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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]

Harry Ernest Kirk

British Army 1881 Private Berkshire Yeomanry

British Army Second Lieutenant Suffolk Regiment

British Army Flight Officer Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force

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Walter Davey

British Army 3430 Private Suffolk Yeomanry

British Army D/35638 Private 7th Dragoon Guards

British Army D/35638 Private Corps of Hussars

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Alfred Butcher

British Army 34856 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 2649 Private Suffolk Yeomanry

British Army 236196 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

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Francis Plaistow Trapaud

British Army 1690 Private County of London Yeomanry

British Army 110590 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Interpreters

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Ernest Setterfield

British Army 205702 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army 240811 Private Yeomanry Cyclist Regiment

British Army 63324 Private Suffolk Regiment

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Walter C Hawes

British Army 2534 Private Suffolk Yeomanry

British Army 18081 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army 384680 Private Labour Corps

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Eric Harold Brown

British Army 3188 Lance Corporal Suffolk Yeomanry

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers 3rd Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery Special Reserve

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Arthur G Alexander

British Army 1286 Serjeant Suffolk Yeomanry

British Army G18058 Serjeant Corps of Hussars

British Army G18058 Serjeant Royal West Kent Regiment

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Walter Riddell

British Army British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem

British Army Second Lieutenant Suffolk Yeomanry

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Army Service Corps

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