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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]

Walter Richard Darby

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 221497

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George Moore

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 223542

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Horace Reginald Adams

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 267410 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 260043 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

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Ernest Francis Harrowell

Born 1886

Died 1943

British Army 180853 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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John Gordon Newell

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 282 Private London Regiment

British Army 282 Rifleman London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade) 5th Bn

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Johua Glover

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army L/6756 Sergeant Royal West Kent Regiment 6th Battalion

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George Matthew William Simmons

Born 1891

Died 1918

Royal Navy K5045 Stoker 1st Class HMS Racoon

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Daniel Keefe

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 217260

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Percy James Sprange

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 221378

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Frederick Keep

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 226239

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Richard Alfred Jenkins

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 228708

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Arthur Ernest Banks

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 240665

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Gilbert Cremer Willder

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 242855

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Stephen George Bayes

Died 1915

British Army 3/9038 Private Northumberland Fusiliers 1st Battalion

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Charles Norman

Born 1891

British Army 10390 Private South Wales Borderers

British Army 10390 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

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Percival Leach

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 43618 Private South Staffordshire Regiment

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Charles Ethelbert Maxted

Born 1878

Died 1916

Royal Navy M13158 Engine Room Artificer 4th Class HMS INVINCIBLE

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Arthur George Brayne

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 11418

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Frederick Tanant

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 261747

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Ernest Shotton

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 132112

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