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Ramsgate, Kent [38]

Ramsgate, Kent. [8]

Thanet, Kent [7]

Walhalla Victoria [4]

Canterbury, Kent [3]

Hackney, London [3]

Ramsgate England [3]

Elham, Kent [2]

Hampstead, London [2]

Margate, Kent [2]

39, Castle Place, Dover, Kent [1]

Adisham, Kent [1]

Aldershot, Hampshire [1]

Ashford, Kent [1]

Bath, Somerset [1]

Beckenham, Kent [1]

Benenden, Kent [1]

Bengal [1]

Blean, Canterbury [1]

Blundell Sands, Ince Blundell, Sefton [1]

Bow, East London [1]

Brentford, Middlesex [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Brixham, Devon [1]

Brixton, London [1]

Broadstairs [1]

Bromley, Kent [1]

Burnley, Lancashire [1]

Chart Sutton, Kent [1]

Charters Towers Queensland [1]

Chiswick, London, Middlesex [1]

Clapham [1]

Clapton, London [1]

Claypole Lincolnshire [1]

Clermont Queensland [1]

Colden Common, Hampshire [1]

Cookham, Berkshire [1]

Cowarr Victoria [1]

Cranbrook, Kent [1]

Croydon [1]

Dartford, Kent [1]

Devon England [1]

Drimnagh,Co.Dublin. [1]

Dulwich, London [1]

Durham England [1]

Eastry, Kent [1]

Edinburgh, Scotland [1]

Erith, Kent [1]

Exning, Suffolk [1]

Falmouth, Cornwall [1]

Rank

Private [241]

Second Lieutenant [41]

Lieutenant [30]

Captain [18]

Corporal [14]

Lance Corporal [14]

Serjeant [14]

Gunner [10]

Sapper [10]

Driver [6]

Rifleman [5]

Acting Corporal [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Deck Hand [3]

Flight Sub-Lieutenant [3]

Major [3]

Seaman [3]

Skipper [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Acting Serjeant [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Boy 2nd Class [2]

Guardsman [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant Commander [2]

Petty Officer Stoker [2]

Reverend [2]

Second Hand [2]

Stoker [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

1st Class Stoker [1]

Acting Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Lance Sergeant [1]

Acting Ldg. Stoker [1]

Acting Leading Stoker [1]

Acting Q.M.S. [1]

Artificer Engineer [1]

Aviator-Cadet [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Captain Adjutant [1]

Captain and Adjutant [1]

Captain/Temporary Major [1]

Commander [1]

Company Serjeant Major /Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Drummer [1]

Unit

East Kent Regiment [75]

Royal Fusiliers [24]

London Regiment [23]

The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [23]

Royal West Kent Regiment [18]

Royal Engineers [17]

Royal Field Artillery [15]

Rifle Brigade [13]

The Queen's Regiment [10]

Army Service Corps [9]

Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet) [9]

Royal Army Medical Corps [8]

Royal Flying Corps [8]

Grenadier Guards [7]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [7]

Middlesex Regiment [6]

Royal Garrison Artillery [6]

East Surrey Regiment [5]

Essex Regiment [5]

Fishing Fleet - Steam Trawler "Campanula" (Ramsgate) [5]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [5]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [5]

Highland Light Infantry [4]

Lancashire Fusiliers [4]

Liverpool Regiment [4]

Royal Air Force [4]

Royal Irish Rifles [4]

Royal Naval Reserve [4]

Royal Sussex Regiment [4]

Australian Infantry [3]

Bedfordshire Regiment [3]

Canadian Infantry [3]

Fishing Fleet - Steam Trawler 'Campanula' (Ramsgate) [3]

King's Liverpool Regiment [3]

Labour Corps [3]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3]

Royal Army Service Corps [3]

Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) [3]

Royal Naval Air Service [3]

Worcestershire Regiment [3]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [3]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

H.M.S. "Formidable." [2]

H.M.S. Pembroke II [2]

HMS Impregnable [2]

HMS Q12 [2]

Service

British Army [355]

Royal Navy [41]

Australian Imperial Force [30]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [22]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [17]

Other Empire Force [10]

Indian Army [3]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Canadian Navy [2]

Last name first letter

B [47]

C [44]

S [43]

W [43]

H [34]

G [28]

P [27]

M [26]

A [22]

D [18]

T [18]

F [17]

R [17]

N [14]

O [14]

L [12]

E [11]

J [11]

K [10]

V [6]

I [5]

U [2]

Q [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [456]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [92]

Australia [1]

Canada [1]

South Africa [1]

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People [471] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Ramsgate, Kent [38] Ramsgate, Kent. [8] Thanet, Kent [7] Walhalla Victoria [4] Canterbury, Kent [3] Hackney, London [3] Ramsgate England [3] Elham, Kent [2] Hampstead, London [2] Margate, Kent [2] 39, Castle Place, Dover, Kent [1] Adisham, Kent [1] Aldershot, Hampshire [1] Ashford, Kent [1] Bath, Somerset [1] Beckenham, Kent [1] Benenden, Kent [1] Bengal [1] Blean, Canterbury [1] Blundell Sands, Ince Blundell, Sefton [1] Bow, East London [1] Brentford, Middlesex [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Brixham, Devon [1] Brixton, London [1] Broadstairs [1] Bromley, Kent [1] Burnley, Lancashire [1] Chart Sutton, Kent [1] Charters Towers Queensland [1] Chiswick, London, Middlesex [1] Clapham [1] Clapton, London [1] Claypole Lincolnshire [1] Clermont Queensland [1] Colden Common, Hampshire [1] Cookham, Berkshire [1] Cowarr Victoria [1] Cranbrook, Kent [1] Croydon [1] Dartford, Kent [1] Devon England [1] Drimnagh,Co.Dublin. [1] Dulwich, London [1] Durham England [1] Eastry, Kent [1] Edinburgh, Scotland [1] Erith, Kent [1] Exning, Suffolk [1] Falmouth, Cornwall [1]

Rank

Private [241] Second Lieutenant [41] Lieutenant [30] Captain [18] Corporal [14] Lance Corporal [14] Serjeant [14] Gunner [10] Sapper [10] Driver [6] Rifleman [5] Acting Corporal [4] Able Seaman [3] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Deck Hand [3] Flight Sub-Lieutenant [3] Major [3] Seaman [3] Skipper [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Acting Serjeant [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Boy 2nd Class [2] Guardsman [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Lieutenant Commander [2] Petty Officer Stoker [2] Reverend [2] Second Hand [2] Stoker [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] 1st Class Stoker [1] Acting Air Mechanic 3rd Class [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Lance Sergeant [1] Acting Ldg. Stoker [1] Acting Leading Stoker [1] Acting Q.M.S. [1] Artificer Engineer [1] Aviator-Cadet [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Bombardier [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Captain Adjutant [1] Captain and Adjutant [1] Captain/Temporary Major [1] Commander [1] Company Serjeant Major /Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Drummer [1]

Unit

East Kent Regiment [75] Royal Fusiliers [24] London Regiment [23] The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [23] Royal West Kent Regiment [18] Royal Engineers [17] Royal Field Artillery [15] Rifle Brigade [13] The Queen's Regiment [10] Army Service Corps [9] Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet) [9] Royal Army Medical Corps [8] Royal Flying Corps [8] Grenadier Guards [7] King's Royal Rifle Corps [7] Middlesex Regiment [6] Royal Garrison Artillery [6] East Surrey Regiment [5] Essex Regiment [5] Fishing Fleet - Steam Trawler "Campanula" (Ramsgate) [5] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [5] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [5] Highland Light Infantry [4] Lancashire Fusiliers [4] Liverpool Regiment [4] Royal Air Force [4] Royal Irish Rifles [4] Royal Naval Reserve [4] Royal Sussex Regiment [4] Australian Infantry [3] Bedfordshire Regiment [3] Canadian Infantry [3] Fishing Fleet - Steam Trawler 'Campanula' (Ramsgate) [3] King's Liverpool Regiment [3] Labour Corps [3] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3] Royal Army Service Corps [3] Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) [3] Royal Naval Air Service [3] Worcestershire Regiment [3] Yorkshire Light Infantry [3] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [2] Army Cyclist Corps [2] Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] H.M.S. "Formidable." [2] H.M.S. Pembroke II [2] HMS Impregnable [2] HMS Q12 [2]

Service

British Army [355] Royal Navy [41] Australian Imperial Force [30] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [22] Canadian Expeditionary Force [17] Other Empire Force [10] Indian Army [3] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3] Canadian Navy [2]

Last name first letter

B [47] C [44] S [43] W [43] H [34] G [28] P [27] M [26] A [22] D [18] T [18] F [17] R [17] N [14] O [14] L [12] E [11] J [11] K [10] V [6] I [5] U [2] Q [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [456] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [92] Australia [1] Canada [1] South Africa [1]

Frederick George Drage

Born 1876

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 231830

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 231830 Private 1st Class Royal Air Force

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Christian Thompson

Born 1883

Died 1920

Other Empire Force Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet)

Other Empire Force Second Engineer Fishing Fleet - Steam Trawler "Campanula" (Ramsgate)

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John Saunders

Born 1889

Died 1920

Other Empire Force Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet)

Other Empire Force Third Hand Fishing Fleet - Steam Trawler "Campanula" (Ramsgate)

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Arthur Charles Spain

Born 1899

Died 1917

British Army 2941 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army 200817 Lance Corporal The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 4th (Territorial) Battalion

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Leonard George Reilly

Died 1918

British Army S/4/122400 Private Army Service Corps

British Army A/202853 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps 16th

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George Kennard

Born 1895

Died 1920

Other Empire Force Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet)

Other Empire Force Skipper Fishing Fleet - Steam Trawler "Campanula" (Ramsgate)

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Francis Joseph Wales

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army GS/9882 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army G/9882 Private (Queen's Own) Royal West Kent Regiment 10th Batt.

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Alfred Wilfred Tolhurst

Born 1899

Died 1917

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 82146

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Albert Mitchell

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force

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John Frederick Shelvey

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 3633

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Ernest Walter Johnson

Born 1896

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 217153

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Charles William Taylor

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 93286

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Harry Francis Golding Noyes

Born 1879

Died 1916

British Army Captain Royal Army Medical Corps

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Walter James Nicholson Hogbin

Born 1878

Died 1918

British Army 94423 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 94423 Private The King’s (Liverpool) Regiment 13th Battalion

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Edward Baker Watson

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force

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Albert Mummery

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 1240

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William Joseph Heritage

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army 9454 Private Worcestershire Regiment

British Army 9454 Lance Corporal Worcestershire Regiment. 3rd Battalion

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Frank Victor Gair

Died 1917

British Army 3108 Private London Regiment 12th lond Battalion

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Charles Albert Read

Born 1891

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force Lieutenant Australian Infantry

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Charles Howland

Born 1892

Died 1918

Royal Navy K16650

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