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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]

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Romsey, Hampshire, England [1]

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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]

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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]

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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]

Francis Dehany Victor Thursby

Born 1897

Died 1973

British Army Lieutenant Suffolk Regiment

British Army Lieutenant West African Field Force

British Army Second Lieutenant The Suffolk Regiment

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George Masterman Thompson

Born 1890

Died 1914

British Army Lieutenant Royal Scots attached West African Field Force Gold Coast Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Royal Scots

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Herbert Walter Green

Born 1878

Died 1918

British Army Captain West African Field Force

British Army Lieutenant Colonel East Kent Regiment

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Charles Vincent Fox

Born 1877

Died 1928

British Army Captain Scots Guards

British Army Captain Scots Guards

British Army Major Scots Guards

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Noel Wilfred Lawder

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army Captain West African Field Force

British Army Major Bedfordshire Regiment

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Theophilus Augustus Benjamin

British Army 299 Bugler West African Field Force

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Dunstan E Stubbs

British Army Pay Clerk West African Field Force

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Arthur J S Williams

British Army Pay Clerk West African Field Force

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Chandos William Brydges

British Army Second Lieutenant West African Field Force

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Pendembu Santiori

British Army 3276 Private West African Field Force

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W G Vicars

British Army Temporary Lieutenant West African Field Force

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John C Broomfield

British Army 21386 Serjeant West African Field Force

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John W Gallagher

British Army Serjeant West African Field Force

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Edward Theophilus Ajax

British Army West African Field Force

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Lusack Joseph

British Army 296 Private West African Field Force

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Robert Seymour Mesham

British Army Lieutenant West African Field Force

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Krubali Demba

British Army 544 Private West African Field Force

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P Sakerin Sati

British Army 26 Carrier West African Field Force

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D B Fox

British Army Temporary Lieutenant West African Field Force

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Lokko Mome

British Army 2914 Private West African Field Force

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