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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]

Richard Arthur Jones

Born 1888

Died 1964

British Army 203065 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 590330 Private Labour Corps

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Sydney Couchman

Died 1915

British Army 3710 Private Rifle Brigade

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David Deacon

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army G/60023 Private Middlesex Regiment

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Alfred Thomas Hogben

Died 1918

British Army 18446 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

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Cecil Freeman Sidney Warner

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 58246 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

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Charles North Ridyard

Died 1918

British Army 259347 Pioneer Royal Engineers

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James Daniel Ralph

Died 1915

British Army L/10395 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

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Sidney Robert Pack

Died 1918

British Army G/35535 Private East Kent Regiment

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Richard Kemsley

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 6366 Private London Regiment

British Army 593502 Private London Regiment

British Army 593502 Rifleman London Regiment (London Irish Rifles)

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Gordon Robert Hukins

Died 1917

British Army 6180 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army GS/60626 Private Royal Fusiliers

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Frank Allan Bartlett

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 140423 Bombardier Royal Garrison Artillery

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Cecil Bruce

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 298109

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Raymond Sharp

Died 1916

British Army T2/14985 Corporal Army Service Corps

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David Walter Barton

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 202812 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 4th Bn.

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Charles Henry Payne

Died 1917

British Army 2620 Driver East Kent Regiment

British Army GS/18889 Corporal Royal West Kent Regiment

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Thomas A Shilling

Died 1917

British Army 1948 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army 202536 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

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W E Simmons

Died 1916

British Army L/9795 Lance Corporal East Kent Regiment

British Army L/9795 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army L/9795 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

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Eli Archie Daniels

Died 1918

British Army T/5508 Private 1/5th Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

British Army 32628 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

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George Arthur Bennett

Born 1886

Died 1917

Royal Navy 365545

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William J Scotchmur

Died 1917

British Army 3960 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army 201313 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

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