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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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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]

Joseph Henry Perfect

Born 1896

Died 1918

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 65606 New Zealand Rifle Brigade

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 65606 Rifleman NZ Rifle Brigade 2nd Btn

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Alfred William Shether

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army M/30359 Corporal Army Service Corps

British Army M/30359 Corporal Royal Army Service Corps

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Wallace King

Born 1882

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 82760

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 82760 Mechanic 2nd class RAF NO4 SDP

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John Norman Carter

Born 1878

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 211119

Canadian Expeditionary Force 211119 Private Canadian Infantry

Canadian Expeditionary Force 211119 Private Canadian Infantry Central Ontario Reg. 58th Btn

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George Thomas Smith

Born 1886

Died 1915

Royal Navy K1501

Royal Navy K/1501 Petty Officer Stoker H.M.S. "Formidable."

Royal Navy K.1501 Petty Officer Stoker HMS Formidable

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Arthur Edward Dawton

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army L/12520 Private Middlesex Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army L/12520 Sergeant Middlesex regiment

British Army L/12520 Sergeant Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) 2nd battalion

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Thomas Giles Taylor

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 3349 Private Norfolk Regiment

British Army 3349 Lance Corporal Norfolk Regiment

British Army 3349 Lance Corporal Norfolk 1st/5th Batt T.F

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Thomas Bertie Harding

Born 1884

Died 1917

British Army 93067 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Robert Balls

Born 1893

Died 1914

British Army 10765 Private Coldstream Guards

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Alfred Sandell

Born 1897

Died 1917

British Army 198386 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 198386 Gunner Royal Horse and Field Artillery

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John Milton Ingram

Born 1893

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 152471

Canadian Expeditionary Force 152471 Private Canadian Mounted Rifles 1st Battalion

Canadian Expeditionary Force 152471 Private Canadian Mounted Rifles 1st Battalion

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Thomas Britton Earhart

Born 1898

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 1066185

Canadian Expeditionary Force 1066185 Private Canadian Infantry

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William Albert Bayers

Born 1892

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 639161

Canadian Expeditionary Force 639161 Private Canadian Labour Corps

Canadian Expeditionary Force 639161 Private Canadian Labour Corps

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James Hursell

Born 1888

Died 1916

British Army 28331 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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James Wilson

Born 1895

Died 1914

Royal Navy 546DA Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy DA 546 Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve H.M. Trawler "Orianda."

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Robert Cook

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 203706 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment

British Army 203706 Private Princess Charlotte of Wales Royal Berkshire 1/4th Batt.

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Herbert Henry Watcham

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 19613 Private Essex Regiment

British Army 19613 Private Essex Regiment 11th Btn.

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Charles Henry Tucker

Born 1886

Died 1915

British Army 11029 Private Wiltshire Regiment

British Army 11029 Private Duke of Edinburgh Wiltshire 1st Batt

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Albert George Skinner

Born 1890

Died 1918

British Army 8797 Private Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

British Army 8797 Private Duke of Cornwall Light Infantry 2nd Batt

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George Edward Carlton

Born 1887

Died 1914

Royal Navy 228168

Royal Navy 228168 Able Seaman HMS Laurel

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