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Ramsgate, Kent [1165]

Ramsgate, Kent, England [214]

Ramsgate, Kent. [86]

Ramsgate. Kent [17]

St Lawrence, Ramsgate, Kent [10]

St. Lawrence. Ramsgate, Kent [6]

Ramsgate, Thanet, Kent [5]

Northwood. Ramsgate, Kent. [3]

Ramsgate Kent [3]

Haine, Ramsgate, Kent [2]

Minster in Thanet. Ramsgate, Kent [2]

Northwood. Ramsgate, Kent [2]

Ramsgate. Kent. [2]

St. Lawrence, Ramsgate, Kent [2]

11. Ratcliff Sq. Ramsgate, Kent [1]

Chilton, Ramsgate, Kent [1]

Chilton. Ramsgate, Kent [1]

Christchurch, Ramsgate, Kent [1]

Cliffs End. Ramsgate, Kent [1]

Haine. Ramsgate, Kent. [1]

Margate, Ramsgate, Kent [1]

Minster (Nr. Ramsgate), Kent [1]

Minster Ramsgate, Kent [1]

Minster in Thanet, Ramsgate, Kent [1]

Minster in Thanet, Ramsgate, Kent. [1]

Minster, Ramsgate, Kent [1]

Minster, Ramsgate, Kent. [1]

Minster. Ramsgate, Kent [1]

Monkton, Nr. Ramsgate, Kent [1]

Monkton. Ramsgate, Kent. [1]

Northwood, Ramsgate, Kent. [1]

Northwood/Ramsgate, Kent [1]

Pegwell Bay, Ramsgate, Kent. [1]

Ponces Farm. Minster in Thanet. Ramsgate, Kent [1]

Ramsgate England [1]

Ramsgate Kent England [1]

Ramsgate Kent. [1]

Ramsgate, Kent [1]

Ramsgate, Isle of Thanet, Kent [1]

Ramsgate, Kent. England [1]

Ramsgate, kent [1]

Saint Lawrence Ramsgate, Kent [1]

Saint Peters near Ramsgate, Kent [1]

St Lawrence. Ramsgate, Kent [1]

St Luke's parish, Ramsgate, Kent. [1]

St Lukes, Ramsgate, Kent [1]

St Peters, Ramsgate, Kent [1]

St. Lawrence, Ramsgate, Kent. [1]

St. Lawrence, Ramsgate. Kent. [1]

St. Luke's, Ramsgate, Kent [1]

Rank

Private [253]

Deck Hand [111]

Able Seaman [68]

Second Hand [37]

Corporal [33]

Lance Corporal [27]

Sapper [25]

Serjeant [24]

Gunner [23]

Ordinary Seaman [23]

Boy 2nd Class [21]

Boy 1st Class [20]

Driver [20]

Stoker 1st Class [20]

Leading Seaman [17]

Lieutenant [16]

Seaman [16]

Ord. Seaman [15]

Skipper [14]

Petty Officer [13]

Stoker [13]

Boy [12]

Civilian [11]

Signal Boy [11]

Stoker 2nd Class [10]

Second Lieutenant [9]

Sergeant [9]

Trimmer [8]

Acting Corporal [7]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [7]

Stoker Petty Officer [7]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [6]

Bombardier [6]

Captain [6]

Chief Petty Officer [6]

Pioneer [6]

Company Serjeant Major [5]

Leading Stoker [5]

Leading Telegraphist [5]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [5]

Cooks Mate [4]

Petty Officer Mechanic [4]

Signalman [4]

Air Mechanic [3]

Private. [3]

Rifleman [3]

Trimmer Cook [3]

Worker [3]

Acting Air Mechanic 1st Class [2]

Acting Ldg. Stoker [2]

Unit

Royal Naval Reserve [195]

The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [73]

East Kent Regiment [69]

Royal Engineers [41]

Royal Field Artillery [32]

Labour Corps [27]

Army Service Corps [24]

H.M.S. Pembroke I [20]

Royal Air Force [20]

H.M.S. Ganges [19]

H.M.S. Pembroke II [18]

London Regiment [18]

Royal Army Medical Corps [18]

H.M.S. President II [17]

Royal Garrison Artillery [16]

Royal Fusiliers [14]

Royal West Kent Regiment [13]

Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet) [12]

HMS Pembroke I [11]

HMS President II [10]

Kent Cyclist Battalion [9]

HMS Ganges [8]

HMS Pembroke II [7]

Northamptonshire Regiment [7]

Royal Army Service Corps [7]

East Surrey Regiment [6]

Essex Regiment [6]

H.M.S. Victory I [6]

Rifle Brigade [6]

Bedfordshire Regiment [5]

Machine Gun Corps [5]

Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [5]

Royal Flying Corps [5]

Air Raid Victim. Ramsgate, Kent [4]

Army Cyclist Corps [4]

Civilian War Death. Ramsgate, Kent. [4]

Grenadier Guards [4]

H.M.S. Daedalus [4]

H.M.S. Pembroke [4]

H.M.S. Shannon [4]

HMS President [4]

HMS Vivid I [4]

Pembroke II [4]

Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [4]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [4]

Suffolk Regiment [4]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [4]

Worcestershire Regiment [4]

H.M.S. Ganges II [3]

H.M.S. Impregnable [3]

Service

Royal Navy [774]

British Army [378]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [199]

Other Empire Force [40]

Australian Imperial Force [25]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [25]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Canadian Navy [1]

Last name first letter

B [175]

S [172]

C [137]

H [137]

M [115]

W [103]

P [102]

G [86]

A [75]

D [70]

F [66]

L [60]

T [52]

R [49]

J [35]

K [35]

E [25]

N [24]

O [15]

Y [8]

I [6]

V [6]

U [4]

Contribution

Military Service [1099]

Merchant Navy [240]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [783]

Canada [10]

Australia [8]

Gibraltar [3]

New Zealand [3]

Ireland [2]

Singapore [2]

United States [2]

India [1]

Malta [1]

South Africa [1]

Tonga [1]

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Ramsgate, Kent [1165] Ramsgate, Kent, England [214] Ramsgate, Kent. [86] Ramsgate. Kent [17] St Lawrence, Ramsgate, Kent [10] St. Lawrence. Ramsgate, Kent [6] Ramsgate, Thanet, Kent [5] Northwood. Ramsgate, Kent. [3] Ramsgate Kent [3] Haine, Ramsgate, Kent [2] Minster in Thanet. Ramsgate, Kent [2] Northwood. Ramsgate, Kent [2] Ramsgate. Kent. [2] St. Lawrence, Ramsgate, Kent [2] 11. Ratcliff Sq. Ramsgate, Kent [1] Chilton, Ramsgate, Kent [1] Chilton. Ramsgate, Kent [1] Christchurch, Ramsgate, Kent [1] Cliffs End. Ramsgate, Kent [1] Haine. Ramsgate, Kent. [1] Margate, Ramsgate, Kent [1] Minster (Nr. Ramsgate), Kent [1] Minster Ramsgate, Kent [1] Minster in Thanet, Ramsgate, Kent [1] Minster in Thanet, Ramsgate, Kent. [1] Minster, Ramsgate, Kent [1] Minster, Ramsgate, Kent. [1] Minster. Ramsgate, Kent [1] Monkton, Nr. Ramsgate, Kent [1] Monkton. Ramsgate, Kent. [1] Northwood, Ramsgate, Kent. [1] Northwood/Ramsgate, Kent [1] Pegwell Bay, Ramsgate, Kent. [1] Ponces Farm. Minster in Thanet. Ramsgate, Kent [1] Ramsgate England [1] Ramsgate Kent England [1] Ramsgate Kent. [1] Ramsgate, Kent [1] Ramsgate, Isle of Thanet, Kent [1] Ramsgate, Kent. England [1] Ramsgate, kent [1] Saint Lawrence Ramsgate, Kent [1] Saint Peters near Ramsgate, Kent [1] St Lawrence. Ramsgate, Kent [1] St Luke's parish, Ramsgate, Kent. [1] St Lukes, Ramsgate, Kent [1] St Peters, Ramsgate, Kent [1] St. Lawrence, Ramsgate, Kent. [1] St. Lawrence, Ramsgate. Kent. [1] St. Luke's, Ramsgate, Kent [1]

Rank

Private [253] Deck Hand [111] Able Seaman [68] Second Hand [37] Corporal [33] Lance Corporal [27] Sapper [25] Serjeant [24] Gunner [23] Ordinary Seaman [23] Boy 2nd Class [21] Boy 1st Class [20] Driver [20] Stoker 1st Class [20] Leading Seaman [17] Lieutenant [16] Seaman [16] Ord. Seaman [15] Skipper [14] Petty Officer [13] Stoker [13] Boy [12] Civilian [11] Signal Boy [11] Stoker 2nd Class [10] Second Lieutenant [9] Sergeant [9] Trimmer [8] Acting Corporal [7] Air Mechanic 1st Class [7] Stoker Petty Officer [7] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [6] Bombardier [6] Captain [6] Chief Petty Officer [6] Pioneer [6] Company Serjeant Major [5] Leading Stoker [5] Leading Telegraphist [5] Warrant Officer Class 2 [5] Cooks Mate [4] Petty Officer Mechanic [4] Signalman [4] Air Mechanic [3] Private. [3] Rifleman [3] Trimmer Cook [3] Worker [3] Acting Air Mechanic 1st Class [2] Acting Ldg. Stoker [2]

Unit

Royal Naval Reserve [195] The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [73] East Kent Regiment [69] Royal Engineers [41] Royal Field Artillery [32] Labour Corps [27] Army Service Corps [24] H.M.S. Pembroke I [20] Royal Air Force [20] H.M.S. Ganges [19] H.M.S. Pembroke II [18] London Regiment [18] Royal Army Medical Corps [18] H.M.S. President II [17] Royal Garrison Artillery [16] Royal Fusiliers [14] Royal West Kent Regiment [13] Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet) [12] HMS Pembroke I [11] HMS President II [10] Kent Cyclist Battalion [9] HMS Ganges [8] HMS Pembroke II [7] Northamptonshire Regiment [7] Royal Army Service Corps [7] East Surrey Regiment [6] Essex Regiment [6] H.M.S. Victory I [6] Rifle Brigade [6] Bedfordshire Regiment [5] Machine Gun Corps [5] Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [5] Royal Flying Corps [5] Air Raid Victim. Ramsgate, Kent [4] Army Cyclist Corps [4] Civilian War Death. Ramsgate, Kent. [4] Grenadier Guards [4] H.M.S. Daedalus [4] H.M.S. Pembroke [4] H.M.S. Shannon [4] HMS President [4] HMS Vivid I [4] Pembroke II [4] Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [4] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [4] Suffolk Regiment [4] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [4] Worcestershire Regiment [4] H.M.S. Ganges II [3] H.M.S. Impregnable [3]

Service

Royal Navy [774] British Army [378] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [199] Other Empire Force [40] Australian Imperial Force [25] Canadian Expeditionary Force [25] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3] Canadian Navy [1]

Last name first letter

B [175] S [172] C [137] H [137] M [115] W [103] P [102] G [86] A [75] D [70] F [66] L [60] T [52] R [49] J [35] K [35] E [25] N [24] O [15] Y [8] I [6] V [6] U [4]

Contribution

Military Service [1099] Merchant Navy [240] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [783] Canada [10] Australia [8] Gibraltar [3] New Zealand [3] Ireland [2] Singapore [2] United States [2] India [1] Malta [1] South Africa [1] Tonga [1]

William Frederick Howard

Born 1890

Died 1976

British Army 40434 Lance Corporal Labour Corps

British Army 62573 Lance Corporal Liverpool Regiment

British Army 3903110 Lance Corporal South Wales Borderers Depot

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Cecil Roy Leon Falcy

Born 1893

Died 1958

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Berkshire Regiment

British Army 54267 Serjeant Royal Air Force

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Royal Flying Corps

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Arthur Charles Spain

Born 1899

Died 1917

British Army 2941 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army 200817 Lance Corporal The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 4th (Territorial) Battalion

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Samuel Perry

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 346 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Charles Arthur Champs

Born 1896

Died 1982

British Army 1213 Sergeant Royal Field Artillery

British Army 911611 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

British Army 168920 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery 190 Brigade

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Frederick William Miller

Born 1893

British Army T2/14349 Driver Army Service Corps Woolwich

British Army T2/14349 Lance Corporal Army Service Corps

British Army T2/14349 Corporal Army Service Corps

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Charles George Oclee

Born 1877

Died 1915

British Army SR/673 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army S/673 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 2nd Battalion

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Oliver John Thomas Smith

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army 8392 Lance Corporal Acting Corporal Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 8392 Private Yorkshire Light Infantry

British Army 8392 Lance Corporal King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) 1st Battalion

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William Stanley Osborn

Born 1891

British Army D/1229 Private Dragoon Guards

British Army 1229 Private 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers)

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Eustace Joslin Perry

Born 1876

Died 1956

British Army G/4194 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 3rd

British Army G/4194 Lance Corporal The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

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Albert Edward Sackett

Born 1895

Died 1952

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 12375

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William George Greenway

Born 1896

Died 1980

British Army 200200 Serjeant East Kent Regiment 4th east Battalion

British Army 1590 Serjeant The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 4th

British Army 1590 Lance Corporal The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 4th

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Frederick George Jennings

Born 1887

Died 1956

British Army 4264 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army 373704 Private Labour Corps

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Paul Sydney Bedford Schooling

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army Private King Edward's Horse Reserve

British Army Captain Lancashire Fusiliers 13th Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Lancashire Fusiliers 9th Battn.

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Harold Lohmann

Born 1892

Died 1978

British Army 569 Private Kent Cyclist Battalion

British Army 265074 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army 265074 Private (Lance Corporal) Kent Cyclist Battalion

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Frederick Woodward

Born 1890

Died 1964

British Army 8384 Private East Kent "The Buffs"

British Army L/8982 Sergeant East Kent Regiment

British Army L/11597 Sergeant East Kent Regiment 2nd Battalion "The Buffs"

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Percival John Miller

Born 1894

Died 1949

Canadian Expeditionary Force 83468

Canadian Expeditionary Force 83468 Gunner 4th Canadian Field Artillery Brigade 13th Battery

Canadian Expeditionary Force 83468 Bombadier 4th Canadian Field Artillery Brigade 13th Battery

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Francis James Scoates

Born 1881

Died 1959

Royal Navy 359014 H.M.S. Wildfire

Royal Navy 359014 H.M.S. Wildfire

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John Alfred Stupples

Born 1872

Died 1936

Royal Navy SD 799 Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy SA 2105 Second Hand Royal Naval Reserve

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Walter Henry Wesley

Born 1874

Died 1944

Royal Navy DA 19085 Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve

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