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West Malling, Kent [61]

East Malling, Kent [58]

Malling, Kent [53]

West Malling, Kent, England [6]

West Malling, Maidstone, Kent [6]

West Malling [5]

West Malling England [3]

East Malling Kent [2]

East Malling, Maidstone, Kent [2]

Malling [2]

Upper Malling, Kent [2]

East Malling [1]

East Malling England [1]

East Malling Maidstone, Kent [1]

East Malling, Norfolk [1]

IGHTHAM, MALLING, WROTHAM, KENT [1]

Ightham, Malling, Kent [1]

Lower Malling, Kent [1]

MALLING, SHOREHAM, KENT, EMGLAND [1]

Malling Reg District, kent [1]

Malling Rochester, Kent [1]

Malling registration district, Kent [1]

Near Malling, Kent [1]

Snodland, Malling, Kent [1]

South Malling, Lewes, Sussex [1]

The Rocks, East Malling, Maidstone, Kent [1]

West Malling Kent [1]

West Malling Maidstone [1]

West Malling, Kent. [1]

West Malling. Kent. [1]

Wouldham, Malling, Kent [1]

west Malling [1]

Rank

Private [61]

Lance Corporal [12]

Corporal [6]

Serjeant [6]

Gunner [5]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Driver [4]

Pioneer [4]

Second Lieutenant [4]

Stoker 2nd Class [4]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Captain [3]

Sapper [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Stoker Petty Officer [3]

Lieutenant [2]

Petty Officer Stoker [2]

Rifleman [2]

Stoker 1 [2]

Stoker 2 [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

AC II [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Bombardier [1]

Chief Stoker [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Guardsman [1]

LANCE SERJEANT [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

MC Corporal [1]

Petty Officer Mech E [1]

Sergeant [1]

Ship's Carpenter 2 [1]

Shipwright [1]

Stoker [1]

Unit

Royal West Kent Regiment [10]

The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [10]

Labour Corps [8]

Royal Engineers [7]

Royal Field Artillery [7]

The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [7]

Army Service Corps [6]

Royal Army Medical Corps [6]

Royal Garrison Artillery [5]

East Kent Regiment [4]

Grenadier Guards [4]

London Regiment [4]

Royal Army Service Corps [4]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [4]

HMS "Pembroke II" [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Suffolk Regiment [3]

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [3]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

HMS Pembroke II [2]

HMS Vanguard [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Northamptonshire Regiment [2]

RNAS HMS "President II" [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars [1]

14th Kings Hussars [1]

3rd Mountain Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

6th Mountain Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Army Reserve [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Bedford Yeomanry [1]

Bedfordshire Yeomanry [1]

City of London Yeomanry [1]

Coldstream Gaurds [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

County of London [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

Dragoon Guards [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

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

HM Submarine E37 [1]

HMS "Blanche" [1]

HMS "Calliope" [1]

HMS "Natal" [1]

Service

Royal Navy [109]

British Army [87]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [14]

Australian Imperial Force [4]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

C [29]

B [28]

S [22]

H [19]

W [19]

G [12]

M [12]

L [11]

P [11]

A [10]

T [10]

F [6]

R [6]

D [5]

N [5]

O [5]

E [4]

K [3]

I [2]

J [2]

Contribution

Military Service [209]

Merchant Navy [7]

Country

United Kingdom [74]

India [3]

Canada [1]

Singapore [1]

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People [221] Stories Communities

Place of birth

West Malling, Kent [61] East Malling, Kent [58] Malling, Kent [53] West Malling, Kent, England [6] West Malling, Maidstone, Kent [6] West Malling [5] West Malling England [3] East Malling Kent [2] East Malling, Maidstone, Kent [2] Malling [2] Upper Malling, Kent [2] East Malling [1] East Malling England [1] East Malling Maidstone, Kent [1] East Malling, Norfolk [1] IGHTHAM, MALLING, WROTHAM, KENT [1] Ightham, Malling, Kent [1] Lower Malling, Kent [1] MALLING, SHOREHAM, KENT, EMGLAND [1] Malling Reg District, kent [1] Malling Rochester, Kent [1] Malling registration district, Kent [1] Near Malling, Kent [1] Snodland, Malling, Kent [1] South Malling, Lewes, Sussex [1] The Rocks, East Malling, Maidstone, Kent [1] West Malling Kent [1] West Malling Maidstone [1] West Malling, Kent. [1] West Malling. Kent. [1] Wouldham, Malling, Kent [1] west Malling [1]

Rank

Private [61] Lance Corporal [12] Corporal [6] Serjeant [6] Gunner [5] Acting Serjeant [4] Driver [4] Pioneer [4] Second Lieutenant [4] Stoker 2nd Class [4] Acting Bombardier [3] Captain [3] Sapper [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Stoker Petty Officer [3] Lieutenant [2] Petty Officer Stoker [2] Rifleman [2] Stoker 1 [2] Stoker 2 [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] AC II [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Lance Serjeant [1] Bombardier [1] Chief Stoker [1] Deck Hand [1] Guardsman [1] LANCE SERJEANT [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Stoker [1] MC Corporal [1] Petty Officer Mech E [1] Sergeant [1] Ship's Carpenter 2 [1] Shipwright [1] Stoker [1]

Unit

Royal West Kent Regiment [10] The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [10] Labour Corps [8] Royal Engineers [7] Royal Field Artillery [7] The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [7] Army Service Corps [6] Royal Army Medical Corps [6] Royal Garrison Artillery [5] East Kent Regiment [4] Grenadier Guards [4] London Regiment [4] Royal Army Service Corps [4] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [4] HMS "Pembroke II" [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Suffolk Regiment [3] The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [3] Army Cyclist Corps [2] Canadian Infantry [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] Essex Regiment [2] HMS Pembroke II [2] HMS Vanguard [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] Northamptonshire Regiment [2] RNAS HMS "President II" [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Air Force [2] 11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars [1] 14th Kings Hussars [1] 3rd Mountain Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery [1] 6th Mountain Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Army Reserve [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Bedford Yeomanry [1] Bedfordshire Yeomanry [1] City of London Yeomanry [1] Coldstream Gaurds [1] Coldstream Guards [1] County of London [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] Dragoon Guards [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] H.M.S. "Negro" [1] HM Submarine E37 [1] HMS "Blanche" [1] HMS "Calliope" [1] HMS "Natal" [1]

Service

Royal Navy [109] British Army [87] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [14] Australian Imperial Force [4] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

C [29] B [28] S [22] H [19] W [19] G [12] M [12] L [11] P [11] A [10] T [10] F [6] R [6] D [5] N [5] O [5] E [4] K [3] I [2] J [2]

Contribution

Military Service [209] Merchant Navy [7]

Country

United Kingdom [74] India [3] Canada [1] Singapore [1]

Frederick Thomas Hassam

Born 1895

Died 1967

British Army G/11872 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

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Leslie Ledger Large

Born 1892

Died 1921

British Army 5289 Private London Regiment

British Army 592710 Private London Regiment

British Army 5289 Middlesex Reriment

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Albert Gerard Ambrose

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 2512 Private London Regiment 6th lond Battalion

British Army 320725 Rifleman London Regiment (City of London Rifles) 2nd/6th Battalion

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Arthur Bertram Walker

Born 1884

Died 1941

Royal Navy M24986

Royal Navy M24986 Shipwright

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Charles Edward Malpass

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army Acting Bombardier Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Captain Royal West Kent Regiment attached London Regiment

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Royal West Kent Regiment 9th Battalion

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Alfred Gibbons

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 53862 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 63rd Battery

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Mabel Jane Cheeseman

Born 1897

Died 1988

Royal Navy G4643

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 20902

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Geoffrey Walter Cheesman

Born 1886

Died 1950

British Army 1628 Serjeant City of London Yeomanry

British Army Second Lieutenant Reserve Regiment of Cavalry

British Army 1628 City of London Yeomanry

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Charles Henry Beecher

Born 1894

Died 1964

British Army 24004 Pioneer Royal Engineers 2nd Company

British Army 24004 Acting Corporal Royal Engineers 2nd Company

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William Henry Chambers

Born 1869

Died 1915

British Army 212 Serjeant Royal West Kent Regiment

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William Lewis Wigan

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Royal West Kent Regiment 8th Battalion

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Victor Large

Born 1899

British Army B/200290 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army 3548 Royal West Kent 4th Reserve

British Army 200290 County of London 20th Battalion

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Cecil Edward Randall

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army Private London Regiment (Territorials) 8th Battalion (Queen's Victoria Rifles)

British Army TF/241163 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army 241163 Lance Corporal Royal West Kent Regiment 1st Battalion

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Alfred Everton

Born 1871

British Army 31637 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

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Horace Henry Gurr

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 142570

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George Arthur Clackett

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army G/4902 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army GS/4902 Private Kent Regiment 1st Battalion

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James Robert Trodd

Born 1881

Died 1918

British Army 5515 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 202259 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment 1/5 Battalion

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Henry Gunner Dunn

Born 1887

British Army T/21632 Driver Army Service Corps

British Army T/21632 Acting Serjeant Royal Army Service Corps

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Richard Monty Daniel

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army G/12973 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army G/12973 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

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Neville Blackmore Paddon

Born 1883

British Army Captain Royal Engineers

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