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Tunbridge Wells [129]

Ticehurst [8]

Tunbridge Wells, Kent [6]

Bromley [5]

Brighton [4]

East Grinstead [4]

Eastbourne [4]

Hastings [4]

Lewisham [4]

Marylebone [3]

Rotherfield, Sussex [3]

Sevenoaks [3]

Southborough, Tunbridge Wells [3]

Tonbridge, Kent [3]

Uckfield [3]

Anerley, London [2]

Arundel England [2]

Ashford [2]

Brentford [2]

Croydon [2]

Forest Row [2]

Hackney [2]

Hawkhurst [2]

Hendon [2]

Islington [2]

Kent [2]

Kingston [2]

Kryg, Malopolskie [2]

Lambeth [2]

Lambeth, Surrey [2]

Llanfyllin, Wales [2]

Maidstone [2]

Malling [2]

Paddington [2]

St Leonards [2]

Ticehurst, Sussex [2]

Tonbridge [2]

Wadhurst [2]

Wadhurst, Sussex [2]

Wandsworth [2]

Abingdon, Berkshire [1]

Abingdon, Oxford [1]

Addington, Western Australia [1]

Altrincham, Cheshire [1]

Ashton Under Lyme, Lancashire [1]

Ashurstwood, East Grinstead [1]

Barcombe [1]

Barcombe, Lewes [1]

Barming, Kent [1]

Bayswater [1]

Rank

Private [190]

Second Lieutenant [91]

Lieutenant [88]

Captain [71]

2nd Lieutenant [45]

Corporal [37]

Serjeant [30]

Lance Corporal [27]

Major [16]

Gunner [10]

Acting Corporal [8]

Sergeant [8]

Acting Captain [7]

Acting Serjeant [6]

Trooper [6]

Cadet [5]

Rifleman [4]

Temporary Captain [4]

Temporary Lieutenant [4]

Driver [3]

Sapper [3]

Temporary 2nd Lieutenant [3]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Air Mechanic [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Assistant Paymaster [2]

Flight Lieutenant [2]

Flight Sub-Lieutenant [2]

Instructor [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Pioneer [2]

Seaman [2]

Sub-Lieutenant [2]

15th Reinforcement [1]

2nd Lieut [1]

2nd Lieutenant (on probation) [1]

2nd Lieutenant, Flying Officer [1]

2nd Lt [1]

Acting Commander [1]

Acting Lieutenant (Temporary) [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Acting Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Adjutant [1]

Aircraft Mechanic [1]

Aircraftsman 1st class [1]

Aircraftsman II [1]

Unit

Royal West Kent Regiment [75]

London Regiment [49]

Royal Engineers [26]

East Kent Regiment [19]

Royal Fusiliers [18]

Royal Sussex Regiment [18]

West Kent Yeomanry [18]

Royal Field Artillery [16]

Royal Garrison Artillery [13]

Army Service Corps [12]

Royal Army Medical Corps [12]

Royal Flying Corps [12]

Machine Gun Corps [11]

Kent Regiment [10]

Middlesex Regiment [8]

Royal Air Force [8]

Honourable Artillery Company [7]

Labour Corps [7]

Royal Army Service Corps [6]

Army Cyclist Corps [5]

East Surrey Regiment [5]

General List [5]

London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade) [5]

Royal Irish Rifles [5]

Bedfordshire Regiment [4]

The Queen's Regiment [4]

Canadian Infantry [3]

East Lancashire Regiment [3]

Essex Regiment [3]

Indian Army Reserve of Officers [3]

Kent Cyclist Battalion [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

Lancashire Fusiliers [3]

London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles) [3]

The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Artists Rifles [2]

Border Regiment [2]

Canadian Casualty Assembly Centre [2]

City of London Yeomanry [2]

Coldstream Guards [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

East Kent Regiment (Buffs) [2]

East Kent Regiment (The Buffs) [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

Imperial Yeomanry [2]

Leicestershire Regiment [2]

Norfolk Regiment [2]

Northamptonshire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [375]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [39]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [22]

Royal Navy [14]

Australian Imperial Force [13]

Other Empire Force [9]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4]

Indian Army [3]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [58]

W [50]

S [42]

P [37]

H [34]

C [33]

R [23]

G [22]

A [21]

D [18]

T [17]

K [16]

F [15]

M [14]

L [12]

N [12]

E [11]

O [8]

J [6]

V [5]

I [3]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [449]

Merchant Navy [6]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [219]

Canada [12]

France [12]

Australia [10]

Egypt [8]

Turkey [6]

India [5]

South Africa [4]

Greece [3]

New Zealand [3]

United States [3]

Brazil [2]

Iraq [2]

Pakistan [2]

Belgium [1]

China [1]

Germany [1]

Guatemala [1]

Ireland [1]

Israel [1]

Malaysia [1]

Malta [1]

Morocco [1]

Russian Federation [1]

Tanzania, United Republic of [1]

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People [458] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Tunbridge Wells [129] Ticehurst [8] Tunbridge Wells, Kent [6] Bromley [5] Brighton [4] East Grinstead [4] Eastbourne [4] Hastings [4] Lewisham [4] Marylebone [3] Rotherfield, Sussex [3] Sevenoaks [3] Southborough, Tunbridge Wells [3] Tonbridge, Kent [3] Uckfield [3] Anerley, London [2] Arundel England [2] Ashford [2] Brentford [2] Croydon [2] Forest Row [2] Hackney [2] Hawkhurst [2] Hendon [2] Islington [2] Kent [2] Kingston [2] Kryg, Malopolskie [2] Lambeth [2] Lambeth, Surrey [2] Llanfyllin, Wales [2] Maidstone [2] Malling [2] Paddington [2] St Leonards [2] Ticehurst, Sussex [2] Tonbridge [2] Wadhurst [2] Wadhurst, Sussex [2] Wandsworth [2] Abingdon, Berkshire [1] Abingdon, Oxford [1] Addington, Western Australia [1] Altrincham, Cheshire [1] Ashton Under Lyme, Lancashire [1] Ashurstwood, East Grinstead [1] Barcombe [1] Barcombe, Lewes [1] Barming, Kent [1] Bayswater [1]

Rank

Private [190] Second Lieutenant [91] Lieutenant [88] Captain [71] 2nd Lieutenant [45] Corporal [37] Serjeant [30] Lance Corporal [27] Major [16] Gunner [10] Acting Corporal [8] Sergeant [8] Acting Captain [7] Acting Serjeant [6] Trooper [6] Cadet [5] Rifleman [4] Temporary Captain [4] Temporary Lieutenant [4] Driver [3] Sapper [3] Temporary 2nd Lieutenant [3] Temporary Second Lieutenant [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Air Mechanic [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Assistant Paymaster [2] Flight Lieutenant [2] Flight Sub-Lieutenant [2] Instructor [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Pioneer [2] Seaman [2] Sub-Lieutenant [2] 15th Reinforcement [1] 2nd Lieut [1] 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) [1] 2nd Lieutenant, Flying Officer [1] 2nd Lt [1] Acting Commander [1] Acting Lieutenant (Temporary) [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Acting Sub-Lieutenant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Adjutant [1] Aircraft Mechanic [1] Aircraftsman 1st class [1] Aircraftsman II [1]

Unit

Royal West Kent Regiment [75] London Regiment [49] Royal Engineers [26] East Kent Regiment [19] Royal Fusiliers [18] Royal Sussex Regiment [18] West Kent Yeomanry [18] Royal Field Artillery [16] Royal Garrison Artillery [13] Army Service Corps [12] Royal Army Medical Corps [12] Royal Flying Corps [12] Machine Gun Corps [11] Kent Regiment [10] Middlesex Regiment [8] Royal Air Force [8] Honourable Artillery Company [7] Labour Corps [7] Royal Army Service Corps [6] Army Cyclist Corps [5] East Surrey Regiment [5] General List [5] London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade) [5] Royal Irish Rifles [5] Bedfordshire Regiment [4] The Queen's Regiment [4] Canadian Infantry [3] East Lancashire Regiment [3] Essex Regiment [3] Indian Army Reserve of Officers [3] Kent Cyclist Battalion [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] Lancashire Fusiliers [3] London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles) [3] The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [3] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Army Veterinary Corps [2] Artists Rifles [2] Border Regiment [2] Canadian Casualty Assembly Centre [2] City of London Yeomanry [2] Coldstream Guards [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] East Kent Regiment (Buffs) [2] East Kent Regiment (The Buffs) [2] Grenadier Guards [2] Imperial Yeomanry [2] Leicestershire Regiment [2] Norfolk Regiment [2] Northamptonshire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [375] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [39] Canadian Expeditionary Force [22] Royal Navy [14] Australian Imperial Force [13] Other Empire Force [9] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4] Indian Army [3] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [58] W [50] S [42] P [37] H [34] C [33] R [23] G [22] A [21] D [18] T [17] K [16] F [15] M [14] L [12] N [12] E [11] O [8] J [6] V [5] I [3] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [449] Merchant Navy [6] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [219] Canada [12] France [12] Australia [10] Egypt [8] Turkey [6] India [5] South Africa [4] Greece [3] New Zealand [3] United States [3] Brazil [2] Iraq [2] Pakistan [2] Belgium [1] China [1] Germany [1] Guatemala [1] Ireland [1] Israel [1] Malaysia [1] Malta [1] Morocco [1] Russian Federation [1] Tanzania, United Republic of [1]

Henry 'ernest' Sewell Anscombe

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army G/24498 Private Queens Royal West Kent Regiment 7th Battalion

British Army G/24498 Private Royal West Kent Regiment 4th Battalion

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Cecil Frank Baldwin

Born 1895

Died 1967

British Army 2158 Serjeant Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army G/2158 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal West Kent Regiment

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Donald Roy Treacher

Born 1895

Died 1915

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 12/267 Bugler New Zealand Infantry Auckland Battalion

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Charles Richardson

Born 1878

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 426020

Canadian Expeditionary Force 426020 Sergeant Canadian Infantry

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Edward George Passingham

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 1886 Private London Regiment Artists Rifles

British Army Lieutenant Northumberland Fusiliers

British Army Captain Northumberland Fusiliers 1st Battalion

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Vernon Holden

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army Major Royal West Kent Regiment attached West Surrey Regiment

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Royal West Kent Regiment

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Frank Harold Elwin

Born 1895

Died 1915

British Army Private Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army Second Lieutenant Wiltshire Regiment

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Thomas Harry Balding

Born 1879

Died 1950

Other Empire Force Instructor Moroccan Army Secondment Shereeefian Cavalry

Other Empire Force Commander Moroccan Army Secondment Shereeefian Cavalry

British Army 3986 Lance Corporal 13th Hussars

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Orazio Abbott Corte

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army G/11593 Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army G/11593 Private Royal West Kent Regiment 7th Battalion

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Claude Casburn Clements

Born 1885

Died 1918

British Army Officer Cadet Royal Westminster Rifles

British Army Second Lieutenant Northamptonshire Regiment 4th Battalion

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Alan Victor Hobbs

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant General List

British Army Temporary 2nd Lieutenant Royal Sussex Regiment 10th Battalion

Other Empire Force Lance Corporal (NCO) Officer Training Corps Tonbridge School

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Harold Colbourne

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army 2362 Private Sussex Yeomanry 1st Battalion

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William Archie Nicholls Baker

Born 1891

Died 1974

British Army Second Lieutenant Grenadier Guards

British Army Private Grenadier Guards

British Army Second Lieutenant Shropshire Light Infantry 7th (Service) Battalion

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Herbert Clively Ellis

Born 1886

Died 1928

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Army Service Corps

British Army Captain Army Service Corps

British Army Major Army Service Corps

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Richard Bodley Furley

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army PS/10408 Private Royal Fusiliers 13th Battalion

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Philip John Taylor Baddiley

Born 1898

Died 1951

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Cadet 3 School of Mil Aer Abbassia

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 2nd Lieutenant 63 Squadron

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Lieutenant 30 Squadron

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Charles Geoffrey Slocombe

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army Lance Corporal East Kent Regiment 3/5th Battalion

British Army Corporal East Kent Regiment 3/5th Battalion

British Army G/13685 Serjeant The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 3/5th Battalion

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George Oliver Smith

Born 1899

Died 1977

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Royal Naval Air Service

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Flight Sub-Lieutenant Royal Naval Air Force

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Leo Bernard Parsons

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army G/1946 Lance Serjeant Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant East Kent Regiment 8th Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 8th Battalion

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Thomas Arthur Edwin Browne

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 1139 Private Kent Regiment 1/1st Battalion

British Army 270706 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army T/270705 Private East Kent Regiment (Buffs) 10th Battalion

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