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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]

Frank S Harris

British Army G/30757 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

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Sidney T Hodgson

British Army 265561 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army TF/265561 Private Kent Cyclist Battalion

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John Beecher

Died 1914

British Army 8233 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers

British Army 8233 Private Royal Scots Fusiliers 1st Battalion

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Herbert Reginald Fox

Born 1885

British Army 200048 Company Serjeant Major East Surrey Regiment

British Army 200048 Private East Surrey Regiment

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Sydney George Kendrick Rapley

Born 1894

British Army Second Lieutenant East Kent Regiment

British Army Acting Captain Royal Air Force

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Charles Ernest Longley

Born 1880

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army Captain General List

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Geoffrey Foster Griffith

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment 1/9th lond Battalion

British Army Captain London Regiment 9th lond Battalion

British Army Captain London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles)

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Henry Stephen Beecher

Born 1893

British Army 014397 Private Army Ordnance Corps

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Edwin Hinxman Spencer

Born 1896

British Army 4219 Private Honourable Artillery Company

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Albert Waterman

Died 1918

British Army GS/2135 Private Royal West Kent Regiment 7th Battalion

British Army G/2135 Private Royal West Kent Regiment 7th Battalion

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Wallace Frank Hoptroff

Born 1873

Died 1916

British Army 32856 Quarter Master Serjeant Imperial Yeomanry 71st Company (Sharpshooters) - 18th Battalion

South African Services Captain South African Infantry

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Roger Paul Hepburn

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 28034 Corporal Royal Engineers

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers

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James Alfred Bellingham

Born 1894

British Army G/2193 Private The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 7th Battalion

British Army GS/2193 Private The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 2nd Battalion

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Leslie Stewart Randle Turnbull

Born 1890

Died 1968

British Army M2/120712 Private Army Service Corps

British Army M2/120712 Corporal Army Service Corps

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Frederick Alfred Medhurst

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army G2164 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army GS/2164 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

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Herbert Graham Richard Williams

Born 1893

British Army 300055 Lance Corporal London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade) 5th City of London Battalion

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Frederick William Fenner

Born 1896

British Army 905803 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

British Army 723575 Gunner Royal Field Artillery Territorial Force

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Arthur Sydney Bates

Born 1879

British Army Major 3/5th Battalion

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Colonel Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army Captain London Regiment 1/5th battalion lond Battalion

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