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Place of birth

Bicester, Oxfordshire [1]

Carlisle [1]

Chester, Pennsylvania [1]

Chorlton Lancashire [1]

Co Durham [1]

Coates, Cirencester [1]

Dundee [1]

Edgbaston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Falkland, Fife [1]

Gembling, Yorkshire [1]

Hull, Yorkshire [1]

Kirkcaldy, Fife [1]

Lambeth, London [1]

Lichfield, Staffs [1]

Llandudno, Conway [1]

London [1]

Okehampton, Devon [1]

Plymouth, Devon [1]

Port Maria [1]

Prestwich Manchester [1]

Stanley, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [85]

Second Lieutenant [44]

Captain [40]

Lieutenant [38]

Major [31]

Corporal [17]

Serjeant [15]

Lieutenant Colonel [14]

Lance Corporal [6]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [6]

Trooper [5]

Acting Corporal [4]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Temporary Captain [4]

Sapper [3]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Driver [2]

Gunner [2]

Honorary Brigadier General [2]

Honorary Colonel [2]

Quarter Master and Captain [2]

Sister [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Temporary Major [2]

Trumpeter [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Captain and Adjutant [1]

Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Acting Lieutenant and Adjutant [1]

Acting Lieutenant-Colonel [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Ballon Officer [1]

Brigade Major [1]

Cadet [1]

Captain TemporaryMajor [1]

Captain and Adjutant [1]

Captain and Brevet Major [1]

Chaplain 4th Class Reverend [1]

Commander [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Corporal Lance Serjeant [1]

Draft Conducting Officer [1]

Fight Sub Second Lieutenant [1]

Flight Lieutenant [1]

Flight Officer [1]

Honorary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Unit

Surrey Yeomanry Territorial Force [15]

Territorial Force Reserve [14]

Worcestershire Yeomanry Territorial Force [14]

Surrey Yeomanry [13]

Hampshire Yeomanry Territorial Force Reserve [11]

Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry Territorial Force [11]

Army Service Corps [10]

Royal Field Artillery [9]

Essex Yeomanry Territorial Force [8]

City of London Yeomanry [7]

Royal Field Artillery Territorial Force [7]

Corps of Hussars [6]

Hampshire Regiment [6]

Suffolk Yeomanry [6]

Derby Yeomanry Territorial Force [5]

Warwickshire Yeomanry [5]

East Riding Yeomanry [4]

Glamorgan Yeomanry Territorial Force [4]

London Regiment [4]

Royal Engineers [4]

Shropshire Yeomanry Territorial Force [4]

Territorial Force [4]

Wiltshire Regiment [4]

Worcestershire Regiment [4]

7th Dragoon Guards [3]

Denbigh Yeomanry [3]

Derby Yeomanry [3]

Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry [3]

Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [3]

Glamorgan Yeomanry [3]

Gloucestershire Regiment [3]

Norfolk Yeomanry [3]

Norfolk Yeomanry Territorial Force [3]

Royal Garrison Artillery Territorial Force [3]

Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry [3]

Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry Territorial Force [3]

Shropshire Yeomanry [3]

Staffordshire Yeomanry [3]

Staffordshire Yeomanry Territorial Force [3]

Worcestershire Yeomanry [3]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Ayrshire Yeomanry [2]

Berkshire Yeomanry Territorial Force [2]

Cheshire Yeomanry Territorial Force [2]

City of London Yeomanry Territorial Force [2]

Derbyshire Yeomanry Territorial Force [2]

East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry Territorial Force [2]

Essex Yeomanry [2]

Fife and Forfar Imperial Yeomanry [2]

First Aid Nursing Yeomanry [2]

Service

British Army [205]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Other Empire Force [2]

Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

B [57]

C [41]

G [30]

H [16]

A [14]

D [11]

F [11]

P [6]

L [4]

E [3]

M [3]

R [2]

S [2]

W [2]

J [1]

K [1]

T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [204]

Country

United Kingdom [14]

France [1]

India [1]

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People [205] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Bicester, Oxfordshire [1] Carlisle [1] Chester, Pennsylvania [1] Chorlton Lancashire [1] Co Durham [1] Coates, Cirencester [1] Dundee [1] Edgbaston, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Falkland, Fife [1] Gembling, Yorkshire [1] Hull, Yorkshire [1] Kirkcaldy, Fife [1] Lambeth, London [1] Lichfield, Staffs [1] Llandudno, Conway [1] London [1] Okehampton, Devon [1] Plymouth, Devon [1] Port Maria [1] Prestwich Manchester [1] Stanley, Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [85] Second Lieutenant [44] Captain [40] Lieutenant [38] Major [31] Corporal [17] Serjeant [15] Lieutenant Colonel [14] Lance Corporal [6] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [6] Trooper [5] Acting Corporal [4] Acting Serjeant [4] Temporary Captain [4] Sapper [3] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [3] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [2] Driver [2] Gunner [2] Honorary Brigadier General [2] Honorary Colonel [2] Quarter Master and Captain [2] Sister [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Temporary Major [2] Trumpeter [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Captain and Adjutant [1] Acting Lance Serjeant [1] Acting Lieutenant and Adjutant [1] Acting Lieutenant-Colonel [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Ballon Officer [1] Brigade Major [1] Cadet [1] Captain TemporaryMajor [1] Captain and Adjutant [1] Captain and Brevet Major [1] Chaplain 4th Class Reverend [1] Commander [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Corporal Lance Serjeant [1] Draft Conducting Officer [1] Fight Sub Second Lieutenant [1] Flight Lieutenant [1] Flight Officer [1] Honorary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Unit

Surrey Yeomanry Territorial Force [15] Territorial Force Reserve [14] Worcestershire Yeomanry Territorial Force [14] Surrey Yeomanry [13] Hampshire Yeomanry Territorial Force Reserve [11] Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry Territorial Force [11] Army Service Corps [10] Royal Field Artillery [9] Essex Yeomanry Territorial Force [8] City of London Yeomanry [7] Royal Field Artillery Territorial Force [7] Corps of Hussars [6] Hampshire Regiment [6] Suffolk Yeomanry [6] Derby Yeomanry Territorial Force [5] Warwickshire Yeomanry [5] East Riding Yeomanry [4] Glamorgan Yeomanry Territorial Force [4] London Regiment [4] Royal Engineers [4] Shropshire Yeomanry Territorial Force [4] Territorial Force [4] Wiltshire Regiment [4] Worcestershire Regiment [4] 7th Dragoon Guards [3] Denbigh Yeomanry [3] Derby Yeomanry [3] Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry [3] Fife and Forfar Yeomanry [3] Glamorgan Yeomanry [3] Gloucestershire Regiment [3] Norfolk Yeomanry [3] Norfolk Yeomanry Territorial Force [3] Royal Garrison Artillery Territorial Force [3] Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry [3] Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry Territorial Force [3] Shropshire Yeomanry [3] Staffordshire Yeomanry [3] Staffordshire Yeomanry Territorial Force [3] Worcestershire Yeomanry [3] Army Veterinary Corps [2] Ayrshire Yeomanry [2] Berkshire Yeomanry Territorial Force [2] Cheshire Yeomanry Territorial Force [2] City of London Yeomanry Territorial Force [2] Derbyshire Yeomanry Territorial Force [2] East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry Territorial Force [2] Essex Yeomanry [2] Fife and Forfar Imperial Yeomanry [2] First Aid Nursing Yeomanry [2]

Service

British Army [205] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2] Other Empire Force [2] Royal Navy [1]

Last name first letter

B [57] C [41] G [30] H [16] A [14] D [11] F [11] P [6] L [4] E [3] M [3] R [2] S [2] W [2] J [1] K [1] T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [204]

Country

United Kingdom [14] France [1] India [1]

Geoffrey William Pepperall Abraham

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army Captain Glamorgan Yeomanry Territorial Force

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Malcolm Cosmo Bonsor

Born 1878

Died 1918

British Army Captain Norfolk Yeomanry Territorial Force

British Army Captain Norfolk Yeomanry

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Hugh Aldersey

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army Captain Cheshire Yeomanry Territorial Force

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David Louis Clemetson

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army SPT/520 Acting Lance Serjeant Royal Fusiliers Sportsmen's Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Pembroke Yeomanry Territorial Force

British Army Lieutenant Pembroke Yeomanry

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Martin Chicheley Albright

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Worcestershire Yeomanry Territorial Force

British Army Captain Worcestershire Yeomanry Territorial Force

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Charles Hervey Hoare

Born 1875

Died 1955

British Army Second Lieutenant Hampshire Imperial Yeomanry

British Army Captain Glamorganshire Imperial Yeomanry

British Army Lieutenant West Kent (Queen's Own) Yeomanry

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George Birkbeck

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Norfolk Yeomanry Territorial Force

British Army Lieutenant Norfolk Yeomanry

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Thomas Edward Ainger

Born 1883

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant Berkshire Yeomanry Territorial Force

British Army Second Lieutenant Berkshire Yeomanry

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Berkshire Yeomanry Hungerford

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Leonard Stanley Gresham

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry

British Army Second Lieutenant Territorial Force

British Army Second Lieutenant East Riding Yeomanry

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Arthur Joseph Fergusson Chambers

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Warwickshire Yeomanry Territorial Force

British Army Second Lieutenant Warwickshire Yeomanry

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John James Bell

Born 1873

Died 1915

British Army Major Ayrshire Yeomanry Territorial Force

British Army Major Ayrshire Yeomanry

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Richard Frederic Norreys Bertie

Born 1876

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant Berkshire Yeomanry Territorial Force

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Charles James Bodenham

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant Hampshire Yeomanry Territorial Force

British Army Lieutenant Hampshire Yeomanry (Carabiniers)

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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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Vere Brabazon Ponsonby

British Army Second Lieutenant Honorary Captain Territorial Force Reserve

British Army Second Lieutenant Honorary Captain Yeomanry

British Army Viscount Duncannon

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M J Whiten

British Army 45417 Shoeing Smith Yeomanry Territorial Force

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Capel Lisle Aylett Branfill

Died 1916

British Army Captain Glamorgan Yeomanry Territorial Force

British Army Captain Glamorgan Yeomanry

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Stanley George Buszard

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Norfolk Yeomanry Territorial Force

British Army Lieutenant Norfolk Yeomanry

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James Leonard Brewitt

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Staffordshire Yeomanry Territorial Force

British Army Lieutenant Staffordshire Yeomanry

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William John Guningham

Born 1871

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Quarter Master Shropshire Yeomanry Territorial Force

British Army Lieutenant Shropshire Yeomanry

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