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Bethnal Green, London [1]

Blackburn, Lancashire [1]

Brantford, Ontario [1]

Chelsea, London [1]

Chester Le Street, Durham [1]

Cleator Moor, Cumberland [1]

Cookstown, Tyrone [1]

Dudley, Worcestershire [1]

Eastbourne [1]

Embrun, Ontario [1]

Goderich, Ontario [1]

Goole [1]

Hamilton ON [1]

Hereford [1]

Heywood [1]

Holywood, County Down [1]

Kent [1]

London England [1]

Manchester [1]

Ottawa, Ontario [1]

Paris [1]

Peterborough [1]

Peterborough, Ontario [1]

Ryde, Isle of Wight [1]

Swanton Abbott , Norfolk [1]

Toronto, York, Ontario [1]

Tunbridge Wells, Kent [1]

Warwick, Warwickshire [1]

Wilkesport Ontario [1]

Wolverhampton [1]

Rank

Private [158]

Trooper [29]

Serjeant [26]

Lance Corporal [25]

Second Lieutenant [25]

Corporal [23]

Lieutenant [22]

Captain [14]

Sergeant [11]

Major [9]

Lieutenant Colonel [6]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Staff Serjeant Major [2]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Assistant Deputy Commisary [1]

Bandsman [1]

Bombardier [1]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [1]

Captain (A/Major) [1]

Colonel [1]

Corpora [1]

Farrier Sergeant [1]

Gunner [1]

Honorary Lieutenant [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [1]

Major General [1]

Pioneer [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Private/ Private/ Farrier Serjeant/ Farrier Serjeant [1]

Pte [1]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Sapper [1]

Sergeant Major [1]

Signal Corporal [1]

Signals Corporal [1]

Squadron Serjeant Major [1]

Staff Sergeant Farrier [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Unit

Royal Canadian Dragoons [277]

Imperial Army [21]

Royal Canadian Regiment [11]

Machine Gun Corps [10]

Royal Canadian Dragoons Imperial Army [7]

Dragoons [5]

Royal Canadian Dragoons Canadian Expeditionary Force [5]

Royal Field Artillery [5]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [4]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Dragoons [3]

Royal Engineers [3]

General Service Dragoons [2]

Indian Army [2]

Irish Guards [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Canadian Horse Artillery [2]

Royal West Surrey Regiment [2]

19th Alberta Dragoons [1]

1st Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

2nd Dragoons [1]

3rd Royal Canadian Regiment [1]

4th Royal Canadian Regiment [1]

5th Royal Canadian Regiment [1]

6th Dragoons [1]

722nd Labour Company [1]

7th Dragoon Guards [1]

9th Canadian Mounted Rifle Regiment [1]

Airforce Unit [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

Borden Motor Machine Gun Battery [1]

CCD [1]

Cameron Highlanders [1]

Canadian Field Artillery [1]

Canadian Forces [1]

Canadian Forces Headquarters Staff/ Royal Canadian Dragoons [1]

Canadian Forces/ Head Quarter Staff/ Royal Canadian Dragoons [1]

Canadian Forces/ Headquarters Staff/ Royal Canadian Dragoons [1]

Canadian Forces/ Staff/ Royal Canadian Dragoons [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Canadian Infantry Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Canadian Mounted Rifles [1]

Canadian Pioneers [1]

Candian Mounted Rifles [1]

Company of Dragoons [1]

Discharge Depot Quebec [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

Fort Garry Horse [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment and Special List [1]

Service

British Army [167]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [152]

Last name first letter

M [37]

B [33]

C [33]

W [29]

S [27]

R [18]

G [15]

H [15]

F [13]

D [12]

J [12]

P [12]

L [11]

E [10]

K [10]

N [9]

T [7]

V [5]

A [4]

I [2]

O [2]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [317]

Country

United Kingdom [8]

Canada [4]

United States [1]

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People [317] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Bethnal Green, London [1] Blackburn, Lancashire [1] Brantford, Ontario [1] Chelsea, London [1] Chester Le Street, Durham [1] Cleator Moor, Cumberland [1] Cookstown, Tyrone [1] Dudley, Worcestershire [1] Eastbourne [1] Embrun, Ontario [1] Goderich, Ontario [1] Goole [1] Hamilton ON [1] Hereford [1] Heywood [1] Holywood, County Down [1] Kent [1] London England [1] Manchester [1] Ottawa, Ontario [1] Paris [1] Peterborough [1] Peterborough, Ontario [1] Ryde, Isle of Wight [1] Swanton Abbott , Norfolk [1] Toronto, York, Ontario [1] Tunbridge Wells, Kent [1] Warwick, Warwickshire [1] Wilkesport Ontario [1] Wolverhampton [1]

Rank

Private [158] Trooper [29] Serjeant [26] Lance Corporal [25] Second Lieutenant [25] Corporal [23] Lieutenant [22] Captain [14] Sergeant [11] Major [9] Lieutenant Colonel [6] Staff Serjeant [3] Acting Serjeant [2] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [2] Staff Serjeant Major [2] Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Lance Serjeant [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Assistant Deputy Commisary [1] Bandsman [1] Bombardier [1] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [1] Captain (A/Major) [1] Colonel [1] Corpora [1] Farrier Sergeant [1] Gunner [1] Honorary Lieutenant [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [1] Major General [1] Pioneer [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Private/ Private/ Farrier Serjeant/ Farrier Serjeant [1] Pte [1] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Sapper [1] Sergeant Major [1] Signal Corporal [1] Signals Corporal [1] Squadron Serjeant Major [1] Staff Sergeant Farrier [1] Temporary Captain [1]

Unit

Royal Canadian Dragoons [277] Imperial Army [21] Royal Canadian Regiment [11] Machine Gun Corps [10] Royal Canadian Dragoons Imperial Army [7] Dragoons [5] Royal Canadian Dragoons Canadian Expeditionary Force [5] Royal Field Artillery [5] Canadian Expeditionary Force [4] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Dragoons [3] Royal Engineers [3] General Service Dragoons [2] Indian Army [2] Irish Guards [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Canadian Horse Artillery [2] Royal West Surrey Regiment [2] 19th Alberta Dragoons [1] 1st Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1] 2nd Dragoons [1] 3rd Royal Canadian Regiment [1] 4th Royal Canadian Regiment [1] 5th Royal Canadian Regiment [1] 6th Dragoons [1] 722nd Labour Company [1] 7th Dragoon Guards [1] 9th Canadian Mounted Rifle Regiment [1] Airforce Unit [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1] Borden Motor Machine Gun Battery [1] CCD [1] Cameron Highlanders [1] Canadian Field Artillery [1] Canadian Forces [1] Canadian Forces Headquarters Staff/ Royal Canadian Dragoons [1] Canadian Forces/ Head Quarter Staff/ Royal Canadian Dragoons [1] Canadian Forces/ Headquarters Staff/ Royal Canadian Dragoons [1] Canadian Forces/ Staff/ Royal Canadian Dragoons [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Canadian Infantry Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] Canadian Mounted Rifles [1] Canadian Pioneers [1] Candian Mounted Rifles [1] Company of Dragoons [1] Discharge Depot Quebec [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] Fort Garry Horse [1] Gloucestershire Regiment and Special List [1]

Service

British Army [167] Canadian Expeditionary Force [152]

Last name first letter

M [37] B [33] C [33] W [29] S [27] R [18] G [15] H [15] F [13] D [12] J [12] P [12] L [11] E [10] K [10] N [9] T [7] V [5] A [4] I [2] O [2] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [317]

Country

United Kingdom [8] Canada [4] United States [1]

Frank Sawers

Born 1888

Died 1931

Canadian Expeditionary Force Major Royal Canadian Dragoons

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Stanley Barke

Born 1892

Died 1920

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3787 Private Royal Canadian Dragoons

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3787 Private

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3787 Serjeant Royal Canadian Dragoons

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Aubrey William Gracy

Born 1895

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 226098

Canadian Expeditionary Force 226098 Trooper Royal Canadian Dragoons

Canadian Expeditionary Force 226098 Trooper Candian Mounted Rifles Royal Canadian Dragoons

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Thomas George Faulkner

Born 1885

Died 1920

Canadian Expeditionary Force 1266139 Staff Sergeant Farrier Royal Canadian Dragoons

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Clarence Douglas Blackwell

Born 1893

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 826

Canadian Expeditionary Force 826 Private Royal Canadian Dragoons

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Arthur Bourbonnais

Born 1892

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3796

Canadian Expeditionary Force 3796 Private Royal Canadian Dragoons

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Charles Henry Kelly

Died 1915

Canadian Expeditionary Force 580 Private Royal Canadian Dragoons

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Antoine Gaston Philippe D'orleans Et Braganza

Born 1881

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force Captain Royal Canadian Dragoons

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Ernest Alexander Wilson

Born 1896

Died 1915

Canadian Expeditionary Force 946

Canadian Expeditionary Force 946 Trooper Royal Canadian Dragoons

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Frank Conroy

Born 1879

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 548

Canadian Expeditionary Force 548 Private Royal Canadian Dragoons

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W F Montgomery

Died 1918

British Army 889 Private Royal Canadian Dragoons

British Army 889 Lance Corporal Royal Canadian Dragoons

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J Wilson

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 357 Private Royal Canadian Dragoons

British Army 357 Trooper Royal Canadian Dragoons

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Murray Welsh

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 15581 Acting Corporal Royal Canadian Dragoons

British Army 15581 Corporal Royal Canadian Dragoons

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Charles Turner Van Straubenzee

Born 1876

Died 1918

British Army Major Royal Canadian Dragoons

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Canadian Dragoons

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William Cullis

Born 1883

Died 1954

Canadian Expeditionary Force 300641 Private Canadian Field Artillery 14th Battery

Canadian Expeditionary Force 300641 Trooper Royal Canadian Dragoons

Canadian Expeditionary Force 300641 Private Fort Garry Horse

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Alexander Butler

Born 1888

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 541

Canadian Expeditionary Force 541 Private Royal Canadian Dragoons

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Albert Victor S Nordheimer

Born 1884

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force Lieutenant Royal Canadian Dragoons

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Charles Humble Gray

Born 1883

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 855

Canadian Expeditionary Force 855 Private Royal Canadian Dragoons

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Fred Charles Vockins

Born 1888

Died 1915

Canadian Expeditionary Force 71

Canadian Expeditionary Force 71 Private Royal Canadian Dragoons

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Harry Bruce

Born 1887

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 359

Canadian Expeditionary Force 359 Sergeant Royal Canadian Dragoons

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