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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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People [140] Stories Communities

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]

R H W Baker

British Army Temporary Major Headquarters Line of Communication

British Army Captain The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 3 Battalion

British Army Lieutenant The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 3 Battalion

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William Neale

British Army L/8671 Private East Kent Regiment 1st Battalion

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G J Diver

British Army L/7733 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army L/7733 Corporal East Kent Regiment

British Army L/7733 Corporal East Kent Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Frederick Carpenter

British Army G/5501 Lance Corporal East Kent Regiment

British Army G/5501 Lance Corporal East Kent Regiment 8th Battalion

British Army G/5501 Lance Corporal 1st Battalion

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George William Mould

British Army 7808127 Warrant Officer Class 2 East Kent Regiment

British Army 18868 Company Serjeant Major Machine Gun Corps

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George W Mould

British Army 8792 Serjeant East Kent Regiment

British Army 18868 Company Serjeant Major Machine Gun Corps

British Army 8792 Warrant Officer Class 2 East Kent Regiment

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George James Norris

British Army Temporary Major East Kent Regiment Machine Gun Corps

British Army Captain East Kent Regiment

British Army Temporary Major Machine Gun Corps

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L F Gosby

British Army 200041 Serjeant East Kent Regiment

British Army 319157 Serjeant Royal Air Force

British Army 200041 Sergeant East Kent Regiment

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Alfred Watts

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army G/13257 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army G/13257 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 7th Battalion

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Frank Oswald Bloodworth

Born 1894

Died 1915

British Army 10791 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 4th Battalion

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Frank Howard

British Army G/5048 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army G/5048 Serjeant East Kent Regiment

British Army G/5048 Sergeant East Kent Regiment 7th Battalion

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Joseph Grealey

Died 1916

British Army 720 Private Worcestershire Regiment 3rd worcest Battalion

British Army 7209 Private Worcestershire Regiment 3rd Battalion

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James Dray

British Army 79247 Warrant Officer Class 2 The Queen's Regiment 1st Battalion

British Army L12933 Warrant Officer Class 2 The Queen's Regiment 6th Battalion

British Army L/4960 Warrant Officer Class 2 East Kent Regiment 10th Battalion

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Charles G Hughes

British Army 271040 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army 353586 (Incomplete) Private Royal Engineers

British Army WR/288696 (Incomplete) Private Royal Engineers

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A Bethell

British Army 1677 Private East Kent Regiment

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James Victor Rae Jackson

Born 1883

Died 1968

British Army Captain East Kent Regiment

British Army Captain East Kent Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army Colonel East Kent Regiment 1st Battalion

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Tracey Perry

Died 1917

British Army 27572 Private Devonshire Regiment

British Army 27572 Private Devonshire Regiment 8th Battalion

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Sydney George Kendrick Rapley

Born 1894

British Army Second Lieutenant East Kent Regiment

British Army Acting Captain Royal Air Force

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Joseph Munn Mace T.d.

British Army Lieutenant Colonel East Kent Regiment 1/5th Battalion

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Percy William Bloodworth

Born 1892

Died 1918

British Army 34457 Corporal Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 3rd Mountain Battery

British Army 34457 Corporal Royal Garrison Artillery 3rd Mountain Battery

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