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Ramsgate, Kent [1165]

Ramsgate, Kent, England [214]

Ramsgate, Kent. [86]

Ramsgate [36]

Ramsgate England [19]

Ramsgate. Kent [17]

St Lawrence, Ramsgate, Kent [10]

St. Lawrence. Ramsgate, Kent [6]

Ramsgate, Thanet, Kent [5]

Northwood. Ramsgate, Kent. [3]

Ramsgate Kent [3]

Ramsgate Tasmania [3]

Haine, Ramsgate, Kent [2]

Minster in Thanet. Ramsgate, Kent [2]

Northwood. Ramsgate, Kent [2]

Ramsgate New South Wales [2]

Ramsgate, England [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 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 [1]

St Lawrence. Ramsgate, Kent [1]

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

Rank

Private [264]

Deck Hand [112]

Able Seaman [69]

Second Hand [38]

Corporal [34]

Lance Corporal [28]

Sapper [27]

Gunner [25]

Serjeant [25]

Ordinary Seaman [23]

Boy 2nd Class [21]

Driver [21]

Boy 1st Class [20]

Stoker 1st Class [20]

Lieutenant [18]

Leading Seaman [17]

Seaman [16]

Ord. Seaman [15]

Skipper [14]

Petty Officer [13]

Stoker [13]

Boy [12]

Civilian [12]

Second Lieutenant [12]

Sergeant [12]

Signal Boy [11]

Stoker 2nd Class [10]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [8]

Trimmer [8]

Acting Corporal [7]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [7]

Captain [7]

Stoker Petty Officer [7]

Bombardier [6]

Chief Petty Officer [6]

Mate [6]

Pioneer [6]

Company Serjeant Major [5]

Leading Stoker [5]

Leading Telegraphist [5]

Rifleman [5]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [5]

Cooks Mate [4]

Petty Officer Mechanic [4]

Private. [4]

Signalman [4]

Air Mechanic [3]

Battery Serjeant Major [3]

Boatswain [3]

Trimmer Cook [3]

Unit

Royal Naval Reserve [196]

The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [74]

East Kent Regiment [73]

Royal Engineers [44]

Royal Field Artillery [35]

Labour Corps [27]

Army Service Corps [26]

H.M.S. Pembroke I [20]

London Regiment [20]

Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet) [20]

Royal Air Force [20]

H.M.S. Ganges [19]

H.M.S. Pembroke II [18]

Royal Army Medical Corps [18]

H.M.S. President II [17]

Royal Garrison Artillery [16]

Royal Fusiliers [15]

Royal West Kent Regiment [14]

HMS Pembroke I [11]

HMS President II [10]

Kent Cyclist Battalion [10]

HMS Ganges [8]

Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [8]

Royal Army Service Corps [8]

HMS Pembroke II [7]

Northamptonshire Regiment [7]

Royal Flying Corps [7]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [7]

Air Raid Victim. Ramsgate, Kent [6]

East Surrey Regiment [6]

Essex Regiment [6]

H.M.S. Victory I [6]

Rifle Brigade [6]

Bedfordshire Regiment [5]

Grenadier Guards [5]

Machine Gun Corps [5]

Civilian War Death. Ramsgate, Kent. [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]

Tank Corps [4]

The Queen's Regiment [4]

Worcestershire Regiment [4]

Army Cyclist Corps [3]

Service

Royal Navy [777]

British Army [402]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [201]

Other Empire Force [52]

Australian Imperial Force [50]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [25]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Canadian Navy [1]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [180]

S [178]

H [143]

C [141]

M [127]

W [111]

P [106]

G [89]

A [78]

D [71]

F [70]

L [61]

R [52]

T [52]

K [36]

J [35]

E [27]

N [24]

O [15]

Y [8]

I [6]

V [6]

U [4]

Contribution

Military Service [1147]

Merchant Navy [240]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [800]

Canada [10]

Australia [9]

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 [36] Ramsgate England [19] Ramsgate. Kent [17] St Lawrence, Ramsgate, Kent [10] St. Lawrence. Ramsgate, Kent [6] Ramsgate, Thanet, Kent [5] Northwood. Ramsgate, Kent. [3] Ramsgate Kent [3] Ramsgate Tasmania [3] Haine, Ramsgate, Kent [2] Minster in Thanet. Ramsgate, Kent [2] Northwood. Ramsgate, Kent [2] Ramsgate New South Wales [2] Ramsgate, England [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 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 [1] St Lawrence. Ramsgate, Kent [1] St Luke's parish, Ramsgate, Kent. [1]

Rank

Private [264] Deck Hand [112] Able Seaman [69] Second Hand [38] Corporal [34] Lance Corporal [28] Sapper [27] Gunner [25] Serjeant [25] Ordinary Seaman [23] Boy 2nd Class [21] Driver [21] Boy 1st Class [20] Stoker 1st Class [20] Lieutenant [18] Leading Seaman [17] Seaman [16] Ord. Seaman [15] Skipper [14] Petty Officer [13] Stoker [13] Boy [12] Civilian [12] Second Lieutenant [12] Sergeant [12] Signal Boy [11] Stoker 2nd Class [10] Air Mechanic 1st Class [8] Trimmer [8] Acting Corporal [7] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [7] Captain [7] Stoker Petty Officer [7] Bombardier [6] Chief Petty Officer [6] Mate [6] Pioneer [6] Company Serjeant Major [5] Leading Stoker [5] Leading Telegraphist [5] Rifleman [5] Warrant Officer Class 2 [5] Cooks Mate [4] Petty Officer Mechanic [4] Private. [4] Signalman [4] Air Mechanic [3] Battery Serjeant Major [3] Boatswain [3] Trimmer Cook [3]

Unit

Royal Naval Reserve [196] The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [74] East Kent Regiment [73] Royal Engineers [44] Royal Field Artillery [35] Labour Corps [27] Army Service Corps [26] H.M.S. Pembroke I [20] London Regiment [20] Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet) [20] Royal Air Force [20] H.M.S. Ganges [19] H.M.S. Pembroke II [18] Royal Army Medical Corps [18] H.M.S. President II [17] Royal Garrison Artillery [16] Royal Fusiliers [15] Royal West Kent Regiment [14] HMS Pembroke I [11] HMS President II [10] Kent Cyclist Battalion [10] HMS Ganges [8] Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [8] Royal Army Service Corps [8] HMS Pembroke II [7] Northamptonshire Regiment [7] Royal Flying Corps [7] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [7] Air Raid Victim. Ramsgate, Kent [6] East Surrey Regiment [6] Essex Regiment [6] H.M.S. Victory I [6] Rifle Brigade [6] Bedfordshire Regiment [5] Grenadier Guards [5] Machine Gun Corps [5] Civilian War Death. Ramsgate, Kent. [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] Tank Corps [4] The Queen's Regiment [4] Worcestershire Regiment [4] Army Cyclist Corps [3]

Service

Royal Navy [777] British Army [402] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [201] Other Empire Force [52] Australian Imperial Force [50] Canadian Expeditionary Force [25] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3] Canadian Navy [1] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [180] S [178] H [143] C [141] M [127] W [111] P [106] G [89] A [78] D [71] F [70] L [61] R [52] T [52] K [36] J [35] E [27] N [24] O [15] Y [8] I [6] V [6] U [4]

Contribution

Military Service [1147] Merchant Navy [240] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [800] Canada [10] Australia [9] Gibraltar [3] New Zealand [3] Ireland [2] Singapore [2] United States [2] India [1] Malta [1] South Africa [1] Tonga [1]

William White

Born 1897

Died 1975

British Army 99315 Private Lance Corporal Royal Fusiliers

British Army 200222 Private East Kent Regiment 4th Battalion

British Army 229366 Private Royal Fusiliers 32nd Battalion

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Benjamin Gurney West

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army G/4336 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army TF/3071 Private East Kent Regiment

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Sidney Charles Griggs

Born 1888

Died 1965

British Army 354 Air Mechanic 1st Class Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 354 Corporal Royal Flying Corps

British Army Sapper Royal Engineers

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Richard William Abbott

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army G/4189 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army G/4189 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

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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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Frederick Alfred Ernest Smith

Born 1875

Died 1917

Other Empire Force First Engineer Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy)

Other Empire Force First Engineer Mercantile Marine - S.S. "Tuscarora" (Sunderland)

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Douglas Harold Denham

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 1847 Rifleman London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles).

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William James Appleton

Born 1870

Died 1915

Other Empire Force Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet)

Other Empire Force Mate Fishing Fleet - Smack "Problem" (R.73)

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William Robert Chapman

Born 1866

British Army TF/7 Private East Kent Regiment 1/4th Battalion

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George Henry John Walker

Born 1891

Royal Navy 326 acting sergeant Royal Marines Divisional Engineers Deal

British Army 26245 and 273998 Sargeant Royal Engineers 341st Field Company

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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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