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Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [4]

Ipswich, Suffolk [2]

Maidstone, Kent [2]

Assington, Suffolk [1]

Bishops Stortford [1]

Botesdale Suffolk [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk [1]

Cambridge [1]

Charlestown, Natal [1]

Chelsea [1]

Colchester, Essex [1]

Comberton, Cambs [1]

Crowle, Thorne [1]

Dublin [1]

Edinburgh [1]

Ely, Cambridgeshire [1]

Farley Hill Berkshire [1]

Gembling, Yorkshire [1]

Grantchester, Cambridgeshire [1]

Hessett, Suffolk [1]

Holcot, Brixworth, Northamptonshire [1]

Horseheath, Linton, Cambridgeshire [1]

Hove, Sussex [1]

Lewisham, London [1]

Londoon [1]

Lowestoft, Suffolk [1]

Marden, Kent [1]

Northwich [1]

Old Newton, Suffolk [1]

Plumpton,Sussex [1]

Plumstead, Norfolk [1]

Plymouth [1]

Redhill, Surrey [1]

Remenham, near Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire [1]

Richards Castle, Shropshire [1]

Sandiland [1]

Scotland [1]

St Lukes, Cambridgeshire [1]

St Margarets, Lowestoft, Suffolk [1]

Stowupland [1]

Todmorden, Yorks [1]

Trumpington, Cambridgeshire [1]

Ufford, Suffolk [1]

Wandsworth, London [1]

Warboys, Huntingdonshire [1]

Wentworth, Yorkshire [1]

Wilton Wiltshire [1]

Rank

Private [741]

Second Lieutenant [156]

Serjeant [90]

Corporal [88]

Lieutenant [81]

Captain [59]

Lance Corporal [45]

Major [19]

Sapper [16]

Pioneer [11]

Trooper [11]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [11]

Acting Corporal [9]

Acting Serjeant [9]

Staff Serjeant Major [9]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [7]

Lieutenant Colonel [6]

Gunner [5]

Lance Serjeant [5]

Driver [4]

Private Acting Corporal [4]

Sergeant [4]

Farrier Serjeant [3]

Regimental Serjeant Major [3]

Shoeing Smith [3]

Squadron Serjeant Major [3]

Acting Captain [2]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Lance-Corporal [2]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Quartermaster Serjeant [2]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Saddler Serjeant [2]

Serjeant/ Serjeant [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Ballon Officer [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Bombardier [1]

Captain Quartermaster [1]

Captain and Adjutant [1]

Unit

Suffolk Yeomanry [1016]

Suffolk Regiment [501]

Corps of Hussars [98]

Royal Engineers [65]

Labour Corps [51]

Machine Gun Corps [42]

Royal Air Force [25]

Military Mounted Police [22]

Essex Yeomanry [21]

Army Service Corps [18]

Royal Field Artillery [12]

Royal West Kent Regiment [12]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [11]

Royal Army Service Corps [11]

Royal Flying Corps [11]

Norfolk Regiment [9]

Bedfordshire Regiment [8]

Hertfordshire Yeomanry [8]

City of London Yeomanry [7]

County of London Yeomanry [7]

Norfolk Yeomanry [7]

Royal Sussex Regiment [7]

The Queen's Regiment [7]

Essex Regiment [6]

Middlesex Regiment [6]

Northamptonshire Regiment [6]

Royal Garrison Artillery [6]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [6]

Surrey Yeomanry [6]

East Surrey Regiment [5]

Lincolnshire Regiment [5]

Northamptonshire Yeomanry [5]

Rifle Brigade [5]

Indian Army Reserve of Officers [4]

King's African Rifles [4]

Tank Corps [4]

Berkshire Yeomanry [3]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

Gloucestershire Yeomanry [3]

London Regiment [3]

Royal Defence Corps [3]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [2]

Border Regiment [2]

Eastern Mounted Brigade [2]

Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [2]

Hampshire Yeomanry [2]

Highland Light Infantry [2]

Service

British Army [1129]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [4]

Royal Navy [2]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [123]

W [100]

B [97]

H [96]

C [82]

G [80]

M [76]

P [70]

R [58]

T [56]

L [48]

D [46]

F [45]

A [39]

N [25]

E [23]

K [21]

J [19]

O [12]

U [6]

I [3]

Y [2]

Q [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1114]

Country

United Kingdom [37]

South Africa [1]

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Place of birth

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [4] Ipswich, Suffolk [2] Maidstone, Kent [2] Assington, Suffolk [1] Bishops Stortford [1] Botesdale Suffolk [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk [1] Cambridge [1] Charlestown, Natal [1] Chelsea [1] Colchester, Essex [1] Comberton, Cambs [1] Crowle, Thorne [1] Dublin [1] Edinburgh [1] Ely, Cambridgeshire [1] Farley Hill Berkshire [1] Gembling, Yorkshire [1] Grantchester, Cambridgeshire [1] Hessett, Suffolk [1] Holcot, Brixworth, Northamptonshire [1] Horseheath, Linton, Cambridgeshire [1] Hove, Sussex [1] Lewisham, London [1] Londoon [1] Lowestoft, Suffolk [1] Marden, Kent [1] Northwich [1] Old Newton, Suffolk [1] Plumpton,Sussex [1] Plumstead, Norfolk [1] Plymouth [1] Redhill, Surrey [1] Remenham, near Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire [1] Richards Castle, Shropshire [1] Sandiland [1] Scotland [1] St Lukes, Cambridgeshire [1] St Margarets, Lowestoft, Suffolk [1] Stowupland [1] Todmorden, Yorks [1] Trumpington, Cambridgeshire [1] Ufford, Suffolk [1] Wandsworth, London [1] Warboys, Huntingdonshire [1] Wentworth, Yorkshire [1] Wilton Wiltshire [1]

Rank

Private [741] Second Lieutenant [156] Serjeant [90] Corporal [88] Lieutenant [81] Captain [59] Lance Corporal [45] Major [19] Sapper [16] Pioneer [11] Trooper [11] Warrant Officer Class 2 [11] Acting Corporal [9] Acting Serjeant [9] Staff Serjeant Major [9] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [7] Lieutenant Colonel [6] Gunner [5] Lance Serjeant [5] Driver [4] Private Acting Corporal [4] Sergeant [4] Farrier Serjeant [3] Regimental Serjeant Major [3] Shoeing Smith [3] Squadron Serjeant Major [3] Acting Captain [2] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Lance-Corporal [2] Private Acting Lance Corporal [2] Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Quartermaster Serjeant [2] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Saddler Serjeant [2] Serjeant/ Serjeant [2] Temporary Captain [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Staff Serjeant Major [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Ballon Officer [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Bombardier [1] Captain Quartermaster [1] Captain and Adjutant [1]

Unit

Suffolk Yeomanry [1016] Suffolk Regiment [501] Corps of Hussars [98] Royal Engineers [65] Labour Corps [51] Machine Gun Corps [42] Royal Air Force [25] Military Mounted Police [22] Essex Yeomanry [21] Army Service Corps [18] Royal Field Artillery [12] Royal West Kent Regiment [12] Cambridgeshire Regiment [11] Royal Army Service Corps [11] Royal Flying Corps [11] Norfolk Regiment [9] Bedfordshire Regiment [8] Hertfordshire Yeomanry [8] City of London Yeomanry [7] County of London Yeomanry [7] Norfolk Yeomanry [7] Royal Sussex Regiment [7] The Queen's Regiment [7] Essex Regiment [6] Middlesex Regiment [6] Northamptonshire Regiment [6] Royal Garrison Artillery [6] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [6] Surrey Yeomanry [6] East Surrey Regiment [5] Lincolnshire Regiment [5] Northamptonshire Yeomanry [5] Rifle Brigade [5] Indian Army Reserve of Officers [4] King's African Rifles [4] Tank Corps [4] Berkshire Yeomanry [3] Devonshire Regiment [3] Gloucestershire Yeomanry [3] London Regiment [3] Royal Defence Corps [3] Army Cyclist Corps [2] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Army Veterinary Corps [2] Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [2] Border Regiment [2] Eastern Mounted Brigade [2] Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [2] Hampshire Yeomanry [2] Highland Light Infantry [2]

Service

British Army [1129] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [4] Royal Navy [2] Australian Imperial Force [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

S [123] W [100] B [97] H [96] C [82] G [80] M [76] P [70] R [58] T [56] L [48] D [46] F [45] A [39] N [25] E [23] K [21] J [19] O [12] U [6] I [3] Y [2] Q [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1114]

Country

United Kingdom [37] South Africa [1]

Geoffrey Phipps Hornby

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 2281 Private Suffolk Yeomanry

British Army Second Lieutenant Suffolk Regiment

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James Henry Gouldby

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 1253 Serjeant Suffolk Yeomanry

British Army Second Lieutenant Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army 1253 Sergeant Suffolk Yeomanry

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Robert Greenshields Douglas

Born 1883

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Suffolk Yeomanry

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Maurice Sidney Felgate

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army 1462 Lance Corporal Suffolk Yeomanry

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Geoffrey Harry Wainwright

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 1688 Private Suffolk Yeomanry

British Army Second Lieutenant Suffolk Regiment

British Army Captain Suffolk Regiment

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Charles Frederick Hayhoe

Born 1888

Died 1956

British Army 202261 Private Suffolk Regiment

British Army 3636 Private Suffolk Yeomanry 1st

British Army 5450 Private Suffolk Regiment 4th

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Geoffrey Palgrave Barker

British Army Captain Suffolk Yeomanry

British Army Major Yeomanry Reserves

British Army Major Suffolk Yeomanry

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Adolphus Littell Martyn-Linnington

Born 1894

Died 1926

British Army Second Lieutenant Suffolk Yeomanry

British Army Captain Suffolk Yeomanry attached Suffolk Regiment

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Harry W Maw

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 1515 Private Suffolk Yeomanry (Duke of York's Own Loyal Hussars) Terratorial

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant Bedfordshire Regiment 7th Bn

British Army Second Lieutenant Bedfordshire Regiment 1st Bn

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Edward A Cook

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 2239 Private Suffolk Yeomanry

British Army 320278 Private Suffolk Regiment

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Benjamin Barcham Fuller

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 2455 Private Suffolk Yeomanry

British Army 320487 Private Suffolk Regiment

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Leonard Clayton

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 2137 Private Suffolk Yeomanry

British Army 320216 Private Suffolk Regiment

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Douglas Alfred Freeman

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 2199 Private Suffolk Yeomanry

British Army 320253 Private Suffolk Regiment

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Charles Henry Gough

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 1807 Private Suffolk Yeomanry

British Army 320159 Private Suffolk Regiment

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Nelson Godfrey Dutton

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 2251 Private Suffolk Yeomanry

British Army 320284 Private Suffolk Regiment

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George Unwin

Died 1917

British Army 3308 Private Suffolk Yeomanry

British Army 320396 Private Suffolk Regiment

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George Randolph Hartley

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 3526 Private Suffolk Yeomanry

British Army 320431 Private Suffolk Regiment

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Harry Henry Harden

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 2223 Private Suffolk Yeomanry

British Army 320270 Private Suffolk Regiment

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Thomas H Mace

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 2305 Private Suffolk Yeomanry

British Army 320310 Private Suffolk Regiment

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John Edward Mallett

Died 1918

British Army 2182 Private Suffolk Yeomanry

British Army 320243 Private Suffolk Regiment

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