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Folkestone, Kent [812]

Folkestone, Kent, England [351]

Folkestone [103]

Folkestone England [40]

Elham, Folkestone, Kent [8]

St Johns, Folkestone, Kent [7]

Sandgate, Folkestone, Kent [5]

Cheriton, Folkestone, Kent [4]

Folkestone Kent [4]

Eltham, Folkestone, Kent [3]

Lyminge, Folkestone, Kent [3]

St Michaels, Folkestone, Kent [3]

Cheriton, Folkestone [2]

Folkestone, Kent. [2]

Folkestone, kent [2]

Four Cheriton Rd, Folkestone, Kent [2]

Hawkinge, Folkestone, Kent [2]

St Peters, Folkestone, Kent [2]

11 Bradstone Avenue, Folkestone, Kent [1]

58 Linden Cresent, Folkestone, Kent [1]

Acrise, near Folkestone [1]

Bridge Street, Folkestone, Kent [1]

Capel, Folkestone, Kent [1]

Capel-le-Ferne Folkestone [1]

Cheriston Folkestone, Kent [1]

Cheriton Gardens, Folkestone [1]

Dover Road, Folkestone [1]

East Cliff, Folkestone [1]

Elham. Folkestone, Kent [1]

Elham. Folkestone, Kent. [1]

Folkestone (?) [1]

Folkestone Kent England [1]

Folkestone, Derbyshire [1]

Folkestone, Dover, Kent [1]

Folkestone, Elham, Kent [1]

Folkestone, Kent, England [1]

Folkestone,Dover, Kent. [1]

Four Cheriton Rd Folkestone, Kent [1]

Four, Thanet Gardens, Folkestone, Kent [1]

Garden Road, Folkestone [1]

Garden Road, Folkestone, Kent [1]

Guildhall Street, Folkestone [1]

Hythe, Folkestone, Kent [1]

North Street, Folkestone, Kent [1]

Radnor Street, Folkestone [1]

Sandgate, Folkestone [1]

Sellindge, Folkestone, Kent [1]

Ship Street Folkestone Kent [1]

Sidney Street, Folkestone [1]

St John's, Folkestone, Kent [1]

Rank

Private [135]

Corporal [19]

Gunner [18]

Serjeant [16]

Second Lieutenant [14]

Lance Corporal [13]

Lieutenant [10]

Driver [9]

Able Seaman [8]

Sapper [8]

Deck Hand [7]

Rifleman [6]

Lance-Corporal [5]

Seaman [5]

Stoker 1st Class [5]

2nd Lieutenant [4]

Acting Corporal [4]

Captain [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Sergeant [3]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Air Mechanic [2]

Boy [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Shoeing Smith Corporal [2]

Staff Nurse [2]

Telegraphist [2]

Trooper [2]

3rd Officer [1]

Able Seaman Driver [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Serjeant Major [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Armourer's Crew [1]

Assistant Steward [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Blacksmith 1st Class [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Bugler [1]

Captain (TP) [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Engineer Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Farrier Segeant [1]

Farrier Sergeant [1]

Flight Lieutenant [1]

Flight Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Unit

East Kent Regiment [33]

London Regiment [21]

Royal Field Artillery [19]

Royal Garrison Artillery [16]

Royal Naval Reserve [14]

Royal West Kent Regiment [12]

The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [11]

Royal Engineers [10]

Army Service Corps [9]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [9]

Middlesex Regiment [8]

The Queen's Regiment [7]

Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [6]

Canadian Infantry [5]

East Surrey Regiment [5]

Essex Regiment [5]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [5]

Rifle Brigade [5]

Royal Army Medical Corps [5]

Royal Fusiliers [5]

Royal Sussex Regiment [5]

Machine Gun Corps [4]

Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [3]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [3]

HMS Vanguard [3]

Highland Light Infantry [3]

Kent Cyclist Battalion [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [3]

Worcestershire Regiment [3]

21st Lancers [2]

Army Cyclist Corps. [2]

Dorsetshire Regiment [2]

HMS INDOMITABLE [2]

HMS Yarmouth [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Kent Regiment [2]

London Regiment (London Irish Rifles) [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Royal Artillery [2]

Royal East Kent Yeomanry [2]

Royal Naval Air Service [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

South Wales Borderers [2]

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [2]

11th Field Company [1]

12th Lancers [1]

14th King's Hussars [1]

Service

Royal Navy [526]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [245]

British Army [228]

Australian Imperial Force [43]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [8]

Other Empire Force [2]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [159]

C [151]

H [142]

M [127]

W [113]

S [110]

P [81]

F [74]

G [72]

A [61]

T [55]

D [54]

R [38]

K [27]

J [24]

L [24]

E [22]

O [15]

N [13]

V [10]

I [8]

U [8]

Y [6]

Contribution

Military Service [1019]

Merchant Navy [350]

Country

United Kingdom [160]

Canada [2]

India [1]

Jersey [1]

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Folkestone, Kent [812] Folkestone, Kent, England [351] Folkestone [103] Folkestone England [40] Elham, Folkestone, Kent [8] St Johns, Folkestone, Kent [7] Sandgate, Folkestone, Kent [5] Cheriton, Folkestone, Kent [4] Folkestone Kent [4] Eltham, Folkestone, Kent [3] Lyminge, Folkestone, Kent [3] St Michaels, Folkestone, Kent [3] Cheriton, Folkestone [2] Folkestone, Kent. [2] Folkestone, kent [2] Four Cheriton Rd, Folkestone, Kent [2] Hawkinge, Folkestone, Kent [2] St Peters, Folkestone, Kent [2] 11 Bradstone Avenue, Folkestone, Kent [1] 58 Linden Cresent, Folkestone, Kent [1] Acrise, near Folkestone [1] Bridge Street, Folkestone, Kent [1] Capel, Folkestone, Kent [1] Capel-le-Ferne Folkestone [1] Cheriston Folkestone, Kent [1] Cheriton Gardens, Folkestone [1] Dover Road, Folkestone [1] East Cliff, Folkestone [1] Elham. Folkestone, Kent [1] Elham. Folkestone, Kent. [1] Folkestone (?) [1] Folkestone Kent England [1] Folkestone, Derbyshire [1] Folkestone, Dover, Kent [1] Folkestone, Elham, Kent [1] Folkestone, Kent, England [1] Folkestone,Dover, Kent. [1] Four Cheriton Rd Folkestone, Kent [1] Four, Thanet Gardens, Folkestone, Kent [1] Garden Road, Folkestone [1] Garden Road, Folkestone, Kent [1] Guildhall Street, Folkestone [1] Hythe, Folkestone, Kent [1] North Street, Folkestone, Kent [1] Radnor Street, Folkestone [1] Sandgate, Folkestone [1] Sellindge, Folkestone, Kent [1] Ship Street Folkestone Kent [1] Sidney Street, Folkestone [1] St John's, Folkestone, Kent [1]

Rank

Private [135] Corporal [19] Gunner [18] Serjeant [16] Second Lieutenant [14] Lance Corporal [13] Lieutenant [10] Driver [9] Able Seaman [8] Sapper [8] Deck Hand [7] Rifleman [6] Lance-Corporal [5] Seaman [5] Stoker 1st Class [5] 2nd Lieutenant [4] Acting Corporal [4] Captain [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Sergeant [3] Acting Serjeant [2] Air Mechanic [2] Boy [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Leading Seaman [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Shoeing Smith Corporal [2] Staff Nurse [2] Telegraphist [2] Trooper [2] 3rd Officer [1] Able Seaman Driver [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Serjeant Major [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Armourer's Crew [1] Assistant Steward [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Blacksmith 1st Class [1] Bombardier [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Bugler [1] Captain (TP) [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Engineer Sub-Lieutenant [1] Farrier Segeant [1] Farrier Sergeant [1] Flight Lieutenant [1] Flight Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Unit

East Kent Regiment [33] London Regiment [21] Royal Field Artillery [19] Royal Garrison Artillery [16] Royal Naval Reserve [14] Royal West Kent Regiment [12] The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [11] Royal Engineers [10] Army Service Corps [9] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [9] Middlesex Regiment [8] The Queen's Regiment [7] Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [6] Canadian Infantry [5] East Surrey Regiment [5] Essex Regiment [5] King's Royal Rifle Corps [5] Rifle Brigade [5] Royal Army Medical Corps [5] Royal Fusiliers [5] Royal Sussex Regiment [5] Machine Gun Corps [4] Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [3] HMS INFLEXIBLE [3] HMS Vanguard [3] Highland Light Infantry [3] Kent Cyclist Battalion [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Munster Fusiliers [3] Worcestershire Regiment [3] 21st Lancers [2] Army Cyclist Corps. [2] Dorsetshire Regiment [2] HMS INDOMITABLE [2] HMS Yarmouth [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] Kent Regiment [2] London Regiment (London Irish Rifles) [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] Royal Artillery [2] Royal East Kent Yeomanry [2] Royal Naval Air Service [2] Royal Naval Division [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] South Wales Borderers [2] The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [2] 11th Field Company [1] 12th Lancers [1] 14th King's Hussars [1]

Service

Royal Navy [526] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [245] British Army [228] Australian Imperial Force [43] Canadian Expeditionary Force [8] Other Empire Force [2] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [159] C [151] H [142] M [127] W [113] S [110] P [81] F [74] G [72] A [61] T [55] D [54] R [38] K [27] J [24] L [24] E [22] O [15] N [13] V [10] I [8] U [8] Y [6]

Contribution

Military Service [1019] Merchant Navy [350]

Country

United Kingdom [160] Canada [2] India [1] Jersey [1]

Frederick George Goddard

Born 1877

Died 1947

British Army Reverend Chaplain to the Forces 4th class King's Liverpool Regiment 13 Battalion

British Army Temporary Chaplain Royal Army Chaplain's Department

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Arthur Bushell

Born 1888

Died 1914

British Army 7780 Corporal 2nd York and Lancaster Regiment

British Army 7780 Corporal York and Lancaster Regiment

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Edward Harry Amos

Born 1880

Died 1916

British Army G/2298 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army G/2298 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

British Army G/2298 Private The Buffs (East Kent) Regiment 7th Battalion

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Thomas J Gibson

Born 1878

Died 1917

British Army 23246 Private East Surrey Regiment

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Kate Rosina Sturt

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army Nurse Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve

British Army 2/ResS/101 Staff Nurse Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve

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Walter Daniel John Tull

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army F/55 Lance Serjeant Middlesex Regiment

British Army F/55 Corporal Middlesex Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Middlesex Regiment 5th Bn. attd. 23rd Bn. (formerly 17th Bn.)

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Roland Clark Upton

Born 1896

Died 1973

Royal Navy F836 Royal Naval Air Service Armoured Car Division

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 200836 Corporal Royal Air Force

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 200836 Corporal Royal Air Force Reserve

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Charles John Andrews

Born 1886

Died 1919

British Army 417 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army 2014 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army 201479 Lance-Corporal Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 1/4th Battalion

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Fred Burrows

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 8 Battalion

British Army G/1438 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

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Percy Ernest Fray

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army L/10041 Lance Corporal East Kent Regiment

British Army L/10041 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army L/10041 Lance Corporal The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

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Edward William Bailey

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 38218 Driver Royal Engineers

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Harold Fowler

Born 1883

Died 1916

British Army 3290 Private City of London Yeomanry

British Army 3290 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 3290 Private Middlesex Hussars

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Leonard Boorn

Born 1878

Died 1950

British Army 270182 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army 1907 Private East Kent Regiment 1/1st Battalion

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Philip Charles Upton

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army G2561 Serjeant East Kent Regiment (Buffs) 7th Battalion

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Percy Alfred Beckingham

Born 1899

Died 1988

British Army 5942527 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army 51141 Lance Corporal Bedfordshire Regiment 4th

British Army 51141 Private Bedfordshire Regiment 4th

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James George Brice

Died 1918

British Army B/201078 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army Private London Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army B/201078 Rifleman Rifle Brigade

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Albert Francis Gains

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 6161 Private London Regiment 18th lond Battalion

British Army 593381 Private London Regiment 18th lond Battalion

British Army 593381 Lance Corporal London Regiment (London Irish Rifles)

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Frederick Alfred Thomson

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army TF/1487 Acting Corporal Kent Cyclist Battalion

British Army TF/265676 Acting Corporal Kent Cyclist Battalion

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Ernest Mark Handford

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 495729 Private London Regiment 13th lond Battalion

British Army 495729 Private London Regiment

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Alexander William John Bridger

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 41787 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army 23880 Private 21st Lancers

British Army 33210 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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