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Birmingham, Warwickshire [7]

Maidstone, Kent [5]

Sydney New South Wales [5]

Hertfordshire [4]

Whitstable, Kent [4]

Adelaide South Australia [3]

London, Middlesex [3]

London, Middlesex, England [3]

Melbourne Victoria [3]

Whitstable, Kent, England [3]

Brighton, Sussex [2]

Coventry, Warwickshire [2]

Croydon, Surrey [2]

Gravesend, Kent [2]

Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [2]

Hackney, London [2]

Hellingly [2]

Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire [2]

Kent England [2]

Knutsford [2]

London England [2]

Loose, Kent [2]

Marden, Kent [2]

Margate, Kent [2]

Orbost Victoria [2]

Perth Western Australia [2]

Ramsgate, Kent [2]

Saint Pancras, London [2]

Sittingbourne England [2]

Stokenchurch, Buckinghamshire [2]

Watford, Hertfordshire [2]

Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire [1]

Abbott Langley, Hertfordshire [1]

Abington, Northampton, Northamptonshire [1]

Adisham, Kent [1]

Albury New South Wales [1]

Auckland [1]

Aylesford, Kent [1]

Balham, London [1]

Balham, Surrey [1]

Barming, Kent [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Battersea, Surrey [1]

Bedfordshire [1]

Bedworth, Warwickshire [1]

Beechworth Victoria [1]

Belvedere, Kent [1]

Bermondsey [1]

Birmingham [1]

Blaenavon, Monmouthshire [1]

Rank

Private [622]

Gunner [67]

Driver [60]

Sapper [48]

Serjeant [46]

Corporal [43]

Second Lieutenant [27]

Lance Corporal [23]

Lieutenant [21]

Acting Corporal [10]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [10]

Pioneer [8]

Acting Serjeant [7]

Captain [6]

Rifleman [6]

Staff Serjeant [6]

Corporal 2nd [5]

Bombardier [4]

Lance Serjeant [4]

Major [4]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3]

Company Serjeant Major [3]

Lance Bombardier [3]

Leading Stoker [3]

Trooper [3]

Chief Stoker [2]

Colonel [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Head Conductor [2]

Midshipman [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Saddler [2]

Stoker [2]

Stoker 1 [2]

Stoker 2 [2]

Temporary Lieutenant [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

private [2]

1st Class Chaplain [1]

1st Petty Officer [1]

2nd Class Air Mechanic [1]

AM1(c) [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Lance Bombardier [1]

Acting Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Warrant Officer [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Armament Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [89]

Royal Engineers [86]

Army Service Corps [81]

Labour Corps [80]

London Regiment [62]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [36]

Middlesex Regiment [33]

Royal Garrison Artillery [33]

Northamptonshire Regiment [32]

Royal Army Medical Corps [32]

Machine Gun Corps [31]

Bedfordshire Regiment [26]

Royal Fusiliers [26]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [21]

The Queen's Regiment [20]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [17]

Royal Sussex Regiment [17]

Rifle Brigade [16]

Royal West Kent Regiment [16]

Leicestershire Regiment [15]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [14]

East Kent Regiment [13]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [13]

Royal Army Service Corps [13]

West Yorkshire Regiment [13]

East Surrey Regiment [12]

Essex Regiment [12]

Hampshire Regiment [12]

Norfolk Regiment [12]

Royal Naval Division [11]

Suffolk Regiment [11]

Northumberland Fusiliers [10]

Manchester Regiment [9]

Royal Flying Corps [9]

Army Veterinary Corps [8]

Devonshire Regiment [8]

Gloucestershire Regiment [8]

East Yorkshire Regiment [7]

Lancashire Fusiliers [7]

Royal Irish Rifles [7]

Yorkshire Light Infantry [7]

Yorkshire Regiment [7]

Coldstream Guards [6]

Lincolnshire Regiment [6]

South Lancashire Regiment [6]

Wiltshire Regiment [6]

Corps of Hussars [5]

Royal Air Force [5]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [5]

The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [5]

Service

British Army [962]

Royal Navy [118]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [96]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [54]

Australian Imperial Force [43]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [27]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

A [1331]

C [1]

R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1299]

Merchant Navy [19]

Conscientious Objector [9]

Country

United Kingdom [61]

Ireland [1]

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Birmingham, Warwickshire [7] Maidstone, Kent [5] Sydney New South Wales [5] Hertfordshire [4] Whitstable, Kent [4] Adelaide South Australia [3] London, Middlesex [3] London, Middlesex, England [3] Melbourne Victoria [3] Whitstable, Kent, England [3] Brighton, Sussex [2] Coventry, Warwickshire [2] Croydon, Surrey [2] Gravesend, Kent [2] Great Yarmouth, Norfolk [2] Hackney, London [2] Hellingly [2] Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire [2] Kent England [2] Knutsford [2] London England [2] Loose, Kent [2] Marden, Kent [2] Margate, Kent [2] Orbost Victoria [2] Perth Western Australia [2] Ramsgate, Kent [2] Saint Pancras, London [2] Sittingbourne England [2] Stokenchurch, Buckinghamshire [2] Watford, Hertfordshire [2] Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire [1] Abbott Langley, Hertfordshire [1] Abington, Northampton, Northamptonshire [1] Adisham, Kent [1] Albury New South Wales [1] Auckland [1] Aylesford, Kent [1] Balham, London [1] Balham, Surrey [1] Barming, Kent [1] Battersea, London [1] Battersea, Surrey [1] Bedfordshire [1] Bedworth, Warwickshire [1] Beechworth Victoria [1] Belvedere, Kent [1] Bermondsey [1] Birmingham [1] Blaenavon, Monmouthshire [1]

Rank

Private [622] Gunner [67] Driver [60] Sapper [48] Serjeant [46] Corporal [43] Second Lieutenant [27] Lance Corporal [23] Lieutenant [21] Acting Corporal [10] Warrant Officer Class 2 [10] Pioneer [8] Acting Serjeant [7] Captain [6] Rifleman [6] Staff Serjeant [6] Corporal 2nd [5] Bombardier [4] Lance Serjeant [4] Major [4] Acting Bombardier [3] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3] Company Serjeant Major [3] Lance Bombardier [3] Leading Stoker [3] Trooper [3] Chief Stoker [2] Colonel [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Head Conductor [2] Midshipman [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Saddler [2] Stoker [2] Stoker 1 [2] Stoker 2 [2] Temporary Lieutenant [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] private [2] 1st Class Chaplain [1] 1st Petty Officer [1] 2nd Class Air Mechanic [1] AM1(c) [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Lance Bombardier [1] Acting Serjeant Major [1] Acting Warrant Officer [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Armament Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [89] Royal Engineers [86] Army Service Corps [81] Labour Corps [80] London Regiment [62] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [36] Middlesex Regiment [33] Royal Garrison Artillery [33] Northamptonshire Regiment [32] Royal Army Medical Corps [32] Machine Gun Corps [31] Bedfordshire Regiment [26] Royal Fusiliers [26] King's Royal Rifle Corps [21] The Queen's Regiment [20] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [17] Royal Sussex Regiment [17] Rifle Brigade [16] Royal West Kent Regiment [16] Leicestershire Regiment [15] Royal Berkshire Regiment [14] East Kent Regiment [13] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [13] Royal Army Service Corps [13] West Yorkshire Regiment [13] East Surrey Regiment [12] Essex Regiment [12] Hampshire Regiment [12] Norfolk Regiment [12] Royal Naval Division [11] Suffolk Regiment [11] Northumberland Fusiliers [10] Manchester Regiment [9] Royal Flying Corps [9] Army Veterinary Corps [8] Devonshire Regiment [8] Gloucestershire Regiment [8] East Yorkshire Regiment [7] Lancashire Fusiliers [7] Royal Irish Rifles [7] Yorkshire Light Infantry [7] Yorkshire Regiment [7] Coldstream Guards [6] Lincolnshire Regiment [6] South Lancashire Regiment [6] Wiltshire Regiment [6] Corps of Hussars [5] Royal Air Force [5] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [5] The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [5]

Service

British Army [962] Royal Navy [118] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [96] Canadian Expeditionary Force [54] Australian Imperial Force [43] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [27] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

A [1331] C [1] R [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1299] Merchant Navy [19] Conscientious Objector [9]

Country

United Kingdom [61] Ireland [1]

Henry John Ashby

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 84016

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James Edward Ashby

Born 1883

Died 1921

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 235586

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James Edman Ashby

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 11882 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 15th Battalion

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Herbert Edward Ashby

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army G/15538 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 7th Battalion

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Raymond Ashby

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 10544 Private Royal Fusiliers

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Ernest Edward Ashby

Born 1882

Died 1918

Royal Navy 197871 Able Seaman HMS Racoon

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Albert Edward Ashby

Born 1885

Died 1919

British Army 10166 Private Royal Army Medical Corps 4/1st H C F A

British Army 493739 Lance Corporal Royal Army Medical Corps 82nd Gen. Hosp

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Alfred James Ashby

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 53790

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James H Ashby

Died 1917

British Army 242296 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army 242296 Private Royal West Kent Regiment 7th

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Herbert Ashby

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 101814

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James Samuel Ashby

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 279289

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Albert Ashby

Born 1867

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 49401

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G Ashby

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 261236

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Thomas Ashby

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 129079

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Arthur Albert Ashby

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 119178

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Joseph Francis Ashby

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 5626

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Samuel Thomas Henry Ashby

Born 1872

British Army 152079 Private Labour Corps

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Thomas James Ashby

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 309830

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Herbert Ronald Ashby

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 30118

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Cecil John Ashby

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 289115

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