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Alveley Village, nr Bridgnorth Shropshire [15]

Sittingbourne, Kent [9]

Chatham, Kent [7]

Alfriston [5]

Gillingham, Kent [5]

Minster-in-Thanet, Kent [5]

Rainham, Kent [5]

Chatham Kent [3]

Hartlip, Kent [3]

Headcorn, Kent [3]

London [3]

Rainham Kent [3]

Rochester, Kent [3]

St Saviour Southwark [3]

Bendigo Victoria [2]

Birmingham [2]

Gravesend, Kent [2]

Milton Sittingbourne Kent [2]

Ramsgate, Kent. [2]

Sittingbourne Kent [2]

26, Crooms Hill, Greenwich, London [1]

Alfriston, England [1]

Alfriston, Sussex [1]

Allam Bridge Mill, Alveley, Bridgnorth Shropshire [1]

Alveley Shropshire [1]

Alverley Shropshire [1]

Anerley Bromley Kent [1]

Arundel, Sussex [1]

Ashburnham [1]

Ballincollig, County Cork [1]

Barnet [1]

Bedford Bedfordshire [1]

Bedford, Bedfordshire [1]

Bedfordshire [1]

Beer Devon [1]

Belfast, Antrim [1]

Bethnal Green London [1]

Bewdley, Worcestershire [1]

Biggleswade, Bedfordshire [1]

Bishopwearmouth, County Durham [1]

Bombay [1]

Borden Sittingbourne Kent [1]

Bow, London [1]

Bredhurst, Kent [1]

Brighton [1]

Bromley, Kent [1]

Burnham on Crouch, Essex [1]

Burnlane, Devon [1]

Buxted [1]

Camberwell [1]

Rank

Private [235]

Sapper [30]

Corporal [26]

Serjeant [26]

Second Lieutenant [23]

Lieutenant [21]

Captain [19]

Gunner [15]

Major [13]

Driver [12]

Lance Corporal [11]

Pioneer [11]

Rifleman [8]

Lieutenant Colonel [7]

Able Seaman [5]

Sergeant [4]

Stoker 1st Class [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Bombardier [3]

Commander [3]

Lieutenant Commander [3]

Temporary Captain [3]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant Captain [2]

Midshipman [2]

Sub Lieutenant [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

1st Class Staff Serjeant Major [1]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Acting Bombadier [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Sister [1]

Bandsman [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Buglar Boy [1]

Bugler [1]

Bugler Boy [1]

C Serjt. Major [1]

CPL [1]

Captain (Rtd) [1]

Captain and Adjutant [1]

Cinematographer [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [55]

East Kent Regiment [49]

Royal Field Artillery [22]

The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [22]

Royal West Kent Regiment [21]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [17]

Royal Sussex Regiment [15]

London Regiment [14]

Army Service Corps [13]

Royal Fusiliers [13]

Machine Gun Corps [11]

Worcestershire Regiment [11]

Shropshire Light Infantry [10]

Canadian Infantry [9]

Royal Garrison Artillery [9]

East Surrey Regiment [8]

Middlesex Regiment [8]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [8]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [7]

Labour Corps [6]

Rifle Brigade [6]

Bedfordshire Regiment [5]

Grenadier Guards [5]

Royal Army Medical Corps [5]

Royal Flying Corps [5]

East Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Essex Regiment [4]

Lincolnshire Regiment [4]

Northamptonshire Regiment [4]

Royal Air Force [4]

Royal Naval Division [4]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4]

Durham Light Infantry [3]

Gloucestershire Regiment [3]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [3]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3]

Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [3]

Royal East Kent Yeomanry [3]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [2]

Canadian Field Artillery [2]

Coldstream Guards [2]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

HMS Pembroke [2]

Hussars [2]

Kent Regiment [2]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

London Regiment (London Irish Rifles) [2]

Service

British Army [372]

Royal Navy [65]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [17]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [15]

Australian Imperial Force [7]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Indian Army [1]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [56]

C [50]

H [37]

W [33]

M [32]

S [31]

D [27]

R [25]

F [24]

A [23]

P [23]

G [22]

L [21]

K [20]

E [11]

J [11]

T [11]

N [8]

O [5]

V [2]

Y [2]

Contribution

Military Service [458]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [229]

India [3]

South Africa [2]

Australia [1]

New Zealand [1]

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People [475] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Alveley Village, nr Bridgnorth Shropshire [15] Sittingbourne, Kent [9] Chatham, Kent [7] Alfriston [5] Gillingham, Kent [5] Minster-in-Thanet, Kent [5] Rainham, Kent [5] Chatham Kent [3] Hartlip, Kent [3] Headcorn, Kent [3] London [3] Rainham Kent [3] Rochester, Kent [3] St Saviour Southwark [3] Bendigo Victoria [2] Birmingham [2] Gravesend, Kent [2] Milton Sittingbourne Kent [2] Ramsgate, Kent. [2] Sittingbourne Kent [2] 26, Crooms Hill, Greenwich, London [1] Alfriston, England [1] Alfriston, Sussex [1] Allam Bridge Mill, Alveley, Bridgnorth Shropshire [1] Alveley Shropshire [1] Alverley Shropshire [1] Anerley Bromley Kent [1] Arundel, Sussex [1] Ashburnham [1] Ballincollig, County Cork [1] Barnet [1] Bedford Bedfordshire [1] Bedford, Bedfordshire [1] Bedfordshire [1] Beer Devon [1] Belfast, Antrim [1] Bethnal Green London [1] Bewdley, Worcestershire [1] Biggleswade, Bedfordshire [1] Bishopwearmouth, County Durham [1] Bombay [1] Borden Sittingbourne Kent [1] Bow, London [1] Bredhurst, Kent [1] Brighton [1] Bromley, Kent [1] Burnham on Crouch, Essex [1] Burnlane, Devon [1] Buxted [1] Camberwell [1]

Rank

Private [235] Sapper [30] Corporal [26] Serjeant [26] Second Lieutenant [23] Lieutenant [21] Captain [19] Gunner [15] Major [13] Driver [12] Lance Corporal [11] Pioneer [11] Rifleman [8] Lieutenant Colonel [7] Able Seaman [5] Sergeant [4] Stoker 1st Class [4] Acting Corporal [3] Bombardier [3] Commander [3] Lieutenant Commander [3] Temporary Captain [3] Acting Serjeant [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Lieutenant Captain [2] Midshipman [2] Sub Lieutenant [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] 1st Class Staff Serjeant Major [1] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Acting Bombadier [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Sister [1] Bandsman [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Brigadier General [1] Buglar Boy [1] Bugler [1] Bugler Boy [1] C Serjt. Major [1] CPL [1] Captain (Rtd) [1] Captain and Adjutant [1] Cinematographer [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Deck Hand [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [55] East Kent Regiment [49] Royal Field Artillery [22] The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [22] Royal West Kent Regiment [21] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [17] Royal Sussex Regiment [15] London Regiment [14] Army Service Corps [13] Royal Fusiliers [13] Machine Gun Corps [11] Worcestershire Regiment [11] Shropshire Light Infantry [10] Canadian Infantry [9] Royal Garrison Artillery [9] East Surrey Regiment [8] Middlesex Regiment [8] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [8] King's Royal Rifle Corps [7] Labour Corps [6] Rifle Brigade [6] Bedfordshire Regiment [5] Grenadier Guards [5] Royal Army Medical Corps [5] Royal Flying Corps [5] East Yorkshire Regiment [4] Essex Regiment [4] Lincolnshire Regiment [4] Northamptonshire Regiment [4] Royal Air Force [4] Royal Naval Division [4] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4] Durham Light Infantry [3] Gloucestershire Regiment [3] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [3] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3] Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [3] Royal East Kent Yeomanry [3] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) [2] Canadian Field Artillery [2] Coldstream Guards [2] Devonshire Regiment [2] HMS Pembroke [2] Hussars [2] Kent Regiment [2] Liverpool Regiment [2] London Regiment (London Irish Rifles) [2]

Service

British Army [372] Royal Navy [65] Canadian Expeditionary Force [17] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [15] Australian Imperial Force [7] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2] Indian Army [1] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

B [56] C [50] H [37] W [33] M [32] S [31] D [27] R [25] F [24] A [23] P [23] G [22] L [21] K [20] E [11] J [11] T [11] N [8] O [5] V [2] Y [2]

Contribution

Military Service [458] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [229] India [3] South Africa [2] Australia [1] New Zealand [1]

Adam Arcus

Born 1893

Died 1918

Royal Navy DA 9768 Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy 9768/DA Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. Pembroke

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Miall Comfort

Born 1876

British Army 155138 Private Royal Army Medical Corps 1st Training Battalion, 53rd General Hospital

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Sidney Thomas Pegden

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 2737 Private Royal East Kent Yeomanry

British Army 270372 Private Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 10 Battalion

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Charles Frederick Capelin

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army G/5706 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Louis Pettitt

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army 6086 Corporal Middlesex Regiment

British Army G/43851 Corporal Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) 13th Battalion

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Cecil Harold Sewell

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army PS/3233 Private Royal Fusiliers

British Army Lieutenant Royal West Kent Regiment attached to the Tank Corps.

British Army Lieutenant Kent Regiment queen's own (royal west Battalion

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Neville Linton Bridgland

Born 1894

Died 1914

British Army Second Lieutenant East Surrey Regiment 3rd Battalion (Special Reserve)

British Army Lieutenant East Surrey Regiment att. 1st Battalion

British Army Lieutenant East Surrey Regiment 3rd Battalion (Special Reserve)

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Joseph Henry Elvin

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 5019 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army 235005 Lance Corporal Lincolnshire Regiment 1st/5th Battalion

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Frederick Brooks

Born 1897

Died 1919

British Army 13844 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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James Thomas Byford Mccudden

Born 1895

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Major 60th Squadron

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Richard Basil Brandram Jones

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army Lieutenant The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

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Robert Crosthwaite Colquhoun

Born 1873

Died 1916

Royal Navy Major Royal Marines - HMS INVINCIBLE

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George Allan Maling

Born 1888

Died 1929

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps

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Albert Victor Cass

Born 1896

Died 1918

Royal Navy J16761 Able Seaman

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Walter James Troth

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 67725 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 67725 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery a/110th Brigade

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Horace Reginald Fuller

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army G/8735 Private East Kent Regiment 6th Battalion

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Christopher Randolph Turnor

Born 1886

Died 1914

British Army Lieutenant Hussars 10th Battalion

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George Thomas Wooler

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army SD/377 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 11th (1st South Downs) Battalion

British Army 359478 Sapper Royal Engineers 4th Field Survey Coy

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Frederick George Farmer

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 48741 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army 48741 Private London Regiment 10th lond Battalion

British Army 427099 Private London Regiment 10th lond Battalion

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Terence John James Sadlier

Born 1899

Died 1916

Royal Navy J40404 Boy 1st Class HMS MALAYA

Royal Navy J/40404 Boy 1st Class H.M.S. "Malaya."

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