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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]

Edward Arthur Rainger

Born 1882

Died 1915

British Army 11809 Private Leicestershire Regiment

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Frederick Bertie Gill

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army G9390 Private East Kent Regiment

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Charles John Hart

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 20616 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

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Algernon James Brown

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army 3189 Private London Regiment 17th battalion lond Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment 17th lond Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Rifle Brigade

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Bertie Frank Creed

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 3247 Private Rifle Brigade

British Army 3247 Serjeant Rifle Brigade

British Army 3247 Serjeant Rifle Brigade 9th Btn.

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Charles Edward Whittingham

Born 1891

Died 1914

British Army L/8811 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army L/8811 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

British Army L.8811 Private East Kent 1st Btn.

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Harry Tomlin

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army L/8139 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army L/8139 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

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Frederick Thomas Burton

Born 1877

Died 1916

British Army 23763 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

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Arthur Thomas Godden

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army G/1083 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

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Herbert George Scales

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 3840 Private Suffolk Regiment

British Army 3840 Private Suffolk Regiment 1st/4th Btn

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Stanley George Cardnell

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 624766 Driver Honourable Artillery Company

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Sidney Henry Norley

Born 1881

Died 1914

Royal Navy 295527 HMS Pembroke II

Royal Navy 295527 Stoker Petty Officer HMS Blenheim

Royal Navy 295527 Chief Stoker HMS Aboukir

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Oliver Grimwood

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 4036 Private Border Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 4030 Private Border 2nd Battalion

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Albert Edward Kiddle

Born 1892

Died 1917

Royal Navy K11319 Stoker 2nd class HMS Pembroke II

Royal Navy K11319 Stoker 1st Class HMS Inflexible

Royal Navy K11319 Stoker 1st Class HM Submarine E36

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James Henry Waller

Born 1892

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 644121

Canadian Expeditionary Force 644121 Private Canadian Infantry

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Thomas George Eldridge

Born 1882

Died 1918

Royal Navy 11534 Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

Royal Navy CH/11534 Private HMS Duncan Royal Marine Light Infantry detachment

Royal Navy CH/11534 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division 4th Royal Marine Battalion

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James William Latter

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army G/24723 Private The Queen's Regiment

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Fred Murrell

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army L/10618 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army L.10618 Private Queens Royal West Surrey 10th Batt.

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Alfred John Mercer Tupper

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 38560 Private Essex Regiment

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George Thomas Seager

Born 1899

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 757437

Canadian Expeditionary Force 757437 Private Canadian Infantry

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