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Place of birth

Bedford, Bedfordshire [1]

Coventry [1]

Durbanville, Cape Province [1]

Malling, Kent [1]

Pancreas, London [1]

Soberton, Hampshire [1]

Rank

Lieutenant [47]

Second Lieutenant [45]

Private [39]

Rifleman [24]

Captain [23]

Corporal [21]

Serjeant [20]

Trooper [10]

Gunner [8]

Major [8]

Sergeant [5]

Driver [4]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Bombardier [3]

Sapper [3]

Temporary Lieutenant [3]

Lance Corporal [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Regimental Serjeant Major [2]

Scout [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

2nd Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Blacksmiths Mate [1]

Captainemph altrender=Captain [1]

Coloured Constable [1]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Farrier Conductor [1]

Head Constable [1]

Honorary Lieutenant [1]

Horsemaster [1]

Mechanic [1]

Officer's Clerk [1]

Private Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Second Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Serjeant Major [1]

Squadron Quartermaster Sergeant [1]

Squadron Serjeant Major [1]

Staff Sergeant [1]

Staff Serjeant Major [1]

Sub Major [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

South African Mounted Rifles [95]

Royal Field Artillery [18]

East African Labour Corps [13]

Mounted Rifles [10]

King's African Rifles [9]

South African Mounted Regiment [8]

British South African Police [7]

Royal Air Force [7]

Rhodesia Regiment [6]

South African Infantry [6]

2nd South African Mounted Rifles [5]

Labour Corps [5]

Royal Fusiliers [5]

East African Mounted Rifles [4]

General List [4]

South African Horse [4]

2nd Rhodesia Regiment [3]

3rd South African Mounted Rifles [3]

Natal Mounted Rifles [3]

Royal Garrison Artillery [3]

South African Force/ Mounted Rifles [3]

South African Highlanders [3]

South African Infantry Brigade [3]

18th Mounted Rifles [2]

1st South African Mounted Brigade [2]

1st South African Mounted Rifles [2]

3rd King's African Rifles [2]

3rd Mounted Rifles [2]

8th Mounted Rifles [2]

Cape Mounted Rifles [2]

East African Intelligence Department [2]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

London Regiment [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [2]

Royal Engineers [2]

Royal Field Artillery attached Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Horse and Royal Field Artillery [2]

South African Field Artillery [2]

South African Forces [2]

South African Forces/Mounted Rifles [2]

South African Horse Artillery [2]

10th South African Horse [1]

13th Hussars [1]

16th Tank Corps [1]

18th Mounted Rifles South African Rifles [1]

1st Mounted Rifles South African Frontier Force [1]

1st Regiment South African Mounted Rifles [1]

1st South African Pioneers [1]

Service

British Army [155]

South African Services [21]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [23]

M [17]

H [14]

C [13]

W [13]

D [12]

P [10]

S [10]

G [9]

E [8]

L [7]

K [6]

J [4]

O [4]

R [4]

T [4]

V [4]

F [3]

N [3]

U [3]

A [2]

I [2]

Contribution

Military Service [160]

Country

United Kingdom [5]

South Africa [1]

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People [175] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Bedford, Bedfordshire [1] Coventry [1] Durbanville, Cape Province [1] Malling, Kent [1] Pancreas, London [1] Soberton, Hampshire [1]

Rank

Lieutenant [47] Second Lieutenant [45] Private [39] Rifleman [24] Captain [23] Corporal [21] Serjeant [20] Trooper [10] Gunner [8] Major [8] Sergeant [5] Driver [4] Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Bombardier [3] Sapper [3] Temporary Lieutenant [3] Lance Corporal [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Regimental Serjeant Major [2] Scout [2] Staff Serjeant [2] 2nd Master Serjeant [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Blacksmiths Mate [1] Captainemph altrender=Captain [1] Coloured Constable [1] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Farrier Conductor [1] Head Constable [1] Honorary Lieutenant [1] Horsemaster [1] Mechanic [1] Officer's Clerk [1] Private Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Second Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Serjeant Major [1] Squadron Quartermaster Sergeant [1] Squadron Serjeant Major [1] Staff Sergeant [1] Staff Serjeant Major [1] Sub Major [1] Temporary Captain [1] Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

South African Mounted Rifles [95] Royal Field Artillery [18] East African Labour Corps [13] Mounted Rifles [10] King's African Rifles [9] South African Mounted Regiment [8] British South African Police [7] Royal Air Force [7] Rhodesia Regiment [6] South African Infantry [6] 2nd South African Mounted Rifles [5] Labour Corps [5] Royal Fusiliers [5] East African Mounted Rifles [4] General List [4] South African Horse [4] 2nd Rhodesia Regiment [3] 3rd South African Mounted Rifles [3] Natal Mounted Rifles [3] Royal Garrison Artillery [3] South African Force/ Mounted Rifles [3] South African Highlanders [3] South African Infantry Brigade [3] 18th Mounted Rifles [2] 1st South African Mounted Brigade [2] 1st South African Mounted Rifles [2] 3rd King's African Rifles [2] 3rd Mounted Rifles [2] 8th Mounted Rifles [2] Cape Mounted Rifles [2] East African Intelligence Department [2] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] London Regiment [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [2] Royal Engineers [2] Royal Field Artillery attached Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Horse and Royal Field Artillery [2] South African Field Artillery [2] South African Forces [2] South African Forces/Mounted Rifles [2] South African Horse Artillery [2] 10th South African Horse [1] 13th Hussars [1] 16th Tank Corps [1] 18th Mounted Rifles South African Rifles [1] 1st Mounted Rifles South African Frontier Force [1] 1st Regiment South African Mounted Rifles [1] 1st South African Pioneers [1]

Service

British Army [155] South African Services [21] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [23] M [17] H [14] C [13] W [13] D [12] P [10] S [10] G [9] E [8] L [7] K [6] J [4] O [4] R [4] T [4] V [4] F [3] N [3] U [3] A [2] I [2]

Contribution

Military Service [160]

Country

United Kingdom [5] South Africa [1]

Martin Edward Wilson

Born 1882

Died 1919

South African Services 730 Sergeant South African Mounted Rifles 5 Regiment

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John Gijster Maritz

Born 1895

Died 1919

South African Services 2358 Rifleman South African Mounted Rifles 3 Regiment

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Harry Herbert Hans Woodward

Died 1918

South African Services 1402 Head Constable South African Mounted Rifles 3 Regiment

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Paulus Jacobus Johannes Swart

Born 1896

Died 1919

South African Services 6009 Rifleman South African Mounted Rifles 5 Regiment

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Arthur Meyrick Bones

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant King's African Rifles

South African Services Cape Mounted Rifles

South African Services 571 Lieutenant South African Mounted Rifles attd 1st Kings African Rifles

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John Twynam

Born 1884

Died 1914

South African Services 131 Staff Sergeant South African Mounted Rifles 1st Battalion

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William Reginald Victor Wray

Born 1891

Died 1916

South African Services 2992 Sergeant South African Mounted Rifles 5th Mounted Battery

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William Deeley

Born 1880

Died 1916

South African Services 1254 Corporal South African Mounted Rifles 3rd Regt

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John Creagh

Died 1916

South African Services 1266 Squadron Quartermaster Sergeant South African Mounted Rifles 3 Regiment

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J W A Viljoen

Died 1918

South African Services 4807 Rifleman South African Mounted Rifles

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Francis Louis Northway

Born 1874

Died 1914

South African Services Lieutenant South African Mounted Rifles

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Dirk Johannes Du Plessis

Died 1918

South African Services 1311 Corporal South African Mounted Rifles 3 Regiment

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Robert Bell

Born 1880

Died 1918

South African Services 858 Sergeant 2nd South African Mounted Rifles

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Charles Oates Radford

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army South African Mounted Regiment

British Army Lieutenant King's African Rifles

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Syfret Flowers Sumner

Born 1888

Died 1947

South African Services 700137 Private Essential Services Protection Corps

South African Services 3813 Private South African Mounted Rifles

South African Services 630 Private 10th South African Horse

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Harry Colman Henes

British Army 2850 Private South African Mounted Rifles

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C F Maritz

British Army 2853 Corporal South African Mounted Rifles

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George Vences Beart

British Army 148 Serjeant South African Mounted Rifles

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S J Morse

British Army Temporary Captain South African Mounted Rifles

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R S Dawkins

British Army 830 Corporal South African Mounted Rifles

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