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Place of birth

London [2]

All Saints Parish Birmingham Warwickshire [1]

Baginton, Warwickshire [1]

Barton St David, Somerset [1]

Barton-under-Needwood [1]

Birmingham, Warks [1]

Bungendore, New South Wales [1]

Burton on Trent [1]

Christchurch [1]

Dorchester Dorset [1]

Dudleston Heath, Ellesmere, Shropshire [1]

Hanley, Staffordshire [1]

Hanover Square, Middlesex [1]

Kensington, London [1]

Kingsbury, Warwickshire [1]

Llanelly, South Wales [1]

Mytholmroyd [1]

Nurton, Shropshire [1]

Old Newton, Suffolk [1]

Pattingham, Staffordshire [1]

Pickletillum [1]

Rugeley, Staffordshire [1]

Rushton Spencer [1]

Snodland, Kent [1]

St Nicholas, Glamorgan [1]

St Pancras, London [1]

Staffs Newborough [1]

Stalbridge, Dorset [1]

Stoke-upon-Trent [1]

Tallow, Co Wateford [1]

Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [1]

Wolverhampton [1]

Wolverhampton, Staffs [1]

Wombourne [1]

Rank

Private [1198]

Serjeant [119]

Corporal [94]

Second Lieutenant [86]

Lance Corporal [60]

Lieutenant [57]

Captain [37]

Sapper [24]

Major [20]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [12]

Lieutenant Colonel [9]

Trooper [9]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [8]

Acting Corporal [6]

Staff Serjeant Major [6]

Acting Serjeant [5]

Farrier Serjeant [5]

Lance Serjeant [5]

Shoeing Smith [5]

Pioneer [4]

Acting Captain [3]

Bombardier [3]

Private Acting Corporal [3]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Brigadier General [2]

Corporal 2nd [2]

Driver [2]

Farrier Quartermaster Serjeant [2]

Gunner [2]

Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Quartermaster Serjeant [2]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Trumpeter [2]

1st Corporal [1]

5th Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Major, Regimental Headquarters [1]

Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Serjeant/Trumpeter [1]

Acting Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Captain and Adjutant [1]

Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class [1]

Colonel [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Unit

Staffordshire Yeomanry [1485]

Corps of Hussars [860]

Royal Engineers [86]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [45]

North Staffordshire Regiment [40]

Machine Gun Corps [39]

Dorset Yeomanry [33]

Norfolk Regiment [33]

Labour Corps [31]

South Staffordshire Regiment [31]

Hussars [23]

Imperial Camel Corps [23]

Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [21]

1/1st Staffordshire Yeomanry [18]

Army Service Corps [15]

Royal Air Force [15]

City of London Yeomanry [13]

Royal Flying Corps [12]

1st Staffordshire Yeomanry [11]

2/1st Staffordshire Yeomanry [10]

Warwickshire Yeomanry [10]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [8]

Hertfordshire Yeomanry [7]

London Regiment [7]

North Irish Horse [7]

Corps of Lancers [6]

Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [6]

Military Mounted Police [6]

Sherwood Rangers [6]

County of London Yeomanry [5]

East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry [5]

Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [5]

Army Cyclist Corps [4]

Buckinghamshire Yeomanry [4]

Camel Corps [4]

Dorsetshire Regiment [4]

Liverpool Regiment [4]

North Somerset Yeomanry [4]

19th Hussars [3]

1st Rhodesia Regiment [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Berkshire Yeomanry [3]

Border Regiment [3]

Camel Corps Egyptian Army [3]

Indian Army [3]

Life Guards [3]

Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) [3]

Northamptonshire Yeomanry [3]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Service

British Army [1607]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [210]

H [156]

W [132]

S [129]

M [122]

C [111]

P [87]

G [81]

T [81]

L [66]

R [66]

D [61]

F [59]

J [57]

A [45]

E [43]

K [34]

N [21]

O [17]

V [13]

Y [6]

I [5]

U [4]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1604]

Country

United Kingdom [21]

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Place of birth

London [2] All Saints Parish Birmingham Warwickshire [1] Baginton, Warwickshire [1] Barton St David, Somerset [1] Barton-under-Needwood [1] Birmingham, Warks [1] Bungendore, New South Wales [1] Burton on Trent [1] Christchurch [1] Dorchester Dorset [1] Dudleston Heath, Ellesmere, Shropshire [1] Hanley, Staffordshire [1] Hanover Square, Middlesex [1] Kensington, London [1] Kingsbury, Warwickshire [1] Llanelly, South Wales [1] Mytholmroyd [1] Nurton, Shropshire [1] Old Newton, Suffolk [1] Pattingham, Staffordshire [1] Pickletillum [1] Rugeley, Staffordshire [1] Rushton Spencer [1] Snodland, Kent [1] St Nicholas, Glamorgan [1] St Pancras, London [1] Staffs Newborough [1] Stalbridge, Dorset [1] Stoke-upon-Trent [1] Tallow, Co Wateford [1] Wellingborough, Northamptonshire [1] Wolverhampton [1] Wolverhampton, Staffs [1] Wombourne [1]

Rank

Private [1198] Serjeant [119] Corporal [94] Second Lieutenant [86] Lance Corporal [60] Lieutenant [57] Captain [37] Sapper [24] Major [20] Warrant Officer Class 2 [12] Lieutenant Colonel [9] Trooper [9] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [8] Acting Corporal [6] Staff Serjeant Major [6] Acting Serjeant [5] Farrier Serjeant [5] Lance Serjeant [5] Shoeing Smith [5] Pioneer [4] Acting Captain [3] Bombardier [3] Private Acting Corporal [3] Private Acting Lance Corporal [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Brigadier General [2] Corporal 2nd [2] Driver [2] Farrier Quartermaster Serjeant [2] Gunner [2] Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Quartermaster Serjeant [2] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Trumpeter [2] 1st Corporal [1] 5th Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Major, Regimental Headquarters [1] Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Acting Serjeant/Trumpeter [1] Acting Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Captain and Adjutant [1] Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class [1] Colonel [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Unit

Staffordshire Yeomanry [1485] Corps of Hussars [860] Royal Engineers [86] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [45] North Staffordshire Regiment [40] Machine Gun Corps [39] Dorset Yeomanry [33] Norfolk Regiment [33] Labour Corps [31] South Staffordshire Regiment [31] Hussars [23] Imperial Camel Corps [23] Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [21] 1/1st Staffordshire Yeomanry [18] Army Service Corps [15] Royal Air Force [15] City of London Yeomanry [13] Royal Flying Corps [12] 1st Staffordshire Yeomanry [11] 2/1st Staffordshire Yeomanry [10] Warwickshire Yeomanry [10] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [8] Hertfordshire Yeomanry [7] London Regiment [7] North Irish Horse [7] Corps of Lancers [6] Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [6] Military Mounted Police [6] Sherwood Rangers [6] County of London Yeomanry [5] East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry [5] Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [5] Army Cyclist Corps [4] Buckinghamshire Yeomanry [4] Camel Corps [4] Dorsetshire Regiment [4] Liverpool Regiment [4] North Somerset Yeomanry [4] 19th Hussars [3] 1st Rhodesia Regiment [3] Army Ordnance Corps [3] Berkshire Yeomanry [3] Border Regiment [3] Camel Corps Egyptian Army [3] Indian Army [3] Life Guards [3] Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) [3] Northamptonshire Yeomanry [3] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3] Royal Fusiliers [3]

Service

British Army [1607] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] Other Empire Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [210] H [156] W [132] S [129] M [122] C [111] P [87] G [81] T [81] L [66] R [66] D [61] F [59] J [57] A [45] E [43] K [34] N [21] O [17] V [13] Y [6] I [5] U [4] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1604]

Country

United Kingdom [21]

George Henry Anson

Born 1888

Died 1957

British Army Acting Major, Regimental Headquarters Staffordshire Yeomanry

British Army Lieutenant Staffordshire Yeomanry

British Army Major Staffordshire Yeomanry

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Ambrose Henry Palmer

Born 1870

Died 1917

British Army Surgeon Captain Staffordshire Yeomanry

British Army Major Royal Army Service Corps

British Army Surgeon Major Staffordshire Yeomanry

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Ernest Samuel Timmins

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 300115 Private Staffordshire Yeomanry

British Army 300115 Lance Corporal Staffordshire Yeomanry

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William Legge

Born 1881

Died 1958

British Army Major Staffordshire Yeomanry

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Staffordshire Yeomanry

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John George Burton Borough

Born 1890

Died 1960

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Staffordshire Yeomanry

British Army Captain Staffordshire Yeomanry

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William Burns

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Staffordshire Yeomanry

British Army Lieutenant Staffordshire Yeomanry

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Thomas H Richardson

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 3628 Private Staffordshire Yeomanry

British Army 300838 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 300838 Private Staffordshire Yeomanry

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Stanley C. Harris

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 2562 Private Staffordshire Yeomanry

British Army 300057 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 300057 Lance Corporal Staffordshire Yeomanry "D" Sqdn. 1st/1st

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Charles Roy Mcandrew

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 2758 Lance Corporal Staffordshire Yeomanry

British Army 2758 Private Staffordshire Yeomanry

British Army Second Lieutenant Warwickshire Yeomanry

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Dixon White

Died 1917

British Army 2755 Corporal Staffordshire Yeomanry

British Army 300159 Corporal Staffordshire Yeomanry

British Army Second Lieutenant Staffordshire Yeomanry

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Charles Hatton

Born 1878

Died 1918

British Army 24646 Trooper Imperial Yeomanry 67th Company (Sharpshooters) - 18th Battalion

British Army 41398 Private North Staffordshire Regiment 2/6th Battalion

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Albert Bridgwood

Born 1895

Died 1964

British Army 300217 Private 1/1st Staffordshire Yeomanry

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Henry Arthur Clowes

Born 1868

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Staffordshire Yeomanry

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Robert Wilson

Born 1873

Died 1918

British Army 3133 Private Staffordshire Yeomanry

British Army 300431 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 300431 Private Staffordshire Yeomanry

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George Stanley Deakin

Born 1896

British Army 2628 Private Staffordshire Yeomanry

British Army 2628 Corporal Staffordshire Yeomanry

British Army 300087 Corporal Corps of Hussars

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Charles Richard Henry Wiggin

Born 1885

British Army Major Yeomanry

British Army Lieutenant-Colonel Staffordshire Yeomanry

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Edric Charles Joseph Wolseley

Born 1886

Died 1954

British Army Second Lieutenant Staffordshire Yeomanry Railway Transport Office

British Army Lieutenant Staffordshire Yeomanry Railway Transport Office

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Samuel Edward Paddock

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 2633 Farrier Serjeant Staffordshire Yeomanry

British Army 2633 Warrant Officer Class 2 Staffordshire Yeomanry

British Army 300090 Warrant Officer Class 2 Corps of Hussars

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John William Brough

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 1958 Serjeant Staffordshire Yeomanry

British Army 1958 Quarter Master and Lieutenant 1/1st Staffordshire Yeomanry

British Army Lieutenant Staffordshire Yeomanry

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Lewis Charles Dealing

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army 3980 Private Staffordshire Yeomanry

British Army 2980 Private Staffordshire Yeomanry

British Army 300313 Private Corps of Hussars

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