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Place of birth

Kidderminster Worcestershire [24]

Simla [3]

Birmingham [2]

Pudsey [2]

1 High Street, Hemel Hempstead [1]

Arundel Sussex [1]

Ashford, Kent [1]

Bridgenorth, Shropshire [1]

Brighton, Sussex [1]

Bromley-by-Bow Middlesex [1]

Bromyard, Herefordshire [1]

Camberwell Surrey [1]

Canterbury [1]

Crowborough [1]

Denton Gravesend [1]

Dover [1]

East Sheen, Surrey [1]

Exeter, Devon [1]

Farnham Surrey [1]

Farsley, Yorkshire [1]

Formby Lancashire [1]

Halifax, Yorkshire [1]

Hambury Worcestershire [1]

Hastings Sussex [1]

Hendon, Middlesex [1]

Highgate Middlesex [1]

Hove, Sussex [1]

Kings Norton, Pershore, Worcestershire [1]

Lambeth [1]

Lambeth Surrey [1]

Middlesex [1]

Nantyglo, Monmouthshire [1]

New Brompton, Chatham, Kent [1]

Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland [1]

Normanton [1]

Northgate Canterbury [1]

Padiham Lancashire [1]

Peterborough [1]

Ramsgate [1]

Salford Lancashire [1]

Shelf [1]

Shepherds Bush London [1]

Stamford, Lincolnshire [1]

Tunbridge Kent [1]

Wherwell Hampshire [1]

Woolwich [1]

Wye, Kent [1]

chorley [1]

Rank

Private [73]

Serjeant [29]

Lance Corporal [19]

Sergeant [19]

Corporal [16]

Captain [12]

Second Lieutenant [9]

Lieutenant [8]

Company Serjeant Major [5]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [5]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Temporary Major [3]

Acting Captain [2]

Acting Corporal [2]

Acting Regimental Sergeant Major [2]

Acting Sergeant [2]

Colour Sergeant [2]

Gunner [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Major [2]

Rifleman [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

3rd Lieutenant [1]

A/Sergeant [1]

A/W.O. II [1]

Acting W.O. I [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Battery Major [1]

Bombardier [1]

Captain Temporary Major [1]

Captain and Adjutant [1]

Colonel [1]

Driver [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Lieutenant/Temporary Captain [1]

Lt Colonel [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Regimental Quarter Master Sergeant [1]

Regimental Sergeant Major [1]

Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Sergeant Major [1]

Serjeant Major [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Sub Conductor [1]

W.O.II [1]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Warrant Officer Class II [1]

Unit

East Kent Regiment [84]

Worcestershire Regiment [23]

The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [8]

Labour Corps [6]

Machine Gun Corps [3]

Royal East Kent Yeomanry [3]

Royal Field Artillery [3]

Royal West Kent Regiment [3]

West Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

Durham Light Infantry [2]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

London Regiment [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Engineers [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Shropshire Light Infantry [2]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [2]

West Yorkshire regiment [2]

Army Cyclist Corps [1]

Army Service Corps [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

East Kent Regiment Machine Gun Corps [1]

East Kent Regiment/Staff [1]

East Lancashire Regiment [1]

East Yorkshire Regiment [1]

Essex Regiment [1]

Gloucestershire Regiment [1]

Grenadier Guards [1]

Head Quarters Indian Army [1]

Headquarters Line of Communication [1]

Highland Light Infantry [1]

Indian Army [1]

Indian Miscellaneous List [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [1]

Kings Shropshire Light Infantry [1]

Lincolnshire Regiment [1]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1]

Prisoner of War Company [1]

Rajputs Indian Army [1]

Rifle Brigade [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Royal Garrison Regiment [1]

Royal Warwickshire [1]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1]

School of Musketry [1]

Service

British Army [140]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [18]

H [16]

M [10]

P [9]

S [9]

T [9]

A [8]

C [8]

G [7]

L [7]

N [6]

W [6]

D [5]

E [5]

R [5]

F [3]

J [3]

K [2]

O [2]

I [1]

V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [140]

Country

United Kingdom [84]

India [2]

Ireland [1]

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Place of birth

Kidderminster Worcestershire [24] Simla [3] Birmingham [2] Pudsey [2] 1 High Street, Hemel Hempstead [1] Arundel Sussex [1] Ashford, Kent [1] Bridgenorth, Shropshire [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Bromley-by-Bow Middlesex [1] Bromyard, Herefordshire [1] Camberwell Surrey [1] Canterbury [1] Crowborough [1] Denton Gravesend [1] Dover [1] East Sheen, Surrey [1] Exeter, Devon [1] Farnham Surrey [1] Farsley, Yorkshire [1] Formby Lancashire [1] Halifax, Yorkshire [1] Hambury Worcestershire [1] Hastings Sussex [1] Hendon, Middlesex [1] Highgate Middlesex [1] Hove, Sussex [1] Kings Norton, Pershore, Worcestershire [1] Lambeth [1] Lambeth Surrey [1] Middlesex [1] Nantyglo, Monmouthshire [1] New Brompton, Chatham, Kent [1] Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland [1] Normanton [1] Northgate Canterbury [1] Padiham Lancashire [1] Peterborough [1] Ramsgate [1] Salford Lancashire [1] Shelf [1] Shepherds Bush London [1] Stamford, Lincolnshire [1] Tunbridge Kent [1] Wherwell Hampshire [1] Woolwich [1] Wye, Kent [1] chorley [1]

Rank

Private [73] Serjeant [29] Lance Corporal [19] Sergeant [19] Corporal [16] Captain [12] Second Lieutenant [9] Lieutenant [8] Company Serjeant Major [5] Warrant Officer Class 2 [5] Colour Serjeant [3] Temporary Major [3] Acting Captain [2] Acting Corporal [2] Acting Regimental Sergeant Major [2] Acting Sergeant [2] Colour Sergeant [2] Gunner [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Major [2] Rifleman [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] 3rd Lieutenant [1] A/Sergeant [1] A/W.O. II [1] Acting W.O. I [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Battery Major [1] Bombardier [1] Captain Temporary Major [1] Captain and Adjutant [1] Colonel [1] Driver [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Lieutenant/Temporary Captain [1] Lt Colonel [1] Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Regimental Quarter Master Sergeant [1] Regimental Sergeant Major [1] Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Sergeant Major [1] Serjeant Major [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Sub Conductor [1] W.O.II [1] Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Warrant Officer Class II [1]

Unit

East Kent Regiment [84] Worcestershire Regiment [23] The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [8] Labour Corps [6] Machine Gun Corps [3] Royal East Kent Yeomanry [3] Royal Field Artillery [3] Royal West Kent Regiment [3] West Yorkshire Regiment [3] Devonshire Regiment [2] Durham Light Infantry [2] Liverpool Regiment [2] London Regiment [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Engineers [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Shropshire Light Infantry [2] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [2] West Yorkshire regiment [2] Army Cyclist Corps [1] Army Service Corps [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] East Kent Regiment Machine Gun Corps [1] East Kent Regiment/Staff [1] East Lancashire Regiment [1] East Yorkshire Regiment [1] Essex Regiment [1] Gloucestershire Regiment [1] Grenadier Guards [1] Head Quarters Indian Army [1] Headquarters Line of Communication [1] Highland Light Infantry [1] Indian Army [1] Indian Miscellaneous List [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [1] Kings Shropshire Light Infantry [1] Lincolnshire Regiment [1] Middlesex Regiment [1] Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [1] Prisoner of War Company [1] Rajputs Indian Army [1] Rifle Brigade [1] Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Royal Garrison Regiment [1] Royal Warwickshire [1] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [1] School of Musketry [1]

Service

British Army [140] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

B [18] H [16] M [10] P [9] S [9] T [9] A [8] C [8] G [7] L [7] N [6] W [6] D [5] E [5] R [5] F [3] J [3] K [2] O [2] I [1] V [1]

Contribution

Military Service [140]

Country

United Kingdom [84] India [2] Ireland [1]

Maurice Henry Newham

Born 1898

British Army 3572 Warrant Officer Class 2 East Kent Regiment

British Army 241481 Warrant Officer Class II East Kent Regiment 1/5th Battalion

British Army 241481 Warrant Officer Class 2 East Kent Regiment 1/5th Battalion

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Joseph Douglas Philips

Born 1886

Died 1914

British Army Lieutenant East Kent Regiment

British Army Lieutenant East Kent Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army 2nd Lieutenant

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Charles Higgins

Born 1890

British Army 4206 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army G/4206 Private East Kent Regiment 1st Battalion

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Joseph William Buckley

Born 1885

British Army 200055 Company Serjeant Major East Kent Regiment

British Army 200055 Warrant Officer Class 2 East Kent Regiment 2/4th Battalion

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Andrew Lane

Born 1880

Died 1915

British Army 8446 Private East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 8446 Private East Lancashire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Frank Cecil Moorcock

Died 1959

British Army G/1349 Serjeant East Kent Regiment

British Army G/1349 Sergeant East Kent Regiment 7th Battalion

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Charles William Scott

Born 1888

British Army 1970 Private West Kent Yeomanry 1/1st

British Army 270928 Private East Kent Regiment 10th Battalion

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William Thomas Jarman

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army G/2822 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army G/2822 Lance Corporal East Kent Regiment 6th Battalion

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James Hines

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 9653 Private Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army 9653 Corporal Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army 9653 Lance Sergeant Kings Shropshire Light Infantry 10th Battalion

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Thomas Egan

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army 5488 Private Worcestershire Regiment

British Army 5488 Private Worcestershire Regiment 2/8th Battalion

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Ernest Albert Maaz

Born 1882

British Army 1744 Private Royal East Kent Yeomanry 1/1st

British Army 270121 Private East Kent Regiment 10th Battalion

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Bernard James Tarpey

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 1547 Serjeant Major South Mid Divisional Ammunition Column Royal Field Artillery

British Army 846232 Acting W.O. I Royal Field Artillery

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Alfred Thomas Brisley

Born 1892

British Army 270125 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army 1750 Private Royal East Kent Yeomanry

British Army 270125 Private East Kent Regiment

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Joseph Digman

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 9585 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 9585 Private Royal Warwickshire 9th Battalion

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William Hines

Died 1915

British Army 6591 Private Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army SR/6591 Private Shropshire Light Infantry

British Army 6591 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry

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Frederick Charles Smith

Born 1878

British Army L/5066 Lance Corporal East Kent Regiment 1st Battalion

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James Carlin

Born 1881

Died 1916

British Army 5386 Serjeant Worcestershire Regiment

British Army 5386 Sergeant Worcestershire Regiment 3rd Battalion

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John Evans

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 12309 Private Worcestershire Regiment 4th worcest Battalion

British Army 12309 Private Worcestershire Regiment

British Army 12309 Private Worcestershire Regiment 4th Battalion

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John Thomas Lyons

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army 4145 Private Worcestershire Regiment

British Army 201736 Private Worcestershire Regiment

British Army 4145 Private Worcestershire Regiment 2/7th Battalion

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Elliott Sheard

Born 1890

Died 1917

British Army 17/477 Serjeant West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 17/477 Serjeant West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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