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Place of birth

Strood, Kent [7]

Leicester, Leicestershire [5]

Rochester, Kent [5]

Abergavenny, Monmouthshire [3]

Chatham, Kent [3]

Swanage, Dorset [3]

Battersea, London [2]

Eye, Suffolk [2]

Paddington, London [2]

Ringarooma, Tasmania [2]

Teynham, Kent [2]

Walford, Herefordshire [2]

Wokingham, Berkshire [2]

Wouldham, Kent [2]

York [2]

12 Hanbury Street, Whitechapel, London [1]

213 Gloucester Terrace, Hyde Park, London [1]

Aughton, Ormskirk, Lancashire [1]

Barking, Essex [1]

Basingstoke, Hampshire [1]

Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Blaenavon, Monmouthshire [1]

Blisworth, Northamptonshire [1]

Bromley by Bow, London [1]

Bromley, Kent [1]

Catford, Lewisham, London [1]

Clapton, Hackney, Middlesex [1]

Cosham, Hampshire [1]

Cranbrook, Kent [1]

Crewkerne, Somerset [1]

Downham, Lancashire [1]

East Greenwich, London [1]

Eau Claire, Ontario [1]

Famborough, Kent [1]

Farnborough, Kent [1]

Foumart Hill, Frizington, Cumberland [1]

Frindsbury, Kent [1]

Glasgow, Scotland [1]

Golders Green, London [1]

Goudhurst, Kent [1]

Goytre, Monmouthshire [1]

Gwredog, Amlwch, Anglesey [1]

Holloway, London [1]

Kensington, London [1]

LIverpool, Lancashire [1]

Leintwardine, Herefordshire [1]

Leith, Edinburgh [1]

Llanfoist, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire [1]

Llanfoist, Monmouthshire [1]

Rank

Private [45]

Gunner [16]

Corporal [9]

Lieutenant [9]

Second Lieutenant [8]

Captain [7]

Sergeant [6]

Driver [4]

Sapper [4]

Lance Corporal [3]

Ordinary Seaman [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Boy 2nd Class [2]

Cadet [2]

Major [2]

Private 2nd Class [2]

Rifleman [2]

Serjeant [2]

Stoker [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Stoker First Class [2]

Stoker Petty Officer [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Acting Chief Stoker [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Air Mechanic [1]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Battery Sergeant Major [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy Seaman [1]

Boy Second Class [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Chief Stoker [1]

Chief Yeoman Signaller [1]

Driver (Cold Shoer) [1]

Drummer [1]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class (Petty Officer) [1]

Flight Cadet [1]

General Service Member [1]

General Service Member Ward Orderly [1]

General Service Member Wardmaid [1]

Junior Reserve Assistant [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Lance corporal [1]

Lance-Corporal [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [10]

Royal Garrison Artillery [9]

Royal Engineers [6]

East Kent Regiment [5]

Royal Flying Corps [5]

The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [5]

Army Service Corps [4]

London Regiment [4]

Monmouthshire Regiment [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Labour Corps [3]

Leicestershire Regiment [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3]

Royal West Kent Regiment [3]

Training Reserve [3]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

HMS Erin [2]

Royal Naval Air Service [2]

South Wales Borderers [2]

Suffolk Regiment [2]

Worcestershire Regiment [2]

14th Wing [1]

151st Overseas Battalion [1]

2 Cadet Wing [1]

2 School of Aeronautics [1]

20th Hussars [1]

21st Lancers [1]

2nd Dragoons [1]

3rd (The King's Own) Hussars [1]

3rd Canadian Engineers [1]

3rd Light Horse [1]

44th Overseas Battalion [1]

7th (The Queen's Own) Hussars [1]

86 Wing [1]

9th Lancers [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Australian Infantry [1]

Border Regiment [1]

Cameron Highlanders [1]

Canadian Field Artillery [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

East Kent Regiment (The Buffs) [1]

East Surrey Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [81]

Royal Navy [23]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [9]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [5]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

C [17]

H [14]

M [14]

S [9]

B [8]

W [8]

G [7]

D [6]

N [5]

T [5]

J [4]

L [4]

P [4]

A [2]

E [2]

Q [2]

R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [101]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [96]

Canada [4]

Singapore [3]

India [1]

South Africa [1]

United States [1]

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People [112] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Strood, Kent [7] Leicester, Leicestershire [5] Rochester, Kent [5] Abergavenny, Monmouthshire [3] Chatham, Kent [3] Swanage, Dorset [3] Battersea, London [2] Eye, Suffolk [2] Paddington, London [2] Ringarooma, Tasmania [2] Teynham, Kent [2] Walford, Herefordshire [2] Wokingham, Berkshire [2] Wouldham, Kent [2] York [2] 12 Hanbury Street, Whitechapel, London [1] 213 Gloucester Terrace, Hyde Park, London [1] Aughton, Ormskirk, Lancashire [1] Barking, Essex [1] Basingstoke, Hampshire [1] Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Blaenavon, Monmouthshire [1] Blisworth, Northamptonshire [1] Bromley by Bow, London [1] Bromley, Kent [1] Catford, Lewisham, London [1] Clapton, Hackney, Middlesex [1] Cosham, Hampshire [1] Cranbrook, Kent [1] Crewkerne, Somerset [1] Downham, Lancashire [1] East Greenwich, London [1] Eau Claire, Ontario [1] Famborough, Kent [1] Farnborough, Kent [1] Foumart Hill, Frizington, Cumberland [1] Frindsbury, Kent [1] Glasgow, Scotland [1] Golders Green, London [1] Goudhurst, Kent [1] Goytre, Monmouthshire [1] Gwredog, Amlwch, Anglesey [1] Holloway, London [1] Kensington, London [1] LIverpool, Lancashire [1] Leintwardine, Herefordshire [1] Leith, Edinburgh [1] Llanfoist, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire [1] Llanfoist, Monmouthshire [1]

Rank

Private [45] Gunner [16] Corporal [9] Lieutenant [9] Second Lieutenant [8] Captain [7] Sergeant [6] Driver [4] Sapper [4] Lance Corporal [3] Ordinary Seaman [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Able Seaman [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Boy 2nd Class [2] Cadet [2] Major [2] Private 2nd Class [2] Rifleman [2] Serjeant [2] Stoker [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Stoker First Class [2] Stoker Petty Officer [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Acting Chief Stoker [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Air Mechanic [1] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Battery Sergeant Major [1] Bombardier [1] Boy [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy Seaman [1] Boy Second Class [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Chief Stoker [1] Chief Yeoman Signaller [1] Driver (Cold Shoer) [1] Drummer [1] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class (Petty Officer) [1] Flight Cadet [1] General Service Member [1] General Service Member Ward Orderly [1] General Service Member Wardmaid [1] Junior Reserve Assistant [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Lance corporal [1] Lance-Corporal [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [10] Royal Garrison Artillery [9] Royal Engineers [6] East Kent Regiment [5] Royal Flying Corps [5] The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [5] Army Service Corps [4] London Regiment [4] Monmouthshire Regiment [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Labour Corps [3] Leicestershire Regiment [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3] Royal West Kent Regiment [3] Training Reserve [3] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] HMS Erin [2] Royal Naval Air Service [2] South Wales Borderers [2] Suffolk Regiment [2] Worcestershire Regiment [2] 14th Wing [1] 151st Overseas Battalion [1] 2 Cadet Wing [1] 2 School of Aeronautics [1] 20th Hussars [1] 21st Lancers [1] 2nd Dragoons [1] 3rd (The King's Own) Hussars [1] 3rd Canadian Engineers [1] 3rd Light Horse [1] 44th Overseas Battalion [1] 7th (The Queen's Own) Hussars [1] 86 Wing [1] 9th Lancers [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Australian Infantry [1] Border Regiment [1] Cameron Highlanders [1] Canadian Field Artillery [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] East Kent Regiment (The Buffs) [1] East Surrey Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [81] Royal Navy [23] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [9] Canadian Expeditionary Force [5] Australian Imperial Force [2] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

C [17] H [14] M [14] S [9] B [8] W [8] G [7] D [6] N [5] T [5] J [4] L [4] P [4] A [2] E [2] Q [2] R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [101] Conscientious Objector [1] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [96] Canada [4] Singapore [3] India [1] South Africa [1] United States [1]

Stanley Walker

Born 1891

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army 61021 Corporal Royal Field Artillery 14 Brigade

British Army Royal Artillery 68th Battery

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Frederick Thomas Hassam

Born 1895

Died 1967

British Army G/11872 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

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Arthur Taylor

Born 1887

Died 1919

Royal Navy SS101436 Stoker 2nd Class HMS Cornwallis

Royal Navy SS101436 Stoker 1st Class HMS Prince George

Royal Navy SS101436 Stoker 1st Class HMS Albion

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Charles Greenwood

Born 1881

Died 1930

British Army 63037 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 78th Siege Battery

British Army 61977 Private Worcestershire Regiment 15th (Transport Workers) Battalion

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Edward Arney Walker

Born 1884

Died 1965

British Army 50829 Corporal Royal Field Artillery 26 Brigade

British Army 50829 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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John Cartmer Ronson

Born 1889

Died 1978

British Army 5071 Private Border Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Ralph Victor Janes

Born 1892

Died 1972

Canadian Expeditionary Force 502838 Sapper 3rd Canadian Engineers 7th Field Company

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Clement Perronet Sells

Born 1889

Died 1919

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 202 Private Royal Army Medical Corps 2nd London Field Ambulance

British Army 202 Acting Lance Corporal Royal Army Medical Corps 2nd London Field Ambulance

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John Edwin Styles

Born 1889

Died 1972

British Army 53684 Corporal Durham Light Infantry 19th (Service) Battalion (2nd County)

British Army 53684 Sergeant Durham Light Infantry 19th (Service) Battalion (2nd County)

British Army 20418 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 14th Battalion

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John Tuffs

Born 1881

Died 1935

British Army 6319 Private Suffolk Regiment

British Army 6319 Private Suffolk Regiment Depot

British Army 6319 Private Suffolk Regiment 2nd Bn

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David John Hassam

Born 1868

Died 1933

Royal Navy 149762 Acting Chief Stoker HMS Partridge

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Charles Robert William Howes

Born 1895

Died 1972

British Army 472026 Rifleman London Regiment 9th Battalion

British Army 4990 Rifleman London Regiment 2/12 Battalion

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John Cemlyn Jones

Born 1891

Died 1958

British Army Lieutenant Royal Welsh Fusiliers

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Lieutenant

British Army Captain Royal Welsh Fusiliers 6th Bn

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William Hearne

Born 1865

Died 1918

British Army 292259 Sapper Royal Engineers Inland Water Transport

British Army WR 312865 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Henry James Quick

Born 1871

Died 1942

British Army 3646 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 3646 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 11 Brigade

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Frederick Thomas Henley

Born 1892

Died 1976

British Army 47585 Sapper Royal Engineers Postal Section

British Army 47585 Corporal Royal Engineers Postal Section

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Arthur Mackness

Born 1890

Died 1956

British Army 108289 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 108289 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery No.12 AA Mobile Battery

British Army 108289 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery No.50 AA Company

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Harold Mackness

Born 1893

Died 1978

British Army 11266 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 3rd Battalion

British Army 5230 Private Leicestershire Regiment 4th Battalion

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 112316 Air Mechanic 3rd Class Royal Flying Corps

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Charles Daniel Hassam

Born 1890

Died 1967

British Army L/12215 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army L/8904 Private East Kent Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army L/8904 Drummer East Kent Regiment 3rd (Reserve) Battalion

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George Albert Cordier

Born 1887

Died 1954

British Army 22944 Private East Surrey Regiment

British Army 100207 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 11th Battalion

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