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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]

Christian Hollis Seaton

British Army Second Lieutenant Special List

British Army Captain Royal Army Service Corps

British Army 6802545 Private Inns Of Court Officer Training Corps

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Llewellyn Roberts

British Army 741528 Mercantile Marine

British Army Second Lieutenant Special List Inland Water Transport

British Army Second Lieutenant Attached South Wales Borderers

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A J R O'brien

British Army Temporary Captain Special List/ West African Medical Staff/ West African Field Force/ Gold Coast Contingent

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Arthur Lenny Beamish

British Army Private 5th South African Horse

British Army Temporary Lieutenant King's African Rifles

British Army 5676 Local Captain King's African Rifles

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Russell Carr

British Army Second Lieutenant Special List

British Army Second Lieutenant Dragoon Guards

British Army Major 4th King's African Rifles

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H Dc B W Bampfylde

British Army 28 Private East African Mounted Rifles

British Army Major General and Special List

British Army Major 3rd King's African Rifles

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John Victor Livingstone Grant

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps 13th Stationary Hospital

British Army Captain 60th General List

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps Special Reserve

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Arnold Gibson

Born 1889

British Army Captain Special List Dental Surgeon

Royal Navy Z/1041 Royal Naval Division

Royal Navy London Z/1041 Acting Petty Officer Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

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Hugh Bell

British Army 330 Private Nyasaland Volunteer Reserve Service

British Army Volunteer Nyasaland Field Force

British Army Volunteer King's African Rifles

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Stanley Lynn

British Army 2572 Lance Corporal Durham Light Infantry

British Army 24389 Lance Serjeant Machine Gun Corps

British Army 24389 Lance Serjeant York and Lancaster Regiment

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