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Sevenoaks, Kent [5]

Whitstable Kent [5]

Birmingham [4]

Shoreham, Kent [4]

Whitstable, Kent [4]

Bromley, Kent [3]

London [3]

Beckenham, Bromley, Kent [2]

Blean Kent [2]

Bombay [2]

Bromley Kent [2]

Bromley, Kent. [2]

Hayes, Kent [2]

Westerham, Kent [2]

Westerham, Sevenoaks, Kent [2]

23 Oakley Road, Small Heath, Birmingham [1]

Banbury, Oxford [1]

Battersea London [1]

Beech Ridge, Quebec [1]

Bexley, Dartford, Kent [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Blackheath [1]

Bleak, Kent [1]

Bordesley, Warwickshire [1]

Boughton Kent [1]

Brixton Surrey [1]

Broadstairs, Kent [1]

Broughton, Salford, Lancashire [1]

Burton, Staffordshire [1]

Camberwell Surrey [1]

Canterbury [1]

Chatham Kent [1]

Chelmsford, Essex [1]

Chelsea London [1]

Chelsea, London [1]

Chingford, Epping, Essex [1]

Cranbrook, Kent [1]

Dalston, Middlesex [1]

Deccan [1]

Eastry [1]

Edinburgh, [1]

Edinburgh, Scotland [1]

Emscote, Nth Warwickshire [1]

Enfield, Middlesex [1]

Epsom Surrey [1]

Erdington Warwickshire [1]

Four Elms, Edenbridge [1]

Fulham, London [1]

Fulham,London [1]

Godstone, Chelsham, Surrey [1]

Rank

Private [112]

Second Lieutenant [31]

Lieutenant [16]

Serjeant [15]

Captain [13]

Gunner [12]

Corporal [11]

Lance Corporal [10]

Driver [8]

Rifleman [6]

Major [5]

Sergeant [4]

2nd Lieutenant [3]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Bombardier [3]

Lieutenant Colonel [3]

2 Lieutenant [2]

Flight Sub-Lieutenant [2]

Sapper [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Sergeant [1]

Captain Major [1]

Colonel [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Farrier Serjeant [1]

Flight Lieutenant [1]

L Bombadier [1]

L/CPL [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant (Aeroplane and Seaplane Officer) [1]

Lieutenant (Honorary Captain) [1]

Lieutenant (Temporary) [1]

Pte [1]

Rigger [1]

Sergeant Mechanic [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Temp Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Un.Pd L/Cpl [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Warrant Telegraphist (Temporary) [1]

Unit

Royal West Kent Regiment [23]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [20]

London Regiment [19]

Royal Field Artillery [12]

Royal Garrison Artillery [10]

Royal Flying Corps [9]

Royal Fusiliers [9]

The Queen's Regiment [8]

Royal Air Force [7]

Army Service Corps [6]

East Kent Regiment [6]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [6]

Kent Regiment [5]

Royal Engineers [5]

The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [5]

Grenadier Guards [4]

Labour Corps [4]

Queens Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [4]

Rifle Brigade [4]

General List [3]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [3]

Royal Army Medical Corps [3]

Royal Sussex Regiment [3]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [3]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Cheshire Regiment [2]

East Surrey Regiment [2]

Honourable Artillery Company [2]

Indian Army [2]

Leicestershire Regiment [2]

Leinster Regiment [2]

Lincolnshire Regiment [2]

London Regiment (London Irish Rifles) [2]

London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade) [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Norfolk Regiment [2]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2]

Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Artillery [2]

Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) [2]

Royal Horse Artillery [2]

Royal Naval Air Service [2]

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [2]

Worcestershire Regiment [2]

1/4th Gurkha Rifles [1]

2/1st Warwickshire Yeomanry [1]

2/3rd Gurkha Rifles [1]

2/3rd Queen Alexandra's Own Gurkha Rifles [1]

Service

British Army [189]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [17]

Royal Navy [10]

Indian Army [6]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [38]

C [22]

H [20]

L [14]

T [14]

P [13]

M [11]

W [11]

A [10]

F [9]

G [9]

R [9]

S [8]

D [6]

N [5]

I [4]

K [3]

V [3]

J [2]

E [1]

O [1]

Q [1]

Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [213]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [95]

India [3]

Canada [1]

South Africa [1]

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People [215] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Sevenoaks, Kent [5] Whitstable Kent [5] Birmingham [4] Shoreham, Kent [4] Whitstable, Kent [4] Bromley, Kent [3] London [3] Beckenham, Bromley, Kent [2] Blean Kent [2] Bombay [2] Bromley Kent [2] Bromley, Kent. [2] Hayes, Kent [2] Westerham, Kent [2] Westerham, Sevenoaks, Kent [2] 23 Oakley Road, Small Heath, Birmingham [1] Banbury, Oxford [1] Battersea London [1] Beech Ridge, Quebec [1] Bexley, Dartford, Kent [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Blackheath [1] Bleak, Kent [1] Bordesley, Warwickshire [1] Boughton Kent [1] Brixton Surrey [1] Broadstairs, Kent [1] Broughton, Salford, Lancashire [1] Burton, Staffordshire [1] Camberwell Surrey [1] Canterbury [1] Chatham Kent [1] Chelmsford, Essex [1] Chelsea London [1] Chelsea, London [1] Chingford, Epping, Essex [1] Cranbrook, Kent [1] Dalston, Middlesex [1] Deccan [1] Eastry [1] Edinburgh, [1] Edinburgh, Scotland [1] Emscote, Nth Warwickshire [1] Enfield, Middlesex [1] Epsom Surrey [1] Erdington Warwickshire [1] Four Elms, Edenbridge [1] Fulham, London [1] Fulham,London [1] Godstone, Chelsham, Surrey [1]

Rank

Private [112] Second Lieutenant [31] Lieutenant [16] Serjeant [15] Captain [13] Gunner [12] Corporal [11] Lance Corporal [10] Driver [8] Rifleman [6] Major [5] Sergeant [4] 2nd Lieutenant [3] Acting Serjeant [3] Bombardier [3] Lieutenant Colonel [3] 2 Lieutenant [2] Flight Sub-Lieutenant [2] Sapper [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Sergeant [1] Captain Major [1] Colonel [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Farrier Serjeant [1] Flight Lieutenant [1] L Bombadier [1] L/CPL [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant (Aeroplane and Seaplane Officer) [1] Lieutenant (Honorary Captain) [1] Lieutenant (Temporary) [1] Pte [1] Rigger [1] Sergeant Mechanic [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Sub-Lieutenant [1] Temp Lieutenant [1] Temporary Captain [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Temporary Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Un.Pd L/Cpl [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Warrant Telegraphist (Temporary) [1]

Unit

Royal West Kent Regiment [23] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [20] London Regiment [19] Royal Field Artillery [12] Royal Garrison Artillery [10] Royal Flying Corps [9] Royal Fusiliers [9] The Queen's Regiment [8] Royal Air Force [7] Army Service Corps [6] East Kent Regiment [6] King's Royal Rifle Corps [6] Kent Regiment [5] Royal Engineers [5] The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [5] Grenadier Guards [4] Labour Corps [4] Queens Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [4] Rifle Brigade [4] General List [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [3] Royal Army Medical Corps [3] Royal Sussex Regiment [3] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [3] Canadian Infantry [2] Cheshire Regiment [2] East Surrey Regiment [2] Honourable Artillery Company [2] Indian Army [2] Leicestershire Regiment [2] Leinster Regiment [2] Lincolnshire Regiment [2] London Regiment (London Irish Rifles) [2] London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade) [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Norfolk Regiment [2] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [2] Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Artillery [2] Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) [2] Royal Horse Artillery [2] Royal Naval Air Service [2] The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) [2] Worcestershire Regiment [2] 1/4th Gurkha Rifles [1] 2/1st Warwickshire Yeomanry [1] 2/3rd Gurkha Rifles [1] 2/3rd Queen Alexandra's Own Gurkha Rifles [1]

Service

British Army [189] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [17] Royal Navy [10] Indian Army [6] Australian Imperial Force [2] Canadian Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

B [38] C [22] H [20] L [14] T [14] P [13] M [11] W [11] A [10] F [9] G [9] R [9] S [8] D [6] N [5] I [4] K [3] V [3] J [2] E [1] O [1] Q [1] Y [1]

Contribution

Military Service [213] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [95] India [3] Canada [1] South Africa [1]

Charles Packham

British Army 449 Corporal The Queen's Regiment

British Army 617080 Corporal London Regiment

British Army 334157 Corporal Royal Air Force

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Harry Jenkins

British Army 265413 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Baldwin Childerhouse Mac Dougall

Born 1898

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC)

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 2nd Lieutenant Royal Air Force 141st Squadron

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Albert Ed Inge

British Army 524828 Private Labour Corps

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Henry R Bennett

British Army 117210 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

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Sidney Whiley

British Army 10829 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 198861 Private Machine Gun Corps

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Thomas George Turrall

Born 1885

Died 1964

British Army 20512 Private Worcestershire Regiment

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Donald Frederick Beckhuson

Born 1893

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant West Riding Regiment

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Frederick George Pearson

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 37522 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Warwickshire Regiment 16th Battalion

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Frank Henry Thompsett

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army 2959 Private Suffolk Regiment 6th Battalion

British Army 48608 Private Lincolnshire Regiment Labour Coy

British Army G/37171 Private Royal Fusiliers

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Herbert Clement

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 310059 Private 2/1st Warwickshire Yeomanry

British Army Temporary Lieutenant Acting Captain Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army Captain Royal Warwickshire Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Charles Alfred Rickwood

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 5588 Private Prince Of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians) 2nd Battalion

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Desmond Gardiner Trouton

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army Captain Royal Field Artillery

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Frederick Chare

British Army 530 Serjeant Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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William Edward Blake Forster

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army 1925 Private Surrey Yeomanry

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

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