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Birmingham, Warks [3]

Marylebone, London [2]

Agra [1]

Aston, Warks [1]

Balham, London [1]

Bangor Castle, County Down, Ireland [1]

Barton upon Irwell, Lancashire [1]

Batavia [1]

Bedford [1]

Boulogne [1]

Bristol [1]

Camberwell,Surrey [1]

Cartmel, Lancashire [1]

Chalfont St Giles [1]

Chard, Somerset. [1]

Clyne, Sutherland [1]

Conisborough, Doncaster [1]

Dewsbury, Yorkshire [1]

Dublin [1]

Duddleston, Shropshire [1]

Ecclesall Bierlow, Sheffield [1]

Edgbaston, Birmingham [1]

Edinburgh [1]

Gatchina, St Petersburg [1]

Glenfalloch, Perthshire [1]

Hackney, London [1]

Hampstead, London [1]

Handsworth, Staffs [1]

Hastings, Sussex [1]

Highclere, Hampshire [1]

Hull, Yorkshire [1]

Jersey, Channel Isles [1]

Keighley [1]

Kensington District, London [1]

Kensington, London [1]

Kilkea, Athy, County Kildare [1]

Lausanne, Vaud, [1]

Leatherhead Surrey [1]

Liverpool [1]

London [1]

Londonderry, Northern Ireland [1]

Magodo [1]

Manchester [1]

Middlesborough [1]

New Cross, London [1]

Newcastle Under Lyme [1]

Newnham Grange in Cambridge [1]

Paris [1]

Percydale, Victoria [1]

Plumstead, Kent [1]

Rank

Captain [502]

Lieutenant [461]

Second Lieutenant [300]

Temporary Captain [147]

Major [144]

Temporary Lieutenant [141]

Private [94]

Lieutenant Colonel [54]

Temporary Major [42]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [34]

Corporal [21]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [21]

Serjeant [20]

Acting Captain [19]

Lieutenant and Quarter Master [18]

Quarter Master and Lieutenant [15]

Captain and Quarter Master [13]

Sub Lieutenant [11]

Gunner [10]

Sapper [10]

Lance Corporal [9]

Brigadier General [7]

Colonel [7]

Local Captain [7]

Local Major [7]

Quarter Master and Captain [7]

Honorary Captain [6]

Honorary Lieutenant [6]

Temporary Quarter Master and Honorary Lieutenant [6]

Dental Surgeon [5]

Driver [5]

Flying Officer [5]

2nd Lieutenant [4]

Acting Major [4]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Bombardier [4]

Doctor [4]

Flight Lieutenant [4]

Honorary Major [4]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [4]

Local Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Temporary Brigadier General [4]

Honorary Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Petty Officer [3]

Temporary Honorary Lieutenant and Quarter Master [3]

Temporary Second Lieutenant /Local Captain [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Brevet Major [2]

Captain Quarter Master [2]

Unit

Special List [959]

Royal Engineers [93]

General and Special List [88]

General List [54]

Nigeria Regiment [43]

Royal Army Medical Corps [43]

Royal Air Force [40]

King's African Rifles [36]

Special List/ Staff [34]

Royal Engineers Inland Waterways Transport [28]

Intelligence Corps [25]

Royal Field Artillery [24]

London Regiment [23]

Special List/Staff [22]

Staff [22]

Attached Nigeria Regiment [18]

Army Service Corps [16]

General Special List [16]

Royal Fusiliers [16]

Royal Army Service Corps [12]

Inland Water Transport Royal Engineers [11]

British Red Cross Society [10]

Indian Water Transport [10]

Labour Corps [10]

Royal Engineers Inland Water Transport [10]

Royal Garrison Artillery [10]

Special List Royal Engineers [10]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [9]

Durham Light Infantry [8]

Royal Engineers Special List [8]

Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [8]

Special List Dental Surgeon [8]

British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [7]

Headquarters attached Nigeria Regiment [7]

Highland Light Infantry [7]

Railway Transport Establishment [7]

Special List Attached Nigeria Regiment [7]

Army Dental Corps [6]

Royal Indian Marine [6]

Special List Intelligence Corps [6]

Special List/ Commands and Staff [6]

Gloucestershire Regiment [5]

Gordon Highlanders [5]

Leicestershire Regiment [5]

Machine Gun Corps [5]

Norfolk Regiment [5]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [5]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [5]

4th King's African Rifles [4]

British West Indies Regiment [4]

Service

British Army [1529]

Royal Navy [15]

Other Empire Force [12]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [5]

Indian Army [5]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

M [170]

B [161]

S [137]

C [128]

W [122]

H [115]

P [92]

G [88]

L [87]

D [76]

R [55]

F [54]

K [43]

T [42]

A [37]

J [26]

N [23]

E [22]

O [20]

V [12]

I [9]

U [6]

Y [4]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1524]

Country

United Kingdom [42]

India [1]

Ireland [1]

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Place of birth

Birmingham, Warks [3] Marylebone, London [2] Agra [1] Aston, Warks [1] Balham, London [1] Bangor Castle, County Down, Ireland [1] Barton upon Irwell, Lancashire [1] Batavia [1] Bedford [1] Boulogne [1] Bristol [1] Camberwell,Surrey [1] Cartmel, Lancashire [1] Chalfont St Giles [1] Chard, Somerset. [1] Clyne, Sutherland [1] Conisborough, Doncaster [1] Dewsbury, Yorkshire [1] Dublin [1] Duddleston, Shropshire [1] Ecclesall Bierlow, Sheffield [1] Edgbaston, Birmingham [1] Edinburgh [1] Gatchina, St Petersburg [1] Glenfalloch, Perthshire [1] Hackney, London [1] Hampstead, London [1] Handsworth, Staffs [1] Hastings, Sussex [1] Highclere, Hampshire [1] Hull, Yorkshire [1] Jersey, Channel Isles [1] Keighley [1] Kensington District, London [1] Kensington, London [1] Kilkea, Athy, County Kildare [1] Lausanne, Vaud, [1] Leatherhead Surrey [1] Liverpool [1] London [1] Londonderry, Northern Ireland [1] Magodo [1] Manchester [1] Middlesborough [1] New Cross, London [1] Newcastle Under Lyme [1] Newnham Grange in Cambridge [1] Paris [1] Percydale, Victoria [1] Plumstead, Kent [1]

Rank

Captain [502] Lieutenant [461] Second Lieutenant [300] Temporary Captain [147] Major [144] Temporary Lieutenant [141] Private [94] Lieutenant Colonel [54] Temporary Major [42] Temporary Second Lieutenant [34] Corporal [21] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [21] Serjeant [20] Acting Captain [19] Lieutenant and Quarter Master [18] Quarter Master and Lieutenant [15] Captain and Quarter Master [13] Sub Lieutenant [11] Gunner [10] Sapper [10] Lance Corporal [9] Brigadier General [7] Colonel [7] Local Captain [7] Local Major [7] Quarter Master and Captain [7] Honorary Captain [6] Honorary Lieutenant [6] Temporary Quarter Master and Honorary Lieutenant [6] Dental Surgeon [5] Driver [5] Flying Officer [5] 2nd Lieutenant [4] Acting Major [4] Acting Serjeant [4] Bombardier [4] Doctor [4] Flight Lieutenant [4] Honorary Major [4] Lieutenant Acting Captain [4] Local Lieutenant Colonel [4] Temporary Brigadier General [4] Honorary Lieutenant Colonel [3] Petty Officer [3] Temporary Honorary Lieutenant and Quarter Master [3] Temporary Second Lieutenant /Local Captain [3] Acting Corporal [2] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [2] Brevet Major [2] Captain Quarter Master [2]

Unit

Special List [959] Royal Engineers [93] General and Special List [88] General List [54] Nigeria Regiment [43] Royal Army Medical Corps [43] Royal Air Force [40] King's African Rifles [36] Special List/ Staff [34] Royal Engineers Inland Waterways Transport [28] Intelligence Corps [25] Royal Field Artillery [24] London Regiment [23] Special List/Staff [22] Staff [22] Attached Nigeria Regiment [18] Army Service Corps [16] General Special List [16] Royal Fusiliers [16] Royal Army Service Corps [12] Inland Water Transport Royal Engineers [11] British Red Cross Society [10] Indian Water Transport [10] Labour Corps [10] Royal Engineers Inland Water Transport [10] Royal Garrison Artillery [10] Special List Royal Engineers [10] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [9] Durham Light Infantry [8] Royal Engineers Special List [8] Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [8] Special List Dental Surgeon [8] British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem [7] Headquarters attached Nigeria Regiment [7] Highland Light Infantry [7] Railway Transport Establishment [7] Special List Attached Nigeria Regiment [7] Army Dental Corps [6] Royal Indian Marine [6] Special List Intelligence Corps [6] Special List/ Commands and Staff [6] Gloucestershire Regiment [5] Gordon Highlanders [5] Leicestershire Regiment [5] Machine Gun Corps [5] Norfolk Regiment [5] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [5] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [5] 4th King's African Rifles [4] British West Indies Regiment [4]

Service

British Army [1529] Royal Navy [15] Other Empire Force [12] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [5] Indian Army [5] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

M [170] B [161] S [137] C [128] W [122] H [115] P [92] G [88] L [87] D [76] R [55] F [54] K [43] T [42] A [37] J [26] N [23] E [22] O [20] V [12] I [9] U [6] Y [4] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1524]

Country

United Kingdom [42] India [1] Ireland [1]

Ralph Walter Maude

Born 1873

Died 1922

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Special List Assistant Provost Marshal

British Army Temporary Captain Special List Assistant Provost Marshal

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant Special List 2nd/8th Gurkha Rifles

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Roger Rolleston Frederick West

British Army Second Lieutenant Special List

British Army Lieutenant Special List

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Oswald Theodore Rayner

Born 1888

Died 1961

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Special List

British Army Temporary Captain Special List

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Ernest Goodwin

Born 1877

British Army Second Lieutenant Special List

British Army Temporary Captain Special List

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William Edward Shuff

Born 1866

Died 1916

British Army Quartermaster Lieutenant Special List

British Army Lieutenant Special List

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Arthur William Agg

Born 1865

Died 1916

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant Special List

British Army Lieutenant Special List

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John Benjamin Mcdowell

Born 1878

Died 1954

British Army Lieutenant Official Cinematographer Special List

British Army Lieutenant General List

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Guy Mannering Chantrill

Born 1887

Died 1946

British Army Temporary Captain Special List

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Francis Nemo Grier

Born 1862

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant and Quarter Master Special List

British Army Lieutenant Special List

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John Arnold Norton

Died 1915

British Army Temporary Captain Special List

British Army Captain Special List

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George Stamer Browning

Born 1859

Died 1916

British Army Temporary Captain Special List

British Army Captain Special List

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Roland William Whittall

Died 1915

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant Special List

British Army Second Lieutenant Special List

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James William Traill

Born 1859

Died 1917

British Army Major Special List

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The Hon. Ivan Campbell

Born 1859

Died 1917

British Army Captain Special List

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Claude Waylen Bell

British Army Second Lieutenant Special List

British Army Captain Special List

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George Bennett

Born 1892

Died 1921

British Army Lieutenant Special List

British Army Captain Special List

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George Stephen Penny

Born 1885

British Army Lieutenant Special List

British Army Acting Captain Special List

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Richard Seymour Vivian Dyas

Born 1875

Died 1949

British Army Temporary Captain Censors Special List

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Robert Sandilands Frowd Walker

Born 1850

Died 1917

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Colonel Special List

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Thomas Henry Lindberg

Born 1859

Died 1915

British Army Major Special List

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