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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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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]

Maurice Seymour Ekins

Born 1898

Died 1944

British Army Brigadier Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers

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George Fricker

Born 1886

Died 1917

British Army 4984 Private London Regiment 21st Battalion

British Army 652129 Private London Regiment 21st Battalion

British Army 652129 Rifleman London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles)

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Charles James Greenaway

Born 1885

Died 1919

British Army 291009 Private Bedfordshire Regiment and Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion

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Reginald James Wood

Born 1892

Died 1916

British Army 2187 Private London Regiment

British Army 2187 Corporal Royal Fusiliers (City of London) Regiment "D" Company, 1st/20th (County of London) Battalion.

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Leonard Mark Harrington

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army 9187 Private Royal Irish Regiment

British Army 9187 Lance Corporal Royal Irish Regiment

British Army 9187 Lance Corporal Royal Irish Regiment 1st Battalion

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Arthur Reginald Todd

Born 1892

Died 1982

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 202313

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Ernest H Baulk

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 68683 Acting Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

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Robert Blagrove

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 189902

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Arthur Woodrow

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 94082

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Frederick William Parker

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 231449

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James Frederick Abraham Judd

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 214208

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Henry Stanley Ralph Exeter

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 253883

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Samuel John Henson

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 286383

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Henry John Yates

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 12355

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Edward John Humphrey

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 45930

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William Walter Bates

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 248669

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William George Nash

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 313840

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Robert Choat

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 127750

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William Horace Wagland

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 78689

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Louis John Openshaw

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 82278 Private Machine Gun Corps

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