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Harrietsham, Kent [2]

Ludlow, Shropshire [2]

16 Hyde Park Gdns,London. [1]

Blaydon [1]

Boston Spa, Yorkshire [1]

Brompton, North Yorkshire [1]

Burley, Leeds, Yorkshire [1]

Cairo [1]

Carleton in Craven [1]

Chelsea, London [1]

Conisborough, Doncaster [1]

Crook, Durham [1]

Croxton, Norfolk [1]

Doncaster [1]

Easingwold, North Yorkshire [1]

East Mosley Surrey [1]

Erdington, Warks [1]

Great Baddow, Chelmsford, Essex [1]

Gristhorpe, Scarborough, North Yorkshire [1]

Guildford, Surrey [1]

Guisborough,Yorkshire [1]

Hardway, South Brewham, Somerset [1]

Hull, East Yorkshire [1]

Hull, Yorkshire [1]

Hunton, Kent [1]

Kensington, London [1]

Kingsclere [1]

Kirkby Fleetham, Bedale, Yorkshire [1]

Knaresborough [1]

Leeds [1]

Leyburn [1]

Linton, Wetherby [1]

London [1]

Rawcliffe, Goole, Yorkshire, England [1]

Rawtenstall, Lancashire [1]

Sheffield, Yorkshire [1]

Sowerby, Thirsk, Yorkshire [1]

Spennymoor, Co Durham [1]

Stafford [1]

Steyning District,Sussex [1]

Swindon, Yorkshire [1]

Tynemouth, Northumberland [1]

Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire [1]

Workington, Cumberland [1]

York [1]

Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [1187]

Second Lieutenant [180]

Serjeant [128]

Lance Corporal [102]

Corporal [96]

Lieutenant [94]

Captain [45]

Sapper [34]

Major [17]

Trooper [15]

Acting Serjeant [13]

Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [10]

Lieutenant Colonel [8]

Pioneer [8]

Acting Corporal [7]

Lance Serjeant [7]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [5]

Farrier Serjeant [4]

Gunner [4]

Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [4]

Driver [3]

Private Lance Corporal [3]

Saddler [3]

Shoeing Smith [3]

Shoeing Smith Corporal [3]

Squadron Serjeant Major [3]

Staff Quartermaster Serjeant [3]

Staff Serjeant [3]

Staff Serjeant Major [3]

Trumpeter [3]

Acting Captain [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Farrier Staff Serjeant [2]

Fitter Staff Serjeant [2]

Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Saddler Staff Serjeant [2]

Sergeant [2]

Serjeant /Acting Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Temporary Major [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Yorkshire Hussars [1241]

West Yorkshire Regiment [472]

Corps of Hussars [392]

Yorkshire Regiment [132]

East Yorkshire Regiment [101]

Hussars [91]

East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry [85]

Royal Engineers [84]

Labour Corps [61]

Machine Gun Corps [51]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [41]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [41]

Yorkshire Hussars Yeomanry [41]

Military Mounted Police [35]

Army Service Corps [27]

Yorkshire Dragoons [24]

Northumberland Fusiliers [23]

Royal Air Force [23]

Imperial Camel Corps [20]

Royal Field Artillery [20]

Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [16]

West Riding Regiment [16]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [15]

Durham Light Infantry [14]

Northumberland Hussars [13]

11th Hussars [12]

18th Hussars [12]

Gloucestershire Yeomanry [12]

10th Hussars [11]

Royal Fusiliers [10]

Tank Corps [9]

Royal Flying Corps [8]

Royal Garrison Artillery [7]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7]

Training Reserve Battalion [7]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [6]

London Regiment [6]

Army Ordnance Corps [5]

Warwickshire Yeomanry [5]

York Hussars [5]

York and Lancaster Regiment [5]

8th Hussars [4]

Army Cyclist Corps [4]

Gloucestershire Hussars [4]

Northamptonshire Yeomanry [4]

Royal Army Service Corps [4]

19th Hussars [3]

Bedford Yeomanry [3]

Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars [3]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [1670]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [169]

H [167]

W [167]

S [144]

P [114]

C [111]

R [111]

M [100]

D [93]

T [84]

A [56]

G [55]

J [55]

L [51]

F [50]

E [37]

K [35]

N [19]

O [14]

V [14]

I [11]

Y [10]

Q [1]

U [1]

Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1666]

Country

United Kingdom [22]

Canada [1]

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Place of birth

Harrietsham, Kent [2] Ludlow, Shropshire [2] 16 Hyde Park Gdns,London. [1] Blaydon [1] Boston Spa, Yorkshire [1] Brompton, North Yorkshire [1] Burley, Leeds, Yorkshire [1] Cairo [1] Carleton in Craven [1] Chelsea, London [1] Conisborough, Doncaster [1] Crook, Durham [1] Croxton, Norfolk [1] Doncaster [1] Easingwold, North Yorkshire [1] East Mosley Surrey [1] Erdington, Warks [1] Great Baddow, Chelmsford, Essex [1] Gristhorpe, Scarborough, North Yorkshire [1] Guildford, Surrey [1] Guisborough,Yorkshire [1] Hardway, South Brewham, Somerset [1] Hull, East Yorkshire [1] Hull, Yorkshire [1] Hunton, Kent [1] Kensington, London [1] Kingsclere [1] Kirkby Fleetham, Bedale, Yorkshire [1] Knaresborough [1] Leeds [1] Leyburn [1] Linton, Wetherby [1] London [1] Rawcliffe, Goole, Yorkshire, England [1] Rawtenstall, Lancashire [1] Sheffield, Yorkshire [1] Sowerby, Thirsk, Yorkshire [1] Spennymoor, Co Durham [1] Stafford [1] Steyning District,Sussex [1] Swindon, Yorkshire [1] Tynemouth, Northumberland [1] Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire [1] Workington, Cumberland [1] York [1] Yorkshire [1]

Rank

Private [1187] Second Lieutenant [180] Serjeant [128] Lance Corporal [102] Corporal [96] Lieutenant [94] Captain [45] Sapper [34] Major [17] Trooper [15] Acting Serjeant [13] Staff Quarter Master Serjeant [10] Lieutenant Colonel [8] Pioneer [8] Acting Corporal [7] Lance Serjeant [7] Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [5] Farrier Serjeant [4] Gunner [4] Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [4] Driver [3] Private Lance Corporal [3] Saddler [3] Shoeing Smith [3] Shoeing Smith Corporal [3] Squadron Serjeant Major [3] Staff Quartermaster Serjeant [3] Staff Serjeant [3] Staff Serjeant Major [3] Trumpeter [3] Acting Captain [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Farrier Staff Serjeant [2] Fitter Staff Serjeant [2] Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Saddler Staff Serjeant [2] Sergeant [2] Serjeant /Acting Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Temporary Captain [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Temporary Major [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Acting Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Yorkshire Hussars [1241] West Yorkshire Regiment [472] Corps of Hussars [392] Yorkshire Regiment [132] East Yorkshire Regiment [101] Hussars [91] East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry [85] Royal Engineers [84] Labour Corps [61] Machine Gun Corps [51] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [41] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [41] Yorkshire Hussars Yeomanry [41] Military Mounted Police [35] Army Service Corps [27] Yorkshire Dragoons [24] Northumberland Fusiliers [23] Royal Air Force [23] Imperial Camel Corps [20] Royal Field Artillery [20] Machine Gun Corps Cavalry [16] West Riding Regiment [16] Yorkshire Light Infantry [15] Durham Light Infantry [14] Northumberland Hussars [13] 11th Hussars [12] 18th Hussars [12] Gloucestershire Yeomanry [12] 10th Hussars [11] Royal Fusiliers [10] Tank Corps [9] Royal Flying Corps [8] Royal Garrison Artillery [7] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7] Training Reserve Battalion [7] King's Royal Rifle Corps [6] London Regiment [6] Army Ordnance Corps [5] Warwickshire Yeomanry [5] York Hussars [5] York and Lancaster Regiment [5] 8th Hussars [4] Army Cyclist Corps [4] Gloucestershire Hussars [4] Northamptonshire Yeomanry [4] Royal Army Service Corps [4] 19th Hussars [3] Bedford Yeomanry [3] Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars [3] Royal Berkshire Regiment [3]

Service

British Army [1670] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [169] H [167] W [167] S [144] P [114] C [111] R [111] M [100] D [93] T [84] A [56] G [55] J [55] L [51] F [50] E [37] K [35] N [19] O [14] V [14] I [11] Y [10] Q [1] U [1] Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1666]

Country

United Kingdom [22] Canada [1]

Frederick Smith

British Army Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army Corps of Hussars

British Army East Yorkshire Regiment

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James W Smith

British Army 1543 Private East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry

British Army 50592 Private Imperial Camel Corps

British Army 50592 Private Corps of Hussars

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Robert Walker

British Army 45881 Private Surrey Yeomanry

British Army 18812 Private East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry

British Army 236831 Private Gloucestershire Yeomanry

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Frank Howard Robinson

British Army Yorkshire Hussars

British Army Second Lieutenant Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry

British Army Captain Machine Gun Corps Cavalry

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Joseph H King

British Army 2203 Private East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry

British Army 50619 Private Imperial Camel Corps

British Army 50619 Private Corps of Hussars

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John Newbury

British Army 2386 Private Bedfordshire Yeomanry

British Army 11111 Private East Riding Of Yorkshire Yeomanry

British Army 236829 Private Gloucestershire Yeomanry

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Philip B Osborne

British Army 2462 Private Yorkshire Hussars

British Army 97241 Private Royal Defence Corps

British Army 97241 Private Royal Scots

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Reginald Outhwaite

British Army 1216 Private East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry

British Army 50621 Private Imperial Camel Corps

British Army 50621 Private Corps of Hussars

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Ernest Anson

British Army 50481 Private East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry

British Army 261611 Private County of London Yeomanry

British Army 261611 Private Corps of Hussars

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Lawrence Moore

British Army 2187 Private East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry

British Army 50593 Private Imperial Camel Corps

British Army 50593 Private Corps of Hussars

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Harold Chorlton

British Army 9956 Private 11th Hussars

British Army 41183 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 43468 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

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Harold E Cossentine

British Army Private Lanarkshire Yeomanry

British Army Second Lieutenant East Yorkshire Yeomanry

British Army Second Lieutenant Attached North Irish Horse

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Frederick Butler

British Army 43788 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

British Army 7107 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 3726 Private Yorkshire Hussars

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William L Davis

British Army 261 Private Royal North Devonshire Hussars

British Army 65174 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 50568 Private Devonshire Regiment

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Leslie Alan Clack

British Army 2020 Private Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army Lieutenant Royal Air Force

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John H Jones

British Army 1850 Company Quarter Master Serjeant East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry

British Army 51117 Company Quarter Master Serjeant Imperial Camel Corps

British Army 51117 Company Quarter Master Serjeant Corps of Hussars

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Noel Arthur Watson

British Army 1482 Serjeant East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry

British Army 50584 Serjeant Imperial Camel Corps

British Army 50584 Serjeant Corps of Hussars

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Stanley Witty

British Army 1698 Private East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry

British Army 50631 Private Imperial Camel Corps

British Army 50631 Private Corps of Hussars

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William Robinson

British Army 1431 Private East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry

British Army 50623 Private Imperial Camel Corps

British Army 50623 Private Corps of Hussars

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Henry R Maynard

British Army 1799 Private East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry

British Army 50601 Private Imperial Camel Corps

British Army 50601 Private Corps of Hussars

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