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Birkenhead, Cheshire [4]

Knutsford [3]

Macclesfield, Cheshire [3]

Alveley Village, nr Bridgnorth Shropshire [2]

Shropshire [2]

Alnwick [1]

Aston, Warwickshire [1]

Baschurch, Shropshire [1]

Berrington Salop [1]

Bickerton, Cheshire, [1]

Bishop's Castle, Clun, Shropshire [1]

Butley, near Macclesfield, Cheshire [1]

Chester [1]

Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire, England [1]

Clover Hill, Cleveland [1]

Clun, Shropshire [1]

Colne.Lancs [1]

Coton, Salop [1]

Dinas, Weston Rhyn [1]

Eaton Square, London [1]

Farington, Lancashire [1]

Hampton Loade, Bridgnorth, Shropshire [1]

Harrold, Bedfordshire [1]

Hay, Herefordshire [1]

Holt, Denbighshire, Wales [1]

Hopesay, Craven Arms, Clun, Shropshire [1]

Hyssington, Montgomeryshire [1]

Kentchurch, Hereford, Herefordshire [1]

Knutsford, Cheshire [1]

Llanberis, Carnarvonshire [1]

Llandrinio, Montgomeryshire [1]

Llanfairfechan [1]

Llanfyllin, Montgomeryshire, Wales [1]

Llanrhaiadr, Montgomeryshire, Wales [1]

Ludlow [1]

Ludlow, Shropshire [1]

Lyneal, Shropshire [1]

Mona Terrace, Wellington, Shropshire [1]

Moss, Congleton, Cheshire [1]

Northwich [1]

Oswestry, Shropshire [1]

Over Tabley, Knutsford [1]

Pendelton, Lancashire [1]

Pendleton Lancashire [1]

Plowden, Shropshire [1]

Plymouth, Devon [1]

Prestwich Manchester [1]

Reading, Berkshire [1]

Salford, Lancashire [1]

Shanghai [1]

Rank

Private [1321]

Serjeant [148]

Corporal [129]

Second Lieutenant [99]

Lieutenant [57]

Captain [44]

Acting Serjeant [35]

Lance Corporal [33]

Acting Corporal [30]

Major [22]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [22]

Sapper [10]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [9]

Lance Serjeant [9]

Lieutenant Colonel [8]

Trooper [8]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [5]

Staff Serjeant Major [5]

Acting Colour Serjeant [4]

Company Serjeant Major [4]

Privat [4]

Staff Serjeant [4]

Acting Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [3]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Acting Captain [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Brigadier General [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Corporal 2nd [2]

Farrier Serjeant [2]

Honorary Captain [2]

2nd Lt [1]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Bandmaster [1]

Bandsman [1]

Battalion.S.M. [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Captain Temporary Major [1]

Colonel [1]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Corporal /Lance Serjeant [1]

Draft Conducting Officer [1]

Driver [1]

First Lieutenant [1]

Gunner [1]

Unit

Shropshire Yeomanry [1185]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [1103]

Cheshire Yeomanry [379]

Cheshire Regiment [145]

Denbigh Yeomanry [123]

Shropshire Light Infantry [62]

Machine Gun Corps [56]

Royal Engineers [55]

Labour Corps [45]

Corps of Hussars [42]

Army Service Corps [37]

Montgomeryshire Yeomanry [31]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [21]

Imperial Camel Corps [18]

Gloucestershire Yeomanry [17]

Royal Air Force [17]

Liverpool Regiment [15]

Lancashire Fusiliers [11]

Manchester Regiment [10]

South Lancashire Regiment [9]

Welsh Regiment [9]

Royal Field Artillery [8]

Hampshire Regiment [7]

Royal Army Service Corps [7]

Worcestershire Regiment [7]

East Lancashire Regiment [6]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [6]

Royal Army Medical Corps [6]

Royal Flying Corps [6]

Royal Garrison Artillery [6]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5]

Shropshire and Cheshire Yeomanry [5]

West Somerset Yeomanry [5]

Dorset Yeomanry [4]

Indian Army [4]

King's Liverpool Regiment [4]

London Regiment [4]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [4]

Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [4]

Shropshire Yeomanry Territorial Force [4]

Shropshire Yeomanry attached King's Shropshire Light Infantry [4]

1st Shropshire Yeomanry [3]

3/1st Shropshire Yeomanry [3]

Berkshire Yeomanry [3]

Corps of Dragoons [3]

County of London Yeomanry [3]

Derby Yeomanry [3]

Essex Yeomanry [3]

Herefordshire Regiment [3]

King's Own Light Infantry [3]

Service

British Army [1819]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3]

Indian Army [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [192]

W [155]

P [137]

H [125]

J [125]

D [121]

M [119]

C [112]

E [107]

R [98]

S [97]

G [88]

T [81]

L [75]

A [44]

F [44]

O [30]

K [27]

N [18]

Y [9]

V [8]

I [5]

Q [2]

Contribution

Military Service [1812]

Country

United Kingdom [46]

France [1]

Ireland [1]

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Place of birth

Birkenhead, Cheshire [4] Knutsford [3] Macclesfield, Cheshire [3] Alveley Village, nr Bridgnorth Shropshire [2] Shropshire [2] Alnwick [1] Aston, Warwickshire [1] Baschurch, Shropshire [1] Berrington Salop [1] Bickerton, Cheshire, [1] Bishop's Castle, Clun, Shropshire [1] Butley, near Macclesfield, Cheshire [1] Chester [1] Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire, England [1] Clover Hill, Cleveland [1] Clun, Shropshire [1] Colne.Lancs [1] Coton, Salop [1] Dinas, Weston Rhyn [1] Eaton Square, London [1] Farington, Lancashire [1] Hampton Loade, Bridgnorth, Shropshire [1] Harrold, Bedfordshire [1] Hay, Herefordshire [1] Holt, Denbighshire, Wales [1] Hopesay, Craven Arms, Clun, Shropshire [1] Hyssington, Montgomeryshire [1] Kentchurch, Hereford, Herefordshire [1] Knutsford, Cheshire [1] Llanberis, Carnarvonshire [1] Llandrinio, Montgomeryshire [1] Llanfairfechan [1] Llanfyllin, Montgomeryshire, Wales [1] Llanrhaiadr, Montgomeryshire, Wales [1] Ludlow [1] Ludlow, Shropshire [1] Lyneal, Shropshire [1] Mona Terrace, Wellington, Shropshire [1] Moss, Congleton, Cheshire [1] Northwich [1] Oswestry, Shropshire [1] Over Tabley, Knutsford [1] Pendelton, Lancashire [1] Pendleton Lancashire [1] Plowden, Shropshire [1] Plymouth, Devon [1] Prestwich Manchester [1] Reading, Berkshire [1] Salford, Lancashire [1] Shanghai [1]

Rank

Private [1321] Serjeant [148] Corporal [129] Second Lieutenant [99] Lieutenant [57] Captain [44] Acting Serjeant [35] Lance Corporal [33] Acting Corporal [30] Major [22] Warrant Officer Class 2 [22] Sapper [10] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [9] Lance Serjeant [9] Lieutenant Colonel [8] Trooper [8] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [5] Staff Serjeant Major [5] Acting Colour Serjeant [4] Company Serjeant Major [4] Privat [4] Staff Serjeant [4] Acting Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Corporal Acting Serjeant [3] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Acting Captain [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Brigadier General [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Corporal 2nd [2] Farrier Serjeant [2] Honorary Captain [2] 2nd Lt [1] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Bandmaster [1] Bandsman [1] Battalion.S.M. [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Captain Temporary Major [1] Colonel [1] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Corporal /Lance Serjeant [1] Draft Conducting Officer [1] Driver [1] First Lieutenant [1] Gunner [1]

Unit

Shropshire Yeomanry [1185] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [1103] Cheshire Yeomanry [379] Cheshire Regiment [145] Denbigh Yeomanry [123] Shropshire Light Infantry [62] Machine Gun Corps [56] Royal Engineers [55] Labour Corps [45] Corps of Hussars [42] Army Service Corps [37] Montgomeryshire Yeomanry [31] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [21] Imperial Camel Corps [18] Gloucestershire Yeomanry [17] Royal Air Force [17] Liverpool Regiment [15] Lancashire Fusiliers [11] Manchester Regiment [10] South Lancashire Regiment [9] Welsh Regiment [9] Royal Field Artillery [8] Hampshire Regiment [7] Royal Army Service Corps [7] Worcestershire Regiment [7] East Lancashire Regiment [6] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [6] Royal Army Medical Corps [6] Royal Flying Corps [6] Royal Garrison Artillery [6] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [5] Shropshire and Cheshire Yeomanry [5] West Somerset Yeomanry [5] Dorset Yeomanry [4] Indian Army [4] King's Liverpool Regiment [4] London Regiment [4] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [4] Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [4] Shropshire Yeomanry Territorial Force [4] Shropshire Yeomanry attached King's Shropshire Light Infantry [4] 1st Shropshire Yeomanry [3] 3/1st Shropshire Yeomanry [3] Berkshire Yeomanry [3] Corps of Dragoons [3] County of London Yeomanry [3] Derby Yeomanry [3] Essex Yeomanry [3] Herefordshire Regiment [3] King's Own Light Infantry [3]

Service

British Army [1819] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3] Indian Army [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [192] W [155] P [137] H [125] J [125] D [121] M [119] C [112] E [107] R [98] S [97] G [88] T [81] L [75] A [44] F [44] O [30] K [27] N [18] Y [9] V [8] I [5] Q [2]

Contribution

Military Service [1812]

Country

United Kingdom [46] France [1] Ireland [1]

Emanuel Leon Snyders

Born 1870

Died 1919

British Army 3170/160292 Battery Serjeant Major Shropshire Yeomanry

British Army Second Lieutenant Army Service Corps

British Army 3170/160292 Battalion.S.M. Shropshire Yeomanry 3/1st Battalion.

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John Richard Hughes

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 2612 Private Shropshire Yeomanry

British Army 52868 Private Cheshire Regiment

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Thomas Lewis Jones

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army 1748 Private Shropshire Yeomanry

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Philip Algernon Tillard

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army Captain Shropshire Yeomanry

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Joseph Henry Lea

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 2753 Private Shropshire Yeomanry

British Army Private Shropshire Yeomanry 3rd/1st

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Edward Smith

Born 1895

Died 1919

British Army 2402 Private Shropshire Yeomanry 2nd/1st

British Army 26690 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry

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Harry Seymour Baird

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 227 Serjeant Cheshire Yeomanry

British Army 230535 Corporal King's Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army 227 Corporal Cheshire Yeomanry

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Geoffrey Charlton Wolryche-Whitmore

Born 1881

Died 1969

British Army Captain Shropshire Yeomanry

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John Henry Strefford

Born 1880

British Army 2147 Private Shropshire Yeomanry

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John William Tomlins

Born 1896

British Army 2543 Private Shropshire Yeomanry 5th Provisional Yeomanry Squadron

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Harry Baker

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 2917 Private Shropshire Yeomanry

British Army 160691 Private Shropshire Yeomanry

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Edward Thomas

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 2915 Private Shropshire Yeomanry

British Army 160690 Private Shropshire Yeomanry

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A Jackson

Born 1869

Died 1918

British Army 1359 Corporal Shropshire Yeomanry

British Army 1359 Serjeant Shropshire Yeomanry

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John Smeaton Radford

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army 2991 Private Shropshire Yeomanry

British Army 160694 Private Shropshire Yeomanry

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Hon. William George Arthur Ormsby-Gore

Born 1885

Died 1964

British Army Captain Shropshire Yeomanry

British Army Major Shropshire Yeomanry

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Thomas Weale

Died 1916

British Army 2578 Private Shropshire Yeomanry

British Army 160692 Private Shropshire Yeomanry

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John Rayner Williams

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 1894 Private Shropshire Yeomanry

British Army 230254 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry 10th (Shropshire and Cheshire Yeomanry) Battalion

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John Pemberton Heywood Heywood-Lonsdale

Born 1869

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army Major Shropshire Yeomanry

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Shropshire Yeomanry

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Jim Berrow

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army 2751 Private Shropshire Yeomanry

British Army 160693 Private Shropshire Yeomanry

British Army 160693 Lance Corporal Shropshire Yeomanry

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Arthur William Pankhurst

Died 1918

British Army 2081 Serjeant Shropshire Yeomanry

British Army 16008 Serjeant Shropshire Yeomanry

British Army 160050 Serjeant Shropshire Yeomanry 2/1st

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