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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]

Country

United Kingdom [6]

Tommy Mendi

British Army Gambia Company West African Field Force

British Army 194 Lance Corporal Gambia Company West African Field Force

British Army 194 Serjeant Gambia Company West African Field Force

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Jarra Sakhu

British Army Gambia Company West African Field Force

British Army 357 Private Gambia Company West African Field Force

British Army 357 Serjeant Gambia Company West African Field Force

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Bokari Kamera

British Army Gambia Company West African Field Force

British Army 448 Private Gambia Company West African Field Force

British Army 448 Corporal Gambia Company West African Field Force

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Samuel Godfrey Randall

British Army Civilian Clerk African Civilian Official attached Expeditionary Force West African Field Force

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Reginald Beets Bales

British Army Second Lieutenant General List West African Field Force

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Gerald Temple Wilson

British Army Lance Corporal West African Field Force

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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Bernard Henry Meyer

British Army West African Field Force

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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Denis Erskine Wilson

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army West African Field Force

British Army Major Royal Dublin Fusiliers

British Army Captain Nigeria Regiment

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George Pope Newstead

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Suffolk Regiment attached West African Field Force

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Suffolk Regiment

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Henry Cecil Barber

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army S4/127633 Serjeant Army Service Corps

British Army Lieutenant Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant West African Field Force

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Wilfred Roy Humpherson

Born 1898

British Army Lieutenant Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Nigeria Regiment attached West African Field Force

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Alhaji Grunshi

British Army 5655 Company Serjeant Major Gold Coast Regiment West African Field Force

British Army 5655 Regimental Sergeant-Major Gold Coast Regiment West African Frontier Force

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Arthur Mcculloch Inglis

Born 1884

Died 1919

British Army Captain West African Field Force The Gambia Company

British Army Captain Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army Major Gloucestershire Regiment attached Tank Corps

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David George Turner Kerr Cross

British Army Second Lieutenant Bedfordshire Regiment 10th battalion bedford Battalion

British Army Lieutenant West African Field Force

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Jatto Dagarti

British Army 7234 Lance Corporal Gold Coast Regiment West African Field Force

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F G Dinward

British Army A/1241 Armament Staff Serjeant Sierra Leone Battalion West African Field Force

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Joseph Duke

British Army Interpreter Nigeria Regiment West African Field Force

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Mizen Gawa

British Army 3 Headman Gold Coast Regiment West African Field Force

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Issa Grunshi

British Army 5093 Private Gold Coast Regiment West African Field Force

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Chililah Grunshi

British Army 5493 Serjeant Gold Coast Regiment West African Field Force

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