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Place of birth

Dover, Kent [23]

Maidstone, Kent [14]

Ramsgate, Kent [11]

Ashford, Kent [7]

Folkestone, Kent [6]

Canterbury, Kent [5]

Wye, Kent [5]

Chatham, Kent [4]

Boxley, Kent [3]

Elmsted, Kent [3]

Folkestone [3]

Fulham, Middlesex [3]

Greenwich, Kent [3]

Hawkhurst, Kent [3]

Manchester, Lancashire [3]

Newington, Kent [3]

Rochester, Kent [3]

Barham, Kent [2]

Barming, Kent [2]

Benenden, Kent [2]

Bridge, Kent [2]

Cheriton, Kent [2]

Dartford, Kent [2]

Deptford, Kent [2]

Dover [2]

East Farleigh, Kent [2]

Grantham, Lincolnshire [2]

Haine, Ramsgate, Kent [2]

Hythe, Kent [2]

London [2]

Margate, Kent [2]

Nonington, Kent [2]

Reigate, Surrey [2]

Rochdale, Lancashire [2]

Walmer, Kent [2]

8 Victoria Street, Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire [1]

94 High Street, Musselburgh, East Lothian [1]

Aboyne, Aberdeenshire [1]

Addington, Kent [1]

Adisham, Kent [1]

All Saints, Maidstone, Kent [1]

Arundel, Sussex [1]

Ash next Sandwich, Kent. [1]

Ash, Nr. Canterbury, Kent [1]

Ashford, Kent, England [1]

Auburn Victoria [1]

Baltinglass, Wicklow [1]

Barton Regis, Gloucestershire [1]

Basingstoke Hampshire [1]

Bearsted, Kent [1]

Rank

Private [353]

Lance Corporal [31]

Captain [30]

Corporal [30]

Lieutenant [26]

Serjeant [26]

Second Lieutenant [24]

Gunner [14]

Sapper [11]

Sergeant [7]

Driver [6]

Major [5]

Acting Corporal [4]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Bombardier [3]

Boy 1st Class [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

Regimental Serjeant Major [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Colonel [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

L/Cpl [2]

Pioneer [2]

2/LT [1]

Acting Lance Serjeant [1]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Q.M.S. [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Assistant Steward [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Captain Temporary Major [1]

Captain and Adjutant [1]

Chief Stoker [1]

Colour Sergeant [1]

Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Corpl. [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Fireman [1]

Flight Commander [1]

Flying Officer [1]

Honorary Lieutenant [1]

Lance Serjeant Acting Serjeant [1]

Lance-Corporal [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Unit

East Kent Regiment [264]

The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [171]

Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [36]

Royal Field Artillery [18]

Labour Corps [17]

Royal Engineers [13]

Royal Fusiliers [10]

Machine Gun Corps [9]

Royal West Kent Regiment [9]

The Queen's Regiment [8]

Royal Garrison Artillery [6]

Royal Sussex Regiment [6]

London Regiment [5]

Middlesex Regiment [5]

Army Service Corps [4]

Canadian Infantry [4]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [4]

Royal Army Medical Corps [4]

Royal Fusiliers (City Of London Regiment) [4]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4]

Essex Regiment [3]

Northumberland Fusiliers [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Defence Corps [3]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [3]

Royal Irish Fusiliers [3]

Army Pay Corps [2]

Coldstream Guards [2]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

General List [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

Kent Cyclist Battalion [2]

Leicestershire Regiment [2]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Royal East Kent Yeomanry [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Horse Artillery 21st Reserve Battery [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [2]

Tank Corps [2]

The Buffs (East Kent Regt.) [2]

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [2]

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

"Queens" Royal West Surrey Regiment [1]

(RFR/CH/A/2058). H.M.S. "Hawke." [1]

10th Hussars [1]

Service

British Army [514]

Royal Navy [25]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [7]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [4]

Australian Imperial Force [4]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

W [86]

C [62]

B [60]

H [50]

S [40]

G [31]

M [31]

P [25]

D [19]

R [19]

A [16]

F [16]

L [16]

Y [16]

K [13]

T [13]

J [12]

N [9]

E [8]

O [3]

U [2]

V [2]

I [1]

Q [1]

Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [534]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [172]

Singapore [2]

India [1]

Iran, Islamic Republic of [1]

Ireland [1]

Malaysia [1]

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People [552] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Dover, Kent [23] Maidstone, Kent [14] Ramsgate, Kent [11] Ashford, Kent [7] Folkestone, Kent [6] Canterbury, Kent [5] Wye, Kent [5] Chatham, Kent [4] Boxley, Kent [3] Elmsted, Kent [3] Folkestone [3] Fulham, Middlesex [3] Greenwich, Kent [3] Hawkhurst, Kent [3] Manchester, Lancashire [3] Newington, Kent [3] Rochester, Kent [3] Barham, Kent [2] Barming, Kent [2] Benenden, Kent [2] Bridge, Kent [2] Cheriton, Kent [2] Dartford, Kent [2] Deptford, Kent [2] Dover [2] East Farleigh, Kent [2] Grantham, Lincolnshire [2] Haine, Ramsgate, Kent [2] Hythe, Kent [2] London [2] Margate, Kent [2] Nonington, Kent [2] Reigate, Surrey [2] Rochdale, Lancashire [2] Walmer, Kent [2] 8 Victoria Street, Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire [1] 94 High Street, Musselburgh, East Lothian [1] Aboyne, Aberdeenshire [1] Addington, Kent [1] Adisham, Kent [1] All Saints, Maidstone, Kent [1] Arundel, Sussex [1] Ash next Sandwich, Kent. [1] Ash, Nr. Canterbury, Kent [1] Ashford, Kent, England [1] Auburn Victoria [1] Baltinglass, Wicklow [1] Barton Regis, Gloucestershire [1] Basingstoke Hampshire [1] Bearsted, Kent [1]

Rank

Private [353] Lance Corporal [31] Captain [30] Corporal [30] Lieutenant [26] Serjeant [26] Second Lieutenant [24] Gunner [14] Sapper [11] Sergeant [7] Driver [6] Major [5] Acting Corporal [4] Acting Serjeant [3] Bombardier [3] Boy 1st Class [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Lance Serjeant [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] Regimental Serjeant Major [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Able Seaman [2] Colonel [2] Colour Serjeant [2] L/Cpl [2] Pioneer [2] 2/LT [1] Acting Lance Serjeant [1] Acting Major [1] Acting Q.M.S. [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Assistant Steward [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Captain Temporary Major [1] Captain and Adjutant [1] Chief Stoker [1] Colour Sergeant [1] Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Corpl. [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Fireman [1] Flight Commander [1] Flying Officer [1] Honorary Lieutenant [1] Lance Serjeant Acting Serjeant [1] Lance-Corporal [1] Leading Seaman [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Unit

East Kent Regiment [264] The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [171] Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [36] Royal Field Artillery [18] Labour Corps [17] Royal Engineers [13] Royal Fusiliers [10] Machine Gun Corps [9] Royal West Kent Regiment [9] The Queen's Regiment [8] Royal Garrison Artillery [6] Royal Sussex Regiment [6] London Regiment [5] Middlesex Regiment [5] Army Service Corps [4] Canadian Infantry [4] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [4] Royal Army Medical Corps [4] Royal Fusiliers (City Of London Regiment) [4] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4] Essex Regiment [3] Northumberland Fusiliers [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Defence Corps [3] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [3] Royal Irish Fusiliers [3] Army Pay Corps [2] Coldstream Guards [2] Devonshire Regiment [2] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] General List [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] Kent Cyclist Battalion [2] Leicestershire Regiment [2] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] Royal East Kent Yeomanry [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Horse Artillery 21st Reserve Battery [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2] Royal Scots Fusiliers [2] Tank Corps [2] The Buffs (East Kent Regt.) [2] The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [2] The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [2] "Queens" Royal West Surrey Regiment [1] (RFR/CH/A/2058). H.M.S. "Hawke." [1] 10th Hussars [1]

Service

British Army [514] Royal Navy [25] Canadian Expeditionary Force [7] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [4] Australian Imperial Force [4] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

W [86] C [62] B [60] H [50] S [40] G [31] M [31] P [25] D [19] R [19] A [16] F [16] L [16] Y [16] K [13] T [13] J [12] N [9] E [8] O [3] U [2] V [2] I [1] Q [1] Z [1]

Contribution

Military Service [534] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [172] Singapore [2] India [1] Iran, Islamic Republic of [1] Ireland [1] Malaysia [1]

Charles Edward Kempton

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army TF/1015 Corporal East Kent Regiment

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Montgomery Crowe

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 2421 Private Royal Irish Fusiliers

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Stewart Samuel Feaver

British Army 9609 Corporal East Kent Regiment

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Albert Bourne Wraight

Born 1886

Died 1918

British Army G/13383 Private East Kent Regiment 7th Battalion

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Alfred Keates

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army G/15632 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army G/15632 L/Cpl Buffs (East Kent Regiment). 7th Battalion

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Thomas Ryan

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 11484 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army 11484 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

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William Thomas Woodman

Born 1880

Died 1918

British Army 14007 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army G/13180 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army G/14007 Royal West Surrey Regiment 9th Battalion

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Clayton Henry Wright

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army G/20908 Private East Kent Regiment

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Harry Harris Chilcott

Born 1885

Died 1974

British Army 5066 Private Coldstream Guards

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Norris Orms Woodcock

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army T/1132 Private Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 5th Battalion

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Harold Walter Nowers

Born 1892

Died 1959

British Army 2447 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army 240747 Private East Kent Regiment

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Harry Percy Burchett

Born 1883

Died 1916

British Army L/7920 Private East Kent Regiment

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George Skeer

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army 5539 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 5539 Serjeant Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 280539 Serjeant Royal Garrison Artillery

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Geoffrey Cory-Wright

Born 1892

Died 1969

British Army Lieutenant East Kent Regiment

British Army Captain Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Flying Officer RFC/RAF 30

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Arthur E Bullock

Died 1916

British Army 18299 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

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Ethelbert Adolphus Cockerill

Born 1890

Died 1915

British Army G/6731 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army G/6731 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

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Leonard Thomas Moore

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army L/9929 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army L/9929 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

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Thomas John Ballard

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 6434 Lance Corporal Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) 2nd Battalion

British Army D/6434 Corporal Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) 2nd Battalion

British Army 6434 Corporal Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards) 2nd Battalion

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Harold Duke Collison-Morley, Mid

Born 1878

Died 1915

British Army Major Temporary Lieutenant Colonel East Kent Regiment

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Stanley Victor Basill

Born 1898

British Army G23849 Private East Kent Regiment

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