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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]

Suffolk Regiment [5]

Norfolk Regiment [4]

Royal Army Service Corps [4]

Royal Defence Corps [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]

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 Berkshire Regiment [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [2]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [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] Suffolk Regiment [5] Norfolk Regiment [4] Royal Army Service Corps [4] Royal Defence Corps [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] 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 Berkshire Regiment [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Irish Fusiliers [2] Royal Lancaster Regiment [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [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]

James Charles W G Morteshere

Born 1892

British Army G11408 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

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Edgar Wisby Ralph

Born 1882

British Army L/6170 Serjeant East Kent Regiment

British Army L/6170 Warrant Officer Class 2 East Kent Regiment

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Arthur Stanley Harman

Born 1887

British Army G/15443 Transport Serjeant Royal West Kent Regiment

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Albert Phillpott

Born 1887

Royal Navy 220662

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William Knight

Born 1886

Royal Navy 220462

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Edwin Walsham

Born 1887

Royal Navy 220663

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George Thomas Shorter

Born 1888

Royal Navy K29187 Stoker 1st Class HMS INFLEXIBLE

Royal Navy K29187 Stoker 2nd Class HMS INFLEXIBLE

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Ernest Rouse Thwaites

Born 1885

British Army 880321 Farrier Staff Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

British Army 880231 Farrier Staff Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

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Edward Samuel Huckstep

Born 1895

British Army 1448 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army 6276 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army 243047 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 1/5th Battalion

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James Napoleon Fuller

Born 1887

Died 1917

Royal Navy 344606

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Herbert Dowland

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army GS/997 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army G/997 Private Royal West Kent Regiment 6th (Service) Battalion

British Army G/997 Private Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)

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Frederick Richard Dunk

Born 1899

Died 1979

Royal Navy J30244

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Ernest John Fittall

Born 1897

Died 1953

British Army 6345 Private London Regiment

British Army 593484 Private London Regiment

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George Henry Walker

Born 1896

Died 1977

Royal Navy K36334 H.M.S. Pembroke II

Royal Navy K36334 H.M.S. Hecla

Royal Navy K36334 H.M.S. Sentinel

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Harry Samual Bates

British Army 725827 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

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Leonard Harry Austin

Born 1889

British Army 102083 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Albert Edward Harlow

Born 1891

Royal Navy K8161

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Edwin Thomas K Elgar

Born 1885

British Army 440 Warrant Officer Class 2 Essex Regiment

British Army 234076 Warrant Officer Class 2 Royal Engineers

British Army WR/10714 Company Serjeant Major Royal Engineers 305th Road Construction Company

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John Whyatt Sandy

Born 1895

British Army 1450 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army 200133 Private East Kent Regiment

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Charles Ryan

Born 1878

Died 1914

Royal Navy 177312 Petty Officer HMS Aboukir

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