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London [4]

Brighton, Sussex [2]

3 Douglas Terrace, Thames Ditton, Surrey [1]

Ardentinny, Argyllshire [1]

Auckland [1]

Birmingham, Warks [1]

Chorlton Lancashire [1]

Clapton, East London [1]

Derby [1]

Dundee, Angus [1]

Dunedin [1]

Falkland, Fife [1]

Fife [1]

Freshfield near Formby [1]

Fulham [1]

Gembling, Yorkshire [1]

Glamorganshire [1]

Greymouth [1]

Hastings, Sussex [1]

Hereford,Herefordshire [1]

Kington St Michael [1]

Kirkcaldy, Fife [1]

Lancashire [1]

Newington, London [1]

Pembury, Kent [1]

Plymouth, Devon [1]

Richmond, Surrey [1]

Silvertown Essex [1]

South Cerney, Gloucestershire [1]

St Andrews, Fife [1]

St Ives, Huntingdon [1]

St Mildred's, Kent [1]

Stanley, Yorkshire [1]

Stirling [1]

Styal, Cheshire [1]

Swansea, Glamorgan [1]

Waterlooville [1]

West Bromwich, Staffs [1]

West Illsley, Newbury, Berkshire [1]

Wick, Caithness-Shire [1]

York [1]

Rank

Captain [106]

Private [90]

Lieutenant [82]

Major [67]

Second Lieutenant [66]

Lieutenant Colonel [53]

Gunner [16]

Driver [11]

Corporal [8]

Serjeant [8]

Colonel [7]

Honorary Major [7]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [7]

Temporary Major [7]

Temporary Captain [6]

Lance Corporal [5]

Acting Corporal [4]

Sergeant [4]

Sister [4]

Temporary Lieutenant [4]

Trooper [4]

2nd Lieutenant [3]

Acting Captain [3]

Honorary Captain [3]

Honorary Colonel [3]

Honorary Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Sapper [3]

Staff Nurse [3]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Bombardier [2]

Brevet Colonel [2]

Brigadier General [2]

Captain and Adjutant [2]

Captain and Honorary Major [2]

Flying Officer [2]

Honorary Brigadier General [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Lieutenant Colonel (retired) [2]

Lieutenant-Colonel [2]

Major and Honorary Lieutenant [2]

Major and Honorary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Major/Captain [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Rifleman [2]

Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel [2]

Act. RSM [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Bombardier (Paid) [1]

Unit

Territorial Force Reserve [152]

Royal Engineers [22]

London Regiment [20]

Territorial Reserve [18]

Royal Field Artillery [16]

Territorial Force Reserve General List [13]

Hampshire Yeomanry Territorial Force Reserve [11]

Durham Light Infantry [9]

Royal Garrison Artillery Territorial Force [9]

Territorial Reserve Battalion [9]

West Riding Regiment [8]

Hampshire Regiment [7]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [7]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7]

Labour Corps [6]

Machine Gun Corps [6]

Royal Air Force [6]

Royal Field Artillery Territorial Force Reserve [6]

South Wales Borderers [6]

Territorial Force Reserve Infantry [6]

Cheshire Regiment [5]

Devonshire Regiment [5]

Gloucestershire Regiment [5]

Liverpool Regiment [5]

Royal Flying Corps [5]

Royal Garrison Artillery [5]

Seaforth Highlanders [5]

Staff [5]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [4]

General List Territorial Force Reserve [4]

Manchester Regiment [4]

Royal Engineers Territorial Force Reserve [4]

Royal Field Artillery Territorial Force [4]

Territorial Force [4]

West Yorkshire Regiment [4]

York and Lancaster Regiment [4]

Army Service Corps [3]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [3]

Royal Garrison Artillery Special Reserve [3]

Royal Naval Reserve [3]

Royal Scots [3]

Territorial Army Reserve [3]

Territorial Army Reserve of Officers [3]

3rd Reserve Brigade Territorial Force [2]

8th Reserve Brigade Territorial Force [2]

Army Reserve [2]

Border Regiment [2]

Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [2]

General List [2]

Service

British Army [428]

Royal Navy [11]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [5]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Other Empire Force [3]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [75]

C [52]

G [37]

A [36]

M [32]

D [27]

F [27]

H [24]

L [21]

P [18]

S [18]

T [16]

W [13]

R [10]

E [7]

J [6]

K [3]

N [3]

O [3]

Y [2]

I [1]

Contribution

Military Service [424]

Country

United Kingdom [32]

India [2]

New Zealand [2]

South Africa [2]

Canada [1]

Egypt [1]

France [1]

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People [431] Stories Communities

Place of birth

London [4] Brighton, Sussex [2] 3 Douglas Terrace, Thames Ditton, Surrey [1] Ardentinny, Argyllshire [1] Auckland [1] Birmingham, Warks [1] Chorlton Lancashire [1] Clapton, East London [1] Derby [1] Dundee, Angus [1] Dunedin [1] Falkland, Fife [1] Fife [1] Freshfield near Formby [1] Fulham [1] Gembling, Yorkshire [1] Glamorganshire [1] Greymouth [1] Hastings, Sussex [1] Hereford,Herefordshire [1] Kington St Michael [1] Kirkcaldy, Fife [1] Lancashire [1] Newington, London [1] Pembury, Kent [1] Plymouth, Devon [1] Richmond, Surrey [1] Silvertown Essex [1] South Cerney, Gloucestershire [1] St Andrews, Fife [1] St Ives, Huntingdon [1] St Mildred's, Kent [1] Stanley, Yorkshire [1] Stirling [1] Styal, Cheshire [1] Swansea, Glamorgan [1] Waterlooville [1] West Bromwich, Staffs [1] West Illsley, Newbury, Berkshire [1] Wick, Caithness-Shire [1] York [1]

Rank

Captain [106] Private [90] Lieutenant [82] Major [67] Second Lieutenant [66] Lieutenant Colonel [53] Gunner [16] Driver [11] Corporal [8] Serjeant [8] Colonel [7] Honorary Major [7] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [7] Temporary Major [7] Temporary Captain [6] Lance Corporal [5] Acting Corporal [4] Sergeant [4] Sister [4] Temporary Lieutenant [4] Trooper [4] 2nd Lieutenant [3] Acting Captain [3] Honorary Captain [3] Honorary Colonel [3] Honorary Lieutenant Colonel [3] Sapper [3] Staff Nurse [3] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Bombardier [2] Brevet Colonel [2] Brigadier General [2] Captain and Adjutant [2] Captain and Honorary Major [2] Flying Officer [2] Honorary Brigadier General [2] Leading Seaman [2] Lieutenant Colonel (retired) [2] Lieutenant-Colonel [2] Major and Honorary Lieutenant [2] Major and Honorary Lieutenant Colonel [2] Major/Captain [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Rifleman [2] Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel [2] Act. RSM [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Bombardier (Paid) [1]

Unit

Territorial Force Reserve [152] Royal Engineers [22] London Regiment [20] Territorial Reserve [18] Royal Field Artillery [16] Territorial Force Reserve General List [13] Hampshire Yeomanry Territorial Force Reserve [11] Durham Light Infantry [9] Royal Garrison Artillery Territorial Force [9] Territorial Reserve Battalion [9] West Riding Regiment [8] Hampshire Regiment [7] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [7] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7] Labour Corps [6] Machine Gun Corps [6] Royal Air Force [6] Royal Field Artillery Territorial Force Reserve [6] South Wales Borderers [6] Territorial Force Reserve Infantry [6] Cheshire Regiment [5] Devonshire Regiment [5] Gloucestershire Regiment [5] Liverpool Regiment [5] Royal Flying Corps [5] Royal Garrison Artillery [5] Seaforth Highlanders [5] Staff [5] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [4] General List Territorial Force Reserve [4] Manchester Regiment [4] Royal Engineers Territorial Force Reserve [4] Royal Field Artillery Territorial Force [4] Territorial Force [4] West Yorkshire Regiment [4] York and Lancaster Regiment [4] Army Service Corps [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [3] Royal Garrison Artillery Special Reserve [3] Royal Naval Reserve [3] Royal Scots [3] Territorial Army Reserve [3] Territorial Army Reserve of Officers [3] 3rd Reserve Brigade Territorial Force [2] 8th Reserve Brigade Territorial Force [2] Army Reserve [2] Border Regiment [2] Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [2] General List [2]

Service

British Army [428] Royal Navy [11] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [5] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3] Other Empire Force [3] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [75] C [52] G [37] A [36] M [32] D [27] F [27] H [24] L [21] P [18] S [18] T [16] W [13] R [10] E [7] J [6] K [3] N [3] O [3] Y [2] I [1]

Contribution

Military Service [424]

Country

United Kingdom [32] India [2] New Zealand [2] South Africa [2] Canada [1] Egypt [1] France [1]

Albert Edward Christian York Bramble

Born 1894

Died 1974

British Army 83 Private Royal Army Medical Corps (Territorial) 2/2nd London Casualty Clearing Station

British Army 83 Lance Corporal (paid) Royal Army Medical Corps (Territorial) 2/2nd London Casualty Clearing Station

British Army 83 Acting Corporal Royal Army Medical Corps (Territorial) 2/2nd London Casualty Clearing Station

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Henry Mark Healy

Born 1861

Died 1942

British Army Second Lieutenant Middlesex Regiment 16th Battalion (London Irish)

British Army Lieutenant Middlesex Regiment 16th Battalion (London Irish)

British Army Captain Middlesex Regiment 16th Battalion (London Irish)

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Lawrence Offord Ware

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army Territorial Force

Royal Navy Z/73 Leading Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Nelson Battalion, Royal Naval Division

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Arthur Turner, T.d.

Born 1856

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant-Colonel Territorial Force Reserve

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Engineers North Midland Division

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Thomas Charles Leycester Powys-Keck

Born 1871

Died 1931

British Army Lieutenant Territorial Force Reserve

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Francis Bingham Mildmay

Born 1861

Died 1947

British Army Honorary Lieutenant Colonel Territorial Force Reserve

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James Walter Streeter

Born 1877

Died 1960

British Army 13th Hussars

British Army Army Reserve

British Army Territorial Force

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C V Bellamy

Died 1938

British Army Temporary Major Royal Engineers Territorial Force Reserve

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Edward George Fiegehen

Born 1875

Died 1950

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers East Anglian Divisional Engineers

British Army Major Royal Engineers Territorial Force Reserve East Anglian RE (T)

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William Edmund Sharples

Born 1871

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Territorial Force Reserve

British Army Lieutenant Colonel East Lancashire Regiment 1/5th Battalion

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Gordon Hamilton Ferens

Born 1888

Died 1946

Other Empire Force Dunedin Engineer Cadets

Other Empire Force Dunedin Highland Rifle Volunteers

Other Empire Force Otago Regiment 4th Battalion

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Hugh Wilson Grice

Born 1887

British Army Captain Territorial Force Reserve of Officers

British Army 3557 Private The Kings (Liverpool Regiment) 10th (Scottish) Battalion

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Thomas Mutter

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army TR/13/38819 Territorial Reserve

British Army S/24504 Rifleman Rifle Brigade

British Army R/34327 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 11th Battalion

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Allen Benjamin Bathurst

Born 1872

Died 1947

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Gloucestershire Regiment Territorial Force Reserve

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Charles Hervey Hoare

Born 1875

Died 1955

British Army Second Lieutenant Hampshire Imperial Yeomanry

British Army Captain Glamorganshire Imperial Yeomanry

British Army Lieutenant West Kent (Queen's Own) Yeomanry

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Edgar Reginald Alford

Born 1889

Died 1951

British Army 5960 Corporal 2nd 5th Dragoon Guards

British Army 5960 Dragoon Dragoons of the Line 1st Dragoon Guards

British Army 5960 Lance Corporal (unpaid) Dragoons of the Line 1st Dragoon Guards

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Ralph Charles Donaldson-Hudson

Born 1874

Died 1941

British Army Captain Territorial Force Reserve attached Royal Flying Corps

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Territorial Force Reserve*

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John Edward Kenneth Bache

Born 1887

Died 1931

British Army Second Lieutenant South Staffordshire Regiment 5th southst Battalion

British Army Captain Territorial Force Reserve

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Robert Maddis

Born 1868

Died 1917

Royal Navy 8558/DA Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 8558/DA (Ch) Deck Hand HM Trawler HMS Territorial

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Edward Percival Orr

Born 1891

Died 1970

British Army Acting Captain East Surrey Regiment

British Army Captain Territorial Force Reserve

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