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Gravesend, Kent [8]

Northfleet, Kent [6]

Preston, Lancashire [5]

London [4]

Deptford, London [2]

Acton, London [1]

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Milton Regis, Kent [1]

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Snodland, Kent [1]

Southfleet, Kent [1]

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St. Thomas [1]

Stifford, Essex [1]

Stone, Dartford [1]

Strood, Kent [1]

Swanscombe, Greenhithe, Kent [1]

Thanet, Kent [1]

Tilbury, Essex [1]

Toddington [1]

Tovil, Kent [1]

Tovil, Maidstone, Kent [1]

Walworth, Surrey [1]

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Private [99]

Serjeant [8]

Second Lieutenant [7]

Gunner [6]

Corporal [4]

L/Corporal [4]

Lance Corporal [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Captain [3]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Pioneer [2]

Sapper [2]

2nd Corporal [1]

Company Sergeant Major [1]

Driver [1]

L/Serjeant [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Rifleman [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

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Middlesex Regiment [67]

Royal West Kent Regiment [11]

Royal Engineers [8]

Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [7]

Manchester Regiment [6]

Royal Garrison Artillery [6]

Royal Army Medical Corps [5]

London Regiment [4]

Royal Fusiliers [4]

East Surrey Regiment [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [3]

Royal Scots [3]

Royal Sussex Regiment [3]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3]

Army Service Corps [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

East Kent Regiment [2]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Labour Corps [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

1st Quebec Regiment [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Army Pay Corps [1]

Army Service Corps Labour Company [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

East Sussex Regiment [1]

General List [1]

Kent Regiment [1]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

North Staffordshire Regiment [1]

Northamptonshire Regiment [1]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

Rifle Brigade [1]

Royal Air Force [1]

Royal Army Service Corps [1]

Royal Artillery [1]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [1]

Royal Field Artillery [1]

Royal Flying Corps [1]

Royal Naval Division [1]

Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) [1]

Royal West Surrey Regiment [1]

Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) [1]

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1]

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

Training Reserve [1]

Service

British Army [136]

Royal Navy [3]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Last name first letter

N [16]

B [15]

T [15]

H [12]

C [11]

W [11]

F [9]

S [9]

D [7]

G [7]

L [7]

M [4]

P [4]

R [4]

E [3]

J [3]

A [1]

K [1]

O [1]

V [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [139]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [32]

India [1]

South Africa [1]

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People [142] Stories Communities

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Gravesend, Kent [8] Northfleet, Kent [6] Preston, Lancashire [5] London [4] Deptford, London [2] Acton, London [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Bournemouth, Hampshire [1] Bradninch, Exeter [1] Clitheroe, Lancashire [1] Dunmow, Essex [1] Durham [1] Essex [1] Godstone, Surrey [1] Hadleigh, Essex [1] Higham, Rochester [1] Highworth Wiltshire [1] Holloway, London [1] Hounslow, Middlesex [1] Ilford, Essex [1] Islington, London [1] Leigh on Sea, Essex [1] Lewisham, London [1] Lighthorne, Warwickshire [1] Liverpool, Lancashire [1] Maidstone, Kent [1] Manchester [1] Milton Regis, Kent [1] Mistley, Essex [1] New Mills, Manchester [1] Northfleet nr Gravesend, Kent [1] Pirton, Hertfordshire [1] Ramsgate, Isle of Thanet, Kent [1] Rishton, Lancashire [1] Rosherville, Northfleet nr Gravesend, Kent [1] Shorne nr Gravesend, Kent [1] Snodland, Kent [1] Southfleet, Kent [1] St. Mary Cray, Kent [1] St. Thomas [1] Stifford, Essex [1] Stone, Dartford [1] Strood, Kent [1] Swanscombe, Greenhithe, Kent [1] Thanet, Kent [1] Tilbury, Essex [1] Toddington [1] Tovil, Kent [1] Tovil, Maidstone, Kent [1] Walworth, Surrey [1]

Rank

Private [99] Serjeant [8] Second Lieutenant [7] Gunner [6] Corporal [4] L/Corporal [4] Lance Corporal [4] Acting Corporal [3] Captain [3] Lance Serjeant [2] Lieutenant [2] Pioneer [2] Sapper [2] 2nd Corporal [1] Company Sergeant Major [1] Driver [1] L/Serjeant [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Rifleman [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Middlesex Regiment [67] Royal West Kent Regiment [11] Royal Engineers [8] Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [7] Manchester Regiment [6] Royal Garrison Artillery [6] Royal Army Medical Corps [5] London Regiment [4] Royal Fusiliers [4] East Surrey Regiment [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [3] Royal Scots [3] Royal Sussex Regiment [3] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3] Army Service Corps [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] East Kent Regiment [2] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Labour Corps [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] 1st Quebec Regiment [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Army Pay Corps [1] Army Service Corps Labour Company [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] East Sussex Regiment [1] General List [1] Kent Regiment [1] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1] North Staffordshire Regiment [1] Northamptonshire Regiment [1] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1] Rifle Brigade [1] Royal Air Force [1] Royal Army Service Corps [1] Royal Artillery [1] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [1] Royal Field Artillery [1] Royal Flying Corps [1] Royal Naval Division [1] Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) [1] Royal West Surrey Regiment [1] Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) [1] The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [1] The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [1] Training Reserve [1]

Service

British Army [136] Royal Navy [3] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [1]

Last name first letter

N [16] B [15] T [15] H [12] C [11] W [11] F [9] S [9] D [7] G [7] L [7] M [4] P [4] R [4] E [3] J [3] A [1] K [1] O [1] V [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [139] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [32] India [1] South Africa [1]

Edward Norcross

Born 1867

Died 1924

British Army 6916 Corporal Army Pay Corps

British Army 6916 Lance Sergeant Army Pay Corps

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Arthur Treadwell

Born 1880

Died 1918

British Army G/23103 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army G/23103 Private Middlesex Regiment 21st (Service) Battalion, Islington

British Army G/23103 Private Middlesex Regiment 2nd Battalion

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George Frederick Lambert

Born 1878

Died 1961

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James Lambert

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army 9524 Serjeant Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) 1st Battalion

British Army 9524 Serjeant East Sussex Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army 9524 Serjeant Royal Scots

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Herbert Treadwell

Born 1877

Died 1946

British Army WR/314789 Acting Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army 178469 Acting Corporal Royal Engineers

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Henry Robert Tite

Born 1898

Died 1955

British Army 41375 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 1409997 Royal Artillery 532 Battery

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William Henry Norcross

Born 1872

Died 1918

British Army 80270 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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John Henry Warner

Born 1887

Died 1914

British Army L/8270 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army L/8270 Private Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 1st Battalion

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Charles William Warner

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 9279 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 9279 Serjeant Northumberland Fusiliers 26th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion

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Eadbert Ralph Collison Longstaff

Born 1879

Died 1951

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps

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Randall Bishop Wade

Born 1895

British Army 11205 Acting Corporal Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 54460 Acting Corporal Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Arthur Treadwell

Born 1883

Died 1958

British Army G/23376 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

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Charles Victor Purdie

Born 1895

Died 1978

British Army S3/2366 Private Army Service Corps Labour Company

British Army 301004 Private Labour Corps

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George Burles

Born 1888

Canadian Expeditionary Force 243163 1st Quebec Regiment 206th Battalion

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John Ruby

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army TF/2477 Private Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 2nd/4th Battalion

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Roland Edward Mansfield

Born 1894

Died 1963

British Army 86806 Sapper Royal Engineers

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Lieutenant Royal Air Force

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Robert C Fisher

Died 1918

British Army G/15032 Warrant Officer Class 2 Middlesex Regiment 21st (Service) Battalion, Islington

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Ernest Joseph Bradnock

Died 1918

British Army L/10504 Lance Corporal Middlesex Regiment

British Army G/10504 Serjeant Middlesex Regiment 21st (Service) Battalion, Islington

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John Norcross

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 201493 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 4036 Private Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

British Army 201493 Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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William Thomas Edward Burles

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army TF/241467 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

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