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Maidstone, Kent [2947]

Maidstone, Kent, England [73]

Maidstone Kent [17]

Loose, Maidstone, Kent [10]

Marden, Maidstone, Kent [10]

Aylesford, Maidstone, Kent [8]

Lenham, Maidstone, Kent [8]

Snodland, Maidstone, Kent [7]

Staplehurst, Maidstone, Kent [7]

Boughton Monchelsea, Maidstone, Kent [6]

West Malling, Maidstone, Kent [6]

Hunton, Maidstone, Kent [5]

Cranbrook, Maidstone, Kent [4]

Eccles, Maidstone, Kent [4]

Maidstone,Kent [4]

Yalding, Maidstone, Kent [4]

Harrietsham, Maidstone, Kent [3]

Langley, Maidstone, Kent [3]

Leeds, Maidstone, Kent [3]

Maidstone Barracks, Kent [3]

Mereworth, Maidstone, Kent [3]

St Michaels, Maidstone, Kent [3]

St Paul's, Maidstone, Kent [3]

St Peters, Maidstone, Kent [3]

Teston, Maidstone, Kent [3]

Tovil, Maidstone, Kent [3]

Wrotham, Maidstone, Kent [3]

All Saints, Maidstone, Kent [2]

Bearsted, Maidstone, Kent [2]

Bexley, Maidstone, Kent [2]

Boxley, Maidstone, Kent [2]

Broomfield, Maidstone, Kent [2]

Chart Sutton, Maidstone, Kent [2]

Ditton, Maidstone, Kent [2]

East Farleigh, Maidstone, Kent [2]

East Maidstone, Kent [2]

East Malling, Maidstone, Kent [2]

Goudhurst, Maidstone, Kent [2]

Larkfield, Maidstone, Kent [2]

Linton, Maidstone, Kent [2]

Ryarsh, Maidstone, Kent [2]

Wateringbury Maidstone, Kent [2]

Willington, Maidstone, Kent [2]

7 Peel Street, East Maidstone, Kent [1]

Ash, Maidstone, Kent [1]

Banning Maidstone, Kent [1]

Boughton Monchealsea, Maidstone, Kent. [1]

Boxley near Maidstone, Kent [1]

Brenchley, Maidstone, Kent [1]

Brishing nr Maidstone, Kent [1]

Rank

Private [1266]

Corporal [188]

Lance Corporal [187]

Serjeant [157]

Driver [146]

Gunner [126]

Sapper [111]

Acting Corporal [62]

Rifleman [60]

Acting Serjeant [55]

Pioneer [40]

Able Seaman [36]

Second Lieutenant [32]

Boy 2nd Class [30]

Ordinary Seaman [30]

Stoker 2 [30]

AC II [27]

Bombardier [27]

Stoker 1 [26]

Lieutenant [25]

Stoker 1st Class [24]

Acting Lance Corporal [23]

Stoker 2nd Class [22]

Boy 1st Class [20]

Lance Serjeant [20]

AC I [19]

Company Serjeant Major [18]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [18]

Staff Serjeant [17]

2nd Corporal [15]

AM I (E) [15]

Boy [15]

Sergeant [15]

AM II [14]

ACM II [12]

AM I [11]

AM II(E) [11]

Leading Stoker [11]

AM1(c) [10]

LM [10]

Acting Bombardier [8]

Captain [8]

Acting AM I [7]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [7]

Battery Serjeant Major [7]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [7]

Guardsman [7]

Leading Seaman [7]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Petty Officer Stoker [6]

Unit

The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [294]

Army Service Corps [238]

Royal Army Medical Corps [187]

Royal Army Service Corps [164]

Royal Engineers [161]

Royal Air Force [153]

The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [149]

RNAS HMS "President II" [116]

Labour Corps [113]

Royal Field Artillery [93]

Royal Garrison Artillery [78]

Royal West Kent Regiment [77]

London Regiment [72]

Royal Fusiliers [61]

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [54]

HMS "Pembroke II" [45]

Middlesex Regiment [43]

East Kent Regiment [42]

RNAS HMS "Daedalus" [42]

Royal Sussex Regiment [35]

Training Reserve [35]

Rifle Brigade [32]

Suffolk Regiment [30]

West Kent Yeomanry (Queen's Own) [29]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [28]

Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [26]

Machine Gun Corps [23]

East Surrey Regiment [21]

Essex Regiment [21]

HMS "Pembroke I" [21]

Royal Defence Corps [21]

Bedfordshire Regiment [20]

Kent Regiment [18]

South Staffordshire Regiment [18]

The Queen's Regiment [18]

Army Ordnance Corps [17]

Canadian Infantry [16]

Army Reserve [15]

Kent Cyclist Battalion [14]

Northumberland Fusiliers [14]

Worcestershire Regiment [14]

Norfolk Regiment [13]

HMS "Impregnable" [12]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [12]

Royal Artillery [12]

Northamptonshire Regiment [11]

Dragoons of the Line [10]

Grenadier Guards [10]

Royal Horse and Royal Field Artillery [10]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [9]

Service

British Army [1659]

Royal Navy [1200]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [409]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [35]

Australian Imperial Force [12]

Other Empire Force [6]

Indian Army [2]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [412]

S [321]

H [314]

W [310]

C [296]

M [218]

P [184]

G [142]

F [127]

R [126]

L [116]

D [114]

T [113]

A [97]

J [76]

E [70]

K [61]

N [42]

V [29]

O [22]

I [15]

U [13]

Y [9]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3132]

Merchant Navy [72]

Country

United Kingdom [1948]

India [55]

Canada [18]

Gibraltar [8]

Ireland [7]

Malta [7]

Singapore [7]

Australia [5]

Egypt [4]

South Africa [4]

Jamaica [3]

United States [3]

Iran, Islamic Republic of [2]

China [1]

France [1]

Iraq [1]

New Zealand [1]

Sri Lanka [1]

Yemen [1]

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Maidstone, Kent [2947] Maidstone, Kent, England [73] Maidstone Kent [17] Loose, Maidstone, Kent [10] Marden, Maidstone, Kent [10] Aylesford, Maidstone, Kent [8] Lenham, Maidstone, Kent [8] Snodland, Maidstone, Kent [7] Staplehurst, Maidstone, Kent [7] Boughton Monchelsea, Maidstone, Kent [6] West Malling, Maidstone, Kent [6] Hunton, Maidstone, Kent [5] Cranbrook, Maidstone, Kent [4] Eccles, Maidstone, Kent [4] Maidstone,Kent [4] Yalding, Maidstone, Kent [4] Harrietsham, Maidstone, Kent [3] Langley, Maidstone, Kent [3] Leeds, Maidstone, Kent [3] Maidstone Barracks, Kent [3] Mereworth, Maidstone, Kent [3] St Michaels, Maidstone, Kent [3] St Paul's, Maidstone, Kent [3] St Peters, Maidstone, Kent [3] Teston, Maidstone, Kent [3] Tovil, Maidstone, Kent [3] Wrotham, Maidstone, Kent [3] All Saints, Maidstone, Kent [2] Bearsted, Maidstone, Kent [2] Bexley, Maidstone, Kent [2] Boxley, Maidstone, Kent [2] Broomfield, Maidstone, Kent [2] Chart Sutton, Maidstone, Kent [2] Ditton, Maidstone, Kent [2] East Farleigh, Maidstone, Kent [2] East Maidstone, Kent [2] East Malling, Maidstone, Kent [2] Goudhurst, Maidstone, Kent [2] Larkfield, Maidstone, Kent [2] Linton, Maidstone, Kent [2] Ryarsh, Maidstone, Kent [2] Wateringbury Maidstone, Kent [2] Willington, Maidstone, Kent [2] 7 Peel Street, East Maidstone, Kent [1] Ash, Maidstone, Kent [1] Banning Maidstone, Kent [1] Boughton Monchealsea, Maidstone, Kent. [1] Boxley near Maidstone, Kent [1] Brenchley, Maidstone, Kent [1] Brishing nr Maidstone, Kent [1]

Rank

Private [1266] Corporal [188] Lance Corporal [187] Serjeant [157] Driver [146] Gunner [126] Sapper [111] Acting Corporal [62] Rifleman [60] Acting Serjeant [55] Pioneer [40] Able Seaman [36] Second Lieutenant [32] Boy 2nd Class [30] Ordinary Seaman [30] Stoker 2 [30] AC II [27] Bombardier [27] Stoker 1 [26] Lieutenant [25] Stoker 1st Class [24] Acting Lance Corporal [23] Stoker 2nd Class [22] Boy 1st Class [20] Lance Serjeant [20] AC I [19] Company Serjeant Major [18] Warrant Officer Class 2 [18] Staff Serjeant [17] 2nd Corporal [15] AM I (E) [15] Boy [15] Sergeant [15] AM II [14] ACM II [12] AM I [11] AM II(E) [11] Leading Stoker [11] AM1(c) [10] LM [10] Acting Bombardier [8] Captain [8] Acting AM I [7] Acting Company Serjeant Major [7] Battery Serjeant Major [7] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [7] Guardsman [7] Leading Seaman [7] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Petty Officer Stoker [6]

Unit

The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [294] Army Service Corps [238] Royal Army Medical Corps [187] Royal Army Service Corps [164] Royal Engineers [161] Royal Air Force [153] The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [149] RNAS HMS "President II" [116] Labour Corps [113] Royal Field Artillery [93] Royal Garrison Artillery [78] Royal West Kent Regiment [77] London Regiment [72] Royal Fusiliers [61] The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [54] HMS "Pembroke II" [45] Middlesex Regiment [43] East Kent Regiment [42] RNAS HMS "Daedalus" [42] Royal Sussex Regiment [35] Training Reserve [35] Rifle Brigade [32] Suffolk Regiment [30] West Kent Yeomanry (Queen's Own) [29] King's Royal Rifle Corps [28] Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [26] Machine Gun Corps [23] East Surrey Regiment [21] Essex Regiment [21] HMS "Pembroke I" [21] Royal Defence Corps [21] Bedfordshire Regiment [20] Kent Regiment [18] South Staffordshire Regiment [18] The Queen's Regiment [18] Army Ordnance Corps [17] Canadian Infantry [16] Army Reserve [15] Kent Cyclist Battalion [14] Northumberland Fusiliers [14] Worcestershire Regiment [14] Norfolk Regiment [13] HMS "Impregnable" [12] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [12] Royal Artillery [12] Northamptonshire Regiment [11] Dragoons of the Line [10] Grenadier Guards [10] Royal Horse and Royal Field Artillery [10] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [9]

Service

British Army [1659] Royal Navy [1200] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [409] Canadian Expeditionary Force [35] Australian Imperial Force [12] Other Empire Force [6] Indian Army [2] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [412] S [321] H [314] W [310] C [296] M [218] P [184] G [142] F [127] R [126] L [116] D [114] T [113] A [97] J [76] E [70] K [61] N [42] V [29] O [22] I [15] U [13] Y [9] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [3132] Merchant Navy [72]

Country

United Kingdom [1948] India [55] Canada [18] Gibraltar [8] Ireland [7] Malta [7] Singapore [7] Australia [5] Egypt [4] South Africa [4] Jamaica [3] United States [3] Iran, Islamic Republic of [2] China [1] France [1] Iraq [1] New Zealand [1] Sri Lanka [1] Yemen [1]

William John Savage

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army 22169 Corporal Suffolk Regiment

British Army 22169 Lance Serjeant Suffolk Regiment "D" Coy. 12th Bn.

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Frank Vince

Born 1881

Died 1968

British Army 28772 Private Imperial Yeomanry 9th Company

British Army 350449 Lance Corporal Essex Regiment 9th Battalion

British Army 350449 Corporal Essex Regiment 9th Battalion

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Albert Wilkins

Born 1873

Died 1944

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 192636

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John Thomas Woodhead

Born 1873

Died 1939

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 293026

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George Edward I Rogers

Born 1880

Died 1915

British Army 11495 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 11495 Corporal Royal Engineers 17th Field Company

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Harold Spencer Walmsley

Born 1886

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 236278 Royal Air Force

Royal Navy F36278 Acting AM I RNAS HMS "President II"

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 236278 Air Mechanic 2nd Class Royal Air Force

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Albert George Baker

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army 206485 Driver Royal Field Artillery 126th Bde. Ammunition Col.

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Edwin Walter Albert French

Born 1901

Died 1970

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 157218

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William Henry Charles Hayward

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 2098 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 325222 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army 325222 Rifleman London Regiment (City of London Rifles) 6th Battalion attached 4th Battalion KRRC

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Edward Charles Gray Palmer

Born 1888

Died 1953

British Army S/16346 Private Gordon Highlanders

British Army 7822 Private Scottish Rifles

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Fred Thomas Barden

Born 1876

Died 1931

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 401632

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Harry Snowden

Born 1888

Died 1918

Royal Navy WTS 39 Wireless Telegraph Operator Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 39WTS Wireless Telegraph Operator Royal Naval Reserve - HM Submarine H5

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Harry Crane

Born 1885

Died 1940

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 13150

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John Foster White

Born 1872

Died 1942

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 262541

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Arthur Ernest Whiting

Born 1883

Died 1956

Royal Navy F5612 AM I (G) RNAS HMS "President II"

Royal Navy F5612 LM RNAS HMS "President II"

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 205612 Royal Air Force

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Sidney Valentine Smith

Born 1875

Died 1949

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 5942

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Walter George Taylor

Born 1881

Died 1941

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 226947

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Frederick Stephen Goodbody

Born 1898

Died 1980

Royal Navy F51741 AM II RNAS HMS "President II"

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 251808 Royal Air Force

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Lewis John Dann

Born 1880

Died 1918

British Army 72696 Private Royal Army Medical Corps 1st Division, 1st Field Ambulance

British Army 72696 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Edward Walter Penney

Born 1878

Died 1921

Royal Navy F27981 AC II RNAS HMS "President II"

Royal Navy F27981 AM II RNAS HMS "President II"

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 227981 Royal Air Force

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