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Sittingbourne, Kent [731]

Sittingbourne, Kent, England [71]

Milton, Sittingbourne, Kent [10]

Milton Regis, Sittingbourne, Kent [8]

Borden, Sittingbourne, Kent [5]

Bredgar, Sittingbourne, Kent [4]

Lower Halstow, Sittingbourne, Kent [4]

Sittingbourne Kent [4]

Teynham, Sittingbourne, Kent [4]

Hartlip, Sittingbourne, Kent [3]

Near Sittingbourne, Kent [3]

Borden Sittingbourne, Kent [2]

Lynsted, Sittingbourne, Kent [2]

Milton Regis. Sittingbourne, Kent [2]

Milton Sittingbourne Kent [2]

Newington, Sittingbourne, Kent [2]

Sittingbourne Kent England [2]

St Michaels, Sittingbourne, Kent [2]

Stockbury, Sittingbourne, Kent [2]

Bapchild, Sittingbourne, Kent [1]

Bapchird, Sittingbourne, Kent [1]

Borden Sittingbourne Kent [1]

Doddington, Sittingbourne, Kent [1]

Faversham, Sittingbourne, Kent [1]

Frinsted, Sittingbourne, Kent [1]

Hysted, Sittingbourne, Kent [1]

Iwade, Sittingbourne, Kent [1]

Key Street Sittingbourne, Kent [1]

Linstead Sittingbourne, Kent [1]

MILTON, NEAR SITTINGBOURNE, KENT [1]

Milton Regis . Sittingbourne, Kent [1]

Milton Sittingbourne, Kent [1]

Milton, Sittingbourne, Kent. [1]

Milton, Sittingbourne. Kent [1]

Murston, Sittingbourne, Kent [1]

NEWINGTON, MILTON, SITTINGBOURNE, KENT [1]

Newington, nr Sittingbourne, Kent [1]

Newnham, Sittingbourne, Kent [1]

Rodmersham, Sittingbourne, Kent [1]

Sittingbourne, Kent County [1]

Sittingbourne, Kent. [1]

Sittingbourne, Stockbury, Kent [1]

Sittingbourne,Kent [1]

Upchurch Sittingbourne, Kent [1]

Upchurch, Sittingbourne, Kent [1]

Vigo, Near Sittingbourne, Kent [1]

Rank

Private [38]

Stoker 1st Class [16]

Stoker 2nd Class [13]

Second Lieutenant [5]

Serjeant [5]

Corporal [4]

Gunner [4]

Leading Stoker [4]

Ordinary Seaman [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Lieutenant [3]

Pioneer [3]

Acting Leading Stoker [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Lance Corporal [2]

Rifleman [2]

Able Seaman Driver [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Regimental Sergeant Major [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Captain [1]

Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1]

Chief Shipwright [1]

Chief Stoker [1]

Civilian [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Driver [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Lieutenant (Acting Captain) [1]

Officer's Cook 1st Class [1]

Petty Officer Stoker. [1]

Petty Officer Telegraphist [1]

Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant [1]

Sergeant [1]

Shipwright 2nd Class [1]

Stoker 2 [1]

Temporary Army Chaplain 4th Class [1]

Temporary Chaplain [1]

Trooper [1]

Unit

East Kent Regiment [14]

HMS INFLEXIBLE [6]

London Regiment [6]

Machine Gun Corps [6]

Royal Field Artillery [4]

Royal West Kent Regiment [4]

The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [4]

Canadian Infantry [3]

HMS Chester [3]

HMS INDOMITABLE [3]

HMS Vanguard [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

East Kent Regiment (The Buffs) [2]

HMS Pembroke I [2]

HMS TURBULENT [2]

Lancers [2]

London Regiment (London Irish Rifles) [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal East Kent Yeomanry [2]

Royal Fleet Reserve - Chatham [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Naval Reserve [2]

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

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2]

10th (Prince of Wales's Own Royal) Hussars [1]

10th (Prince of Wales) Hussars [1]

4th Dragoon Guards [1]

Army Reserve [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Canadian Pioneers [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

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

H.M.S. "Victory I" [1]

HMS "Pembroke II" [1]

HMS "Pembroke" [1]

HMS Botha [1]

HMS Calliope [1]

HMS Cheerful [1]

HMS Cressy [1]

HMS Erin [1]

HMS Falmouth [1]

HMS Forward [1]

HMS General Wolfe [1]

HMS Hawke [1]

HMS Hyacinth [1]

HMS Lowestoft. [1]

HMS Nestor [1]

Service

Royal Navy [632]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [126]

British Army [56]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [6]

Australian Imperial Force [3]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [104]

H [100]

C [90]

S [90]

W [71]

M [52]

F [50]

R [47]

G [44]

P [41]

A [32]

K [29]

D [28]

J [26]

T [25]

L [23]

E [13]

N [7]

I [5]

O [4]

V [4]

Y [3]

Q [1]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [812]

Merchant Navy [69]

Country

United Kingdom [35]

India [2]

Australia [1]

Canada [1]

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Sittingbourne, Kent [731] Sittingbourne, Kent, England [71] Milton, Sittingbourne, Kent [10] Milton Regis, Sittingbourne, Kent [8] Borden, Sittingbourne, Kent [5] Bredgar, Sittingbourne, Kent [4] Lower Halstow, Sittingbourne, Kent [4] Sittingbourne Kent [4] Teynham, Sittingbourne, Kent [4] Hartlip, Sittingbourne, Kent [3] Near Sittingbourne, Kent [3] Borden Sittingbourne, Kent [2] Lynsted, Sittingbourne, Kent [2] Milton Regis. Sittingbourne, Kent [2] Milton Sittingbourne Kent [2] Newington, Sittingbourne, Kent [2] Sittingbourne Kent England [2] St Michaels, Sittingbourne, Kent [2] Stockbury, Sittingbourne, Kent [2] Bapchild, Sittingbourne, Kent [1] Bapchird, Sittingbourne, Kent [1] Borden Sittingbourne Kent [1] Doddington, Sittingbourne, Kent [1] Faversham, Sittingbourne, Kent [1] Frinsted, Sittingbourne, Kent [1] Hysted, Sittingbourne, Kent [1] Iwade, Sittingbourne, Kent [1] Key Street Sittingbourne, Kent [1] Linstead Sittingbourne, Kent [1] MILTON, NEAR SITTINGBOURNE, KENT [1] Milton Regis . Sittingbourne, Kent [1] Milton Sittingbourne, Kent [1] Milton, Sittingbourne, Kent. [1] Milton, Sittingbourne. Kent [1] Murston, Sittingbourne, Kent [1] NEWINGTON, MILTON, SITTINGBOURNE, KENT [1] Newington, nr Sittingbourne, Kent [1] Newnham, Sittingbourne, Kent [1] Rodmersham, Sittingbourne, Kent [1] Sittingbourne, Kent County [1] Sittingbourne, Kent. [1] Sittingbourne, Stockbury, Kent [1] Sittingbourne,Kent [1] Upchurch Sittingbourne, Kent [1] Upchurch, Sittingbourne, Kent [1] Vigo, Near Sittingbourne, Kent [1]

Rank

Private [38] Stoker 1st Class [16] Stoker 2nd Class [13] Second Lieutenant [5] Serjeant [5] Corporal [4] Gunner [4] Leading Stoker [4] Ordinary Seaman [4] Able Seaman [3] Lieutenant [3] Pioneer [3] Acting Leading Stoker [2] Deck Hand [2] Lance Corporal [2] Rifleman [2] Able Seaman Driver [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Regimental Sergeant Major [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Captain [1] Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class [1] Chief Shipwright [1] Chief Stoker [1] Civilian [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Driver [1] Leading Seaman [1] Lieutenant (Acting Captain) [1] Officer's Cook 1st Class [1] Petty Officer Stoker. [1] Petty Officer Telegraphist [1] Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant [1] Sergeant [1] Shipwright 2nd Class [1] Stoker 2 [1] Temporary Army Chaplain 4th Class [1] Temporary Chaplain [1] Trooper [1]

Unit

East Kent Regiment [14] HMS INFLEXIBLE [6] London Regiment [6] Machine Gun Corps [6] Royal Field Artillery [4] Royal West Kent Regiment [4] The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [4] Canadian Infantry [3] HMS Chester [3] HMS INDOMITABLE [3] HMS Vanguard [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] East Kent Regiment (The Buffs) [2] HMS Pembroke I [2] HMS TURBULENT [2] Lancers [2] London Regiment (London Irish Rifles) [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal East Kent Yeomanry [2] Royal Fleet Reserve - Chatham [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Naval Reserve [2] The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [2] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [2] 10th (Prince of Wales's Own Royal) Hussars [1] 10th (Prince of Wales) Hussars [1] 4th Dragoon Guards [1] Army Reserve [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Canadian Pioneers [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] H.M.S. "Cornwallis" [1] H.M.S. "Victory I" [1] HMS "Pembroke II" [1] HMS "Pembroke" [1] HMS Botha [1] HMS Calliope [1] HMS Cheerful [1] HMS Cressy [1] HMS Erin [1] HMS Falmouth [1] HMS Forward [1] HMS General Wolfe [1] HMS Hawke [1] HMS Hyacinth [1] HMS Lowestoft. [1] HMS Nestor [1]

Service

Royal Navy [632] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [126] British Army [56] Canadian Expeditionary Force [6] Australian Imperial Force [3] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [104] H [100] C [90] S [90] W [71] M [52] F [50] R [47] G [44] P [41] A [32] K [29] D [28] J [26] T [25] L [23] E [13] N [7] I [5] O [4] V [4] Y [3] Q [1] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [812] Merchant Navy [69]

Country

United Kingdom [35] India [2] Australia [1] Canada [1]

John Thomas Cherrison

Born 1885

Died 1968

British Army G/11417 Private East Kent Regiment (The Buffs) 8th Battalion

British Army G/11417 Private East Kent Regiment (The Buffs) 1st Battalion

British Army G/11417 Private East Kent Regiment (The Buffs) 3rd Battalion

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John Cherrison

Born 1873

Died 1915

British Army S/486 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army 3829 Private East Kent Regiment (The Buffs) 3rd Battalion

British Army 3829 Corporal East Kent Regiment (The Buffs) 3rd Battalion

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Wilfrid Millen

Born 1889

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 11266

Canadian Expeditionary Force 11266 Private Canadian Infantry

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Harry Leonard Prior

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 3840 Royal Fusiliers 2nd Battalion

British Army 3840 Royal Fusiliers 30th Reserve Battalion

British Army Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 1/4 Battalion

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Sydney Ewbank Speed

Born 1881

Died 1915

British Army 1968 Private London Regiment

British Army 1968 Corporal London Regiment

British Army 1968 Corporal London Regiment (London Irish Rifles) 1st/18th Bn

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James John Eames

Born 1899

Died 1984

Royal Navy J32456 Boy 1st Class HMS New Zealand

Royal Navy

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George Hawkins

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army G/21820 Private Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) 7th Battalion

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Arthur Fullager

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army L/9757 Private East Kent Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army L/9757 Private East Kent Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army L/9757 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

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Edward William Cremer

Born 1892

Died 1980

British Army Second Lieutenant Rifle Brigade 2 Battalion

British Army Lieutenant (Acting Captain) Rifle Brigade 2 Battalion

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Ernest William Clark

Born 1880

Died 1916

British Army GS/5910 Private Royal West Kent Regiment 6th Battalion

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Ernest Bourne

Born 1896

British Army G/12987 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army G12987 Private Royal East Kent Mounted Regiment (Reserve)

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Hugh Reginald Butler

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 221547

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Charles Haddon Allberry

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 14478

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Arthur Mitchell

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 253469

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Joseph Robert Davison

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 188044

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John Thomas Collins

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 253819

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Ernest Sills

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 263265

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Thomas Edgar Maxted

Born 1897

Died 1985

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 9165

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Karl Hadlow

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army TR13/64015 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps. 53rd Battalion

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Lawrence Randall Jordan

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 219488

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