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Deal, Kent [477]

Deal, Kent, England [72]

Walmer, Deal, Kent [12]

Eastry, Deal, Kent [3]

Walmer Deal, Kent [3]

Upper Deal, Kent [2]

DEAL, KENT [1]

Deal Eastry, Kent [1]

Deal, Kent, [1]

Deal,Eastry,Kent [1]

Eastry Deal, Kent [1]

Great Mongeham, Deal, Kent [1]

Kingsdown, Deal, Kent [1]

Middle Deal, Deal, Kent [1]

Northbourne, Deal, Kent [1]

Ripple Deal, Kent [1]

Sandwich, Deal, Kent [1]

St Leonard's, Deal, Kent [1]

Union Street, Deal, Kent [1]

Upper Deal, Deal, Kent [1]

Rank

Private [18]

Able Seaman [7]

Sapper [6]

Boy 1st Class [5]

Corporal [5]

Leading Seaman [5]

Deck Hand [4]

Lance Corporal [4]

Ordinary Seaman [4]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Stoker 1st Class [4]

Boy 2nd Class [3]

Lieutenant [3]

Seaman [3]

Petty Officer [2]

2nd Corporal [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [1]

Boy [1]

Boy 1st class [1]

Boy 2nd class [1]

Captain [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Deck Hand. [1]

Guardsman [1]

Gunner [1]

Hon Capt [1]

Leading Signaller [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lt Col [1]

Major [1]

Master At Arms [1]

Master at Arms [1]

Officer's Steward 2nd Class [1]

Ordinary Signaller [1]

Ordinary Signalman [1]

PETTY OFFICER STOKER [1]

Petty Officer Telegraphist [1]

Plumber's Mate [1]

Private RMLI [1]

Rifleman [1]

Sergeant [1]

Serjeant [1]

Shipwright 1st Class [1]

Signaller [1]

Sister [1]

Unit

Royal Naval Reserve [8]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [6]

Royal Engineers [5]

East Kent Regiment [4]

Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal [4]

H.M.S. "Formidable." [3]

HMS IRON DUKE [3]

London Regiment [3]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [3]

HMS Ganges [2]

HMS Ganges II [2]

HMS INDOMITABLE [2]

HMS Natal [2]

HMS Royal Oak [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [2]

14 General Hospital [1]

209th Training Depot Station, Lee-on-the-Solent [1]

7th Hussars [1]

CAMC, Canadian Chaplain Services , YMCA (Siberia) [1]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1]

Civil Hospital Reserve General Hospital [1]

Gordon Highlanders [1]

H.M. Trawler 'Corona' [1]

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

HMS Agincourt [1]

HMS Ajax [1]

HMS Alert [1]

HMS BULWARK [1]

HMS Bayano [1]

HMS Black Prince [1]

HMS Calliope [1]

HMS Ceanothus [1]

HMS Doon [1]

HMS Good Hope [1]

HMS Hampshire [1]

HMS INDEFATIGABLE [1]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [1]

HMS Indomitable [1]

HMS LION [1]

HMS Laforey [1]

HMS Pathfinder [1]

HMS Pembroke [1]

HMS Pembroke I [1]

HMS St George [1]

HMS St Vincent [1]

Service

Royal Navy [406]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [74]

British Army [30]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Indian Army [2]

Last name first letter

B [80]

C [60]

H [51]

S [43]

M [35]

W [34]

D [33]

F [30]

T [29]

A [28]

R [28]

G [26]

P [24]

J [19]

N [16]

E [14]

L [13]

K [9]

O [4]

Y [4]

I [2]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [495]

Merchant Navy [71]

Country

United Kingdom [29]

Gibraltar [1]

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People [583] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Deal, Kent [477] Deal, Kent, England [72] Walmer, Deal, Kent [12] Eastry, Deal, Kent [3] Walmer Deal, Kent [3] Upper Deal, Kent [2] DEAL, KENT [1] Deal Eastry, Kent [1] Deal, Kent, [1] Deal,Eastry,Kent [1] Eastry Deal, Kent [1] Great Mongeham, Deal, Kent [1] Kingsdown, Deal, Kent [1] Middle Deal, Deal, Kent [1] Northbourne, Deal, Kent [1] Ripple Deal, Kent [1] Sandwich, Deal, Kent [1] St Leonard's, Deal, Kent [1] Union Street, Deal, Kent [1] Upper Deal, Deal, Kent [1]

Rank

Private [18] Able Seaman [7] Sapper [6] Boy 1st Class [5] Corporal [5] Leading Seaman [5] Deck Hand [4] Lance Corporal [4] Ordinary Seaman [4] Second Lieutenant [4] Stoker 1st Class [4] Boy 2nd Class [3] Lieutenant [3] Seaman [3] Petty Officer [2] 2nd Corporal [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Squadron Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Aircraftman 2nd Class [1] Boy [1] Boy 1st class [1] Boy 2nd class [1] Captain [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Deck Hand. [1] Guardsman [1] Gunner [1] Hon Capt [1] Leading Signaller [1] Leading Stoker [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lt Col [1] Major [1] Master At Arms [1] Master at Arms [1] Officer's Steward 2nd Class [1] Ordinary Signaller [1] Ordinary Signalman [1] PETTY OFFICER STOKER [1] Petty Officer Telegraphist [1] Plumber's Mate [1] Private RMLI [1] Rifleman [1] Sergeant [1] Serjeant [1] Shipwright 1st Class [1] Signaller [1] Sister [1]

Unit

Royal Naval Reserve [8] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [6] Royal Engineers [5] East Kent Regiment [4] Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal [4] H.M.S. "Formidable." [3] HMS IRON DUKE [3] London Regiment [3] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [3] HMS Ganges [2] HMS Ganges II [2] HMS INDOMITABLE [2] HMS Natal [2] HMS Royal Oak [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2] Royal Naval Division [2] The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [2] 14 General Hospital [1] 209th Training Depot Station, Lee-on-the-Solent [1] 7th Hussars [1] CAMC, Canadian Chaplain Services , YMCA (Siberia) [1] Cambridgeshire Regiment [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1] Civil Hospital Reserve General Hospital [1] Gordon Highlanders [1] H.M. Trawler 'Corona' [1] H.M.S. "Dolphin" [1] HMS Agincourt [1] HMS Ajax [1] HMS Alert [1] HMS BULWARK [1] HMS Bayano [1] HMS Black Prince [1] HMS Calliope [1] HMS Ceanothus [1] HMS Doon [1] HMS Good Hope [1] HMS Hampshire [1] HMS INDEFATIGABLE [1] HMS INFLEXIBLE [1] HMS Indomitable [1] HMS LION [1] HMS Laforey [1] HMS Pathfinder [1] HMS Pembroke [1] HMS Pembroke I [1] HMS St George [1] HMS St Vincent [1]

Service

Royal Navy [406] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [74] British Army [30] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2] Indian Army [2]

Last name first letter

B [80] C [60] H [51] S [43] M [35] W [34] D [33] F [30] T [29] A [28] R [28] G [26] P [24] J [19] N [16] E [14] L [13] K [9] O [4] Y [4] I [2] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [495] Merchant Navy [71]

Country

United Kingdom [29] Gibraltar [1]

Horace George Chittenden

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 26257

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George Douglas Laurence Tottman

Born 1891

Died 1915

Royal Navy K3559 Stoker 1st Class H.M.S. "Dolphin"

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Douglas James Collins

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 216087

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Spencer Edward Spain

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 265555

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Cosmo George Gordon

Born 1894

Died 1914

British Army Second Lieutenant Northamptonshire Regiment

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Harold Bales

Born 1880

Died 1916

British Army 2670 Lance Corporal Gordon Highlanders

British Army 112191 Lance Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army 112191 Corporal Royal Engineers 3rd Battalion, Special Brigade

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Arthur Charles Drury

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 204311

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Walter William Moore

Born 1882

Died 1915

Royal Navy 196630

Royal Navy 196630 Petty Officer Telegraphist H.M.S. "Formidable."

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Grigg William Epsly

Born 1875

Died 1935

Royal Navy 158931 Chief Petty Officer HMS Indomitable

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Henry Willis

Born 1866

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 409304

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Albert John Foam

Born 1896

Died 1916

Royal Navy SS5488 Able Seaman HMS Black Prince

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Norris George Tomlin Norris

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 287035

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Alfred Kemp

Born 1868

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 283531

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Sidney John White

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 23400

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Thomas Richard Houghton

Born 1869

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 278187

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Frederick Walter Harvey

Born 1876

Died 1947

British Army WR/252023 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 88202 Sapper Royal Engineers Railway Operating Division

British Army WR/252023 Corporal Royal Engineers Railway Operating Division

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Herbert Jasper Miles Elmes

Born 1877

Died 1918

Royal Navy 11359 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

Royal Navy 15012 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division: HMS IRON DUKE

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Herbert Charles Amos

Born 1894

Died 1995

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 205513

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Charles Richard Burton

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army G/137 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army G/137 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

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Arthur William Mercer

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 204192

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