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Warwick [7]

Warwick, Warwickshire [6]

Birmingham [4]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [4]

Coventry, Warwickshire [2]

Handsworth, Staffs [2]

London [2]

5 Tyler Street, Stratford on Avon [1]

Acocks Green, Warwickshire [1]

Alcester, Warwickshire [1]

Alvington, Gloucestershire [1]

Aston, Warwickshire [1]

Balsall Heath, Warks [1]

Barford, Warwick, Warwickshire [1]

Bedford, Bedfordshire [1]

Bloxwich, Staffs [1]

Broadway, Worcester [1]

Bromsgrove, Worcestershire [1]

Cheltenham Gloucestershire. [1]

Chilvers Coton, Nuneaton, Warwickshire [1]

Clapham Common [1]

Cork [1]

Dibrugarh, Assam [1]

Dover, Kent [1]

Edinburgh [1]

Erdington, Warks [1]

Ermington, Devon [1]

Evesham, Worcestershire [1]

Frankton, Warwickshire [1]

Fremantle [1]

Gaydon, Southam, Warwickshire [1]

Glascote, Warwickshire [1]

Goole, Yorkshire [1]

Handsworth,Staffordshire [1]

Headington, Oxfordshire [1]

Ilmington, Gloucestershire [1]

Kenilworth, Warwickshire [1]

Kineton, Warwickshire [1]

Kings Norton [1]

Kings Norton, Worcestershire [1]

Ladywood, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Lambeg, County Antrim [1]

Leamington Hastings [1]

Leamington Spa, Warwickshire [1]

Lewes Sussex [1]

Lichfield, Staffordshire [1]

Lichtenburg Transvaal [1]

Liverpool [1]

Lorcorch county, [1]

Malvern, Worcestershire [1]

Rank

Private [1387]

Serjeant [174]

Corporal [159]

Second Lieutenant [142]

Lance Corporal [113]

Lieutenant [93]

Captain [51]

Sapper [35]

Acting Corporal [25]

Trooper [21]

Major [18]

Acting Serjeant [14]

Gunner [12]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [10]

Lance Serjeant [9]

Shoeing Smith [9]

Staff Serjeant Major [9]

Lieutenant Colonel [7]

Staff Serjeant [7]

Farrier Serjeant [5]

Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Squadron Serjeant Major [4]

Temporary Captain [4]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [3]

Private Lance Corporal [3]

Saddler [3]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Temporary Lieutenant [3]

Trumpeter [3]

2/LT (TP) [2]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Captain [2]

Acting Major [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Brigadier General [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Corporal 2nd [2]

Pioneer [2]

Private Acting Corporal [2]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Saddler Corporal [2]

Saddler Staff Serjeant [2]

Serjeant Trumpeter [2]

Acting Colonel [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

Warwickshire Yeomanry [1706]

Machine Gun Corps [517]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [383]

Corps of Hussars [326]

Royal Engineers [118]

Labour Corps [56]

Army Service Corps [37]

Essex Yeomanry [37]

Gloucestershire Yeomanry [32]

Worcestershire Yeomanry [31]

Royal Air Force [28]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [20]

Royal Field Artillery [19]

Staffordshire Yeomanry [15]

Hampshire Regiment [14]

Hussars [14]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [14]

Royal Garrison Artillery [14]

Gloucestershire Regiment [13]

Royal Flying Corps [13]

Military Mounted Police [11]

Dragoon Guards [10]

East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry [10]

Leicestershire Yeomanry [10]

Oxfordshire Yeomanry [10]

Buckinghamshire Yeomanry [9]

Corps of Dragoons [9]

Devonshire Regiment [9]

Royal Army Service Corps [9]

Royal Irish Rifles [9]

Worcestershire Regiment [9]

2/1st Warwickshire Yeomanry [8]

Royal Warwickshire Yeomanry [8]

Army Ordnance Corps [7]

1/1st Warwickshire Yeomanry [6]

1st Warwickshire Yeomanry [6]

Cheshire Regiment [6]

County of London Yeomanry [6]

Derby Yeomanry [6]

Dorset Yeomanry [6]

Hertfordshire Yeomanry [6]

Life Guards [6]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [6]

Royal Army Medical Corps [6]

Royal Fusiliers [6]

Suffolk Regiment [6]

Tank Corps [6]

Berkshire Yeomanry [5]

Imperial Camel Corps [5]

London Regiment [5]

Service

British Army [1950]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [4]

Royal Navy [2]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [236]

H [209]

S [186]

C [176]

W [163]

M [122]

P [113]

D [90]

G [89]

R [83]

L [74]

T [73]

F [68]

A [60]

J [55]

E [48]

K [29]

N [28]

O [22]

I [7]

V [7]

Y [7]

Q [3]

U [1]

Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1938]

Country

United Kingdom [66]

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Place of birth

Warwick [7] Warwick, Warwickshire [6] Birmingham [4] Birmingham, Warwickshire [4] Coventry, Warwickshire [2] Handsworth, Staffs [2] London [2] 5 Tyler Street, Stratford on Avon [1] Acocks Green, Warwickshire [1] Alcester, Warwickshire [1] Alvington, Gloucestershire [1] Aston, Warwickshire [1] Balsall Heath, Warks [1] Barford, Warwick, Warwickshire [1] Bedford, Bedfordshire [1] Bloxwich, Staffs [1] Broadway, Worcester [1] Bromsgrove, Worcestershire [1] Cheltenham Gloucestershire. [1] Chilvers Coton, Nuneaton, Warwickshire [1] Clapham Common [1] Cork [1] Dibrugarh, Assam [1] Dover, Kent [1] Edinburgh [1] Erdington, Warks [1] Ermington, Devon [1] Evesham, Worcestershire [1] Frankton, Warwickshire [1] Fremantle [1] Gaydon, Southam, Warwickshire [1] Glascote, Warwickshire [1] Goole, Yorkshire [1] Handsworth,Staffordshire [1] Headington, Oxfordshire [1] Ilmington, Gloucestershire [1] Kenilworth, Warwickshire [1] Kineton, Warwickshire [1] Kings Norton [1] Kings Norton, Worcestershire [1] Ladywood, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Lambeg, County Antrim [1] Leamington Hastings [1] Leamington Spa, Warwickshire [1] Lewes Sussex [1] Lichfield, Staffordshire [1] Lichtenburg Transvaal [1] Liverpool [1] Lorcorch county, [1] Malvern, Worcestershire [1]

Rank

Private [1387] Serjeant [174] Corporal [159] Second Lieutenant [142] Lance Corporal [113] Lieutenant [93] Captain [51] Sapper [35] Acting Corporal [25] Trooper [21] Major [18] Acting Serjeant [14] Gunner [12] Warrant Officer Class 2 [10] Lance Serjeant [9] Shoeing Smith [9] Staff Serjeant Major [9] Lieutenant Colonel [7] Staff Serjeant [7] Farrier Serjeant [5] Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Squadron Serjeant Major [4] Temporary Captain [4] Corporal Acting Serjeant [3] Private Lance Corporal [3] Saddler [3] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Temporary Lieutenant [3] Trumpeter [3] 2/LT (TP) [2] Able Seaman [2] Acting Captain [2] Acting Major [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Brigadier General [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Corporal 2nd [2] Pioneer [2] Private Acting Corporal [2] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Saddler Corporal [2] Saddler Staff Serjeant [2] Serjeant Trumpeter [2] Acting Colonel [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

Warwickshire Yeomanry [1706] Machine Gun Corps [517] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [383] Corps of Hussars [326] Royal Engineers [118] Labour Corps [56] Army Service Corps [37] Essex Yeomanry [37] Gloucestershire Yeomanry [32] Worcestershire Yeomanry [31] Royal Air Force [28] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [20] Royal Field Artillery [19] Staffordshire Yeomanry [15] Hampshire Regiment [14] Hussars [14] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [14] Royal Garrison Artillery [14] Gloucestershire Regiment [13] Royal Flying Corps [13] Military Mounted Police [11] Dragoon Guards [10] East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry [10] Leicestershire Yeomanry [10] Oxfordshire Yeomanry [10] Buckinghamshire Yeomanry [9] Corps of Dragoons [9] Devonshire Regiment [9] Royal Army Service Corps [9] Royal Irish Rifles [9] Worcestershire Regiment [9] 2/1st Warwickshire Yeomanry [8] Royal Warwickshire Yeomanry [8] Army Ordnance Corps [7] 1/1st Warwickshire Yeomanry [6] 1st Warwickshire Yeomanry [6] Cheshire Regiment [6] County of London Yeomanry [6] Derby Yeomanry [6] Dorset Yeomanry [6] Hertfordshire Yeomanry [6] Life Guards [6] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [6] Royal Army Medical Corps [6] Royal Fusiliers [6] Suffolk Regiment [6] Tank Corps [6] Berkshire Yeomanry [5] Imperial Camel Corps [5] London Regiment [5]

Service

British Army [1950] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [4] Royal Navy [2] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [236] H [209] S [186] C [176] W [163] M [122] P [113] D [90] G [89] R [83] L [74] T [73] F [68] A [60] J [55] E [48] K [29] N [28] O [22] I [7] V [7] Y [7] Q [3] U [1] Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1938]

Country

United Kingdom [66]

Rudolf Valintine, Mid

Born 1878

Died 1917

British Army Quarter Master and Captain Warwickshire Yeomanry

British Army Captain Warwickshire Yeomanry 1st Squadron

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Harry Stanley Dowdeswell

Born 1867

Died 1916

British Army 2429 Corporal Saddler Warwickshire Yeomanry

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Fred Gould

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 310133 Serjeant Warwickshire Yeomanry 2/1st Battalion

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Cecil Grenville Child

Born 1880

Died 1942

British Army 2466 Lance Corporal Warwickshire Yeomanry

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Joseph Ivison Greensitt

Born 1880

British Army 16 Serjeant Northumberland Hussars

British Army Lieutenant Warwickshire Yeomanry

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Edward Tankerville Chamberlayne

Born 1881

Died 1963

British Army Major 1/1st Warwickshire Yeomanry

British Army Major 2/1st Warwickshire Yeomanry

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William Parker

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 2444 Private Warwickshire Yeomanry

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Thomas Andrew Wight-Boycott

Born 1873

Died 1916

British Army Colonel Warwickshire Yeomanry

British Army Brigadier General

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Howard Percy Daulman

Born 1890

Died 1977

British Army 42523 Lance Corporal Warwickshire Yeomanry

British Army 42523 Private Warwickshire Yeomanry

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John Henry Parsons

Born 1890

Died 1981

British Army 2172 Trooper Warwickshire Yeomanry

Indian Army Second Lieutenant 31st Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers

Indian Army Lieutenant 31st Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers

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Bertram Charles Kingston Coe

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army 2127 Private Warwickshire Yeomanry

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Horace George Turner

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 2244 Private Warwickshire Yeomanry

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Roger Bullock

Born 1862

Died 1945

British Army Surgeon Major and Honorary Surgeon Lieutenant Colonel Warwickshire Yeomanry

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Valentine Clark

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 1801 Lance Corporal Warwickshire Yeomanry

British Army 1801 Private Warwickshire Yeomanry

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Andrew Kenneth Motion

Born 1894

British Army Second Lieutenant Warwickshire Yeomanry

British Army Captain Warwickshire Yeomanry

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Ronald John Gilman

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Warwickshire Yeomanry

British Army Lieutenant Warwickshire Yeomanry

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Thomas Augustus Motion

Born 1866

Died 1942

British Army Captain Warwickshire Yeomanry

British Army Major Warwickshire Yeomanry

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P A Gibney

Died 1917

British Army 1652 Lance Corporal Warwickshire Yeomanry

British Army 1652 Lance Serjeant Warwickshire Yeomanry

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Wallace Stacey

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 31541 Private Warwickshire Yeomanry

British Army 31541 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 31541 Shoeing Smith Warwickshire Yeomanry

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Jesse Ashforth

Born 1872

Died 1917

British Army 2225 Private Warwickshire Yeomanry

British Army 360659 Serjeant Labour Corps

British Army 2225 Serjeant Warwickshire Yeomanry

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