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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]

Charles Oliver Swanston

Born 1865

Died 1914

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Poona Horse 34th

Indian Army Captain Indian Staff Corps

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George Ayscough Armytage

Born 1872

Died 1953

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps 7th Battalion

British Army Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps 7th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps 4th Battalion

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Edward Geoffrey St Aubyn

Born 1880

Died 1960

British Army Second Lieutenant Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 3rd Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Hampshire Regiment 8th Battalion

British Army Captain National Defence Companies

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Charles Perceval Lynden-Bell

Born 1862

Died 1934

British Army Colonel Staff Corps

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John Edward Spencer Brind, K

Born 1878

Died 1954

British Army Major and Brevet Lieutenant Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General Royal Artillery

British Army Major and Brevet Lieutenant Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General Staff

British Army Brigadier General Staff, XI Corps

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Arthur Neale Lee

Born 1877

Died 1954

British Army Second Lieutenant Volunteer Rifle Corps 1st Nottinghamshire (Robin Hood)

British Army Lieutenant Volunteer Rifle Corps 1st Nottinghamshire (Robin Hood)

British Army Captain Volunteer Rifle Corps 1st Nottinghamshire (Robin Hood)

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Frederick James Andrews

Born 1878

Died 1918

British Army W/1859 Staff Sergeant Military Provost Staff Corps

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George Spafford Richardson

Born 1868

Died 1938

Royal Navy Lieutenant Colonel, A.A. & Q.M.G. Royal Naval Division Staff Headquarters

Royal Navy Lieutenant Colonel Royal Marines

New Zealand Expeditionary Force Brigadier General New Zealand Staff Corps/Staff

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John Neville Buchanan

British Army Grenadier Guards

British Army Captain Grenadier Guards

British Army Captain Staff; Staff Corps

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Robert Stacey Marks Rigby Mbe

Born 1888

Died 1942

British Army Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps

British Army private Royal Fusiliers Public School Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Durham Light Infantry 11th Battalion

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Hugh Cracroft

Born 1874

Died 1923

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Army Service Corps/Commands and Staff

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William Henry Savage

Born 1864

Died 1951

Indian Army Lieutenant Colonel 3rd Queen Alexandra's Own Gurkha Rifles

Indian Army Lieutenant 15th Punjab Regiment 1st Battalion

Indian Army Lieutenant 1st Gurkhas 1st Battalion

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Gilbert Falkingham Clayton

British Army Captain Staff Corps

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Staff Corps

British Army Brigadier General Staff Corps

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William Hunter

Born 1861

Died 1937

British Army Colonel Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Colonel Staff

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George Strachan Cartwright

Born 1866

Died 1959

British Army Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General Staff

British Army Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General Chief Engineer, IX Corps

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Charles Hervey Hoare

Born 1875

Died 1955

British Army Second Lieutenant Hampshire Imperial Yeomanry

British Army Captain Glamorganshire Imperial Yeomanry

British Army Lieutenant West Kent (Queen's Own) Yeomanry

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Thomas Esme Baring

Born 1882

Died 1957

British Army Major Staff Corps

British Army Major Tank Corps

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Arthur Arnold Gorringe

British Army Captain Staff; Staff Corps

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Bertram Graham George

British Army Second Lieutenant Staff; Staff Corps

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Charles Bryson

British Army Lieutenant Staff; Staff Corps

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