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Place of birth

Bedminster, Bristol [2]

Yate, Gloucestershire [2]

Barton Regis, Gloucestershire [1]

Bedminster, Somerset [1]

Beverstone,Tetbury,Gloucestershire.. [1]

Brooklyn, New York [1]

Broom, Bidford, Alcester, Warwickshire, England [1]

Caldicot, Monmouthshire [1]

Camarthen, Wales [1]

Carshalton, Surrey [1]

Cheltenham [1]

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1]

Colchester [1]

Derby, Derbyshire [1]

Echt, Aberdeenshire [1]

Gloucester [1]

Haverhill, Suffolk [1]

Kilmarnock Ayrshire SCOTLAND [1]

Knowle, Somerset [1]

Marylebone, London [1]

Muchelney, Somerset [1]

Nailsworth, Gloucestershire [1]

Nelson, South Island [1]

Nuneham Courtenay [1]

Nuthall Nottinghamshire [1]

Portishead, Somerset [1]

Shirehampton,Barton Regis,Gloucestershire [1]

Singapore Straits Settlements [1]

St Peter Port [1]

St Tudy, Cornwall [1]

Stonehouse, Stroud, Gloucestershire [1]

Stroud, Gloucester [1]

Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire [1]

West Wymer, Norwich [1]

Wimborne Minster, Dorset [1]

Rank

Private [175]

Second Lieutenant [47]

Lieutenant [38]

Captain [29]

Lance Corporal [22]

Serjeant [20]

Trooper [13]

Corporal [11]

Major [7]

Staff Serjeant Major [4]

Acting Lance Corporal [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Sapper [3]

Acting Captain [2]

Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Pioneer [2]

Squadron Serjeant Major [2]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Farrier Serjeant [1]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Acting Lieutenent Colonel [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Second Lieutenant [1]

Acting Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Boy cadet [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Lieutenant (Reliquishing Temp. Major as service battalions disbanded) [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Lieutenant Colonel Quarter Master [1]

Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1]

Major Quarter Master [1]

P [1]

Private Lance Corporal [1]

Quarter Master [1]

Quarter Master and Captain [1]

Regimental Sergeant Major [1]

Sergeant [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Squadron Sergeant Major [1]

Staff Corporal [1]

Sub Lieutenant [1]

Temp. Captain [1]

Temp. Lieutenant [1]

Temp. Major [1]

Trumpeter [1]

Unit

Royal Gloucestershire Hussars [160]

Royal Gloucestershire Hussars Yeomanry [75]

Corps of Hussars [62]

Gloucestershire Yeomanry [51]

Gloucestershire Regiment [33]

Gloucestershire Hussars [32]

Hussars [15]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [14]

Royal Field Artillery [13]

Royal Air Force [10]

Royal Engineers [9]

Royal Army Service Corps [6]

Royal Flying Corps [6]

Gloucestershire Hussars Yeomanry [4]

Royal Garrison Artillery [3]

Royal Gloucestershire Yeomanry [3]

Worcestershire Regiment [3]

3rd Hussars [2]

Army Service Corps [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Labour Corps [2]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Royal Defence Corps [2]

Scots Guards [2]

Yorkshire Hussars [2]

1/1st Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

1/30th Punjabis [1]

11th Sikh Regiment [1]

15th Hussars [1]

19th Hussars [1]

20th Hussars [1]

21st Lancers [1]

4th (Queens Own) Hussars [1]

4th Hussars [1]

4th Queens Own Hussars [1]

6th Reserve Cavalry [1]

7th Hussars [1]

8th (Kings Royal Irish) Hussars [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Ayrshire Yeomanry [1]

Berkshire Yeomanry [1]

Border Regiment [1]

Commanding Gloucestershire Yeomanry [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

Dorset Yeomanry [1]

Dragoon Guards [1]

East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry [1]

Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [1]

Ganges [1]

Gloucestershire Yeomanry (Royal Gloucestershire Hussars) [1]

Service

British Army [292]

Royal Navy [2]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

H [29]

P [29]

C [26]

B [23]

M [22]

S [21]

G [19]

T [16]

W [16]

A [14]

L [12]

F [10]

R [10]

E [8]

J [8]

D [7]

K [7]

N [4]

O [3]

Y [3]

I [2]

V [2]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [282]

Country

United Kingdom [25]

Guernsey [1]

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People [292] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Bedminster, Bristol [2] Yate, Gloucestershire [2] Barton Regis, Gloucestershire [1] Bedminster, Somerset [1] Beverstone,Tetbury,Gloucestershire.. [1] Brooklyn, New York [1] Broom, Bidford, Alcester, Warwickshire, England [1] Caldicot, Monmouthshire [1] Camarthen, Wales [1] Carshalton, Surrey [1] Cheltenham [1] Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1] Colchester [1] Derby, Derbyshire [1] Echt, Aberdeenshire [1] Gloucester [1] Haverhill, Suffolk [1] Kilmarnock Ayrshire SCOTLAND [1] Knowle, Somerset [1] Marylebone, London [1] Muchelney, Somerset [1] Nailsworth, Gloucestershire [1] Nelson, South Island [1] Nuneham Courtenay [1] Nuthall Nottinghamshire [1] Portishead, Somerset [1] Shirehampton,Barton Regis,Gloucestershire [1] Singapore Straits Settlements [1] St Peter Port [1] St Tudy, Cornwall [1] Stonehouse, Stroud, Gloucestershire [1] Stroud, Gloucester [1] Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire [1] West Wymer, Norwich [1] Wimborne Minster, Dorset [1]

Rank

Private [175] Second Lieutenant [47] Lieutenant [38] Captain [29] Lance Corporal [22] Serjeant [20] Trooper [13] Corporal [11] Major [7] Staff Serjeant Major [4] Acting Lance Corporal [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Sapper [3] Acting Captain [2] Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Pioneer [2] Squadron Serjeant Major [2] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Farrier Serjeant [1] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Acting Lieutenent Colonel [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Second Lieutenant [1] Acting Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Boy cadet [1] Brigadier General [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Lieutenant (Reliquishing Temp. Major as service battalions disbanded) [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Lieutenant Colonel Quarter Master [1] Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1] Major Quarter Master [1] P [1] Private Lance Corporal [1] Quarter Master [1] Quarter Master and Captain [1] Regimental Sergeant Major [1] Sergeant [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Squadron Sergeant Major [1] Staff Corporal [1] Sub Lieutenant [1] Temp. Captain [1] Temp. Lieutenant [1] Temp. Major [1] Trumpeter [1]

Unit

Royal Gloucestershire Hussars [160] Royal Gloucestershire Hussars Yeomanry [75] Corps of Hussars [62] Gloucestershire Yeomanry [51] Gloucestershire Regiment [33] Gloucestershire Hussars [32] Hussars [15] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [14] Royal Field Artillery [13] Royal Air Force [10] Royal Engineers [9] Royal Army Service Corps [6] Royal Flying Corps [6] Gloucestershire Hussars Yeomanry [4] Royal Garrison Artillery [3] Royal Gloucestershire Yeomanry [3] Worcestershire Regiment [3] 3rd Hussars [2] Army Service Corps [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] Labour Corps [2] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [2] Royal Defence Corps [2] Scots Guards [2] Yorkshire Hussars [2] 1/1st Royal Garrison Artillery [1] 1/30th Punjabis [1] 11th Sikh Regiment [1] 15th Hussars [1] 19th Hussars [1] 20th Hussars [1] 21st Lancers [1] 4th (Queens Own) Hussars [1] 4th Hussars [1] 4th Queens Own Hussars [1] 6th Reserve Cavalry [1] 7th Hussars [1] 8th (Kings Royal Irish) Hussars [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Ayrshire Yeomanry [1] Berkshire Yeomanry [1] Border Regiment [1] Commanding Gloucestershire Yeomanry [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] Dorset Yeomanry [1] Dragoon Guards [1] East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry [1] Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [1] Ganges [1] Gloucestershire Yeomanry (Royal Gloucestershire Hussars) [1]

Service

British Army [292] Royal Navy [2] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

H [29] P [29] C [26] B [23] M [22] S [21] G [19] T [16] W [16] A [14] L [12] F [10] R [10] E [8] J [8] D [7] K [7] N [4] O [3] Y [3] I [2] V [2] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [282]

Country

United Kingdom [25] Guernsey [1]

Michael Hugh Hicks-Beach M.p., Viscount Quenington

Born 1877

Died 1916

British Army Captain Gloucestershire Yeomanry

British Army Lieutenant Royal Gloucestershire Hussars

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Albert Ernest Arkell

Born 1879

Died 1938

British Army Serjeant Gloucestershire Yeomanry (Royal Gloucestershire Hussars)

British Army Second Lieutenant Gloucestershire Yeomanry (Royal Gloucestershire Hussars) Cavalry Remount Service

British Army Lieutenant Gloucestershire Yeomanry (Royal Gloucestershire Hussars) Cavalry Remount Service

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Bence Cox

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 2063 Private Gloucestershire Hussars

British Army 2063 Private Gloucestershire Yeomanry

British Army 235137 Private Corps of Hussars

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Gerald Nolekin Horlick

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant Royal Gloucestershire Hussars

British Army Major Royal Gloucestershire Hussars

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Frederick Lewis

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 2534 Private Gloucestershire Hussars

British Army 2531 Private Gloucestershire Yeomanry

British Army 235387 Private Corps of Hussars

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Harry Taysum

Born 1880

Died 1915

British Army 1985 Private Gloucestershire Hussars

British Army 1985 Private Gloucestershire Yeomanry

British Army 1985 Private Corps of Hussars

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Richard Garnett Thompson

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 2523 Private Yorkshire Hussars

British Army 330335 Private Gloucestershire Yeomanry

British Army 330335 Serjeant Royal Gloucestershire Hussars

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Harry Eric Such

Born 1876

Died 1918

British Army 1609 Serjeant Royal Gloucestershire Hussars

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Ernest James (laddie) Brouard

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 2465 Private Gloucestershire Hussars

British Army Private Royal Gloucestershire Hussars

British Army 2465 Private Royal Gloucestershire Hussars

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Herbert Or Hubert Charles Craddock

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 1723 Trumpeter Gloucestershire Hussars

British Army 3773 Trumpeter Gloucestershire Yeomanry

British Army 3773 Trumpeter Royal Fusiliers Hussars

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Hubert Viveash

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 1770 Private Gloucestershire Hussars

British Army 1770 Private Royal Gloucestershire Hussars

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James J Kearney

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army 2241 Private Gloucestershire Hussars

British Army 2241 Private Gloucestershire Yeomanry

British Army 2241 Private Corps of Hussars

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John Harvey

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 2426 Acting Lance Corporal Gloucestershire Hussars

British Army 2426 Private Gloucestershire Hussars

British Army 2426 Private Royal Gloucestershire Hussars

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Howard Vincent Gwilliam

Born 1899

Died 1949

British Army 2874 Private Gloucestershire Hussars

British Army 2874 Private Gloucestershire Yeomanry

British Army 235443 Private Corps of Hussars

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Hugh Bagnall Gething

Born 1883

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Gloucestershire Hussars Yeomanry

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Gloucestershire Hussars

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Arthur Rowe

Died 1915

British Army 2092 Lance Corporal Gloucestershire Hussars

British Army 2092 Private Gloucestershire Yeomanry

British Army 2092 Lance Corporal Royal Gloucestershire Hussars

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Ernest Henry Pulham

Born 1880

Died 1916

British Army 2947 Acting Lance Corporal Gloucestershire Hussars

British Army 2947 Private Gloucestershire Yeomanry

British Army 2947 Lance Corporal Royal Gloucestershire Hussars

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Walter Mann

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army 2642 Private Gloucestershire Hussars

British Army 2642 Private Gloucestershire Yeomanry

British Army 2642 Private Royal Gloucestershire Hussars

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George Edwin White

Born 1900

Died 1917

British Army 235747 Private Royal Gloucestershire Hussars

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Elisha Leopold John Partridge

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 3856 Private Royal Gloucestershire Hussars

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