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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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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]

Ralph Houghton Sewell

Born 1897

Died 1980

British Army Second Lieutenant Hussars

British Army Lieutenant 19th Hussars

British Army Second Lieutenant 19th Hussars B Squadron

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Isaac Wren

Born 1898

Died 1915

British Army 17178 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 30212 Hussars

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Charles William Reginald Duncombe, Second Earl Of Feversham

Born 1879

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Yorkshire Hussars Yeomanry Commanding 21st Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Colonel King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Harry Humberstone

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army Private Hussars 18th (Queen Mary's Own) Hussars

British Army 18472 Private East Yorkshire Regiment 8th (Service) Battalion

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Reginald Henry Bagshaw

Born 1889

British Army 1407 Lance Corporal Yorkshire Hussars

British Army 1407 Private Yorkshire Hussars 1/1st

British Army 330006 Serjeant Yorkshire Hussars 1/1st

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John Appleby

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 2306 Lance Corporal Yorkshire Hussars

British Army 2306 Private Yorkshire Hussars

British Army 2306 Private Corps of Hussars

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Eric Geoffrey Dawnay

Born 1890

Died 1970

British Army Lieutenant Yorkshire Hussars

British Army Captain Yorkshire Hussars

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Harry Moore

Died 1916

British Army 18544 Private Hussars

British Army 16971 Private East Yorkshire Regiment 8th Battalion

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George Lovelock

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 42395 Private The Yorkshire Hussars Regiment 12th Battalion

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John Burgon Bickersteth

Born 1888

Died 1979

British Army Private Yorkshire Hussars

British Army 2nd Lieutenant 5th Cavalry Reserve Regiment

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Royal Dragoons 1st Battalion

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Percy Thompson

Born 1879

Died 1957

British Army 2629 Private Yorkshire Hussars

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Roger Beverley Walker

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army

British Army Captain Yorkshire Hussars

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Edmund Ashley Gray

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 7496 Private Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 7496 Private Yorkshire Hussars 2nd Battalion

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Alexander Fitzgerald Watt

Born 1872

Died 1957

British Army Major Yorkshire Hussars

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Yorkshire Hussars

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Archibald Edward Collins

Born 1869

Died 1959

British Army Second Lieutenant Yorkshire Hussars

British Army Major Yorkshire Hussars

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Richard Howey Greensitt

Born 1878

British Army 270329 Northumberland Hussars

British Army 235522 Serjeant Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army Second Lieutenant Yorkshire Regiment 3rd battalion west Battalion

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Thomas Wilson Makepeace

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 39082 Private Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 39082 Private Yorkshire Hussars (Alexandra, Princes of Wales' Own) 2nd Battalion

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Richard Garnett Thompson

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 2523 Private Yorkshire Hussars

British Army 330335 Private Gloucestershire Yeomanry

British Army 330335 Serjeant Royal Gloucestershire Hussars

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Montague Vivian Brayshaw

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 2554 Private Yorkshire Hussars

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Charles Lionel Ward Jackson

Born 1869

Died 1930

British Army Major Yorkshire Hussars

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