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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]

Percy Arthur Brotherwood

Born 1882

Died 1929

Royal Navy F17264 AM II(G) RNAS HMS "President II"

Royal Navy F17264 AM1(G) RNAS HMS "President II"

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 217264 Royal Air Force

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John Kirby

Born 1872

Died 1929

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 260607

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Harry Christopher Thompson

Born 1883

Died 1916

British Army 15607 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army G/40973 Private Middlesex Regiment 4th Battalion

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Walter Sunnucks

Born 1877

Died 1961

Royal Navy F32937 Acting AM1(c) RNAS HMS "President II"

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 232937 Royal Air Force

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George Granville Anderson

Born 1879

Died 1971

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 190705 Royal Air Force

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Owen Lionel Grant

Born 1878

Died 1957

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 197456

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Archibald Witherden Gilkes

Born 1885

Died 1967

Royal Navy F9301 AM I RNAS HMS "President II"

Royal Navy F9301 LM RNAS HMS "President II"

Royal Navy F9301 LM RNAS HMS "Daedalus"

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Willoughby Bertram Bradford

Born 1889

Died 1967

Royal Navy F4829 AM I (E) RNAS HMS "President II"

Royal Navy F4829 Ldg Mec RNAS HMS "President II"

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 204829 Royal Air Force

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David Samuel Springett

Born 1881

Died 1959

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 96811

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Alfred Ovenden

Born 1878

Died 1947

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 278343

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Albert Wilkins

Born 1873

Died 1944

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 192636

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John Foster White

Born 1872

Died 1942

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 262541

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Walter George Taylor

Born 1881

Died 1941

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 226947

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Herbert Charles Rolfe

Born 1874

Died 1958

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 267097

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Jabez Kingsley

Born 1872

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 976 Private 32nd Battalion

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Maurice Lea Newman

Born 1896

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 113016

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 113016 Air Mechanic 1st Class Royal Air Force 143 Squadron

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Edward John Mercer

Born 1879

Died 1931

Royal Navy F9175 AM I RNAS HMS "President II"

Royal Navy F9175 AM I RNAS HMS "Daedalus"

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 209175 Royal Air Force

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Herbert Nelson Standen

Born 1881

Died 1971

British Army 6203 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 165976 Royal Air Force

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Wilfred Venn Carr

Born 1886

Died 1974

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 278012 Royal Air Force

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Henry Hastie

Born 1884

Died 1956

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 134699

British Army Sergeant Army Service Corps

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