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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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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]

Laurence Albert Styles

Born 1893

Died 1973

Australian Imperial Force 1656

Australian Imperial Force 1556 Private 3rd Light Horse 11th Reinforcements

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Ernest George Pendrigh

Born 1900

Died 1974

Royal Navy 20273 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division

Royal Navy 20273 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division HMS Emperor of India

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Peter Lambird

Born 1880

Died 1918

British Army

British Army 110990 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 1st/1st (West Riding)

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Arthur Donald Gristwood

Born 1893

Died 1933

British Army 302064 Private London Regiment 10th lond Battalion

British Army 302064 Private London Regiment 1/5th Battalion London Rifle Brigade

British Army 3280 Private London Regiment 3/5th Battalion London Rifle Brigade

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Henry George Dean

Born 1884

Died 1925

Royal Navy 306052 Stoker HMS Wildfire

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Ambrose George Govier

Born 1878

Died 1970

British Army M2/137394 Private Army Service Corps

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Joseph Slater

Born 1885

Died 1916

British Army 6983 Private Liverpool Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 6983 Private Liverpool Regiment 4th Battalion

British Army 6983 Private The King's (Liverpool) Regiment

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Walter Thomas Dean

Born 1897

Died 1971

British Army 1834 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 2/2nd London Brigade

British Army 930777 Driver (Cold Shoer) Royal Field Artillery 291 Brigade

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Ian Cameron Grant

Born 1891

Died 1955

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Cameron Highlanders 2nd Battalion

British Army Captain Cameron Highlanders

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William John Hassam

Born 1886

Died 1925

British Army Royal West Surrey Regiment 4th Battalion

British Army 149531 Private Labour Corps

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Arthur Mackness

Born 1868

Died 1953

British Army 2047 Private Leicestershire Regiment 3rd (Reserve) Regiment

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 285488 Private 2nd Class 86 Wing 166/167 Squadrons

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James Henry Burrows

Born 1884

Died 1968

British Army 1920 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 3/6th Cyclist Battalion

British Army 1920 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 1/6th Cyclist Battalion

British Army 266196 Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment Reserve battalion

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Frances Amelia Hannah Cordier

Born 1891

Died 1961

Royal Navy G976 Steward HMS Pembroke I

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Thomas Benjamin Banford

Born 1866

Died 1943

British Army 5/20276 Lance Sergeant West Yorkshire Regiment 13th Battalion

British Army 5/20276 Acting Serjeant Training Reserve 6th Battalion

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Frederick Charles Cordier

Born 1892

Died 1962

British Army 122290 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 122290 Bombardier Royal Garrison Artillery 111 Siege Battery

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William Henry Morgan

Born 1880

Died 1918

British Army 13114 Private South Wales Borderers 4th Battalion

British Army 13114 Private South Wales Borderers Depot

British Army 5650 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry 4th Battalion

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Richard Thomas Mann

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 1435 Private Monmouthshire Regiment 1st/3rd Battalion

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Charles Herbert George Martin

Born 1881

Died 1915

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Monmouthshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Monmouthshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Alfred Sidney Hassam

Born 1896

British Army 11381 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army 11381 Lance corporal King's Royal Rifle Corps 1st Battalion

British Army 11381 Sergeant King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Mary Elizabeth Lewis

Born 1899

Died 1923

British Army L966 General Service Member Ward Orderly Voluntary Aid Detachment No 72 General Hospital, Trouville, France

British Army L966 General Service Member Voluntary Aid Detachment Monmouth Res.

British Army L966 General Service Member Wardmaid Voluntary Aid Detachment No 1 Australian Military Hospital, Rouen, France

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