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Crayford, Kent [67]

Crayford, Kent, England [13]

Crayford, Dartford, Kent [6]

Crayford Kent [2]

Crayford in Dartford, Kent [1]

Crayford, Erith, Kent [1]

Crayford, Kent, [1]

Slade Green, Crayford, Kent [1]

Rank

Private [12]

Gunner [3]

Lance Corporal [3]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1]

Private 2nd Class [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [3]

Royal Field Artillery [2]

Royal West Kent Regiment [2]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

HMS Hogue [1]

HMS Impregnable [1]

HMS Ophelia [1]

Honourable Artillery Company [1]

Lincolnshire Regiment [1]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

Queens Royal Surrey [1]

Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Suffolk Regiment [1]

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

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

The Queen's Regiment [1]

Worcestershire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [42]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [20]

British Army [17]

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S [14]

W [10]

B [9]

D [9]

T [7]

C [6]

A [5]

F [4]

H [4]

G [3]

L [3]

P [3]

R [3]

Y [3]

E [2]

M [2]

N [2]

J [1]

K [1]

O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [77]

Merchant Navy [13]

Country

United Kingdom [7]

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People [92] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Crayford, Kent [67] Crayford, Kent, England [13] Crayford, Dartford, Kent [6] Crayford Kent [2] Crayford in Dartford, Kent [1] Crayford, Erith, Kent [1] Crayford, Kent, [1] Slade Green, Crayford, Kent [1]

Rank

Private [12] Gunner [3] Lance Corporal [3] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Bombardier [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1] Private 2nd Class [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [3] Royal Field Artillery [2] Royal West Kent Regiment [2] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Essex Regiment [1] Grenadier Guards [1] HMS Hogue [1] HMS Impregnable [1] HMS Ophelia [1] Honourable Artillery Company [1] Lincolnshire Regiment [1] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [1] Queens Royal Surrey [1] Royal Air Force [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Suffolk Regiment [1] The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [1] The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [1] The Queen's Regiment [1] Worcestershire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [42] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [20] British Army [17]

Last name first letter

S [14] W [10] B [9] D [9] T [7] C [6] A [5] F [4] H [4] G [3] L [3] P [3] R [3] Y [3] E [2] M [2] N [2] J [1] K [1] O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [77] Merchant Navy [13]

Country

United Kingdom [7]

John Joseph Clayton

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army S/6769 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army S/6769 Lance Corporal The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

British Army S6769 Lance Corporal Queens Royal Surrey

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George Teager

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 144169

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William Edward Harling

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 314226

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Charles Baulk

Born 1882

Died 1945

British Army S/991 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

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Harry George Pruden

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 254082

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Henry William Cook

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 268665

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James William Archer

Born 1889

British Army 10047 Private Royal Army Medical Corps 3/1st Home Counties Field Ambulance

British Army 88792 Private Royal Army Medical Corps 77th Field Ambulance

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Richard Thomas Sibley

Born 1895

Died 1943

British Army 3/2153 Private Essex Regiment

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Harry Mayers Elliott

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 214968

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Bertie Wilkinson

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 138051

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Richard Croucher

Born 1881

British Army 11034 Lance Corporal Grenadier Guards 1st Battalion

British Army 11034 Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 Grenadier Guards 1st Battalion

British Army 11034 Private Grenadier Guards 3rd Battalion

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Frederick Whiffin

Born 1884

British Army 14346 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 14346 Bombardier Royal Garrison Artillery

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Charlotte Fry

Born 1898

British Army Women's Army Auxiliary Corps

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Gwendoline Eva Yeend

Born 1895

British Army 1655 Worker Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps

British Army Women's Army Auxiliary Corps

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Ernest Leonard Saxby

Born 1899

Royal Navy J91506

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George Henry Roydon Smith

Born 1896

Royal Navy F9940

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Oscar Searls

Born 1882

Royal Navy F20239

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James Dinan

Born 1900

Royal Navy F48891

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John Steptoe

Born 1899

Royal Navy F54638

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Henry Bawtree Anderson

Born 1893

Royal Navy J4588

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