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Place of birth

Sidcup, Kent [112]

Sidcup, Kent, England [18]

Foots Cray, Sidcup, Kent [3]

Sidcup Kent [2]

Sidcup, Woolwich, Kent [2]

North Cray, Sidcup, Kent [1]

North Cray,Sidcup,Bromley,Kent. [1]

Sidcup, Bromley, Kent [1]

Sidcup, Dartford, Kent [1]

Sidcup, Kent, [1]

Rank

Private [16]

Second Lieutenant [6]

Lance Corporal [3]

Lieutenant [3]

Serjeant [3]

Captain [2]

Corporal [2]

Gunner [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Able Seaman Driver [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Boy Trumpeter [1]

Driver [1]

Flight Lieutenant [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Major [1]

Midshipman [1]

Private 2nd Class [1]

Second Lieutenant Captain [1]

Sergeant [1]

Ship's Steward's Assistant [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Major [1]

Transport Serjeant [1]

Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [5]

Royal Garrison Artillery [3]

Royal West Kent Regiment [3]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

London Regiment [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Royal Engineers [2]

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

The Queen's Regiment [2]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

Army Pay Corps [1]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [1]

County of London Yeomanry Rough Rides [1]

Dorsetshire Regiment [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

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

HMS Africa [1]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [1]

HMS North Star [1]

HMS Pembroke [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

Kent Regiment [1]

Lincolnshire Regiment [1]

Norfolk Regiment [1]

North Staffordshire Regiment [1]

Northumberland Fusiliers [1]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train [1]

Royal Naval Air Service [1]

Royal Naval Reserve [1]

Royal Sussex Regiment [1]

Royal West Surrey Regiment [1]

Tank Corps [1]

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [1]

Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [62]

British Army [33]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [31]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [21]

W [17]

S [14]

B [13]

R [9]

L [8]

M [8]

C [7]

G [7]

T [7]

A [5]

F [5]

V [5]

K [4]

O [3]

P [3]

J [2]

N [2]

D [1]

E [1]

Contribution

Military Service [122]

Merchant Navy [15]

Country

United Kingdom [23]

Australia [1]

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People [142] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Sidcup, Kent [112] Sidcup, Kent, England [18] Foots Cray, Sidcup, Kent [3] Sidcup Kent [2] Sidcup, Woolwich, Kent [2] North Cray, Sidcup, Kent [1] North Cray,Sidcup,Bromley,Kent. [1] Sidcup, Bromley, Kent [1] Sidcup, Dartford, Kent [1] Sidcup, Kent, [1]

Rank

Private [16] Second Lieutenant [6] Lance Corporal [3] Lieutenant [3] Serjeant [3] Captain [2] Corporal [2] Gunner [2] Leading Seaman [2] Able Seaman [1] Able Seaman Driver [1] Acting Corporal [1] Boy Trumpeter [1] Driver [1] Flight Lieutenant [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Major [1] Midshipman [1] Private 2nd Class [1] Second Lieutenant Captain [1] Sergeant [1] Ship's Steward's Assistant [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Major [1] Transport Serjeant [1] Worker [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [5] Royal Garrison Artillery [3] Royal West Kent Regiment [3] East Surrey Regiment [2] London Regiment [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Royal Engineers [2] The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [2] The Queen's Regiment [2] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] Army Pay Corps [1] Cambridgeshire Regiment [1] County of London Yeomanry Rough Rides [1] Dorsetshire Regiment [1] Essex Regiment [1] H.M.S. "Formidable." [1] HMS Africa [1] HMS INFLEXIBLE [1] HMS North Star [1] HMS Pembroke [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] Kent Regiment [1] Lincolnshire Regiment [1] Norfolk Regiment [1] North Staffordshire Regiment [1] Northumberland Fusiliers [1] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [1] Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train [1] Royal Naval Air Service [1] Royal Naval Reserve [1] Royal Sussex Regiment [1] Royal West Surrey Regiment [1] Tank Corps [1] The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [1] Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Service

Royal Navy [62] British Army [33] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [31] Australian Imperial Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [21] W [17] S [14] B [13] R [9] L [8] M [8] C [7] G [7] T [7] A [5] F [5] V [5] K [4] O [3] P [3] J [2] N [2] D [1] E [1]

Contribution

Military Service [122] Merchant Navy [15]

Country

United Kingdom [23] Australia [1]

Martin William Hodson

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 168848

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Frederick Rowland Morgan

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 317582

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Harold Godfrey Robinson

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army Captain North Staffordshire Regiment

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Thomas Witherden

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 234596

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Albert Edward Evitt

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 310648

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Alexander James Wooldridge

Born 1890

Died 1915

Royal Navy 236037

Royal Navy 236037 Leading Seaman H.M.S. "Formidable."

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Herbert Thomas Brown

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 206271

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Sidney William Verge

Born 1898

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 224777

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John Alfred Browning

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 40060 Private Tank Corps

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John George Barley

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 416 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army 416 Lance Corporal Lincolnshire Regiment 10th (Grimsby Chums) Battalion

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Edward Peter Brill

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 286341

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Louis Uriah Coles

Born 1894

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 10922

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Bernard Nevill Jackson

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 177930

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John William Hankins

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army L/10754 Private The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 11th Battalion

British Army 3/10754 Private The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 3rd Battalion

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Harold Walmsley Ashton

Born 1885

Died 1956

British Army 125341 Corporal Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery

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Edward Page

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 178490

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Stanley Wilfred Sawyer

Born 1896

Died 1918

Royal Navy J18519 Leading Seaman HMS Africa

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Alan Wilfred Hughes, R.d.

Born 1877

British Army Major Royal Engineers

Royal Navy Midshipman Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy Lieutenant Royal Naval Reserve

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Harold Edward Richard Tindell

Born 1898

Died 1916

Royal Navy M24382 Ship's Steward's Assistant HMS Pembroke

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Cecil Sidney Wooller

Born 1889

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