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Staplehurst, Kent [45]

Staplehurst, Maidstone, Kent [7]

Staplehurst, Cranbrook, Kent [1]

Staplehurst, Kent, England [1]

Rank

Private [14]

Driver [2]

AM1(c) [1]

Acting 2nd Corporal [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Captain [1]

Guardsman [1]

Lance Corporal [1]

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Unit

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

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Engineers [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

1st Labour Battalion [1]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [1]

Canadian Field Artlllery [1]

East Kent Regiment [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

Kent Regiment [1]

Labour Corps [1]

London Regiment [1]

London Regiment (The Rangers) [1]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1]

RNAS HMS "Daedalus" [1]

RNAS HMS "President II" [1]

Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Irish Regiment [1]

Royal Sussex Regiment [1]

South Staffordshire Regiment [1]

South Wales Borderers [1]

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

The Queen's Regiment [1]

West Kent Regiment [1]

West Kent Yeomanry [1]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

Service

Royal Navy [19]

British Army [18]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [15]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

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B [10]

S [7]

P [6]

W [6]

H [5]

F [4]

R [3]

C [2]

L [2]

M [2]

A [1]

E [1]

G [1]

K [1]

T [1]

U [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [51]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [16]

Canada [1]

India [1]

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People [54] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Staplehurst, Kent [45] Staplehurst, Maidstone, Kent [7] Staplehurst, Cranbrook, Kent [1] Staplehurst, Kent, England [1]

Rank

Private [14] Driver [2] AM1(c) [1] Acting 2nd Corporal [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Captain [1] Guardsman [1] Lance Corporal [1] Lieutenant [1] Sapper [1]

Unit

The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Engineers [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] 1st Labour Battalion [1] Canadian Army Medical Corps [1] Canadian Field Artlllery [1] East Kent Regiment [1] Grenadier Guards [1] Kent Regiment [1] Labour Corps [1] London Regiment [1] London Regiment (The Rangers) [1] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1] RNAS HMS "Daedalus" [1] RNAS HMS "President II" [1] Royal Air Force [1] Royal Irish Regiment [1] Royal Sussex Regiment [1] South Staffordshire Regiment [1] South Wales Borderers [1] The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [1] The Queen's Regiment [1] West Kent Regiment [1] West Kent Yeomanry [1] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

Service

Royal Navy [19] British Army [18] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [15] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [10] S [7] P [6] W [6] H [5] F [4] R [3] C [2] L [2] M [2] A [1] E [1] G [1] K [1] T [1] U [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [51] Conscientious Objector [2] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [16] Canada [1] India [1]

John Edward Pope

Born 1898

Royal Navy J29163

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Charles Walter

Born 1882

Royal Navy F33304

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William Henry Fielder

Born 1895

Royal Navy J11966

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George Farmer

Born 1897

Royal Navy J18171

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Frank Charles Excell

Born 1889

Royal Navy K5505

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Sidney Frederick Hill

Born 1896

Royal Navy M17724

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Frank Edward Pope

Born 1891

Royal Navy SS4122

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Leonard Wellfare

Born 1886

Royal Navy 226747

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Alfred Leonard Fedarb

Born 1885

Royal Navy F4279

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William Charles Usherwood

Born 1887

Royal Navy 223506

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Cecil Alfred Harris

Born 1890

British Army 1570 Sapper Royal Engineers No 2 Kent (Fortress) Coy

British Army 1570 Lance Corporal Royal Engineers 1/2 Kent (Fortress) Coy

British Army 540765 Acting 2nd Corporal Royal Engineers 496th Field Company

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Walter Edward Brooker

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 205191

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Alfred Hawkins

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 248944

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Frank Charles Brown

Born 1874

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