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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]

C A Digman

British Army 40868 Fitter Royal Horse and Royal Field Artillery Artillery

British Army Bombay Volunteer Artillery Indian Unattached List

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Harold John Hasler

British Army Captain Unattached List Indian Army Attached Durham Light Infantry

British Army 9686 Private London Regiment

Indian Army Captain 121st Pioneers

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James Alexander Cruickshanks

British Army Uganda Railway Volunteer Reserve

British Army Nyasaland Defence Force

British Army East African Unattached List

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Ernest R Corke

British Army 39 Private East African Regiment

British Army 39 Private East African Motor Transport Corps

British Army 39 Private Mombasa Marine Defence Force

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Alexander G Bowden

British Army 117 Private East African Mounted Rifles

British Army Second Lieutenant East African Forces

British Army Second Lieutenant East Africa Unattached List

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George C Aggett

British Army 364 Sapper Private East African Mounted Rifles

British Army 1528 Sapper Private East African Transport Corps

British Army 566 Sapper Private East African Mounted Rifles

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Martin Elliott

British Army Private Pushpati Guards

British Army 5005 Private East Africa Veterinary Corps

British Army 7001 Private East Africa Pay Corps

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H W Draper

British Army 5006 Corporal East Africa Veterinary Corps

British Army 5006 Corporal East Africa Supply Corps

British Army Lieutenant East Africa Remounts

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Robert C Foster

British Army Lieutenant Baganda Rifles

British Army Lieutenant Uganda Volunteer Reserve

British Army Lieutenant Uganda Transport Corps

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Francs V Lind

British Army 21 Pioneer East Africa Pay Corps

British Army 716 Pioneer East African Mounted Rifles

British Army 716 Pioneer Unattached List

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James G Bower

British Army 147 Pioneer East Africa Pay Corps

British Army Captain East African Unattached List

British Army Captain East Africa Pay Corps

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G W W Evans

British Army East African Motor Transport Corps

British Army 5009 East Africa Veterinary Corps

British Army 2 East Africa Supply Corps

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William J Stevenson

British Army Inspector Mombasa Marine Defence Force

British Army Honorary Captain East African Political Department

British Army Lieutenant East African Force

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Jacob J Pieterse

British Army 438 Private East African Mounted Rifles

British Army 1541 Private East African Transport Corps

British Army 9512 Private Belfield Scouts

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F Bramwell

British Army 450 Private East African Mounted Rifles

British Army Second Lieutenant 3rd King's African Rifles

British Army Second Lieutenant East Africa Unattached List

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Maxwell D Le Poer-Trench

British Army 2032 Private East African Motor Transport Corps

British Army 11714 Private East Africa Unattached List

British Army 2537 Private East African Motor Transport Corps

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R Hayes Sadler

British Army Captain South African Service Corps Transport and Remounts

British Army British Red Cross Society and Order of Saint John of Jerusalem

British Army Major East Africa Unattached and Miscellaneous List

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Alexander Anderson

British Army 77 Serjeant East African Regiment

British Army 1565 Serjeant East African Transport Corps

British Army 528 Serjeant East African Mounted Rifles

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Christopher J Roets

British Army 1627 Private East African Transport Corps

British Army 9532 Private Belfield Scouts

British Army 11769 Private East Africa Unattached List

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Robert Meldrum Craig

Born 1883

British Army Northumberland Regiment 4th northumberland Battalion

British Army Captain South Staffordshire Regiment 2/5th southst Battalion

British Army Unattached List (Territorial Force)

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