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Burraton, St Germans, Cornwall [1]

Buxton, Derbyshire [1]

Chelsea [1]

Dundrum Co Dublin [1]

Ffestiniog, Merionethshire, Wales [1]

Hildenborough, Kent [1]

Kensington, London [1]

Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire [1]

Naini Tal, India [1]

New Cross, London [1]

Punjab [1]

Ramsgate, Kent [1]

Southsea, Portsmouth [1]

Walton in Gordano, Somerset [1]

Wandsworth, London [1]

Wellington [1]

Rank

Lieutenant [19]

Captain [17]

Lieutenant Colonel [13]

Major [13]

Colonel [12]

Second Lieutenant [12]

Brigadier General [7]

Commander [4]

Lance Corporal [4]

Brevet Colonel [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Corporal [2]

Midshipman [2]

Private [2]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

3rd A/M [1]

Acting Artificer Engineer [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Captain/Captain [1]

Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Acting Lieutenant [1]

Acting Paymaster [1]

Acting Permanent Orderly Sergeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Adjutant of Volunteers [1]

Air Mechanic 1 Grade [1]

Artificer Engineer [1]

Assistant Clerk [1]

Assistant Paymaster [1]

Cadet [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]

Commodore 2nd Class [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Engineer/ Commander [1]

Fitter Corporal [1]

Flight Lieutenant [1]

Flight Lieutenant (temp.) [1]

Flying Officer [1]

Gunner [1]

Honorary Brigadier [1]

Unit

Retired List [20]

Retired Pay [10]

Indian Army (Retired) [4]

Retired Indian Army [4]

Indian Army Retired [3]

Retired [3]

General Staff [2]

HMS Jupiter [2]

HMS Victory [2]

Indian Army Retired List [2]

Infantry Brigade [2]

London Regiment [2]

Reserve of Officers [2]

Retired Pay Reserve of Officers [2]

Royal Artillery [2]

Royal Field Artillery [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Royal Indian Navy (Retired) [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 Submarine Flotilla, China Station [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]

Assistant Censor Indian Army Retired [1]

Bengal Staff Corps [1]

Border Regiment [1]

Britannia Royal Naval College [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

Dorset Regiment [1]

Draft Conducting Officer [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

General Branch [1]

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

H.M.S. Pembroke I [1]

HM Dockyard Gibraltar [1]

HM Dockyard Sheerness [1]

HMS Agamemnon [1]

HMS Arrogant [1]

HMS Blenheim [1]

HMS Boscawen [1]

HMS Britannia [1]

Service

British Army [62]

Royal Navy [8]

Indian Army [2]

Other Empire Force [2]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [9]

B [8]

A [7]

R [6]

C [5]

F [5]

P [5]

M [4]

D [3]

S [3]

W [3]

E [2]

K [2]

V [2]

G [1]

J [1]

L [1]

N [1]

O [1]

T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [70]

Country

United Kingdom [12]

Bolivia, Plurinational State of [1]

India [1]

New Zealand [1]

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People [70] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Burraton, St Germans, Cornwall [1] Buxton, Derbyshire [1] Chelsea [1] Dundrum Co Dublin [1] Ffestiniog, Merionethshire, Wales [1] Hildenborough, Kent [1] Kensington, London [1] Kirkcaldy, Fifeshire [1] Naini Tal, India [1] New Cross, London [1] Punjab [1] Ramsgate, Kent [1] Southsea, Portsmouth [1] Walton in Gordano, Somerset [1] Wandsworth, London [1] Wellington [1]

Rank

Lieutenant [19] Captain [17] Lieutenant Colonel [13] Major [13] Colonel [12] Second Lieutenant [12] Brigadier General [7] Commander [4] Lance Corporal [4] Brevet Colonel [3] Temporary Captain [3] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [2] Corporal [2] Midshipman [2] Private [2] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] 3rd A/M [1] Acting Artificer Engineer [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Captain/Captain [1] Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Acting Lieutenant [1] Acting Paymaster [1] Acting Permanent Orderly Sergeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Adjutant of Volunteers [1] Air Mechanic 1 Grade [1] Artificer Engineer [1] Assistant Clerk [1] Assistant Paymaster [1] Cadet [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] Commodore 2nd Class [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Engineer/ Commander [1] Fitter Corporal [1] Flight Lieutenant [1] Flight Lieutenant (temp.) [1] Flying Officer [1] Gunner [1] Honorary Brigadier [1]

Unit

Retired List [20] Retired Pay [10] Indian Army (Retired) [4] Retired Indian Army [4] Indian Army Retired [3] Retired [3] General Staff [2] HMS Jupiter [2] HMS Victory [2] Indian Army Retired List [2] Infantry Brigade [2] London Regiment [2] Reserve of Officers [2] Retired Pay Reserve of Officers [2] Royal Artillery [2] Royal Field Artillery [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Royal Indian Navy (Retired) [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 Submarine Flotilla, China Station [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] Assistant Censor Indian Army Retired [1] Bengal Staff Corps [1] Border Regiment [1] Britannia Royal Naval College [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] Dorset Regiment [1] Draft Conducting Officer [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] General Branch [1] H.M.S. 'Terrible' [1] H.M.S. Pembroke I [1] HM Dockyard Gibraltar [1] HM Dockyard Sheerness [1] HMS Agamemnon [1] HMS Arrogant [1] HMS Blenheim [1] HMS Boscawen [1] HMS Britannia [1]

Service

British Army [62] Royal Navy [8] Indian Army [2] Other Empire Force [2] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [9] B [8] A [7] R [6] C [5] F [5] P [5] M [4] D [3] S [3] W [3] E [2] K [2] V [2] G [1] J [1] L [1] N [1] O [1] T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [70]

Country

United Kingdom [12] Bolivia, Plurinational State of [1] India [1] New Zealand [1]

Alexander Macwhirter Renny

Born 1854

Died 1925

British Army Colonel Retired Indian Army

British Army Lieutenant Colonel London Regiment 1/15

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Harry Thomas Norman Rose

Born 1880

Died 1963

Royal Navy M9840 Junior Reserve Attendant H.M.S. Pembroke I

Royal Navy M9840 Junior Reserve Attendant Retired Sailor's Home - Chatham

Royal Navy M9840 Senior Reserve Attendant Retired Sailor's Home - Chatham

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Reginald Brooke

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Retired

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Percy Eustace De Bathe Brandon

Born 1875

Died 1949

New Zealand Expeditionary Force Temporary Captain New Zealand Home Guard Wellington City Battalion

New Zealand Expeditionary Force Lieutenant Heretaunga Mounted Rifles

New Zealand Expeditionary Force Captain Wellington Mounted Rfiles 2nd Regiment

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Charles Edwin Laurence Harris

Born 1896

Died 1996

British Army 3232 Private London Regiment 3/28th (County of London) Battalion (Artist’s Rifles)

British Army 3232 Private London Regiment 1/28th (County of London) Battalion (Artist’s Rifles)

British Army Lance Corporal London Regiment 1/28th (County of London) Battalion (Artist’s Rifles)

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Andrew Kyles Birrell

Born 1881

Died 1942

Royal Navy 270943 Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class

Royal Navy 270943 Engine Room Artificer 4th Class

Royal Navy 270943 Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class

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Percy Jack Clayson

Born 1896

Died 1970

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 68983 3rd A/M

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant

Royal Navy F2216 Mech II HMS Pembroke III

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Hugh Le Geyt Kensington

Born 1886

British Army Second Lieutenant Rifle Brigade

British Army Lieutenant Retired List

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Frederick Charles Lloyd

Born 1860

Died 1957

British Army Brigadier General Infantry Brigade

British Army Brigadier General Retired Pay

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Edward Robert Francis Compton

Born 1891

Died 1977

British Army Lieutenant 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys)

British Army Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps Cavalry Brigade

British Army Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

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Stuart Ainsworth

Born 1890

Died 1970

British Army 207855 Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 Royal Engineers

British Army Acting Captain Royal Engineers

British Army Captain Royal Engineers (Retired)

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John Derwent Allen

Born 1875

Died 1958

Royal Navy Vice-Admiral

Royal Navy Vice Admiral (On retired list)

Royal Navy Lieutenant

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William Howley Beaumont Heygate

Born 1854

Died 1928

British Army Captain Retired Pay late Royal Artillery

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Edward Hogarth Molesworth

Born 1854

Died 1943

British Army Brigadier General Indian Army Retired

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E G Bayliss

British Army Major Retired List

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H W Jackson

British Army Temporary Major General Retired Pay

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F H Arnold

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Retired List

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Douglas E Hope

British Army Lieutenant Retired Pay

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O T Hawthorne

British Army Second Lieutenant Retired Pay

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F R S Churchward

British Army Colonel Retired Pay

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