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Croydon [3]

Maidstone, Kent [3]

London [2]

Streatham, London [2]

Aberdeen [1]

Bala, Merionethshire, Wales [1]

Battersea [1]

Bedford, Bedfordshire, England [1]

Brighton [1]

Cloughfold, Lancs [1]

Dorking, Surrey [1]

Duns, Berwickshire [1]

East Worldham, Alton, Hampshire [1]

Eccles, Kent [1]

Epsom Surrey [1]

Eton registration district [1]

Gravesend, Kent [1]

Hackney [1]

Hampstead, London [1]

Hampton, Middlesex [1]

Holmwood, Dorking, Surrey [1]

Kemp Town, Sussex [1]

Killearn, Stirlingshire [1]

Lambeth [1]

Lambeth London [1]

Leicester [1]

Marsh Farm, Steep, Petersfield, Hants [1]

Marylebone, London [1]

Marylebone, Middlesex [1]

Newport, Isle of Wight [1]

Oxted, Kent [1]

Paddington, London [1]

Peterborough [1]

Pirbright, Surrey [1]

Ramsgate, Kent [1]

Rivermar, California [1]

Sandford, Isle of Wight [1]

South Hawley, Hampshire [1]

Southwark, London [1]

St Johns, Notting Hill [1]

Steeple Caydon, Buckinghamshire [1]

Stockport district Cheshire [1]

Streatham, Surrey [1]

Thanet, kent [1]

Thanet,Kent [1]

Thornton Heath, Surrey [1]

Tooting, Surrey [1]

Wandsworth [1]

Warwick [1]

West Hampstead, London [1]

Rank

Private [1233]

Second Lieutenant [181]

Serjeant [111]

Corporal [107]

Lieutenant [94]

Lance Corporal [90]

Captain [57]

Acting Serjeant [21]

Major [20]

Sapper [16]

Acting Corporal [14]

Lance Serjeant [11]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [10]

Trooper [9]

Acting Captain [8]

Farrier Serjeant [8]

Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [8]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [8]

Lieutenant Colonel [7]

Shoeing Smith [7]

Squadron Serjeant Major [7]

Staff Serjeant Major [6]

Private /Lance Corporal [5]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Pioneer [4]

Shoeing Smith Corporal [4]

Temporary Captain [4]

Acting Major [3]

Acting Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [3]

Saddler [3]

Saddler Corporal [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Farrier Quartermaster Serjeant [2]

Gunner [2]

Quarter Master and Lieutenant [2]

Rifleman [2]

Sergeant [2]

Serjeant Major [2]

Serjeant Trumpeter [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Trumpeter [2]

/ Serjeant/ Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

2/LT (TP) [1]

Able Seaman RNVR [1]

Acting Company Quarter Major Serjeant [1]

Acting Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Unit

Surrey Yeomanry [1505]

East Surrey Regiment [246]

The Queen's Regiment [139]

Royal Engineers [56]

Corps of Lancers [50]

Labour Corps [43]

London Regiment [42]

Machine Gun Corps [40]

Royal West Surrey Regiment [36]

Sussex Yeomanry [36]

Royal Sussex Regiment [34]

Surrey Yeomanry (Queen Mary's Regiment) [30]

Royal Field Artillery [22]

Royal Air Force [21]

1/1st Surrey Yeomanry [20]

Army Service Corps [20]

Military Mounted Police [19]

Royal Fusiliers [19]

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [19]

Corps of Hussars [16]

City of London Yeomanry [15]

Surrey Yeomanry Territorial Force [15]

Royal Army Medical Corps [14]

2/1st Surrey Yeomanry [13]

County of London Yeomanry [13]

East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry [13]

Royal West Kent Regiment [12]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [11]

Royal Garrison Artillery [11]

Royal Army Service Corps [10]

Tank Corps [10]

Leicestershire Yeomanry [9]

Middlesex Regiment [9]

Royal Flying Corps [9]

Suffolk Yeomanry [9]

Liverpool Regiment [8]

Norfolk Yeomanry [8]

Army Ordnance Corps [6]

Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [6]

Royal Defence Corps [6]

Royal Field Artillery Transport [6]

1st Surrey Yeomanry [5]

Essex Yeomanry [5]

General Service Lancers [5]

Gloucestershire Regiment [5]

Gloucestershire Yeomanry [5]

West Kent Yeomanry [5]

Bedford Yeomanry [4]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4]

Scottish Rifles [4]

Service

British Army [1698]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [5]

Royal Navy [2]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [183]

S [172]

C [145]

W [136]

H [131]

P [119]

M [107]

G [98]

R [75]

L [69]

F [67]

D [66]

T [65]

A [58]

E [47]

K [37]

N [35]

J [34]

O [20]

I [13]

V [11]

Y [6]

Q [2]

U [2]

Contribution

Military Service [1694]

Country

United Kingdom [30]

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Croydon [3] Maidstone, Kent [3] London [2] Streatham, London [2] Aberdeen [1] Bala, Merionethshire, Wales [1] Battersea [1] Bedford, Bedfordshire, England [1] Brighton [1] Cloughfold, Lancs [1] Dorking, Surrey [1] Duns, Berwickshire [1] East Worldham, Alton, Hampshire [1] Eccles, Kent [1] Epsom Surrey [1] Eton registration district [1] Gravesend, Kent [1] Hackney [1] Hampstead, London [1] Hampton, Middlesex [1] Holmwood, Dorking, Surrey [1] Kemp Town, Sussex [1] Killearn, Stirlingshire [1] Lambeth [1] Lambeth London [1] Leicester [1] Marsh Farm, Steep, Petersfield, Hants [1] Marylebone, London [1] Marylebone, Middlesex [1] Newport, Isle of Wight [1] Oxted, Kent [1] Paddington, London [1] Peterborough [1] Pirbright, Surrey [1] Ramsgate, Kent [1] Rivermar, California [1] Sandford, Isle of Wight [1] South Hawley, Hampshire [1] Southwark, London [1] St Johns, Notting Hill [1] Steeple Caydon, Buckinghamshire [1] Stockport district Cheshire [1] Streatham, Surrey [1] Thanet, kent [1] Thanet,Kent [1] Thornton Heath, Surrey [1] Tooting, Surrey [1] Wandsworth [1] Warwick [1] West Hampstead, London [1]

Rank

Private [1233] Second Lieutenant [181] Serjeant [111] Corporal [107] Lieutenant [94] Lance Corporal [90] Captain [57] Acting Serjeant [21] Major [20] Sapper [16] Acting Corporal [14] Lance Serjeant [11] Warrant Officer Class 2 [10] Trooper [9] Acting Captain [8] Farrier Serjeant [8] Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [8] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [8] Lieutenant Colonel [7] Shoeing Smith [7] Squadron Serjeant Major [7] Staff Serjeant Major [6] Private /Lance Corporal [5] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Pioneer [4] Shoeing Smith Corporal [4] Temporary Captain [4] Acting Major [3] Acting Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Lieutenant Acting Captain [3] Saddler [3] Saddler Corporal [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Farrier Quartermaster Serjeant [2] Gunner [2] Quarter Master and Lieutenant [2] Rifleman [2] Sergeant [2] Serjeant Major [2] Serjeant Trumpeter [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Trumpeter [2] / Serjeant/ Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] 2/LT (TP) [1] Able Seaman RNVR [1] Acting Company Quarter Major Serjeant [1] Acting Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Acting Sergeant [1]

Unit

Surrey Yeomanry [1505] East Surrey Regiment [246] The Queen's Regiment [139] Royal Engineers [56] Corps of Lancers [50] Labour Corps [43] London Regiment [42] Machine Gun Corps [40] Royal West Surrey Regiment [36] Sussex Yeomanry [36] Royal Sussex Regiment [34] Surrey Yeomanry (Queen Mary's Regiment) [30] Royal Field Artillery [22] Royal Air Force [21] 1/1st Surrey Yeomanry [20] Army Service Corps [20] Military Mounted Police [19] Royal Fusiliers [19] The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [19] Corps of Hussars [16] City of London Yeomanry [15] Surrey Yeomanry Territorial Force [15] Royal Army Medical Corps [14] 2/1st Surrey Yeomanry [13] County of London Yeomanry [13] East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry [13] Royal West Kent Regiment [12] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [11] Royal Garrison Artillery [11] Royal Army Service Corps [10] Tank Corps [10] Leicestershire Yeomanry [9] Middlesex Regiment [9] Royal Flying Corps [9] Suffolk Yeomanry [9] Liverpool Regiment [8] Norfolk Yeomanry [8] Army Ordnance Corps [6] Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [6] Royal Defence Corps [6] Royal Field Artillery Transport [6] 1st Surrey Yeomanry [5] Essex Yeomanry [5] General Service Lancers [5] Gloucestershire Regiment [5] Gloucestershire Yeomanry [5] West Kent Yeomanry [5] Bedford Yeomanry [4] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4] Scottish Rifles [4]

Service

British Army [1698] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [5] Royal Navy [2] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [183] S [172] C [145] W [136] H [131] P [119] M [107] G [98] R [75] L [69] F [67] D [66] T [65] A [58] E [47] K [37] N [35] J [34] O [20] I [13] V [11] Y [6] Q [2] U [2]

Contribution

Military Service [1694]

Country

United Kingdom [30]

George A Howell

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 2961 Private Surrey Yeomanry

British Army 25523 Private East Surrey Regiment

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Thomas Thorogood

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 2686 Private Surrey Yeomanry

British Army 25597 Private East Surrey Regiment

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Thomas Benjamin Bailey

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 2560 Corporal Surrey Yeomanry

British Army 25470 Corporal East Surrey Regiment

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Arthur John Mark

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 2162 Private Surrey Yeomanry

British Army 25550 Private East Surrey Regiment

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Cormwell Paris Barton

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 1453 Private Surrey Yeomanry

British Army Second Lieutenant East Surrey Regiment

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Ernest Frank Whiting

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 2274 Private Surrey Yeomanry

British Army 25607 Private East Surrey Regiment

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Clarence C Toms

Died 1918

British Army 8871 Private Surrey Yeomanry

British Army 40020 Private East Surrey Regiment

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Arthur E Ridley

Died 1917

British Army 2987 Private Surrey Yeomanry

British Army 25574 Private East Surrey Regiment

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Frederick Albert Barber

Died 1918

British Army 8939 Private Surrey Yeomanry

British Army 40001 Private East Surrey Regiment

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Augustus John Maud

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 2992 Private Surrey Yeomanry

British Army 25553 Private East Surrey Regiment

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Walter Henry Norman

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 2258 Private Surrey Yeomanry

British Army 25559 Private East Surrey Regiment

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Walter H Cooper

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 2613 Private Surrey Yeomanry

British Army 25773 Private East Surrey Regiment

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John W Seagrief

Died 1917

British Army 2685 Private Surrey Yeomanry

British Army 25585 Private East Surrey Regiment

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Leslie Jeater Rook

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 2237 Private Surrey Yeomanry

British Army 25573 Private East Surrey Regiment

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Thomas Aubrey Richard Edwards

Born 1894

British Army Lieutenant Surrey Yeomanry

British Army Captain Sussex Yeomanry

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Walter Robert Cramp

Born 1889

Died 1970

British Army 2516 Private 2/1st Surrey Yeomanry

British Army 25476 Private East Surrey Regiment 12th east Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Surrey Yeomanry

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Reginald Bonsor

Born 1879

British Army Major Surrey Yeomanry

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Maxmillian Cecil Victor Gumpert

Died 1918

British Army 8994 Private Surrey Yeomanry

British Army 25879 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army 40007 Private East Surrey Regiment 8th battalion, east Battalion

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Oliver Snelling

Born 1879

Died 1918

British Army 2284 Private Surrey Yeomanry

British Army 33085 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 18796 Private Essex Yeomanry

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Stanley Frost

British Army 2425 Private Surrey Yeomanry

British Army 45602 Private Surrey Yeomanry

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