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Bury, Lancashire [15]

London [15]

Sittingbourne, Kent [15]

Ramsgate, Kent [13]

Manchester [10]

Margate, Kent [10]

Toronto, Ontario [10]

Dover, Kent [9]

Canterbury, Kent [8]

Montreal, Quebec [8]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [7]

Birmingham [7]

Folkestone [7]

Lambeth, London [7]

Lambeth, Surrey [7]

Liverpool, Lancashire [7]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [6]

Carleton in Craven [6]

Chatham, Kent [6]

Faversham, Kent [6]

London, Ontario [6]

Rochester, Kent [6]

York, Ontario [6]

Beckenham, Kent [5]

Brentford [5]

Folkestone, Kent [5]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [5]

Isleworth, Middlesex [5]

Marylebone, London [5]

Ontario [5]

Quebec City, Quebec [5]

Rainham, Kent [5]

Battersea, Surrey [4]

Birchington, Kent [4]

Bollington, Cheshire [4]

Brixton, Surrey [4]

Camberwell [4]

Doddington, Kent [4]

Dublin [4]

Kensington [4]

Leyton, Essex [4]

Maidstone, Kent [4]

Ottawa, Ontario [4]

Reading [4]

Sheerness, Kent [4]

Victoria, British Columbia [4]

Bath, Somerset [3]

Bolton, Lancashire [3]

Brixton [3]

Clerkenwell, London [3]

Rank

Private [801]

Nursing Sister [166]

Captain [76]

Second Lieutenant [76]

Lieutenant [74]

Corporal [70]

Lance Corporal [69]

Gunner [54]

Sapper [42]

Serjeant [34]

Worker [31]

Driver [23]

Sergeant [20]

Able Seaman [19]

Major [17]

Nurse [14]

Stoker 1st Class [12]

Acting Corporal [11]

Lieutenant Colonel [11]

Staff Nurse [11]

Lieutenant Commander [10]

Ordinary Seaman [10]

Probationary Flight Officer [10]

2nd Lieutenant [9]

Acting Serjeant [9]

Commander [9]

Sister [9]

Flight Sub-Lieutenant [8]

Pioneer [7]

Bombardier [6]

Rifleman [6]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Flight Lieutenant [5]

Boy 1st Class [4]

Company Serjeant Major [4]

Lance Serjeant [4]

Midshipman [4]

Temporary Lieutenant [4]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Acting Captain [3]

Cook's Mate [3]

Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [3]

Lance Sergeant [3]

Sub Lieutenant [3]

Acting Flight Lieutenant [2]

Acting Major [2]

Acting Sister [2]

Boy [2]

Boy 2nd Class [2]

Captain and Honorary Major [2]

Unit

East Kent Regiment [346]

Canadian Army Medical Corps [303]

Canadian Infantry [172]

The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [158]

Royal Engineers [60]

Royal Field Artillery [59]

Lancashire Fusiliers [51]

London Regiment [48]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [36]

Voluntary Aid Detachment [35]

Royal Army Medical Corps [31]

Army Service Corps [29]

Royal Garrison Artillery [27]

Royal Air Force [22]

Royal Flying Corps [22]

Royal West Kent Regiment [19]

Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [18]

Canadian Engineers [17]

Machine Gun Corps [16]

Middlesex Regiment [16]

Labour Corps [15]

Royal Naval Air Service [15]

Cheshire Regiment [11]

Royal Fusiliers [11]

Royal Army Service Corps [10]

Royal Naval Division [10]

Border Regiment [9]

Manchester Regiment [8]

The Queen's Regiment [8]

East Surrey Regiment [7]

Rifle Brigade [7]

British Red Cross Society [6]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [6]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [6]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [6]

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [5]

HMS Barham [5]

Liverpool Regiment [5]

Norfolk Regiment [5]

RAF [5]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [5]

Royal Sussex Regiment [5]

York and Lancaster Regiment [5]

Coldstream Guards [4]

French Red Cross [4]

HMS Hampshire [4]

Kent Regiment [4]

Royal Marine Artillery [4]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [4]

Canadian Artillery [3]

Service

British Army [971]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [568]

Royal Navy [205]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [107]

Other Empire Force [14]

Indian Army [4]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [241]

M [224]

S [144]

C [135]

G [123]

A [118]

H [114]

W [98]

F [95]

T [79]

P [75]

D [72]

R [68]

L [51]

J [46]

K [36]

E [30]

N [23]

O [22]

V [17]

I [13]

Q [5]

Y [5]

Z [2]

U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1814]

Merchant Navy [23]

Country

United Kingdom [504]

Canada [41]

China [3]

India [3]

United States [3]

Gibraltar [2]

Hong Kong [2]

Isle of Man [2]

Malaysia [2]

Malta [2]

Australia [1]

Germany [1]

Greece [1]

Jamaica [1]

Singapore [1]

South Africa [1]

Sri Lanka [1]

Sweden [1]

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Place of birth

Bury, Lancashire [15] London [15] Sittingbourne, Kent [15] Ramsgate, Kent [13] Manchester [10] Margate, Kent [10] Toronto, Ontario [10] Dover, Kent [9] Canterbury, Kent [8] Montreal, Quebec [8] Birkenhead, Cheshire [7] Birmingham [7] Folkestone [7] Lambeth, London [7] Lambeth, Surrey [7] Liverpool, Lancashire [7] Birmingham, Warwickshire [6] Carleton in Craven [6] Chatham, Kent [6] Faversham, Kent [6] London, Ontario [6] Rochester, Kent [6] York, Ontario [6] Beckenham, Kent [5] Brentford [5] Folkestone, Kent [5] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [5] Isleworth, Middlesex [5] Marylebone, London [5] Ontario [5] Quebec City, Quebec [5] Rainham, Kent [5] Battersea, Surrey [4] Birchington, Kent [4] Bollington, Cheshire [4] Brixton, Surrey [4] Camberwell [4] Doddington, Kent [4] Dublin [4] Kensington [4] Leyton, Essex [4] Maidstone, Kent [4] Ottawa, Ontario [4] Reading [4] Sheerness, Kent [4] Victoria, British Columbia [4] Bath, Somerset [3] Bolton, Lancashire [3] Brixton [3] Clerkenwell, London [3]

Rank

Private [801] Nursing Sister [166] Captain [76] Second Lieutenant [76] Lieutenant [74] Corporal [70] Lance Corporal [69] Gunner [54] Sapper [42] Serjeant [34] Worker [31] Driver [23] Sergeant [20] Able Seaman [19] Major [17] Nurse [14] Stoker 1st Class [12] Acting Corporal [11] Lieutenant Colonel [11] Staff Nurse [11] Lieutenant Commander [10] Ordinary Seaman [10] Probationary Flight Officer [10] 2nd Lieutenant [9] Acting Serjeant [9] Commander [9] Sister [9] Flight Sub-Lieutenant [8] Pioneer [7] Bombardier [6] Rifleman [6] Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Flight Lieutenant [5] Boy 1st Class [4] Company Serjeant Major [4] Lance Serjeant [4] Midshipman [4] Temporary Lieutenant [4] Acting Bombardier [3] Acting Captain [3] Cook's Mate [3] Engine Room Artificer 4th Class [3] Lance Sergeant [3] Sub Lieutenant [3] Acting Flight Lieutenant [2] Acting Major [2] Acting Sister [2] Boy [2] Boy 2nd Class [2] Captain and Honorary Major [2]

Unit

East Kent Regiment [346] Canadian Army Medical Corps [303] Canadian Infantry [172] The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [158] Royal Engineers [60] Royal Field Artillery [59] Lancashire Fusiliers [51] London Regiment [48] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [36] Voluntary Aid Detachment [35] Royal Army Medical Corps [31] Army Service Corps [29] Royal Garrison Artillery [27] Royal Air Force [22] Royal Flying Corps [22] Royal West Kent Regiment [19] Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve [18] Canadian Engineers [17] Machine Gun Corps [16] Middlesex Regiment [16] Labour Corps [15] Royal Naval Air Service [15] Cheshire Regiment [11] Royal Fusiliers [11] Royal Army Service Corps [10] Royal Naval Division [10] Border Regiment [9] Manchester Regiment [8] The Queen's Regiment [8] East Surrey Regiment [7] Rifle Brigade [7] British Red Cross Society [6] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [6] King's Royal Rifle Corps [6] Royal Lancaster Regiment [6] Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) [5] HMS Barham [5] Liverpool Regiment [5] Norfolk Regiment [5] RAF [5] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [5] Royal Sussex Regiment [5] York and Lancaster Regiment [5] Coldstream Guards [4] French Red Cross [4] HMS Hampshire [4] Kent Regiment [4] Royal Marine Artillery [4] Yorkshire Light Infantry [4] Canadian Artillery [3]

Service

British Army [971] Canadian Expeditionary Force [568] Royal Navy [205] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [107] Other Empire Force [14] Indian Army [4] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [241] M [224] S [144] C [135] G [123] A [118] H [114] W [98] F [95] T [79] P [75] D [72] R [68] L [51] J [46] K [36] E [30] N [23] O [22] V [17] I [13] Q [5] Y [5] Z [2] U [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1814] Merchant Navy [23]

Country

United Kingdom [504] Canada [41] China [3] India [3] United States [3] Gibraltar [2] Hong Kong [2] Isle of Man [2] Malaysia [2] Malta [2] Australia [1] Germany [1] Greece [1] Jamaica [1] Singapore [1] South Africa [1] Sri Lanka [1] Sweden [1]

John Henry Baker

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army 616760 Private London Regiment 19th lond Battalion

British Army 245760 Private London Regiment 2th lond Battalion

British Army 245760 Private London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)

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Alexander Edward Mckellow

Born 1888

Died 1957

Royal Navy SS105463

Royal Navy SS105463 Stoker HMS Endymion

Royal Navy SS105463 Stoker HMS Cochrane

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Neville Raymond Stevenson Carter

Born 1880

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 526511

Canadian Expeditionary Force 526511 Private Canadian Army Medical Corps

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William Muckle Bristow

Born 1888

Died 1964

British Army 31203 Lance Corporal Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army 31203 Acting Serjeant Royal Army Medical Corps

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Robert Philips Greg

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army Second Lieutenant Cheshire Regiment 4th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Cheshire Regiment

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Cheshire Regiment 4th Battalion

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John Henry Kinder

Born 1887

Died 1968

British Army M2/203597 Private Royal Army Service Corps

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Frederick Taint

Born 1871

Died 1940

British Army 696715 Private Labour Corps

British Army 1/2763 Private Royal Irish Rifles

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Arthur Arundale

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 267113 Private West Riding Regiment

British Army 267113 Private Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

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Philip Brande Slingsby

Born 1897

Died 1982

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Service Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Army Service Corps

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Clifford Abraham Neelands

Born 1892

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force Lieutenant Canadian Infantry 78th Battalion

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Cecil Mount Beer

Born 1896

Died 1978

British Army 531744 Private London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

British Army 4263 Private London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

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Thomas Kay

Born 1894

British Army 193785 Private Labour Corps

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Frederick William Maxted

Born 1886

Died 1966

Canadian Expeditionary Force 302224

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Lorna Priscilla Leatham

Born 1888

Died 1979

British Army Nurse Voluntary Aid Detachment

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Henry Laurence Slingsby

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army Captain Yorkshire Hussars/Commands and Staff

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Thomas Maxted

Born 1888

Died 1914

Royal Navy SS1474 Able Seaman HMS Repulse

Royal Navy SS1474 Able Seaman HMS Lord Nelson

Royal Navy SS1474 Able Seaman HMS Wildfire

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Elizabeth Agnes Greg

Born 1868

Died 1959

British Army Voluntary Aid Detachment

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Robert Gerald Beer

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 530802 Private London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

British Army 2823 Private London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

British Army 530802 Second Lieutenant East Kent Regiment 4th east Battalion

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Arthur Henry Kemp

Born 1885

Died 1960

British Army

British Army 236128 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army WR/284062 / S/193 (RM) Sapper Royal Engineers Attached to the Royal Marines

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Oscar Dean Maxted

Born 1895

Died 1965

British Army Lieutenant East Kent Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Royal Air Force

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