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Beccles, Suffolk [1]

Brighton, Sussex [1]

Croydon, Surrey [1]

Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Stoke Newington, London [1]

Rank

Private [991]

Serjeant [67]

Lance Corporal [65]

Corporal [58]

Captain [50]

Lieutenant [43]

Second Lieutenant [31]

Major [11]

Colour Serjeant [10]

Lieutenant Colonel [7]

Temporary Lieutenant [6]

Temporary Major [6]

Drummer [4]

Corporal 2nd [3]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Acting Captain [2]

Acting Major [2]

Captain and Quarter Master [2]

Colonel [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Driver [2]

Sapper [2]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Trooper [2]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Captain Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Chief Engineer [1]

Civilian [1]

Colonel Commandant [1]

Dresser [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Lieutenant (Quartermaster) [1]

Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Private Lance Corporal [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Quartermaster and Honourary Captain [1]

Seaman [1]

Sergeant [1]

Staff Captain [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Sub Lieutenant [1]

Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Captain and Quarter Master [1]

Temporary Quartermaster and Honourary Captain [1]

Temporary Quartermaster and Honourary Lieutenant [1]

Unit

West Africa Regiment [1162]

London Regiment [6]

Royal Engineers [6]

Manchester Regiment [5]

Middlesex Regiment [5]

Nigeria Regiment [4]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4]

General List [3]

Northamptonshire Regiment [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Royal Scots [3]

Welsh Regiment [3]

York and Lancaster Regiment [3]

Attached Nigeria Regiment [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

Chinese Labour Corps [2]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

Dorsetshire Regiment [2]

East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

Gordon Highlanders [2]

Imperial Army [2]

Leicestershire Regiment [2]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

North Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Royal Irish Regiment [2]

Special List [2]

Suffolk Regiment [2]

West Africa Regiment Cameron Highlanders [2]

West India Regiment [2]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

1/4th York and Lancaster Regiment [1]

2nd Infantry South West Africa [1]

2nd Tank Inspection [1]

7th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

7th Canadian Infantry Battalion [1]

Africa Defence Force [1]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1]

Attached West Africa Regiment [1]

Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [1]

Border Regiment [1]

Border Regiment Attached West Africa Regiment [1]

British West Africa Frontier Force [1]

British West Indies Regiment [1]

Buckinghamshire Yeomanry [1]

Burma Mounted Infantry [1]

Cameron Highlanders [1]

Cape Town Highlanders/South African Infantry [1]

Connaught Rangers [1]

Service

British Army [1195]

Other Empire Force [2]

Royal Navy [2]

Last name first letter

M [237]

S [204]

B [176]

A [112]

L [91]

F [72]

K [63]

J [51]

Y [36]

G [26]

D [21]

T [20]

P [19]

C [13]

W [10]

H [9]

V [9]

N [8]

R [8]

E [3]

I [3]

O [2]

Q [1]

Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1195]

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United Kingdom [3]

Sierra Leone [2]

Ecuador [1]

Ireland [1]

Nigeria [1]

United States [1]

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People [1195] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Beccles, Suffolk [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Croydon, Surrey [1] Manchester, Lancashire [1] Stoke Newington, London [1]

Rank

Private [991] Serjeant [67] Lance Corporal [65] Corporal [58] Captain [50] Lieutenant [43] Second Lieutenant [31] Major [11] Colour Serjeant [10] Lieutenant Colonel [7] Temporary Lieutenant [6] Temporary Major [6] Drummer [4] Corporal 2nd [3] Lance Serjeant [3] Acting Captain [2] Acting Major [2] Captain and Quarter Master [2] Colonel [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Driver [2] Sapper [2] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] Trooper [2] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Captain Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Chief Engineer [1] Civilian [1] Colonel Commandant [1] Dresser [1] Leading Seaman [1] Lieutenant (Quartermaster) [1] Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1] Petty Officer [1] Private Lance Corporal [1] Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Quartermaster and Honourary Captain [1] Seaman [1] Sergeant [1] Staff Captain [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Sub Lieutenant [1] Sub-Lieutenant [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Captain and Quarter Master [1] Temporary Quartermaster and Honourary Captain [1] Temporary Quartermaster and Honourary Lieutenant [1]

Unit

West Africa Regiment [1162] London Regiment [6] Royal Engineers [6] Manchester Regiment [5] Middlesex Regiment [5] Nigeria Regiment [4] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4] General List [3] Northamptonshire Regiment [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Royal Scots [3] Welsh Regiment [3] York and Lancaster Regiment [3] Attached Nigeria Regiment [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] Chinese Labour Corps [2] Devonshire Regiment [2] Dorsetshire Regiment [2] East Yorkshire Regiment [2] Essex Regiment [2] Gordon Highlanders [2] Imperial Army [2] Leicestershire Regiment [2] Liverpool Regiment [2] North Staffordshire Regiment [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Royal Irish Regiment [2] Special List [2] Suffolk Regiment [2] West Africa Regiment Cameron Highlanders [2] West India Regiment [2] Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] 1/4th York and Lancaster Regiment [1] 2nd Infantry South West Africa [1] 2nd Tank Inspection [1] 7th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers [1] 7th Canadian Infantry Battalion [1] Africa Defence Force [1] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1] Attached West Africa Regiment [1] Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [1] Border Regiment [1] Border Regiment Attached West Africa Regiment [1] British West Africa Frontier Force [1] British West Indies Regiment [1] Buckinghamshire Yeomanry [1] Burma Mounted Infantry [1] Cameron Highlanders [1] Cape Town Highlanders/South African Infantry [1] Connaught Rangers [1]

Service

British Army [1195] Other Empire Force [2] Royal Navy [2]

Last name first letter

M [237] S [204] B [176] A [112] L [91] F [72] K [63] J [51] Y [36] G [26] D [21] T [20] P [19] C [13] W [10] H [9] V [9] N [8] R [8] E [3] I [3] O [2] Q [1] Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1195]

Country

United Kingdom [3] Sierra Leone [2] Ecuador [1] Ireland [1] Nigeria [1] United States [1]

Jacob Logas

Born 1880

Died 1915

British Army West Africa Regiment

British Army 3400 Lance Corporal West Africa Regiment

British Army 3400 Private West Africa Regiment

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Malcolm Ernest Hancock

Born 1897

Died 1989

British Army Second Lieutenant Northamptonshire Regiment 1/4 Battalion

British Army Lieutenant West Africa Regiment

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Henry John Minniken

British Army Captain West Africa Regiment

British Army Temporary Major West Africa Regiment

British Army Major West Africa Regiment

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Fodi Tawoya

British Army West Africa Regiment

British Army 3924 Private West Africa Regiment

British Army 3924 Lance Corporal West Africa Regiment

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Fodi Kamara

British Army West Africa Regiment

British Army 3481 Lance Corporal West Africa Regiment

British Army 3481 Corporal West Africa Regiment

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A G W Grant

Born 1868

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Colonel West Africa Regiment/ Devonshire Regiment

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Francis Sterling De Montalt Maude

Born 1867

Died 1940

British Army Major West Africa Regiment

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Ansumana

British Army West Africa Regiment

British Army 5313 Private West Africa Regiment

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Demba Ja.wara

British Army 2468 West Africa Regiment

British Army 2468 Serjeant West Africa Regiment

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Fodi Turay

British Army West Africa Regiment

British Army 4957 Private West Africa Regiment

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Fodi Kamara

British Army West Africa Regiment

British Army 4643 Private West Africa Regiment

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B. Aisee

British Army West Africa Regiment

British Army 4793 Private West Africa Regiment

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Fodi Seisei

British Army West Africa Regiment

British Army 2875 Private West Africa Regiment

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Fodi

British Army West Africa Regiment

British Army 4200 Private West Africa Regiment

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Campbell Hackwood Dinnen

Born 1875

Died 1915

British Army Captain West Africa Regiment

British Army Captain King's Liverpool Regiment

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Black Boy

British Army West Africa Regiment

British Army 2270 Lance Corporal West Africa Regiment

British Army 2270 Private West Africa Regiment

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Bokari Kamara

British Army West Africa Regiment

British Army 777 Lance Corporal West Africa Regiment

British Army 777 Corporal West Africa Regiment

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Bokari Konte

British Army West Africa Regiment

British Army 4177 Lance Corporal West Africa Regiment

British Army 4177 Corporal West Africa Regiment

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Makan

British Army West Africa Regiment

British Army 3786 Lance Corporal West Africa Regiment

British Army 3786 Corporal West Africa Regiment

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Josiah

British Army West Africa Regiment

British Army 2589 Lance Corporal West Africa Regiment

British Army 2589 Private West Africa Regiment

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