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Chislehurst, Kent [138]

Chislehurst, Kent, England [10]

Chislehurst, Bromley, Kent [5]

Chislehurst Kent [2]

Bromley Chislehurst, Kent [1]

Bromley, Chislehurst, Kent [1]

Chislehurst Kent [1]

Chislehurst Bromley, Kent [1]

Chislehurst, Kent, London [1]

Chislehurst,Bomley, Kent [1]

Chislehurst,Kent [1]

Homewood Chislehurst Bromley Kent England [1]

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

Rank

Private [27]

Captain [5]

Second Lieutenant [5]

Corporal [4]

Gunner [4]

Lieutenant [4]

Major [3]

Bombardier [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Lance Corporal [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Rifleman [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

3rd Writer [1]

Able Bodied Seaman [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Boy [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Leading Aircraftman [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Midshipman [1]

Ordinary Signalman [1]

Sapper [1]

Sergeant [1]

Ship's Steward's Assistant [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [5]

Royal West Kent Regiment [5]

London Regiment [4]

Canadian Infantry [3]

Kent Regiment [3]

Royal Engineers [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Australian Infantry [2]

Coldstream Guards [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

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

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

Somerset Light Infantry [2]

1st Brigade Australian Field Artillery [1]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Attached Egyptian Army - Artillery [1]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

East Kent Regiment [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

HMS Achilles [1]

HMS Agincourt [1]

HMS Chester [1]

HMS Dolphin [1]

HMS INVINCIBLE [1]

HMS Impregnable [1]

HMS Indomitable [1]

HMS Maidstone, HM Submarine E24 [1]

HMS QUEEN MARY [1]

HMS Shannon [1]

HMSs Achilles, Vindictive, Vernon, Cochrane [1]

Infantry Base Depot [1]

Lancashire Fusiliers [1]

Leicestershire Regiment [1]

London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

Northumberland Fusiliers [1]

Queens Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [1]

Royal Automobile Club Volunteer Force [1]

Royal Engineers Territorial Force [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Royal Horse Artillery [1]

Royal Irish Regiment [1]

Royal Irish Rifles [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [1]

Service

Royal Navy [79]

British Army [41]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [31]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [4]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

W [25]

B [22]

C [14]

D [11]

T [11]

R [10]

S [10]

M [9]

G [8]

L [8]

J [7]

P [7]

A [4]

E [3]

F [3]

Y [3]

H [2]

O [2]

Q [2]

I [1]

K [1]

N [1]

Contribution

Military Service [152]

Merchant Navy [9]

Country

United Kingdom [30]

Canada [1]

United States [1]

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People [164] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Chislehurst, Kent [138] Chislehurst, Kent, England [10] Chislehurst, Bromley, Kent [5] Chislehurst Kent [2] Bromley Chislehurst, Kent [1] Bromley, Chislehurst, Kent [1] Chislehurst Kent [1] Chislehurst Bromley, Kent [1] Chislehurst, Kent, London [1] Chislehurst,Bomley, Kent [1] Chislehurst,Kent [1] Homewood Chislehurst Bromley Kent England [1] ST PAULS CRAY, CHISLEHURST, BROMLEY, KENT [1]

Rank

Private [27] Captain [5] Second Lieutenant [5] Corporal [4] Gunner [4] Lieutenant [4] Major [3] Bombardier [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Lance Corporal [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Rifleman [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] 3rd Writer [1] Able Bodied Seaman [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Corporal [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Boy [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Leading Aircraftman [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Midshipman [1] Ordinary Signalman [1] Sapper [1] Sergeant [1] Ship's Steward's Assistant [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Stoker 1st Class [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [5] Royal West Kent Regiment [5] London Regiment [4] Canadian Infantry [3] Kent Regiment [3] Royal Engineers [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Australian Infantry [2] Coldstream Guards [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] Somerset Light Infantry [2] 1st Brigade Australian Field Artillery [1] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Attached Egyptian Army - Artillery [1] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] East Kent Regiment [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] Essex Regiment [1] Grenadier Guards [1] HMS Achilles [1] HMS Agincourt [1] HMS Chester [1] HMS Dolphin [1] HMS INVINCIBLE [1] HMS Impregnable [1] HMS Indomitable [1] HMS Maidstone, HM Submarine E24 [1] HMS QUEEN MARY [1] HMS Shannon [1] HMSs Achilles, Vindictive, Vernon, Cochrane [1] Infantry Base Depot [1] Lancashire Fusiliers [1] Leicestershire Regiment [1] London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Middlesex Regiment [1] Northumberland Fusiliers [1] Queens Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [1] Royal Automobile Club Volunteer Force [1] Royal Engineers Territorial Force [1] Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Royal Horse Artillery [1] Royal Irish Regiment [1] Royal Irish Rifles [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [1]

Service

Royal Navy [79] British Army [41] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [31] Canadian Expeditionary Force [4] Australian Imperial Force [2] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

W [25] B [22] C [14] D [11] T [11] R [10] S [10] M [9] G [8] L [8] J [7] P [7] A [4] E [3] F [3] Y [3] H [2] O [2] Q [2] I [1] K [1] N [1]

Contribution

Military Service [152] Merchant Navy [9]

Country

United Kingdom [30] Canada [1] United States [1]

Claude Stewart Jackson

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant Coldstream Guards

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Harvey Denyer

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army R/36462 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army R/36462 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps

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William Kersey Lord

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 192196

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William Thomas Turner

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 190761

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Gilbert Frank Coffin

Born 1893

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 205762 Leading Aircraftman Royal Air Force

Royal Navy F5762 Royal Naval Air Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 205762 Air Mechanic 1st Class Royal Air Force H.M.S. Lion

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Frank Bulley

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 2143 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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William John Izard

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army GS/704 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army G/704 Private Royal West Kent Regiment 6th Battalion

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James Frederick Joseph Rayment

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army GS/65235 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army 25160 Private Infantry Base Depot

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William Charles Richard Watson

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 216868

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Cecil Harry Quinton-Gerald

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 228347

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James Fred Lacey

Born 1900

Died 1916

Royal Navy J43496

Royal Navy J43496 Boy 1st Class HMS Chester

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Reginald Walter Peachey

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 216481

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Cecil Jones

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 230335

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Archibald Sidney Dowsett

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army SPTS 4311 Private Royal Fusiliers 8th Battalion

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John Henry Mitcham

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 6137 Private London Regiment

British Army 352791 Private London Regiment

British Army 352791 Lance Corporal "D" Coy, 2nd/7th Bn., London Regiment

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Geoffrey Taunton Raikes

Born 1884

Died 1975

British Army Major South Wales Borderers

British Army Lieutenant Colonel South Wales Borderers

Other Empire Force Captain Attached Egyptian Army - Artillery

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Lawrence Bengough

Born 1880

Died 1921

British Army Captain Cheshire Regiment 5th Battalion

British Army Major Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army Captain Cheshire Regiment

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Margaret Janson Birkett

Born 1890

Died 1914

Other Empire Force Voluntary Aid Detachment

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Richard Grenville Coffin

Born 1897

Died 1964

Royal Navy Z/3686 Ordinary Signalman Royal Naval Division

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Ernest Witten

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 401780

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