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Andover,Hants [1]

Carleton in Craven [1]

Dublin [1]

Eshowe Zululand [1]

Galashiels [1]

Handsworth, Staffs [1]

Inverness [1]

Labeth [1]

Maidstone, Kent [1]

Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire [1]

Paddington [1]

Romsey, Hampshire, England [1]

Shoeburyness, Essex [1]

St. George in the East, London [1]

Sudbury, Suffolk [1]

Watford [1]

Rank

Lieutenant [85]

Private [82]

Captain [71]

Serjeant [46]

Second Lieutenant [32]

Major [17]

Lance Corporal [13]

Temporary Lieutenant [12]

Company Serjeant Major [10]

Corporal [10]

Colour Serjeant [8]

Lieutenant Colonel [8]

Temporary Captain [8]

Interpreter [7]

Machine Gun Carrier [4]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Honorary Lieutenant [3]

Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Driver [2]

Gun Carrier [2]

Machine/Maxim Gun Carrier [2]

Pay Clerk [2]

Sergeant [2]

Transport Serjeant [2]

3rd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Staff Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Amt Staff Serjeant [1]

Armament Staff Serjeant [1]

Battalion Serjeant Major [1]

Bombardier [1]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Brevet Major [1]

Bugler [1]

Captain /Acting Major [1]

Captain Major [1]

Captain Second Lieutenant [1]

Captain Temporary Major [1]

Captain and Brevet Major [1]

Carrier [1]

Civilian Clerk [1]

Clerk [1]

Colour Sergeant [1]

Colour Serjeant /Serjeant [1]

Company Pay Clerk [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Gunner [1]

Headman [1]

Unit

West African Field Force [143]

Nigeria Regiment West African Field Force [36]

Gambia Company West African Field Force [34]

Gold Coast Regiment [25]

Nigeria Regiment [23]

Gold Coast Regiment West African Field Force [17]

Sierra Leone Battalion West African Field Force [13]

General List [11]

Nigeria Regiment/ West African Field Force [7]

Royal Fusiliers [7]

Royal Garrison Artillery [7]

Royal Field Artillery [6]

East Kent Regiment [5]

Gloucestershire Regiment [5]

London Regiment [5]

Nigeria Regiment/West African Field Force [5]

Gambia Company/West African Field Force [4]

North Staffordshire Regiment [4]

Royal Scots [4]

Nigeria Regiment Artillery [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Sierra-Leone Battalion West African Field Force [3]

Suffolk Regiment [3]

Worcestershire Regiment [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Army Service Corps [2]

Attached Nigeria Regiment [2]

Attached West African Field Force [2]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Cameron Highlanders [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Dorsetshire Regiment [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

Gambia Company [2]

General List and Nigeria Regiment [2]

Gold Coast Regiment/West African Field Force [2]

Highland Light Infantry [2]

King's African Rifles [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Nigerian Contingent [2]

Nigerian Regiment West African Field Force [2]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

Royal Engineers [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

Royal West Kent Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [365]

Other Empire Force [2]

South African Services [2]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

S [55]

M [50]

B [37]

G [26]

A [20]

C [20]

W [20]

D [17]

T [14]

K [13]

L [13]

P [13]

H [12]

R [12]

J [11]

E [7]

F [7]

I [5]

O [5]

V [4]

N [3]

Y [2]

U [1]

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Military Service [367]

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United Kingdom [6]

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People [367] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Andover,Hants [1] Carleton in Craven [1] Dublin [1] Eshowe Zululand [1] Galashiels [1] Handsworth, Staffs [1] Inverness [1] Labeth [1] Maidstone, Kent [1] Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire [1] Paddington [1] Romsey, Hampshire, England [1] Shoeburyness, Essex [1] St. George in the East, London [1] Sudbury, Suffolk [1] Watford [1]

Rank

Lieutenant [85] Private [82] Captain [71] Serjeant [46] Second Lieutenant [32] Major [17] Lance Corporal [13] Temporary Lieutenant [12] Company Serjeant Major [10] Corporal [10] Colour Serjeant [8] Lieutenant Colonel [8] Temporary Captain [8] Interpreter [7] Machine Gun Carrier [4] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Honorary Lieutenant [3] Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Acting Serjeant [2] Driver [2] Gun Carrier [2] Machine/Maxim Gun Carrier [2] Pay Clerk [2] Sergeant [2] Transport Serjeant [2] 3rd Lieutenant [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Staff Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Amt Staff Serjeant [1] Armament Staff Serjeant [1] Battalion Serjeant Major [1] Bombardier [1] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1] Brevet Major [1] Bugler [1] Captain /Acting Major [1] Captain Major [1] Captain Second Lieutenant [1] Captain Temporary Major [1] Captain and Brevet Major [1] Carrier [1] Civilian Clerk [1] Clerk [1] Colour Sergeant [1] Colour Serjeant /Serjeant [1] Company Pay Clerk [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Gunner [1] Headman [1]

Unit

West African Field Force [143] Nigeria Regiment West African Field Force [36] Gambia Company West African Field Force [34] Gold Coast Regiment [25] Nigeria Regiment [23] Gold Coast Regiment West African Field Force [17] Sierra Leone Battalion West African Field Force [13] General List [11] Nigeria Regiment/ West African Field Force [7] Royal Fusiliers [7] Royal Garrison Artillery [7] Royal Field Artillery [6] East Kent Regiment [5] Gloucestershire Regiment [5] London Regiment [5] Nigeria Regiment/West African Field Force [5] Gambia Company/West African Field Force [4] North Staffordshire Regiment [4] Royal Scots [4] Nigeria Regiment Artillery [3] Royal Air Force [3] Sierra-Leone Battalion West African Field Force [3] Suffolk Regiment [3] Worcestershire Regiment [3] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Army Service Corps [2] Attached Nigeria Regiment [2] Attached West African Field Force [2] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Cameron Highlanders [2] Canadian Infantry [2] Dorsetshire Regiment [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] Gambia Company [2] General List and Nigeria Regiment [2] Gold Coast Regiment/West African Field Force [2] Highland Light Infantry [2] King's African Rifles [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Liverpool Regiment [2] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Nigerian Contingent [2] Nigerian Regiment West African Field Force [2] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [2] Royal Berkshire Regiment [2] Royal Engineers [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] Royal West Kent Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [365] Other Empire Force [2] South African Services [2] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1] Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

S [55] M [50] B [37] G [26] A [20] C [20] W [20] D [17] T [14] K [13] L [13] P [13] H [12] R [12] J [11] E [7] F [7] I [5] O [5] V [4] N [3] Y [2] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [367]

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United Kingdom [6]

H A Fisher

British Army 9456 Corporal Royal Berkshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 9456 Serjeant Royal Berkshire Regiment 10th Battalion

British Army 9456 Serjeant Nigeria Regiment

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Frederick G White

British Army 9205 Private Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army 48110 Serjeant Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army 4027058 Serjeant Nigerian Regiment West African Field Force

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Reuben Saunders

British Army L/6617 Corporal East Surrey Regiment

British Army 6132211 Corporal East Surrey Regiment attached West African Field Force

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John Scott

British Army 7990 Serjeant Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

British Army 7990 Serjeant Sierra Leone Battalion West African Field Force

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Robert Semple

British Army Lieutenant General list attached West African Field Force

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Major Royal Army Medical Corps

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John Edward Morris

British Army Lieutenant Royal Warwickshire Regiment Attached Nigeria Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant West African Field Force

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Arthur John Rushton O'brien

British Army Driver Nigeria Regiment

British Army Captain General List

British Army Captain West African Field Force Attached Columns Operating in Togoland

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Edward William Dix

British Army Lieutenant West African Field Force attached Nigeria Regiment

British Army Temporary Captain Royal Engineers Inland Water Transport

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C W Badger

British Army 200687 The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry attached Nigeria Regiment

British Army 200687 Corporal West African Field Force

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Alfred Pettit

British Army 16754 Private York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 16754 Serjeant York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 16754 Serjeant West African Field Force

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G Shaw

British Army Major South Lancashire Regiment and Gold Coast Regiment/West African Field Force

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E M St C Stobart

British Army Temporary Lieutenant General List and Nigeria Regiment West African Field Force/Nigerian Contingent

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H C T Stronge

British Army Captain East Kent Regiment/Nigeria Regiment/West African Field Force/Nigerian Contingent

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R R Taylor

British Army Captain King's Own Scottish Borderers attached Nigeria Regiment West African Field Force

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C L Waters

British Army Captain Royal Berkshire Regiment and Nigeria Regiment/ West African Field Force/ Nigerian Contingen

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E J Wilton

British Army 3409/ 3409/ 3409 Colour Serjeant /Serjeant King's Royal Rifle Corps/ Nigerian Regiment West African Field Force/ Nigerian Contingent

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G D Mann

British Army Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel Royal Artillery and Nigeria Regiment/ West African Field Force/ Nigerian Contingent

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G E H Migeod

British Army Captain Special List and Nigeria Regiment West African Field Force/ Nigerian Contingent

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James Macdonald

British Army Lieutenant Nigeria Regiment Special List

British Army Lieutenant Nigeria Regiment

British Army Lieutenant West African Field Force

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Ernest Sykes

British Army 35864 Serjeant Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 1406937 Serjeant Royal Artillery

British Army 1406937 Serjeant Nigeria Regiment West African Field Force

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