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Wandsworth, London [2]

Acton, Suffolk [1]

Ardentinny, Argyllshire [1]

Banham, Norfolk [1]

Barnstaple, Devon [1]

Beadnell, Northumberland [1]

Bedford, Bedfordshire [1]

Belfast, Northern Ireland [1]

Birmingham [1]

Bromley, Kent [1]

Budleigh Salterton, Devon [1]

Burton, Co. Pembroke [1]

Canterbury [1]

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Cork [1]

County Cork [1]

County Dublin [1]

Darjeeling [1]

Devon [1]

Dundee [1]

Eton, Buckinghamshire [1]

Frimley, Surrey, England [1]

Garatchpur [1]

Gloucester, Gloucestershire [1]

Greenwich [1]

Handsworth, Staffs [1]

Kensington, London [1]

Kidderminster, Worcestershire [1]

Kingsbridge, Devon [1]

Kingston [1]

London [1]

Londonderry, Northern Ireland [1]

Manchester [1]

Market Drayton, Shropshire [1]

Mengo [1]

Missouri [1]

Muswell Hill, Middlesex [1]

Newport, Monmouthshire [1]

Parish of Carnbee, Fife [1]

Penang, Straits Settlements at the time [1]

Portsmouth [1]

Rawalpindi [1]

Redhill [1]

Saintfield, Co. Down [1]

Shropham, Norfolk [1]

Sibton, Suffolk [1]

Thanet Registration District, Kent [1]

Truro, Cornwall [1]

Wimbledon, Surrey [1]

Rank

Private [197]

Serjeant [178]

Signaller [165]

Lieutenant [161]

Second Lieutenant [126]

Captain [121]

Signalman [102]

Corporal [100]

Staff Serjeant [58]

Sapper [42]

Major [30]

Pioneer [28]

Lance Corporal [27]

Regimental Serjeant Major [17]

Driver [15]

Honorary Captain [15]

Lieutenant Colonel [15]

Acting Captain [14]

Honorary Lieutenant [14]

Temporary Captain [14]

Colour Serjeant [13]

Quarter Master Serjeant [13]

Gunner [12]

Acting Serjeant [11]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [11]

Lance Captain [10]

Serjeant Major [10]

Sub Conductor [10]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [10]

Temporary Major [8]

Honorary Major [7]

Colonel [6]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [6]

Company Serjeant Major [6]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [5]

Agent [5]

Conductor [5]

Staff Serjeant Instructor [5]

Staff Serjeant Major [5]

Acting Corporal [4]

Acting Serjeant Major [4]

Temporary Lieutenant [4]

Acting Major [3]

Commissary [3]

Honorary Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Instructor [3]

Interpreter [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Staff Serjeant [2]

Captain /Temporary Major [2]

Unit

Indian Unattached List [602]

East Africa Unattached List [374]

Royal Signals [312]

East African Mounted Rifles [94]

Unattached List [87]

Royal Engineers [85]

East African Forces [59]

East African Labour Corps [44]

Royal Corps of Signals [38]

East Africa Pay Corps [34]

East African Unattached List [32]

East African Regiment [30]

East African Transport Corps [25]

King's African Rifles [23]

East Africa Supply Corps [22]

East African Political Department [21]

East Africa Unattached and Miscellaneous List [17]

Royal Field Artillery [17]

East African Motor Transport Corps [16]

Royal Garrison Artillery [15]

East African Intelligence Department [14]

Intelligence Department [14]

Unattached List Indian Army [14]

Royal Highlanders [13]

East African Pioneer Company [12]

East Africa Censors Department [11]

East African Unattached and Miscellaneous List [11]

East Africa Veterinary Corps [10]

Indian Army [10]

General List [9]

Indian Signal Corps [9]

Indian Unattached List Indian Army [9]

Uganda Unattached List [9]

Belfield Scouts [8]

East African Force [8]

Hussars [8]

Uganda Police [8]

Corps of Military Staff Clerks [7]

De Jager's Scouts [7]

Divisional Signal Company [7]

Magadi Defence Force [7]

Somerset Light Infantry [7]

Indian Army Unattached List [6]

Leicestershire Regiment [6]

Machine Gun Corps [6]

Royal Fusiliers [6]

Arab Rifles [5]

East African Ordnance Department [5]

Royal West Kent Regiment [5]

Border Regiment [4]

Service

British Army [1315]

Indian Army [36]

Royal Navy [3]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [130]

S [127]

M [113]

C [112]

H [104]

W [95]

P [92]

G [69]

L [69]

R [61]

D [52]

T [49]

F [46]

J [44]

A [38]

K [29]

E [25]

N [24]

O [13]

V [9]

I [8]

Y [8]

U [2]

Q [1]

Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1318]

Country

United Kingdom [23]

India [6]

Ireland [1]

Malaysia [1]

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People [1321] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Wandsworth, London [2] Acton, Suffolk [1] Ardentinny, Argyllshire [1] Banham, Norfolk [1] Barnstaple, Devon [1] Beadnell, Northumberland [1] Bedford, Bedfordshire [1] Belfast, Northern Ireland [1] Birmingham [1] Bromley, Kent [1] Budleigh Salterton, Devon [1] Burton, Co. Pembroke [1] Canterbury [1] Cape Town [1] Cork [1] County Cork [1] County Dublin [1] Darjeeling [1] Devon [1] Dundee [1] Eton, Buckinghamshire [1] Frimley, Surrey, England [1] Garatchpur [1] Gloucester, Gloucestershire [1] Greenwich [1] Handsworth, Staffs [1] Kensington, London [1] Kidderminster, Worcestershire [1] Kingsbridge, Devon [1] Kingston [1] London [1] Londonderry, Northern Ireland [1] Manchester [1] Market Drayton, Shropshire [1] Mengo [1] Missouri [1] Muswell Hill, Middlesex [1] Newport, Monmouthshire [1] Parish of Carnbee, Fife [1] Penang, Straits Settlements at the time [1] Portsmouth [1] Rawalpindi [1] Redhill [1] Saintfield, Co. Down [1] Shropham, Norfolk [1] Sibton, Suffolk [1] Thanet Registration District, Kent [1] Truro, Cornwall [1] Wimbledon, Surrey [1]

Rank

Private [197] Serjeant [178] Signaller [165] Lieutenant [161] Second Lieutenant [126] Captain [121] Signalman [102] Corporal [100] Staff Serjeant [58] Sapper [42] Major [30] Pioneer [28] Lance Corporal [27] Regimental Serjeant Major [17] Driver [15] Honorary Captain [15] Lieutenant Colonel [15] Acting Captain [14] Honorary Lieutenant [14] Temporary Captain [14] Colour Serjeant [13] Quarter Master Serjeant [13] Gunner [12] Acting Serjeant [11] Warrant Officer Class 2 [11] Lance Captain [10] Serjeant Major [10] Sub Conductor [10] Warrant Officer Class 1 [10] Temporary Major [8] Honorary Major [7] Colonel [6] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [6] Company Serjeant Major [6] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [5] Agent [5] Conductor [5] Staff Serjeant Instructor [5] Staff Serjeant Major [5] Acting Corporal [4] Acting Serjeant Major [4] Temporary Lieutenant [4] Acting Major [3] Commissary [3] Honorary Lieutenant Colonel [3] Instructor [3] Interpreter [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Staff Serjeant [2] Captain /Temporary Major [2]

Unit

Indian Unattached List [602] East Africa Unattached List [374] Royal Signals [312] East African Mounted Rifles [94] Unattached List [87] Royal Engineers [85] East African Forces [59] East African Labour Corps [44] Royal Corps of Signals [38] East Africa Pay Corps [34] East African Unattached List [32] East African Regiment [30] East African Transport Corps [25] King's African Rifles [23] East Africa Supply Corps [22] East African Political Department [21] East Africa Unattached and Miscellaneous List [17] Royal Field Artillery [17] East African Motor Transport Corps [16] Royal Garrison Artillery [15] East African Intelligence Department [14] Intelligence Department [14] Unattached List Indian Army [14] Royal Highlanders [13] East African Pioneer Company [12] East Africa Censors Department [11] East African Unattached and Miscellaneous List [11] East Africa Veterinary Corps [10] Indian Army [10] General List [9] Indian Signal Corps [9] Indian Unattached List Indian Army [9] Uganda Unattached List [9] Belfield Scouts [8] East African Force [8] Hussars [8] Uganda Police [8] Corps of Military Staff Clerks [7] De Jager's Scouts [7] Divisional Signal Company [7] Magadi Defence Force [7] Somerset Light Infantry [7] Indian Army Unattached List [6] Leicestershire Regiment [6] Machine Gun Corps [6] Royal Fusiliers [6] Arab Rifles [5] East African Ordnance Department [5] Royal West Kent Regiment [5] Border Regiment [4]

Service

British Army [1315] Indian Army [36] Royal Navy [3] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2] Australian Imperial Force [1] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [130] S [127] M [113] C [112] H [104] W [95] P [92] G [69] L [69] R [61] D [52] T [49] F [46] J [44] A [38] K [29] E [25] N [24] O [13] V [9] I [8] Y [8] U [2] Q [1] Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1318]

Country

United Kingdom [23] India [6] Ireland [1] Malaysia [1]

Henry Robert Ernest Clark

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Unattached List (Territorial Force)

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment 9th (County of London) Battalion (Queen Victoria's Rifles)

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment 15th (County of London) Battalion (Prince of Wales's Own Civil Service Rifles)

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Edward Henry Banks Palmer

Born 1885

Died 1963

British Army Captain Unattached List Egyptian Army List Forces

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Hamilton Frederick Ward

Born 1880

Died 1971

British Army Captain East Africa Unattached List

British Army Major Irish Guards

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Thomas W Patrick

Died 1919

British Army 17 Lance Corporal East African Mounted Rifles

British Army 17 Lance Corporal East Africa Unattached List

British Army 17 Lance Corporal Intelligence Department

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R Ablett

Born 1900

British Army 625729 Serjeant Major Indian Unattached List

British Army 2351 Indian Unattached List

British Army 2311128 Sergeant Major Royal Corps of Signals

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Bertie Frederick Johnson

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army 4287 Staff Serjeant Royal Garrison Artillery

Indian Army

Indian Army 4287 Staff Serjeant Indian Army Unattached List

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Auckland Campbell Geddes, M.p.

Born 1879

British Army Major/ Honorary Lieutenant Officer Training Corps/Unattached List/ Officer Training Corps/Unattached List

British Army Major Northumberland Fusiliers, D.A.A.G. at G.H.Q. France August 1915

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Ronald Christian Sundius-Smith

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Attached West Yorkshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

Indian Army Second Lieutenant Unattached List

Indian Army Second Lieutenant Yorkshire Regiment reserve of officers attached 2nd battalion west Battalion

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Arthur Addenbrooke

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army Temporary Captain Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Unattached List

British Army Captain Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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John Sidney Howard

Born 1879

Died 1918

British Army 11733 Private East Africa Unattached List

British Army 11733 Interpreter East African Military Labour Corps

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Archibald Clark

British Army 11563 Corporal East Africa Unattached List

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David Chalmers

British Army 11663 Private East Africa Unattached List

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Robert W Davies

British Army 11748 Private East Africa Unattached List

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William Gemmill

British Army Honorary Lieutenant Colonel East Africa Unattached List

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Jacobus P Botha

British Army Serjeant East Africa Unattached List

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Norman Arnold

British Army Second Lieutenant East Africa Unattached List

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Leon Georges

British Army 11526 Private East Africa Unattached List

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J Bevan

British Army 11 Private Indian Unattached List

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James Ball

British Army 5089 Quarter Master Serjeant Indian Unattached List

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George Brown

British Army 11722 Serjeant East Africa Unattached List

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