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Rainham, Kent [103]

Rainham, Kent, England [17]

Rainham Kent [5]

Rainham, Chatham, Kent [4]

Rainham Gillingham, Kent [2]

Rainham, Gillingham, Kent [2]

Hernhill, Rainham, Kent [1]

Lower Rainham, Kent [1]

Rank

Private [9]

Deck Hand [4]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Serjeant [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Civilian [1]

Corporal [1]

Driver [1]

Greaser [1]

Gunner [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Leading Stoker [1]

Midshipman [1]

Sapper [1]

Second Lieutenant [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

East Kent Regiment [5]

Royal Naval Reserve [4]

3rd Brigade Royal Horse Artillery [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

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

HMS Chester [1]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [1]

HMS Landrail [1]

HMS Pembroke I [1]

HMS Vanguard [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1]

Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [1]

Mercantile Marine: HMHT Orsova (Glasgow) [1]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

North Staffordshire Regiment [1]

Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [1]

Royal East Kent Yeomanry [1]

Royal Engineers [1]

Royal Field Artillery [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Royal Sussex Regiment [1]

Royal West Kent Regiment [1]

The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [1]

West Kent Yeomanry (Queen's Own) [1]

Service

Royal Navy [81]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [20]

British Army [15]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [20]

S [15]

W [15]

G [14]

H [9]

C [8]

K [7]

M [7]

P [7]

A [6]

T [5]

D [4]

E [4]

L [4]

R [4]

F [2]

N [2]

J [1]

O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [114]

Merchant Navy [17]

Country

United Kingdom [13]

Hong Kong [1]

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People [135] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Rainham, Kent [103] Rainham, Kent, England [17] Rainham Kent [5] Rainham, Chatham, Kent [4] Rainham Gillingham, Kent [2] Rainham, Gillingham, Kent [2] Hernhill, Rainham, Kent [1] Lower Rainham, Kent [1]

Rank

Private [9] Deck Hand [4] Ordinary Seaman [2] Serjeant [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Stoker Petty Officer [1] Civilian [1] Corporal [1] Driver [1] Greaser [1] Gunner [1] Leading Seaman [1] Leading Stoker [1] Midshipman [1] Sapper [1] Second Lieutenant [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

East Kent Regiment [5] Royal Naval Reserve [4] 3rd Brigade Royal Horse Artillery [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] Essex Regiment [1] H.M.S. "Erin." [1] HMS Chester [1] HMS INFLEXIBLE [1] HMS Landrail [1] HMS Pembroke I [1] HMS Vanguard [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1] Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [1] Mercantile Marine: HMHT Orsova (Glasgow) [1] Middlesex Regiment [1] North Staffordshire Regiment [1] Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [1] Royal East Kent Yeomanry [1] Royal Engineers [1] Royal Field Artillery [1] Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Royal Sussex Regiment [1] Royal West Kent Regiment [1] The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [1] West Kent Yeomanry (Queen's Own) [1]

Service

Royal Navy [81] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [20] British Army [15] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [20] S [15] W [15] G [14] H [9] C [8] K [7] M [7] P [7] A [6] T [5] D [4] E [4] L [4] R [4] F [2] N [2] J [1] O [1]

Contribution

Military Service [114] Merchant Navy [17]

Country

United Kingdom [13] Hong Kong [1]

Arthur Percy Baker

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army G/10573 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army G/10573 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army G/10573 Private Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)

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William John Couchman

Born 1896

Died 1919

British Army WR/336277 Sapper Royal Engineers Inland Waterways & Docks

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Frederick Charles Swan

Born 1888

Died 1918

Royal Navy SS104622

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Charles Henry England

Born 1899

Died 1919

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 249558

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William Henry Foster

Born 1890

Died 1916

Royal Navy K31505

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William Kitney

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 252997

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Percy Arthur Skinner

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 128108 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 128108 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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Alfred Charles John Gulvin

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 141367

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Maurice Edmund Naylor

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 4461 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army 241836 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army 241836 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

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Ide Gooding

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 122295 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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James Hubbard Whitnell

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 202167

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Frederick Maurice Gilbert

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army G/4432 Private East Kent Regiment

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Trevor George Lawless Hayles

Born 1900

Died 1916

Royal Navy Midshipman

Royal Navy Midshipman

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James William Hubbard

Born 1895

Died 1918

Royal Navy J11372 Able Seaman HMS Landrail

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Cecil Henry Bowra

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 36547 Serjeant East Surrey Regiment

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Frank Baker

British Army L/8781 Serjeant East Kent Regiment

British Army L/8781 Warrant Officer Class 2 East Kent Regiment 1st Battalion

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Walter James Godden

Born 1877

Died 1916

Other Empire Force Civilian

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Alfred Charles Kemp

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 222692

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Herbert Frederick Bowra

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 50938 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

British Army 55123 Private North Staffordshire Regiment

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Albert Hayes

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 288019

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