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Gravesend, Kent [958]

Milton, Gravesend, Kent [18]

Northfleet, Gravesend, Kent [16]

Gravesend, Kent, England [12]

Gravesend Kent [9]

Northfleet Gravesend, Kent [5]

Swanscombe, Gravesend, Kent [4]

Gravesend,Kent [2]

Gravesend,Kent. [2]

Greenhithe, Gravesend, Kent [2]

Rosherville, Gravesend, Kent [2]

Denton, Gravesend, Kent [1]

GRAVESEND KENT [1]

Gravesend, Kent, UK [1]

Gravesend, Milton, Kent [1]

Gravesend, kent [1]

Higham near Gravesend Kent [1]

Higham, Gravesend, Kent [1]

Kent. Gravesend [1]

Meopham, Gravesend, Kent [1]

Meopham, near Gravesend, Kent [1]

Milton Gravesend, Kent [1]

Near Gravesend, Kent [1]

Norfield Gravesend, Kent [1]

Northfleet ,Gravesend, Kent [1]

Northfleet nr Gravesend, Kent [1]

Northfleet, Strood, Kent [1]

Rosherville, Northfleet nr Gravesend, Kent [1]

Saint James Gravesend, Kent [1]

Shorne nr Gravesend, Kent [1]

Shorne, Gravesend, Kent [1]

Shorne,Gravesend, Kent [1]

Southfleet, Gravesend, Kent [1]

Strood Gravesend, Kent. [1]

Rank

Private [46]

Second Lieutenant [12]

Stoker 1st Class [12]

Ordinary Seaman [11]

Gunner [10]

Lieutenant [10]

Deck Hand [9]

Able Seaman [8]

Captain [8]

Lance Corporal [6]

Serjeant [5]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Bombardier [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Boy 2nd Class [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Driver [2]

Leading Stoker [2]

Leading Trimmer [2]

Major [2]

Nurse [2]

Sergeant [2]

Stoker 2nd Class [2]

3rd Writer [1]

Acting Constable [1]

Acting Corporal 2nd [1]

Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Boy Artificer [1]

Boy Telegraphist [1]

Chief Stoker [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Commander [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Corporal [1]

Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1]

Joined as Gunner, killed as A/Bombardier appt 4/2/1917 [1]

Leading Deck Hand [1]

Leading Signalman [1]

Leading Telegraphist [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Midshipman (Probationary) [1]

Officer's Cook 2nd Class [1]

Officer's Steward 3rd Class [1]

Officer's Steward 3rd Class. [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Petty Officer 1st Class [1]

Petty Officer Telegraphist [1]

Rifleman [1]

Signalman [1]

Unit

Royal Naval Reserve [14]

Army Service Corps [8]

Royal Field Artillery [7]

Royal Garrison Artillery [7]

London Regiment [6]

Royal West Kent Regiment [6]

Middlesex Regiment [5]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [5]

East Surrey Regiment [4]

HMS INDOMITABLE [4]

HMS Pembroke I [4]

Royal Engineers [4]

H.M.S. "Formidable." [3]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [3]

Mercantile Marine Reserve [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

HMS Chester [2]

HMS Erin [2]

HMS Falmouth [2]

HMS Ganges [2]

HMS Victory I [2]

Labour Corps [2]

Northamptonshire Regiment [2]

Royal Horse Artillery [2]

Royal Sussex Regiment [2]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2]

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

The Queen's Regiment [2]

1st Quebec Regiment [1]

4th Dragoon Guards [1]

7th Hussars [1]

Australian Infantry [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1]

British Red Cross Voluntary Aid Detachment [1]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Corps of Hussars [1]

Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [1]

East Kent Regiment (The Buffs) [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

General Headquarters Staff [1]

Gravesend Post Office [1]

H.M. Boarding Tug 'Charm' [1]

H.M.S. Fisgard [1]

HM Submarine E17 [1]

HM Submarine E6 [1]

HMS Ajax [1]

Service

Royal Navy [757]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [179]

British Army [86]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [4]

Other Empire Force [4]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [122]

H [108]

S [99]

C [81]

W [79]

P [78]

M [62]

G [59]

L [49]

D [47]

F [42]

R [42]

T [40]

A [33]

E [28]

K [24]

J [23]

O [15]

N [9]

Y [5]

I [3]

V [3]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1019]

Merchant Navy [17]

Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [51]

Australia [1]

Jersey [1]

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Place of birth

Gravesend, Kent [958] Milton, Gravesend, Kent [18] Northfleet, Gravesend, Kent [16] Gravesend, Kent, England [12] Gravesend Kent [9] Northfleet Gravesend, Kent [5] Swanscombe, Gravesend, Kent [4] Gravesend,Kent [2] Gravesend,Kent. [2] Greenhithe, Gravesend, Kent [2] Rosherville, Gravesend, Kent [2] Denton, Gravesend, Kent [1] GRAVESEND KENT [1] Gravesend, Kent, UK [1] Gravesend, Milton, Kent [1] Gravesend, kent [1] Higham near Gravesend Kent [1] Higham, Gravesend, Kent [1] Kent. Gravesend [1] Meopham, Gravesend, Kent [1] Meopham, near Gravesend, Kent [1] Milton Gravesend, Kent [1] Near Gravesend, Kent [1] Norfield Gravesend, Kent [1] Northfleet ,Gravesend, Kent [1] Northfleet nr Gravesend, Kent [1] Northfleet, Strood, Kent [1] Rosherville, Northfleet nr Gravesend, Kent [1] Saint James Gravesend, Kent [1] Shorne nr Gravesend, Kent [1] Shorne, Gravesend, Kent [1] Shorne,Gravesend, Kent [1] Southfleet, Gravesend, Kent [1] Strood Gravesend, Kent. [1]

Rank

Private [46] Second Lieutenant [12] Stoker 1st Class [12] Ordinary Seaman [11] Gunner [10] Lieutenant [10] Deck Hand [9] Able Seaman [8] Captain [8] Lance Corporal [6] Serjeant [5] Acting Serjeant [2] Bombardier [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Boy 2nd Class [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Driver [2] Leading Stoker [2] Leading Trimmer [2] Major [2] Nurse [2] Sergeant [2] Stoker 2nd Class [2] 3rd Writer [1] Acting Constable [1] Acting Corporal 2nd [1] Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Boy Artificer [1] Boy Telegraphist [1] Chief Stoker [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Commander [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Corporal [1] Engine Room Artificer 3rd Class [1] Joined as Gunner, killed as A/Bombardier appt 4/2/1917 [1] Leading Deck Hand [1] Leading Signalman [1] Leading Telegraphist [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Midshipman (Probationary) [1] Officer's Cook 2nd Class [1] Officer's Steward 3rd Class [1] Officer's Steward 3rd Class. [1] Petty Officer [1] Petty Officer 1st Class [1] Petty Officer Telegraphist [1] Rifleman [1] Signalman [1]

Unit

Royal Naval Reserve [14] Army Service Corps [8] Royal Field Artillery [7] Royal Garrison Artillery [7] London Regiment [6] Royal West Kent Regiment [6] Middlesex Regiment [5] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [5] East Surrey Regiment [4] HMS INDOMITABLE [4] HMS Pembroke I [4] Royal Engineers [4] H.M.S. "Formidable." [3] HMS INFLEXIBLE [3] Mercantile Marine Reserve [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] HMS Chester [2] HMS Erin [2] HMS Falmouth [2] HMS Ganges [2] HMS Victory I [2] Labour Corps [2] Northamptonshire Regiment [2] Royal Horse Artillery [2] Royal Sussex Regiment [2] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [2] The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [2] The Queen's Regiment [2] 1st Quebec Regiment [1] 4th Dragoon Guards [1] 7th Hussars [1] Australian Infantry [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [1] British Red Cross Voluntary Aid Detachment [1] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Corps of Hussars [1] Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [1] East Kent Regiment (The Buffs) [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] General Headquarters Staff [1] Gravesend Post Office [1] H.M. Boarding Tug 'Charm' [1] H.M.S. Fisgard [1] HM Submarine E17 [1] HM Submarine E6 [1] HMS Ajax [1]

Service

Royal Navy [757] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [179] British Army [86] Canadian Expeditionary Force [4] Other Empire Force [4] Australian Imperial Force [2] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [122] H [108] S [99] C [81] W [79] P [78] M [62] G [59] L [49] D [47] F [42] R [42] T [40] A [33] E [28] K [24] J [23] O [15] N [9] Y [5] I [3] V [3] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1019] Merchant Navy [17] Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [51] Australia [1] Jersey [1]

Hugh Stirling Kinnier

Born 1892

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 437194 Private Canadian Infantry

Canadian Expeditionary Force 437194 Private Canadian Infantry 51st Battalion

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Charles William Warner

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 9279 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 9279 Serjeant Northumberland Fusiliers 26th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion

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Frank Cook

Born 1892

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 202387

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Joseph George Edward Durling

Born 1874

Died 1917

British Army 562006 Company Sergeant Major Royal Engineers

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William Thomas Walker

Died 1916

British Army 33991 Gunner Royal Field Artillery "C" Battery, 125th Brigade

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Cyril Adlington Boorman

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 801 Private West Kent Yeomanry (Queen's Own)

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Reginald Horace Arthur Newsome

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers Postal Section

British Army Captain London Regiment

British Army Lieutenant London Regiment

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Robert Duncan Turnbull

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 197565 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery 144th Siege Bty

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Walter Sherlock

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 282709

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Joseph Henry Hoddinott

Born 1888

Died 1951

British Army 41478 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 41478 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

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Horace Arthur Finch

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army A/201474 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps 9th (Service) Battalion

British Army A/201474 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Charles William Germaney

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 282347

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Fred Alfred Wellard

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 27682

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Stanley F Kirk

Born 1890

Died 1948

British Army 4132 Private Hussars

British Army Private 7th Hussars

British Army 4132 Private Corps of Hussars 7th Hussars

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George Alfred Oakes

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 233735

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Henry Edward Skiller

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 36049

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John Sheaves

Born 1881

Died 1918

Royal Navy L8643

Royal Navy L/8643 Officer's Steward 3rd Class. H.M. Boarding Tug 'Charm'

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Edgar John Wyatt

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army G/3235 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army GS/3235 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army Private Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment 6 Btn

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Frederick James Fuller

Born 1887

Died 1914

British Army 9369 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 9369 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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John William Brinkworth

Born 1897

Died 1916

Royal Navy 20337 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division Deal Depot

Royal Navy CH/20337 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry R M Depot Deal

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