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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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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]

Robert Greenwood

Born 1895

Died 1915

Canadian Expeditionary Force 6222

Canadian Expeditionary Force 6222 Lance Corporal Canadian Infantry

Canadian Expeditionary Force 6222 Lance Corporal Canadian A coy Brigade Expeditionary Force 1st Btn

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Wallace Whitney

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 16591 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

British Army 16591 Private Northamptonshire Regiment 1st Btn.

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Frederick John Avards

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army R/8472 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army R/8472 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army R.8472 Rifleman Kings Royal Rifles Corps 7th Batt.

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Edgar Maurice Parker

Born 1890

Died 1916

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 10/2729 Wellington Infantry Regiment 1st Battalion

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 10/2729 Private Wellington Infantry 1st Btn

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Reuben Atwell

Born 1889

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 1788

Australian Imperial Force 1788 Private Australian Infantry 40th Btn

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James Ottaway

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army G/7714 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army G.7714 Private Queens Own Royal West Surrey 10th Batt.

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Alfred James Ashdown

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 2052 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army 240581 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army T.240581 Private Buffs East Kent 5th Btn.

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William Anglesey

Born 1895

Died 1918

Australian Imperial Force 1992

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Robert Herbert Widdicombe

Born 1894

Died 1917

Australian Imperial Force 1847

Australian Imperial Force 1847 Private 4th Reinforcements 2nd Btn

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Alfred Nathan Shipp

Born 1893

Died 1915

Australian Imperial Force 289

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Thomas Hillery

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army S/7095 Private Middlesex Regiment

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Frederick George Russ

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army 7803 Private Border Regiment

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Herbert Edwin Roberts

Born 1883

Died 1914

Royal Navy SS102749

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Frederick Harry Souch

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army GSSR/107 Lance Corporal Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army GSSR/107 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army GS/107 Lance Corporal Royal Sussex 7th

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Robert James Hartshorn

Born 1900

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant Royal Lancaster Regiment

British Army 27874 Private Kings Own Royal Lancaster 11th

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Joseph Pearson Berresford

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army 9/1755 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 1755 Private Durham Light Infantry 1st/9th Btn,

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Oscar Herbert Hart

Born 1888

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 2176

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Robert William Jervis Hillery

Born 1876

Died 1915

British Army SR/7168 Private East Surrey Regiment

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Edward Joseph Girling

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 58534 Gunner Royal Field Artillery 14th Brigade

British Army 58534 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery 14th Brigade

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Alfred George Chittenden

Born 1887

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 148306

Canadian Expeditionary Force 148306 Lance Corporal Canadian Machine Gun Corps

Canadian Expeditionary Force 148306 Acting Lance Corporal Canadian Machine Gun Company 7th Div

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