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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]

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]

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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]

Thomas Henshaw

Died 1918

British Army 2761 Private Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Sherwood Rangers

British Army 2761 Private Sherwood Rangers

British Army 275956 Private Corps of Hussars

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William Moss

Born 1898

Died 1915

British Army 2203 Private Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Sherwood Rangers

British Army 2203 Private Sherwood Rangers

British Army 2203 Private Corps of Hussars

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Robert Martin

Died 1918

British Army 2509 Private Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Sherwood Rangers

British Army 2509 Private Sherwood Rangers

British Army 275754 Private Corps of Hussars

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James Richard Mellish

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 1713 Private Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Sherwood Rangers

British Army 1713 Private Sherwood Rangers

British Army 275167 Private Corps of Hussars

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David Hercules Green

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 1635 Private Nottinghamshire Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry

British Army 1635 Private Sherwood Rangers

British Army 275152 Private Corps of Hussars

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Edgar R S Foster

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army 2413 Private Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Sherwood Rangers

British Army 2413 Private Sherwood Rangers

British Army 2413 Private Corps of Hussars

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Alfred G Simpson

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 1962 Private Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Sherwood Rangers

British Army 1962 Private Sherwood Rangers

British Army 275352 Private Corps of Hussars

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Tom Brown

Born 1875

Died 1915

British Army 1979 Private Nottinghamshire Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry

British Army 1979 Private Nottinghamshire Yeomanry (Sherwood Rangers)

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Arthur Sanderson

Died 1916

British Army 2261 Private Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Sherwood Rangers

British Army 2261 Private Nottinghamshire Yeomanry (Sherwood Rangers)

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Leonard George Heath

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army Captain Nottinghamshire Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry

British Army Captain Nottinghamshire Yeomanry (Sherwood Rangers)

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David D Walker

Died 1915

British Army 1534 Private Nottinghamshire Yeomanry

British Army 1534 Private Sherwood Rangers

British Army 1534 Private Nottinghamshire Yeomanry (Sherwood Rangers)

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Roland Churchill Layton

Died 1918

British Army Captain Nottinghamshire Yeomanry

British Army Captain Nottingham Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry

British Army Captain Nottinghamshire Yeomanry (Sherwood Rangers)

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Michael Theodore Waterhouse

Born 1888

Died 1968

British Army Lieutenant Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Sherwood Rangers

British Army Major Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Sherwood Rangers

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Richard Furston Henry Williams

Born 1867

Died 1919

British Army 1851 Private Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Sherwood Rangers

British Army Private Nottinghamshire Yeomanry (Sherwood Rangers)

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Harold Slack

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 2991 Private Sherwood Rangers

British Army 276135 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 276135 Private Nottinghamshire Yeomanry (Sherwood Rangers)

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Albert Robinson

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 1670 Private Nottinghamshire Yeomanry

British Army 1670 Private Sherwood Rangers

British Army 1670 Private Nottinghamshire Yeomanry (Sherwood Rangers)

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John James Seagrave

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 2810 Private Sherwood Rangers

British Army 2810 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 2810 Private Nottinghamshire Yeomanry (Sherwood Rangers)

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John Gleadon

British Army 1841 Private Sherwood Rangers

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Benjamin Booth

British Army 2734 Private Sherwood Rangers

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John W Clayton

British Army 275856 Private Sherwood Rangers

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