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London [8]

Dublin [3]

Bengal [2]

Glasgow [2]

Hampstead [2]

Kensington, London [2]

Kingston, Surrey [2]

Maidstone, Kent [2]

Poona [2]

St Georges, Hanover Square, London [2]

Ajmeer Rajputana [1]

Ajmere [1]

Ajmir [1]

Aldershot [1]

Alnwick, Northumberland [1]

Alverstoke, Gosport, Hampshire [1]

Alverstoke, Hampshire [1]

Ashton, Northamptonshire. [1]

Bagnes de Bigorre [1]

Ballantrae [1]

Bangalore [1]

Bangor, Carnarvonshire [1]

Barnet , Hertfordshire [1]

Bath, Somerset [1]

Battersea [1]

Beadnell, Northumberland [1]

Beechworth Victoria [1]

Bengal, [1]

Biarritz [1]

Blairgowrie [1]

Bobcaygeon, Ontario [1]

Born at sea [1]

Bourtie, Aberdeenshire [1]

Bradford, Yorkshire [1]

Brecon [1]

Brighton, Sussex [1]

Brixton,Surrey [1]

Brompton, Kensington [1]

Brougham-in-Furness [1]

Bruges [1]

Calcutta [1]

California [1]

Carlisle [1]

Cawnpore, Bengal [1]

Cirencester, Gloucestershire [1]

Clapham Park, Surrey [1]

Clarendon South Australia [1]

Co Tipperary [1]

Congresbury, Somerset [1]

Connerno [1]

Rank

Major [385]

Captain [369]

Serjeant [351]

Private [262]

Lieutenant Colonel [226]

Lieutenant [180]

Second Lieutenant [179]

Staff Serjeant [143]

Corporal [123]

Colonel [91]

Acting Serjeant [88]

Lance Corporal [83]

Acting Staff Serjeant [69]

Brigadier General [67]

Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [46]

Temporary Captain [43]

Captain /Temporary Major [34]

Temporary Major [33]

Major General [32]

Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Colonel [31]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [25]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [25]

Quarter Master Serjeant [22]

Captain/Temporary Major [21]

Temporary Lieutenant [21]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [20]

Lieutenant General [19]

Serjeant Major [19]

Temporary Brigadier General [19]

Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [17]

Acting Corporal [16]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [15]

Lieutenant Colonel/Temporary Colonel [15]

Major and Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [15]

Lance Serjeant [14]

Driver [13]

Major Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [13]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [12]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [11]

Brevet Colonel [11]

Gunner [11]

Staff Serjeant /Acting Serjeant Major [11]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [11]

Acting Major [10]

Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [10]

Lieutenant Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [10]

Brevet Major [9]

Temporary Staff Serjeant [9]

Acting Colour Serjeant [8]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [8]

Unit

Military Provost Staff Corps [858]

Staff [228]

Staff Corps [143]

Corps of Military Staff Clerks [102]

Army Service Corps/ Staff [89]

Army Service Corps [82]

Royal Army Medical Corps [79]

Staff; Staff Corps [68]

Army Service Corps/Staff [65]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [64]

Royal Army Service Corps [45]

King's Royal Rifle Corps/ Staff [44]

Labour Corps [42]

Army Veterinary Corps/ Staff [41]

General Headquarters Staff [40]

General Staff [34]

Indian Staff Corps [32]

London Regiment [30]

Commands and Staff [28]

Royal Engineers [28]

Royal Army Medical Corps/ Staff [26]

Royal Field Artillery [26]

Middlesex Regiment [25]

Machine Gun Corps [24]

Royal Fusiliers [24]

Army Veterinary Corps/Staff [23]

Intelligence Corps [20]

Army Veterinary Corps [19]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [19]

Corps of Hussars [18]

Imperial Staff Corps [18]

King's Royal Rifle Corps/Staff [17]

Royal West Kent Regiment [17]

15th Punjab Regiment [16]

General List [16]

Northumberland Fusiliers [16]

Royal Air Force [16]

Royal Flying Corps [16]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [16]

South Wales Borderers [16]

Lancashire Fusiliers [15]

Manchester Regiment [15]

Royal Garrison Artillery [15]

Somerset Light Infantry [15]

Devonshire Regiment [14]

Welsh Regiment [14]

Army Service Corps Staff [13]

Indian Army [13]

Royal Artillery [13]

Royal Scots [13]

Service

British Army [2551]

Indian Army [56]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [10]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [10]

Australian Imperial Force [8]

Other Empire Force [8]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [6]

Royal Navy [2]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [331]

H [226]

S [226]

C [218]

M [210]

W [176]

G [145]

D [141]

P [133]

L [117]

A [96]

R [96]

T [88]

F [72]

J [70]

K [56]

N [52]

E [51]

O [29]

I [19]

V [17]

Y [12]

U [5]

Contribution

Military Service [2582]

Country

United Kingdom [79]

India [11]

Australia [1]

France [1]

Gibraltar [1]

Jersey [1]

Kenya [1]

Mexico [1]

Myanmar [1]

Pakistan [1]

Singapore [1]

Sri Lanka [1]

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London [8] Dublin [3] Bengal [2] Glasgow [2] Hampstead [2] Kensington, London [2] Kingston, Surrey [2] Maidstone, Kent [2] Poona [2] St Georges, Hanover Square, London [2] Ajmeer Rajputana [1] Ajmere [1] Ajmir [1] Aldershot [1] Alnwick, Northumberland [1] Alverstoke, Gosport, Hampshire [1] Alverstoke, Hampshire [1] Ashton, Northamptonshire. [1] Bagnes de Bigorre [1] Ballantrae [1] Bangalore [1] Bangor, Carnarvonshire [1] Barnet , Hertfordshire [1] Bath, Somerset [1] Battersea [1] Beadnell, Northumberland [1] Beechworth Victoria [1] Bengal, [1] Biarritz [1] Blairgowrie [1] Bobcaygeon, Ontario [1] Born at sea [1] Bourtie, Aberdeenshire [1] Bradford, Yorkshire [1] Brecon [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Brixton,Surrey [1] Brompton, Kensington [1] Brougham-in-Furness [1] Bruges [1] Calcutta [1] California [1] Carlisle [1] Cawnpore, Bengal [1] Cirencester, Gloucestershire [1] Clapham Park, Surrey [1] Clarendon South Australia [1] Co Tipperary [1] Congresbury, Somerset [1] Connerno [1]

Rank

Major [385] Captain [369] Serjeant [351] Private [262] Lieutenant Colonel [226] Lieutenant [180] Second Lieutenant [179] Staff Serjeant [143] Corporal [123] Colonel [91] Acting Serjeant [88] Lance Corporal [83] Acting Staff Serjeant [69] Brigadier General [67] Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [46] Temporary Captain [43] Captain /Temporary Major [34] Temporary Major [33] Major General [32] Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Colonel [31] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [25] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [25] Quarter Master Serjeant [22] Captain/Temporary Major [21] Temporary Lieutenant [21] Warrant Officer Class 2 [20] Lieutenant General [19] Serjeant Major [19] Temporary Brigadier General [19] Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [17] Acting Corporal [16] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [15] Lieutenant Colonel/Temporary Colonel [15] Major and Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [15] Lance Serjeant [14] Driver [13] Major Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [13] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [12] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [11] Brevet Colonel [11] Gunner [11] Staff Serjeant /Acting Serjeant Major [11] Warrant Officer Class 1 [11] Acting Major [10] Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [10] Lieutenant Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [10] Brevet Major [9] Temporary Staff Serjeant [9] Acting Colour Serjeant [8] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [8]

Unit

Military Provost Staff Corps [858] Staff [228] Staff Corps [143] Corps of Military Staff Clerks [102] Army Service Corps/ Staff [89] Army Service Corps [82] Royal Army Medical Corps [79] Staff; Staff Corps [68] Army Service Corps/Staff [65] King's Royal Rifle Corps [64] Royal Army Service Corps [45] King's Royal Rifle Corps/ Staff [44] Labour Corps [42] Army Veterinary Corps/ Staff [41] General Headquarters Staff [40] General Staff [34] Indian Staff Corps [32] London Regiment [30] Commands and Staff [28] Royal Engineers [28] Royal Army Medical Corps/ Staff [26] Royal Field Artillery [26] Middlesex Regiment [25] Machine Gun Corps [24] Royal Fusiliers [24] Army Veterinary Corps/Staff [23] Intelligence Corps [20] Army Veterinary Corps [19] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [19] Corps of Hussars [18] Imperial Staff Corps [18] King's Royal Rifle Corps/Staff [17] Royal West Kent Regiment [17] 15th Punjab Regiment [16] General List [16] Northumberland Fusiliers [16] Royal Air Force [16] Royal Flying Corps [16] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [16] South Wales Borderers [16] Lancashire Fusiliers [15] Manchester Regiment [15] Royal Garrison Artillery [15] Somerset Light Infantry [15] Devonshire Regiment [14] Welsh Regiment [14] Army Service Corps Staff [13] Indian Army [13] Royal Artillery [13] Royal Scots [13]

Service

British Army [2551] Indian Army [56] Canadian Expeditionary Force [10] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [10] Australian Imperial Force [8] Other Empire Force [8] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [6] Royal Navy [2] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [331] H [226] S [226] C [218] M [210] W [176] G [145] D [141] P [133] L [117] A [96] R [96] T [88] F [72] J [70] K [56] N [52] E [51] O [29] I [19] V [17] Y [12] U [5]

Contribution

Military Service [2582]

Country

United Kingdom [79] India [11] Australia [1] France [1] Gibraltar [1] Jersey [1] Kenya [1] Mexico [1] Myanmar [1] Pakistan [1] Singapore [1] Sri Lanka [1]

Luke Gilmartin

British Army 10339 Serjeant King's Own Scottish Borderers

British Army 29224 Serjeant 1st Garrison Battalion Royal Scots

British Army 1815 Serjeant Military Provost Staff Corps

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Edwin Algernon Heighington Aylmer Blacklin

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 3/47 Royal Army Medical Corps, New Zealand Medical Corps, Field Ambulance, Featherston Camp, Temporary Staff, Featherston Camp

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 3/2371 Royal Army Medical Corps, New Zealand Medical Corps, Field Ambulance, Featherston Camp, Temporary Staff, Featherston Camp

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 18729 Royal Army Medical Corps, New Zealand Medical Corps, Field Ambulance, Featherston Camp, Temporary Staff, Featherston Camp

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Henry G M Weldon

British Army 135 Staff Serjeant South African Infantry

British Army 1000 Staff Serjeant South African Medical Corps

British Army 13807 Staff Serjeant South African Infantry Brigade

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Percy Umfreville

British Army Lieutenant Military Provost Staff Corps

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army Brigadier General Military Detentions Barracks and Prisons

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Ernest Robert Campling

Born 1868

British Army Pensioner Warden Military Provost Staff Corps

British Army 57166 Gunner Royal Artillery

British Army 57166 Corporal Royal Artillery

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George Benet

British Army Temporary Honorary Captain Royal Army Medical Corps

Other Empire Force Temporary Honorary Captain RAMC Harvard Medical Unit attached Royal Army Medical Corps

Other Empire Force Temporary Honorary Captain RAMC No. 22 General Hospital B.E.F. Medical Officer

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Frederick Edward William Hervey-Bathurst

British Army Captain Army Service Corps

British Army Major Army Service Corps

British Army Reserve of Officers

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