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Dublin [2]

Ledbury, Herefordshire [2]

Worcester [2]

16 Palmerston Road, Kilburn, London [1]

Abberley, Worcestershire [1]

Alveley Village, nr Bridgnorth Shropshire [1]

Aston, Birmingham [1]

Aston, Warwickshire [1]

Bermondsey [1]

Bexhill [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Bishop's Cleeve, Gloucs. [1]

Blockley, Worcestershire [1]

Bredon, Tewkesbury [1]

Brierley Hill [1]

Brierley Hill, Staffordshire [1]

Cheshire [1]

College Road Handsworth [1]

Colwall, Ledbury, Herefordshire [1]

Croft Spa, Nr Darlington, Durham [1]

Cropredy, Oxfordshire [1]

Derby, Derbyshire [1]

Dorset [1]

Edgbaston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Evesham, Worcestershire [1]

Farndon [1]

Glascote [1]

Hammersmith, London [1]

Harrold, Bedfordshire [1]

Hazel Grove, Cheshire [1]

Headington, Oxfordshire [1]

Kemerton, Worcestershire [1]

Kensington, London [1]

Kidderminster, Worcestershire [1]

King's Lynn, Norfolk [1]

Kirkdale, Liverpool [1]

Lambeth, Surrey [1]

Leicester [1]

Leigh, Worcestershire [1]

Malmesbury, Wiltshire [1]

Malvern [1]

Malvern Link [1]

Martley, Worcestershire [1]

Moseley, Worcs [1]

Newmarket, Cambridgeshire [1]

Northfield, Worcs [1]

Norwood London [1]

Oddington, Gloucestershire [1]

Perry Barr Birmingahm [1]

Reading, Berkshire [1]

Rank

Private [1635]

Serjeant [135]

Corporal [123]

Second Lieutenant [111]

Lieutenant [73]

Lance Corporal [58]

Captain [43]

Major [20]

Acting Corporal [19]

Acting Serjeant [17]

Sapper [15]

Trooper [14]

Lance Serjeant [10]

Staff Serjeant Major [10]

Shoeing Smith [8]

Farrier Serjeant [6]

Lieutenant Colonel [6]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [5]

Driver [4]

Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Gunner [4]

Pioneer [4]

Squadron Serjeant Major [4]

Acting Captain [3]

Private Acting Corporal [3]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Saddler [3]

Temporary Lieutenant [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Captain /Temporary Major [2]

Captain and Quarter Master [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Corporal 2nd [2]

Interpreter [2]

Saddler Serjeant [2]

Shoeing Smith Corporal [2]

Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Trumpeter [2]

1st Lieutenant [1]

2nd Corporal [1]

A/ Regimental Sgt. Major [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Bombardier Signaller [1]

Unit

Worcestershire Yeomanry [1813]

Corps of Hussars [927]

Worcestershire Regiment [383]

Berkshire Yeomanry [79]

Royal Engineers [64]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [62]

Gloucestershire Yeomanry [55]

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

Labour Corps [42]

Machine Gun Corps [35]

Warwickshire Yeomanry [27]

Buckinghamshire Yeomanry [25]

Imperial Camel Corps [23]

Border Regiment [19]

Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry [17]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [14]

Worcestershire Yeomanry Territorial Force [14]

Army Service Corps [13]

Royal Field Artillery [12]

Gloucestershire Regiment [11]

Devonshire Regiment [9]

Hampshire Regiment [9]

London Regiment [7]

Royal Flying Corps [7]

Somerset Light Infantry [7]

Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry [7]

2/1st Berkshire Yeomanry [6]

Cheshire Regiment [6]

City of London Yeomanry [6]

Hussars [6]

Military Mounted Police [6]

Royal Army Medical Corps [6]

Wiltshire Regiment [6]

Wiltshire Yeomanry [6]

County of London Yeomanry [5]

Hampshire Yeomanry [5]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [5]

Royal Air Force [5]

Shropshire Yeomanry [5]

Army Veterinary Corps [4]

Northamptonshire Regiment [4]

Royal Defence Corps [4]

Army Pay Corps [3]

Buckinghamshire Hussars [3]

Cheshire Yeomanry [3]

Corps of Dragoons [3]

Corps of Lancers [3]

Devonshire Yeomanry [3]

Dorset Yeomanry [3]

Essex Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [2098]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [222]

H [222]

W [221]

C [168]

M [158]

S [157]

P [154]

G [87]

D [86]

T [86]

R [85]

L [79]

J [65]

A [63]

F [60]

E [50]

K [48]

N [33]

O [26]

I [9]

Y [9]

U [4]

V [4]

Q [2]

Contribution

Military Service [2092]

Country

United Kingdom [40]

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Place of birth

Dublin [2] Ledbury, Herefordshire [2] Worcester [2] 16 Palmerston Road, Kilburn, London [1] Abberley, Worcestershire [1] Alveley Village, nr Bridgnorth Shropshire [1] Aston, Birmingham [1] Aston, Warwickshire [1] Bermondsey [1] Bexhill [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Bishop's Cleeve, Gloucs. [1] Blockley, Worcestershire [1] Bredon, Tewkesbury [1] Brierley Hill [1] Brierley Hill, Staffordshire [1] Cheshire [1] College Road Handsworth [1] Colwall, Ledbury, Herefordshire [1] Croft Spa, Nr Darlington, Durham [1] Cropredy, Oxfordshire [1] Derby, Derbyshire [1] Dorset [1] Edgbaston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Evesham, Worcestershire [1] Farndon [1] Glascote [1] Hammersmith, London [1] Harrold, Bedfordshire [1] Hazel Grove, Cheshire [1] Headington, Oxfordshire [1] Kemerton, Worcestershire [1] Kensington, London [1] Kidderminster, Worcestershire [1] King's Lynn, Norfolk [1] Kirkdale, Liverpool [1] Lambeth, Surrey [1] Leicester [1] Leigh, Worcestershire [1] Malmesbury, Wiltshire [1] Malvern [1] Malvern Link [1] Martley, Worcestershire [1] Moseley, Worcs [1] Newmarket, Cambridgeshire [1] Northfield, Worcs [1] Norwood London [1] Oddington, Gloucestershire [1] Perry Barr Birmingahm [1] Reading, Berkshire [1]

Rank

Private [1635] Serjeant [135] Corporal [123] Second Lieutenant [111] Lieutenant [73] Lance Corporal [58] Captain [43] Major [20] Acting Corporal [19] Acting Serjeant [17] Sapper [15] Trooper [14] Lance Serjeant [10] Staff Serjeant Major [10] Shoeing Smith [8] Farrier Serjeant [6] Lieutenant Colonel [6] Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [5] Driver [4] Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Gunner [4] Pioneer [4] Squadron Serjeant Major [4] Acting Captain [3] Private Acting Corporal [3] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Saddler [3] Temporary Lieutenant [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Captain /Temporary Major [2] Captain and Quarter Master [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Corporal 2nd [2] Interpreter [2] Saddler Serjeant [2] Shoeing Smith Corporal [2] Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Trumpeter [2] 1st Lieutenant [1] 2nd Corporal [1] A/ Regimental Sgt. Major [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Acting Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Bombardier Signaller [1]

Unit

Worcestershire Yeomanry [1813] Corps of Hussars [927] Worcestershire Regiment [383] Berkshire Yeomanry [79] Royal Engineers [64] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [62] Gloucestershire Yeomanry [55] Queen's Own Worcestershire Hussars (Worcester Yeomanry) [45] Labour Corps [42] Machine Gun Corps [35] Warwickshire Yeomanry [27] Buckinghamshire Yeomanry [25] Imperial Camel Corps [23] Border Regiment [19] Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry [17] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [14] Worcestershire Yeomanry Territorial Force [14] Army Service Corps [13] Royal Field Artillery [12] Gloucestershire Regiment [11] Devonshire Regiment [9] Hampshire Regiment [9] London Regiment [7] Royal Flying Corps [7] Somerset Light Infantry [7] Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry [7] 2/1st Berkshire Yeomanry [6] Cheshire Regiment [6] City of London Yeomanry [6] Hussars [6] Military Mounted Police [6] Royal Army Medical Corps [6] Wiltshire Regiment [6] Wiltshire Yeomanry [6] County of London Yeomanry [5] Hampshire Yeomanry [5] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [5] Royal Air Force [5] Shropshire Yeomanry [5] Army Veterinary Corps [4] Northamptonshire Regiment [4] Royal Defence Corps [4] Army Pay Corps [3] Buckinghamshire Hussars [3] Cheshire Yeomanry [3] Corps of Dragoons [3] Corps of Lancers [3] Devonshire Yeomanry [3] Dorset Yeomanry [3] Essex Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [2098] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3] Australian Imperial Force [1] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [222] H [222] W [221] C [168] M [158] S [157] P [154] G [87] D [86] T [86] R [85] L [79] J [65] A [63] F [60] E [50] K [48] N [33] O [26] I [9] Y [9] U [4] V [4] Q [2]

Contribution

Military Service [2092]

Country

United Kingdom [40]

John Robert Cook

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 2528 Private Worcestershire Yeomanry

British Army 20352 Private Worcestershire Regiment

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Frederick Tate

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 2696 Private Worcestershire Yeomanry

British Army 39766 Private Worcestershire Regiment

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Thomas Sinnott

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 2259 Private Worcestershire Yeomanry

British Army 39765 Private Worcestershire Regiment

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Walter John Phillips

Died 1916

British Army 2707 Private Worcestershire Yeomanry

British Army 39759 Private Worcestershire Regiment

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Arthur George Burrow

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 2840 Private Worcestershire Yeomanry

British Army 39727 Private Worcestershire Regiment

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Cecil Luty

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 2689 Private Worcestershire Yeomanry

British Army 39772 Private Worcestershire Regiment

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Charles Percival Willis Palmer

Died 1917

British Army 2699 Private Worcestershire Yeomanry

British Army 242424 Private Worcestershire Regiment

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Percy H Lane

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 3537 Private Worcestershire Yeomanry

British Army 20314 Private Worcestershire Regiment

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Arthur William Knight

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 2509 Private Worcestershire Yeomanry

British Army 20372 Private Worcestershire Regiment

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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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Eustace Bonsfield

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 2314 Private Worcestershire Yeomanry

British Army 2314 Private Queen's Own Worcestershire Hussars (Worcester Yeomanry)

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Harry William Bunce

British Army 3371 Trooper Worcestershire Yeomanry

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Lewis Mountford

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 2557 Private Worcestershire Yeomanry

British Army 20377 Private Worcestershire Regiment

British Army 242421 Private Worcestershire Regiment

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John Haycox

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 2508 Private Worcestershire Yeomanry

British Army 242408 Private Worcestershire Regiment

British Army 242408 Lance Corporal Worcestershire Regiment

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William C Evans

Born 1892

Died 1973

British Army 1888 Private Buckinghamshire Yeomanry

British Army 50178 Private Imperial Camel Corps

British Army 205568 Private Worcestershire Yeomanry

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Albert Jaffray Cay

Born 1880

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Worcestershire Yeomanry

British Army Lieutenant Worcestershire Yeomanry Territorial Force

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Richard Henry Compton

Died 1918

British Army 3138 Private Buckinghamshire Yeomanry

British Army 39799 Private Worcestershire Regiment

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John Watson

Died 1918

British Army 2742 Private Gloucestershire Yeomanry

British Army 40218 Private Worcestershire Regiment

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Charles Henry Brown

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 2294 Private Berkshire Yeomanry

British Army 39783 Private Worcestershire Regiment

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Alfred Tilbey

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 3106 Private Berkshire Yeomanry

British Army 40159 Private Worcestershire Regiment

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