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Gillingham, Kent [1058]

Gillingham, Kent, England [17]

Gillingham, Chatham, Kent [13]

Gillingham Kent [2]

Gillingham. Kent [2]

Rainham Gillingham, Kent [2]

Rainham, Gillingham, Kent [2]

11 Manor Street, Brompton, Gillingham, Kent [1]

14 Richmond Terrace, Gillingham, Kent [1]

58 Windmill Road New Brompton Gillingham Kent [1]

Balmoral Road, Gillingham, Kent [1]

Gillingham , Kent [1]

Gillingham Medway kent [1]

Gillingham, Rochester, Kent [1]

R E Barracks Brompton, Gillingham, Kent [1]

R E Barracks, Brompton ,Gillingham, Kent [1]

Upchurch Gillingham, Kent [1]

Wigmore, Gillingham, Kent [1]

Rank

Private [27]

Able Seaman [9]

Gunner [7]

Corporal [4]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [4]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [4]

Lance Corporal [4]

Ordinary Seaman [4]

Serjeant [4]

Signal Boy [4]

Leading Seaman [3]

Lieutenant [3]

Rifleman [3]

Stoker 2nd Class [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Chief Stoker [2]

Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [2]

Flight Lieutenant [2]

Leading Signalman [2]

Leading Stoker [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Major [2]

Sapper [2]

Second Lieutenant [2]

Signalman [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Acting 2nd Corporal [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Acting Signal Boatswain [1]

Acting Yeoman of Signals [1]

Airman 3rd Class (Fitter Aero) [1]

Bosun [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Bugler Boy [1]

Captain /temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Captain Acting Major [1]

Captain/Temporary Major [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Chief Petty Officer Mechanic 2nd Grade [1]

Civilian Clerk [1]

Colonel [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Driver [1]

Engine Room Artificer [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [6]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [5]

HMS Falmouth [4]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [4]

HMS Vanguard [4]

Royal Garrison Artillery [4]

Royal West Kent Regiment [4]

Army Service Corps [3]

HMS INDOMITABLE [3]

London Regiment [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Flying Corps [3]

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

HMS BOADICEA [2]

HMS Castor [2]

HMS MALAYA [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Field Artillery [2]

Royal Marine Artillery [2]

Royal Naval Air Service [2]

Royal Naval Reserve [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

South Wales Borderers [2]

75 (HD) Squadron, Royal Air Force [1]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1]

British Empire Leave Club [1]

Corps of Hussars [1]

East Kent Regiment [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

H.M. Dockyard [1]

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

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

HM Submarine E17 [1]

HMS 'Vanguard' [1]

HMS Aboukir [1]

HMS Ardent [1]

HMS BENBOW [1]

HMS BULWARK [1]

HMS Calliope [1]

HMS Chester [1]

HMS Cressy [1]

HMS DUKE OF EDINBURGH [1]

HMS Duke of Edinburgh [1]

HMS Fearless [1]

HMS Formidable [1]

HMS Hampshire [1]

Service

Royal Navy [887]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [150]

British Army [53]

Other Empire Force [3]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [104]

S [96]

H [93]

M [90]

P [88]

W [84]

C [83]

R [76]

D [57]

T [51]

F [46]

G [46]

L [46]

A [37]

E [23]

N [23]

J [19]

K [18]

O [15]

I [4]

V [3]

Q [1]

U [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1078]

Merchant Navy [18]

Country

United Kingdom [25]

Canada [1]

India [1]

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Place of birth

Gillingham, Kent [1058] Gillingham, Kent, England [17] Gillingham, Chatham, Kent [13] Gillingham Kent [2] Gillingham. Kent [2] Rainham Gillingham, Kent [2] Rainham, Gillingham, Kent [2] 11 Manor Street, Brompton, Gillingham, Kent [1] 14 Richmond Terrace, Gillingham, Kent [1] 58 Windmill Road New Brompton Gillingham Kent [1] Balmoral Road, Gillingham, Kent [1] Gillingham , Kent [1] Gillingham Medway kent [1] Gillingham, Rochester, Kent [1] R E Barracks Brompton, Gillingham, Kent [1] R E Barracks, Brompton ,Gillingham, Kent [1] Upchurch Gillingham, Kent [1] Wigmore, Gillingham, Kent [1]

Rank

Private [27] Able Seaman [9] Gunner [7] Corporal [4] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [4] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [4] Lance Corporal [4] Ordinary Seaman [4] Serjeant [4] Signal Boy [4] Leading Seaman [3] Lieutenant [3] Rifleman [3] Stoker 2nd Class [3] Acting Corporal [2] Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Chief Stoker [2] Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [2] Flight Lieutenant [2] Leading Signalman [2] Leading Stoker [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Major [2] Sapper [2] Second Lieutenant [2] Signalman [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Temporary Captain [2] Acting 2nd Corporal [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Acting Signal Boatswain [1] Acting Yeoman of Signals [1] Airman 3rd Class (Fitter Aero) [1] Bosun [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Bugler Boy [1] Captain /temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Captain Acting Major [1] Captain/Temporary Major [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Chief Petty Officer Mechanic 2nd Grade [1] Civilian Clerk [1] Colonel [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Deck Hand [1] Driver [1] Engine Room Artificer [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [6] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [5] HMS Falmouth [4] HMS INFLEXIBLE [4] HMS Vanguard [4] Royal Garrison Artillery [4] Royal West Kent Regiment [4] Army Service Corps [3] HMS INDOMITABLE [3] London Regiment [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Flying Corps [3] H.M.S. "Formidable." [2] HMS BOADICEA [2] HMS Castor [2] HMS MALAYA [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Field Artillery [2] Royal Marine Artillery [2] Royal Naval Air Service [2] Royal Naval Reserve [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2] South Wales Borderers [2] 75 (HD) Squadron, Royal Air Force [1] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [1] British Empire Leave Club [1] Corps of Hussars [1] East Kent Regiment [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] Essex Regiment [1] H.M. Dockyard [1] H.M.S. "Inflexible." [1] H.M.S. "Malaya." [1] HM Submarine E17 [1] HMS 'Vanguard' [1] HMS Aboukir [1] HMS Ardent [1] HMS BENBOW [1] HMS BULWARK [1] HMS Calliope [1] HMS Chester [1] HMS Cressy [1] HMS DUKE OF EDINBURGH [1] HMS Duke of Edinburgh [1] HMS Fearless [1] HMS Formidable [1] HMS Hampshire [1]

Service

Royal Navy [887] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [150] British Army [53] Other Empire Force [3] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [104] S [96] H [93] M [90] P [88] W [84] C [83] R [76] D [57] T [51] F [46] G [46] L [46] A [37] E [23] N [23] J [19] K [18] O [15] I [4] V [3] Q [1] U [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1078] Merchant Navy [18]

Country

United Kingdom [25] Canada [1] India [1]

Frank Einchomb

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 209364

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Charles John Barnes

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 253472

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William Thomas Daley

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 30240

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Sydney John Wills Tink

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 31516

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Gilbert Frederick James Towers

Born 1895

Died 1918

Royal Navy 13244 Royal Marine Artillery

Royal Navy RMA/13244 Gunner Royal Marine Artillery 4th Royal Marine Battalion

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Charles Henry England

Born 1899

Died 1919

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 249558

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Thomas James Lowes

Died 1916

British Army T4/234931 Private Army Service Corps

British Army G/17339 Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army T4/234931 Driver Royal Army Service Corps

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Charles Albert Whitehead

Born 1900

Died 1918

Royal Navy K55105

Royal Navy K/55105 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Pembroke

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Harry Charles Freane

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 112000

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Joseph Barnes

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 169794

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Charles Frederick Costen

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 211854

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John Friend

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 196288

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Robert Charles Sydney Dudman

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 168301

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Wallace John Phippard

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 307443 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

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Alfred Hore

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 319967

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Frederick Watson

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 56154

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Charles Seager

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 262283

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Frederick James Chant

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 141692

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Ernest Wilkinson

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 176400

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Edward Claude Davis

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 211033

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