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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]

Eustace Gilbert Bowhay

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army Corporal Skinners Officer Cadet Corps

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

British Army Lieutenant Devonshire Regiment 1/6th Battalion

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Sydney John Clements

Born 1884

Died 1954

British Army 2442 Trooper 1st Life Guards 1st Battalion

British Army Private West Kent Yeomanry

British Army 2442 Trooper 1st Life Guards 1st Battalion

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James Barnett Evans

Born 1898

Died 1986

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 8239

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William Donald Wilkinson

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant Essex Regiment

British Army 4671 Private London Regiment 28th Battalion Artists Rifles

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Rifle Brigade 13th Battalion

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Victor William Hollis

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 507 Serjeant West Kent Yeomanry

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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Reginald Ernest Jennaway

Born 1897

Died 1916

British Army G/15628 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 7th Battalion

British Army G/15628 Private Kent Cyclists

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Ian Mackay Dempster

Born 1897

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 88601 2nd Lieutenant 52 Squadron

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Albert King

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 8202 Private East Surrey Regiment 8th Battalion

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Anthony Alfred Cheesman

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army Private Royal Fusiliers 19th Battalion (Cit of London Regiment)

British Army 6814 Private Royal Fusiliers 19th Battalion (City of London Regiment)

British Army Second Lieutenant East Kent Regiment

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Walter Elleray

Born 1898

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Honourable 'Silver Badge' Discharge (through sickness)

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 9356 Air Mechanic 2nd Class Royal Flying Corps

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Donald Asbury Windemer

Born 1893

Died 1968

British Army 54993 Acting Serjeant Royal Army Medical Corps

British Army Private Royal West Kent Regiment 7th Battalion

British Army 54993 Serjeant Royal Army Medical Corps

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Arthur Thomas Francis

Born 1895

Died 1917

British Army 1533 Private West Kent Yeomanry 1st Battalion

British Army G/7737 Lance Corporal Royal West Kent Regiment 1st Battalion

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Geoffrey Cuthbert Verney

Born 1897

Died 1964

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 19570 20 Squadron

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Frank Cecil Oaten

Born 1898

Died 1919

British Army GS/7582 Serjeant Royal West Kent Regiment 10th Battalion

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Hubert John Grove

Born 1886

Died 1954

British Army 230019 Serjeant King's Shropshire Light Infantry

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Homer Reginald Herring

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Durham Light Infantry 5th Battalion

British Army Lieutenant Durham Light Infantry

British Army 38 Private London Regiment 1st/5th Battalion (London Rifle Brigade)

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Ralph Henry Whitrow

Born 1896

Died 1944

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery D Battery, 62 Brigade, 12th Division

British Army 2nd Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery D Battery, 148 Brigade, 30th Division

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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John William Booker

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 3729 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army G/18183 Lance Corporal Royal Sussex Regiment 5th Battalion

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Cecil Paget Clifford

Born 1883

Died 1915

British Army 7808 Serjeant Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 1st Battalion

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Allan Vernon Stapley

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army GS/77205 Private Royal Fusiliers 17th Battalion

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