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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]

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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]

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

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Military Service [139] Merchant Navy [1]

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

Ernest Foster

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army TF/292429 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army TF/292429 Private Middlesex Regiment 21st (Service) Battalion, Islington

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James William Fothergill

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army 46378 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 16th Heavy Battery

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Ernest Foster

James William Fothergill