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Abberley, Worcestershire [1]

Aston, Birmingham [1]

Aston, Warwickshire [1]

Bermondsey [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Blockley, Worcestershire [1]

Bredon, Tewkesbury [1]

Brierley Hill [1]

Brierley Hill, Staffordshire [1]

Cheshire [1]

Chobham [1]

College Road Handsworth [1]

Cropredy, Oxfordshire [1]

Derby, Derbyshire [1]

Dublin [1]

Farndon [1]

Kidderminster, Worcestershire [1]

Kirkdale, Liverpool [1]

Ledbury, Herefordshire [1]

Leeds [1]

Martley, Worcestershire [1]

Moseley, Worcs [1]

Newmarket, Cambridgeshire [1]

Norwood London [1]

Oddington, Gloucestershire [1]

Perry Barr Birmingahm [1]

Pershore [1]

Rock, Worcestershire [1]

Salisbury, Wiltshire [1]

St Andrew's, Dudley [1]

St Martin's, Worcester [1]

St. Cloud, Callow End, Worcestershire [1]

Stourbridge, Worcestershire [1]

Suckley, Worcs. [1]

Sutton [1]

Thornbury, Bromyard, Herefordshire [1]

Whissendine, Oakham, Rutland [1]

Winchester, Hampshire [1]

Woodford [1]

Worcester [1]

Worcestershire [1]

Yardley, Worcs [1]

Rank

Private [961]

Serjeant [66]

Corporal [53]

Second Lieutenant [42]

Lance Corporal [33]

Lieutenant [22]

Captain [10]

Acting Corporal [8]

Acting Serjeant [6]

Trooper [6]

Lance Serjeant [4]

Shoeing Smith [4]

Staff Serjeant Major [4]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Major [3]

Shoeing Smith Corporal [3]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Driver [2]

Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Private Acting Corporal [2]

Saddler [2]

1st Lieutenant [1]

A/ Regimental Sgt. Major [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Brevet Major [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Corporal Shoeing Smith [1]

First Lieutenant [1]

Lance Corporal 2nd [1]

Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1]

Private (Trumpeter) [1]

Private/ Private/ Serjeant/ Staff Serjeant/ Company Quarter Master Serjeant/ Warrant Officer Cl [1]

Quarter Master and Captain [1]

Saddler Serjeant [1]

Serjeant and Trumpeter [1]

Signaller Serjeant [1]

Squadron Serjeant Major [1]

Trumpeter [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 Serjeant [1]

Unit

Corps of Hussars [979]

Worcestershire Yeomanry [950]

Worcestershire Regiment [129]

Queen's Own Worcestershire Hussars (Worcester Yeomanry) [45]

Worcestershire Hussars [43]

Hussars [30]

Machine Gun Corps [14]

Imperial Camel Corps [12]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [11]

Warwickshire Yeomanry [9]

3rd Hussars [8]

Buckinghamshire Yeomanry [8]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7]

Labour Corps [6]

London Regiment [6]

Queen's Own Worcestershire Hussars [6]

11th Hussars [5]

Northumberland Hussars [5]

Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars [5]

Royal Engineers [5]

20th Hussars [4]

8th Hussars [4]

Army Service Corps [4]

Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [4]

Royal Gloucestershire Hussars [4]

13th Hussars [3]

15th Hussars [3]

19th Hussars [3]

Buckinghamshire Hussars [3]

Corps Of Hussars [3]

County of London Yeomanry [3]

Household Cavalry And Cavalry Of The Line (Incl. Yeomanry And Imperial Camel Corps) [3]

Northumberland Fusiliers [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Canadian Regiment [3]

Sherwood Rangers [3]

South Nottinghamshire Hussars [3]

10th Hussars [2]

14th Hussars [2]

4th Hussars [2]

City of London Yeomanry [2]

Corps of Lancers [2]

Dorset Yeomanry [2]

Hussars of the Line [2]

Lancashire Hussars Yeomanry [2]

Leicestershire Regiment [2]

Northumberland Yeomanry [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Royal Field Artillery [2]

Royal Field Artillery Transport [2]

Service

British Army [1132]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Last name first letter

B [134]

H [116]

W [108]

C [91]

P [86]

M [85]

S [72]

G [53]

R [51]

D [45]

T [45]

L [42]

F [36]

J [36]

A [35]

K [29]

E [23]

N [20]

O [12]

Y [4]

U [3]

V [3]

I [2]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1126]

Country

United Kingdom [26]

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Place of birth

Abberley, Worcestershire [1] Aston, Birmingham [1] Aston, Warwickshire [1] Bermondsey [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Blockley, Worcestershire [1] Bredon, Tewkesbury [1] Brierley Hill [1] Brierley Hill, Staffordshire [1] Cheshire [1] Chobham [1] College Road Handsworth [1] Cropredy, Oxfordshire [1] Derby, Derbyshire [1] Dublin [1] Farndon [1] Kidderminster, Worcestershire [1] Kirkdale, Liverpool [1] Ledbury, Herefordshire [1] Leeds [1] Martley, Worcestershire [1] Moseley, Worcs [1] Newmarket, Cambridgeshire [1] Norwood London [1] Oddington, Gloucestershire [1] Perry Barr Birmingahm [1] Pershore [1] Rock, Worcestershire [1] Salisbury, Wiltshire [1] St Andrew's, Dudley [1] St Martin's, Worcester [1] St. Cloud, Callow End, Worcestershire [1] Stourbridge, Worcestershire [1] Suckley, Worcs. [1] Sutton [1] Thornbury, Bromyard, Herefordshire [1] Whissendine, Oakham, Rutland [1] Winchester, Hampshire [1] Woodford [1] Worcester [1] Worcestershire [1] Yardley, Worcs [1]

Rank

Private [961] Serjeant [66] Corporal [53] Second Lieutenant [42] Lance Corporal [33] Lieutenant [22] Captain [10] Acting Corporal [8] Acting Serjeant [6] Trooper [6] Lance Serjeant [4] Shoeing Smith [4] Staff Serjeant Major [4] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Major [3] Shoeing Smith Corporal [3] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Driver [2] Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Private Acting Corporal [2] Saddler [2] 1st Lieutenant [1] A/ Regimental Sgt. Major [1] Acting Captain [1] Brevet Major [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Corporal Shoeing Smith [1] First Lieutenant [1] Lance Corporal 2nd [1] Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1] Private (Trumpeter) [1] Private/ Private/ Serjeant/ Staff Serjeant/ Company Quarter Master Serjeant/ Warrant Officer Cl [1] Quarter Master and Captain [1] Saddler Serjeant [1] Serjeant and Trumpeter [1] Signaller Serjeant [1] Squadron Serjeant Major [1] Trumpeter [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 Serjeant [1]

Unit

Corps of Hussars [979] Worcestershire Yeomanry [950] Worcestershire Regiment [129] Queen's Own Worcestershire Hussars (Worcester Yeomanry) [45] Worcestershire Hussars [43] Hussars [30] Machine Gun Corps [14] Imperial Camel Corps [12] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [11] Warwickshire Yeomanry [9] 3rd Hussars [8] Buckinghamshire Yeomanry [8] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7] Labour Corps [6] London Regiment [6] Queen's Own Worcestershire Hussars [6] 11th Hussars [5] Northumberland Hussars [5] Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars [5] Royal Engineers [5] 20th Hussars [4] 8th Hussars [4] Army Service Corps [4] Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [4] Royal Gloucestershire Hussars [4] 13th Hussars [3] 15th Hussars [3] 19th Hussars [3] Buckinghamshire Hussars [3] Corps Of Hussars [3] County of London Yeomanry [3] Household Cavalry And Cavalry Of The Line (Incl. Yeomanry And Imperial Camel Corps) [3] Northumberland Fusiliers [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Canadian Regiment [3] Sherwood Rangers [3] South Nottinghamshire Hussars [3] 10th Hussars [2] 14th Hussars [2] 4th Hussars [2] City of London Yeomanry [2] Corps of Lancers [2] Dorset Yeomanry [2] Hussars of the Line [2] Lancashire Hussars Yeomanry [2] Leicestershire Regiment [2] Northumberland Yeomanry [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] Royal Field Artillery [2] Royal Field Artillery Transport [2]

Service

British Army [1132] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Last name first letter

B [134] H [116] W [108] C [91] P [86] M [85] S [72] G [53] R [51] D [45] T [45] L [42] F [36] J [36] A [35] K [29] E [23] N [20] O [12] Y [4] U [3] V [3] I [2] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1126]

Country

United Kingdom [26]

George Mason

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 2297 Private Worcestershire Regiment

British Army 2297 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army Worcestershire Yeomanry 1st Bn

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Harry Roberts

Born 1892

Died 1975

British Army 3428 Private Worcestershire Yeomanry

British Army 325853 Private Corps of Hussars

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John Marsh

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 2361 Private The Queen's Own Worcestershire Hussars (The Worcestershire Yeomanry) 1/1st Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant The Queen's Own Worcestershire Hussars (The Worcestershire Yeomanry) 1/1st Battalion

British Army First Lieutenant The Queen's Own Worcestershire Hussars (The Worcestershire Yeomanry) 1/1st Battalion

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Austin Sanders Arch

Born 1880

Died 1957

British Army 2321 Private Worcestershire Yeomanry

British Army 325272 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 2321 Corporal Worcestershire Yeomanry

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Edward Doolittle

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army 3043 Private Worcestershire Yeomanry

British Army 325615 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army Household Cavalry

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William Spong

Born 1896

British Army 288846 Private Worcestershire Hussars

British Army 288846 Private Corps of Hussars

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John Lester Roberts

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 2619 Private Worcestershire Yeomanry

British Army 325420 Private Corps of Hussars

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Frederick Maclellen Mitchell

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant Hussars

British Army Captain Hussars attached Worcestershire Yeomanry

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Frederick George Dyson

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army 325277 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 2330 Private Worcestershire Yeomanry

British Army 325277 Private Queen's Own Worcestershire Hussars (Worcester Yeomanry)

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Samuel V Drinkwater

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 3156 Private Worcestershire Yeomanry

British Army 325692 Private Corps of Hussars

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Charles F Walford

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 2525 Private Worcestershire Yeomanry

British Army 325374 Private Corps of Hussars

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Frank Earl Plater

Born 1896

Died 1957

British Army 3155 Private Worcestershire Yeomanry

British Army 325691 Private Corps of Hussars

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Maurice William Hobson

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 1504 Signaller Serjeant Worcestershire Yeomanry

British Army 325015 Signaller Serjeant Corps of Hussars

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Douglas James Powell

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 2318 Private Worcestershire Yeomanry

British Army 2318 Corporal Worcestershire Yeomanry

British Army 2318 Corporal Queen's Own Worcestershire Hussars (Worcester Yeomanry)

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Sydney John Leete

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army Trooper 20th Hussars

British Army Second Lieutenant Worcestershire Regiment 2/8th

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps 57 Squadron

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Arthur Bertram Lawson

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army Captain Hussars

British Army Brevet Major Worcestershire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Worcestershire Regiment

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George Pratt

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 3191 Private Worcestershire Yeomanry

British Army 325718 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 325718 Private Queen's Own Worcestershire Hussars (Worcester Yeomanry)

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Ernest Clarke

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 3172 Private Worcestershire Yeomanry

British Army 276223 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 276223 Private Queen's Own Worcestershire Hussars (Worcester Yeomanry)

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Thomas A Collins

British Army 8 4/19 Worcestershire Hussars

British Army 8 4/15 Acting Serjeant Worcestershire Hussars

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William Hughes Phillips Field

Died 1916

British Army 2791 Private Worcestershire Yeomanry

British Army Private Queen's Own Worcestershire Hussars 1st/1st

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