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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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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 Alfred Douglas Shearing

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 43899 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 'A' Battery

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Edward Charles Scott

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 216065

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George William Reynolds

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 216891

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Ernest Dixey

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 223298

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Frederick Woodhams

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 226314

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Reginald Tom Woodhams

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 228726

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Augustus French

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 236058

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Archibald Wells Woodhams

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 241788

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Abraham Cole

Died 1916

British Army GS/9348 Private Royal West Kent Regiment 10th Battalion

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William Victor Leftley

Born 1900

Died 1982

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 137533 Second Lieutenant Royal Air Force

British Army 147585 2nd Lieutenant South Staffordshire Regiment

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Arthur Ernest Lynn

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 8362 Private Royal Irish Regiment 2 Battalion

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Norman Elliott Howell

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army Major 82nd Punjabis

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Cecil James Traill

Born 1888

Died 1968

British Army Lieutenant Seaforth Highlanders

British Army Lieutenant Royal Air Force

British Army Captain Seaforth Highlanders

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Maurice Gordon Heath

Born 1873

Died 1915

British Army Captain Royal West Surrey Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal West Surrey Regiment

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William Charles Goldsmith

Born 1884

Died 1918

Royal Navy 216889 Boy 2nd Class HMS Northampton

Royal Navy 216889 Boy 1st Class HMS Northampton

Royal Navy 216889 Ordinary Seaman HMS Flora

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Walter Henry Mumby

Born 1876

Died 1917

British Army DM2/207454 Acting Corporal Army Service Corps

British Army DM2/207454 Corporal Army Service Corps

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George William Barnett

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 3862 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army 201268 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

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Percy T Ashdown

Died 1918

British Army G/19620 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

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Archibald Thomas Stone

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 39396

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Lewis James Belton

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 10103

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