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Burraton, St Germans, Cornwall [1]

Chelsea [1]

Hildenborough, Kent [1]

Kensington, London [1]

Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire [1]

Naini Tal, India [1]

New Cross, London [1]

Wandsworth, London [1]

Wellington [1]

Rank

Lieutenant [15]

Captain [11]

Major [10]

Second Lieutenant [9]

Lieutenant Colonel [6]

Temporary Captain [3]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Brigadier General [2]

Colonel [2]

Commander [2]

Private [2]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

3rd A/M [1]

Acting Artificer Engineer [1]

Acting Captain/Captain [1]

Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Acting Paymaster [1]

Acting Permanent Orderly Sergeant [1]

Adjutant of Volunteers [1]

Air Mechanic 1 Grade [1]

Artificer Engineer [1]

Assistant Clerk [1]

Assistant Paymaster [1]

Brevet Colonel [1]

Captaian [1]

Captain (District Officer) [1]

Captain and Quarter Master [1]

Chaplain to the Forces (Fourth Class) [1]

Clerk [1]

Colonel and Temporary Major General [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal [1]

Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Fitter Corporal [1]

Flight Lieutenant [1]

Flight Lieutenant (temp.) [1]

Flying Officer [1]

Gunner [1]

Honorary Brigadier [1]

Honorary Brigadier General [1]

Lance Corporal [1]

Lieutenant (District Officer) [1]

Lieutenant-Commander [1]

Major (District Officer) [1]

Major and Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major and Local Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major and Quarter Master [1]

Mech II [1]

Unit

Retired List [20]

General Staff [2]

Indian Army Retired List [2]

Reserve of Officers [2]

Royal Field Artillery [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

(On retired list) [1]

113th Infantry [1]

1st and 4th Armies Special Service [1]

2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys) [1]

2nd Lancers (Gardner's Horse) [1]

4th and 5th Corps [1]

5th Light Infantry [1]

6th (Manawatu) Mounted Rifles [1]

8th Cintingent [1]

8th Contingent [1]

Administrative and Special Duties Branch [1]

Army Cadet College [1]

Bengal Staff Corps [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

Dorset Regiment [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

General Branch [1]

H.M.S. 'Terrible' [1]

HMS Agamemnon [1]

HMS Arrogant [1]

HMS Blenheim [1]

HMS Boscawen [1]

HMS Castor [1]

HMS Centaur [1]

HMS Champion [1]

HMS Cochrane [1]

HMS Colleen [1]

HMS Collingwood [1]

HMS Danae [1]

HMS Defiance [1]

HMS Dominion [1]

HMS Doris [1]

HMS Drake [1]

HMS Hazard [1]

HMS Jupiter [1]

HMS KENT [1]

HMS Leven [1]

HMS Lynx [1]

HMS Murray [1]

HMS Pembroke [1]

HMS Pembroke III [1]

HMS President [1]

HMS President II (Dover) [1]

Service

British Army [25]

Royal Navy [5]

Indian Army [2]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

A [4]

B [3]

C [3]

D [3]

H [3]

W [3]

K [2]

P [2]

R [2]

S [2]

E [1]

F [1]

G [1]

M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [31]

Country

United Kingdom [8]

India [1]

New Zealand [1]

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People [31] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Burraton, St Germans, Cornwall [1] Chelsea [1] Hildenborough, Kent [1] Kensington, London [1] Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire [1] Naini Tal, India [1] New Cross, London [1] Wandsworth, London [1] Wellington [1]

Rank

Lieutenant [15] Captain [11] Major [10] Second Lieutenant [9] Lieutenant Colonel [6] Temporary Captain [3] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [2] Brigadier General [2] Colonel [2] Commander [2] Private [2] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] 3rd A/M [1] Acting Artificer Engineer [1] Acting Captain/Captain [1] Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Acting Paymaster [1] Acting Permanent Orderly Sergeant [1] Adjutant of Volunteers [1] Air Mechanic 1 Grade [1] Artificer Engineer [1] Assistant Clerk [1] Assistant Paymaster [1] Brevet Colonel [1] Captaian [1] Captain (District Officer) [1] Captain and Quarter Master [1] Chaplain to the Forces (Fourth Class) [1] Clerk [1] Colonel and Temporary Major General [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal [1] Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Fitter Corporal [1] Flight Lieutenant [1] Flight Lieutenant (temp.) [1] Flying Officer [1] Gunner [1] Honorary Brigadier [1] Honorary Brigadier General [1] Lance Corporal [1] Lieutenant (District Officer) [1] Lieutenant-Commander [1] Major (District Officer) [1] Major and Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major and Local Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major and Quarter Master [1] Mech II [1]

Unit

Retired List [20] General Staff [2] Indian Army Retired List [2] Reserve of Officers [2] Royal Field Artillery [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] (On retired list) [1] 113th Infantry [1] 1st and 4th Armies Special Service [1] 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys) [1] 2nd Lancers (Gardner's Horse) [1] 4th and 5th Corps [1] 5th Light Infantry [1] 6th (Manawatu) Mounted Rifles [1] 8th Cintingent [1] 8th Contingent [1] Administrative and Special Duties Branch [1] Army Cadet College [1] Bengal Staff Corps [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] Dorset Regiment [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] General Branch [1] H.M.S. 'Terrible' [1] HMS Agamemnon [1] HMS Arrogant [1] HMS Blenheim [1] HMS Boscawen [1] HMS Castor [1] HMS Centaur [1] HMS Champion [1] HMS Cochrane [1] HMS Colleen [1] HMS Collingwood [1] HMS Danae [1] HMS Defiance [1] HMS Dominion [1] HMS Doris [1] HMS Drake [1] HMS Hazard [1] HMS Jupiter [1] HMS KENT [1] HMS Leven [1] HMS Lynx [1] HMS Murray [1] HMS Pembroke [1] HMS Pembroke III [1] HMS President [1] HMS President II (Dover) [1]

Service

British Army [25] Royal Navy [5] Indian Army [2] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

A [4] B [3] C [3] D [3] H [3] W [3] K [2] P [2] R [2] S [2] E [1] F [1] G [1] M [1]

Contribution

Military Service [31]

Country

United Kingdom [8] India [1] New Zealand [1]

Arthur Samuel Field

British Army Captain and Quarter Master Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army Major and Quarter Master Retired List

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Edward Ralph Kenyon

British Army Colonel and Temporary Major General Retired List attached Special Duty Royal Engineers

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F G Hendley

British Army Major Retired List Inspector of Army Schools

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Bail Hanbury

British Army Major Warwickshire Yeomanry

British Army Major Special List

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Territorial Force Retired List

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Charles Marshall Sayers

British Army 47422 Fitter Corporal Royal Field Artillery

British Army Second Lieutenant Retired List

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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Jesse Wells

Born 1862

Died 1938

British Army Captain Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Major Royal Artillery

British Army Major Retired List

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Roderick Mackenzie Edwards

Born 1865

Died 1940

British Army Lieutenant Northamptonshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant The Queen's (Royal West Kent Regiment)

Indian Army Lieutenant Bengal Staff Corps Seconded from The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

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Philip Marrack

Born 1885

Died 1955

Royal Navy Assistant Clerk HMS Boscawen

Royal Navy Assistant Clerk HMS Jupiter

Royal Navy Clerk HMS Doris

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Reginald Hebert Radford

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Captain Royal Field Artillery

British Army Captain Retired List

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George Patrick Ranken

British Army Brevet Colonel 4th and 5th Corps

British Army Brevet Colonel Indian Army Retired List

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Lewis John Upton Way

British Army Second Lieutenant North Staffordshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant North Staffordshire Regiment Attached King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army Retired List

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