [61]

A [59]

K [49]

E [48]

O [39]

N [32]

Y [13]

I [9]

V [9]

Q [5]

U [3]

Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2253]

Country

United Kingdom [57]

Canada [2]

India [2]

Jamaica [1]

South Africa [1]

Trinidad and Tobago [1]

United States [1]

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Place of birth

Maidstone, Kent [6] London [2] All Saints, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Alton Pancras Dorset [1] Baylham [1] Belmont, Surrey [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Bishops Stortford, Hertforshire [1] Brixham,Totnes,Devon [1] Broxley, Shropshire [1] Byer Moor, Gateshead [1] Charles, Plymouth [1] Chelsfield, Kent [1] Chigwell, Essex [1] Church, Accrington, Lancashire [1] Cricklade,Wiltshire. [1] Derby [1] Dungarvon (Dungarvan ?) [1] Earlsfield [1] Ewhurst, Surrey [1] Fenton [1] Hackney Wick, London [1] Hackney, Middx. [1] Hampshire [1] Hawick [1] Hendon, Sunderland, Co. Durham [1] Hollingbourne, Kent [1] Hornsey, Middlesex [1] Houghton le Spring, County Durham [1] Hucknall [1] Kenninghall, Norfolk [1] King's Lynn, Norfolk [1] Kingston [1] Kingston on Thames, Surrey [1] Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland [1] Little Eaton, Derbyshire [1] Loose, Kent [1] Maldon, Essex [1] Malling [1] Malmesbury, Wiltshire [1] Market Bosworth, Leicestershire [1] Middlesex [1] Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh [1] Nantwich, Cheshire [1] New Cross, Greenwich, London [1] Oxshott, Surrey [1] Penzance, Cornwall [1] Perth, Western Australia [1] Perthshire [1] Pettinain, Lanarkshire [1]

Rank

Private [1637] Second Lieutenant [308] Lieutenant [182] Corporal [108] Serjeant [99] Sapper [90] Lance Corporal [72] Captain [67] Major [34] Acting Corporal [30] Pioneer [28] Acting Serjeant [20] Driver [11] Trooper [11] Warrant Officer Class 2 [11] Temporary Lieutenant [10] Temporary Second Lieutenant [10] Gunner [9] Lieutenant Colonel [9] Lance Serjeant [7] Corporal 2nd [6] Shoeing Smith [6] Staff Serjeant Major [6] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [5] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Acting Captain [3] Honorary Lieutenant [3] Saddler [3] Sergeant [3] Temporary Captain [3] Warrant Officer Class 1 [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Bombardier [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Corporal /Acting Serjeant [2] Corporal Acting Serjeant [2] Corporal of Horse [2] Matron/ Matron [2] Pr [2] Private Acting Corporal [2] Private Corporal [2] Regimental Serjeant Major [2] Rough Rider [2] Saddler Corporal [2] Shoeing Smith Corporal [2] Squadron Sergeant Major [2] Staff Serjeant [2] rank [2] 1st Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [2067] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [557] Machine Gun Corps [335] Royal Engineers [287] Hussars [153] Dragoon Guards [110] Corps of Hussars [75] Lancers [65] Reserve Cavalry Regiment [59] Army Service Corps [44] Labour Corps [43] Military Mounted Police [38] Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) [37] Essex Yeomanry [36] Corps of Dragoons [28] Tank Corps [28] Dragoons [26] Northumberland Fusiliers [26] City of London Yeomanry [22] Staffordshire Yeomanry [22] Dorsetshire Regiment [21] East Surrey Regiment [21] Royal Fusiliers [21] London Regiment [20] Dorset Yeomanry [19] Leicestershire Yeomanry [19] Royal Field Artillery [19] County of London Yeomanry [18] Hertfordshire Yeomanry [18] Buckinghamshire Yeomanry [15] Reserve Regiment of Cavalry attached Dragoon Guards [15] Royal Air Force [15] 12th Lancers [14] 3rd Hussars [14] 4th Hussars [14] Gloucestershire Regiment [14] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [14] Welsh Horse [14] Border Regiment [13] General Service Dragoons [13] Hampshire Regiment [13] North Somerset Yeomanry [13] Reserve Regiment of Cavalry attached Hussars [13] Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry [13] 20th Hussars [12] 5th Lancers [12] Royal West Kent Regiment [12] Sherwood Rangers [12] 11th Hussars [11] 6th Dragoon Guards [11]

Service

British Army [2258] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [7] Indian Army [2] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [254] W [220] S [207] H [195] C [184] M [180] P [125] G [109] R [106] T [102] L [92] D [84] J [73] F [61] A [59] K [49] E [48] O [39] N [32] Y [13] I [9] V [9] Q [5] U [3] Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2253]

Country

United Kingdom [57] Canada [2] India [2] Jamaica [1] South Africa [1] Trinidad and Tobago [1] United States [1]

John Thirlwell Jefferson

Born 1895

Died 1981

British Army 82756 Private Reserve Regiment of Cavalry

British Army

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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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Hector George Beers

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

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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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George Edward Ryman

Born 1889

Died 1919

British Army 15376 Private Reserve Regiment of Cavalry 5th Battalion

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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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William Bromley Nottingham

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army 21665 Private Reserve Regiment of Cavalry 9th Battalion

British Army 16448 Private Northamptonshire Regiment 5th (Service) Battalion (Pioneers)

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Henry J Head

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army 16988 Acting Serjeant Reserve Regiment of Cavalry

British Army 16988 Serjeant Reserve Cavalry Regiment

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George Kenneth Burke

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 27288 Private Corps of Hussars (Reserve Cavalry Regiment) 9th Battalion

British Army 1886 Private British West Indies Regiment 1st Battalion

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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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Charles Collins

Born 1893

British Army Reserve of Cavalry

British Army Captain Essex Regiment 9th Battalion

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Alfred Lawson

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 25241 Private Reserve Regiment of Cavalry

British Army Second Lieutenant Durham Light Infantry 9th 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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Herman Lubsen

Born 1898

Died 1924

British Army L/14278 Private Reserve Regiment of Cavalry

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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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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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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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