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Place of birth

Loose, Kent [84]

Loose, Maidstone, Kent [10]

Loose Valley, Tovil, Kent [1]

Loose near Maidstone, Kent [1]

Rank

Private [54]

Gunner [9]

Lance Corporal [9]

Driver [8]

Corporal [4]

AM1(c) [3]

Sapper [3]

Serjeant [3]

AC I [2]

AC II [2]

Acting Lance Corporal [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Bombardier [2]

Pioneer [2]

Stoker 2nd Class [2]

Trooper [2]

Acting 2nd Corporal [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Artificer Engineer [1]

Captain [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Engineer Lieutenant Commander [1]

LAC [1]

LM [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

P O Mech [1]

Petty Officer (1st Class) [1]

Second Lieutenant [1]

Sergeant [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Temporary Bombardier QMS [1]

Temporary Sergeant Major [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [23]

Royal West Kent Regiment [10]

The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [9]

Army Service Corps [7]

Royal Army Medical Corps [7]

Royal Engineers [7]

RNAS HMS "President II" [6]

Royal Air Force [6]

Royal Garrison Artillery [6]

East Kent Regiment [5]

Royal Field Artillery [5]

Labour Corps [4]

Royal Army Service Corps [4]

Suffolk Regiment [3]

West Kent Yeomanry (Queen's Own) [3]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Training Reserve [2]

7th Dragoon Guards (Princess Royal's) [1]

Army Reserve [1]

Australian Light Horse [1]

Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [1]

Commisariat and Transport Corps [1]

Corps of Dragoons of the Line [1]

Corps of Hussars [1]

Dragoon Guards [1]

Dragoons of the Line [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

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

HMS "Acheron" [1]

HMS "Pembroke II" [1]

HMS 'Vanguard' [1]

HMS New Zealand [1]

HMS North Star [1]

HMS Pembroke [1]

HMS VANGUARD [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

Hertfordshire Regiment [1]

Household Cavalry [1]

Hussars of the Line [1]

Indian Cavalry Supply Column [1]

Kent Cyclist Battalion [1]

Lancers of the Line [1]

Light Horse [1]

Lincolnshire Regiment [1]

London Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Military Mounted Police [1]

Norfolk Regiment [1]

North Staffordshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [72]

Royal Navy [15]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [14]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [14]

M [11]

W [10]

B [8]

H [8]

A [7]

G [6]

S [6]

L [4]

N [4]

P [4]

F [3]

R [3]

K [2]

O [2]

E [1]

J [1]

T [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [94]

Country

United Kingdom [87]

Canada [2]

India [2]

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People [96] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Loose, Kent [84] Loose, Maidstone, Kent [10] Loose Valley, Tovil, Kent [1] Loose near Maidstone, Kent [1]

Rank

Private [54] Gunner [9] Lance Corporal [9] Driver [8] Corporal [4] AM1(c) [3] Sapper [3] Serjeant [3] AC I [2] AC II [2] Acting Lance Corporal [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Bombardier [2] Pioneer [2] Stoker 2nd Class [2] Trooper [2] Acting 2nd Corporal [1] Acting Corporal [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Artificer Engineer [1] Captain [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Engineer Lieutenant Commander [1] LAC [1] LM [1] Leading Stoker [1] P O Mech [1] Petty Officer (1st Class) [1] Second Lieutenant [1] Sergeant [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Stoker Petty Officer [1] Temporary Bombardier QMS [1] Temporary Sergeant Major [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [23] Royal West Kent Regiment [10] The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [9] Army Service Corps [7] Royal Army Medical Corps [7] Royal Engineers [7] RNAS HMS "President II" [6] Royal Air Force [6] Royal Garrison Artillery [6] East Kent Regiment [5] Royal Field Artillery [5] Labour Corps [4] Royal Army Service Corps [4] Suffolk Regiment [3] West Kent Yeomanry (Queen's Own) [3] Middlesex Regiment [2] Training Reserve [2] 7th Dragoon Guards (Princess Royal's) [1] Army Reserve [1] Australian Light Horse [1] Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [1] Commisariat and Transport Corps [1] Corps of Dragoons of the Line [1] Corps of Hussars [1] Dragoon Guards [1] Dragoons of the Line [1] Essex Regiment [1] Grenadier Guards [1] H.M.S. "Cressy" [1] HMS "Acheron" [1] HMS "Pembroke II" [1] HMS 'Vanguard' [1] HMS New Zealand [1] HMS North Star [1] HMS Pembroke [1] HMS VANGUARD [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] Hertfordshire Regiment [1] Household Cavalry [1] Hussars of the Line [1] Indian Cavalry Supply Column [1] Kent Cyclist Battalion [1] Lancers of the Line [1] Light Horse [1] Lincolnshire Regiment [1] London Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Military Mounted Police [1] Norfolk Regiment [1] North Staffordshire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [72] Royal Navy [15] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [14] Australian Imperial Force [2] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [14] M [11] W [10] B [8] H [8] A [7] G [6] S [6] L [4] N [4] P [4] F [3] R [3] K [2] O [2] E [1] J [1] T [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [94]

Country

United Kingdom [87] Canada [2] India [2]

Arthur Styance

Born 1888

Died 1914

Royal Navy SS106626 Stoker 2nd Class HMS "Acheron"

Royal Navy SS/106626 Stoker 1st Class H.M.S. "Cressy"

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Victor Herbert Coomber

Born 1896

British Army 113750 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 200528 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army 1932 Private The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 1/4th Battalion

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Wallace Hubert Oliver

Born 1881

Royal Navy F7606

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Arthur Edward Rhodes

Born 1887

Royal Navy 364053

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Kenneth Wilson

Born 1899

British Army 348629 Pioneer Royal Engineers

British Army 10/75352 Pioneer Training Reserve Battalion 107th Battalion

British Army WR/279492 Pioneer Royal Engineers Railway Operating Division

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Henry Henley

Born 1886

British Army 7891 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army S/7891 Private The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 3rd Battalion

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Frederick Arthur Horne

Born 1885

British Army 11807 Private Grenadier Guards 2nd Battalion

British Army 11807 Private Army Reserve

British Army 11807 Private Grenadier Guards

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Archibald Mercer

Born 1888

Royal Navy 231882

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James Brown

Born 1896

British Army 222760 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 531415 Private Labour Corps 381st Home Service

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Fred John Letham

Born 1897

British Army TR/10/40546 Private Training Reserve 99th Battalion

British Army G/15062 Private The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 12th Battalion

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Albert Edward Horton

Born 1886

British Army 201378 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army 4050 Private The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 4th Battalion

British Army 60239 Private Essex Regiment 1/5 Bn.

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Albert Edward Lambkin

Born 1895

British Army 81962 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 81962 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 51st Reserve Battery

British Army 81962 Gunner Royal Field Artillery att 25th Divisional Motor Transport Company

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William Lee Ashley

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 234466

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Albert Victor King

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army PS/2878 Private Middlesex Regiment 16th Battalion

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Percy Robert Brooker

Born 1878

Died 1947

Royal Navy Engineer Lieutenant Commander

Royal Navy Artificer Engineer HMS North Star

Royal Navy 269964

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Ernest Mercer

Born 1886

Royal Navy F28305

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