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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]

Charles William Johns

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 2006 Private Surrey Yeomanry

British Army 2006 Private Surrey Yeomanry (Queen Mary's Regiment)

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John Alfred Waight

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army 1770 Private Surrey Yeomanry

British Army 1770 Private Surrey Yeomanry (Queen Mary's Regiment)

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Arthur Cubitt Dodd

Born 1878

Died 1915

British Army 127 Serjeant Surrey Yeomanry

British Army 127 Serjeant Surrey Yeomanry (Queen Mary's Regiment)

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Reginald E Colliss

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 2219 Private Surrey Yeomanry

British Army 25490 Private East Surrey Regiment

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Geoffrey Robert Sherborn

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 2665 Private Surrey Yeomanry

British Army 25592 Private East Surrey Regiment

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William Daston

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 2981 Private Surrey Yeomanry

British Army 25620 Private East Surrey Regiment 12th Battalion

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Richard Gregory

Born 1899

Died 1940

British Army 8946 Private Surrey Yeomanry

British Army 40006 Private East Surrey Regiment

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Frank Joyner Vickers

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 2776 Private Surrey Yeomanry

British Army 45780 Private Surrey Yeomanry

British Army 45780 Private Surrey Yeomanry (Queen Mary's Regiment)

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Herbert Cox

Died 1917

British Army 2854 Private Surrey Yeomanry

British Army 45852 Private Surrey Yeomanry

British Army 45852 Private Surrey Yeomanry (Queen Mary's Regiment)

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Hedley Mackney Sutton

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 2199 Private Surrey Yeomanry

British Army 45478 Private Surrey Yeomanry

British Army 45478 Private Surrey Yeomanry (Queen Mary's Regiment)

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Ernest Arthur Millin

Born 1881

Died 1918

British Army 1315 Lance Serjeant Surrey Yeomanry

British Army 45040 Lance Serjeant Surrey Yeomanry

British Army 45040 Quartermaster Serjeant Surrey Yeomanry (Queen Mary's Regiment)

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William Morley

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 1521 Private Lincolnshire Yeomanry

British Army Lieutenant Surrey Yeomanry

British Army Lieutenant Surrey Yeomanry (Queen Mary's Regiment)

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Gerald Edward Peirson Thesiger

Born 1872

Died 1947

British Army Major Surrey Yeomanry

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Morgan Whiten

British Army 2092 Private Surrey Yeomanry

British Army 45417 Private Surrey Yeomanry

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Arthur Cook

Died 1918

British Army 2937 Private Surrey Yeomanry

British Army 2937 Private Surrey Yeomanry (Queen Mary's Regiment)

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Frederick A Manning

Born 1876

Died 1915

British Army 1841 Private Surrey Yeomanry

British Army 1841 Private Surrey Yeomanry (Queen Mary's Regiment)

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Alexander Mcluckie

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 46527 Private Surrey Yeomanry

British Army 46527 Private Surrey Yeomanry (Queen Mary's Regiment)

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Richard John Sutton

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 2733 Private Surrey Yeomanry

British Army 2733 Private Surrey Yeomanry (Queen Mary's Regiment)

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Tancred De Massa

Died 1916

British Army 2810 Private Surrey Yeomanry

British Army 2810 Private Surrey Yeomanry (Queen Mary's Regiment)

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Richard Edward Ellis Whibley

Died 1915

British Army 1816 Private Surrey Yeomanry

British Army 1816 Private Surrey Yeomanry (Queen Mary's Regiment)

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