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Bromley, Kent [744]

Bromley Kent [44]

Bromley, Kent, England [26]

Beckenham, Bromley, Kent [10]

Keston, Bromley, Kent [6]

Chislehurst, Bromley, Kent [5]

Orpington, Bromley, Kent [5]

Shortlands Bromley Kent [5]

Bromley, Kent. [4]

Bickley, Bromley, Kent [3]

Cudham Bromley Kent [3]

Cudham, Bromley, Kent [3]

Shortlands, Bromley, Kent [3]

St Mary Cray, Bromley, Kent [3]

BROMLEY, KENT [2]

Bromley Common, Kent [2]

Bromley Kent England [2]

Farnborough, Bromley, Kent [2]

Hayes, Bromley, Kent [2]

South Bromley, Kent [2]

1 Prospect Place Masons Hill Bromley Kent [1]

Anerley Bromley Kent [1]

BECKENHAM, BROMLEY, KENT [1]

Bromley Kent [1]

Bromley By Bow, Kent [1]

Bromley Chislehurst, Kent [1]

Bromley Common Bromley Kent [1]

Bromley Green, Ashford, Kent [1]

Bromley, Beckenham, Kent [1]

Bromley, Chislehurst, Kent [1]

Bromley, Kent, Middlesex, England [1]

Bromley, Keston, Kent [1]

Bromley,Kent. [1]

Bromley. Kent, England [1]

Chislehurst Bromley, Kent [1]

Cudham, Bromley,Kent [1]

Downe, Bromley, Kent [1]

Homewood Chislehurst Bromley Kent England [1]

MOTTINGHAM, BROMLEY, KENT [1]

North Cray,Sidcup,Bromley,Kent. [1]

Orpington Bromley Kent [1]

PENGE,BECKENHAM, BROMLEY, KENT [1]

Penge Bromley Kent England [1]

Penge, Bromley, Kent [1]

ST PAULS CRAY, CHISLEHURST, BROMLEY, KENT [1]

Sidcup, Bromley, Kent [1]

St Johns, Bromley, Kent [1]

St Paul's Cray, Bromley, Kent [1]

St Pauls Cray, Bromley, Kent [1]

St. Paul's Cray Leesons Bromley Kent [1]

Rank

Private [134]

Second Lieutenant [39]

Captain [28]

Lieutenant [26]

Corporal [17]

Gunner [13]

Sergeant [11]

Serjeant [11]

Rifleman [10]

Able Seaman [8]

Driver [8]

Lance Corporal [8]

Major [5]

Ordinary Seaman [5]

Stoker 1st Class [5]

Boy 1st Class [4]

Bombardier [3]

Flight Lieutenant [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Sapper [3]

Stoker Petty Officer [3]

Acting Captain [2]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Leading Signalman [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Member [2]

Midshipman [2]

Signalman [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Yeoman of Signals [2]

Able Seaman R.A.N. [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Admiral [1]

Air Mechanic [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Aircraftsman Class 1 [1]

Aircraftsman Class 2 [1]

Battery Sergeant Major [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Boy I [1]

Boy II [1]

Boy Sailor 2nd Class [1]

Boy Seaman 1st Class [1]

Captain (retired) [1]

Captain Acting Major [1]

Chief Mechanic [1]

Unit

Royal West Kent Regiment [47]

London Regiment [32]

Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [30]

Royal Field Artillery [19]

Labour Corps [11]

Royal Army Medical Corps [9]

Royal Engineers [8]

Canadian Infantry [7]

Middlesex Regiment [6]

Royal Air Force [6]

Royal Flying Corps [6]

Army Service Corps [5]

Machine Gun Corps [5]

Royal Fusiliers [5]

Royal Garrison Artillery [5]

Bedfordshire Regiment [4]

Hampshire Regiment [4]

Honourable Artillery Company [4]

Coldstream Guards [3]

East Kent Regiment [3]

East Surrey Regiment [3]

General List [3]

Kent Cyclist Battalion [3]

Kent Regiment [3]

London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade) [3]

London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles) [3]

London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [3]

Canadian Field Artillery [2]

Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

H.M.S. "Formidable." [2]

HMS Queen Mary [2]

HMS Vanguard [2]

Northamptonshire Regiment [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Artillery [2]

Royal Naval Air Service [2]

Royal Naval Reserve [2]

South Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Staff [2]

The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [2]

The Queen's Regiment [2]

West Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

Women's Royal Air Force [2]

Service

Royal Navy [437]

British Army [224]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [206]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [14]

Other Empire Force [5]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Indian Army [1]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [111]

W [90]

H [81]

S [81]

C [64]

P [61]

D [48]

M [48]

G [45]

L [38]

T [36]

A [35]

F [34]

J [29]

R [26]

K [19]

E [18]

N [18]

O [9]

V [8]

I [5]

U [2]

Y [2]

Contribution

Military Service [858]

Merchant Navy [28]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [138]

Australia [2]

Canada [2]

Malaysia [2]

Guyana [1]

India [1]

Ukraine [1]

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Place of birth

Bromley, Kent [744] Bromley Kent [44] Bromley, Kent, England [26] Beckenham, Bromley, Kent [10] Keston, Bromley, Kent [6] Chislehurst, Bromley, Kent [5] Orpington, Bromley, Kent [5] Shortlands Bromley Kent [5] Bromley, Kent. [4] Bickley, Bromley, Kent [3] Cudham Bromley Kent [3] Cudham, Bromley, Kent [3] Shortlands, Bromley, Kent [3] St Mary Cray, Bromley, Kent [3] BROMLEY, KENT [2] Bromley Common, Kent [2] Bromley Kent England [2] Farnborough, Bromley, Kent [2] Hayes, Bromley, Kent [2] South Bromley, Kent [2] 1 Prospect Place Masons Hill Bromley Kent [1] Anerley Bromley Kent [1] BECKENHAM, BROMLEY, KENT [1] Bromley Kent [1] Bromley By Bow, Kent [1] Bromley Chislehurst, Kent [1] Bromley Common Bromley Kent [1] Bromley Green, Ashford, Kent [1] Bromley, Beckenham, Kent [1] Bromley, Chislehurst, Kent [1] Bromley, Kent, Middlesex, England [1] Bromley, Keston, Kent [1] Bromley,Kent. [1] Bromley. Kent, England [1] Chislehurst Bromley, Kent [1] Cudham, Bromley,Kent [1] Downe, Bromley, Kent [1] Homewood Chislehurst Bromley Kent England [1] MOTTINGHAM, BROMLEY, KENT [1] North Cray,Sidcup,Bromley,Kent. [1] Orpington Bromley Kent [1] PENGE,BECKENHAM, BROMLEY, KENT [1] Penge Bromley Kent England [1] Penge, Bromley, Kent [1] ST PAULS CRAY, CHISLEHURST, BROMLEY, KENT [1] Sidcup, Bromley, Kent [1] St Johns, Bromley, Kent [1] St Paul's Cray, Bromley, Kent [1] St Pauls Cray, Bromley, Kent [1] St. Paul's Cray Leesons Bromley Kent [1]

Rank

Private [134] Second Lieutenant [39] Captain [28] Lieutenant [26] Corporal [17] Gunner [13] Sergeant [11] Serjeant [11] Rifleman [10] Able Seaman [8] Driver [8] Lance Corporal [8] Major [5] Ordinary Seaman [5] Stoker 1st Class [5] Boy 1st Class [4] Bombardier [3] Flight Lieutenant [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Sapper [3] Stoker Petty Officer [3] Acting Captain [2] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2] Deck Hand [2] Leading Signalman [2] Lieutenant Commander [2] Member [2] Midshipman [2] Signalman [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Yeoman of Signals [2] Able Seaman R.A.N. [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Sub-Lieutenant [1] Admiral [1] Air Mechanic [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Aircraftsman Class 1 [1] Aircraftsman Class 2 [1] Battery Sergeant Major [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Boy I [1] Boy II [1] Boy Sailor 2nd Class [1] Boy Seaman 1st Class [1] Captain (retired) [1] Captain Acting Major [1] Chief Mechanic [1]

Unit

Royal West Kent Regiment [47] London Regiment [32] Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [30] Royal Field Artillery [19] Labour Corps [11] Royal Army Medical Corps [9] Royal Engineers [8] Canadian Infantry [7] Middlesex Regiment [6] Royal Air Force [6] Royal Flying Corps [6] Army Service Corps [5] Machine Gun Corps [5] Royal Fusiliers [5] Royal Garrison Artillery [5] Bedfordshire Regiment [4] Hampshire Regiment [4] Honourable Artillery Company [4] Coldstream Guards [3] East Kent Regiment [3] East Surrey Regiment [3] General List [3] Kent Cyclist Battalion [3] Kent Regiment [3] London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade) [3] London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles) [3] London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [3] Canadian Field Artillery [2] Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] East Yorkshire Regiment [2] Essex Regiment [2] Grenadier Guards [2] H.M.S. "Formidable." [2] HMS Queen Mary [2] HMS Vanguard [2] Northamptonshire Regiment [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Artillery [2] Royal Naval Air Service [2] Royal Naval Reserve [2] South Staffordshire Regiment [2] Staff [2] The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [2] The Queen's Regiment [2] West Yorkshire Regiment [2] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] Women's Royal Air Force [2]

Service

Royal Navy [437] British Army [224] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [206] Canadian Expeditionary Force [14] Other Empire Force [5] Australian Imperial Force [1] Indian Army [1] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [111] W [90] H [81] S [81] C [64] P [61] D [48] M [48] G [45] L [38] T [36] A [35] F [34] J [29] R [26] K [19] E [18] N [18] O [9] V [8] I [5] U [2] Y [2]

Contribution

Military Service [858] Merchant Navy [28] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [138] Australia [2] Canada [2] Malaysia [2] Guyana [1] India [1] Ukraine [1]

Arthur Douglas Dodgson

Born 1884

Died 1959

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Service Corps

British Army Captain Royal Army Service Corps

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Claudian Alfred Bewshea

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army G/16609 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army G/10069 Lance Corporal Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)

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John Westwood Hammond

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 4441 Private London Regiment 16th lond Battalion

British Army 4441 Rifleman London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles)

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Alan Austin Wright

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant East Surrey Regiment

British Army Captain East Surrey Regiment 3rd Bn. attd. 12th Bn.

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Bertram Holland Boxall

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 3305 Private London Regiment 5th lond Battalion

British Army 302083 Rifleman London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade)

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Percy Frederick Arnold

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army GS/9234 Corporal Royal West Kent Regiment 11 (Service) Battalion

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George Dawson

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army TF/2396 Lance Corporal Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army 203245 Corporal Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army 203245 Corporal Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 2nd/4th Battalion

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Benjamin John Wilson

Born 1891

Died 1919

British Army 57518 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Charles Beasley

Born 1881

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 28 Private Australian Infantry, A.I.F. 25th Bn

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Maurice Jeremy Skilliter

Born 1895

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 887449

Canadian Expeditionary Force 887449 Private Canadian Infantry

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Francis Ernest Henry Harrison

Born 1877

Died 1957

British Army Lieutenant Northumberland Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army Captain Northumberland Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army Major Royal Horse and Royal Field Artillery

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Francis Harold Lewin

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army Captain Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army Captain The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 7th Battalion

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Eustace Arthur Bray

Born 1884

Died 1973

British Army Captain East Yorkshire Regiment

British Army Captain Staff

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Victor Arthur Lewis Browne

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army Corporal Royal Field Artillery

British Army 930561 Sergeant Royal Field Artillery

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John Sidney Howard

Born 1879

Died 1918

British Army 11733 Private East Africa Unattached List

British Army 11733 Interpreter East African Military Labour Corps

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William Ernest Westcott

Born 1899

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 86235 Air Mechanic 3rd Class Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant Royal Air Force 8th Training Squadron

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Konstantin Dotter

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 97098

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George Arthur Snelgrove

Born 1897

Died 1940

British Army 6509 Rifleman London Regiment

British Army 323373 Rifleman London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles)

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Herbert Alfred Cooper

Born 1885

Died 1920

British Army 37760 Driver 7th Brigade Royal Horse Artillery

British Army 37760 Driver Royal Horse Artillery

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Samuel Louie Browning

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 4877 Private London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

British Army 532186 Private London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

British Army 532186 Private London Regiment Posted 2/6th London Regiment

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