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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]

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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]

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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]

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]

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Place of birth

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]

Joseph Harrison Norcross

Born 1896

Royal Navy J43930

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William J Westwood

Died 1918

British Army 7796 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army TF/242430 Private Middlesex Regiment 21st (Service) Battalion, Islington

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Arthur Seymour Duncan

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 4982 Lance Serjeant East Surrey Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Middlesex Regiment 21st (Service) Battalion, Islington

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Percy John Hall

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 51198 Private Bedfordshire Regiment 4th Battalion

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Frank Ernest Barnwell

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army G/15778 Serjeant Middlesex Regiment 21st (Service) Battalion, Islington

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Frederick Allister Goodfellow

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army G/54233 Private Middlesex Regiment 21st (Service) Battalion, Islington

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Arthur William Child

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army G/54205 Private Middlesex Regiment 21st (Service) Battalion, Islington

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Henri Casper De Neut

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army G/54213 Private Middlesex Regiment 21st (Service) Battalion, Islington

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Sidney C. Spearing

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army G/12205 Private Middlesex Regiment 21st (Service) Battalion, Islington

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Sydney Restell

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 1290 Pioneer Royal Engineers

British Army 94368 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment 12th (Service) Battalion

British Army 94368 Private Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)

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Roland F. Smith

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army G/89449 Private Middlesex Regiment 21st (Service) Battalion, Islington

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George Charles White

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army G/89707 Private Middlesex Regiment 21st (Service) Battalion, Islington

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Stephen William Hedges

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army 5661 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army G/43600 Private Middlesex Regiment 21st (Service) Battalion, Islington

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Edmund Dobson Hussey

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army L/10196 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army L/10196 Serjeant Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Middlesex Regiment 21st (Service) Battalion, Islington

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Joseph William Bradbrook

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 196938 Acting Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army WR/552520 Acting Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army 196938 2nd Corporal Royal Engineers

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Frank Norcross

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Manchester Regiment 23rd

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Arthur Norcross

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army Captain East Lancashire Regiment 4th

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Stanley Horace Leaver

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 762507 Private London Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Middlesex Regiment 21st (Service) Battalion, Islington

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William Whitely Aitken

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army G/731 L/Corporal East Kent Regiment 7th (Service) Battalion

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John William Odam

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army G/15410 Company Sergeant Major Middlesex Regiment 21st (Service) Battalion

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