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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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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]

Alfred Mcdonough

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 6149 Private Dragoon Guards

British Army D/6149 Corporal Dragoon Guards

British Army 6149 Corporal 4th Dragoon Guards (Royal Irish)

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John Henry

Died 1914

British Army 248 Lance Corporal Dragoon Guards

British Army D/248 Private Dragoon Guards

British Army 248 Lance Corporal 4th Dragoon Guards (Royal Irish)

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Charles Wilkin

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 3898 Corporal Dragoon Guards

British Army D/3898 Serjeant Dragoon Guards

British Army 3898 Serjeant 4th Dragoon Guards (Royal Irish)

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Thomas Mcdonald

Born 1892

Died 1914

British Army 4165 Private Dragoon Guards

British Army D/4165 Private Dragoon Guards

British Army 4165 Private 4th Dragoon Guards (Royal Irish)

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William Leonard

Died 1914

British Army 4651 Private Dragoon Guards

British Army D/4651 Private Dragoon Guards

British Army 4651 Private 4th Dragoon Guards (Royal Irish)

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Leonard Partridge

Born 1895

Died 1914

British Army 8248 Private Dragoon Guards

British Army D/8248 Private Dragoon Guards

British Army 8248 Private 4th Dragoon Guards (Royal Irish)

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Charles Nicholas Foster Browne

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Dragoon Guards 1st Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Dragoon Guards 1st Battalion

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James Albert Andrews

Born 1892

Died 1914

British Army 6703 Private Royal Dragoon Guards 1st Battalion

British Army 6703 Private Royal Dragoon Guards 1st Battalion

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Peter Clark

Died 1919

British Army D/4979 Private Royal Dragoon Guards 1st Battalion

British Army D/4979 Private Royal Dragoon Guards 1st Battalion

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Richard Grizzell

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 911 Private Royal Dragoon Guards 1st Battalion

British Army 911 Private Royal Dragoon Guards 1st Battalion

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John Bullion

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 5844 Corporal Royal Dragoon Guards 2nd Battalion

British Army IDN/5844 Serjeant Royal Dragoon Guards 2nd Battalion

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Gerald Hugh Fitzgerald

Born 1886

Died 1914

British Army Captain 4th Dragoon Guards

British Army Captain 4th Dragoon Guards (Royal Irish)

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Percy Smith

Died 1914

British Army 6867 Private Dragoon Guards

British Army 6867 Private 4th Dragoon Guards (Royal Irish)

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James Snow

Died 1914

British Army 5290 Serjeant Dragoon Guards

British Army 5290 Serjeant 4th Dragoon Guards (Royal Irish)

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William Jessie Calloway

Died 1914

British Army 5366 Serjeant Dragoon Guards

British Army 5366 Serjeant 4th Dragoon Guards (Royal Irish)

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Frank Perry

Born 1882

Died 1915

British Army GS/7337 Private Dragoon Guards

British Army GS/7337 Private 4th Dragoon Guards (Royal Irish)

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E F Loads

Died 1918

British Army 5014 Serjeant Dragoon Guards

British Army 5014 Serjeant 4th Dragoon Guards (Royal Irish)

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Arthur Cecil Hazelton

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 3834 Private Dragoon Guards

British Army 6591 Private Dragoon Guards

British Army 33045 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Walter Andrew James

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 2504 Lance Corporal Dragoon Guards

British Army 2504 Serjeant Dragoon Guards

British Army 246859 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

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George Porley

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 6833 Private Dragoon Guards

British Army 6833 Private 4th Dragoon Guards (Royal Irish)

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