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London [2]

35, Gelly Rd, Gelly, Rhondda, [1]

Abbeyfeale, County Limerick [1]

Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Ballymoney, County Antrim [1]

Brighton, Sussex [1]

Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire [1]

Christchurch, Hampshire [1]

Cirencester,Gloucestershire. [1]

Comber, County Down [1]

Cupar, Fife [1]

Douglas, Isle of Man [1]

Edinburgh [1]

Hamilton, Scotland [1]

Islington, London [1]

Limerick [1]

Listowel, County Kerry [1]

Macclesfield, Cheshire [1]

Northwood. Ramsgate, Kent. [1]

Ravensthorpe, Northamptonshire [1]

Reaghan, Pallas [1]

St Martin [1]

St Pancras, London [1]

Walcote, Leicestershire [1]

Walton Le Dale, Lancashire [1]

Welshpool, Montgomeryshire [1]

Rank

Private [106]

Second Lieutenant [22]

Lieutenant [17]

Corporal [14]

Captain [11]

Serjeant [11]

Lance Corporal [10]

Rifleman [3]

Sapper [3]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Bodyguard to G.O.C. [1]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel and Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Farrier Quartermaster Sergeant [1]

Flight Lieutenant [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant Colonel and Brevet Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [1]

Major [1]

Major General [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

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

R.S.M [1]

Second-Lieutenant [1]

Sergeant [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Sub Conductor [1]

Trooper [1]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

5th (Royal Irish) Lancers [54]

Lancers [41]

Corps of Lancers [39]

5th Lancers [28]

Royal Irish Rifles [27]

Royal Irish Regiment [23]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [17]

Royal Irish Lancers [14]

5th Royal Irish Lancers [11]

Royal Engineers [7]

12th Lancers [4]

South Irish Horse [4]

16th Lancers [3]

Labour Corps [3]

(Royal Irish) Lancers [2]

17th Lancers [2]

2nd Royal Irish Rifles [2]

Corps of Hussars [2]

Indian Army [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

North Irish Horse [2]

Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Field Artillery [2]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [2]

Tank Corps [2]

12th Royal Lancers [1]

15th Bengal Lancers [1]

15th Lancers [1]

17th Lancers (8th Reserve Cavalry Regiment) [1]

18th King George's Own Lancers attached 4th Dragoon Guards (Royal Irish) [1]

1st North Irish Horse [1]

21st (Empress of India’s) Lancers [1]

21st Lancers [1]

2nd Lancers 2/117th Mahrattas [1]

35th Scinde Horse [1]

4th Dragoon Guards [1]

5th (Royal Irish) Lancers attached Indian Army [1]

5th Lancers Royal Irish [1]

5th Royal Irish Fusiliers [1]

5th Royal Irish Lancers 17th Cavalry Indian Army [1]

6th Royal Irish Rifles [1]

7th Lancers [1]

9th Lancers [1]

Army Reserve [1]

Attached Officer Cadet Battalion [1]

Bedford Yeomanry [1]

Cavalry [1]

Corps of Dragoons [1]

Corps of Lancers. 5th Lancers (Royal Irish). [1]

Service

British Army [158]

Indian Army [2]

Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

B [25]

M [16]

S [16]

C [13]

H [12]

R [9]

F [8]

G [7]

L [7]

D [6]

K [6]

N [5]

O [5]

W [5]

J [4]

P [4]

T [4]

A [2]

E [1]

I [1]

V [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [149]

Country

United Kingdom [16]

Ireland [1]

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People [158] Stories Communities

Place of birth

London [2] 35, Gelly Rd, Gelly, Rhondda, [1] Abbeyfeale, County Limerick [1] Aston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Ballymoney, County Antrim [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire [1] Christchurch, Hampshire [1] Cirencester,Gloucestershire. [1] Comber, County Down [1] Cupar, Fife [1] Douglas, Isle of Man [1] Edinburgh [1] Hamilton, Scotland [1] Islington, London [1] Limerick [1] Listowel, County Kerry [1] Macclesfield, Cheshire [1] Northwood. Ramsgate, Kent. [1] Ravensthorpe, Northamptonshire [1] Reaghan, Pallas [1] St Martin [1] St Pancras, London [1] Walcote, Leicestershire [1] Walton Le Dale, Lancashire [1] Welshpool, Montgomeryshire [1]

Rank

Private [106] Second Lieutenant [22] Lieutenant [17] Corporal [14] Captain [11] Serjeant [11] Lance Corporal [10] Rifleman [3] Sapper [3] Acting Serjeant [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Bodyguard to G.O.C. [1] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel and Lieutenant Colonel [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Farrier Quartermaster Sergeant [1] Flight Lieutenant [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant Colonel and Brevet Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [1] Major [1] Major General [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Private/ Private/ Farrier Serjeant/ Farrier Serjeant [1] R.S.M [1] Second-Lieutenant [1] Sergeant [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Sub Conductor [1] Trooper [1] Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

5th (Royal Irish) Lancers [54] Lancers [41] Corps of Lancers [39] 5th Lancers [28] Royal Irish Rifles [27] Royal Irish Regiment [23] Royal Irish Fusiliers [17] Royal Irish Lancers [14] 5th Royal Irish Lancers [11] Royal Engineers [7] 12th Lancers [4] South Irish Horse [4] 16th Lancers [3] Labour Corps [3] (Royal Irish) Lancers [2] 17th Lancers [2] 2nd Royal Irish Rifles [2] Corps of Hussars [2] Indian Army [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] North Irish Horse [2] Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Field Artillery [2] Royal Munster Fusiliers [2] Tank Corps [2] 12th Royal Lancers [1] 15th Bengal Lancers [1] 15th Lancers [1] 17th Lancers (8th Reserve Cavalry Regiment) [1] 18th King George's Own Lancers attached 4th Dragoon Guards (Royal Irish) [1] 1st North Irish Horse [1] 21st (Empress of India’s) Lancers [1] 21st Lancers [1] 2nd Lancers 2/117th Mahrattas [1] 35th Scinde Horse [1] 4th Dragoon Guards [1] 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers attached Indian Army [1] 5th Lancers Royal Irish [1] 5th Royal Irish Fusiliers [1] 5th Royal Irish Lancers 17th Cavalry Indian Army [1] 6th Royal Irish Rifles [1] 7th Lancers [1] 9th Lancers [1] Army Reserve [1] Attached Officer Cadet Battalion [1] Bedford Yeomanry [1] Cavalry [1] Corps of Dragoons [1] Corps of Lancers. 5th Lancers (Royal Irish). [1]

Service

British Army [158] Indian Army [2] Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

B [25] M [16] S [16] C [13] H [12] R [9] F [8] G [7] L [7] D [6] K [6] N [5] O [5] W [5] J [4] P [4] T [4] A [2] E [1] I [1] V [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [149]

Country

United Kingdom [16] Ireland [1]

Harry Harris

Born 1873

Died 1951

British Army L/7701 Private 5th Lancers

British Army Corporal 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers

British Army Sergeant 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers

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George Critchett Juler

Born 1887

Died 1914

British Army Second-Lieutenant (Royal Irish) Lancers 5th

British Army Lieutenant (Royal Irish) Lancers 5th

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Lawrence Martin

Born 1895

Died 1985

British Army G/42094 Private Middlesex Regiment 13th Battalion

British Army G/42094 Private Middlesex Regiment 20th Battalion

British Army 23065 Private 5th Royal Irish Lancers A Squadron

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John Alexander Henry Batten-Pooll

Born 1889

Died 1965

British Army Captain Lancers

British Army Captain Cavalry

British Army Lieutenant 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers

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James Henry Louis Smith

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 4913 Private Lancers

British Army L/4913 Lance Corporal Lancers

British Army Lance Corporal 5th Royal Irish Lancers

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Albert John Russell

Born 1884

Died 1914

British Army SL/7018 Serjeant (Royal Irish) Lancers 5th Battalion

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John Arthur Talbot Rice

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant Lancers

British Army Captain Royal Irish Lancers 5th Battalion

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James Victor Nicholson

Born 1888

British Army 6947 Private 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers

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Leonard Joseph Stapleford

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army 4050 Lancers

British Army 3/5143 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 2nd Battalion

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Oscar Bentley

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 7022 Private 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers

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William Holt

Died 1917

British Army L/2032 Private Lancers

British Army L/2032 Private 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers

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David Mckay

Born 1891

Died 1914

British Army 3654 Private Lancers 5th Lancers (Royal Irish).

British Army L/3654 Lance Corporal 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers

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John Lee

Born 1878

Died 1918

British Army 5L/5558 Private 12th Lancers

British Army 5L/5558 Private 5th Lancers

British Army 5558 Private 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers

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Clarence Osborne

Died 1916

British Army L4130 Private Lancers

British Army 4130 Private 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers

British Army 4130 Lance Corporal 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers

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Alexander Irwin

Born 1892

British Army L/3229 Corporal Lancers

British Army L/3229 Serjeant Lancers

British Army L/3229 R.S.M 5th Royal Irish Lancers

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Charles Fennell Brenchley

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 7458 Private 5th Lancers

British Army 7458 Private 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers

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Taliesin Lewis

Born 1895

Died 1945

British Army 11586 Private 17th Lancers (8th Reserve Cavalry Regiment)

British Army 3/5067 Private Royal Irish Rifles 3rd Battalion

British Army 3/5067 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 2nd Battalion

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Arthur James Scarlett

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army 6297 Private 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers "B" Sqdn.

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Christopher Charles Corbin

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army 8578 Lancers

British Army 4990 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 2nd Battalion

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George Mcclung

British Army 5L/5322 Private 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers

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