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Maidstone, Kent [3]

Abingdon, Berkshire [1]

Barton upon Irwell [1]

Belmont, Surrey [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Charles, Plymouth [1]

Derby [1]

Hobart, Tasmania [1]

Kenninghall, Norfolk [1]

Little Eaton, Derbyshire [1]

London [1]

Loose, Kent [1]

Southampton [1]

Rank

Private [129]

Second Lieutenant [23]

Lieutenant [19]

Lance Corporal [18]

Corporal [12]

Serjeant [12]

Major [8]

Captain [5]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Saddler [2]

Trooper [2]

2nd Lt [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Boy [1]

Bugler [1]

Capt [1]

Captain /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Gunner [1]

Honorary Lieutenant [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutnant [1]

Local Captain [1]

Local Major [1]

Lt [1]

Lt Col [1]

Major and Special Service Officer (attached) [1]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Saddler Corporal [1]

Sapper [1]

Second Class Assistant [1]

Sergeant [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Squadron Serjeant Major [1]

Staff Serjeant Major [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Temporary Major [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant (Temporary Lieutenant) [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [119]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [86]

Lancers [68]

Reserve Regiment of Lancers [32]

12th Lancers [14]

5th Lancers [12]

Machine Gun Corps [10]

16th Lancers [9]

1st Reserve Regiment of Lancers [8]

Corps of Lancers [8]

9th Lancers [6]

Welsh Horse [6]

Royal Engineers [5]

East Surrey Regiment [4]

Indian Army Reserve of Officers [4]

Lancers of the Line [4]

Reserve Regiment of Cavalry attached Lancers [4]

2nd Lancers [3]

Army Service Corps [3]

Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) [3]

12th (Prince of Wales's Royal) Lancers [2]

16th (The Queen's) Lancers [2]

21st Lancers [2]

5th Royal Irish Lancers [2]

6th Reserve Cavalry Regiment [2]

General Service Lancers [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Reserve Cavalry Regiment [2]

Training Reserve Battalion [2]

15th Lancers [1]

17th Lancers [1]

1st Duke of York's Own Lancers (Skinner's Horse) [1]

1st Tasmanian Contingent [1]

3/70th Burma Rifles [1]

31st Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers [1]

37th Lancers (Baluch Horse) [1]

4th D.C.O. Lancers (Hodson's Horse) [1]

4th Reserve Cavalry Regiment [1]

72nd Highlanders [1]

75th Lancers [1]

7th Reserve Cavalry Regiment [1]

9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers [1]

Army Reserve [1]

Bedford Yeomanry [1]

Berkshire Yeomanry [1]

British Red Cross Society [1]

Colonial Office [1]

Corps of Lancers and Dragoons [1]

Corps of Lancers attached King's African Rifles [1]

Service

British Army [186]

Indian Army [2]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

British Indian Army [1]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

W [30]

S [22]

B [18]

C [16]

M [13]

H [12]

T [12]

P [10]

D [9]

R [9]

E [6]

F [5]

G [5]

L [5]

K [4]

A [3]

J [2]

O [2]

Y [2]

N [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [185]

Country

United Kingdom [11]

India [1]

Ireland [1]

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People [187] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Maidstone, Kent [3] Abingdon, Berkshire [1] Barton upon Irwell [1] Belmont, Surrey [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Charles, Plymouth [1] Derby [1] Hobart, Tasmania [1] Kenninghall, Norfolk [1] Little Eaton, Derbyshire [1] London [1] Loose, Kent [1] Southampton [1]

Rank

Private [129] Second Lieutenant [23] Lieutenant [19] Lance Corporal [18] Corporal [12] Serjeant [12] Major [8] Captain [5] Acting Serjeant [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Saddler [2] Trooper [2] 2nd Lt [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Boy [1] Bugler [1] Capt [1] Captain /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Gunner [1] Honorary Lieutenant [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutnant [1] Local Captain [1] Local Major [1] Lt [1] Lt Col [1] Major and Special Service Officer (attached) [1] Private Acting Lance Corporal [1] Saddler Corporal [1] Sapper [1] Second Class Assistant [1] Sergeant [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Squadron Serjeant Major [1] Staff Serjeant Major [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Temporary Major [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant (Temporary Lieutenant) [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [119] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [86] Lancers [68] Reserve Regiment of Lancers [32] 12th Lancers [14] 5th Lancers [12] Machine Gun Corps [10] 16th Lancers [9] 1st Reserve Regiment of Lancers [8] Corps of Lancers [8] 9th Lancers [6] Welsh Horse [6] Royal Engineers [5] East Surrey Regiment [4] Indian Army Reserve of Officers [4] Lancers of the Line [4] Reserve Regiment of Cavalry attached Lancers [4] 2nd Lancers [3] Army Service Corps [3] Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) [3] 12th (Prince of Wales's Royal) Lancers [2] 16th (The Queen's) Lancers [2] 21st Lancers [2] 5th Royal Irish Lancers [2] 6th Reserve Cavalry Regiment [2] General Service Lancers [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Reserve Cavalry Regiment [2] Training Reserve Battalion [2] 15th Lancers [1] 17th Lancers [1] 1st Duke of York's Own Lancers (Skinner's Horse) [1] 1st Tasmanian Contingent [1] 3/70th Burma Rifles [1] 31st Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers [1] 37th Lancers (Baluch Horse) [1] 4th D.C.O. Lancers (Hodson's Horse) [1] 4th Reserve Cavalry Regiment [1] 72nd Highlanders [1] 75th Lancers [1] 7th Reserve Cavalry Regiment [1] 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers [1] Army Reserve [1] Bedford Yeomanry [1] Berkshire Yeomanry [1] British Red Cross Society [1] Colonial Office [1] Corps of Lancers and Dragoons [1] Corps of Lancers attached King's African Rifles [1]

Service

British Army [186] Indian Army [2] Australian Imperial Force [1] British Indian Army [1] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] Other Empire Force [1] Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

W [30] S [22] B [18] C [16] M [13] H [12] T [12] P [10] D [9] R [9] E [6] F [5] G [5] L [5] K [4] A [3] J [2] O [2] Y [2] N [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [185]

Country

United Kingdom [11] India [1] Ireland [1]

Stanley Dawson

British Army L/9673 Private 1st Reserve Regiment of Lancers

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Bertram Tremayne Kemp

British Army 36563 Private Lancers

British Army 36563 Private Reserve Regiment of Cavalry

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James Laing

British Army Major Reserve Regiment of Cavalry Lancers

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Alfred Fraser Chenoy

British Army L/14120 Private 1st Reserve Regiment of Lancers

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Herbert Golding

British Army L/1540 Private 1st Reserve Regiment of Lancers

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Reginald Green

British Army L/13802 Lance Corporal 1st Reserve Regiment of Lancers

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Eugene Burden

British Army L/11169 Private 1st Reserve Regiment of Lancers

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Alfred Hargraves

British Army L/27752 Private 1st Reserve Regiment of Lancers

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Thomas Charles Hartnell

Born 1889

Died 1965

British Army 46 Private 9th Lancers

British Army 41318 Private Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

British Army 46 Private Reserve Regiment of Cavalry 7th Battalion

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Stanley A Webster

British Army L/9969 Lance Serjeant Reserve Regiment of Cavalry

British Army L/9969 Serjeant Corps of Lancers

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Samuel Drewell

British Army GS/10477 Serjeant Reserve Regiment of Cavalry

British Army L/10150 Serjeant Corps of Lancers

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John Prosser

Died 1917

British Army 4036 Squadron Serjeant Major Lancers

British Army 4036 Acting Regimental Serjeant Major Reserve Regiment of Cavalry

British Army 16th (The Queen's) Lancers

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Henry Shepherd

Born 1875

Died 1916

British Army GS/16125 Serjeant General Service Lancers

British Army 3762 Private 12th (Prince of Wales's Royal) Lancers

British Army 3762 Lance Corporal 12th (Prince of Wales's Royal) Lancers

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Percy Reginald Andrew Willing

British Army 12L/5893 Private 12th Lancers

British Army L/13004 Private Corps of Lancers

British Army Second Lieutenant Reserve Regiment of Cavalry 6th Battalion

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Arthur Edward Rhodes

Born 1888

British Army 8283 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 1st Battalion

British Army Private Lancers of the Line 17th Lancers

British Army 212 Private Lancers of the Line 16th Lancers

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T M H Kincaid-Smith

British Army Captain /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel Reserve of Officers/ Lancers/ Wiltshire Regiment

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Alban John Reynolds

Born 1881

Died 1930

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Indian Army Reserve of Officers

Australian Imperial Force Private 1st Tasmanian Contingent

British Army 2nd Lt South Staffordshire Regiment 1st

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George Barclay Leechman

Died 1932

British Army British Red Cross Society

British Army Lieutenant Surrey Yeomanry

British Army Lieutenant 1st Reserve Regiment of Lancers

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Leslie Herbert Hoey Harris

British Army Lieutenant Lancers

British Army Second Lieutenant 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant (Temporary Lieutenant) Reserve Regiment of Cavalry 7th Battalion

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Walter L Stanley

Died 1914

British Army 5864 Private 6th Reserve Cavalry Regiment (5th and 12th Lancers)

British Army 5864 Private 12th (Prince of Wales's Royal) Lancers

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