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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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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]

Robert Hawkes

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 2556 Private Suffolk Yeomanry

British Army 320502 Private Suffolk Regiment

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John Turner

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 3393 Private Suffolk Yeomanry

British Army 320412 Private Suffolk Regiment

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Cedric Leon Smith

Born 1899

Died 1991

British Army 2219 Private Suffolk Yeomanry

British Army 320268 Private Suffolk Regiment

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John Hellen

Died 1918

British Army 2301 Private Suffolk Yeomanry

British Army 320307 Private Suffolk Regiment

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Leslie Edmund Lewell

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 1123 Serjeant Suffolk Yeomanry

British Army 320003 Serjeant Suffolk Regiment

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Leslie Cowper Palmer

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 2416 Lance Corporal Suffolk Yeomanry

British Army Second Lieutenant Suffolk Regiment

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William Thomas Morton

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 3607 Private Suffolk Yeomanry

British Army 320460 Private Suffolk Regiment

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Stanley Herbert Pryke

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 2127 Private Suffolk Yeomanry

British Army 320209 Private Suffolk Regiment

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Ernest Stratford Hay

Born 1892

Died 1966

British Army 56134 Sergeant Machine Gun Corps

British Army 3227 Private Suffolk Yeomanry 1st Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) 66th Battalion

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Arthur Frederick Gray

Died 1918

British Army 1290 245136 Corporal Royal West Kent Yeomanry

British Army Second Lieutenant Suffolk Yeomanry Territorial Force

British Army Second Lieutenant Suffolk Yeomanry

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Walter Edward Guinness

Born 1880

Died 1944

British Army Captain Suffolk Yeomanry

Other Empire Force Lord Moyne

Other Empire Force 1st Baron Moyne

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John Stanley Goodchild

Died 1915

British Army 3290 Private Suffolk Yeomanry

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Thomas Smith

Born 1877

Died 1914

British Army 3192 Shoeing Smith Suffolk Yeomanry

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Harry Percy Felgate

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 1758 Private Suffolk Yeomanry

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William Ernest Guinness

Born 1882

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Suffolk Yeomanry

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Harry Hooks

Born 1876

Died 1914

British Army 691 Private Suffolk Yeomanry

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James Pocklington

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 1832 Lance Corporal Suffolk Yeomanry 5th Battalion

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Frank Harper

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 2172 Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 Suffolk Yeomanry

British Army 43644 Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 Suffolk Regiment

British Army 43644 Company Serjeant Major Suffolk Regiment

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Arthur Edwin Stearn

Born 1892

Died 1968

British Army 1591 Private Suffolk Yeomanry

British Army 320055 Private Suffolk Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant North Staffordshire Regiment

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George Rupert Arbuthnot Leslie

Born 1884

British Army Second Lieutenant Suffolk Yeomanry

British Army Captain Suffolk Yeomanry

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