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Tunbridge Wells, Kent [575]

Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England [7]

Tunbridge Wells Kent [6]

Near Tunbridge Wells, Kent [4]

Tunbridge Wells, kent [2]

Tunbridge Wells,Kent. [2]

Christchurch Tunbridge Wells, Kent [1]

Christchurch, Tunbridge Wells, Kent [1]

Edenbridge, Tunbridge Wells, Kent [1]

Holy Trinity Tunbridge Wells, Kent [1]

Horsmondon near Tunbridge Wells, Kent [1]

Mayfield Tunbridge Wells, Kent [1]

Penshurst, Tunbridge Wells, Kent [1]

Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT [1]

Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent [1]

Southborough, Near Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent [1]

Southborough, Tunbridge Wells, Tonbridge, Kent, England [1]

St Barnabas, Tunbridge Wells, Kent [1]

Tunbridge Wells, Kent, [1]

Tunbridge Wells,Kent [1]

Tunbridge wells, Kent [1]

Rank

Private [50]

Second Lieutenant [15]

Corporal [12]

Able Seaman [10]

Captain [9]

Lieutenant [8]

Gunner [6]

Major [6]

Serjeant [5]

Driver [3]

Lance Corporal [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

Pioneer [3]

Rifleman [3]

Acting Mate [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Honorary Lieutenant [2]

Leading Stoker [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Nursing Sister [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

2nd Cook's Mate [1]

2nd Corporal [1]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting 2nd Class Cook's Mate [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Quartermaster Sergeant [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy [1]

Boy Telegraphist [1]

Boy2c [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Capt [1]

Colonel [1]

Commander [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Cook's Mate [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Engine room artificer 4th class [1]

Guardsman [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lans. Cpl. [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Leading Signalman [1]

Major General [1]

Mate [1]

Midshipman [1]

Orderly [1]

Unit

Royal West Kent Regiment [14]

Royal Engineers [8]

Royal Army Medical Corps [6]

Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [5]

The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [5]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [5]

Army Service Corps [4]

Royal Field Artillery [4]

Royal Horse Artillery [4]

Royal Sussex Regiment [4]

East Kent Regiment [3]

Kent Cyclist Battalion [3]

London Regiment [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Royal Fusiliers [3]

Royal Garrison Artillery [3]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

HMS Barham [2]

HMS INDOMITABLE [2]

HMS Vanguard [2]

HMS Victory I [2]

Kent Regiment [2]

Labour Corps [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

10th Hussars [1]

12th (Reserve) Battalion [1]

13th Field Artillery Brigade [1]

19th Battalion, Canadian Infantry [1]

1st Regiment Royal Horse Artillery [1]

25th Punjabis [1]

34th Battalion [1]

45th Sikhs [1]

4th Brigade C.F.A. [1]

Army Reserve [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Border Regiment [1]

British Red Cross [1]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [1]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Canadian Mounted Rifles [1]

Canterbury Infantry Regiment [1]

Commanding 22nd Infantry Brigade, 7th Division [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

French Red Cross [1]

Service

Royal Navy [504]

British Army [91]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [8]

Other Empire Force [4]

Australian Imperial Force [3]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Indian Army [1]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [76]

H [64]

S [57]

C [51]

W [46]

P [40]

L [34]

F [29]

M [29]

D [27]

T [27]

G [25]

R [24]

A [13]

N [12]

E [11]

O [11]

J [8]

K [8]

I [5]

V [5]

Y [5]

Q [2]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [603]

Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [65]

India [3]

Canada [2]

France [2]

Germany [1]

Iraq [1]

Ireland [1]

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Place of birth

Tunbridge Wells, Kent [575] Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England [7] Tunbridge Wells Kent [6] Near Tunbridge Wells, Kent [4] Tunbridge Wells, kent [2] Tunbridge Wells,Kent. [2] Christchurch Tunbridge Wells, Kent [1] Christchurch, Tunbridge Wells, Kent [1] Edenbridge, Tunbridge Wells, Kent [1] Holy Trinity Tunbridge Wells, Kent [1] Horsmondon near Tunbridge Wells, Kent [1] Mayfield Tunbridge Wells, Kent [1] Penshurst, Tunbridge Wells, Kent [1] Royal Tunbridge Wells, KENT [1] Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent [1] Southborough, Near Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent [1] Southborough, Tunbridge Wells, Tonbridge, Kent, England [1] St Barnabas, Tunbridge Wells, Kent [1] Tunbridge Wells, Kent, [1] Tunbridge Wells,Kent [1] Tunbridge wells, Kent [1]

Rank

Private [50] Second Lieutenant [15] Corporal [12] Able Seaman [10] Captain [9] Lieutenant [8] Gunner [6] Major [6] Serjeant [5] Driver [3] Lance Corporal [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] Pioneer [3] Rifleman [3] Acting Mate [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Honorary Lieutenant [2] Leading Stoker [2] Lieutenant Commander [2] Nursing Sister [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] 2nd Cook's Mate [1] 2nd Corporal [1] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting 2nd Class Cook's Mate [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Quartermaster Sergeant [1] Bombardier [1] Boy [1] Boy Telegraphist [1] Boy2c [1] Brigadier General [1] Capt [1] Colonel [1] Commander [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Cook's Mate [1] Deck Hand [1] Engine room artificer 4th class [1] Guardsman [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lans. Cpl. [1] Leading Seaman [1] Leading Signalman [1] Major General [1] Mate [1] Midshipman [1] Orderly [1]

Unit

Royal West Kent Regiment [14] Royal Engineers [8] Royal Army Medical Corps [6] Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [5] The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [5] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [5] Army Service Corps [4] Royal Field Artillery [4] Royal Horse Artillery [4] Royal Sussex Regiment [4] East Kent Regiment [3] Kent Cyclist Battalion [3] London Regiment [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Royal Fusiliers [3] Royal Garrison Artillery [3] East Lancashire Regiment [2] Grenadier Guards [2] HMS Barham [2] HMS INDOMITABLE [2] HMS Vanguard [2] HMS Victory I [2] Kent Regiment [2] Labour Corps [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] 10th Hussars [1] 12th (Reserve) Battalion [1] 13th Field Artillery Brigade [1] 19th Battalion, Canadian Infantry [1] 1st Regiment Royal Horse Artillery [1] 25th Punjabis [1] 34th Battalion [1] 45th Sikhs [1] 4th Brigade C.F.A. [1] Army Reserve [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Border Regiment [1] British Red Cross [1] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [1] Canadian Army Medical Corps [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Canadian Mounted Rifles [1] Canterbury Infantry Regiment [1] Commanding 22nd Infantry Brigade, 7th Division [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] East Surrey Regiment [1] Essex Regiment [1] French Red Cross [1]

Service

Royal Navy [504] British Army [91] Canadian Expeditionary Force [8] Other Empire Force [4] Australian Imperial Force [3] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1] Indian Army [1] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [76] H [64] S [57] C [51] W [46] P [40] L [34] F [29] M [29] D [27] T [27] G [25] R [24] A [13] N [12] E [11] O [11] J [8] K [8] I [5] V [5] Y [5] Q [2] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [603] Conscientious Objector [4]

Country

United Kingdom [65] India [3] Canada [2] France [2] Germany [1] Iraq [1] Ireland [1]

Joseph Arnold Leslie Hepworth

Born 1894

Died 1917

Royal Navy M14881

Royal Navy M14881 Engine room artificer 4th class HMS Mary Rose

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Francis William Rye

Born 1898

Died 1916

Royal Navy J33826 Boy Telegraphist HMS BLACK PRINCE

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Harvey Maurice Beale

Born 1899

Died 1919

Royal Navy J/70671 Ordinary seaman HMS Resolution

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Stephen Arthur Fitch

Born 1896

British Army 33542 Corporal Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 33542 Serjeant Royal Army Medical Corps attached Indian Army Reserve of Officers

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps attached Indian Army Reserve of Officers

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Bertram Tester

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 110189 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Clarence Ernest Charles Wood

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 385115 Rifleman London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 2nd/8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 594625 Rifleman London Regiment 18th (County of London) Battalion (London Irish Rifles)

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Harry Brocklesby Bartram

Born 1878

Died 1914

British Army Captain Royal Horse Artillery

British Army Capt 1st Regiment Royal Horse Artillery E Battery

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Ernest Dance

Born 1891

British Army 56848 Corporal Royal Horse Artillery

British Army 56848 Serjeant Royal Horse Artillery

British Army 56848 Bombardier Royal Horse Artillery

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Ernest Robert Martin

Died 1918

British Army TF/1571 Private Kent Cyclist Battalion

British Army TF/265737 Private Kent Cyclist Battalion

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Harry Woodland

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army G/15718 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

British Army G/15718 Private East Kent Regiment 7th Battalion

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William George Wyles

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army 5189 Private Leicestershire Regiment

British Army 40378 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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Robert Farnes

Died 1915

British Army 835 2nd Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army 835 2nd Corporal Royal Engineers 1st/3rd Kent Field Company

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Elsie Edith Bowerman

Born 1889

Died 1973

Other Empire Force Orderly French Red Cross

Other Empire Force Orderly Scottish Women's Hospitals (French Red Cross). Roumania

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Edward Frank Longhurst

Born 1896

Died 1916

Royal Navy J20239 Able Seaman HMS Queen Mary

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George W Todman

Born 1886

Died 1964

British Army M/336835 Private Army Service Corps

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Herbert George Chacksfield

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army TF/734 Private Kent Cyclist Battalion

British Army TF/26515 Private Kent Cyclist Battalion

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Albert James Grant

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army L/7382 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army Royal Sussex Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army L/7382 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Percy Couves

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 10166 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 10166 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Gerald Molyneaux Pickett

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army 2374 Private Royal Irish Fusiliers

British Army Second Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps

British Army 2374 Private London Regiment 15th Battalion (Prince of Wales Own Civil Service Rifles)

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Harry Todman

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army T1411 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 1411 sapper Kent Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 1411 Sapper Royal Engineers

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