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Bexley, Kent [106]

Bexley Heath, Kent [79]

Bexley New South Wales [29]

Bexley Heath, Kent, England [12]

Bexley Heath, London [8]

Bexley England [7]

Bexley Heath England [6]

Bexley, Kent, England [6]

Bexley [5]

Bexley Heath [2]

Bexley Heath Kent [2]

Bexley, London [2]

Bexley, Maidstone, Kent [2]

4 Yeates Cottages, Bexley Heath, Kent [1]

Bexley Dartford [1]

Bexley East England [1]

Bexley Erith, Kent [1]

Bexley Heath, Dartford [1]

Bexley Heath, Dartford, Kent [1]

Bexley Hill New South Wales [1]

Bexley Kent [1]

Bexley on Sea, Sussex [1]

Bexley, Dartford, Kent [1]

Bexley, Derbyshire [1]

Bexley, Norfolk [1]

Bexley-Heath, Kent [1]

Bexleyheath, Bexley, Kent [1]

Blendon, Bexley, Kent [1]

Rank

Private [20]

Able Seaman [7]

Corporal [7]

Lieutenant [7]

Driver [5]

Rifleman [5]

Captain [3]

Lance Corporal [3]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Stoker 2nd Class [3]

Gunner [2]

Serjeant [2]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Major [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Cadet [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Dresser [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Pioneer [1]

Ship's Corporal [1]

Ship's Corporal 1st Class [1]

Sick Berth Attendant [1]

Signal Boy [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Surgeon Lieutenant [1]

Surgeon Probationer [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Victualling Chief Petty Officer [1]

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London Regiment [7]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [4]

Royal Engineers [3]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

HMS IRON DUKE [2]

HMS Powerful [2]

King's African Rifles [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Field Artillery [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Royal Sussex Regiment [2]

* error in CWGC records [1]

15th Hussars (The King's) [1]

1st Division [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Australian Field Artillery [1]

British Red Cross Society [1]

Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

City of London Regiment [1]

East Kent Regiment [1]

East York Attached Royal Flying Corps [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

French Red Cross [1]

Gordon Highlanders [1]

H.M.S. "Formidable." [1]

HMS Ajax [1]

HMS COLOSSUS [1]

HMS Falmouth [1]

HMS Ganges [1]

HMS Good Hope [1]

HMS Hindustan [1]

HMS INDOMITABLE [1]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [1]

HMS PRINCESS ROYAL [1]

HMS Pathfinder [1]

HMS QUEEN MARY [1]

HMS Vanguard [1]

Haden Guest Unit, Hospital Hotel Majestic, Paris [1]

Kent Regiment [1]

King Edward's Horse [1]

King's Liverpool Regiment [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

Leicestershire Regiment [1]

Lincolnshire Regiment [1]

Liverpool Regiment [1]

London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade) [1]

London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) [1]

London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [1]

Service

Royal Navy [171]

British Army [46]

Australian Imperial Force [44]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [4]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [30]

H [29]

W [26]

S [24]

M [20]

C [18]

P [16]

F [15]

R [14]

E [12]

D [11]

K [10]

T [10]

A [9]

L [7]

O [6]

J [5]

N [5]

V [5]

G [4]

U [3]

I [1]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [260]

Merchant Navy [17]

Country

United Kingdom [27]

India [2]

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Place of birth

Bexley, Kent [106] Bexley Heath, Kent [79] Bexley New South Wales [29] Bexley Heath, Kent, England [12] Bexley Heath, London [8] Bexley England [7] Bexley Heath England [6] Bexley, Kent, England [6] Bexley [5] Bexley Heath [2] Bexley Heath Kent [2] Bexley, London [2] Bexley, Maidstone, Kent [2] 4 Yeates Cottages, Bexley Heath, Kent [1] Bexley Dartford [1] Bexley East England [1] Bexley Erith, Kent [1] Bexley Heath, Dartford [1] Bexley Heath, Dartford, Kent [1] Bexley Hill New South Wales [1] Bexley Kent [1] Bexley on Sea, Sussex [1] Bexley, Dartford, Kent [1] Bexley, Derbyshire [1] Bexley, Norfolk [1] Bexley-Heath, Kent [1] Bexleyheath, Bexley, Kent [1] Blendon, Bexley, Kent [1]

Rank

Private [20] Able Seaman [7] Corporal [7] Lieutenant [7] Driver [5] Rifleman [5] Captain [3] Lance Corporal [3] Second Lieutenant [3] Stoker 2nd Class [3] Gunner [2] Serjeant [2] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Major [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Cadet [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Dresser [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Petty Officer [1] Pioneer [1] Ship's Corporal [1] Ship's Corporal 1st Class [1] Sick Berth Attendant [1] Signal Boy [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Surgeon Lieutenant [1] Surgeon Probationer [1] Temporary Captain [1] Victualling Chief Petty Officer [1]

Unit

London Regiment [7] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [4] Royal Engineers [3] East Surrey Regiment [2] HMS IRON DUKE [2] HMS Powerful [2] King's African Rifles [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Field Artillery [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Royal Sussex Regiment [2] * error in CWGC records [1] 15th Hussars (The King's) [1] 1st Division [1] Army Service Corps [1] Australian Field Artillery [1] British Red Cross Society [1] Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] City of London Regiment [1] East Kent Regiment [1] East York Attached Royal Flying Corps [1] Essex Regiment [1] French Red Cross [1] Gordon Highlanders [1] H.M.S. "Formidable." [1] HMS Ajax [1] HMS COLOSSUS [1] HMS Falmouth [1] HMS Ganges [1] HMS Good Hope [1] HMS Hindustan [1] HMS INDOMITABLE [1] HMS INFLEXIBLE [1] HMS PRINCESS ROYAL [1] HMS Pathfinder [1] HMS QUEEN MARY [1] HMS Vanguard [1] Haden Guest Unit, Hospital Hotel Majestic, Paris [1] Kent Regiment [1] King Edward's Horse [1] King's Liverpool Regiment [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] Leicestershire Regiment [1] Lincolnshire Regiment [1] Liverpool Regiment [1] London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade) [1] London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles) [1] London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [1]

Service

Royal Navy [171] British Army [46] Australian Imperial Force [44] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [4] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [30] H [29] W [26] S [24] M [20] C [18] P [16] F [15] R [14] E [12] D [11] K [10] T [10] A [9] L [7] O [6] J [5] N [5] V [5] G [4] U [3] I [1] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [260] Merchant Navy [17]

Country

United Kingdom [27] India [2]

Herman Grant Oxley

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army Lieutenant 1st Division 2nd Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Lawrence James Willmore

Born 1893

Royal Navy 1922 Royal Marine Artillery

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Frederick R Bridger

Born 1895

Died 1964

British Army 1807 Private East Surrey Regiment

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Arthur James Brown

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army 979 Serjeant Lincolnshire Regiment 10th (Grimsby Chums) Battalion

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Leonard Charles Jenner

Died 1914

British Army 9253 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 9253 Lance Corporal Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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James Fairman

Australian Imperial Force 3167

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Arthur Griffith

Australian Imperial Force 3347

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Henry John Honess

Born 1895

British Army 10923 Driver Royal Field Artillery 30th Brigade Ammunition Column

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Thomas Beard

Born 1897

Royal Navy K32452

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Reuben Hugh Huggins

Born 1895

British Army 590 Corporal Rhodesia Native Regiment

British Army Lieutenant King's African Rifles

British Army 590 Acting Major King's African Rifles

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Thomas Dann

Australian Imperial Force 127

Australian Imperial Force 7242

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Frank Dann

Australian Imperial Force 126

Australian Imperial Force 1779

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Joseph Harding

Australian Imperial Force 1750

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Victor Neville Oxley

Born 1887

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 180112 Private

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Stanley Leonard Patten

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army 1741 Private King Edward's Horse 2nd Battalion

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William Seager

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 19868

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Sydney Thomas Fry

Australian Imperial Force 9910

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Harry Barton Chaddock

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army 3153 Lance Corporal The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 1st/10th Bn.

British Army 3153 Private King's Liverpool Regiment 10th (Scottish) Battalion

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Oliver Parkes

Australian Imperial Force N87820

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Edgar Sinclair White

Australian Imperial Force 5469

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