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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]

Dennis Barton Ginn

Born 1879

Died 1938

British Army Second Lieutenant Suffolk Yeomanry

British Army Private Lovat's Scouts Yeomanry

British Army Captain Suffolk Yeomanry

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John Douglas Martin

Born 1894

British Army 1472 Private Suffolk Yeomanry

British Army 320465 Private Suffolk Regiment

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Mapes Harry Rushbrook

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 1671 Private Suffolk Yeomanry

British Army 320112 Private Suffolk Regiment

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Ernest Richard Worlding

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army 3024 Private Suffolk Yeomanry

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Percy Ernest Cecil Fox

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 2325 Acting Corporal Suffolk Yeomanry

British Army 320315 Acting Corporal Suffolk Regiment

British Army 320315 Corporal Suffolk Regiment 15th (Suffolk Yeomanry) Battalion

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Miles Barne

Born 1874

Died 1917

British Army Captain Suffolk Yeomanry

British Army Major Scots Guards

British Army Major Suffolk Yeomanry

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Hubert Victor Nuthall

British Army 320002 Squadron Sergeant Major Suffolk Regiment 15th (Suffolk Yeomanry) Battalion

British Army 1068 Serjeant (Acting Quarter Master Serjeant) Suffolk Yeomanry

British Army 320002 Squadron Serjeant Major Suffolk Yeomanry

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Richard Stovin

Born 1889

Died 1949

British Army 1712 Serjeant Suffolk Yeomanry

British Army 300133 Serjeant Suffolk Regiment

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Nelson Ernest Suttle

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Suffolk Regiment

British Army 1553 Private Suffolk Yeomanry

British Army Lieutenant Suffolk Regiment 4th Battalion

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Thomas Lawson Kent

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army 3295 Lance Corporal Suffolk Yeomanry

British Army 3295 Corporal Suffolk Yeomanry

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Edward Cecil George Cadogan

Born 1880

Died 1962

British Army Captain Suffolk Yeomanry

British Army Major Suffolk Yeomanry

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James William Royce Tomkin

Born 1868

Died 1945

British Army Major Suffolk Yeomanry

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Suffolk Yeomanry

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Rupert Goodwin

Died 1915

British Army 3166 Private Acting Corporal Suffolk Yeomanry

British Army 3166 Corporal Suffolk Yeomanry

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Oliver Baker

Born 1883

Died 1915

British Army 3004 Farrier Serjeant Suffolk Yeomanry

British Army 3004 Serjeant Suffolk Yeomanry

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John Francis Crisp

Born 1894

British Army Second Lieutenant Suffolk Yeomanry

British Army Captain Suffolk Yeomanry

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Arthur William Fairs

Born 1888

British Army 2192 Private Suffolk Yeomanry

British Army 320248 Private Suffolk Regiment

British Army 320248 Private The Suffolk Yeomanry

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Herbert Wroughton

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 1535 Private Suffolk Yeomanry

British Army 320056 Private Suffolk Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Norfolk Regiment

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Gerald Newton

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 3251 Private Suffolk Yeomanry

British Army 3251 Trumpeter Household Cavalry Suffolk Yeomanry

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Bernard Stanley Clear

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 3579 Private Suffolk Yeomanry

British Army 320448 Private Suffolk Regiment

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Thomas Owen Taylor

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 1599 Private Suffolk Yeomanry

British Army Lieutenant Suffolk Regiment

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