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Place of birth

Maidstone, Kent [4]

Colchester [2]

Edinburgh, Scotland [2]

London [2]

67 Bentham Road, Hackney, London [1]

Abbyleix, Queen's County (Laois) [1]

Adlington, Lancashire [1]

Ballymena, Co Antrim [1]

Bangalore [1]

Barry, Glamorgan [1]

Bedford [1]

Birmingham [1]

Bodmin [1]

Boughton Lees, Kent [1]

Bridgeton, Glasgow [1]

Brighton, Sussex [1]

Bromley, Kent [1]

Bromley, Kent. [1]

Brussels [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Cawnpore, Bengal [1]

Chaddesden, Derbyshire [1]

Chelsea [1]

Chiswick, Middlesex [1]

Clerkenwell, London [1]

Congleton, Cheshire [1]

Cork [1]

Cupar, Fife [1]

Derby [1]

Dundee, Angus, Scotland. [1]

Dunfermline [1]

Eastbourne [1]

Ellesmere, Shropshire [1]

Epping, Essex [1]

Formby, Lancashire [1]

Gilberdyke, Howden [1]

Gillingham, Dorset [1]

Glasgow [1]

Glossop, Derbyshire [1]

Greenock, Renfrew [1]

Hackney, London [1]

Halsall, Lancashire [1]

Halton Heath, Shropshire [1]

Hamilton, Scotland [1]

Hampstead London [1]

Hampstead, London [1]

Heptonstall, Warwickshire [1]

High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire [1]

Huddersfield [1]

Hurley, Berkshire [1]

Rank

Private [1478]

Second Lieutenant [172]

Corporal [125]

Serjeant [125]

Lieutenant [117]

Captain [90]

Lance Corporal [89]

Sapper [46]

Gunner [24]

Major [24]

Acting Corporal [19]

Trooper [18]

Acting Serjeant [14]

Driver [13]

Staff Serjeant Major [12]

Lance Serjeant [10]

Lieutenant Colonel [7]

Pioneer [7]

Shoeing Smith [7]

Acting Captain [6]

Trumpeter [6]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [5]

Bandsman [4]

Corporal 2nd [4]

Farrier Serjeant [4]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [4]

Serjeant Major [4]

Temporary Captain [4]

Temporary Lieutenant [4]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [3]

Bombardier [3]

Boy [3]

Private Acting Corporal [3]

Regimental Serjeant Major [3]

Shoeing Smith Corporal [3]

Squadron Serjeant Major [3]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Brigadier General [2]

Captain and Quarter Master [2]

Corpora [2]

Corporal Shoeing Smith [2]

Lieutenant Captain [2]

Pri [2]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Saddler [2]

Unit

Dragoon Guards [814]

Royal Dragoon Guards [631]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [275]

Royal Engineers [243]

Machine Gun Corps [122]

Royal Field Artillery [116]

Corps of Dragoons [104]

4th Dragoon Guards [87]

6th Dragoon Guards [71]

Royal Flying Corps [66]

4th Dragoon Guards (Royal Irish) [63]

7th Dragoon Guards [63]

Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) [56]

5th Dragoon Guards [54]

Labour Corps [54]

Royal Air Force [52]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [52]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [50]

1st Dragoon Guards [46]

Company of Dragoons [42]

Royal Fusiliers [41]

Royal Army Service Corps [40]

Royal Canadian Regiment [40]

Royal Dragoons [39]

Army Veterinary Corps [36]

3rd Dragoon Guards [34]

Royal Scots [32]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [25]

2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys) [24]

Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [24]

Royal Garrison Artillery [23]

South Lancashire Regiment [21]

Army Service Corps [20]

Essex Yeomanry [20]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [18]

Royal Army Medical Corps [16]

1st Royal Canadian Regiment [15]

Military Mounted Police [14]

Royal Army Veterinary Corps [14]

Royal Defence Corps [14]

Royal West Kent Regiment [14]

Dorsetshire Regiment [13]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [13]

Highland Light Infantry [12]

Machine Gun Guards [12]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [12]

General Service Dragoons [11]

Royal Horse Artillery [11]

Royal Irish Dragoon Guards [11]

Tank Corps [11]

Service

British Army [1937]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [6]

Other Empire Force [5]

Royal Navy [4]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [320]

C [259]

G [150]

H [135]

M [129]

S [121]

A [110]

W [105]

F [102]

D [88]

R [72]

L [67]

P [65]

T [61]

K [38]

J [32]

E [24]

N [24]

O [12]

V [10]

I [7]

Y [4]

U [2]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1927]

Country

United Kingdom [52]

India [8]

Ireland [3]

Egypt [2]

South Africa [2]

New Zealand [1]

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Place of birth

Maidstone, Kent [4] Colchester [2] Edinburgh, Scotland [2] London [2] 67 Bentham Road, Hackney, London [1] Abbyleix, Queen's County (Laois) [1] Adlington, Lancashire [1] Ballymena, Co Antrim [1] Bangalore [1] Barry, Glamorgan [1] Bedford [1] Birmingham [1] Bodmin [1] Boughton Lees, Kent [1] Bridgeton, Glasgow [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Bromley, Kent [1] Bromley, Kent. [1] Brussels [1] Camberwell, London [1] Cawnpore, Bengal [1] Chaddesden, Derbyshire [1] Chelsea [1] Chiswick, Middlesex [1] Clerkenwell, London [1] Congleton, Cheshire [1] Cork [1] Cupar, Fife [1] Derby [1] Dundee, Angus, Scotland. [1] Dunfermline [1] Eastbourne [1] Ellesmere, Shropshire [1] Epping, Essex [1] Formby, Lancashire [1] Gilberdyke, Howden [1] Gillingham, Dorset [1] Glasgow [1] Glossop, Derbyshire [1] Greenock, Renfrew [1] Hackney, London [1] Halsall, Lancashire [1] Halton Heath, Shropshire [1] Hamilton, Scotland [1] Hampstead London [1] Hampstead, London [1] Heptonstall, Warwickshire [1] High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire [1] Huddersfield [1] Hurley, Berkshire [1]

Rank

Private [1478] Second Lieutenant [172] Corporal [125] Serjeant [125] Lieutenant [117] Captain [90] Lance Corporal [89] Sapper [46] Gunner [24] Major [24] Acting Corporal [19] Trooper [18] Acting Serjeant [14] Driver [13] Staff Serjeant Major [12] Lance Serjeant [10] Lieutenant Colonel [7] Pioneer [7] Shoeing Smith [7] Acting Captain [6] Trumpeter [6] Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [5] Bandsman [4] Corporal 2nd [4] Farrier Serjeant [4] Private Acting Lance Corporal [4] Serjeant Major [4] Temporary Captain [4] Temporary Lieutenant [4] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [3] Bombardier [3] Boy [3] Private Acting Corporal [3] Regimental Serjeant Major [3] Shoeing Smith Corporal [3] Squadron Serjeant Major [3] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [3] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [2] Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [2] Brigadier General [2] Captain and Quarter Master [2] Corpora [2] Corporal Shoeing Smith [2] Lieutenant Captain [2] Pri [2] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Saddler [2]

Unit

Dragoon Guards [814] Royal Dragoon Guards [631] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [275] Royal Engineers [243] Machine Gun Corps [122] Royal Field Artillery [116] Corps of Dragoons [104] 4th Dragoon Guards [87] 6th Dragoon Guards [71] Royal Flying Corps [66] 4th Dragoon Guards (Royal Irish) [63] 7th Dragoon Guards [63] Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) [56] 5th Dragoon Guards [54] Labour Corps [54] Royal Air Force [52] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [52] Royal Irish Fusiliers [50] 1st Dragoon Guards [46] Company of Dragoons [42] Royal Fusiliers [41] Royal Army Service Corps [40] Royal Canadian Regiment [40] Royal Dragoons [39] Army Veterinary Corps [36] 3rd Dragoon Guards [34] Royal Scots [32] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [25] 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys) [24] Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [24] Royal Garrison Artillery [23] South Lancashire Regiment [21] Army Service Corps [20] Essex Yeomanry [20] Royal Scots Fusiliers [18] Royal Army Medical Corps [16] 1st Royal Canadian Regiment [15] Military Mounted Police [14] Royal Army Veterinary Corps [14] Royal Defence Corps [14] Royal West Kent Regiment [14] Dorsetshire Regiment [13] King's Royal Rifle Corps [13] Highland Light Infantry [12] Machine Gun Guards [12] Royal Berkshire Regiment [12] General Service Dragoons [11] Royal Horse Artillery [11] Royal Irish Dragoon Guards [11] Tank Corps [11]

Service

British Army [1937] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [6] Other Empire Force [5] Royal Navy [4] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [320] C [259] G [150] H [135] M [129] S [121] A [110] W [105] F [102] D [88] R [72] L [67] P [65] T [61] K [38] J [32] E [24] N [24] O [12] V [10] I [7] Y [4] U [2] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1927]

Country

United Kingdom [52] India [8] Ireland [3] Egypt [2] South Africa [2] New Zealand [1]

Charles Frederick Clinch

Born 1891

British Army GS/8637 Private 4th Dragoon Guards

British Army Lance-Corporal 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards

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Edward Ernest Thomas

Born 1884

Died 1939

British Army Boy Royal Horse Artillery "S" Battery

British Army 5063 Private Royal Irish Dragoon Guards 4th

British Army 47891 Private Machine Gun Corps 12th M.G.Squadron

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George William Valentine Clements

Born 1831

Died 1916

British Army Captain Royal Dragoon Guards 1st Battalion

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The Honourable Julian Henry Francis Grenfell

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army Captain Royal Dragoon Guards 1st Battalion

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Francis Main Burnett

Died 1914

British Army 42 Private Royal Dragoon Guards 1st Battalion

British Army D/42 Private Royal Dragoon Guards 1st Battalion

British Army 42 Private Royal Dragoon Guards 1st Battalion

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Jonathan H Bray

Died 1916

British Army 5368 Private Royal Dragoon Guards 1st Battalion

British Army DN/5368 Private Royal Dragoon Guards 1st Battalion

British Army 5368 Private Royal Dragoon Guards 1st Battalion

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Arthur Herbert Rosdew Burn

Born 1892

Died 1914

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Dragoon Guards 1st Battalion

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Thomas George Thomas

Born 1892

Died 1971

British Army 11347 Private Dragoon Guards

British Army 278902 Private Royal Engineers

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Reginald James Burt

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 5930 Private Royal Dragoon Guards 1st Battalion

British Army D/5930 Private Royal Dragoon Guards 1st Battalion

British Army 5930 Private Royal Dragoon Guards 1st Battalion

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Reginald John Martin Barnett

Born 1887

Died 1914

British Army 6328 Corporal Royal Dragoon Guards 1st Battalion

British Army D/6328 Corporal Royal Dragoon Guards 1st Battalion

British Army 6328 Corporal Royal Dragoon Guards 1st Battalion

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William Gibbs

Died 1915

British Army 4477 Private Royal Dragoon Guards 1st Battalion

British Army 1DN/4477 Private Royal Dragoon Guards 1st Battalion

British Army 4477 Private Royal Dragoon Guards 1st Battalion

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Richard Bonsey

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 165 Shoeing Smith Royal Dragoon Guards 1st Battalion

British Army D/165 Private Royal Dragoon Guards 1st Battalion

British Army D/165 Private Royal Dragoon Guards 1st Battalion

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Edward Frederick William Tuffin

Born 1881

British Army 5137 Private King’s Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 1st Battalion

British Army 5325 Private Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) 2nd Battalion

British Army 5325 Lance Corporal (Unpaid) Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) 2nd Battalion

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James Winrow

Born 1878

Died 1915

British Army 3250 Private Dragoon Guards 2nd Battalion

British Army 33027 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 1st Battalion

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Joseph Ireland

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 4864 Private Dragoon Guards 4th Battalion

British Army 308882 Private Royal Engineers

British Army 308882 Sapper Royal Engineers Railway Operating Department

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Alexander Mchale

Died 1918

British Army 8124 Private Dragoon Guards

British Army D/8124 Private Dragoon Guards

British Army 8124 Private 4th Dragoon Guards (Royal Irish)

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James Young

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 3376 Private Dragoon Guards

British Army D/3376 Private Dragoon Guards

British Army 3376 Private 4th Dragoon Guards (Royal Irish)

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Harry Hemsworth

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army D/8645 Lance Corporal Dragoon Guards

British Army D/8645 Private Dragoon Guards

British Army D/8645 Private 4th Dragoon Guards (Royal Irish)

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John Horey

Born 1893

Died 1914

British Army 7834 Private Dragoon Guards

British Army D/7834 Private Dragoon Guards

British Army 7834 Private 4th Dragoon Guards (Royal Irish)

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John Ellery

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 6192 Private Dragoon Guards

British Army D/6192 Private Dragoon Guards

British Army 6192 Private 4th Dragoon Guards (Royal Irish)

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