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41 Glenthorne Road Hammersmith Middlesex England [1]

Acton, Middlesex [1]

Adelaide [1]

Barming, Kent [1]

Berkshire [1]

Bexley, Kent [1]

Braamsfontein, Johannesburg [1]

Cheltenham [1]

Choma [1]

Colchester [1]

Fareham, Hampshire [1]

Hammersmith London [1]

Handsworth, Staffs [1]

Hollingbourne, Kent [1]

Holloway, London [1]

Kingsbridge, Devon, England [1]

Lewisham [1]

New Hay, Rochdale, Lancashire [1]

Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire [1]

Penge, Surrey [1]

Queenstown, Cape, South Africa [1]

Quetta [1]

Rhodesia [1]

Rushton, Northamptonshire [1]

Staplehay, Taunton, Somerset [1]

Tottenham [1]

Walton on the Hill, Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [2101]

Serjeant [193]

Lieutenant [158]

Second Lieutenant [132]

Corporal [116]

Lance Corporal [109]

Captain [93]

3rd Serjeant [46]

Acting Corporal [25]

Major [25]

Staff Serjeant [22]

Rifleman [20]

Colour Serjeant [17]

Sapper [15]

Trooper [14]

Company Serjeant Major [13]

Acting Lance Corporal [11]

Temporary Lieutenant [11]

Driver [10]

Gunner [9]

Scout [9]

Lance Serjeant [7]

Acting Serjeant [6]

Corporal 2nd [6]

Lance Constable [6]

Serjeant Major [6]

Acting Major [5]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [5]

Lieutenant Colonel [5]

Regimental Serjeant Major [5]

Signaller [5]

1st Serjeant [4]

Acting Captain [4]

Intelligence Agent [4]

Sergeant [4]

Temporary Captain [4]

2nd Serjeant [3]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [3]

Mechanic [3]

Native Constable [3]

Pioneer [3]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [3]

Private Acting Serjeant [3]

Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Surgeon Captain [3]

Temporary Major [3]

1st Constable [2]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Unit

Rhodesia Native Regiment [1338]

Rhodesia Regiment [919]

2nd Rhodesia Regiment [310]

South African Infantry Brigade [231]

British South African Police [113]

North Rhodesia Regiment [60]

King's African Rifles [57]

1st Rhodesia Regiment [46]

Royal Air Force [40]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [37]

South African Infantry [36]

South African Supply Corps [17]

Royal Engineers [13]

East African Labour Corps [12]

South African Irish Regiment [12]

Kimberley Regiment [11]

Royal Field Artillery [11]

East Africa Pay Corps [9]

East African Military Labour Corps [9]

Rhodhesia Regiment [9]

South African Medical Corps [9]

South African Mounted Rifles [9]

Royal Army Service Corps [8]

South African Engineers [7]

General List [6]

North Rhodesian Rifles [6]

Royal Fusiliers [6]

South African Native Labour Corps [6]

East African Intelligence Department [5]

Royal Garrison Artillery [5]

Tank Corps [5]

Transvaal Scottish [5]

2nd Kimberley Regiment [4]

East Africa Unattached List [4]

East African Forces [4]

Imperial Light Horse [4]

Machine Gun Corps [4]

North Rhodesian Police [4]

Nyasaland Field Force [4]

South African Horse Artillery [4]

South African Infantry attached Rhodesia Native Regiment [4]

1st Rhodhesia Regiment [3]

East Africa Supply Corps [3]

East African Motor Transport Corps [3]

Rand Rifles [3]

Royal Horse Artillery [3]

Royal Sussex Regiment [3]

South Africa Infantry Brigade [3]

South African Service Corps [3]

1/1st Staffordshire Yeomanry [2]

Service

British Army [2652]

South African Services [18]

Other Empire Force [3]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Last name first letter

M [490]

S [238]

C [230]

B [190]

K [164]

N [130]

H [123]

T [121]

W [115]

D [107]

G [104]

L [98]

J [91]

A [78]

P [75]

R [71]

F [66]

V [38]

E [36]

Z [34]

Y [18]

O [17]

U [10]

I [8]

Q [3]

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Military Service [2655]

Country

United Kingdom [18]

Zimbabwe [4]

South Africa [3]

India [1]

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41 Glenthorne Road Hammersmith Middlesex England [1] Acton, Middlesex [1] Adelaide [1] Barming, Kent [1] Berkshire [1] Bexley, Kent [1] Braamsfontein, Johannesburg [1] Cheltenham [1] Choma [1] Colchester [1] Fareham, Hampshire [1] Hammersmith London [1] Handsworth, Staffs [1] Hollingbourne, Kent [1] Holloway, London [1] Kingsbridge, Devon, England [1] Lewisham [1] New Hay, Rochdale, Lancashire [1] Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire [1] Penge, Surrey [1] Queenstown, Cape, South Africa [1] Quetta [1] Rhodesia [1] Rushton, Northamptonshire [1] Staplehay, Taunton, Somerset [1] Tottenham [1] Walton on the Hill, Liverpool, Lancashire [1]

Rank

Private [2101] Serjeant [193] Lieutenant [158] Second Lieutenant [132] Corporal [116] Lance Corporal [109] Captain [93] 3rd Serjeant [46] Acting Corporal [25] Major [25] Staff Serjeant [22] Rifleman [20] Colour Serjeant [17] Sapper [15] Trooper [14] Company Serjeant Major [13] Acting Lance Corporal [11] Temporary Lieutenant [11] Driver [10] Gunner [9] Scout [9] Lance Serjeant [7] Acting Serjeant [6] Corporal 2nd [6] Lance Constable [6] Serjeant Major [6] Acting Major [5] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [5] Lieutenant Colonel [5] Regimental Serjeant Major [5] Signaller [5] 1st Serjeant [4] Acting Captain [4] Intelligence Agent [4] Sergeant [4] Temporary Captain [4] 2nd Serjeant [3] Lieutenant Acting Captain [3] Mechanic [3] Native Constable [3] Pioneer [3] Private Acting Lance Corporal [3] Private Acting Serjeant [3] Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Surgeon Captain [3] Temporary Major [3] 1st Constable [2] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Unit

Rhodesia Native Regiment [1338] Rhodesia Regiment [919] 2nd Rhodesia Regiment [310] South African Infantry Brigade [231] British South African Police [113] North Rhodesia Regiment [60] King's African Rifles [57] 1st Rhodesia Regiment [46] Royal Air Force [40] King's Royal Rifle Corps [37] South African Infantry [36] South African Supply Corps [17] Royal Engineers [13] East African Labour Corps [12] South African Irish Regiment [12] Kimberley Regiment [11] Royal Field Artillery [11] East Africa Pay Corps [9] East African Military Labour Corps [9] Rhodhesia Regiment [9] South African Medical Corps [9] South African Mounted Rifles [9] Royal Army Service Corps [8] South African Engineers [7] General List [6] North Rhodesian Rifles [6] Royal Fusiliers [6] South African Native Labour Corps [6] East African Intelligence Department [5] Royal Garrison Artillery [5] Tank Corps [5] Transvaal Scottish [5] 2nd Kimberley Regiment [4] East Africa Unattached List [4] East African Forces [4] Imperial Light Horse [4] Machine Gun Corps [4] North Rhodesian Police [4] Nyasaland Field Force [4] South African Horse Artillery [4] South African Infantry attached Rhodesia Native Regiment [4] 1st Rhodhesia Regiment [3] East Africa Supply Corps [3] East African Motor Transport Corps [3] Rand Rifles [3] Royal Horse Artillery [3] Royal Sussex Regiment [3] South Africa Infantry Brigade [3] South African Service Corps [3] 1/1st Staffordshire Yeomanry [2]

Service

British Army [2652] South African Services [18] Other Empire Force [3] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Last name first letter

M [490] S [238] C [230] B [190] K [164] N [130] H [123] T [121] W [115] D [107] G [104] L [98] J [91] A [78] P [75] R [71] F [66] V [38] E [36] Z [34] Y [18] O [17] U [10] I [8] Q [3]

Contribution

Military Service [2655]

Country

United Kingdom [18] Zimbabwe [4] South Africa [3] India [1]

Harold Edward Prew

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 943 Corporal Rhodesia Regiment

South African Services Lieutenant 2nd Rhodesia Regiment South African Infantry

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Norman Clifford Holmes

Born 1886

Died 1970

British Army 1083 Private Rhodesia Regiment

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George Bryan Schunck

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 1064 Private Rhodesia Regiment

British Army 1064 Private Rhodesian Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Victor Charles Alexander

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army 662 Private 2nd Rhodesia Regiment

British Army 662 Private Rhodesia Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Edward Brown Hurr

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army 1060 Serjeant Rhodesia Regiment

British Army 1060 Private Rhodesia Regiment

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Samuel Mellor

Born 1878

Died 1916

British Army 555 Serjeant Rhodesia Regiment

British Army 555 Private Rhodesia Regiment

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Thomas Robert Landy Savory

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 969 Serjeant Rhodesia Regiment

British Army 969 Private Rhodesia Regiment

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Robert S Morrison

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army 630 Corporal Rhodesia Regiment

British Army 630 Lance Corporal Rhodesia Regiment

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Thomas Ely

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 521 Private Rhodesia Regiment

British Army 521 Rifleman Rhodesia Regiment

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David Morris

Born 1883

Died 1916

British Army 498 Lance Corporal Rhodesia Regiment

British Army 498 Private Rhodesia Regiment

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William Offley Mccarthy

Born 1880

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant Rhodesia Regiment

British Army Captain Rhodesia Regiment

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Robert R Cameron

Died 1917

British Army 475 Serjeant Rhodesia Regiment

British Army 475 Private Rhodesia Regiment

British Army 475 Lance Corporal Rhodesia Regiment

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George Arthur Partridge

Born 1877

Died 1916

British Army 1061 Private Rhodesia Regiment

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John Howard Williams

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 796 Private Rhodesia Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Rhodesia Native Regiment

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Denis Becker

Died 1916

British Army 1510 Private 2nd Rhodesia Regiment

British Army 1510 Private Rhodesia Regiment

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Alexander Mcintosh Cormack

Born 1875

Died 1917

British Army 731 Private 2nd Rhodesia Regiment

British Army 731 Private Rhodesia Regiment

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Arthur Graham Green

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 850 Private 2nd Rhodesia Regiment

British Army 850 Private Rhodesia Regiment

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Alfred Crossland

Born 1876

Died 1916

British Army 1063 Private 2nd Rhodesia Regiment

British Army 1063 Private Rhodesia Regiment

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Frank S. Allen

Died 1917

British Army 830 Corporal 2nd 2nd Rhodesia Regiment

British Army 830 Corporal Rhodesia Regiment

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Cecil A De Lautour

Died 1915

British Army 465 Private 2nd Rhodesia Regiment

British Army 465 Private Rhodesia Regiment

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