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London [3]

Belper Derbyshire [1]

Bosmere, Suffolk [1]

Breadsall, Derbyshire [1]

Dunston, Lincolnshire [1]

Earl Sterndale, Derbyshire [1]

East Kirkby, Notts [1]

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Kersey, Suffolk [1]

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Surbiton Surrey [1]

Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire [1]

Worksop, Nottinghamshire [1]

Rank

Private [1184]

Corporal [85]

Serjeant [79]

Second Lieutenant [50]

Lance Corporal [45]

Lieutenant [39]

Captain [31]

Sapper [19]

Acting Serjeant [15]

Major [11]

Acting Corporal [10]

Trooper [7]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [7]

Gunner [5]

Lance Serjeant [5]

Private Acting Corporal [5]

Staff Serjeant Major [5]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Acting Captain [3]

Corporal 2nd [3]

Quartermaster Lieutenant [3]

Shoeing Smith [3]

Shoeing Smith Corporal [3]

Acting Staff Serjeant Major [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Driver [2]

Pioneer [2]

Private /Lance Corporal [2]

Private Acting Serjeant [2]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Farrier/Serjeant [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Adjutant/ Captain [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Brevet Major [1]

Captain Major [1]

Captain and Adjutant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Corporal Acting Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Corporal Shoeing Smith [1]

Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Farrier Serjeant [1]

Guardsman [1]

Interpreter [1]

Lance Corporal Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Lance Corporal/Acting Corporal [1]

Lance Serjeant /Acting Serjeant [1]

Unit

Sherwood Rangers [1051]

Corps of Hussars [798]

Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Sherwood Rangers [310]

Nottinghamshire Yeomanry [128]

Nottinghamshire Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry [90]

Nottingham Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry [79]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [76]

Royal Engineers [60]

Machine Gun Corps [48]

Nottinghamshire Yeomanry (Sherwood Rangers) [46]

Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry [43]

The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) [38]

Labour Corps [25]

Royal Air Force [18]

Gloucestershire Yeomanry [14]

Hussars [14]

Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [14]

Corps of Dragoons [12]

Military Mounted Police [12]

Army Service Corps [11]

North Irish Horse [10]

Notts Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry [10]

Staffordshire Yeomanry [9]

Derby Yeomanry [7]

Imperial Camel Corps [7]

Nova Scotia Regiment [7]

Berkshire Yeomanry [6]

County of London Yeomanry [6]

London Regiment [6]

Montgomeryshire Yeomanry [6]

Nottinghamshire Special Reserve Yeomanry [6]

Nova Scotia Regiment Yeomanry [6]

Royal Army Medical Corps [6]

Worcestershire Yeomanry [6]

Army Cyclist Corps [5]

Buckinghamshire Yeomanry [5]

General Service Dragoons [5]

Royal Garrison Artillery [5]

City of London Yeomanry [4]

Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry [4]

South Nottinghamshire Hussars [4]

Cheshire Regiment [3]

Company of Dragoons [3]

King Edward's Horse [3]

Royal Field Artillery [3]

Sherwood Rangers Cyclist Regiment [3]

Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry Territorial Force [3]

1/1st Nottinghamshire Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry [2]

1/1st Nottinghamshire Yeomanry [2]

11th Hussars [2]

Service

British Army [1457]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3]

Last name first letter

H [179]

S [164]

B [149]

W [140]

M [119]

C [105]

P [83]

R [76]

L [66]

T [66]

D [54]

G [52]

F [43]

A [33]

K [28]

J [26]

N [24]

E [19]

O [15]

V [10]

Y [3]

I [2]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1453]

Country

United Kingdom [12]

Canada [1]

Trinidad and Tobago [1]

United States [1]

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Place of birth

London [3] Belper Derbyshire [1] Bosmere, Suffolk [1] Breadsall, Derbyshire [1] Dunston, Lincolnshire [1] Earl Sterndale, Derbyshire [1] East Kirkby, Notts [1] Hanover Square, London [1] Hartley Wintney Hampshire [1] Kersey, Suffolk [1] Retford,Notts [1] Rotherhithe, Kent [1] Staveley, Derbyshire [1] Stevington, Bedfordshire [1] Surbiton Surrey [1] Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire [1] Worksop, Nottinghamshire [1]

Rank

Private [1184] Corporal [85] Serjeant [79] Second Lieutenant [50] Lance Corporal [45] Lieutenant [39] Captain [31] Sapper [19] Acting Serjeant [15] Major [11] Acting Corporal [10] Trooper [7] Warrant Officer Class 2 [7] Gunner [5] Lance Serjeant [5] Private Acting Corporal [5] Staff Serjeant Major [5] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Acting Captain [3] Corporal 2nd [3] Quartermaster Lieutenant [3] Shoeing Smith [3] Shoeing Smith Corporal [3] Acting Staff Serjeant Major [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Driver [2] Pioneer [2] Private /Lance Corporal [2] Private Acting Serjeant [2] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Farrier/Serjeant [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Adjutant/ Captain [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Brevet Major [1] Captain Major [1] Captain and Adjutant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Corporal Acting Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Corporal Shoeing Smith [1] Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Farrier Serjeant [1] Guardsman [1] Interpreter [1] Lance Corporal Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Lance Corporal/Acting Corporal [1] Lance Serjeant /Acting Serjeant [1]

Unit

Sherwood Rangers [1051] Corps of Hussars [798] Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Sherwood Rangers [310] Nottinghamshire Yeomanry [128] Nottinghamshire Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry [90] Nottingham Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry [79] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [76] Royal Engineers [60] Machine Gun Corps [48] Nottinghamshire Yeomanry (Sherwood Rangers) [46] Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry [43] The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) [38] Labour Corps [25] Royal Air Force [18] Gloucestershire Yeomanry [14] Hussars [14] Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [14] Corps of Dragoons [12] Military Mounted Police [12] Army Service Corps [11] North Irish Horse [10] Notts Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry [10] Staffordshire Yeomanry [9] Derby Yeomanry [7] Imperial Camel Corps [7] Nova Scotia Regiment [7] Berkshire Yeomanry [6] County of London Yeomanry [6] London Regiment [6] Montgomeryshire Yeomanry [6] Nottinghamshire Special Reserve Yeomanry [6] Nova Scotia Regiment Yeomanry [6] Royal Army Medical Corps [6] Worcestershire Yeomanry [6] Army Cyclist Corps [5] Buckinghamshire Yeomanry [5] General Service Dragoons [5] Royal Garrison Artillery [5] City of London Yeomanry [4] Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry [4] South Nottinghamshire Hussars [4] Cheshire Regiment [3] Company of Dragoons [3] King Edward's Horse [3] Royal Field Artillery [3] Sherwood Rangers Cyclist Regiment [3] Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry Territorial Force [3] 1/1st Nottinghamshire Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry [2] 1/1st Nottinghamshire Yeomanry [2] 11th Hussars [2]

Service

British Army [1457] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3]

Last name first letter

H [179] S [164] B [149] W [140] M [119] C [105] P [83] R [76] L [66] T [66] D [54] G [52] F [43] A [33] K [28] J [26] N [24] E [19] O [15] V [10] Y [3] I [2] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1453]

Country

United Kingdom [12] Canada [1] Trinidad and Tobago [1] United States [1]

Henry Charles Frederick Pelham-Clinton

Born 1892

Died 1968

British Army Second Lieutenant Nottinghamshire Yeomanry (Sherwood Rangers)

British Army Lieutenant Nottinghamshire Yeomanry (Sherwood Rangers)

British Army Captain Nottinghamshire Yeomanry (Sherwood Rangers)

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Joseph Gregory

Born 1886

Died 1914

British Army 2390 Private Notts Yeomanry (Sherwood Rangers)

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W E Stockdale

British Army Sherwood Rangers

British Army Second Lieutenant Sherwood Rangers

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Frank Pickard

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 2188 Private Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Sherwood Rangers

British Army 2188 Private Sherwood Rangers

British Army 2188 Private Nottinghamshire Yeomanry (Sherwood Rangers)

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John Peniston Milbanke

Born 1872

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Colonel The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)

British Army 10th Hussars

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Royal Sussex Regiment 3rd and 4th Battalions

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E W Makins

British Army Lieutenant Sherwood Rangers

British Army Captain Sherwood Rangers

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George John Darcy Schumach

British Army Quartermaster Lieutenant Sherwood Rangers

British Army Quartermaster Sherwood Rangers

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Joseph Dronfield

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 1496 Private Sherwood Rangers

British Army 1496 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 1496 Private Nottinghamshire Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry 1/1st Battalion

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Wilfrid Francis Waddington

British Army 175 Warrant Officer Class 2 Sherwood Rangers

British Army Quarter Master and Lieutenant Sherwood Rangers

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John William Cooper

Born 1893

British Army 2336 Private Nottinghamshire Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry

British Army 2336 Private Sherwood Rangers

British Army 275629 Private Corps of Hussars

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Douglas Warner Turner

British Army Lieutenant Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry

British Army Captain Sherwood Rangers

British Army Major Sherwood Rangers

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Arthur Varney

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 32110 Corporal Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Sherwood Rangers

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John William Hewitt

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army 2945 Private Nottinghamshire Yeomanry (Sherwood Rangers) 3rd/1st

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Eric Davies

British Army Second Lieutenant Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry

British Army Captain Sherwood Rangers

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Orrock Mills Doulton

Born 1880

Died 1922

British Army Lieutenant Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Sherwood Rangers

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Walter Haigh

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 1833 Private Sherwood Rangers

British Army 204780 Private Hampshire Regiment

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Thomas Smith

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 1172 Private Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Sherwood Rangers

British Army Second Lieutenant Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment attached Camel Corps

British Army Lieutenant Nottinghamshire Yeomanry (Sherwood Rangers) attached 7th Hussars

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Reginald William Clark

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 1309 Serjeant Nottingham Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry

British Army 1309 Serjeant Sherwood Rangers

British Army Second Lieutenant The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)

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Alonza Green

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 2366 Private Nottinghamshire Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry

British Army 2366 Private Sherwood Rangers

British Army 275650 Private Corps of Hussars

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Charles Whitworth

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army 935 Private Acting Corporal Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Sherwood Rangers

British Army 935 Acting Corporal Sherwood Rangers

British Army 935 Acting Corporal Corps of Hussars

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