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Thanet, Kent [330]

Thanet, Kent. [16]

Minster-in-Thanet, Kent [10]

Isle of Thanet, Kent [8]

Minster in Thanet, Kent [5]

Ramsgate, Thanet, Kent [5]

Minster, Thanet, Kent [4]

Thanet Kent [4]

Minster In Thanet, Kent [3]

Birchington, Thanet, Kent [2]

Minster Thanet, Kent [2]

Minster in Thanet. Ramsgate, Kent [2]

Saint Peters Thanet, Kent [2]

Chelmsford,Thanet,Kent. [1]

Ebbs Fleet. Minster. Thanet, Kent [1]

Four, Thanet Gardens, Folkestone, Kent [1]

Isle of Thanet, Margate, Kent [1]

Kent , Thanet. [1]

Kent, Thanet [1]

Margate, Thanet, Kent [1]

Minster in Thanet, Kent. [1]

Minster in Thanet, Ramsgate, Kent [1]

Minster in Thanet, Ramsgate, Kent. [1]

Minster, Isle of Thanet, Kent [1]

Minster-in-Thanet, Kent. [1]

Monkton, Thanet, Kent [1]

Ponces Farm. Minster in Thanet. Ramsgate, Kent [1]

Ponces, Nr. Minster-in-Thanet, Kent [1]

Ramsgate, Isle of Thanet, Kent [1]

St. Peter's in Thanet, Kent [1]

St. Peter's, Broadstairs. Thanet, Kent [1]

Thanet Registration District, Kent [1]

Thanet, kent [1]

Thanet,Kent [1]

Thanet,Kent. [1]

WESTGATE-ON-SEA, ISLE OF THANET, KENT [1]

Westgate on Sea, Thanet, Kent [1]

thanet kent [1]

Rank

Private [210]

Serjeant [33]

Gunner [32]

Corporal [29]

Sapper [25]

Driver [16]

Lance Corporal [11]

Second Lieutenant [8]

Acting Corporal [6]

Lieutenant [6]

Company Serjeant Major [5]

Bombardier [4]

Captain [4]

Trooper [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Leading Seaman [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Petty Officer [2]

Sergeant [2]

Stoker 2nd Class [2]

Act. Stoker 1st Class [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Marshal [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Baling Hand [1]

Bandsman [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Boy 2 [1]

Boy Telegraphist [1]

Chief Skipper [1]

Civilian [1]

Farrier Serjeant [1]

Farrier Staff Serjeant [1]

Flight Commander [1]

Fourth Hand [1]

Guardsman [1]

Midshipman [1]

Musician [1]

Naval Cadet [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Pioneer [1]

Pioneer Corporal [1]

Private Acting Serjeant [1]

Private Lance Corporal [1]

Quarter Master and Lieutenant [1]

Unit

East Kent Regiment [86]

Royal Engineers [57]

Labour Corps [40]

Royal Field Artillery [29]

Royal Garrison Artillery [23]

Army Service Corps [20]

Royal Army Medical Corps [17]

Royal West Kent Regiment [15]

The Queen's Regiment [14]

The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [13]

London Regiment [11]

Middlesex Regiment [9]

Grenadier Guards [7]

Machine Gun Corps [7]

Royal Fusiliers [6]

Essex Regiment [5]

Northamptonshire Regiment [5]

Rifle Brigade [5]

Norfolk Regiment [4]

Royal Army Service Corps [4]

Royal Defence Corps [4]

Suffolk Regiment [4]

York and Lancaster Regiment [4]

Durham Light Infantry [3]

Household Battalion [3]

Kent Cyclist Battalion [3]

Kent Regiment [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

Royal Horse Artillery [3]

Royal Sussex Regiment [3]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Dorset Yeomanry [2]

Dorsetshire Regiment [2]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

Guards Machine Gun Regiment [2]

H.M.S. Pembroke II [2]

HMS Aboukir [2]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

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

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

Royal East Kent Yeomanry [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Service

British Army [364]

Royal Navy [47]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3]

Other Empire Force [2]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [1]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [56]

S [44]

H [43]

W [31]

C [30]

P [27]

M [25]

F [23]

R [20]

A [18]

T [17]

L [16]

D [14]

G [14]

K [9]

J [8]

N [8]

E [7]

O [5]

V [2]

I [1]

Contribution

Military Service [406]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [50]

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Place of birth

Thanet, Kent [330] Thanet, Kent. [16] Minster-in-Thanet, Kent [10] Isle of Thanet, Kent [8] Minster in Thanet, Kent [5] Ramsgate, Thanet, Kent [5] Minster, Thanet, Kent [4] Thanet Kent [4] Minster In Thanet, Kent [3] Birchington, Thanet, Kent [2] Minster Thanet, Kent [2] Minster in Thanet. Ramsgate, Kent [2] Saint Peters Thanet, Kent [2] Chelmsford,Thanet,Kent. [1] Ebbs Fleet. Minster. Thanet, Kent [1] Four, Thanet Gardens, Folkestone, Kent [1] Isle of Thanet, Margate, Kent [1] Kent , Thanet. [1] Kent, Thanet [1] Margate, Thanet, Kent [1] Minster in Thanet, Kent. [1] Minster in Thanet, Ramsgate, Kent [1] Minster in Thanet, Ramsgate, Kent. [1] Minster, Isle of Thanet, Kent [1] Minster-in-Thanet, Kent. [1] Monkton, Thanet, Kent [1] Ponces Farm. Minster in Thanet. Ramsgate, Kent [1] Ponces, Nr. Minster-in-Thanet, Kent [1] Ramsgate, Isle of Thanet, Kent [1] St. Peter's in Thanet, Kent [1] St. Peter's, Broadstairs. Thanet, Kent [1] Thanet Registration District, Kent [1] Thanet, kent [1] Thanet,Kent [1] Thanet,Kent. [1] WESTGATE-ON-SEA, ISLE OF THANET, KENT [1] Westgate on Sea, Thanet, Kent [1] thanet kent [1]

Rank

Private [210] Serjeant [33] Gunner [32] Corporal [29] Sapper [25] Driver [16] Lance Corporal [11] Second Lieutenant [8] Acting Corporal [6] Lieutenant [6] Company Serjeant Major [5] Bombardier [4] Captain [4] Trooper [4] Able Seaman [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Lance Serjeant [2] Leading Seaman [2] Lieutenant Commander [2] Petty Officer [2] Sergeant [2] Stoker 2nd Class [2] Act. Stoker 1st Class [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Marshal [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Baling Hand [1] Bandsman [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Boy 2 [1] Boy Telegraphist [1] Chief Skipper [1] Civilian [1] Farrier Serjeant [1] Farrier Staff Serjeant [1] Flight Commander [1] Fourth Hand [1] Guardsman [1] Midshipman [1] Musician [1] Naval Cadet [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Pioneer [1] Pioneer Corporal [1] Private Acting Serjeant [1] Private Lance Corporal [1] Quarter Master and Lieutenant [1]

Unit

East Kent Regiment [86] Royal Engineers [57] Labour Corps [40] Royal Field Artillery [29] Royal Garrison Artillery [23] Army Service Corps [20] Royal Army Medical Corps [17] Royal West Kent Regiment [15] The Queen's Regiment [14] The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [13] London Regiment [11] Middlesex Regiment [9] Grenadier Guards [7] Machine Gun Corps [7] Royal Fusiliers [6] Essex Regiment [5] Northamptonshire Regiment [5] Rifle Brigade [5] Norfolk Regiment [4] Royal Army Service Corps [4] Royal Defence Corps [4] Suffolk Regiment [4] York and Lancaster Regiment [4] Durham Light Infantry [3] Household Battalion [3] Kent Cyclist Battalion [3] Kent Regiment [3] Manchester Regiment [3] Royal Horse Artillery [3] Royal Sussex Regiment [3] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Dorset Yeomanry [2] Dorsetshire Regiment [2] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] Guards Machine Gun Regiment [2] H.M.S. Pembroke II [2] HMS Aboukir [2] King's Own Scottish Borderers [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Army Veterinary Corps [2] Royal Berkshire Regiment [2] Royal East Kent Yeomanry [2] Royal Flying Corps [2]

Service

British Army [364] Royal Navy [47] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [3] Other Empire Force [2] Canadian Expeditionary Force [1] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [56] S [44] H [43] W [31] C [30] P [27] M [25] F [23] R [20] A [18] T [17] L [16] D [14] G [14] K [9] J [8] N [8] E [7] O [5] V [2] I [1]

Contribution

Military Service [406] Conscientious Objector [1] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [50]

Thomas Henry Larkins

Born 1879

British Army S/93 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army SR/93 Private East Kent Regiment

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Arthur John W Bradley

Born 1894

British Army 236 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army 200148 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

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Arthur Odell

Born 1881

British Army 4141 Private London Regiment

British Army 7959 Private London Regiment

British Army 45497 Private Royal Defence Corps

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Frederick Terry

Born 1880

British Army 52864 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 77852 Private Labour Corps

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Arthur Henry John Hughes

Born 1897

British Army 1264 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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Charles Henry Bird

Born 1897

British Army 1204 Trooper Household Battalion

British Army 30533 Trooper Grenadier Guards

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Frederick Samuel Sutton

Born 1876

British Army 4717 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army 31368 Private Essex Regiment

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Harry Ethelbert Dawkins

Born 1896

British Army 495147 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Frederick Owen Burt

Born 1896

British Army 73721 Bombardier Royal Garrison Artillery

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George Neeves

Born 1860

British Army 110037 Pioneer Royal Engineers

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Albert George Call

Born 1880

British Army G/2964 Serjeant East Kent Regiment

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Frederick John Bedwell

Born 1897

British Army 1540 Private East Kent Regiment 4th east Battalion

British Army 1540 Corporal East Kent Regiment 4th east Battalion

British Army 200177 Corporal East Kent Regiment 4th east Battalion

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John Samuel Brown

Born 1886

British Army 120066 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 642403 Gunner Labour Corps

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William George Miles

Born 1895

British Army 205266 Private Hampshire Regiment

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Horace William Hoyle

Born 1890

British Army 41348 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

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Howard Henry Miles

Born 1885

Royal Navy 215915

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Frederick Thomas Roots

Born 1883

British Army L/6606 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army 6770 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army 212983 Private Rifle Brigade

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Richard John Dawson

Born 1889

British Army 8148 Private London Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Frederick William Knight

Born 1876

British Army WR/314366 Warrant Officer Class 2 Royal Engineers

British Army 68136 Company Serjeant Major Royal Engineers

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Robert James Cox

Born 1891

Royal Navy J2775

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