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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]

Philip Ramsay Tahourdin

Born 1894

Died 1916

Indian Army Lieutenant 47th Sikhs

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John Gray

Born 1883

Died 1916

Indian Army Captain 36th Sikhs

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Robert Jim Mccleverty

Born 1882

Died 1914

Indian Army Captain 47th Sikhs

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William Hamilton Padday

Born 1881

Died 1914

Indian Army Captain 36th Sikhs

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Alan Moray Brown

Born 1881

Died 1915

Indian Army Captain 47th Sikhs

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Bernard Henry Howard

Born 1879

Died 1916

Indian Army Major 47th Sikhs

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Ernest Francis Knox

Born 1871

Died 1949

Indian Army Colonel 36th Sikhs

British Army Second Lieutenant Norfolk Regiment 1st Battalion in India

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John Henry Blewitt

Born 1897

Died 1917

Indian Army Lieutenant 53rd Sikhs (Frontier Force)

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William Beadon

Born 1867

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant Colonel 51st Sikhs

Indian Army Lieutenant Colonel 51st Sikhs (Frontier Force)

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James Leonard Courtney Clarke

Born 1898

Died 1917

Indian Army Second Lieutenant 15th Ludhiana Sikhs attached 47th Sikhs

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Roland Pruett Sutcliffe

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant 2/35th Sikhs

British Army Lieutenant 35th Sikhs

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Henry St George Murray Mcrae

Born 1878

Died 1962

British Army Captain Indian Army

Indian Army Second Lieutenant

Indian Army Colonel 45th Sikhs

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Arjan Singh

British Army Sikhs

British Army 1061 Sepoy Sikhs

British Army 1059 Sepoy Sikhs

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Mit Singh

British Army Sikhs

British Army 2846 Sepoy Sikhs

British Army 2836 Sepoy Sikhs

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Ram Singh

British Army Sikhs

British Army 3886 Drummer Sikhs

British Army 1351 Drummer Sikhs

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Mohamad Hassan

British Army Sikhs

British Army 3920 Sepoy Sikhs

British Army 4698 Sepoy Sikhs

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Dewa Singh

Died 1918

British Army Sikhs

British Army 460 Sepoy Sikhs

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William Angus Boyd Iliff

Born 1898

Died 1973

British Army Lieutenant Sikhs

Indian Army Captain 36th Sikhs

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Karim

Indian Army Sikhs

Indian Army 3914 Sepoy 51st Sikhs

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Labh Singh

British Army Sikhs

British Army Subadar Sikhs

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