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Place of birth

Merthyr, Glamorgan [2]

Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [1]

County Dublin [1]

Dawley, Shropshire [1]

Dilwyn, Herefordshire [1]

Edinburgh [1]

Erdington, Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire [1]

Glamorganshire [1]

Gravesend, Kent [1]

Hull, Yorkshire [1]

Hungerford,Berks [1]

Lambeth, London [1]

Montgomeryshire , Wales [1]

Nantwich [1]

Pontypridd, Glamorgan [1]

Rowledge, Surrey [1]

St Anns, Cork, County Cork [1]

Sunderland, Durham [1]

Teddington, Middlesex [1]

West Dean, Gloucestershire [1]

Rank

Lieutenant [56]

Second Lieutenant [37]

Captain [33]

Major [20]

Sapper [19]

Private [18]

Temporary Lieutenant [13]

Serjeant [11]

Temporary Captain [9]

Corporal [8]

Lieutenant Colonel [5]

Acting Major [4]

Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Company Serjeant Major /Acting Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Pioneer [3]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [3]

Acting Captain [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Lance Corporal [2]

Lieutenant /Temporary Major [2]

Lieutenant Acting Major [2]

Lieutenant/Temporary Captain [2]

Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Serjeant /Acting Company Serjeant Major [2]

2nd Lieut then Lieut [1]

Acting Major/ Acting Major [1]

Acting Major/Major [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Captain Acting Major [1]

Captain/ Acting Major [1]

Colonel [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant /Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Company Quarter Serjeant Major [1]

Driver [1]

Gunner [1]

Lance Corporal/Acting Corporal [1]

Lieutenant (Temporary) [1]

Lieutenant /Acting Major [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Lieutenant, temporary Major [1]

Lieutenant/ Temporary Captain [1]

Major /temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Marshal of the Royal Air Force [1]

Midshipman [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Quarter Master and Honorary Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [54]

Royal Engineers Special Reserve [36]

Special Reserve/ Royal Engineers [24]

Special Reserve [15]

Special Reserve/Royal Engineers [15]

Royal Engineers/Special Reserve [11]

South Wales Borderers [11]

South Wales Borderers (Special Reserve) [10]

Royal Engineers Postal Section [9]

Special Reserve Royal Engineers [7]

Postal Section Royal Engineers/Special Reserve [6]

Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers (Militia) [6]

Royal Engineers Postal Section Special Reserve [5]

Royal Garrison Artillery Special Reserve [5]

Special List [5]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4]

Staff [4]

Labour Corps [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Anglesey Royal Engineers/Special Reserve [3]

Royal Engineers Reserve Company Special Brigade [3]

Royal Engineers/Special Reserve/ Staff [3]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [3]

Special Reserve/Royal Engineers Postal Section [3]

London Regiment [2]

Postal Section Special Reserve/ Royal Engineers [2]

Royal Anglesey/Royal Engineers Special Reserve [2]

Royal Artillery [2]

Royal Engineers Special Reserve [2]

Royal Engineers Postal Section Special Reserve/Staff [2]

Royal Engineers/ Special Reserve [2]

Royal Engineers/Special Reserve/Staff [2]

Royal Monmouth Royal Engineers Special Reserve [2]

Royal Monmouth Royal Engineers/Special Reserve [2]

Royal Naval Reserve [2]

Seaforth Highlanders [2]

Welsh Regiment [2]

19th Hussars [1]

1st Garrison Battalion Special Reserve [1]

1st Garrison Battalion/ Special Reserve [1]

Attached Signal Squadrons Royal Engineers [1]

Border Regiment (Special Reserve) [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

General Headquarters Staff [1]

Glasgow Yeomanry [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

Highland Light Infantry [1]

Indian Army Reserve of Officers [1]

Service

British Army [208]

Royal Navy [6]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Last name first letter

H [29]

B [24]

M [22]

D [18]

G [16]

C [15]

S [13]

W [11]

F [10]

P [10]

R [9]

A [7]

L [7]

N [4]

E [3]

J [2]

K [2]

O [2]

V [2]

T [1]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [208]

Country

United Kingdom [6]

France [2]

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People [208] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Merthyr, Glamorgan [2] Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales [1] County Dublin [1] Dawley, Shropshire [1] Dilwyn, Herefordshire [1] Edinburgh [1] Erdington, Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire [1] Glamorganshire [1] Gravesend, Kent [1] Hull, Yorkshire [1] Hungerford,Berks [1] Lambeth, London [1] Montgomeryshire , Wales [1] Nantwich [1] Pontypridd, Glamorgan [1] Rowledge, Surrey [1] St Anns, Cork, County Cork [1] Sunderland, Durham [1] Teddington, Middlesex [1] West Dean, Gloucestershire [1]

Rank

Lieutenant [56] Second Lieutenant [37] Captain [33] Major [20] Sapper [19] Private [18] Temporary Lieutenant [13] Serjeant [11] Temporary Captain [9] Corporal [8] Lieutenant Colonel [5] Acting Major [4] Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [4] Acting Corporal [3] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Company Serjeant Major /Acting Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Pioneer [3] Temporary Second Lieutenant [3] Acting Captain [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Lance Corporal [2] Lieutenant /Temporary Major [2] Lieutenant Acting Major [2] Lieutenant/Temporary Captain [2] Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] Serjeant /Acting Company Serjeant Major [2] 2nd Lieut then Lieut [1] Acting Major/ Acting Major [1] Acting Major/Major [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Captain Acting Major [1] Captain/ Acting Major [1] Colonel [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant /Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Company Quarter Serjeant Major [1] Driver [1] Gunner [1] Lance Corporal/Acting Corporal [1] Lieutenant (Temporary) [1] Lieutenant /Acting Major [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Lieutenant, temporary Major [1] Lieutenant/ Temporary Captain [1] Major /temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major Lieutenant Colonel [1] Marshal of the Royal Air Force [1] Midshipman [1] Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Quarter Master and Honorary Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [54] Royal Engineers Special Reserve [36] Special Reserve/ Royal Engineers [24] Special Reserve [15] Special Reserve/Royal Engineers [15] Royal Engineers/Special Reserve [11] South Wales Borderers [11] South Wales Borderers (Special Reserve) [10] Royal Engineers Postal Section [9] Special Reserve Royal Engineers [7] Postal Section Royal Engineers/Special Reserve [6] Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers (Militia) [6] Royal Engineers Postal Section Special Reserve [5] Royal Garrison Artillery Special Reserve [5] Special List [5] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [4] Staff [4] Labour Corps [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Anglesey Royal Engineers/Special Reserve [3] Royal Engineers Reserve Company Special Brigade [3] Royal Engineers/Special Reserve/ Staff [3] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [3] Special Reserve/Royal Engineers Postal Section [3] London Regiment [2] Postal Section Special Reserve/ Royal Engineers [2] Royal Anglesey/Royal Engineers Special Reserve [2] Royal Artillery [2] Royal Engineers Special Reserve [2] Royal Engineers Postal Section Special Reserve/Staff [2] Royal Engineers/ Special Reserve [2] Royal Engineers/Special Reserve/Staff [2] Royal Monmouth Royal Engineers Special Reserve [2] Royal Monmouth Royal Engineers/Special Reserve [2] Royal Naval Reserve [2] Seaforth Highlanders [2] Welsh Regiment [2] 19th Hussars [1] 1st Garrison Battalion Special Reserve [1] 1st Garrison Battalion/ Special Reserve [1] Attached Signal Squadrons Royal Engineers [1] Border Regiment (Special Reserve) [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] General Headquarters Staff [1] Glasgow Yeomanry [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] Highland Light Infantry [1] Indian Army Reserve of Officers [1]

Service

British Army [208] Royal Navy [6] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Last name first letter

H [29] B [24] M [22] D [18] G [16] C [15] S [13] W [11] F [10] P [10] R [9] A [7] L [7] N [4] E [3] J [2] K [2] O [2] V [2] T [1] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [208]

Country

United Kingdom [6] France [2]

Charles Eustace Fishbourne

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Special Reserve

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers

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Frederick Guy Hill

Born 1884

Died 1962

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers

British Army Major Special Reserve

British Army temp Lt Colonel Royal Engineers

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Arthur James Latham

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Special Reserve Officers/Royal Engineers 185 Tunnelling Company

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Thomas Charles Richardson

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army Major Special Reserve/Royal Engineers

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Jeremiah Schofield

Born 1881

Died 1914

British Army Lance Corporal Royal Engineers Special Reserve Royal Anglesey RESR

British Army Sapper Royal Engineers Royal Anglesey Royal Engineers Special Reserve

British Army 5445 Corporal Royal Engineers

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Alexander Dewar

Born 1885

Died 1914

British Army Second Lieutenant Special Reserve Royal Engineers

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers

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Herbert Cecil Fanshawe

Born 1868

British Army Major Royal Engineers Special Reserve

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Frederick William Anderson

British Army 27467 Serjeant Major Special Reserve Royal Engineers

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Thomas Reynolds

Born 1880

Died 1919

British Army 3/9299 Private South Wales Borderers (Special Reserve) 3rd (Reserve) Battalion

British Army 3896 Sapper Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers (Militia)

British Army 9299 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Neil John Constable Farmer

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers

British Army Captain Royal Engineers Special Reserve

British Army Major Royal Engineers Special Reserve

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Douglas Harold Green

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers

British Army Major Royal Engineers Special Reserve

British Army Captain Royal Engineers Special Reserve

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Henry Walter Cowling

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers 74th and Company

British Army Acting Captain Royal Engineers Special Reserve

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers Special Reserve

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B I Chambers

British Army Lieutenant /Temporary Captain Special Reserve

British Army Lieutenant /Temporary Captain Royal Engineers

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J G Henderson

British Army Lieutenant /Temporary Major Special Reserve/ Royal Engineers

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J G Henderson

British Army Captain Special Reserve/ Royal Engineers

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F G Hill

British Army Lieutenant Special Reserve/ Royal Engineers

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H Higgs

British Army Lieutenant Special Reserve/ Royal Engineers

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A P H Holmes

British Army Lieutenant Special Reserve/ Royal Engineers

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C S Manning

British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers

British Army Captain Special Reserve

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E A Evans

British Army Royal Engineers Special Reserve

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