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Naini Tal, India [1]

Standon, Hertfordshire [1]

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Trooper [9]

Captain [5]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Lieutenant [3]

Major [3]

Serjeant [3]

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South African Constabulary [30]

Royal Canadian Regiment [2]

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West Yorkshire Regiment [2]

11th Hussars [1]

5th Light Infantry [1]

Army Pay Corps [1]

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Brand's Free State Rifles 5th Mounted Brigade [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Forces South African Constabulary [1]

Highland Light Infantry [1]

Imperial Light Horse [1]

Imperial Yeomanry [1]

Indian Staff Corps [1]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

London Regiment [1]

Military Constabulary [1]

Natal Police [1]

Northamptonshire Regiment [1]

Northumberland Fusiliers [1]

Railways Advisory Section [1]

Retired List [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [1]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [1]

Royston's Horse [1]

South African Constabulary Heilbron [1]

South African Constabulary North Transvaal [1]

South African Constabulary and Roystons Horse [1]

South African Constabulary/Infantry [1]

South African Horse [1]

South African Infantry [1]

South African Infantry East African Frontier Force [1]

South African Medical Corps [1]

South African Military Constabulary [1]

Suffolk Regiment [1]

The Queen's (Royal West Kent Regiment) [1]

Veteran Reserve Union [1]

Yorkshire Regiment [1]

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British Army [38]

South African Services [3]

Indian Army [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

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C [4]

L [4]

B [3]

D [3]

G [3]

W [3]

E [2]

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M [2]

R [2]

T [2]

A [1]

F [1]

N [1]

O [1]

P [1]

S [1]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [38]

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United Kingdom [1]

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People [39] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Naini Tal, India [1] Standon, Hertfordshire [1]

Rank

Private [9] Trooper [9] Captain [5] Second Lieutenant [4] Lieutenant [3] Major [3] Serjeant [3] 2nd Class Trooper [2] Corporal [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Temporary Major [2] 3rd Class Trooper [1] 3rd Constable [1] Constable [1] Driver [1] Farrier Sergeant [1] Lance Bombardier /Acting Bombardier [1] Lance Corporal [1] Major Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Pioneer [1] Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Sapper [1] Surgeon-Captain [1] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Temporary Serjeant Major [1] Traffic Captain [1]

Unit

South African Constabulary [30] Royal Canadian Regiment [2] Royal Engineers [2] South African Constabulary/ Infantry [2] West Yorkshire Regiment [2] 11th Hussars [1] 5th Light Infantry [1] Army Pay Corps [1] Army Service Corps [1] Bengal Staff Corps [1] Brand's Free State Rifles 5th Mounted Brigade [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] Forces South African Constabulary [1] Highland Light Infantry [1] Imperial Light Horse [1] Imperial Yeomanry [1] Indian Staff Corps [1] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1] London Regiment [1] Military Constabulary [1] Natal Police [1] Northamptonshire Regiment [1] Northumberland Fusiliers [1] Railways Advisory Section [1] Retired List [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Lancaster Regiment [1] Royal Scots Fusiliers [1] Royston's Horse [1] South African Constabulary Heilbron [1] South African Constabulary North Transvaal [1] South African Constabulary and Roystons Horse [1] South African Constabulary/Infantry [1] South African Horse [1] South African Infantry [1] South African Infantry East African Frontier Force [1] South African Medical Corps [1] South African Military Constabulary [1] Suffolk Regiment [1] The Queen's (Royal West Kent Regiment) [1] Veteran Reserve Union [1] Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [38] South African Services [3] Indian Army [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [4] L [4] B [3] D [3] G [3] W [3] E [2] H [2] J [2] M [2] R [2] T [2] A [1] F [1] N [1] O [1] P [1] S [1] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [38]

Country

United Kingdom [1]

Roderick Mackenzie Edwards

Born 1865

Died 1940

British Army Lieutenant Northamptonshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant The Queen's (Royal West Kent Regiment)

Indian Army Lieutenant Bengal Staff Corps Seconded from The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

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Thomas William Failes

British Army H/183 Constable South African Constabulary

British Army 2754 Sapper South African Constabulary

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Stephen Johannes Cornelissen

Died 1918

South African Services 44 Farrier Sergeant South African Military Constabulary 1 Battalion

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James Webber

British Army 418 Temporary Serjeant Major South African Constabulary

British Army 131 Temporary Serjeant Major South African Constabulary

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A E Gillett

British Army 2611 Trooper South African Constabulary

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H W Appleton

British Army 2987 2nd Class Trooper South African Constabulary

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G T Usher

British Army 1796 Trooper South African Constabulary

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L E Baker

British Army 1834 Trooper South African Constabulary

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John Henry Reeves

British Army 10585 Serjeant South African Constabulary

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R Molloy

British Army South African Constabulary

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W Cuthbert

British Army 1654 Pioneer South African Constabulary

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Henry Cartwright Bailey

British Army E2861 Trooper South African Constabulary

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F Hickman

British Army South African Constabulary

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George Herbert Goldspinte

British Army South African Constabulary

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Mervyn Charles Blackwell

British Army 266 Lance Bombardier /Acting Bombardier South African Constabulary

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W P Linton

British Army C2146 3rd Class Trooper South African Constabulary

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A Jones

British Army 1195 Trooper South African Constabulary

British Army 10764 Private South African Constabulary

British Army 10764 Private Natal Police

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Frank Dickinson

British Army 7039 Private Royal Canadian Regiment

British Army Lieutenant South African Constabulary

British Army Captain South African Constabulary

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Howard Trythall

British Army 717 Private South African Constabulary

British Army 717 Private South African Infantry

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W F G Thomas

British Army Second Lieutenant South African Constabulary/Infantry

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