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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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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]

Bernard John Straughan

Born 1901

Died 1968

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 155449

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Herbert Richard Bath

Born 1879

Died 1930

Royal Navy DA 13801 Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve

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Edwin James Judges

Born 1876

Died 1946

British Army 028446 Private Royal Army Ordnance Corps

British Army 3598 Sapper Kent Cyclist 3/1

British Army 538461 Corporal Cyclist Divisional Signal Coy. Royal Engineers.

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George Robert William Moody

Born 1879

Died 1945

Royal Navy C 3233 Seaman Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy C 3233 Petty Officer Royal Naval Reserve

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Arthur Albert Matthews

Born 1892

Died 1967

Royal Navy SD 532 Royal Naval Reserve

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George William Baker

Born 1886

Died 1918

Royal Navy 217831 Leading Seaman H.M.S. Ursa

Royal Navy 217831 Able Seaman HMS ONSLOW

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Ronald Charles Filmer

Born 1902

Died 1942

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 157023

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Walter Richard Janes

Born 1884

Died 1971

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 226033

Royal Navy F 26033

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Charles Arthur Champs

Born 1896

Died 1982

British Army 1213 Sergeant Royal Field Artillery

British Army 911611 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery

British Army 168920 Serjeant Royal Field Artillery 190 Brigade

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Charles George Oclee

Born 1877

Died 1915

British Army SR/673 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army S/673 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 2nd Battalion

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James Moses Simpson

Born 1866

Died 1947

British Army 111068 Pioneer Royal Engineers

British Army 290492 Private Labour Corps

British Army 290492 Royal Engineers

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Edward Welby Stock

Born 1877

Died 1959

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 276337

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Thomas John Randall

Born 1873

Died 1946

British Army 21444 Private Army Service Corps

British Army WR348081 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 349190 Private Labour Corps

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John Joseph Coates

Born 1862

Died 1918

British Army WR/312949 Sapper Royal Engineers Inland Water Transport

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Herbert Stanley Banger

Born 1884

Died 1959

British Army 196620 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 94th Siege Battery

British Army Gunner 2nd SA Reserve Brigade

British Army 174723 Sapper Royal Garrison Artillery.

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Ernest Fenwick

Born 1873

Died 1928

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 262403

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Eustace Joslin Perry

Born 1876

Died 1956

British Army G/4194 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 3rd

British Army G/4194 Lance Corporal The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

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John Alfred Stupples

Born 1872

Died 1936

Royal Navy SD 799 Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve

Royal Navy SA 2105 Second Hand Royal Naval Reserve

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Lewis George Carpenter

Born 1878

Died 1954

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 112503

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John William Hobday

Born 1857

Died 1917

Other Empire Force Civilian War Death Ramsgate, Kent.

Other Empire Force Civilian Civilian War Death Ramsgate, Kent.

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