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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]

Horace Winchcombe

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 136875

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William Ewart Barrett

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 280914

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Madge Boosey

Born 1889

Died 1949

Other Empire Force 10170 Commandant British Red Cross Oakley VAD Hospital

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Arthur Edward Thomas Towell

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 165258

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Benjamin Thomas Meggs

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 88355

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Sydney Harry Baker

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 32775

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Cyril Graham Williams

Born 1883

Died 1941

British Army Lieutenant Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army Captain Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Lancaster Regiment

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John Sullivan

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 296533

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John Davis Boxall

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 2121 Private 1st Huntingdon (Cyclist) Battalion

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Milbert John Palin

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 292610

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Stanley George Humerston

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 207047

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Cecil O'carroll

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 192264

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William John Godley

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 82898

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William Malcolm Lingard Escombe

Born 1891

Died 1973

British Army Captain London Regiment 20th (county of lond Battalion

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Stephen Tickner

Born 1887

Died 1918

Royal Navy K35723 Stoker 1st Class H.M.S. Radstock

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George Thomas Attle

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 277721

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Ernest Alfred Lane

Born 1882

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 70 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 21st Battery

Canadian Expeditionary Force 85093 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 21st Battery

Canadian Expeditionary Force 85093 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery 21st Battery

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Leslie Richard Johnson

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 62623 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 62623 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Sidney Whitehead

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 17679 Private East Surrey Regiment 8th Battalion

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Richard Clement Kinder

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army Captain Malay States Volunteer Rifles Attached Royal Fusiliers

British Army Captain General List Attached Royal Fusiliers

British Army Captain General List

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