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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]

Henry Edward Cooper

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 261521

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Percy Augustus Harris

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 191013

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Henry Norman Dering

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 208133

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Dudley Neville Shorter

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 224865

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Alfred John Heaver

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 199737

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Albert Edward Barnes

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 46049

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Arthur George Vousden

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 23070

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Edward James Randall

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 284056

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James William Fothergill

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army 46378 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 16th Heavy Battery

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Frederick Charles Sedge

Died 1917

British Army G/24296 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

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Samuel William Richard Giles

Born 1898

Died 1918

Royal Navy 16459 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division

Royal Navy PLY/16459 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Plymouth Division 4th Royal Marine Battalion

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Charles Percival Emmett

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army Captain Wiltshire Regiment attached East Surrey Regiment

British Army Captain East Surrey Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant East Surrey Regiment wiltshire regiment attached 1st Battalion

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Albert Frederick Walton

Born 1893

Died 1919

British Army 41287 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 4919 Private 4th Dragoon Guards

British Army 41287 Sergeant Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) 2nd Sqdn

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Alfred Rowswell

Born 1872

Died 1918

British Army SR/1741 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 276741 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 63rd Siege Battery.

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William Arthur Deuxberry

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 288213

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Herbert C Woolley

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 403464

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Thomas Henry Pollard

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 200203

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Ernest Stevens

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 57686

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William Edward Bradford

Born 1891

Died 1918

Royal Navy SD 2302 Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy London Z/1736 Ordinary Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Royal Navy 2302/SD Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve - H.M. Motor Launch "570."

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Edward Frond Beard

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 27651

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