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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]

Musa Tarawali

British Army West African Field Force

British Army 671 Private West African Field Force

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Ibrihim

British Army West African Field Force

British Army 30 Trumpeter West African Field Force

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Saku Sarr

British Army West African Field Force

British Army 670 Private West African Field Force

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Salifu Sidibi

British Army West African Field Force

British Army 511 Private West African Field Force

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Samba Jowara

British Army West African Field Force

British Army 230 Private West African Field Force

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Samba Kamara

British Army West African Field Force

British Army 455 Private West African Field Force

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Samuel Williams

British Army West African Field Force

British Army 214 Private West African Field Force

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Laminsanian

British Army West African Field Force

British Army 620 Private West African Field Force

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Maimerifi Ii

British Army West African Field Force

British Army 50 Bombardier West African Field Force

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Modi Jahutte

British Army West African Field Force

British Army 451 Private West African Field Force

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Laitey Baigana

British Army West African Field Force

British Army 565 Private West African Field Force

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Rupert Edward Holden Lockley

Born 1878

Died 1915

British Army Major West African Field Force attached Gordon Highlanders

British Army Major Gordon Highlanders

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Frederick Henry Hawley

British Army Captain West African Field Force

British Army Major West Yorkshire Regiment

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Arthur Douglas Knapp

Born 1876

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant Nyasaland Field Force

British Army Lieutenant King's African Rifles

British Army Lieutenant West Africa Frontier Force Rhodesia-Nyasaland Field Force / Staff

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H H Milson

British Army Private West African Field Force

British Army Worker Munitions

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Frederick Henry Wickham Guard

Born 1889

Died 1927

British Army Lieutenant West African Field Force

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Scots

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Mons Douglas Ham Dabbs

British Army Honorary Lieutenant West African Field Force

British Army Captain Royal Air Force

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Harold De Beavoir Bewley

British Army Lieutenant Nigerian Regiment Force West African Field Force

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Herbert Edward Corner

Born 1877

Died 1917

British Army Temporary Lieutenant West African Field Force General List

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Attached Gold Coast Regiment

British Army Temporary Lieutenant West African Frontier Force

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Dudley John Beaumont

Born 1877

Died 1918

British Army Officer West African Supply and Transport Field Force

British Army Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers 36th Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Gloucestershire Regiment

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