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Dartford, Kent [3]

Greenwich [3]

Beccles, Suffolk [2]

Brighton [2]

Brockley [2]

Brockley, Kent [2]

Holborn, London [2]

Jersey [2]

Reading [2]

Alton, Hampshire [1]

Barton Regis Bristol England [1]

Bath Somerset [1]

Bermondsey [1]

Brockley, London SE [1]

Buffalo, New York [1]

Chard, Somerset [1]

Chatteris Cambridgeshire [1]

Croydon [1]

Croydon, Surrey [1]

Deptford, London [1]

Faversham [1]

Gravesend [1]

Gravesend, Kent [1]

Guildford, Surrey [1]

Halling, Kent [1]

Hastings [1]

Hatherop, Gloucestershire [1]

Hendon [1]

Holybourne [1]

Islington [1]

Kettleburgh, Suffolk [1]

Leicester [1]

Leominster Herefordshire [1]

Lingfield, Surrey [1]

Lingfield, Tandridge, Surrey [1]

Middlesex [1]

Pakefield, Lowestoft, Suffolk [1]

Penge [1]

Plymouth, Devon [1]

Poplar [1]

Ramsgate, Kent [1]

Rogate, Sussex [1]

Shipley, Yorkshire [1]

Shoreditch, London [1]

Small Heath, Birmingham [1]

Wells Somerset [1]

West Ham, London [1]

Westminster, London [1]

Rank

Private [73]

Corporal [10]

Driver [8]

Lance Corporal [5]

Lieutenant [5]

Captain [4]

Gunner [4]

Rifleman [4]

Sapper [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Serjeant [3]

Second Lieutenant [2]

Trooper [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Battery Sergeant Major [1]

Bombardier [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Commander [1]

Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1]

Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Munitions Worker [1]

Ordinary Telegraphist [1]

Pilot Officer [1]

Sergeant [1]

Serjeant Major [1]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

Royal West Kent Regiment [13]

London Regiment [12]

Royal Field Artillery [11]

Army Service Corps [7]

Labour Corps [5]

Rifle Brigade [5]

Royal Engineers [5]

Coldstream Guards [4]

Royal Garrison Artillery [4]

Grenadier Guards [3]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Somerset Light Infantry [3]

Honourable Artillery Company [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Life Guards [2]

London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [2]

Middlesex Regiment [2]

Military Foot Police [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [2]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

Royal Irish Rifles [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division: HMS BULWARK [2]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2]

The Queen's Regiment [2]

West Yorkshire Regiment [2]

1st Household Battalion [1]

1st Surrey Volunteer Rifle Corps [1]

53rd Brigade, Supply & Transport Corps [1]

Army Pay Corps [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Cyclist Corp [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1]

East Kent Regiment [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

Household Battalion [1]

Kent Regiment [1]

King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) [1]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [1]

Labour Corps Eastern Command ex Royal Field Artillery [1]

Lancers [1]

Leicestershire Regiment [1]

Liverpool Regiment [1]

Norfolk Regiment [1]

Northamptonshire Regiment [1]

Northumberland Fusiliers [1]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1]

Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Service

British Army [110]

Royal Navy [10]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [8]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [3]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Indian Army [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [19]

A [13]

B [13]

S [12]

P [11]

C [10]

R [9]

G [8]

W [7]

M [6]

T [5]

E [4]

F [3]

J [3]

L [3]

D [2]

N [2]

K [1]

O [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [126]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [4]

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People [133] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Dartford, Kent [3] Greenwich [3] Beccles, Suffolk [2] Brighton [2] Brockley [2] Brockley, Kent [2] Holborn, London [2] Jersey [2] Reading [2] Alton, Hampshire [1] Barton Regis Bristol England [1] Bath Somerset [1] Bermondsey [1] Brockley, London SE [1] Buffalo, New York [1] Chard, Somerset [1] Chatteris Cambridgeshire [1] Croydon [1] Croydon, Surrey [1] Deptford, London [1] Faversham [1] Gravesend [1] Gravesend, Kent [1] Guildford, Surrey [1] Halling, Kent [1] Hastings [1] Hatherop, Gloucestershire [1] Hendon [1] Holybourne [1] Islington [1] Kettleburgh, Suffolk [1] Leicester [1] Leominster Herefordshire [1] Lingfield, Surrey [1] Lingfield, Tandridge, Surrey [1] Middlesex [1] Pakefield, Lowestoft, Suffolk [1] Penge [1] Plymouth, Devon [1] Poplar [1] Ramsgate, Kent [1] Rogate, Sussex [1] Shipley, Yorkshire [1] Shoreditch, London [1] Small Heath, Birmingham [1] Wells Somerset [1] West Ham, London [1] Westminster, London [1]

Rank

Private [73] Corporal [10] Driver [8] Lance Corporal [5] Lieutenant [5] Captain [4] Gunner [4] Rifleman [4] Sapper [4] Acting Corporal [3] Serjeant [3] Second Lieutenant [2] Trooper [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Battery Sergeant Major [1] Bombardier [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Commander [1] Lance Corporal Acting Corporal [1] Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Munitions Worker [1] Ordinary Telegraphist [1] Pilot Officer [1] Sergeant [1] Serjeant Major [1] Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

Royal West Kent Regiment [13] London Regiment [12] Royal Field Artillery [11] Army Service Corps [7] Labour Corps [5] Rifle Brigade [5] Royal Engineers [5] Coldstream Guards [4] Royal Garrison Artillery [4] Grenadier Guards [3] Machine Gun Corps [3] Somerset Light Infantry [3] Honourable Artillery Company [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Life Guards [2] London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [2] Middlesex Regiment [2] Military Foot Police [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [2] Royal Berkshire Regiment [2] Royal Irish Rifles [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division: HMS BULWARK [2] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [2] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [2] The Queen's Regiment [2] West Yorkshire Regiment [2] 1st Household Battalion [1] 1st Surrey Volunteer Rifle Corps [1] 53rd Brigade, Supply & Transport Corps [1] Army Pay Corps [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Cyclist Corp [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [1] East Kent Regiment [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] Household Battalion [1] Kent Regiment [1] King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) [1] King's Own Scottish Borderers [1] Labour Corps Eastern Command ex Royal Field Artillery [1] Lancers [1] Leicestershire Regiment [1] Liverpool Regiment [1] Norfolk Regiment [1] Northamptonshire Regiment [1] Northumberland Fusiliers [1] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [1] Royal Army Medical Corps [1]

Service

British Army [110] Royal Navy [10] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [8] Canadian Expeditionary Force [3] Australian Imperial Force [1] Indian Army [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [19] A [13] B [13] S [12] P [11] C [10] R [9] G [8] W [7] M [6] T [5] E [4] F [3] J [3] L [3] D [2] N [2] K [1] O [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [126] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [4]

George Barton Peacock

Died 1917

British Army 34402 Private Northumberland Fusiliers

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Reginald Stuart Emery

Died 1915

British Army 2057 Private London Regiment

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Arthur Amos Barling

Died 1962

British Army Captain Royal West Kent Regiment

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Thomas James Harris

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 358 Acting Corporal Royal West Kent Regiment

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John Bertie Greenfield

Died 1917

British Army 41663 Private Liverpool Regiment

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Sydney Harold Jenkins

Died 1916

British Army 6923 Private London Regiment

British Army 6923 Private London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)

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Frederick James Atkins

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army L/17529 Corporal Royal Field Artillery

British Army L/17529 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

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James Alfred Caller

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army 8697 Lance Corporal West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 8697 Corporal West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 8697 Corporal West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Daniel Dempsey

Died 1918

British Army G/5019 Private Middlesex Regiment

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William Henry Thompson

Died 1915

British Army 2002 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

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David Albert Agent

Born 1897

British Army 13196 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 580702 Private Labour Corps

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Benjamin Taylor

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army G/4956 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army G/4956 Private Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)

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Thomas Kennett Stephen Wilson

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 5666 Private London Regiment

British Army 202549 Private London Regiment

British Army 202549 Private London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)

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Richard Wilkins

Born 1892

Died 1973

British Army 1155 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 900280 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Ronald James Pankhurst

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 10286 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army 242209 Private King's Own Scottish Borderers

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William Arthur Honeycombe

Born 1887

Died 1918

British Army 43956 Private Hampshire Regiment

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Alan Charles Price Seymour-Higgins

Born 1897

Died 1966

British Army Captain Supply and Transport Corps

Indian Army Captain 53rd Brigade, Supply & Transport Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 74559 Pilot Officer

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John Simes

Died 1916

British Army G/12427 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

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William Masters Barling

Died 1961

British Army A-293820 Acting Corporal Army Service Corps

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Frederick Thomas Cherry

Died 1917

British Army 115003 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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