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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]

Henry James Holmes

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 63975 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 63975 Acting Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

British Army 63975 Acting Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

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Frederick Sharood

Born 1889

Died 1915

British Army L/CPL

British Army 8337 Private Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) 2 Battalion

British Army 8337 Lance Corporal West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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Claude Lowder Curling

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army 010127 Private Army Ordnance Corps

British Army 32772 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

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Arthur Edwin Hurlock

Born 1877

Died 1914

British Army 20083 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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The Honorable Harold Fox Pitt Lubbock

Born 1888

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant Grenadier Guards

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Charles Harald Wood

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army Second Lieutenant King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant South Wales Borderers attached King's Royal Rifle Corps 8th Battalion

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Rupert George Boosey

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army Second Lieutenant 4th Dragoon Guards (Royal Irish)

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Herbert Gardner Travers

Born 1891

Died 1958

British Army 764 Private Honourable Artillery Company

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Naval Air Service

British Army Major Royal Air Force

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Edward John Hare

Born 1888

Died 1917

British Army Second Lieutenant General List

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Royal Flying Corps 15 Squadron

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Stanley Thornton

Died 1917

British Army 4857 Private Honourable Artillery Company 2 Battalion

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John Oswald Payne

Born 1883

Died 1915

British Army 1864 Private London Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant London Regiment

British Army Lieutenant Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Neville Savage Done

Born 1882

Died 1917

British Army 553634 Private London Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 6 Battalion

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers

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Tom Quaife

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army G/15754

British Army Lance Serjeant

British Army The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

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Stephen Percy Blundell

Born 1882

Died 1915

British Army 1380 Corporal London Regiment 20th lond Battalion

British Army 1380 Serjeant London Regiment 20th lond Battalion

British Army 1380 Serjeant London Regiment

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Albert Frederick Bisson

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 52291 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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George Wyver

Born 1893

Died 1916

Australian Imperial Force 3974

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Donald Parsons Carruthers

Born 1887

Died 1917

British Army GS/8389 Serjeant Royal West Kent Regiment

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Charles G Lovick

Born 1885

Died 1915

British Army 2945 Rifleman London Irish Rifles Regiment 18 Battalion

British Army 2945 Rifleman London Regiment (London Irish Rifles)

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Ernest Mark Gilbert

Born 1892

Died 1966

British Army Second Lieutenant Essex Regiment/Special Reserve/ Royal Flying Corps

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Sidney John Foad

Born 1883

Died 1915

Royal Navy 203313

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