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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]

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]

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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]

S Gilbert

British Army Serjeant Indian Unattached List

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Herbert Batson

British Army Colonel Devonshire Regiment Unattached List

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Joseph B Braund

British Army Second Lieutenant East Africa Unattached List

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Frederick Imms

British Army 6851 Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 Hussars

British Army 6851 Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 *

British Army 6851 Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 Indian Unattached List

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J W Johnstone

British Army 11595 Acting Corporal East Africa Unattached List

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P M Jubbers

British Army Private East Africa Unattached List

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R A Irvine

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Colonel /Honorary Major Unattached List/Lancashire Fusiliers

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H Ball

British Army 9 Company Serjeant Major Indian Unattached List

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Frederick Stanley Bennett

British Army 7415 now 532968 Serjeant Hussars/Indian Unattached List

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C Berry

British Army 20 Serjeant Indian Unattached List

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W O Chignell

British Army 10 Company Quarter Master Serjeant /Temporary Serjeant Major Indian Unattached List

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J W Coy

British Army Assistant Sergeant Major Ind Unattached List

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G C Coulton

British Army 119 Corporal /Acting Staff Serjeant Indian Unattached List

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J Dawkins

British Army 35 Serjeant Indian Unattached List

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A Fiddes

British Army Company Quarter Master Serjeant Indian Unattached List

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J Knott

British Army Acting Serjeant Major Indian Unattached List

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Sam Laventhal

British Army 11821 Staff Serjeant Major East Africa Unattached List

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C F Marwood

British Army 5 Staff Serjeant Major Indian Unattached List

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G H Millar

British Army 31 Serjeant Indian Unattached List

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G E Moore

British Army Serjeant Indian Unattached List

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