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London [2]

Poona [2]

Aberdeen [1]

All Saints' Vicarage, Swansea, Wales [1]

Alverstoke, Hampshire [1]

Andover,Hants [1]

Ballyroan [1]

Barholm, Lincolnshire [1]

Barton Regis, Gloucestershire [1]

Bath, Somerset [1]

Bethnal Green, East London [1]

Bideford, Devon [1]

Bombay [1]

Canada [1]

Canterbury, Kent [1]

Cartmel, Lancashire [1]

Chatham [1]

Chorlton [1]

Cork [1]

Cranbrook, Kent, England [1]

Crediton, Devon [1]

Crewe, Cheshire [1]

Dallas, Morayshire, Scotland [1]

Deal, Kent [1]

Derby, Derbyshire [1]

Edinburgh, Scotland [1]

Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland [1]

Eshowe Zululand [1]

Galashiels [1]

Greenville, Waterford [1]

Greenwich, South London [1]

Hambledon, Hampshire [1]

Hancow [1]

Handsworth, Staffs [1]

Hawthorn, Victoria [1]

Heavitree, Exeter, Devon [1]

Hertford, Hertfordshire [1]

Inverness [1]

Kensington, London [1]

Kensington, South West London [1]

Labeth [1]

Lambeth, Surrey, England [1]

Leicester, Leicestershire [1]

Leyton, London, Essex [1]

Lincolnshire [1]

Llandilo, Carmarthen [1]

Londonderry [1]

Madras [1]

Marston, Oxfordshire [1]

Mercara, Mysore [1]

Rank

Private [1452]

Lieutenant [148]

Captain [133]

Serjeant [115]

Machine Gun Carrier [110]

Second Lieutenant [67]

Corporal [44]

Lance Corporal [36]

Armourer's Crew [29]

Major [29]

Stretcher Bearer [27]

Lieutenant Colonel [20]

Temporary Lieutenant [19]

Company Serjeant Major [17]

Temporary Captain [16]

Colour Serjeant [10]

Machine/Maxim Gun Carrier [10]

Sergeant [10]

Acting Serjeant [7]

Interpreter [7]

Transport Serjeant [7]

Machine Maxim Gun Carrier [6]

Private Acting Lance Corporal [6]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Bugler [5]

Captain /Temporary Major [4]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Captain Temporary Major [3]

Colonel [3]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Corporal 2nd [3]

Doctor [3]

Dresser [3]

Driver [3]

Gun Carrier [3]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Temporary Major [3]

Acting Captain [2]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Acting Major [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Brevet Major [2]

Colour Sergeant [2]

Lance Sergeant [2]

Lieutenant and Quarter Master [2]

Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Rifleman [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Unit

Nigeria Regiment [1683]

West African Service Brigade [1637]

West African Field Force [71]

Nigeria Regiment West African Field Force [36]

Gold Coast Regiment [31]

West Yorkshire Regiment [22]

Gold Coast Regiment West African Force [21]

King's African Rifles [20]

West African Frontier Force [20]

West African Regiment [19]

Gold Coast Regiment West African Field Force [17]

London Regiment [15]

General List [11]

Royal West Kent Regiment [11]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [10]

Manchester Regiment [9]

Nigeria Regiment - West African Frontier Force [9]

Royal West Surrey Regiment [9]

Gloucestershire Regiment [7]

Nigeria Regiment/ West African Field Force [7]

East Kent Regiment [6]

Northamptonshire Regiment [6]

Royal Fusiliers [6]

West Riding Regiment [6]

British West Indies Regiment [5]

Dorsetshire Regiment [5]

East Yorkshire Regiment [5]

Nigeria Regiment/West African Field Force [5]

Royal Garrison Artillery [5]

Worcestershire Regiment [5]

Yorkshire Regiment [5]

Attached Nigeria Regiment [4]

Lincolnshire Regiment [4]

Middlesex Regiment [4]

Nigeria Regiment Artillery [4]

Nigeria Regiment West African Frontier Force [4]

Nigeria Regiment/ West African Frontier Force [4]

North Staffordshire Regiment [4]

Northumberland Fusiliers [4]

Royal Air Force [4]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [4]

Suffolk Regiment [4]

West Riding Regiment attached King's African Rifles [4]

Bedfordshire Regiment [3]

Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [3]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

General List attached to Nigeria Regiment - West African Frontier Force [3]

King's African Rifles/West Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Royal Engineers [3]

Service

British Army [2128]

Other Empire Force [11]

South African Services [4]

Indian Army [2]

Last name first letter

A [480]

M [394]

B [180]

G [164]

S [140]

I [117]

H [105]

D [96]

J [67]

O [64]

C [38]

T [38]

W [37]

K [36]

Y [34]

P [28]

R [25]

F [22]

L [21]

E [17]

U [10]

N [8]

V [4]

Z [3]

Q [2]

Contribution

Military Service [2130]

Country

United Kingdom [57]

India [3]

Sierra Leone [3]

South Africa [3]

Ireland [1]

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People [2130] Stories Communities

Place of birth

London [2] Poona [2] Aberdeen [1] All Saints' Vicarage, Swansea, Wales [1] Alverstoke, Hampshire [1] Andover,Hants [1] Ballyroan [1] Barholm, Lincolnshire [1] Barton Regis, Gloucestershire [1] Bath, Somerset [1] Bethnal Green, East London [1] Bideford, Devon [1] Bombay [1] Canada [1] Canterbury, Kent [1] Cartmel, Lancashire [1] Chatham [1] Chorlton [1] Cork [1] Cranbrook, Kent, England [1] Crediton, Devon [1] Crewe, Cheshire [1] Dallas, Morayshire, Scotland [1] Deal, Kent [1] Derby, Derbyshire [1] Edinburgh, Scotland [1] Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland [1] Eshowe Zululand [1] Galashiels [1] Greenville, Waterford [1] Greenwich, South London [1] Hambledon, Hampshire [1] Hancow [1] Handsworth, Staffs [1] Hawthorn, Victoria [1] Heavitree, Exeter, Devon [1] Hertford, Hertfordshire [1] Inverness [1] Kensington, London [1] Kensington, South West London [1] Labeth [1] Lambeth, Surrey, England [1] Leicester, Leicestershire [1] Leyton, London, Essex [1] Lincolnshire [1] Llandilo, Carmarthen [1] Londonderry [1] Madras [1] Marston, Oxfordshire [1] Mercara, Mysore [1]

Rank

Private [1452] Lieutenant [148] Captain [133] Serjeant [115] Machine Gun Carrier [110] Second Lieutenant [67] Corporal [44] Lance Corporal [36] Armourer's Crew [29] Major [29] Stretcher Bearer [27] Lieutenant Colonel [20] Temporary Lieutenant [19] Company Serjeant Major [17] Temporary Captain [16] Colour Serjeant [10] Machine/Maxim Gun Carrier [10] Sergeant [10] Acting Serjeant [7] Interpreter [7] Transport Serjeant [7] Machine Maxim Gun Carrier [6] Private Acting Lance Corporal [6] Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Bugler [5] Captain /Temporary Major [4] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [4] Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [3] Captain Temporary Major [3] Colonel [3] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Corporal 2nd [3] Doctor [3] Dresser [3] Driver [3] Gun Carrier [3] Lance Serjeant [3] Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Temporary Major [3] Acting Captain [2] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Acting Major [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Brevet Major [2] Colour Sergeant [2] Lance Sergeant [2] Lieutenant and Quarter Master [2] Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] Rifleman [2] Staff Serjeant [2]

Unit

Nigeria Regiment [1683] West African Service Brigade [1637] West African Field Force [71] Nigeria Regiment West African Field Force [36] Gold Coast Regiment [31] West Yorkshire Regiment [22] Gold Coast Regiment West African Force [21] King's African Rifles [20] West African Frontier Force [20] West African Regiment [19] Gold Coast Regiment West African Field Force [17] London Regiment [15] General List [11] Royal West Kent Regiment [11] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [10] Manchester Regiment [9] Nigeria Regiment - West African Frontier Force [9] Royal West Surrey Regiment [9] Gloucestershire Regiment [7] Nigeria Regiment/ West African Field Force [7] East Kent Regiment [6] Northamptonshire Regiment [6] Royal Fusiliers [6] West Riding Regiment [6] British West Indies Regiment [5] Dorsetshire Regiment [5] East Yorkshire Regiment [5] Nigeria Regiment/West African Field Force [5] Royal Garrison Artillery [5] Worcestershire Regiment [5] Yorkshire Regiment [5] Attached Nigeria Regiment [4] Lincolnshire Regiment [4] Middlesex Regiment [4] Nigeria Regiment Artillery [4] Nigeria Regiment West African Frontier Force [4] Nigeria Regiment/ West African Frontier Force [4] North Staffordshire Regiment [4] Northumberland Fusiliers [4] Royal Air Force [4] Royal Berkshire Regiment [4] Suffolk Regiment [4] West Riding Regiment attached King's African Rifles [4] Bedfordshire Regiment [3] Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [3] Devonshire Regiment [3] General List attached to Nigeria Regiment - West African Frontier Force [3] King's African Rifles/West Yorkshire Regiment [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Royal Engineers [3]

Service

British Army [2128] Other Empire Force [11] South African Services [4] Indian Army [2]

Last name first letter

A [480] M [394] B [180] G [164] S [140] I [117] H [105] D [96] J [67] O [64] C [38] T [38] W [37] K [36] Y [34] P [28] R [25] F [22] L [21] E [17] U [10] N [8] V [4] Z [3] Q [2]

Contribution

Military Service [2130]

Country

United Kingdom [57] India [3] Sierra Leone [3] South Africa [3] Ireland [1]

Charles Walter Wiley

British Army Trooper South African Mounted Rifles

British Army Second Lieutenant The Queen's Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Royal West Surrey Regiment

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George Styles

British Army 244958 Acting Corporal Cheshire Regiment

British Army T272 Acting Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army 8568 Acting Corporal Training Reserve Battalion

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W G Vicars

British Army Acting Captain Hussars

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Head Quarters Attached Nigeria Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Nigeria Regiment

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William John Percy

British Army Transport Serjeant Attached Nigeria Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Gold Coast Regiment

British Army Lieutenant General and Special List attached West African Field Force

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Frederick Charles Ludbrook

British Army 13074 Private Suffolk Regiment

British Army 4119 Company Quarter Master Serjeant Training Reserve Battalion

British Army 4119 Serjeant Nigeria Regiment

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Charles Growther Hart

British Army Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant West Riding Regiment attached King's African Rifles

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George Dawes

British Army South Staffordshire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Sierra Leone Battalion West African Field Force

British Army Lieutenant Colonel London Regiment 1/21st Battalion

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Thomas Charles Moore Johnson

British Army Second Lieutenant Cape Town Highlanders/South African Infantry

British Army Captain Border Regiment Attached West Africa Regiment

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Owen Andrew Johnston

British Army Captain Royal Field Artillery Attached West African Field Force Nigerian Police

British Army Captain Nigeria Regiment

British Army Captain Gold Coast Regiment

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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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Abel Hunt

British Army 7770 Serjeant Devonshire Regiment

British Army 01296 Serjeant Devonshire Regiment Attached Gambia Company

British Army 5609682 Serjeant Royal West African Frontier 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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H C T Stronge

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

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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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Thomas Geoffrey Lyon Dawson

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Berkshire Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Royal Berkshire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army Lieutenant 2nd Native Reserve West African Field Force

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J G Mackellar

British Army Second Lieutenant Cameron Highlanders

British Army Captain Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

British Army Captain Gold Coast Regiment

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George Sandbach Baker

British Army Second Lieutenant East African Labour Corps

British Army Lieutenant East Africa Forces

British Army Captain Royal West Surrey Regiment

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Edward Whitby Briscoe

British Army Captain Royal Munster Fusiliers

British Army Captain Gold Coast Regiment West African Field Force

British Army Captain General List

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Frank H Wells

British Army GS/9842 Nigeria Regiment West African Field Force

British Army D/13774 Serjeant Dragoon Guards

British Army GS/9842 Warrant Officer Class 2 Dragoon Guards

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