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Calcutta [4]

Heyvolia [2]

48 Claremont Road, Hansworth, Birmingham [1]

Almosa [1]

Bangalore [1]

Bareilly, North-West Provinces [1]

Bath [1]

Bedford, Bedfordshire [1]

Biggleswade [1]

Boscombe, Hants [1]

Bradford [1]

Brighton, Sussex [1]

Brisbane [1]

Buann, North West Frontier Province [1]

Buckinghamshire [1]

Bunno [1]

Burma, British India [1]

Ceylon [1]

Cheltenham [1]

Chiswick [1]

City of London [1]

Coolgarrow, Wicklow [1]

Cork [1]

County Down [1]

Delhi [1]

Devon [1]

Dovercourt, Essex [1]

Earl Soham Rectory, Suffolk [1]

Edinburgh, Scotland [1]

Ferozepore [1]

Folkestone, Kent [1]

Ford, Devon [1]

Fulham, London [1]

Hampshire [1]

Hampstead [1]

Henzadah [1]

Invernessshire [1]

Jalandhar, Punjab [1]

Kensington London [1]

Kent [1]

Kerry [1]

Kidderminster, Worcestershire [1]

Kingsbridge, Devon [1]

Lahore [1]

Lahore, Punjab [1]

Leyland, Lancashire [1]

Liverpool, [1]

Londonderry [1]

Lucknow [1]

Mandy, Ceylon [1]

Rank

Sepoy [5278]

Captain [403]

Naik [318]

Lance Naik [302]

Lieutenant [295]

Havildar [280]

Second Lieutenant [200]

Cook [148]

Major [146]

Jemadar [80]

Sweeper [73]

Bhisti [71]

Lieutenant Colonel [62]

Subadar [51]

Drummer [36]

Private [32]

Acting Naik [29]

Water Carrier [28]

Bearer [24]

Driver [14]

Syce [13]

Serjeant [10]

Colonel [9]

Lance Corporal [9]

Rifleman [9]

Sapper [7]

Temporary Naik [7]

Acting Captain [6]

Acting Havildar [6]

Brigadier General [6]

Bugler [6]

Battalion Lieutenant Colonel [5]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [5]

Gunner [5]

Captain /Temporary Major [4]

Corporal [4]

Hand [4]

Temporary Captain [4]

Temporary Major [4]

Lance Havildar [3]

Subadar Major [3]

Temporary Havildar [3]

2nd Lieut [2]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Acting Major [2]

Brevet Major [2]

Captain and Brevet Major [2]

Captain, Brevet Major [2]

Captain/Temporary Major [2]

Company Havildar Major [2]

Unit

Sikhs [3678]

Sikhs Frontier Force [989]

Frontier Force Regiment [964]

52nd Sikhs Frontier Force [472]

2/12th Frontier Force Regiment [459]

45th Sikhs [451]

32nd Sikhs [415]

15th Sikhs [302]

51st Sikhs [270]

1/11th Sikhs [261]

2/11th Sikhs [156]

Indian Army [94]

52nd Sikhs [57]

36th Sikhs [55]

47th Sikhs [49]

14th King George's Own Ferozepore Sikhs [47]

53rd Sikhs [47]

Sikhs Frontier Force Frontier Force Regiment [43]

54th Sikhs [36]

Sikhs Indian Army [33]

35th Sikhs [28]

14th Sikhs [26]

Indian Army Reserve of Officers [25]

1/35th Sikhs [20]

51st Sikhs (Frontier Force) [18]

Sikhs Infantry [17]

23rd Sikhs [14]

15th Ludhiana Sikhs [12]

52nd Sikhs (Frontier Force) [11]

53rd Sikhs (Frontier Force) [11]

1/23rd Sikhs [10]

45th Rattray's Sikhs [10]

Punjabis [10]

2/35th Sikhs [9]

Sikhs Regiment [8]

Royal Army Medical Corps [7]

87th Punjabis [6]

Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps [6]

London Regiment [6]

Sikhs/ Staff [6]

2/54th Sikhs [5]

45th Rattrays Sikhs [5]

52nd Sikhs Frontier Force 2/12th Frontier Force Regiment [5]

Indian Army Reserve of Officers attached Sikhs [5]

Sikhs/Indian Army [5]

Staff [5]

Worcestershire Regiment [5]

54th Sikhs (Frontier Force) [4]

Burma Military Police, attached 14th King George's Own Ferozepore Sikhs [4]

East Kent Regiment [4]

Service

British Army [7478]

Indian Army [363]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [1010]

B [926]

M [780]

K [596]

G [464]

A [422]

H [413]

N [352]

R [352]

P [332]

J [323]

D [316]

L [255]

C [243]

W [212]

F [202]

I [192]

T [186]

U [106]

E [19]

Z [14]

O [8]

V [7]

Q [6]

Y [5]

Contribution

Military Service [7670]

Country

United Kingdom [24]

India [3]

Ireland [1]

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Calcutta [4] Heyvolia [2] 48 Claremont Road, Hansworth, Birmingham [1] Almosa [1] Bangalore [1] Bareilly, North-West Provinces [1] Bath [1] Bedford, Bedfordshire [1] Biggleswade [1] Boscombe, Hants [1] Bradford [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Brisbane [1] Buann, North West Frontier Province [1] Buckinghamshire [1] Bunno [1] Burma, British India [1] Ceylon [1] Cheltenham [1] Chiswick [1] City of London [1] Coolgarrow, Wicklow [1] Cork [1] County Down [1] Delhi [1] Devon [1] Dovercourt, Essex [1] Earl Soham Rectory, Suffolk [1] Edinburgh, Scotland [1] Ferozepore [1] Folkestone, Kent [1] Ford, Devon [1] Fulham, London [1] Hampshire [1] Hampstead [1] Henzadah [1] Invernessshire [1] Jalandhar, Punjab [1] Kensington London [1] Kent [1] Kerry [1] Kidderminster, Worcestershire [1] Kingsbridge, Devon [1] Lahore [1] Lahore, Punjab [1] Leyland, Lancashire [1] Liverpool, [1] Londonderry [1] Lucknow [1] Mandy, Ceylon [1]

Rank

Sepoy [5278] Captain [403] Naik [318] Lance Naik [302] Lieutenant [295] Havildar [280] Second Lieutenant [200] Cook [148] Major [146] Jemadar [80] Sweeper [73] Bhisti [71] Lieutenant Colonel [62] Subadar [51] Drummer [36] Private [32] Acting Naik [29] Water Carrier [28] Bearer [24] Driver [14] Syce [13] Serjeant [10] Colonel [9] Lance Corporal [9] Rifleman [9] Sapper [7] Temporary Naik [7] Acting Captain [6] Acting Havildar [6] Brigadier General [6] Bugler [6] Battalion Lieutenant Colonel [5] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [5] Gunner [5] Captain /Temporary Major [4] Corporal [4] Hand [4] Temporary Captain [4] Temporary Major [4] Lance Havildar [3] Subadar Major [3] Temporary Havildar [3] 2nd Lieut [2] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Acting Major [2] Brevet Major [2] Captain and Brevet Major [2] Captain, Brevet Major [2] Captain/Temporary Major [2] Company Havildar Major [2]

Unit

Sikhs [3678] Sikhs Frontier Force [989] Frontier Force Regiment [964] 52nd Sikhs Frontier Force [472] 2/12th Frontier Force Regiment [459] 45th Sikhs [451] 32nd Sikhs [415] 15th Sikhs [302] 51st Sikhs [270] 1/11th Sikhs [261] 2/11th Sikhs [156] Indian Army [94] 52nd Sikhs [57] 36th Sikhs [55] 47th Sikhs [49] 14th King George's Own Ferozepore Sikhs [47] 53rd Sikhs [47] Sikhs Frontier Force Frontier Force Regiment [43] 54th Sikhs [36] Sikhs Indian Army [33] 35th Sikhs [28] 14th Sikhs [26] Indian Army Reserve of Officers [25] 1/35th Sikhs [20] 51st Sikhs (Frontier Force) [18] Sikhs Infantry [17] 23rd Sikhs [14] 15th Ludhiana Sikhs [12] 52nd Sikhs (Frontier Force) [11] 53rd Sikhs (Frontier Force) [11] 1/23rd Sikhs [10] 45th Rattray's Sikhs [10] Punjabis [10] 2/35th Sikhs [9] Sikhs Regiment [8] Royal Army Medical Corps [7] 87th Punjabis [6] Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps [6] London Regiment [6] Sikhs/ Staff [6] 2/54th Sikhs [5] 45th Rattrays Sikhs [5] 52nd Sikhs Frontier Force 2/12th Frontier Force Regiment [5] Indian Army Reserve of Officers attached Sikhs [5] Sikhs/Indian Army [5] Staff [5] Worcestershire Regiment [5] 54th Sikhs (Frontier Force) [4] Burma Military Police, attached 14th King George's Own Ferozepore Sikhs [4] East Kent Regiment [4]

Service

British Army [7478] Indian Army [363] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2] Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [1010] B [926] M [780] K [596] G [464] A [422] H [413] N [352] R [352] P [332] J [323] D [316] L [255] C [243] W [212] F [202] I [192] T [186] U [106] E [19] Z [14] O [8] V [7] Q [6] Y [5]

Contribution

Military Service [7670]

Country

United Kingdom [24] India [3] Ireland [1]

John George Smyth

Born 1893

Died 1983

British Army Second Lieutenant Sikhs

Indian Army Captain 15th Ludhiana Sikhs

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George Stephen Brunskill

Born 1892

Indian Army Lieutenant 47th Sikhs

Indian Army Temporary Major 47th Sikhs Attached to General Staff

Indian Army Brevet Major 47th Sikhs Attached to General Staff

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Dudley Clare Robinson

Born 1890

Indian Army Captain 36th Sikhs

British Army Lieutenant 36th Sikhs

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Guy Greville Napier

Born 1884

Died 1915

British Army Captain 35th Sikhs attached 47th Sikhs

Indian Army Lieutenant 35th Sikhs

Indian Army Captain 35th Sikhs

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Hugh Charles Stevens Minchin

Born 1893

Died 1957

British Army Lieutenant Sikhs

British Army Captain Sikhs

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Percy Beattie-Crozier

Born 1881

Died 1915

British Army Captain Indian Army

British Army South Staffordshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

Indian Army Captain 4th Rajputs, attd 15th Sikhs

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Edward Charles Talbot

Born 1881

Died 1915

British Army 2nd Lieut Bedforshire Regiment

British Army Bedforshire Regiment

Indian Army Major 47th Sikhs

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Thakur Singh,bahadur

Indian Army Second Lieutenant 47th Sikhs

Indian Army Second Lieutenant 47th Sikhs

Indian Army Subadar –Major 47th Sikhs

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Archibald William Mcrae, Mid

Born 1879

Died 1915

Indian Army Captain Sikhs

Indian Army Captain

Indian Army Captain 14th Sikhs

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Eustace Jotham

Born 1883

Died 1915

British Army Captain 51st Sikhs

Indian Army Captain 51st Sikhs (Frontier Force)

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Arthur Cuthbert Stone

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant 45th Sikhs

Indian Army Lieut 45th Rattray Sikhs

British Army 2nd Lieut IARO attached 45th Rattray Sikhss

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Richard John Frederick Philip Meade

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Sikhs

British Army Lieutenant Indian Army

Indian Army 2nd Lieutenant 14th King George's Own Ferozepore Sikhs

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Edward De Courcy Ireland

Born 1873

Died 1915

Indian Army Major 36th Sikhs

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James Fergus Mackain

Born 1885

Died 1914

British Army Captain Sikhs Pioneers

British Army Captain Indian Army

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Arthur Thomas Searle Dickinson

Born 1875

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry)

British Army Lieutenant Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry)

Indian Army Lieutenant 51st Sikhs (Frontier Force)

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Arthur Derisley Martin

Born 1886

Died 1916

Indian Army Captain 36th Sikhs

Indian Army Captain attached to the 47th Sikhs

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Percy Standish Hore

Born 1881

Died 1915

British Army Captain 52nd Sikhs

British Army Captain 52nd Sikhs (Frontier Force)

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Haldane Burney Rattray

British Army Major Sikhs

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Sikhs

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Charles Ross Lyall

Born 1880

Died 1950

British Army Major Sikhs

Indian Army Major 36th Sikhs

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John Graham Wilson

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army Captain Indian Army

Indian Army Major 45th Rattray's Sikhs

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