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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]

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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]

Bernard Cooney

Died 1918

British Army 242 Private Army Veterinary Corps

British Army 242 Acting Corporal Army Veterinary Corps

British Army R/242 Private Royal Army Veterinary Corps 6th Reserve Vet. Hosp.

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Henry Cooke Lowry

Born 1884

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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William R Tipper

Born 1870

Died 1919

British Army SE/11527 Private Army Veterinary Corps

British Army SE/11527 Corporal Army Veterinary Corps

British Army SE/11527 Lance Serjeant Royal Army Veterinary Corps

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James Craven

British Army SE/23450 Private Royal Defence Corps

British Army Private Royal Army Veterinary Corps 14th Veterinary Hospital

British Army 23450 Private Royal Army Veterinary Corps 14th Veterinary Hospital

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Lewis George Hodson

Born 1873

Died 1920

British Army 14518 Private Royal Army Veterinary Corps

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Patrick Hennessy

Born 1875

Died 1919

British Army SE/15484 Private Royal Army Veterinary Corps

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Handel Wilde

Born 1877

Died 1917

British Army SE/26972 Private Royal Army Veterinary Corps Depot (Woolwich)

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Joseph Redgrave

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army SE/20587 Private Royal Army Veterinary Corps

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Frederick George Evans

Born 1890

Died 1919

British Army SE/24003 Private Royal Army Veterinary Corps

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Frederick Moses Parrott

Born 1874

Died 1921

British Army SE/12182 Private Royal Army Veterinary Corps

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James Allam

Born 1884

British Army 12104 Driver Royal Engineers 4th Company

British Army SE/14239 Private Army Veterinary Corps

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Joseph D Graham

Died 1916

British Army SE/4272 Private Royal Army Veterinary Corps

British Army SE/4272 Private Army Veterinary Corps

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William Benn Cronyn

Born 1863

Died 1918

British Army Captain Royal Army Veterinary Corps

British Army Captain Army Veterinary Corps

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John Wilson Brownless

Born 1875

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Veterinary Corps

British Army Lieutenant Army Veterinary Corps

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W Douglas

Died 1919

British Army SE/4642 Private Army Veterinary Corps

British Army SE/4642 Private Royal Army Veterinary Corps

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Walter Francis Shore

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Army Veterinary Corps

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Army Veterinary Corps

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Marcus James Stevenson

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Army Veterinary Corps

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Veterinary Corps

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Thomas Tyson

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army SE/22394 Private Royal Army Veterinary Corps

British Army SE/22394 Private Army Veterinary Corps

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James Robertson

Born 1880

Died 1919

British Army SE/30157 Private Army Veterinary Corps

British Army 30157 Private Royal Army Veterinary Corps Depot

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Alfred Henry Clapp

Born 1874

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Army Veterinary Corps

British Army Lieutenant Army Veterinary Corps

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