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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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People [4243] Stories Communities

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]

Albert Drury

British Army 48863 Private Suffolk Regiment

British Army 326097 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 16710 Private The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)

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George Jeffery

British Army PW/1292 Private Middlesex Regiment

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Hubert George Gilham

British Army 013206 Private Royal Army Ordnance Corps

British Army 013206 Lance Corporal Royal Army Ordnance Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps

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R J Pettitt

British Army 493399 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Arthur Turvey

British Army 24857 Private Grenadier Guards 1st Battalion

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Robert T Sills

British Army 10639 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army 3074 Private Corps of Hussars

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Arthur W Davis

British Army 2083 Private Seaforth Highlanders 6th Battalion

British Army Royal Engineers

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Henry Charles Dunn

British Army SE24928 Private Army Veterinary Corps

British Army Private Army Service Corps 2nd Reseve Section

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Oscar Frederick Maier

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 2448 Private West Kent Yeomanry

British Army 2448 Private Corps of Hussars

British Army 2448 Private West Kent Yeomanry (Queen's Own) att 13th Battalion Middlesex Regiment

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Harry Burrluck

Born 1883

Died 1915

British Army G/3761 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army G/3761 Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) 1st Battalion

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Herbert Pearce

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 11151 Private Worcestershire Regiment

British Army 11151 Corporal Worcestershire Regiment 4th Battalion

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Stephen Edward Brosnan Lowe

Born 1882

Died 1916

British Army 7393 Private Manchester Regiment

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Ernest Edmund Pearce

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 6588 Private London Regiment

British Army 633340 Private London Regiment 20th Battalion

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John Seear Gibson

Born 1883

Died 1916

Royal Navy Z/165 Ordinary Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve London Division

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant Bedfordshire Regiment 8th Battalion

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William Charles Canton

Born 1899

Died 1917

British Army 2/42634 Private Royal Irish Rifles

Rifleman

British Army 42634 Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 2nd Battalion

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Reginald William Betts

Born 1892

British Army S4/038449 Private Army Service Corps

British Army 1369 Private London Regiment 23rd Battalion

British Army 813 Driver Army Service Corps Kent Brigade Coy

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George Chapman

Born 1880

Died 1931

British Army 5910 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 2nd Battalion

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Albert Victor King

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army PS/2878 Private Middlesex Regiment 16th Battalion

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Noel Felix Perris

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment and Royal Air Force

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Lieutenant Royal Air Force 143rd Sqdn.

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Daisy Annie Jupe

Born 1885

Died 1960

British Army Staff Nurse Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve

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