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Maidstone, Kent [5]

Brighton [2]

Dublin [2]

Thanet, Kent [2]

Woolwich [2]

Aberffraw, Anglesey, N Wales [1]

Allahabad [1]

Allington, Kent [1]

Arundel, Sussex [1]

Ashford, Kent [1]

Aylesford, Kent [1]

Barking, Essex [1]

Battle, Sussex [1]

Bedlington [1]

Bermondsey, London [1]

Billingshurst, Sussex [1]

Birkenhead [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Bombay [1]

Boxley, Kent [1]

Brandon Parva Norfolk [1]

Breedon on the Hill, Leicestershire [1]

Bridlington Quay, Yorkshire [1]

Bromsgrove [1]

Brotton-in-Cleveland, North Yorkshire [1]

Burgess Hill, Sussex [1]

Burham, Kent [1]

Burnley [1]

Burnley, Lancashire [1]

Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire [1]

Chard, Somerset [1]

Chelsea [1]

Cheswardine, Shropshire [1]

Clonmel [1]

Cottenham, Cambridgeshire [1]

County Meath [1]

Crail [1]

Crayford, Kent [1]

Crookham Hampshire [1]

Crumpsall Manchester [1]

Cutcombe, Somerset [1]

Denton, Lancashire [1]

Dover [1]

Dovercourt [1]

Dumbarton N B Kirkinland [1]

Dundee [1]

Eaglesham, Renfrewshire [1]

East Farleigh, Kent [1]

Eastbourne [1]

Rank

Private [6081]

Gunner [850]

Captain [807]

Driver [736]

Lieutenant [414]

Serjeant [311]

Corporal [220]

Second Lieutenant [184]

Acting Serjeant [161]

Major [154]

Staff Serjeant [131]

Acting Corporal [118]

Sapper [101]

Lance Corporal [62]

Horse Keeper [56]

Shoeing Smith [55]

Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [48]

Lieutenant Colonel [46]

Temporary Captain [43]

Private Acting Serjeant [40]

Acting Staff Serjeant [29]

Pioneer [28]

Bombardier [25]

Lance Bombardier [17]

Transport Serjeant [16]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [16]

Lance Serjeant [15]

Temporary Staff Serjeant [15]

Acting Bombardier [11]

Private Acting Corporal [11]

Acting Major [10]

Lieutenant and Quarter Master [10]

Signaller [10]

Colonel [9]

Quarter Master and Captain [9]

Housekeeper [8]

Quarter Master and Lieutenant [8]

Temporary Lieutenant [8]

Transport Corporal [7]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [6]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [6]

Farrier Staff Serjeant [6]

Private /Acting Staff Serjeant [6]

Temporary Major [6]

Captain Quarter Master [5]

Farrier Quartermaster Serjeant [5]

Farrier Serjeant [5]

Private /Acting Serjeant [5]

Sergeant [5]

Corporal 2nd [4]

Unit

Royal Army Veterinary Corps [5176]

Army Veterinary Corps [3723]

Royal Field Artillery [2627]

Royal Engineers [398]

Royal Fusiliers [345]

Royal Garrison Artillery [189]

Labour Corps [115]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [97]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [89]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [84]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [82]

Lancashire Fusiliers [74]

London Regiment [67]

Army Service Corps [61]

Royal Army Medical Corps [59]

Royal Army Service Corps [58]

Royal West Kent Regiment [57]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [52]

Royal Dragoons [45]

Lancers [42]

West Riding Regiment [41]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [38]

Royal Air Force [38]

Royal Sussex Regiment [37]

Yorkshire Regiment [36]

Royal Horse Artillery [35]

Army Veterinary Corps attached Royal Field Artillery [34]

York and Lancaster Regiment [32]

Royal Army Veterinary Corps attached Royal Field Artillery [30]

Rifle Brigade [29]

Royal Irish Rifles [27]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [23]

Royal Highlanders [22]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [21]

West Yorkshire Regiment [21]

Dragoon Guards [20]

Royal Scots [20]

Seaforth Highlanders [20]

Hampshire Regiment [19]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [19]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [18]

Army Ordnance Corps [17]

Royal Irish Regiment [17]

Manchester Regiment [16]

Essex Regiment [15]

Northumberland Fusiliers [15]

Machine Gun Corps [13]

Royal Army Veterinary Corps Territorial Force [13]

Royal Artillery [13]

Royal Defence Corps [13]

Service

British Army [8808]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Other Empire Force [2]

Royal Navy [2]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [940]

S [802]

M [795]

H [741]

C [708]

W [705]

P [496]

G [421]

D [416]

R [407]

T [376]

L [373]

A [283]

F [277]

J [251]

K [222]

E [189]

N [168]

O [110]

V [45]

I [29]

Y [29]

Q [14]

U [11]

Z [2]

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Military Service [8789]

Country

United Kingdom [87]

Canada [1]

Egypt [1]

France [1]

India [1]

Ireland [1]

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Maidstone, Kent [5] Brighton [2] Dublin [2] Thanet, Kent [2] Woolwich [2] Aberffraw, Anglesey, N Wales [1] Allahabad [1] Allington, Kent [1] Arundel, Sussex [1] Ashford, Kent [1] Aylesford, Kent [1] Barking, Essex [1] Battle, Sussex [1] Bedlington [1] Bermondsey, London [1] Billingshurst, Sussex [1] Birkenhead [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Bombay [1] Boxley, Kent [1] Brandon Parva Norfolk [1] Breedon on the Hill, Leicestershire [1] Bridlington Quay, Yorkshire [1] Bromsgrove [1] Brotton-in-Cleveland, North Yorkshire [1] Burgess Hill, Sussex [1] Burham, Kent [1] Burnley [1] Burnley, Lancashire [1] Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire [1] Chard, Somerset [1] Chelsea [1] Cheswardine, Shropshire [1] Clonmel [1] Cottenham, Cambridgeshire [1] County Meath [1] Crail [1] Crayford, Kent [1] Crookham Hampshire [1] Crumpsall Manchester [1] Cutcombe, Somerset [1] Denton, Lancashire [1] Dover [1] Dovercourt [1] Dumbarton N B Kirkinland [1] Dundee [1] Eaglesham, Renfrewshire [1] East Farleigh, Kent [1] Eastbourne [1]

Rank

Private [6081] Gunner [850] Captain [807] Driver [736] Lieutenant [414] Serjeant [311] Corporal [220] Second Lieutenant [184] Acting Serjeant [161] Major [154] Staff Serjeant [131] Acting Corporal [118] Sapper [101] Lance Corporal [62] Horse Keeper [56] Shoeing Smith [55] Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [48] Lieutenant Colonel [46] Temporary Captain [43] Private Acting Serjeant [40] Acting Staff Serjeant [29] Pioneer [28] Bombardier [25] Lance Bombardier [17] Transport Serjeant [16] Warrant Officer Class 2 [16] Lance Serjeant [15] Temporary Staff Serjeant [15] Acting Bombardier [11] Private Acting Corporal [11] Acting Major [10] Lieutenant and Quarter Master [10] Signaller [10] Colonel [9] Quarter Master and Captain [9] Housekeeper [8] Quarter Master and Lieutenant [8] Temporary Lieutenant [8] Transport Corporal [7] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [6] Corporal Acting Serjeant [6] Farrier Staff Serjeant [6] Private /Acting Staff Serjeant [6] Temporary Major [6] Captain Quarter Master [5] Farrier Quartermaster Serjeant [5] Farrier Serjeant [5] Private /Acting Serjeant [5] Sergeant [5] Corporal 2nd [4]

Unit

Royal Army Veterinary Corps [5176] Army Veterinary Corps [3723] Royal Field Artillery [2627] Royal Engineers [398] Royal Fusiliers [345] Royal Garrison Artillery [189] Labour Corps [115] Royal Berkshire Regiment [97] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [89] Royal Lancaster Regiment [84] Royal Irish Fusiliers [82] Lancashire Fusiliers [74] London Regiment [67] Army Service Corps [61] Royal Army Medical Corps [59] Royal Army Service Corps [58] Royal West Kent Regiment [57] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [52] Royal Dragoons [45] Lancers [42] West Riding Regiment [41] King's Royal Rifle Corps [38] Royal Air Force [38] Royal Sussex Regiment [37] Yorkshire Regiment [36] Royal Horse Artillery [35] Army Veterinary Corps attached Royal Field Artillery [34] York and Lancaster Regiment [32] Royal Army Veterinary Corps attached Royal Field Artillery [30] Rifle Brigade [29] Royal Irish Rifles [27] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [23] Royal Highlanders [22] Royal Scots Fusiliers [21] West Yorkshire Regiment [21] Dragoon Guards [20] Royal Scots [20] Seaforth Highlanders [20] Hampshire Regiment [19] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [19] Royal Munster Fusiliers [18] Army Ordnance Corps [17] Royal Irish Regiment [17] Manchester Regiment [16] Essex Regiment [15] Northumberland Fusiliers [15] Machine Gun Corps [13] Royal Army Veterinary Corps Territorial Force [13] Royal Artillery [13] Royal Defence Corps [13]

Service

British Army [8808] Canadian Expeditionary Force [3] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2] Other Empire Force [2] Royal Navy [2] Australian Imperial Force [1] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [940] S [802] M [795] H [741] C [708] W [705] P [496] G [421] D [416] R [407] T [376] L [373] A [283] F [277] J [251] K [222] E [189] N [168] O [110] V [45] I [29] Y [29] Q [14] U [11] Z [2]

Contribution

Military Service [8789]

Country

United Kingdom [87] Canada [1] Egypt [1] France [1] India [1] Ireland [1]

David Oliver Turnbull

Born 1879

British Army Lieutenant Army Veterinary Corps

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Army Veterinary Corps

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Edward William Hughes

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Veterinary Corps

British Army Lieutenant Army Veterinary Corps

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Daniel Adams

Born 1885

Died 1919

British Army SE14764 Acting Serjeant Army Veterinary Corps

British Army 14764 Sergeant Royal Army Veterinary Corps

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Harry Stephens

Born 1873

Died 1918

British Army TT/0629 Private Acting Serjeant Royal Army Veterinary Corps

British Army TT/0629 Serjeant Army Veterinary Corps

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Harry Edmund Bunyard

Born 1882

Died 1957

British Army SE/23420 Horse Keeper Army Veterinary Corps

British Army SE/23420 Private Royal Army Veterinary Corps 18th Veterinary Hospital

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Alfred W Wyatt

Born 1880

Died 1958

British Army SE/1472 Private Army Veterinary Corps

British Army 120144 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Frederick John Martin

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army SE/4997 Private Army Veterinary Corps

British Army 224538 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Dick Tucker

Born 1883

Died 1944

British Army SE/14900 Private Army Veterinary Corps

British Army 190508 Private Royal Field Artillery

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John Milton

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army Private Army Veterinary Corps

British Army Royal Horse Artillery

British Army 206449 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Enoch Harper

Born 1887

Died 1974

British Army 6220 Private Army Veterinary Corps

British Army 32971 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment 11th Unit

British Army 32971 Private Royal Lancaster Regiment 8th Unit

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Robert Smart Bone

Born 1884

British Army T 018 Private Army Veterinary Corps

British Army T 8 Private Army Veterinary Corps

British Army 337541 Private Army Veterinary Corps

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George William Dunkin

Born 1886

Died 1942

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Veterinary Corps

British Army Major Royal Army Veterinary Corps

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George Frederick Bertelsen

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army SE/20208 Private Army Veterinary Corps

British Army 44842 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

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William Henry Crouch

Born 1874

Died 1920

British Army 9858 Sergeant Royal Army Veterinary Corps

British Army 706655 Sergeant Labour Corps

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Thomas Francis Donworth

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant Army Veterinary Corps

British Army Captain Royal Army Veterinary Corps

British Army Captain Army Veterinary Corps

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Reginald Richard Todd

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 749 Acting Serjeant Army Veterinary Corps

British Army TT/01282 Acting Serjeant Army Veterinary Corps

British Army TT/01282 Serjeant Royal Army Veterinary Corps

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William Sinclair

Born 1885

Died 1919

British Army SE/11844 Private Acting Serjeant Army Veterinary Corps

British Army SE/11844 Transport Serjeant Army Veterinary Corps

British Army SE/11844 Serjeant Royal Army Veterinary Corps

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Alfred Hoskin

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant Army Veterinary Corps

British Army Captain Royal Army Veterinary Corps

British Army Captain Army Veterinary Corps

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Edward Metland

Born 1872

British Army HC/98 Horse Keeper Army Veterinary Corps

British Army TT/01424 Horse Keeper Army Veterinary Corps

British Army TT/01424 Horse Keeper Royal Army Veterinary Corps 9 Veterinary Evacuation Station

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James C. Parkinson

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army SE/3826 Private Army Veterinary Corps

British Army SE/3826 Acting Serjeant Army Veterinary Corps

British Army SE/3826 Serjeant Royal Army Veterinary Corps

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