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Place of birth

Carlisle [2]

Cockermouth [2]

Allonby, Cumberland [1]

Barrow in Furness, Lancashire [1]

Barrow-In-Furness, Lancs [1]

Bradford [1]

Canonbie [1]

Chigwell, Essex [1]

Craigavad Co. Down Northern Ireland [1]

Dearham, Cumberland [1]

Dolgelley, Merionethshire [1]

Hampstead [1]

Kendal Westmorland [1]

Kensington, London [1]

London [1]

Newcastle Upon Tyne [1]

Northwood, Middlesex [1]

Penrith, Cumberland [1]

Prestwich, Manchester [1]

Strickland Roger Westmorland [1]

Walthamstow, London [1]

Whiteham [1]

Willesden, Middlesex [1]

Worcester [1]

Rank

Private [746]

Serjeant [89]

Second Lieutenant [84]

Corporal [75]

Lieutenant [57]

Lance Corporal [42]

Captain [29]

Sapper [19]

Major [17]

Acting Corporal [9]

Acting Serjeant [8]

Shoeing Smith [7]

Lieutenant Colonel [6]

Squadron Serjeant Major [5]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [5]

Lance Serjeant [4]

Staff Serjeant Major [4]

Farrier Serjeant [3]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Acting Captain [2]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Acting Lance Serjeant [2]

Corporal 2nd [2]

Gunner [2]

Honorary Lieutenant [2]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [2]

Sergeant [2]

Shoeing Smith Corporal [2]

Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Farrier Corporal [1]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Captain and Quarter Master [1]

Captain/Adjutant [1]

Chief Mechanic [1]

Colonel [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal Lance Serjeant [1]

Driver [1]

Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Flight Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant Adjutant [1]

Lieutenant Captain [1]

Major and Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Pioneer [1]

Unit

Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry [985]

Border Regiment [445]

Corps of Hussars [121]

Labour Corps [53]

Royal Engineers [53]

Military Mounted Police [37]

Machine Gun Corps [35]

Army Service Corps [21]

1st Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry [20]

1/1st Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry [16]

Royal Air Force [14]

Royal Flying Corps [10]

Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [9]

2/1st Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry [7]

City of London Yeomanry [7]

Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry [7]

Oxfordshire Yeomanry [7]

Hussars [6]

Royal Fusiliers [6]

Worcestershire Yeomanry [6]

County of London Yeomanry [5]

Lincolnshire Regiment [5]

Northumberland Fusiliers [5]

Royal Field Artillery [5]

Tank Corps [4]

Army Cyclist Corps [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Durham Light Infantry [3]

East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry [3]

Labour Corps ex Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry [3]

Lancashire Hussars [3]

Lothian and Border Horse [3]

North Somerset Yeomanry [3]

North Staffordshire Regiment [3]

Northamptonshire Regiment [3]

Reserve Cavalry Regiment [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Garrison Artillery [3]

Corps of Lancers [2]

Dorset Yeomanry [2]

Indian Army [2]

Lincolnshire Yeomanry [2]

London Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars [2]

Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Highlanders [2]

Royal Irish Rifles [2]

Service

British Army [1049]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3]

Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

H [121]

S [101]

W [84]

B [78]

M [76]

C [62]

T [61]

P [60]

R [58]

G [55]

L [52]

D [49]

F [37]

J [31]

A [30]

N [23]

K [22]

E [21]

I [11]

O [6]

V [5]

Y [4]

U [2]

Contribution

Military Service [1039]

Country

United Kingdom [14]

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Place of birth

Carlisle [2] Cockermouth [2] Allonby, Cumberland [1] Barrow in Furness, Lancashire [1] Barrow-In-Furness, Lancs [1] Bradford [1] Canonbie [1] Chigwell, Essex [1] Craigavad Co. Down Northern Ireland [1] Dearham, Cumberland [1] Dolgelley, Merionethshire [1] Hampstead [1] Kendal Westmorland [1] Kensington, London [1] London [1] Newcastle Upon Tyne [1] Northwood, Middlesex [1] Penrith, Cumberland [1] Prestwich, Manchester [1] Strickland Roger Westmorland [1] Walthamstow, London [1] Whiteham [1] Willesden, Middlesex [1] Worcester [1]

Rank

Private [746] Serjeant [89] Second Lieutenant [84] Corporal [75] Lieutenant [57] Lance Corporal [42] Captain [29] Sapper [19] Major [17] Acting Corporal [9] Acting Serjeant [8] Shoeing Smith [7] Lieutenant Colonel [6] Squadron Serjeant Major [5] Warrant Officer Class 2 [5] Lance Serjeant [4] Staff Serjeant Major [4] Farrier Serjeant [3] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Acting Captain [2] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Acting Lance Serjeant [2] Corporal 2nd [2] Gunner [2] Honorary Lieutenant [2] Lieutenant Acting Captain [2] Sergeant [2] Shoeing Smith Corporal [2] Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Farrier Corporal [1] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Captain and Quarter Master [1] Captain/Adjutant [1] Chief Mechanic [1] Colonel [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal Lance Serjeant [1] Driver [1] Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Flight Serjeant [1] Lieutenant Adjutant [1] Lieutenant Captain [1] Major and Brevet Lieutenant Colonel [1] Pioneer [1]

Unit

Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry [985] Border Regiment [445] Corps of Hussars [121] Labour Corps [53] Royal Engineers [53] Military Mounted Police [37] Machine Gun Corps [35] Army Service Corps [21] 1st Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry [20] 1/1st Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry [16] Royal Air Force [14] Royal Flying Corps [10] Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [9] 2/1st Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry [7] City of London Yeomanry [7] Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry [7] Oxfordshire Yeomanry [7] Hussars [6] Royal Fusiliers [6] Worcestershire Yeomanry [6] County of London Yeomanry [5] Lincolnshire Regiment [5] Northumberland Fusiliers [5] Royal Field Artillery [5] Tank Corps [4] Army Cyclist Corps [3] Army Ordnance Corps [3] Durham Light Infantry [3] East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry [3] Labour Corps ex Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry [3] Lancashire Hussars [3] Lothian and Border Horse [3] North Somerset Yeomanry [3] North Staffordshire Regiment [3] Northamptonshire Regiment [3] Reserve Cavalry Regiment [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Garrison Artillery [3] Corps of Lancers [2] Dorset Yeomanry [2] Indian Army [2] Lincolnshire Yeomanry [2] London Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars [2] Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force [2] Royal Highlanders [2] Royal Irish Rifles [2]

Service

British Army [1049] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3] Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

H [121] S [101] W [84] B [78] M [76] C [62] T [61] P [60] R [58] G [55] L [52] D [49] F [37] J [31] A [30] N [23] K [22] E [21] I [11] O [6] V [5] Y [4] U [2]

Contribution

Military Service [1039]

Country

United Kingdom [14]

John George Armstrong

Born 1895

Died 1955

British Army 2965 Private 1st Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry

British Army 260338 Private Border Regiment

British Army 2965 Trumpeter 1st Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry

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George Graham

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 2307 Private Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry

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Alfred Pearson

Born 1880

Died 1916

British Army 3004 Private Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry 3rd/1st

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James Winstanley Cropper

Born 1879

Died 1956

British Army Major Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry

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Walker Knight Roper

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 2775 Private Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry

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Paul Floyd Alfred Ringe

Born 1880

Died 1915

British Army 2228 Corporal Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry

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Richard Bowen Roberts

Born 1880

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant Border Regiment

British Army Sergeant Denbighshire Hussars

British Army Lieutenant Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry

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William Thomas Henworth Adey

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry Territorial Force

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Eric Brown Lees

Born 1878

Died 1918

British Army Major Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry

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Isaac Bateson Pye

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 2615 Private Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry

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Robert Davis

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 2948 Private Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry

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Anthony Simpson Taylor

Born 1888

Died 1914

British Army 1676 Corporal Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry

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James Simpson Dixon

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 2653 Lance Corporal Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry

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Isaac Potts

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 315082 Squadron Quartermaster Serjeant Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry 2nd/1st

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George Dawson Kelvin

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army 2224 Private Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry

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Thomas Dalton

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army 2764 Private Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry

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Raymond Lewis

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army 2808 Private Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry

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Allison W Towers

Died 1916

British Army 2457 Private Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry

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Christopher William Lowther

Died 1935

British Army Lieutenant Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry

British Army Major Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry

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Christopher William Vane

Born 1888

Died 1964

British Army Captain Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry

British Army Major Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry

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