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Wollongong New South Wales [4]

Chatham Kent [3]

Luddesdown Kent [3]

Burham Kent [2]

Camberwell London [2]

Flos Simcoe Ontario [2]

Newcastle upon Tyne Northumberland [2]

West Ham Essex [2]

Wouldham Kent [2]

Wouldham, Kent [2]

Aldington Sussex [1]

Alresford Hampshire [1]

Banff Scotland [1]

Battersea, Surrey [1]

Battisham Lode, Cambridgeshire [1]

Bermondsey London [1]

Bermondsey Surrey [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Birmingham Warwickshire [1]

Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire [1]

Borstal Kent [1]

Boughton Aluph near Wye Kent [1]

Boughton, Kent [1]

Boxley Kent [1]

Brede Sussex [1]

Brighton Sussex [1]

Brisbane Queensland [1]

Buckingham Buckinghamshire [1]

Burham, Kent [1]

Burwell Cambridgeshire [1]

Canterbury Kent [1]

Cardiff Wales [1]

Chart Sutton, Kent [1]

Chatham [1]

Chelsea, London [1]

Chiddingly, Sussex [1]

Clerkenwell London [1]

Clyde Cottage Clyde Place Leyton Essex [1]

Croydon Surrey [1]

East Malling Kent [1]

East Malling, Kent [1]

East Mosley Surrey [1]

Eriswell Suffolk [1]

Faversham, Kent [1]

Frindsbury Kent [1]

Goulburn New South Wales [1]

Great Bentley Essex [1]

Hackney Middlesex [1]

Hendon Middlesex [1]

Hoo Kent [1]

Rank

Private [80]

Corporal [9]

Lance Corporal [9]

Gunner [7]

Second Lieutenant [5]

Serjeant [5]

Driver [4]

Stoker 1st Class [4]

2nd Lieutenant [3]

Rifleman [3]

Sergeant [3]

Deck Hand [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Stoker Petty Officer [2]

2nd Corporal [1]

2nd Lieutenent [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Chief Petty Officer [1]

Acting Corporal [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Acting corporal [1]

Bombardier [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Chief Stoker [1]

Engineman [1]

Guardsman [1]

Lance corporal [1]

Lietenant [1]

Mechanic 2nd class [1]

Mechanician [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Petty Officer Stoker [1]

Sapper [1]

Signaller Gunner [1]

Signalman Gunner [1]

Stoker 2nd class [1]

Unit

East Kent Regiment [8]

The Queen's Regiment [8]

Canadian Infantry [6]

Royal Field Artillery [6]

Royal Garrison Artillery [5]

Royal West Kent Regiment [5]

Army Service Corps [4]

London Regiment [4]

Australian Infantry [3]

Border Regiment [3]

Canadian Labour Corps [3]

East Surrey Regiment [3]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

Northamptonshire Regiment [3]

Royal Naval Reserve [3]

Royal Sussex Regiment [3]

The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [3]

Canadian Mounted Rifles [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Essex Regiment [2]

HMS Hawke [2]

HMS Pembroke II [2]

Kent Regiment [2]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Norfolk [2]

Norfolk Regiment [2]

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

Queens Own Royal West Kent [2]

Queens Royal West Surrey [2]

Rifle Brigade [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal Sussex [2]

The Buffs East Kent Regiment [2]

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

4th Reinforcements [1]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Army Ordnance Corps [1]

Army/Flying Corps Australian Infantry [1]

Auckland Infantry Regiment [1]

Australian Field Artillery [1]

Australian Light Trench Mortar Battery [1]

Australian Tunneling Corps [1]

Bedfordshire Regiment [1]

Border [1]

British Columbia Canadian Infantry [1]

Buffs East Kent [1]

Buffs East Kent Regiment [1]

Canadian A coy Brigade Expeditionary Force [1]

Service

British Army [86]

Royal Navy [16]

Australian Imperial Force [13]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [12]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Last name first letter

S [16]

B [12]

C [11]

G [10]

H [10]

W [10]

F [8]

A [7]

R [7]

T [7]

D [6]

E [5]

K [4]

M [4]

I [3]

L [3]

P [3]

J [2]

O [2]

N [1]

Contribution

Military Service [126]

Country

United Kingdom [15]

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People [131] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Wollongong New South Wales [4] Chatham Kent [3] Luddesdown Kent [3] Burham Kent [2] Camberwell London [2] Flos Simcoe Ontario [2] Newcastle upon Tyne Northumberland [2] West Ham Essex [2] Wouldham Kent [2] Wouldham, Kent [2] Aldington Sussex [1] Alresford Hampshire [1] Banff Scotland [1] Battersea, Surrey [1] Battisham Lode, Cambridgeshire [1] Bermondsey London [1] Bermondsey Surrey [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Birmingham Warwickshire [1] Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire [1] Borstal Kent [1] Boughton Aluph near Wye Kent [1] Boughton, Kent [1] Boxley Kent [1] Brede Sussex [1] Brighton Sussex [1] Brisbane Queensland [1] Buckingham Buckinghamshire [1] Burham, Kent [1] Burwell Cambridgeshire [1] Canterbury Kent [1] Cardiff Wales [1] Chart Sutton, Kent [1] Chatham [1] Chelsea, London [1] Chiddingly, Sussex [1] Clerkenwell London [1] Clyde Cottage Clyde Place Leyton Essex [1] Croydon Surrey [1] East Malling Kent [1] East Malling, Kent [1] East Mosley Surrey [1] Eriswell Suffolk [1] Faversham, Kent [1] Frindsbury Kent [1] Goulburn New South Wales [1] Great Bentley Essex [1] Hackney Middlesex [1] Hendon Middlesex [1] Hoo Kent [1]

Rank

Private [80] Corporal [9] Lance Corporal [9] Gunner [7] Second Lieutenant [5] Serjeant [5] Driver [4] Stoker 1st Class [4] 2nd Lieutenant [3] Rifleman [3] Sergeant [3] Deck Hand [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Lieutenant [2] Stoker Petty Officer [2] 2nd Corporal [1] 2nd Lieutenent [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Chief Petty Officer [1] Acting Corporal [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Acting corporal [1] Bombardier [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Chief Stoker [1] Engineman [1] Guardsman [1] Lance corporal [1] Lietenant [1] Mechanic 2nd class [1] Mechanician [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Petty Officer Stoker [1] Sapper [1] Signaller Gunner [1] Signalman Gunner [1] Stoker 2nd class [1]

Unit

East Kent Regiment [8] The Queen's Regiment [8] Canadian Infantry [6] Royal Field Artillery [6] Royal Garrison Artillery [5] Royal West Kent Regiment [5] Army Service Corps [4] London Regiment [4] Australian Infantry [3] Border Regiment [3] Canadian Labour Corps [3] East Surrey Regiment [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] Northamptonshire Regiment [3] Royal Naval Reserve [3] Royal Sussex Regiment [3] The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [3] Canadian Mounted Rifles [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] East Yorkshire Regiment [2] Essex Regiment [2] HMS Hawke [2] HMS Pembroke II [2] Kent Regiment [2] King's Royal Rifle Corps [2] Norfolk [2] Norfolk Regiment [2] Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [2] Queens Own Royal West Kent [2] Queens Royal West Surrey [2] Rifle Brigade [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal Sussex [2] The Buffs East Kent Regiment [2] The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [2] 4th Reinforcements [1] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Army Ordnance Corps [1] Army/Flying Corps Australian Infantry [1] Auckland Infantry Regiment [1] Australian Field Artillery [1] Australian Light Trench Mortar Battery [1] Australian Tunneling Corps [1] Bedfordshire Regiment [1] Border [1] British Columbia Canadian Infantry [1] Buffs East Kent [1] Buffs East Kent Regiment [1] Canadian A coy Brigade Expeditionary Force [1]

Service

British Army [86] Royal Navy [16] Australian Imperial Force [13] Canadian Expeditionary Force [12] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [2]

Last name first letter

S [16] B [12] C [11] G [10] H [10] W [10] F [8] A [7] R [7] T [7] D [6] E [5] K [4] M [4] I [3] L [3] P [3] J [2] O [2] N [1]

Contribution

Military Service [126]

Country

United Kingdom [15]

George Edward Arthur Goodwin

Born 1889

Died 1919

British Army T4/038158 Driver Army Service Corps

British Army T4/038158 Driver Royal Army Service Corps 32nd

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John Stevens

Born 1887

Died 1914

Royal Navy SS101670

Royal Navy SS.101670 Stoker 1st Class HMS Hawke

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Walter Edward Butler

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army SR/8696 Lance Serjeant East Kent Regiment

British Army SR/8696 Acting Serjeant East Kent Regiment

British Army S.8696 Sergeant The Buffs East Kent 6th Btn.

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Thomas Stanley Wharton

Born 1890

Died 1919

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 217552

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 217552 Corporal 207th Sqdn

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William Frank Reeves

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army G/5558 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army G.5558 Lance Corporal Buffs East Kent Regiment 6th Batt.

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John William Fuller

Born 1891

Died 1921

British Army 45345 Corporal Machine Gun Corps

British Army 45345 Corporal Machine Gun Corps

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James Dobing

Born 1893

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 5002

Australian Imperial Force 5002 Private Australian Infantry 36th Btn.

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Ernest Smith Learoyd

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 7352 Lance Corporal London Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Middlesex Regiment

British Army 7352 2nd Lieutenant Duke of Cambridge Own Middlesex Regiment 20th Batt.

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James Albert Goodwin

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army G 12704 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army 12704 Private Queens Own Royal Surrey 7th Batt

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Joseph Henry Brown

Born 1889

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 3140

Australian Imperial Force 3140 Driver Australian Field Artillery 2nd Brigade 5th Battery

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Fred Osborne

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army SD/3643 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army 3643 Private Royal Sussex 13th Btn.

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Charles Dance

Born 1883

Died 1918

British Army 49650 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 250671 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 250671 Lance Corporal Durham Light Infantry 2nd Batt.

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Edwin Alexander James

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 46278 Private Lancashire Fusiliers

British Army 46276 Private Lancashire Fusilliers 19th Btn

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George Walter Ernest King

Born 1880

Died 1918

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 60141 Auckland Infantry Regiment

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Edwin Herbert Watson

Born 1882

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 2178

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Adam Mcallister

Born 1892

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force

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Edwin Joseph Mcevoy

Born 1874

Died 1917

British Army 904303 Corporal Canadian Labour Battalion

British Army 904303 Corporal Canadian Labour Corps

Canadian Expeditionary Force 904303 Corporal Canadian Labourer Corps

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Frank Abdey

Born 1889

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 123486

Canadian Expeditionary Force 123486 Private Canadian Labour Corps

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John Thomas Goodwin

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army G/40118 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army G.40118 Acting Corporal Queens Royal West Surrey 6th Batt

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George William Hayton

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army 6930 Private Norfolk Regiment

British Army 6930 Private Norfolk 9th Batt

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