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Forest Gate, Essex [1]

Kent [1]

Kilsyth [1]

Oakleigh, Victoria [1]

Southampton [1]

Rank

Second Lieutenant [48]

Lieutenant [44]

Captain [23]

Private [17]

Major [13]

Serjeant [13]

Corporal [7]

Gunner [7]

Staff Serjeant [5]

Temporary Major [5]

Sapper [4]

Serjeant Major [4]

Temporary Captain [4]

Acting Captain [3]

Trooper [3]

Lance Corporal [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Rifleman [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

2nd Serjeant [1]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Brigadier General/ Brigadier General [1]

Captain and Paymaster [1]

Chaplain 4th Class [1]

Chaplain General [1]

Chaplains Unit to the Forces 4th Class [1]

Colonel Temporary Brigadier General [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Driver [1]

Honorary Colonel [1]

Honorary Colonel Temporary Brigadier General in Army [1]

Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [1]

Lieutenant Colonel and Brevet Colonel Temporary Brigadier General [1]

Lieutenant Paymaster [1]

Lieutenant and Paymaster [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Quarter Master and Honorary Lieutenant [1]

Quarter Master and Lieutenant [1]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Reverend [1]

Scout [1]

Serjeant Major Instructor [1]

Serjeant Second Lieutenant [1]

Serjeant and Trooper [1]

Temporary Captain/Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Serjeant Major Instructor [1]

Trumpeter [1]

Unit

South African Forces [72]

East African Forces [16]

East African Labour Corps [10]

King's African Rifles [6]

Royal Field Artillery [6]

South African Defence Forces [6]

General List [5]

South African Infantry [5]

Army Service Corps [4]

British South African Police [4]

London Regiment [4]

Middlesex Regiment [4]

Royal Air Force [4]

Royal Army Service Corps [4]

Staff [4]

Durham Light Infantry [3]

East Africa Unattached List [3]

Infantry [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Royal Engineers [3]

Royal Garrison Artillery [3]

South African Mounted Brigade [3]

Special List [3]

Guards Machine Gun Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

South African Defence Forces/Staff [2]

South African Forces/Mounted Rifles [2]

South African Service Corps [2]

1st Mounted Brigade Scouts [1]

1st Rhodesia Native Regiment and East African Forces [1]

1st South African Infantry Brigade [1]

201st Machine Gun Company [1]

2nd Battalion Royal Munster Fusiliers [1]

2nd Infantry Battalion South African Forces [1]

3rd King's African Rifles [1]

3rd Mounted Rifles [1]

4th Dismounted Rifles South African Forces [1]

4th King's African Rifles [1]

6th Reserve Regiment of Dragoons [1]

7th South African Forces [1]

Army Pay Department [1]

Attached South African Forces [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

British East African Forces [1]

Broad Gauge Railway Company [1]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [1]

Canadian Field Artillery [1]

Cape Corps [1]

De Jager's Scouts [1]

Service

British Army [147]

South African Services [6]

Last name first letter

B [30]

C [16]

S [13]

W [12]

L [11]

H [9]

M [8]

T [8]

R [7]

D [6]

J [5]

K [5]

G [4]

P [4]

A [3]

F [2]

V [2]

Z [2]

O [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [149]

Country

Australia [1]

South Africa [1]

United Kingdom [1]

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People [149] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Forest Gate, Essex [1] Kent [1] Kilsyth [1] Oakleigh, Victoria [1] Southampton [1]

Rank

Second Lieutenant [48] Lieutenant [44] Captain [23] Private [17] Major [13] Serjeant [13] Corporal [7] Gunner [7] Staff Serjeant [5] Temporary Major [5] Sapper [4] Serjeant Major [4] Temporary Captain [4] Acting Captain [3] Trooper [3] Lance Corporal [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Rifleman [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] 2nd Serjeant [1] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Brigadier General/ Brigadier General [1] Captain and Paymaster [1] Chaplain 4th Class [1] Chaplain General [1] Chaplains Unit to the Forces 4th Class [1] Colonel Temporary Brigadier General [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Driver [1] Honorary Colonel [1] Honorary Colonel Temporary Brigadier General in Army [1] Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [1] Lieutenant Colonel and Brevet Colonel Temporary Brigadier General [1] Lieutenant Paymaster [1] Lieutenant and Paymaster [1] Petty Officer [1] Quarter Master and Honorary Lieutenant [1] Quarter Master and Lieutenant [1] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Reverend [1] Scout [1] Serjeant Major Instructor [1] Serjeant Second Lieutenant [1] Serjeant and Trooper [1] Temporary Captain/Lieutenant [1] Temporary Serjeant Major Instructor [1] Trumpeter [1]

Unit

South African Forces [72] East African Forces [16] East African Labour Corps [10] King's African Rifles [6] Royal Field Artillery [6] South African Defence Forces [6] General List [5] South African Infantry [5] Army Service Corps [4] British South African Police [4] London Regiment [4] Middlesex Regiment [4] Royal Air Force [4] Royal Army Service Corps [4] Staff [4] Durham Light Infantry [3] East Africa Unattached List [3] Infantry [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Royal Engineers [3] Royal Garrison Artillery [3] South African Mounted Brigade [3] Special List [3] Guards Machine Gun Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] South African Defence Forces/Staff [2] South African Forces/Mounted Rifles [2] South African Service Corps [2] 1st Mounted Brigade Scouts [1] 1st Rhodesia Native Regiment and East African Forces [1] 1st South African Infantry Brigade [1] 201st Machine Gun Company [1] 2nd Battalion Royal Munster Fusiliers [1] 2nd Infantry Battalion South African Forces [1] 3rd King's African Rifles [1] 3rd Mounted Rifles [1] 4th Dismounted Rifles South African Forces [1] 4th King's African Rifles [1] 6th Reserve Regiment of Dragoons [1] 7th South African Forces [1] Army Pay Department [1] Attached South African Forces [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] British East African Forces [1] Broad Gauge Railway Company [1] Cambridgeshire Regiment [1] Canadian Field Artillery [1] Cape Corps [1] De Jager's Scouts [1]

Service

British Army [147] South African Services [6]

Last name first letter

B [30] C [16] S [13] W [12] L [11] H [9] M [8] T [8] R [7] D [6] J [5] K [5] G [4] P [4] A [3] F [2] V [2] Z [2] O [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [149]

Country

Australia [1] South Africa [1] United Kingdom [1]

Eyer Johnstone

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 273 Private South African Forces

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment

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Allan Cuthbert Brannon

Born 1893

Died 1981

British Army 8303 Serjeant South African Forces

British Army Captain South African Forces

British Army Second Lieutenant Tank Corps

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A Chapman

British Army 836 Private South African Forces

British Army 836 Private Medical Forces

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Frank Fettes

South African Services 3321 Serjeant South African Forces

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F R Cavers

British Army 350 Serjeant South African Forces/Engineers

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J S R Castilla

British Army Temporary Major South African Forces

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J Bilsborough

British Army 114 Quarter Master Serjeant South African Forces

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E W Merrett

British Army Serjeant Major Instructor South West African Forces

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William Wicks

British Army SAFA/848 Battery Quarter Master Serjeant South African Forces

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G A Windrum

South African Services Temporary Serjeant Major Instructor South African Permanent Forces

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A J Conacher

British Army 16232 Private South African Forces

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L H Bovey

British Army 14842 Serjeant South African Forces

British Army 14842 Serjeant Infantry

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C P Crewe

British Army Honorary Colonel South African Defence Forces

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E J Wentzel

British Army 9704 Sapper South African Forces

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L E H Aitken

British Army 16 Staff Serjeant South African Forces

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F S T Zahn

British Army 7440 Serjeant South African Forces

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F J Barlow

British Army D/8273 Private South African Forces

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G P Green

British Army 9672 Lance Corporal South African Forces

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W S Cairns

British Army 22 Sapper South African Forces/Engineers

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W J Charsley

British Army Quarter Master and Honorary Lieutenant South African Forces

British Army Quarter Master and Honorary Lieutenant Infantry

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