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Aylesford, Kent [64]

Aylesford, Maidstone, Kent [8]

Aylesford, Kent, England [4]

Eccles Aylesford Kent [3]

Eccles, Aylesford, Kent [3]

North Aylesford, Kent [3]

Aylesford Kent [2]

Aylesford (Eccles), Kent [1]

Frindsbury, North Aylesford, Kent [1]

Rank

Private [25]

Gunner [3]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Lieutenant [2]

Sapper [2]

Serjeant [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Assistant Cook [1]

Captain [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Cook Orderly [1]

Corporal [1]

Driver [1]

Lance Corporal [1]

Leading Cook's Mate [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Matron [1]

Midshipman [1]

Naval Cadet [1]

P O Stoker [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sergeant [1]

Stoker 1 [1]

Stoker 2 [1]

Sub Lieutenant [1]

Unit

London Regiment [5]

The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [4]

Royal Field Artillery [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

East Kent Regiment [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

Kent Regiment [2]

Leicestershire Regiment [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Engineers [2]

Royal Sussex Regiment [2]

Royal West Kent Regiment [2]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Artists' Rifles [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

Duke of Edinburgh Wiltshire [1]

HMS "Acheron" [1]

HMS "Lord Nelson" [1]

HMS "Pathfinder" [1]

HMS "Pembroke II" [1]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [1]

HMS Iphigenia [1]

HMS Marvel [1]

HMS Warspite [1]

Indian Army Reserve of Officers [1]

Indian Army Reserve of Officers attd Royal Flying Corps attd French Seaplane Flight [1]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1]

Labour Corps [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Northamptonshire [1]

Northamptonshire Regiment [1]

Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service [1]

Royal Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [1]

Royal East Kent Yeomanry [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Scottish Women's Hospitals [1]

Serbian Relief Fund [1]

Suffolk Regiment [1]

The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [1]

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [1]

Wiltshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [33]

Royal Navy [32]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [18]

Other Empire Force [2]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [12]

S [11]

C [10]

A [8]

H [8]

W [8]

T [6]

M [5]

E [4]

D [3]

F [2]

G [2]

L [2]

N [2]

J [1]

K [1]

O [1]

P [1]

R [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [83]

Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [26]

Gibraltar [1]

India [1]

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People [89] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Aylesford, Kent [64] Aylesford, Maidstone, Kent [8] Aylesford, Kent, England [4] Eccles Aylesford Kent [3] Eccles, Aylesford, Kent [3] North Aylesford, Kent [3] Aylesford Kent [2] Aylesford (Eccles), Kent [1] Frindsbury, North Aylesford, Kent [1]

Rank

Private [25] Gunner [3] Second Lieutenant [3] Lieutenant [2] Sapper [2] Serjeant [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Assistant Cook [1] Captain [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Cook Orderly [1] Corporal [1] Driver [1] Lance Corporal [1] Leading Cook's Mate [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Matron [1] Midshipman [1] Naval Cadet [1] P O Stoker [1] Rifleman [1] Sergeant [1] Stoker 1 [1] Stoker 2 [1] Sub Lieutenant [1]

Unit

London Regiment [5] The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [4] Royal Field Artillery [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] East Kent Regiment [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] Kent Regiment [2] Leicestershire Regiment [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Engineers [2] Royal Sussex Regiment [2] Royal West Kent Regiment [2] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Artists' Rifles [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] Duke of Edinburgh Wiltshire [1] HMS "Acheron" [1] HMS "Lord Nelson" [1] HMS "Pathfinder" [1] HMS "Pembroke II" [1] HMS INFLEXIBLE [1] HMS Iphigenia [1] HMS Marvel [1] HMS Warspite [1] Indian Army Reserve of Officers [1] Indian Army Reserve of Officers attd Royal Flying Corps attd French Seaplane Flight [1] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [1] Labour Corps [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Northamptonshire [1] Northamptonshire Regiment [1] Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service [1] Royal Army Veterinary Corps [1] Royal Berkshire Regiment [1] Royal East Kent Yeomanry [1] Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Scottish Women's Hospitals [1] Serbian Relief Fund [1] Suffolk Regiment [1] The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [1] The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [1] Wiltshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [33] Royal Navy [32] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [18] Other Empire Force [2] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [12] S [11] C [10] A [8] H [8] W [8] T [6] M [5] E [4] D [3] F [2] G [2] L [2] N [2] J [1] K [1] O [1] P [1] R [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [83] Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [26] Gibraltar [1] India [1]

Herbert Burren

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 193888

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Edgar Thomas Day

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 193920

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Sidney James Green

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 5442 Private London Regiment 18th lond Battalion

British Army 592830 Private London Regiment 18th lond Battalion

British Army 592830 Rifleman London Regiment 1st/18th Battalion (London Irish Rifles)

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Albert Douglas Mitchell

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 245431

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Henri Levaillant

Born 1884

Died 1971

British Army G/87511 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army 15285 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army 67738 Private London Regiment

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Ronald Harry Shipley

Born 1899

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Albert Fraser

Born 1893

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Arthur Thwaites

Born 1885

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Charles Edward Sales

Born 1883

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