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Dover, Kent [1290]

Dover [97]

Dover England [83]

Dover Tasmania [21]

Charlton, Dover, Kent [17]

Buckland, Dover, Kent [10]

Dover Kent [8]

Dover, Kent, England [7]

Buckland Dover, Kent [6]

Dover, England [4]

Dover,Kent [4]

St Mary Cray, Dover, Kent [4]

Temple Ewell, Dover, Kent [4]

Dover. Kent [3]

Hougham, Dover [3]

River, Dover, Kent [3]

Ash near Dover, Kent [2]

Buckland Dover [2]

Charlton Dover, Kent [2]

Dover,Kent. [2]

Plymouth, Dover [2]

Saint James Dover [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 [1]

Buckland,Dover,Kent. [1]

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

Charlton District of Dover, Kent [1]

Charlton Dover [1]

Charlton Near Dover, Kent, England [1]

Charlton in Dover, Kent [1]

Charlton near Dover, Kent. [1]

Charlton, Nr Dover [1]

Charlton, Nr Dover Kent [1]

Cliffe Dover, Kent [1]

Coldred, Dover [1]

Dorchester, Dover [1]

Dover ? [1]

Dover Court England [1]

Dover ENGLAND [1]

Dover Road, Folkestone [1]

Dover Tasmania Tasmania [1]

Dover Township, Kent County, Ontario [1]

Dover Twp., Kent, Ontario [1]

Rank

Private [109]

Stoker 1st Class [29]

Able Seaman [20]

Lieutenant [18]

Second Lieutenant [17]

Captain [16]

Sapper [16]

Serjeant [15]

Gunner [13]

Ordinary Seaman [12]

Corporal [11]

Driver [10]

Major [10]

Stoker 2nd Class [10]

Petty Officer [9]

Boy 1st Class [8]

Petty Officer Stoker [8]

Lance Corporal [7]

Sergeant [7]

Leading Stoker [6]

Rifleman [6]

Lieutenant Colonel [5]

Acting Corporal [4]

Stoker Petty Officer [4]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [3]

Brigadier General [3]

Chief Petty Officer [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Deck Hand [3]

Leading Seaman [3]

Reverend [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Sergeant Major [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Bombardier [2]

Boy 2nd Class [2]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [2]

Chief Stoker [2]

Civilian [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Seaman [2]

Sergeant Major [2]

Stoker [2]

1st Boy [1]

1st Mate [1]

2nd Corporal [1]

2nd Mate [1]

AB [1]

Acting Artificer Engineer [1]

Unit

East Kent Regiment [35]

Royal Engineers [23]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [16]

Royal Field Artillery [15]

The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [14]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [12]

London Regiment [12]

HMS Vanguard [11]

HMS INDOMITABLE [10]

Rifle Brigade [10]

Army Service Corps [9]

Royal Garrison Artillery [9]

Royal Naval Reserve [9]

Royal Air Force [6]

Royal Army Medical Corps [6]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [6]

Machine Gun Corps [5]

Royal Sussex Regiment [5]

HMS Chester [4]

South Wales Borderers [4]

Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [3]

Canadian Infantry [3]

Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [3]

HMS Falmouth [3]

HMS Pembroke [3]

Labour Corps [3]

Royal Naval Division [3]

Army Chaplain's Department [2]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

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

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

HMS BENBOW [2]

HMS BULWARK [2]

HMS Erin [2]

HMS INVINCIBLE [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Marines Divisional Engineers [2]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2]

Royal West Kent Regiment [2]

South African Medical Corps [2]

South Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Service

Royal Navy [1054]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [234]

British Army [231]

Australian Imperial Force [108]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [14]

Other Empire Force [8]

Indian Army [5]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [186]

C [174]

S [160]

H [143]

P [124]

M [111]

W [95]

G [83]

R [75]

T [69]

D [68]

L [68]

F [63]

A [56]

K [47]

E [42]

J [23]

N [22]

O [19]

V [13]

Y [7]

I [6]

Q [3]

Contribution

Military Service [1593]

Merchant Navy [14]

Country

United Kingdom [119]

Australia [1]

Canada [1]

China [1]

India [1]

Ireland [1]

Isle of Man [1]

Malta [1]

New Zealand [1]

Turkey [1]

United States [1]

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Place of birth

Dover, Kent [1290] Dover [97] Dover England [83] Dover Tasmania [21] Charlton, Dover, Kent [17] Buckland, Dover, Kent [10] Dover Kent [8] Dover, Kent, England [7] Buckland Dover, Kent [6] Dover, England [4] Dover,Kent [4] St Mary Cray, Dover, Kent [4] Temple Ewell, Dover, Kent [4] Dover. Kent [3] Hougham, Dover [3] River, Dover, Kent [3] Ash near Dover, Kent [2] Buckland Dover [2] Charlton Dover, Kent [2] Dover,Kent. [2] Plymouth, Dover [2] Saint James Dover [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 [1] Buckland,Dover,Kent. [1] Capel Le Ferne. Nr. Dover, Kent. [1] Charlton District of Dover, Kent [1] Charlton Dover [1] Charlton Near Dover, Kent, England [1] Charlton in Dover, Kent [1] Charlton near Dover, Kent. [1] Charlton, Nr Dover [1] Charlton, Nr Dover Kent [1] Cliffe Dover, Kent [1] Coldred, Dover [1] Dorchester, Dover [1] Dover ? [1] Dover Court England [1] Dover ENGLAND [1] Dover Road, Folkestone [1] Dover Tasmania Tasmania [1] Dover Township, Kent County, Ontario [1] Dover Twp., Kent, Ontario [1]

Rank

Private [109] Stoker 1st Class [29] Able Seaman [20] Lieutenant [18] Second Lieutenant [17] Captain [16] Sapper [16] Serjeant [15] Gunner [13] Ordinary Seaman [12] Corporal [11] Driver [10] Major [10] Stoker 2nd Class [10] Petty Officer [9] Boy 1st Class [8] Petty Officer Stoker [8] Lance Corporal [7] Sergeant [7] Leading Stoker [6] Rifleman [6] Lieutenant Colonel [5] Acting Corporal [4] Stoker Petty Officer [4] Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Air Mechanic 1st Class [3] Brigadier General [3] Chief Petty Officer [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Deck Hand [3] Leading Seaman [3] Reverend [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Sergeant Major [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Bombardier [2] Boy 2nd Class [2] Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [2] Chief Stoker [2] Civilian [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Seaman [2] Sergeant Major [2] Stoker [2] 1st Boy [1] 1st Mate [1] 2nd Corporal [1] 2nd Mate [1] AB [1] Acting Artificer Engineer [1]

Unit

East Kent Regiment [35] Royal Engineers [23] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [16] Royal Field Artillery [15] The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [14] HMS INFLEXIBLE [12] London Regiment [12] HMS Vanguard [11] HMS INDOMITABLE [10] Rifle Brigade [10] Army Service Corps [9] Royal Garrison Artillery [9] Royal Naval Reserve [9] Royal Air Force [6] Royal Army Medical Corps [6] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [6] Machine Gun Corps [5] Royal Sussex Regiment [5] HMS Chester [4] South Wales Borderers [4] Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [3] Canadian Infantry [3] Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [3] HMS Falmouth [3] HMS Pembroke [3] Labour Corps [3] Royal Naval Division [3] Army Chaplain's Department [2] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Canadian Army Medical Corps [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2] H.M.S. "Formidable" [2] H.M.S. "Formidable." [2] HMS BENBOW [2] HMS BULWARK [2] HMS Erin [2] HMS INVINCIBLE [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] Liverpool Regiment [2] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2] Royal Berkshire Regiment [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Marines Divisional Engineers [2] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2] Royal West Kent Regiment [2] South African Medical Corps [2] South Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Service

Royal Navy [1054] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [234] British Army [231] Australian Imperial Force [108] Canadian Expeditionary Force [14] Other Empire Force [8] Indian Army [5] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [186] C [174] S [160] H [143] P [124] M [111] W [95] G [83] R [75] T [69] D [68] L [68] F [63] A [56] K [47] E [42] J [23] N [22] O [19] V [13] Y [7] I [6] Q [3]

Contribution

Military Service [1593] Merchant Navy [14]

Country

United Kingdom [119] Australia [1] Canada [1] China [1] India [1] Ireland [1] Isle of Man [1] Malta [1] New Zealand [1] Turkey [1] United States [1]

Arnold Leslie Sagar

Born 1891

Died 1937

British Army Second Lieutenant East Lancashire Regiment

British Army Captain King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army 8072 Private London Regiment 2nd Artists Rifles D Company

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Percival Cyril Boate

Born 1876

Died 1925

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 8/1370 Sergeant Major Otago Infantry Battalion 1st Battalion

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Sidney Robert Aldin

Born 1884

Died 1914

British Army 6739 Private South Staffordshire Regiment 2nd Battalion.

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Albert Christopher Benjamin Burbedge

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army 4346 Private London Regiment 7th lond Battalion

British Army 351700 Private London Regiment 7th lond Battalion

British Army 351700 Private London Regiment

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Eric Arthur Barltrop

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers

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Thomas James Willis

Born 1889

Died 1936

British Army Royal Engineers

British Army 264123 Sapper Royal Engineers 221st AT Coy

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Frederick John Martin

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army SE/4997 Private Army Veterinary Corps

British Army 224538 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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John Hillary Pyne Burchett

Born 1888

Died 1966

Royal Navy 51 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal

British Army 199864 Sergeant Royal Engineers Signal corps

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Albert Edward Bingham

Born 1872

Died 1948

Royal Navy 800 Sapper Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal

British Army 199951 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Geoffrey Montagu Bradley

Born 1893

Died 1914

British Army Lieutenant Attached Welsh Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Rifle Brigade 6th Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Rifle Brigade

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George Frederick Bick

Born 1885

Died 1919

British Army 82411 Private Royal Defence Corps

British Army 8678 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

British Army 8678 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Edward Thomas Bish

Born 1884

Died 1914

British Army L/6774 Colour Serjeant Royal Sussex Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Netterville Guy Barron

Born 1867

Died 1945

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Brigadier General Royal Garrison Artillery

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William Douglas Shillito

Born 1880

Died 1953

British Army 31832 Private Suffolk Regiment

British Army B/41451 Private Royal Irish Rifles 3rd Battalion

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J E Clifton

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army L/10250 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army L/10250 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

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Stewart Spilsbury Marr

Born 1901

Died 1983

Other Empire Force 214341 Apprentice Merchant Navy

Other Empire Force 216902 Apprentice Merchant Navy

Other Empire Force 2nd Mate Merchant Navy

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John Bernard Stone

Born 1896

Died 1981

British Army 910553 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

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Christopher Barton

Born 1895

British Army G/1036 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army G/1036 Serjeant East Kent Regiment

British Army G/1036 Sergeant East Kent Regiment 7th Battalion

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Alfred Mark Letford

Born 1883

Died 1948

British Army 15102 Staff Serjeant/Foreman of Works Transport Engineering Unit

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Alexander George Kelly

Born 1880

Died 1915

British Army

British Army 3044 Private Rifle Brigade 3 Battalion

British Army 3044 Rifleman The Rifle Brigade 3rd Battalion

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