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Place of birth

Maidstone, Kent [1904]

Boxley, Kent [78]

Loose, Kent [78]

East Farleigh, Kent [75]

Bearsted, Kent [70]

Boughton Monchelsea, Kent [66]

Hollingbourne, Kent [53]

Barming, Kent [49]

Tovil, Kent [45]

Thurnham, Kent [42]

Maidstone England [37]

East Malling, Kent [34]

Detling, Kent [24]

West Malling, Kent [22]

Yalding, Kent [22]

Aylesford, Kent [21]

Leeds, Kent [21]

Otham, Kent [21]

Ditton, Kent [20]

Snodland, Kent [20]

Chart Sutton, Kent [19]

Maidstone [19]

Eccles, Kent [18]

Marden, Kent [18]

Linton, Kent [17]

Hunton, Kent [16]

Langley, Kent [16]

Wateringbury, Kent [16]

East Peckham, Kent [15]

Staplehurst, Kent [14]

Burham, Kent [13]

Sutton Valence, Kent [13]

East Sutton, Kent [12]

Ulcombe, Kent [12]

Wrotham, Kent [12]

Chatham, Kent [11]

Harrietsham, Kent [11]

Stockbury, Kent [11]

Tunbridge Wells, Kent [11]

Ashford, Kent [10]

Canterbury, Kent [10]

Leeds Kent [10]

Lenham, Kent [10]

Mereworth, Kent [10]

Tonbridge, Kent [10]

Birling, Kent [9]

Ightham, Kent [9]

Nettlestead, Kent [9]

West Farleigh, Kent [9]

Cranbrook, Kent [8]

Rank

Private [2751]

Lance Corporal [389]

Corporal [357]

Driver [334]

Serjeant [294]

Gunner [276]

Sapper [207]

Rifleman [117]

Acting Corporal [106]

Acting Serjeant [103]

Second Lieutenant [97]

Pioneer [77]

Lieutenant [67]

Stoker 2 [64]

Stoker 1 [55]

Captain [50]

Able Seaman [49]

Lance Serjeant [47]

Bombardier [46]

Boy 2nd Class [44]

Ordinary Seaman [41]

Stoker 2nd Class [37]

Acting Lance Corporal [36]

Company Serjeant Major [36]

AC II [34]

Stoker 1st Class [28]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [25]

Boy [24]

Boy 1st Class [24]

Trooper [24]

2nd Corporal [23]

Leading Stoker [23]

AC I [22]

Acting Bombardier [21]

Sergeant [20]

Staff Serjeant [20]

AM II [18]

AM I (E) [15]

AM I [14]

AM1(c) [14]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [14]

Guardsman [14]

ACM II [13]

Petty Officer Stoker [13]

AM II(E) [12]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [12]

Colour Serjeant [11]

LM [11]

Leading Seaman [11]

Acting Company Serjeant Major [10]

Unit

The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [663]

Army Service Corps [474]

Royal Army Medical Corps [361]

Royal Engineers [331]

The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [328]

Royal Army Service Corps [307]

Labour Corps [267]

Royal Field Artillery [216]

Royal Air Force [189]

Royal West Kent Regiment [183]

Royal Garrison Artillery [152]

London Regiment [140]

RNAS HMS "President II" [140]

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [111]

Royal Fusiliers [109]

East Kent Regiment [101]

HMS "Pembroke II" [99]

Middlesex Regiment [97]

Royal Sussex Regiment [76]

Training Reserve [73]

Suffolk Regiment [69]

Rifle Brigade [64]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [62]

Machine Gun Corps [61]

West Kent Yeomanry (Queen's Own) [60]

East Surrey Regiment [53]

Essex Regiment [52]

Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [49]

RNAS HMS "Daedalus" [48]

Bedfordshire Regiment [44]

HMS "Pembroke I" [42]

Royal Defence Corps [42]

The Queen's Regiment [38]

Kent Cyclist Battalion [34]

Kent Regiment [34]

Grenadier Guards [33]

Northamptonshire Regiment [33]

Royal Horse Artillery [33]

Army Ordnance Corps [32]

Worcestershire Regiment [32]

Canadian Infantry [29]

Norfolk Regiment [29]

Northumberland Fusiliers [29]

South Staffordshire Regiment [28]

Army Reserve [27]

Hussars of the Line [25]

Army Veterinary Corps [23]

Hampshire Regiment [22]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [22]

West Kent Yeomanry [21]

Service

British Army [3606]

Royal Navy [400]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [338]

Australian Imperial Force [73]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [56]

Other Empire Force [6]

Indian Army [4]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4]

South African Services [2]

Last name first letter

B [592]

C [436]

H [430]

W [350]

S [309]

M [280]

P [221]

G [199]

F [190]

D [178]

A [166]

L [163]

T [155]

R [146]

J [103]

E [102]

K [79]

N [43]

O [30]

V [30]

I [16]

U [14]

Y [10]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [4221]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [3964]

India [95]

Canada [40]

Australia [17]

Ireland [15]

Singapore [14]

Malta [12]

South Africa [12]

Gibraltar [11]

United States [6]

Egypt [5]

China [3]

Iraq [3]

Jamaica [3]

Iran, Islamic Republic of [2]

Yemen [2]

France [1]

Mauritius [1]

Mexico [1]

New Zealand [1]

Portugal [1]

Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha [1]

Sri Lanka [1]

Turkey [1]

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Place of birth

Maidstone, Kent [1904] Boxley, Kent [78] Loose, Kent [78] East Farleigh, Kent [75] Bearsted, Kent [70] Boughton Monchelsea, Kent [66] Hollingbourne, Kent [53] Barming, Kent [49] Tovil, Kent [45] Thurnham, Kent [42] Maidstone England [37] East Malling, Kent [34] Detling, Kent [24] West Malling, Kent [22] Yalding, Kent [22] Aylesford, Kent [21] Leeds, Kent [21] Otham, Kent [21] Ditton, Kent [20] Snodland, Kent [20] Chart Sutton, Kent [19] Maidstone [19] Eccles, Kent [18] Marden, Kent [18] Linton, Kent [17] Hunton, Kent [16] Langley, Kent [16] Wateringbury, Kent [16] East Peckham, Kent [15] Staplehurst, Kent [14] Burham, Kent [13] Sutton Valence, Kent [13] East Sutton, Kent [12] Ulcombe, Kent [12] Wrotham, Kent [12] Chatham, Kent [11] Harrietsham, Kent [11] Stockbury, Kent [11] Tunbridge Wells, Kent [11] Ashford, Kent [10] Canterbury, Kent [10] Leeds Kent [10] Lenham, Kent [10] Mereworth, Kent [10] Tonbridge, Kent [10] Birling, Kent [9] Ightham, Kent [9] Nettlestead, Kent [9] West Farleigh, Kent [9] Cranbrook, Kent [8]

Rank

Private [2751] Lance Corporal [389] Corporal [357] Driver [334] Serjeant [294] Gunner [276] Sapper [207] Rifleman [117] Acting Corporal [106] Acting Serjeant [103] Second Lieutenant [97] Pioneer [77] Lieutenant [67] Stoker 2 [64] Stoker 1 [55] Captain [50] Able Seaman [49] Lance Serjeant [47] Bombardier [46] Boy 2nd Class [44] Ordinary Seaman [41] Stoker 2nd Class [37] Acting Lance Corporal [36] Company Serjeant Major [36] AC II [34] Stoker 1st Class [28] Warrant Officer Class 2 [25] Boy [24] Boy 1st Class [24] Trooper [24] 2nd Corporal [23] Leading Stoker [23] AC I [22] Acting Bombardier [21] Sergeant [20] Staff Serjeant [20] AM II [18] AM I (E) [15] AM I [14] AM1(c) [14] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [14] Guardsman [14] ACM II [13] Petty Officer Stoker [13] AM II(E) [12] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [12] Colour Serjeant [11] LM [11] Leading Seaman [11] Acting Company Serjeant Major [10]

Unit

The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [663] Army Service Corps [474] Royal Army Medical Corps [361] Royal Engineers [331] The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [328] Royal Army Service Corps [307] Labour Corps [267] Royal Field Artillery [216] Royal Air Force [189] Royal West Kent Regiment [183] Royal Garrison Artillery [152] London Regiment [140] RNAS HMS "President II" [140] The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [111] Royal Fusiliers [109] East Kent Regiment [101] HMS "Pembroke II" [99] Middlesex Regiment [97] Royal Sussex Regiment [76] Training Reserve [73] Suffolk Regiment [69] Rifle Brigade [64] King's Royal Rifle Corps [62] Machine Gun Corps [61] West Kent Yeomanry (Queen's Own) [60] East Surrey Regiment [53] Essex Regiment [52] Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [49] RNAS HMS "Daedalus" [48] Bedfordshire Regiment [44] HMS "Pembroke I" [42] Royal Defence Corps [42] The Queen's Regiment [38] Kent Cyclist Battalion [34] Kent Regiment [34] Grenadier Guards [33] Northamptonshire Regiment [33] Royal Horse Artillery [33] Army Ordnance Corps [32] Worcestershire Regiment [32] Canadian Infantry [29] Norfolk Regiment [29] Northumberland Fusiliers [29] South Staffordshire Regiment [28] Army Reserve [27] Hussars of the Line [25] Army Veterinary Corps [23] Hampshire Regiment [22] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [22] West Kent Yeomanry [21]

Service

British Army [3606] Royal Navy [400] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [338] Australian Imperial Force [73] Canadian Expeditionary Force [56] Other Empire Force [6] Indian Army [4] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4] South African Services [2]

Last name first letter

B [592] C [436] H [430] W [350] S [309] M [280] P [221] G [199] F [190] D [178] A [166] L [163] T [155] R [146] J [103] E [102] K [79] N [43] O [30] V [30] I [16] U [14] Y [10] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [4221] Conscientious Objector [2] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [3964] India [95] Canada [40] Australia [17] Ireland [15] Singapore [14] Malta [12] South Africa [12] Gibraltar [11] United States [6] Egypt [5] China [3] Iraq [3] Jamaica [3] Iran, Islamic Republic of [2] Yemen [2] France [1] Mauritius [1] Mexico [1] New Zealand [1] Portugal [1] Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha [1] Sri Lanka [1] Turkey [1]

Charles Arthur Hambrook

Born 1885

Died 1919

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 281095 Royal Air Force

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 281095 Aircraftman 2nd Class Royal Air Force

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Walter Vaine Bromley

Born 1877

Died 1918

British Army The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 1st Battalion

British Army 4260 Rifleman London Regiment 3/8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 371899 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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John Bowles

Born 1883

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 6707 Australian Infantry 4th Battalion

Australian Imperial Force 6707 Private 4th Australian Infantry Battalion

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George Wallis Walker

Born 1880

Died 1958

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 13282

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Harold Weston

Born 1887

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 12382 143 Sqdn

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Thomas James Jennings

Born 1895

Died 1975

British Army 20390 Corporal Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army 20390 Serjeant Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army Second Lieutenant West Riding Regiment

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John Hugh J Gould

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 201224 Corporal Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army 201224 Lance Serjeant The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 3rd/4th Bn.

British Army 201224 Lance Sargeant Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent) Regiment 3rd/4th Battalion

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Richard Pearce

Born 1883

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 230270 Air Mechanic 2nd Class Cranwell Depot

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Harry John Chambers

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army 40843 Private Royal Dublin Fusiliers 8th Battalion

British Army 74008 Private Machine Gun Corps 16th Battalion

British Army TR/10/4557 Private Training Reserve 22nd Battalion

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Harold Frederick Chambers

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army Private The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 3rd Battalion

British Army G/4928 Private The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 6th Battalion

British Army GS/4928 Corporal Kent Regiment 6th Battalion

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Walter George Challis

Born 1876

Died 1916

British Army Private The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)

British Army S/628 Serjeant The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 8th Battalion

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William Henry Chambers

Born 1869

Died 1915

British Army 212 Serjeant Royal West Kent Regiment

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Edward Coleman

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 29322 Private Training Reserve 32 Battalion

British Army 42851 Private Middlesex Regiment 16th Battalion

British Army 42186 Private North Staffordshire Regiment 2nd/6th Battalion

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John Edward Cokeley

Born 1876

Died 1916

British Army 22523 Private Royal Welch Fusiliers 15th Battalion London Welch

British Army 52669 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army GS/6713 Private The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 2nd Battalion

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Stephen Tomsett

Born 1879

Died 1918

British Army 8259 Private Royal Army Medical Corps 4/1st Home Counties Field Ambulance

British Army 10144 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 495545 Private Royal Army Medical Corps 82nd (1st/2nd Home Counties) Field Amb.

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Frank John Hider

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army GS/4948 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army G/4948 Private The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 1st Battalion

British Army G/4948 Private The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 3rd Battalion

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Ernest Harry Harold Gill

Born 1897

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 67995

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 67995 Royal Air Force

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 67995 Air Mechanic 2nd Class Royal Air Force 112th Sqdn.

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Herbert Albert R G Hart

Born 1887

Died 1949

British Army 65240 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army 77599 Private Royal Defence Corps 467 Coy

British Army 15456 Private The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 3rd Battalion

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Ernest Mercer

Born 1886

Died 1979

Royal Navy F28305 AC II RNAS HMS "President II"

Royal Navy F28305 AC I RNAS HMS "Daedalus"

Royal Navy F28305 LAC RNAS HMS "Daedalus"

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Charles John Burley

Born 1888

Died 1948

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 104224

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