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Gunner [67]

Second Lieutenant [26]

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Captain [10]

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South African Horse Artillery [94]

Royal Garrison Artillery [21]

Royal Field Artillery [20]

South African Field Artillery [10]

Royal Horse Artillery [5]

Royal Horse and Royal Field Artillery [5]

South African Horse [5]

Rhodesia Regiment [4]

South African Horse Artillery attached Royal Garrison Artillery [4]

East African Labour Corps [3]

Imperial Light Horse [3]

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Transvaal Horse Artillery [3]

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Mounted Rifles [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Artillery [2]

Royal Engineers [2]

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South African Infantry Brigade [2]

South African Mounted Brigade [2]

2nd South African Horse [1]

7th South African Infantry [1]

Army Service Corps Motor Transport attached South African Horse Artillery [1]

Brabant's Horse [1]

Cape Mounted Rifles [1]

Citizen Battery Transvaal Horse Artillery [1]

General List [1]

King Edward's Horse [1]

King's African Rifles [1]

Military Wing [1]

Natal Light Horse South African Horse Artillery [1]

Northern Battery Heavy Artillery [1]

Rand Rifles [1]

Royal Army Service Corps [1]

Royal Field Artillery South African Mounted Rifles [1]

Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery 233rd Siege Battery [1]

Royal Horse & Field Artillery [1]

Royal Marine Artillery [1]

Royal Marine Artillery attached South African Horse Artillery [1]

South African Constable [1]

South African Defence Force [1]

South African Engineering Corps [1]

South African Heavy Artillery/South African Horse Artillery [1]

South African Highlanders [1]

South African Horse Artillery/South African Contingent [1]

South African Imperial Light Horse [1]

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South African Medical Corps [1]

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British Army [124]

South African Services [6]

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P [13]

B [12]

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T [8]

W [8]

H [7]

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D [5]

F [5]

R [4]

N [3]

V [2]

Y [2]

A [1]

K [1]

O [1]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [129]

Country

United Kingdom [2]

South Africa [1]

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Place of birth

Johannesburg [1] Lanarkshire [1]

Rank

Gunner [67] Second Lieutenant [26] Lieutenant [13] Private [13] Captain [10] Bombardier [9] Corporal [9] Serjeant [9] Major [8] Trooper [6] Acting Bombardier [3] Battery Serjeant Major [2] Captain Acting Major [2] Corporal Acting Serjeant [2] Rifleman [2] Acting Captain [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Commissary [1] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Driver [1] Gunner Acting Bombardier [1] Gunner Serjeant [1] Honorary Lieutenant [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Lance Corporal [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Sapper [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

South African Horse Artillery [94] Royal Garrison Artillery [21] Royal Field Artillery [20] South African Field Artillery [10] Royal Horse Artillery [5] Royal Horse and Royal Field Artillery [5] South African Horse [5] Rhodesia Regiment [4] South African Horse Artillery attached Royal Garrison Artillery [4] East African Labour Corps [3] Imperial Light Horse [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Transvaal Horse Artillery [3] 2nd Rhodesia Regiment [2] Mounted Rifles [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Artillery [2] Royal Engineers [2] Siege Battery attached South African Horse Artillery/Royal Garrison Artillery [2] South African Infantry Brigade [2] South African Mounted Brigade [2] 2nd South African Horse [1] 7th South African Infantry [1] Army Service Corps Motor Transport attached South African Horse Artillery [1] Brabant's Horse [1] Cape Mounted Rifles [1] Citizen Battery Transvaal Horse Artillery [1] General List [1] King Edward's Horse [1] King's African Rifles [1] Military Wing [1] Natal Light Horse South African Horse Artillery [1] Northern Battery Heavy Artillery [1] Rand Rifles [1] Royal Army Service Corps [1] Royal Field Artillery South African Mounted Rifles [1] Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [1] Royal Garrison Artillery 233rd Siege Battery [1] Royal Horse & Field Artillery [1] Royal Marine Artillery [1] Royal Marine Artillery attached South African Horse Artillery [1] South African Constable [1] South African Defence Force [1] South African Engineering Corps [1] South African Heavy Artillery/South African Horse Artillery [1] South African Highlanders [1] South African Horse Artillery/South African Contingent [1] South African Imperial Light Horse [1] South African Infantry [1] South African Medical Corps [1]

Service

British Army [124] South African Services [6]

Last name first letter

S [19] P [13] B [12] C [12] T [8] W [8] H [7] M [7] E [6] G [6] L [6] D [5] F [5] R [4] N [3] V [2] Y [2] A [1] K [1] O [1] U [1]

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Military Service [129]

Country

United Kingdom [2] South Africa [1]

John Hoole Batteson Vice

Born 1890

Died 1959

British Army 51 Serjeant South African Horse Artillery

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Percy Nugent George Fitzpatrick

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army Trooper Imperial Light Horse

British Army Major South African Horse Artillery

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G J Cook

British Army Honorary Lieutenant South African Horse Artillery

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William Charles Darrol

British Army 191 Gunner South African Horse Artillery

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C S Edgar

British Army 1355 Gunner South African Horse Artillery

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C H Francis

British Army 1450 Gunner South African Horse Artillery

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V A Botton

British Army 526 Gunner South African Horse Artillery

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W J Chapman

British Army 1005 Gunner South African Horse Artillery

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C H Thomas

British Army 640 Gunner South African Horse Artillery

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H W Wiltshire

British Army 906 Gunner South African Horse Artillery

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Sydney Thomas Yirrell

British Army VR388 Gunner South African Horse Artillery

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Walter Wake White

British Army 898 Bombardier South African Horse Artillery

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W Hemmings

British Army 749 Gunner South African Horse Artillery

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G Nicholl

British Army 124 Gunner South African Horse Artillery

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R A R Paton

British Army 211 Lance Bombardier South African Horse Artillery

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E Salsbury

British Army 869 Corporal South African Horse Artillery

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W G Truss

British Army 955 Serjeant South African Horse Artillery

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T J Brand

British Army 533 Acting Bombardier South African Horse Artillery

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W H Coaton

British Army 1303 Corporal South African Horse Artillery

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J P Matthews

British Army 1286 Gunner South African Horse Artillery

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