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Lens 16th April 1917
Lens 16th April 1917
Remembering the casualties (wounded and killed) of German shelling of two Company HQs of the 8th Battalion of the Royal West Kent regiment situated in a railway embankment in Lens. Event occurred on 16th April 1917. Source: Battalion War Diary.
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Born 1895
Died 1917
British Army 2878 Private London Regiment
British Army Second Lieutenant Royal West Kent Regiment
British Army Second Lieutenant Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment
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British Army GS/8807 Private Royal West Kent Regiment
British Army 8807 Lance Corporal Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment
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Born 1892
Died 1972
British Army TF/3647 Private Royal West Kent Regiment
British Army Second Lieutenant Royal West Kent Regiment
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Born 1892
Died 1917
British Army GS/7463 Private Royal West Kent Regiment
British Army Private Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment
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Born 1897
Died 1917
British Army Second Lieutenant Royal West Kent Regiment
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Born 1889
Died 1917
British Army 3372 Private London Regiment
British Army Second Lieutenant Royal West Kent Regiment
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Born 1897
Died 1917
British Army L/10976 Private Royal West Kent Regiment
British Army Private Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment
British Army L/10976 Private Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 8th Battalion.
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Born 1878
Died 1917
British Army S/923 Company Quarter Master Serjeant Royal West Kent Regiment
British Army S/923 Warrant Officer Class 2 Royal West Kent Regiment
British Army Company Quarter Master Sergeant Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment
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Born 1897
Died 1959
British Army 5088 Private London Regiment
British Army 760844 Private London Regiment
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