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Dartford, Kent [751]

Dartford, Kent, England [42]

Stone, Dartford, Kent [9]

Wilmington, Dartford, Kent [8]

Crayford, Dartford, Kent [6]

Dartford Kent [6]

Darenth, Dartford, Kent [5]

Swanscombe, Dartford, Kent [4]

Erith, Dartford, Kent [3]

Eynsford, Dartford, Kent [3]

Hartley, Dartford, Kent [3]

Hawley, Dartford, Kent [3]

Sutton at Hone, Dartford, Kent [3]

Belvedere, Dartford, Kent [2]

Farningham, Dartford, Kent [2]

Greenhithe, Dartford, Kent [2]

West Dartford, Kent [2]

Bexley Heath, Dartford, Kent [1]

Bexley, Dartford, Kent [1]

Crayford in Dartford, Kent [1]

Crockenhill, Dartford, Kent [1]

DARTFORD KENT [1]

Darenth Dartford, Kent [1]

Dartford Kent [1]

Dartford Heath, Kent, England [1]

Dartford Kent England [1]

Dartford, Farningham, Kent [1]

Dartford, Stone, Kent [1]

Dartford,Kent [1]

Eltham,Dartford,Kent. [1]

Erith,Dartford,Kent. [1]

Hawley Dartford, Kent [1]

Hextable, Dartford, Kent [1]

Hillhouse Road, Stone, Dartford, Kent [1]

Horton Kirby near Dartford, Kent [1]

Horton Kirby, Dartford, Kent [1]

Lanes End, Dartford, Kent [1]

Longfield, Dartford, Kent [1]

Sidcup, Dartford, Kent [1]

South Darenth, Dartford, Kent [1]

Stone Dartford, Kent [1]

Swancombe Dartford, Kent [1]

Swanley, Dartford, Kent [1]

Swanley,Dartford,Kent. [1]

Welling, Dartford, Kent [1]

Wilmington Dartford, Kent [1]

Rank

Private [38]

Able Seaman [8]

Stoker 1st Class [7]

Rifleman [6]

Second Lieutenant [6]

Ordinary Seaman [5]

Lieutenant [4]

Boy 1st Class [3]

Captain [3]

Gunner [3]

Lance Corporal [3]

Stoker 2nd Class [3]

Corporal [2]

Major [2]

Serjeant [2]

Stoker Petty Officer [2]

Acting Able Seaman [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Administrator and Doctor [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Aircraftsman I [1]

Assistant Paymaster [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Brigadier [1]

Chief Mechanic [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Driver [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant General [1]

Major General [1]

Major General Temporary Lieutenant General [1]

Major Indian Command [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Quartermaster Captain [1]

Quartermaster Lieutenant [1]

Sergeant [1]

Serjeant Major [1]

Sick Berth Steward [1]

Signal Boy [1]

Steward 1st Class [1]

Stoker [1]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

London Regiment [7]

HMS INDOMITABLE [4]

Machine Gun Corps [4]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

Royal West Kent Regiment [4]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [3]

Labour Corps [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

East Kent Regiment [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

HMS INVINCIBLE [2]

HMS Inflexible [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Royal Field Artillery [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2]

Royal Sussex Regiment [2]

South Wales Borderers [2]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

14th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

15th Punjab Regiment [1]

20th Hussars [1]

25th Punjabis [1]

2nd Canadian Field Artillery Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

5th Fusiliers [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment and Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

East York Attached Royal Flying Corps [1]

Examination Services Royal Naval Reserve [1]

GOC Lines of Communication [1]

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

HMS "Pembroke III" [1]

HMS 'Vanguard' [1]

HMS Agincourt [1]

HMS Ardent [1]

HMS BOADICEA [1]

HMS CHESTER [1]

HMS Chester [1]

HMS Defence [1]

HMS Falmouth [1]

HMS Ganges [1]

HMS IRON DUKE [1]

HMS Lady Cory Wright [1]

HMS Landrail [1]

Service

Royal Navy [612]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [163]

British Army [66]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Indian Army [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [125]

C [93]

S [80]

W [75]

H [63]

L [50]

M [48]

G [41]

D [39]

P [39]

R [38]

J [36]

A [27]

T [26]

E [24]

F [23]

N [16]

K [13]

O [11]

Y [8]

V [3]

I [2]

U [2]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [832]

Merchant Navy [42]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [36]

India [1]

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People [883] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Dartford, Kent [751] Dartford, Kent, England [42] Stone, Dartford, Kent [9] Wilmington, Dartford, Kent [8] Crayford, Dartford, Kent [6] Dartford Kent [6] Darenth, Dartford, Kent [5] Swanscombe, Dartford, Kent [4] Erith, Dartford, Kent [3] Eynsford, Dartford, Kent [3] Hartley, Dartford, Kent [3] Hawley, Dartford, Kent [3] Sutton at Hone, Dartford, Kent [3] Belvedere, Dartford, Kent [2] Farningham, Dartford, Kent [2] Greenhithe, Dartford, Kent [2] West Dartford, Kent [2] Bexley Heath, Dartford, Kent [1] Bexley, Dartford, Kent [1] Crayford in Dartford, Kent [1] Crockenhill, Dartford, Kent [1] DARTFORD KENT [1] Darenth Dartford, Kent [1] Dartford Kent [1] Dartford Heath, Kent, England [1] Dartford Kent England [1] Dartford, Farningham, Kent [1] Dartford, Stone, Kent [1] Dartford,Kent [1] Eltham,Dartford,Kent. [1] Erith,Dartford,Kent. [1] Hawley Dartford, Kent [1] Hextable, Dartford, Kent [1] Hillhouse Road, Stone, Dartford, Kent [1] Horton Kirby near Dartford, Kent [1] Horton Kirby, Dartford, Kent [1] Lanes End, Dartford, Kent [1] Longfield, Dartford, Kent [1] Sidcup, Dartford, Kent [1] South Darenth, Dartford, Kent [1] Stone Dartford, Kent [1] Swancombe Dartford, Kent [1] Swanley, Dartford, Kent [1] Swanley,Dartford,Kent. [1] Welling, Dartford, Kent [1] Wilmington Dartford, Kent [1]

Rank

Private [38] Able Seaman [8] Stoker 1st Class [7] Rifleman [6] Second Lieutenant [6] Ordinary Seaman [5] Lieutenant [4] Boy 1st Class [3] Captain [3] Gunner [3] Lance Corporal [3] Stoker 2nd Class [3] Corporal [2] Major [2] Serjeant [2] Stoker Petty Officer [2] Acting Able Seaman [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Stoker Petty Officer [1] Administrator and Doctor [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Aircraftsman I [1] Assistant Paymaster [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Brigadier [1] Chief Mechanic [1] Deck Hand [1] Driver [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant General [1] Major General [1] Major General Temporary Lieutenant General [1] Major Indian Command [1] Petty Officer [1] Quartermaster Captain [1] Quartermaster Lieutenant [1] Sergeant [1] Serjeant Major [1] Sick Berth Steward [1] Signal Boy [1] Steward 1st Class [1] Stoker [1] Temporary Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

London Regiment [7] HMS INDOMITABLE [4] Machine Gun Corps [4] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] Royal West Kent Regiment [4] HMS INFLEXIBLE [3] Labour Corps [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Army Service Corps [2] Army Veterinary Corps [2] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] East Kent Regiment [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] Grenadier Guards [2] HMS INVINCIBLE [2] HMS Inflexible [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Royal Field Artillery [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Royal Naval Division [2] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2] Royal Sussex Regiment [2] South Wales Borderers [2] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] 14th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps [1] 15th Punjab Regiment [1] 20th Hussars [1] 25th Punjabis [1] 2nd Canadian Field Artillery Royal Army Medical Corps [1] 5th Fusiliers [1] Bedfordshire Regiment and Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] East York Attached Royal Flying Corps [1] Examination Services Royal Naval Reserve [1] GOC Lines of Communication [1] H.M.S. "Formidable." [1] HMS "Pembroke III" [1] HMS 'Vanguard' [1] HMS Agincourt [1] HMS Ardent [1] HMS BOADICEA [1] HMS CHESTER [1] HMS Chester [1] HMS Defence [1] HMS Falmouth [1] HMS Ganges [1] HMS IRON DUKE [1] HMS Lady Cory Wright [1] HMS Landrail [1]

Service

Royal Navy [612] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [163] British Army [66] Australian Imperial Force [1] Indian Army [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [125] C [93] S [80] W [75] H [63] L [50] M [48] G [41] D [39] P [39] R [38] J [36] A [27] T [26] E [24] F [23] N [16] K [13] O [11] Y [8] V [3] I [2] U [2] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [832] Merchant Navy [42] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [36] India [1]

Frank John Bunch

Born 1881

Died 1915

British Army 4582 Private 20th Hussars

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Cecil Herbert Tyrrell

Born 1882

Died 1964

Indian Army Second Lieutenant Indian Staff Corps

Indian Army Major 15th Punjab Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 5th Fusiliers 8th Battalion

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Frank Gordon Wills

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 290752 Private Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion

British Army 290752 Private Bedfordshire Regiment 1st Battalion.

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Arthur James Bunch

Born 1883

Died 1968

British Army 201292 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 9692 Durham Light Infantry 6th Btn.

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Ronald William Ailsa Watts

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 17298 Private Sherwood Foresters

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant Worcestershire Regiment 13th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Worcestershire Regiment 13th Battalion

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William James Ager

Born 1892

Died 1916

Royal Navy K29041 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Defence

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Wilfred Ernest Idle

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment 17th battalion london regiment (poplar andst Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment 7th battalion lond Battalion

British Army 2380 Rifleman London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles)

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John Joseph Anstey

Born 1897

Died 1933

British Army 33557 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army 616139 Private Labour Corps

British Army 2GH/89 Royal Army Medical Corps 3rd

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Leonard Cutten

Born 1887

Died 1957

British Army 26872 Private Rifle Brigade 2 Battalion

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Ernest Ludlow

Born 1877

Died 1918

British Army 4947 Serjeant Major Grenadier Guards

British Army Lieutenant Grenadier Guards

British Army Captain Grenadier Guards 4th Battalion

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Richard Spencer Glyn

Born 1892

Died 1914

British Army Lieutenant East Kent Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army Lieutenant East Kent Regiment

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Philip Henry Gray

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 1953 Rifleman London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles).

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James Alfred Caller

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 8697 Lance Corporal West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 8697 Corporal West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 8697 Corporal West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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William Edward Jarvis

Born 1876

Died 1916

British Army T/20169 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 4th Battalion

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James Robert Wykes

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army S/31671 Private Rifle Brigade

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Cecil Horace Mundy

Born 1896

Royal Navy J17965 Able Seaman HMS Monitor 28

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Benjamin Jarrett Hilbert

Born 1877

Died 1919

British Army T/371015 Driver Army Service Corps

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Calvert Ford

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 260419

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Sidney John Osborne

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 277867

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William Aldous Cook

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 140982

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