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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]

William Percy Coffin

Born 1897

Died 1915

Royal Navy J21399 Boy

Royal Navy J/21399 Boy 1st Class HMS Invincible

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Benjamin Evans

British Army T/358526 Private Army Service Corps

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Reginald Leigh Denny

Born 1891

Died 1967

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 318727 Air Mechanic Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Cadet Royal Air Force Flight School

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Flight Cadet Royal Air Force Flight School

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Albert Cordier

Born 1894

Royal Navy L4443 Officer's Cook, 3rd Class HMS Hermes

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Albert Cordier

Born 1898

Died 1914

British Army L/10061 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 1st Battalion

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Ernest Mackness

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 11225 Private Scottish Rifles

Royal Navy 13600 Private Royal Marine Artillery

British Army 11225 Private Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 1st Battalion

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Edmund Stewart Edwards

Born 1895

Died 1919

British Army 50309 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 250092 Corporal Royal Engineers Signal Service

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Robert Morris

Born 1892

Died 1919

British Army 3726 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 241458 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 2nd Battalion

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Reginald Hubert Norton Dawson

Born 1896

Died 1972

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

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Frank Corben

Born 1874

Died 1918

Royal Navy 152277

Royal Navy Boy Seaman HMS Boscawen

Royal Navy 152277 Stoker 1st Class HMS Victory II

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John Francis Dymoke Tanqueray

Born 1893

Canadian Expeditionary Force 5321

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Royal Air Force

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Horace Christopher Burt

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 767077 Private London Regiment 2/28th (County of London) Battalion (Artists' Rifles)

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Cadet 2 School of Aeronautics

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