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Wye, Kent [39]

Wye, Ashford, Kent [4]

Wye, Kent, England [4]

Wye Kent [2]

Ashford, Wye, Kent [1]

Boughton Aluph near Wye Kent [1]

Rank

Private [7]

Serjeant [3]

Corporal [2]

Gunner [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Captain [1]

Civilian [1]

Lance Corporal [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant [1]

Sapper [1]

Sergeant [1]

Serjeant Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

W.O.II [1]

Unit

Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [2]

East Kent Regiment [2]

Air Raid Victim. Ramsgate, Kent [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Canadian Machine Gun Company [1]

Canadian Machine Gun Corps [1]

HMS Falmouth [1]

Machine Gun Corps [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1]

Machine Gun Corps Infantry [1]

Prisoner of War Company [1]

Rifle Brigade [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Royal Engineers [1]

Royal FIeld Artillery [1]

Royal Fusiliers [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Royal Marine Light Infantry [1]

Tank Corps [1]

The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [1]

Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

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Royal Navy [24]

British Army [13]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [8]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [8]

A [6]

B [4]

C [4]

G [4]

K [4]

W [4]

E [3]

L [3]

P [3]

M [2]

R [2]

D [1]

Q [1]

T [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [46]

Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [5]

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People [51] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Wye, Kent [39] Wye, Ashford, Kent [4] Wye, Kent, England [4] Wye Kent [2] Ashford, Wye, Kent [1] Boughton Aluph near Wye Kent [1]

Rank

Private [7] Serjeant [3] Corporal [2] Gunner [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Captain [1] Civilian [1] Lance Corporal [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant [1] Sapper [1] Sergeant [1] Serjeant Acting Colour Serjeant [1] W.O.II [1]

Unit

Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [2] East Kent Regiment [2] Air Raid Victim. Ramsgate, Kent [1] Army Service Corps [1] Canadian Machine Gun Company [1] Canadian Machine Gun Corps [1] HMS Falmouth [1] Machine Gun Corps [1] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1] Machine Gun Corps Infantry [1] Prisoner of War Company [1] Rifle Brigade [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1] Royal Engineers [1] Royal FIeld Artillery [1] Royal Fusiliers [1] Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Royal Marine Light Infantry [1] Tank Corps [1] The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [1] Women's Army Auxiliary Corps [1]

Service

Royal Navy [24] British Army [13] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [8] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [8] A [6] B [4] C [4] G [4] K [4] W [4] E [3] L [3] P [3] M [2] R [2] D [1] Q [1] T [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [46] Merchant Navy [3]

Country

United Kingdom [5]

Alfred Wood

Born 1887

Royal Navy SS104405

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Thomas Hugh Linkins

Born 1886

Royal Navy 227652

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Alfred Vane

Born 1880

Royal Navy 292559

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Francis William Chittenden

Born 1888

Royal Navy 365685

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John William Cheesman

Born 1895

Royal Navy J22294 Able Seaman HMS Falmouth

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Cecil George Philpott

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 245636

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Bertie Frank Creed

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 3247 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army 3247 Serjeant Rifle Brigade

British Army 3247 Serjeant Rifle Brigade 9th Btn.

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Alec John Pemble

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 321316

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William Addley

Born 1882

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Cecil Holman

Born 1900

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Wilfrid Gordon Edwards

Born 1891

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