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Sevenoaks, Kent [400]

Sevenoaks, Kent, England [16]

Seal, Sevenoaks, Kent [6]

Riverhead, Sevenoaks, Kent [5]

Shoreham, Sevenoaks, Kent [5]

Westerham, Sevenoaks, Kent [4]

Wrotham, Sevenoaks, Kent [4]

Halstead, Sevenoaks, Kent [3]

Kemsing, Sevenoaks, Kent [3]

Borough Green, Sevenoaks, Kent [2]

Brasted, Sevenoaks, Kent [2]

Dunton Green, Sevenoaks, Kent [2]

Ightham, Sevenoaks, Kent [2]

Sevenoaks Kent [2]

Sevenoaks,Kent [2]

St Johns, Sevenoaks, Kent [2]

Chelsfield, Sevenoaks, Kent [1]

Chevening, Sevenoaks, Kent [1]

Chiddingstone Sevenoaks kent [1]

Crouch, Sevenoaks, Kent [1]

Cudham, Sevenoaks, Kent [1]

Dunton Green. Sevenoaks, Kent [1]

Eden Bridge,Sevenoaks,Kent. [1]

Edenbridge, Sevenoaks, Kent [1]

Fawkham, Sevenoaks, Kent [1]

Fordcombe, Sevenoaks, Kent [1]

Heald Sevenoaks, Kent [1]

Ivy Hatch, Sevenoaks, Kent [1]

Kingsdown, Sevenoaks, Kent [1]

Kippington, Sevenoaks, Kent [1]

Knockholt, Sevenoaks, Kent [1]

Leal near Sevenoaks, Kent [1]

Leigh, Sevenoaks, Kent [1]

Leigh, Sevenoaks, Kent. [1]

Otford, Sevenoaks, Kent [1]

Plaxtol near Sevenoaks, Kent [1]

SEVENOAKS KENT [1]

Seal Chart, Sevenoaks, Kent [1]

Sevenoaks Kent [1]

Sevenoaks RD, Kent [1]

Sevenoaks Weald, Kent [1]

Sevenoaks, Tonbridge, Kent [1]

Sevenoaks, kent [1]

St John's, Sevenoaks, Kent [1]

Sundridge Sevenoaks Kent [1]

Wildernesse, Sevenoaks, Kent [1]

sevenoaks, kent [1]

Rank

Private [44]

Corporal [9]

Second Lieutenant [8]

Captain [7]

Stoker 1st Class [6]

Boy 1st Class [5]

Major [5]

Able Seaman [4]

Boy 2nd Class [3]

Driver [3]

Lance Corporal [3]

Leading Stoker [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Acting Corporal [2]

Gunner [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Sapper [2]

Serjeant [2]

Stoker 2nd Class [2]

Stoker Petty Officer [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Cadet [1]

Clerk [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Officer's Cook 3rd Class [1]

Orderly [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Plumbers mate [1]

Rifleman [1]

Ship's Corporal 1st Class [1]

Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Royal West Kent Regiment [9]

Royal Air Force [6]

Army Service Corps [5]

London Regiment [5]

East Kent Regiment [3]

Non-Combatant Corps [3]

Royal Horse Artillery [3]

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

Australian Infantry [2]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

H.M.S. "Formidable" [2]

HMS Chester [2]

HMS INDOMITABLE [2]

HMS Queen Mary [2]

HMS WARSPITE [2]

Labour Corps [2]

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

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Engineers [2]

Royal Field Artillery [2]

Royal Garrison Artillery [2]

South Wales Borderers [2]

The Queen's Regiment [2]

16th (The Queen's) Lancers [1]

3rd Battalion attached 1st Battalion Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

4th Hussars [1]

7th Brigade Royal Horse Artillery [1]

82nd Punjabis [1]

Army Pay Corps [1]

Army Service Corps (Motor Transport) [1]

Artists Rifles attached Royal Fusiliers [1]

Bedford Yeomanry [1]

Border Regiment [1]

British Red Cross Society 4th Boulogne Unit [1]

British Red Cross Society and Order of St. John [1]

British West Indies Regiment [1]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1]

City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders) [1]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

HM Submarine G8 [1]

HMS "Acheron" [1]

HMS "Impregnable" [1]

HMS "Pembroke II" [1]

HMS "Victory I" [1]

Service

Royal Navy [281]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [117]

British Army [75]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [65]

S [48]

C [44]

H [40]

W [35]

P [33]

T [33]

L [29]

R [22]

F [20]

D [19]

M [18]

A [16]

G [15]

K [15]

J [9]

E [7]

O [7]

N [6]

I [3]

Q [3]

U [2]

V [1]

Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [465]

Merchant Navy [16]

Conscientious Objector [5]

Country

United Kingdom [41]

India [2]

Australia [1]

Canada [1]

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People [491] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Sevenoaks, Kent [400] Sevenoaks, Kent, England [16] Seal, Sevenoaks, Kent [6] Riverhead, Sevenoaks, Kent [5] Shoreham, Sevenoaks, Kent [5] Westerham, Sevenoaks, Kent [4] Wrotham, Sevenoaks, Kent [4] Halstead, Sevenoaks, Kent [3] Kemsing, Sevenoaks, Kent [3] Borough Green, Sevenoaks, Kent [2] Brasted, Sevenoaks, Kent [2] Dunton Green, Sevenoaks, Kent [2] Ightham, Sevenoaks, Kent [2] Sevenoaks Kent [2] Sevenoaks,Kent [2] St Johns, Sevenoaks, Kent [2] Chelsfield, Sevenoaks, Kent [1] Chevening, Sevenoaks, Kent [1] Chiddingstone Sevenoaks kent [1] Crouch, Sevenoaks, Kent [1] Cudham, Sevenoaks, Kent [1] Dunton Green. Sevenoaks, Kent [1] Eden Bridge,Sevenoaks,Kent. [1] Edenbridge, Sevenoaks, Kent [1] Fawkham, Sevenoaks, Kent [1] Fordcombe, Sevenoaks, Kent [1] Heald Sevenoaks, Kent [1] Ivy Hatch, Sevenoaks, Kent [1] Kingsdown, Sevenoaks, Kent [1] Kippington, Sevenoaks, Kent [1] Knockholt, Sevenoaks, Kent [1] Leal near Sevenoaks, Kent [1] Leigh, Sevenoaks, Kent [1] Leigh, Sevenoaks, Kent. [1] Otford, Sevenoaks, Kent [1] Plaxtol near Sevenoaks, Kent [1] SEVENOAKS KENT [1] Seal Chart, Sevenoaks, Kent [1] Sevenoaks Kent [1] Sevenoaks RD, Kent [1] Sevenoaks Weald, Kent [1] Sevenoaks, Tonbridge, Kent [1] Sevenoaks, kent [1] St John's, Sevenoaks, Kent [1] Sundridge Sevenoaks Kent [1] Wildernesse, Sevenoaks, Kent [1] sevenoaks, kent [1]

Rank

Private [44] Corporal [9] Second Lieutenant [8] Captain [7] Stoker 1st Class [6] Boy 1st Class [5] Major [5] Able Seaman [4] Boy 2nd Class [3] Driver [3] Lance Corporal [3] Leading Stoker [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Acting Corporal [2] Gunner [2] Lieutenant [2] Sapper [2] Serjeant [2] Stoker 2nd Class [2] Stoker Petty Officer [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Bombardier [1] Boy [1] Brigadier General [1] Cadet [1] Clerk [1] Leading Seaman [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Officer's Cook 3rd Class [1] Orderly [1] Petty Officer [1] Plumbers mate [1] Rifleman [1] Ship's Corporal 1st Class [1] Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Royal West Kent Regiment [9] Royal Air Force [6] Army Service Corps [5] London Regiment [5] East Kent Regiment [3] Non-Combatant Corps [3] Royal Horse Artillery [3] The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [3] Australian Infantry [2] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] H.M.S. "Formidable" [2] HMS Chester [2] HMS INDOMITABLE [2] HMS Queen Mary [2] HMS WARSPITE [2] Labour Corps [2] Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Engineers [2] Royal Field Artillery [2] Royal Garrison Artillery [2] South Wales Borderers [2] The Queen's Regiment [2] 16th (The Queen's) Lancers [1] 3rd Battalion attached 1st Battalion Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] 4th Hussars [1] 7th Brigade Royal Horse Artillery [1] 82nd Punjabis [1] Army Pay Corps [1] Army Service Corps (Motor Transport) [1] Artists Rifles attached Royal Fusiliers [1] Bedford Yeomanry [1] Border Regiment [1] British Red Cross Society 4th Boulogne Unit [1] British Red Cross Society and Order of St. John [1] British West Indies Regiment [1] Cambridgeshire Regiment [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Chatham Naval Base (HMS Pembroke) [1] City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders) [1] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) [1] Essex Regiment [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] Grenadier Guards [1] HM Submarine G8 [1] HMS "Acheron" [1] HMS "Impregnable" [1] HMS "Pembroke II" [1] HMS "Victory I" [1]

Service

Royal Navy [281] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [117] British Army [75] Australian Imperial Force [2] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [65] S [48] C [44] H [40] W [35] P [33] T [33] L [29] R [22] F [20] D [19] M [18] A [16] G [15] K [15] J [9] E [7] O [7] N [6] I [3] Q [3] U [2] V [1] Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [465] Merchant Navy [16] Conscientious Objector [5]

Country

United Kingdom [41] India [2] Australia [1] Canada [1]

George Norman Cook

Born 1886

Died 1960

British Army 12494 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 12494 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 12494 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Montague Jordan

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 9849 Boy Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) 2nd Battalion

British Army 9849 Driver Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) 2nd Battalion

British Army 71066 Driver Royal Horse Artillery

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Norrie Alfred Leney

Born 1876

Died 1917

British Army 16619 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army 61542 Private Royal Fusiliers 22 Battalion

British Army GS/61542 Private Royal Fusiliers 22 Battalion

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George Tester

Born 1883

Died 1962

British Army 2077 Non Combatant Corps 5th Company Eastern

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C B Scott

Born 1873

Died 1957

British Army Captain 3rd Battalion attached 1st Battalion Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

British Army Captain Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 3rd Militia Battalion, attached to 1st Battalion, temporarily commanded B company

British Army Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 6th Battalion, temporarily in command

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William Thomas Sales

Born 1890

Died 1966

British Army 39244 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

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William Blissett

Born 1890

Died 1914

British Army 62342 Driver 7th Brigade Royal Horse Artillery

British Army 62342 Gunner 7th Brigade Royal Horse Artillery

British Army 62342 Gunner Royal Horse Artillery

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Robert Bearman

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 1582 Private 4th Hussars

British Army 327981 Corporal Royal Irish Rifles

British Army 32798 Corporal Royal Warwickshire Regiment 15th Battalion

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Ronald Robert Marchant

Born 1885

Died 1952

British Army M2/139346 Private Army Service Corps (Motor Transport)

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George Thomas Gorham

Born 1877

Australian Imperial Force 784 Private Australian Infantry 9th Battalion

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Humphrey Gilbert Machell

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Border Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Alfred Thomas Allen

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 13505 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 13505 Private Gloucestershire Regiment 8th Battalion

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Jack Harbour

Born 1895

Died 1943

British Army 1312 Non-Combatant Corps

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Herbert Walter Randall

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 196513

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Charles Harold Bassett

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 26550

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Frederick George Fuller

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 9575

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Reginald Charles Noble

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 262274

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Hubert Francis Patry

Born 1892

Died 1914

British Army Second Lieutenant North Staffordshire Regiment

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Thomas Chalcroft

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 199675

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Fred Arthur Osborne

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 275256

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