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Dover, Kent [1290]

Charlton, Dover, Kent [17]

Buckland, Dover, Kent [10]

Dover Kent [8]

Dover, Kent, England [7]

Buckland Dover, Kent [6]

Dover,Kent [4]

St Mary Cray, Dover, Kent [4]

Temple Ewell, Dover, Kent [4]

Dover. Kent [3]

River, Dover, Kent [3]

Ash near Dover, Kent [2]

Charlton Dover, Kent [2]

Dover,Kent. [2]

Saint Mary's Dover, Kent [2]

Shepherdswell, Dover, Kent [2]

West Hougham, Dover, Kent [2]

3 Priory Gate Road. Dover, Kent. [1]

39, Castle Place, Dover, Kent [1]

Alkham, Dover, Kent [1]

Army Barracks, Dover, Kent [1]

Ashley Dover, Kent [1]

Buckland,Dover,Kent. [1]

Capel Le Ferne. Nr. Dover, Kent. [1]

Charlton District of Dover, Kent [1]

Charlton Near Dover, Kent, England [1]

Charlton in Dover, Kent [1]

Charlton near Dover, Kent. [1]

Charlton, Nr Dover Kent [1]

Cliffe Dover, Kent [1]

Dover Township, Kent County, Ontario [1]

Dover Twp., Kent, Ontario [1]

Dover castle Kent [1]

Dover, Buckland, Kent [1]

Dover, Kent, [1]

Dover, Kent. [1]

Dover, kent [1]

East Longdon near Dover, Kent [1]

Eythorne, Dover, Kent [1]

Eythorne, Nr. Dover, Kent [1]

Folkestone, Dover, Kent [1]

Folkestone,Dover, Kent. [1]

Frith, Dover, Kent [1]

Guston, Dover, Kent [1]

Hougham Dover, Kent [1]

Littleborne, Dover, Kent [1]

Lydden, Dover, Kent [1]

Martin, Nr. Dover, Kent [1]

Maxton, Dover, Kent [1]

Ringwould, Dover, Kent [1]

Rank

Private [80]

Stoker 1st Class [28]

Able Seaman [19]

Lieutenant [12]

Ordinary Seaman [12]

Captain [10]

Gunner [10]

Second Lieutenant [10]

Stoker 2nd Class [10]

Sapper [9]

Serjeant [9]

Boy 1st Class [8]

Corporal [8]

Major [8]

Petty Officer [8]

Petty Officer Stoker [8]

Lance Corporal [7]

Leading Stoker [6]

Driver [5]

Rifleman [5]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Sergeant [4]

Stoker Petty Officer [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [3]

Chief Petty Officer [3]

Deck Hand [3]

Leading Seaman [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Acting Sergeant Major [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Boy 2nd Class [2]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Seaman [2]

1st Boy [1]

2nd Corporal [1]

AB [1]

Acting Artificer Engineer [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Acting Lance Bombadier [1]

Acting Quarter Master Sergeant [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Acting Stoker 1st Class [1]

Aircraftman 2nd Class [1]

Artificer Engineer [1]

Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [1]

Unit

East Kent Regiment [23]

Royal Engineers [14]

The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [12]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [11]

HMS Vanguard [11]

HMS INDOMITABLE [10]

London Regiment [9]

Royal Field Artillery [8]

Royal Garrison Artillery [8]

Army Service Corps [7]

Rifle Brigade [7]

Royal Naval Reserve [6]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [6]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [5]

HMS Chester [4]

HMS Pembroke [4]

Machine Gun Corps [4]

Royal Air Force [4]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [3]

Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [3]

HMS Falmouth [3]

Royal Naval Division [3]

South Wales Borderers [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

H.M.S. "Formidable" [2]

H.M.S. "Formidable." [2]

HMS BENBOW [2]

HMS BULWARK [2]

HMS Erin [2]

HMS Ganges [2]

HMS INVINCIBLE [2]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2]

Royal Sussex Regiment [2]

South African Medical Corps [2]

The Buffs (East Kent) Regiment [2]

10th (Prince of Wales's Own Royal) Hussars [1]

15th Punjab Regiment [1]

17th General Hospital [1]

1st South African Infantry Brigade [1]

21st Lancers [1]

24th Punjabis [1]

25th Punjabis [1]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1]

Army Pay Department [1]

Army Service Corps/Royal Army Service Corps [1]

Attached Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Attentive II [1]

Service

Royal Navy [1003]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [233]

British Army [154]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [8]

Other Empire Force [6]

Indian Army [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

C [149]

B [146]

S [138]

H [121]

P [108]

M [90]

G [72]

W [68]

T [65]

R [62]

D [59]

L [59]

F [57]

A [46]

K [45]

E [38]

J [22]

N [19]

O [19]

V [12]

Y [7]

I [5]

Q [3]

Contribution

Military Service [1361]

Merchant Navy [10]

Country

United Kingdom [90]

China [1]

India [1]

Ireland [1]

Isle of Man [1]

Malta [1]

Turkey [1]

United States [1]

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Place of birth

Dover, Kent [1290] Charlton, Dover, Kent [17] Buckland, Dover, Kent [10] Dover Kent [8] Dover, Kent, England [7] Buckland Dover, Kent [6] Dover,Kent [4] St Mary Cray, Dover, Kent [4] Temple Ewell, Dover, Kent [4] Dover. Kent [3] River, Dover, Kent [3] Ash near Dover, Kent [2] Charlton Dover, Kent [2] Dover,Kent. [2] Saint Mary's Dover, Kent [2] Shepherdswell, Dover, Kent [2] West Hougham, Dover, Kent [2] 3 Priory Gate Road. Dover, Kent. [1] 39, Castle Place, Dover, Kent [1] Alkham, Dover, Kent [1] Army Barracks, Dover, Kent [1] Ashley Dover, Kent [1] Buckland,Dover,Kent. [1] Capel Le Ferne. Nr. Dover, Kent. [1] Charlton District of Dover, Kent [1] Charlton Near Dover, Kent, England [1] Charlton in Dover, Kent [1] Charlton near Dover, Kent. [1] Charlton, Nr Dover Kent [1] Cliffe Dover, Kent [1] Dover Township, Kent County, Ontario [1] Dover Twp., Kent, Ontario [1] Dover castle Kent [1] Dover, Buckland, Kent [1] Dover, Kent, [1] Dover, Kent. [1] Dover, kent [1] East Longdon near Dover, Kent [1] Eythorne, Dover, Kent [1] Eythorne, Nr. Dover, Kent [1] Folkestone, Dover, Kent [1] Folkestone,Dover, Kent. [1] Frith, Dover, Kent [1] Guston, Dover, Kent [1] Hougham Dover, Kent [1] Littleborne, Dover, Kent [1] Lydden, Dover, Kent [1] Martin, Nr. Dover, Kent [1] Maxton, Dover, Kent [1] Ringwould, Dover, Kent [1]

Rank

Private [80] Stoker 1st Class [28] Able Seaman [19] Lieutenant [12] Ordinary Seaman [12] Captain [10] Gunner [10] Second Lieutenant [10] Stoker 2nd Class [10] Sapper [9] Serjeant [9] Boy 1st Class [8] Corporal [8] Major [8] Petty Officer [8] Petty Officer Stoker [8] Lance Corporal [7] Leading Stoker [6] Driver [5] Rifleman [5] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Sergeant [4] Stoker Petty Officer [4] Acting Corporal [3] Air Mechanic 1st Class [3] Chief Petty Officer [3] Deck Hand [3] Leading Seaman [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Acting Sergeant Major [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Boy 2nd Class [2] Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Seaman [2] 1st Boy [1] 2nd Corporal [1] AB [1] Acting Artificer Engineer [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Acting Lance Bombadier [1] Acting Quarter Master Sergeant [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Acting Stoker 1st Class [1] Aircraftman 2nd Class [1] Artificer Engineer [1] Assistant Paymaster (Temporary) [1]

Unit

East Kent Regiment [23] Royal Engineers [14] The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [12] HMS INFLEXIBLE [11] HMS Vanguard [11] HMS INDOMITABLE [10] London Regiment [9] Royal Field Artillery [8] Royal Garrison Artillery [8] Army Service Corps [7] Rifle Brigade [7] Royal Naval Reserve [6] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [6] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [5] HMS Chester [4] HMS Pembroke [4] Machine Gun Corps [4] Royal Air Force [4] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [3] Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [3] HMS Falmouth [3] Royal Naval Division [3] South Wales Borderers [3] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] H.M.S. "Formidable" [2] H.M.S. "Formidable." [2] HMS BENBOW [2] HMS BULWARK [2] HMS Erin [2] HMS Ganges [2] HMS INVINCIBLE [2] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2] Royal Sussex Regiment [2] South African Medical Corps [2] The Buffs (East Kent) Regiment [2] 10th (Prince of Wales's Own Royal) Hussars [1] 15th Punjab Regiment [1] 17th General Hospital [1] 1st South African Infantry Brigade [1] 21st Lancers [1] 24th Punjabis [1] 25th Punjabis [1] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1] Army Pay Department [1] Army Service Corps/Royal Army Service Corps [1] Attached Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Attentive II [1]

Service

Royal Navy [1003] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [233] British Army [154] Canadian Expeditionary Force [8] Other Empire Force [6] Indian Army [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

C [149] B [146] S [138] H [121] P [108] M [90] G [72] W [68] T [65] R [62] D [59] L [59] F [57] A [46] K [45] E [38] J [22] N [19] O [19] V [12] Y [7] I [5] Q [3]

Contribution

Military Service [1361] Merchant Navy [10]

Country

United Kingdom [90] China [1] India [1] Ireland [1] Isle of Man [1] Malta [1] Turkey [1] United States [1]

Thomas Henniker Evans

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army 253 Company Serjeant Major London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

British Army 253 Transport Warrant Officer Class 2 London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

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Albert Leopold John Hills

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army 4781 Private London Regiment 10th Battalion

British Army 4781 Private London Regiment 10th (County of London) Battalion (Hackney)

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Richard Thomas Shea

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery

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Albert Godfrey Sanderson Naylor

Born 1895

Died 1916

Royal Navy M6821

Royal Navy M/6821 Sick Berth Attendant HMS Hampshire

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Edward Scarlett

Born 1881

Died 1916

Royal Navy 271096 Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class HMSs Pembroke II, Wildfire

Royal Navy 271096 Engine Room Artificer 4th Class HMS Wildfire

Royal Navy 271096 Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class HMSs Wildfire, Leander, Pembroke II, Irresistible, Pembroke I, Blake, Tyne, St George

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Richard Alexander Philpott

Born 1888

Died 1969

British Army S/5522 Private Army Ordnance Corps

British Army S/5522 Transport Serjeant Army Ordnance Corps

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Vernon Reed

Born 1893

Died 1915

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 45590

British Army 15459 Private 9th Battalion, Essex Regiment

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Ernest Alfred Sharp

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 38201 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 18876 Private The Royal West Surrey Regiment

British Army 38201 Private The Lancashire Regiment 2nd Battalion

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James Robert Lowrie

Born 1884

Died 1919

British Army T/19196 Staff Serjeant Major Army Service Corps

British Army T/19196 Sergeant Major Royal Army Service Corps

British Army T/19196 Driver Army Service Corps

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John Ballard

Born 1900

British Army G-23921 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army G/23921 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 1/4th

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Joseph Cavanagh

Born 1877

Died 1916

British Army 2429 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

British Army Royal Scots 2nd Battalion

British Army 2429 Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 1/7th (Fife) Battalion (Territorial Force)

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Henry Hammond Schjott

Born 1877

Died 1914

British Army Captain Royal Berkshire Regiment

British Army Trooper Colonel Plumer's Matabeleland Refief Force

British Army Trooper Bethune's Mounted Infantry

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Thomas William Palmer

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army S7967 Private Rifle Brigade 8th

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Jasper George Olivier

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 7th (Service) Battalion

British Army East Lancashire Regiment 9th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 3rd (Reserve) Battalion

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Harold Osborn Dixon

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant East Kent Regiment

British Army Lieutenant The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

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Arthur James Letford

Born 1881

Died 1929

British Army 1046 Private East Surrey Regiment

British Army 240068 Private East Surrey Regiment

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Thomas Henry Franklin

Born 1876

Died 1916

British Army 5187 Private Leicestershire Regiment 3/5th Battalion

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Frederick Robert Cumberledge

Born 1884

Died 1943

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James Gann

Born 1879

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2140823

Canadian Expeditionary Force 2140823 Private British Columbia Regiment 2nd Depot Battalion

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Edwin Jack Page

Born 1893

Died 1916

Royal Navy J6829

Royal Navy J.6829. (CH) Able Seaman HM Submarine E16

Royal Navy J/6829 AB HM SM E16

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