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Orpington, Kent [72]

Orpington, Bromley, Kent [5]

Orpington, Kent, England [4]

Farnborough, Orpington, Kent [1]

Orpington Bromley Kent [1]

St Mary's Cray, Orpington, Kent [1]

Rank

Private [10]

Corporal [2]

Driver [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Bombardier [1]

Captain [1]

Gunner [1]

Lance Corporal [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [4]

Labour Corps [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

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

Royal West Kent Regiment [2]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment Territorial Force [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

HMS Victory [1]

Lincolnshire Regiment [1]

London Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [1]

Royal Defence Corps [1]

Royal Field Artillery Territorial [1]

Royal Southern Reserve Regiment [1]

Seaforth Highlanders [1]

Somerset Light Infantry [1]

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [1]

Welsh Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [43]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [22]

British Army [16]

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T [8]

H [7]

R [7]

C [6]

G [6]

S [6]

M [5]

W [5]

D [4]

K [4]

N [4]

P [4]

L [3]

J [2]

O [2]

E [1]

F [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [77]

Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [10]

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People [84] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Orpington, Kent [72] Orpington, Bromley, Kent [5] Orpington, Kent, England [4] Farnborough, Orpington, Kent [1] Orpington Bromley Kent [1] St Mary's Cray, Orpington, Kent [1]

Rank

Private [10] Corporal [2] Driver [2] Lieutenant [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Bombardier [1] Captain [1] Gunner [1] Lance Corporal [1] Leading Seaman [1] Second Lieutenant [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [4] Labour Corps [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [2] Royal West Kent Regiment [2] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Bedfordshire Regiment Territorial Force [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] HMS Victory [1] Lincolnshire Regiment [1] London Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Royal Berkshire Regiment [1] Royal Defence Corps [1] Royal Field Artillery Territorial [1] Royal Southern Reserve Regiment [1] Seaforth Highlanders [1] Somerset Light Infantry [1] The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [1] Welsh Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [43] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [22] British Army [16]

Last name first letter

B [8] T [8] H [7] R [7] C [6] G [6] S [6] M [5] W [5] D [4] K [4] N [4] P [4] L [3] J [2] O [2] E [1] F [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [77] Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [10]

Frederick Beal

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 243604

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Leslie Arthur Ross

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 243935

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Alfred George Gearing

Died 1916

British Army G/8140 Private Middlesex Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Richard Jilks

Born 1875

Died 1918

British Army 22453 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army 170601 Private Labour Corps 422nd Agricultural Coy. Labour Corps

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Percival John Laslett

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 72624

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Percy Ronald Dunmall

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 179594 Driver Royal Field Artillery "A" Bty. 307th Bde.

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Ernest Percy Healy

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army GS/1914 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

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Frank Edmund Hall

Born 1886

Died 1919

Royal Navy 214858 Leading Seaman HMS Victory

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Harry Kingston

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 245003

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Jesse Macdonald Hoar

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 291950

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Frank Frederick Vickers

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 306927

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Herbert Owen Michael Gammon

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army PS/956 Private Middlesex Regiment

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Alfred William Smith

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 84623

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John Farnham

Born 1897

Died 1950

British Army 5038 Private Bedfordshire Regiment Territorial Force

British Army 200756 Private Bedfordshire Regiment Territorial Force

British Army 5038 Bedfordshire Regiment Territorial Force

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John Bates

Born 1880

Royal Navy 292959

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John Richard Marshall

Born 1882

Royal Navy F13166

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Albert William Taylor

Born 1885

Royal Navy F16648

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Hubert William Hunt

Born 1893

Royal Navy F17824

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Thomas Reginald Chamberlain

Born 1899

Royal Navy F34006

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Alfred Arthur Reeves

Born 1889

Royal Navy F36239

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