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Ramsgate, Kent [840]

Thanet, Kent [298]

Ramsgate, Kent, England [199]

Ramsgate, Kent. [86]

Ramsgate [17]

Ramsgate. Kent [17]

Thanet, Kent. [16]

Dublin [10]

Folkestone, Kent [10]

Islington, London [8]

Maidstone, Kent [8]

Margate, Kent [8]

Whitstable, Kent [8]

Hastings, Sussex [7]

London [7]

Broadstairs, Kent [6]

Eastbourne, Sussex [6]

Kensington, London [6]

Faversham, Kent [5]

Fulham, London [5]

Plymouth, Devon [5]

Ramsgate, Thanet, Kent [5]

St Lawrence, Ramsgate, Kent [5]

St. Lawrence. Ramsgate, Kent [5]

St. Peter's. Broadstairs, Kent [5]

Chatham, Kent [4]

Deal, Kent [4]

Dover, Kent [4]

Eastry, Kent [4]

Gillingham, Kent [4]

Hackney, London [4]

Minster-in-Thanet, Kent [4]

Sittingbourne, Kent [4]

Canterbury, Kent [3]

Gravesend, Kent [3]

Minster In Thanet, Kent [3]

Minster in Thanet, Kent [3]

Ryde, Isle of Wight [3]

Sandwich, Kent [3]

Whitechapel, London [3]

Woolwich, London [3]

Aberdeen [2]

Bath, Somerset [2]

Birchington, Kent [2]

Brixham, Devon [2]

Bromley, Kent [2]

Burnley, Lancashire [2]

Camberwell, London [2]

Cambridge [2]

Charing, Kent [2]

Rank

Private [721]

Deck Hand [140]

Lieutenant [121]

Able Seaman [115]

Captain [111]

Sapper [110]

Second Lieutenant [110]

Serjeant [88]

Corporal [86]

Gunner [83]

Lance Corporal [56]

Major [50]

Driver [49]

Seaman [49]

Second Hand [46]

Stoker 1st Class [43]

Ordinary Seaman [40]

Boy 2nd Class [31]

Boy 1st Class [29]

Leading Seaman [25]

Skipper [24]

Stoker [24]

Civilian [22]

Trimmer [22]

Stoker 2nd Class [21]

Petty Officer [20]

Pioneer [17]

Rifleman [16]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [15]

Ord. Seaman [15]

Sergeant [15]

Lieutenant Colonel [14]

Acting Corporal [13]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [13]

Boy [13]

Engineman [13]

Leading Stoker [12]

Deck-Hand [11]

Signal Boy [11]

Company Serjeant Major [10]

Bombardier [9]

Chief Petty Officer [9]

Petty Officer Stoker [9]

Temporary Captain [9]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [8]

Acting Serjeant [7]

Lance Serjeant [6]

Mate [6]

Reverend [6]

Signalman [6]

Unit

Royal Naval Reserve [311]

Royal Engineers [179]

East Kent Regiment [163]

The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [122]

Royal Field Artillery [102]

Labour Corps [84]

Royal Garrison Artillery [61]

Army Service Corps [59]

Royal Marine Light Infantry [56]

HMS Pembroke [48]

London Regiment [48]

Royal Army Medical Corps [46]

Royal Fusiliers [37]

Royal West Kent Regiment [36]

Royal Air Force [30]

Royal Army Service Corps [30]

Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet) [29]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [26]

Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Pembroke [24]

Rifle Brigade [23]

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [23]

Middlesex Regiment [22]

H.M.S. Pembroke I [21]

Royal Naval Air Service [20]

H.M.S. Ganges [19]

H.M.S. Pembroke II [19]

Machine Gun Corps [18]

Royal Naval Division [18]

H.M.S. President II [17]

The Queen's Regiment [17]

Northamptonshire Regiment [16]

Royal Flying Corps [16]

Royal Sussex Regiment [16]

Canadian Infantry [15]

Kent Cyclist Battalion [15]

Essex Regiment [14]

HMS Alert [14]

Grenadier Guards [13]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [13]

East Surrey Regiment [12]

HMS Ganges [12]

HMS President II [12]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [12]

Norfolk Regiment [12]

Air Raid Victim. Ramsgate, Kent [11]

Bedfordshire Regiment [11]

Mercantile Marine Reserve [11]

Royal Horse Artillery [11]

Worcestershire Regiment [11]

Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [10]

Service

British Army [1253]

Royal Navy [1026]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [186]

Other Empire Force [97]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [63]

Australian Imperial Force [38]

Indian Army [20]

Canadian Navy [9]

South African Services [5]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4]

Last name first letter

S [297]

B [292]

H [263]

M [217]

C [210]

W [210]

P [168]

G [142]

A [119]

R [119]

T [112]

F [111]

D [103]

L [90]

J [58]

K [55]

N [53]

E [49]

O [35]

V [24]

Y [13]

I [11]

U [8]

Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1835]

Merchant Navy [235]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [1127]

Canada [14]

Australia [11]

India [9]

Ireland [9]

South Africa [6]

Gibraltar [3]

New Zealand [3]

United States [3]

Malaysia [1]

Malta [1]

Singapore [1]

Sudan [1]

Tonga [1]

Yemen [1]

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Place of birth

Ramsgate, Kent [840] Thanet, Kent [298] Ramsgate, Kent, England [199] Ramsgate, Kent. [86] Ramsgate [17] Ramsgate. Kent [17] Thanet, Kent. [16] Dublin [10] Folkestone, Kent [10] Islington, London [8] Maidstone, Kent [8] Margate, Kent [8] Whitstable, Kent [8] Hastings, Sussex [7] London [7] Broadstairs, Kent [6] Eastbourne, Sussex [6] Kensington, London [6] Faversham, Kent [5] Fulham, London [5] Plymouth, Devon [5] Ramsgate, Thanet, Kent [5] St Lawrence, Ramsgate, Kent [5] St. Lawrence. Ramsgate, Kent [5] St. Peter's. Broadstairs, Kent [5] Chatham, Kent [4] Deal, Kent [4] Dover, Kent [4] Eastry, Kent [4] Gillingham, Kent [4] Hackney, London [4] Minster-in-Thanet, Kent [4] Sittingbourne, Kent [4] Canterbury, Kent [3] Gravesend, Kent [3] Minster In Thanet, Kent [3] Minster in Thanet, Kent [3] Ryde, Isle of Wight [3] Sandwich, Kent [3] Whitechapel, London [3] Woolwich, London [3] Aberdeen [2] Bath, Somerset [2] Birchington, Kent [2] Brixham, Devon [2] Bromley, Kent [2] Burnley, Lancashire [2] Camberwell, London [2] Cambridge [2] Charing, Kent [2]

Rank

Private [721] Deck Hand [140] Lieutenant [121] Able Seaman [115] Captain [111] Sapper [110] Second Lieutenant [110] Serjeant [88] Corporal [86] Gunner [83] Lance Corporal [56] Major [50] Driver [49] Seaman [49] Second Hand [46] Stoker 1st Class [43] Ordinary Seaman [40] Boy 2nd Class [31] Boy 1st Class [29] Leading Seaman [25] Skipper [24] Stoker [24] Civilian [22] Trimmer [22] Stoker 2nd Class [21] Petty Officer [20] Pioneer [17] Rifleman [16] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [15] Ord. Seaman [15] Sergeant [15] Lieutenant Colonel [14] Acting Corporal [13] Air Mechanic 1st Class [13] Boy [13] Engineman [13] Leading Stoker [12] Deck-Hand [11] Signal Boy [11] Company Serjeant Major [10] Bombardier [9] Chief Petty Officer [9] Petty Officer Stoker [9] Temporary Captain [9] Warrant Officer Class 2 [8] Acting Serjeant [7] Lance Serjeant [6] Mate [6] Reverend [6] Signalman [6]

Unit

Royal Naval Reserve [311] Royal Engineers [179] East Kent Regiment [163] The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [122] Royal Field Artillery [102] Labour Corps [84] Royal Garrison Artillery [61] Army Service Corps [59] Royal Marine Light Infantry [56] HMS Pembroke [48] London Regiment [48] Royal Army Medical Corps [46] Royal Fusiliers [37] Royal West Kent Regiment [36] Royal Air Force [30] Royal Army Service Corps [30] Mercantile Marine (Fishing Fleet) [29] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [26] Royal Naval Reserve - HMS Pembroke [24] Rifle Brigade [23] Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve [23] Middlesex Regiment [22] H.M.S. Pembroke I [21] Royal Naval Air Service [20] H.M.S. Ganges [19] H.M.S. Pembroke II [19] Machine Gun Corps [18] Royal Naval Division [18] H.M.S. President II [17] The Queen's Regiment [17] Northamptonshire Regiment [16] Royal Flying Corps [16] Royal Sussex Regiment [16] Canadian Infantry [15] Kent Cyclist Battalion [15] Essex Regiment [14] HMS Alert [14] Grenadier Guards [13] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [13] East Surrey Regiment [12] HMS Ganges [12] HMS President II [12] King's Royal Rifle Corps [12] Norfolk Regiment [12] Air Raid Victim. Ramsgate, Kent [11] Bedfordshire Regiment [11] Mercantile Marine Reserve [11] Royal Horse Artillery [11] Worcestershire Regiment [11] Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) [10]

Service

British Army [1253] Royal Navy [1026] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [186] Other Empire Force [97] Canadian Expeditionary Force [63] Australian Imperial Force [38] Indian Army [20] Canadian Navy [9] South African Services [5] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [4]

Last name first letter

S [297] B [292] H [263] M [217] C [210] W [210] P [168] G [142] A [119] R [119] T [112] F [111] D [103] L [90] J [58] K [55] N [53] E [49] O [35] V [24] Y [13] I [11] U [8] Q [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1835] Merchant Navy [235] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [1127] Canada [14] Australia [11] India [9] Ireland [9] South Africa [6] Gibraltar [3] New Zealand [3] United States [3] Malaysia [1] Malta [1] Singapore [1] Sudan [1] Tonga [1] Yemen [1]

Edward Charles Gentry

Born 1874

Died 1961

British Army 21111 Private Grenadier Guards

British Army 21111 Lance Corporal Grenadier Guards

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Albert Edward Sackett

Born 1895

Died 1952

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 12375

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William George Greenway

Born 1896

Died 1980

British Army 200200 Serjeant East Kent Regiment 4th east Battalion

British Army 1590 Serjeant The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 4th

British Army 1590 Lance Corporal The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 4th

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Frederick George Jennings

Born 1887

Died 1956

British Army 4264 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army 373704 Private Labour Corps

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Harold Lohmann

Born 1892

Died 1978

British Army 569 Private Kent Cyclist Battalion

British Army 265074 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army 265074 Private (Lance Corporal) Kent Cyclist Battalion

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William Thomas Wheeler

Born 1874

Died 1953

British Army 3289 London Regiment 7th (City of London)

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Francis Joseph Groom

Born 1882

Died 1961

British Army 5519 Private Middlesex Regiment

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Arthur Charles Spain

Born 1899

Died 1917

British Army 2941 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army 200817 Lance Corporal The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 4th (Territorial) Battalion

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William Frederick Howard

Born 1890

Died 1976

British Army 40434 Lance Corporal Labour Corps

British Army 62573 Lance Corporal Liverpool Regiment

British Army 3903110 Lance Corporal South Wales Borderers Depot

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Albert Arthur Horne

Born 1875

Died 1958

Royal Navy DA 16075 Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve

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George Henry Whorlow

Born 1884

Died 1959

Royal Navy DA 18476 Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve

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Arthur Charles Edwin Kettle

Born 1898

Died 1959

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 402132

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Joshua Channon Thompson

Born 1875

Died 1958

Royal Navy Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy A 2422 Seaman Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy A 2422 Petty Officer Royal Naval Reserve

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Samuel Perry

Born 1893

Died 1915

British Army 346 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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Thomas Walter Amies

Born 1893

Died 1918

British Army L/8246 Private Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 1st Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army S/8246 Lance Corporal Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)

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Albert Edward Hope

Born 1874

Died 1949

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 268620

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Horace Percy Odell

Born 1887

Died 1919

British Army M/412539 Private Royal Army Service Corps 21st G.H.Q. Reserve M.T. Coy.

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Michael John Grist

Born 1870

Died 1917

British Army 235115 Sapper Royal Engineers Inland Water Transport

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Robert George March

Born 1885

Died 1942

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 310677

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Archibald Cornelius Friend

Born 1876

Died 1949

Royal Navy D 1585 Petty Officer Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy WSA 2139 Skipper Royal Naval Reserve

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