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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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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]

Reginald Henry Newman

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 374112 Rifleman London Regiment 2/8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 374112 Rifleman Rifle Brigade 13th Battalion

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Grace Lizzie Gray

Born 1856

Died 1931

Other Empire Force Sub-Postmistress

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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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George Albert Knight

Born 1888

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 252594 Private 1st Class Royal Air Force

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Arthur Dennis Harding

Born 1892

Died 1914

British Army Lieutenant Gloucestershire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Gloucestershire Regiment 4th (City of Bristol) Battalion (Territorial) attached 1st Battalion

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Arthur George Aldridge

Born 1893

Died 1970

British Army 388546 Private Labour Corps

British Army 388546 Labour Corps 583rd Home Service Supply

British Army 9526 Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 2nd Battalion

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William Quested Harvey

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army

British Army L/10235 Private East Kent Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army L/10235 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 2nd Battalion

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Vincent Mark Copestick

Born 1892

British Army 16283 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 16049 Private North Staffordshire Regiment

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Francis George Westmore

Born 1889

Died 1914

British Army 8273 Corporal Lincolnshire Regiment

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Alfred William John Chapple

Born 1886

Died 1914

Royal Navy ES 25 Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 25/ES Engineman Royal Naval Reserve - H.M. Trawler "Night Hawk."

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Louisa Pott

Born 1881

Died 1975

Royal Navy G5761

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Harold William Goldsack

Born 1899

Died 1972

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

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Edward James Shoesmith

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 2/10989 Serjeant Royal Fusiliers

British Army Warrant Officer Class 2 Royal Fusiliers

British Army Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers

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Alfred George Wickenden

Born 1897

Died 1988

British Army G/9770 Private East Kent Regiment

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Sydney George Lee

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 90733 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Walter James Nicholson Hogbin

Born 1878

Died 1918

British Army 94423 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 94423 Private The King’s (Liverpool) Regiment 13th Battalion

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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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