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West Malling, Kent [61]

West Malling, Kent, England [6]

West Malling, Maidstone, Kent [6]

West Malling [5]

West Malling England [3]

West Malling Kent [1]

West Malling Maidstone [1]

West Malling, Kent. [1]

West Malling. Kent. [1]

west Malling [1]

Rank

Private [26]

Lance Corporal [8]

Corporal [4]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Gunner [2]

Pioneer [2]

Serjeant [2]

AC II [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Captain [1]

Driver [1]

Guardsman [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Sapper [1]

Second Lieutenant [1]

Shipwright [1]

Stoker 1 [1]

Stoker 2 [1]

Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Unit

The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [4]

Grenadier Guards [3]

Labour Corps [3]

London Regiment [3]

Royal Engineers [3]

Royal West Kent Regiment [3]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

East Kent Regiment [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Field Artillery [2]

Suffolk Regiment [2]

The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [2]

3rd Mountain Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

6th Mountain Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Bedford Yeomanry [1]

Bedfordshire Yeomanry [1]

Coldstream Gaurds [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

County of London [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

HMS "Blanche" [1]

HMS "Pembroke II" [1]

HMS Falmouth [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

Hussars of the Line [1]

Lincolnshire Regiment [1]

London Regiment (Territorials) [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Middlesex Reriment [1]

National Reserve Guard [1]

Northamptonshire Regiment [1]

Northumberland Fusiliers [1]

RNAS HMS "President II" [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [1]

Royal Defence Corps [1]

Royal Defence Corps 160th Provisional Company [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Royal West Kent [1]

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

Service

British Army [35]

Royal Navy [35]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [8]

Australian Imperial Force [3]

Last name first letter

B [15]

S [11]

C [8]

A [6]

H [6]

M [6]

W [6]

L [5]

G [4]

P [4]

F [3]

O [3]

R [3]

E [2]

K [2]

N [1]

T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [80]

Merchant Navy [6]

Country

United Kingdom [28]

India [2]

Canada [1]

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West Malling, Kent [61] West Malling, Kent, England [6] West Malling, Maidstone, Kent [6] West Malling [5] West Malling England [3] West Malling Kent [1] West Malling Maidstone [1] West Malling, Kent. [1] West Malling. Kent. [1] west Malling [1]

Rank

Private [26] Lance Corporal [8] Corporal [4] Acting Serjeant [2] Gunner [2] Pioneer [2] Serjeant [2] AC II [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Lance Serjeant [1] Captain [1] Driver [1] Guardsman [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Sapper [1] Second Lieutenant [1] Shipwright [1] Stoker 1 [1] Stoker 2 [1] Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Unit

The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [4] Grenadier Guards [3] Labour Corps [3] London Regiment [3] Royal Engineers [3] Royal West Kent Regiment [3] Army Cyclist Corps [2] East Kent Regiment [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Field Artillery [2] Suffolk Regiment [2] The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [2] 3rd Mountain Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery [1] 6th Mountain Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Army Service Corps [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Bedford Yeomanry [1] Bedfordshire Yeomanry [1] Coldstream Gaurds [1] Coldstream Guards [1] County of London [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] HMS "Blanche" [1] HMS "Pembroke II" [1] HMS Falmouth [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] Hussars of the Line [1] Lincolnshire Regiment [1] London Regiment (Territorials) [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Middlesex Reriment [1] National Reserve Guard [1] Northamptonshire Regiment [1] Northumberland Fusiliers [1] RNAS HMS "President II" [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Berkshire Regiment [1] Royal Defence Corps [1] Royal Defence Corps 160th Provisional Company [1] Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Royal West Kent [1] The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [1]

Service

British Army [35] Royal Navy [35] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [8] Australian Imperial Force [3]

Last name first letter

B [15] S [11] C [8] A [6] H [6] M [6] W [6] L [5] G [4] P [4] F [3] O [3] R [3] E [2] K [2] N [1] T [1]

Contribution

Military Service [80] Merchant Navy [6]

Country

United Kingdom [28] India [2] Canada [1]

Alfred Orpin

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army G/940 Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) 6th Battalion

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Owen Allen Burrluck

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 6811 Private The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 10th Battalion

British Army 6811 Private The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 10th Battalion

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Albert Edward Ashdown

Born 1892

Died 1971

British Army Royal Engineers

British Army S/6642 Private Army Ordnance Corps

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Arthur Charles Gilbey

Born 1896

Died 1975

British Army 9004 Acting Serjeant Army Cyclist Corps

British Army 18917 Private Grenadier Guards 4th Battalion

British Army 9004 Private Army Cyclist Corps

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Ralph Leonard Rowles

Australian Imperial Force 761

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George Field

Born 1875

British Army 8291 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 3/2nd Battalion

British Army 697062 Private Labour Corps 182 Company

British Army 604349 Private Labour Corps No 4 P o W Coy

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William Thomas James Millis

Born 1895

Died 1964

British Army SR/10522 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 3rd Battalion

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Leonard Gaulton

Australian Imperial Force 555

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Leonard George Perrin

Australian Imperial Force V76735

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Harry Packham

Born 1892

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Douglas George Foreman

Born 1895

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Lawrence Francis John Brunel

Born 1897

Royal Navy J28700

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William Robert George Allingham

Born 1899

Royal Navy J51840

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Albert Edward Burgess

Born 1901

Royal Navy J56598

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Alfred Charles Roberts

Born 1892

Royal Navy J4371

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William Henry Blackman

Born 1891

Royal Navy K5467

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Thomas Henry Bellingham

Born 1891

Royal Navy K6334

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Tom Amos Richard Collins

Born 1880

Royal Navy K29903

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George Robert Skinner

Born 1892

Royal Navy K32109

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Thomas William Bates

Born 1898

Royal Navy K39707

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