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Faversham, Kent [4]

Hove, Sussex [4]

Maidstone, Kent [4]

Ramsgate, Kent [4]

Grafton New South Wales [3]

Ramsgate, Kent, England [3]

Ashford, Kent [2]

Brisbane Queensland [2]

Bromley, Kent [2]

Canterbury, Kent [2]

Folkestone, Kent [2]

Hythe, Kent [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Margate, Kent [2]

Smarden, Kent [2]

Tenterden, Kent [2]

Tonbridge, Kent [2]

Winterbourne, Gloucestershire [2]

Bayswater, London [1]

Bermondsey, London [1]

Bermondsey, Surrey [1]

Brighton, Sussex [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Camberwell [1]

Clarence River New South Wales [1]

Cork [1]

Dublin [1]

Eastbourne, Sussex [1]

Edinburgh [1]

Edinburgh, Edinburgh [1]

Essex England [1]

Frensham, Farnham, Surrey [1]

Gillingham, Kent [1]

Goulburn New South Wales [1]

Greenwich, Kent [1]

Halifax, Nova Scotia [1]

Halifax, Yorkshire, England [1]

Haywards Heath, Sussex [1]

Hereford England [1]

Holloway, London [1]

Holloway, London, Middlesex [1]

Kensington, London [1]

Kensington, London, Middlesex [1]

Kent [1]

Kimberley [1]

Marden, Kent [1]

Margate, Kent. [1]

Melbourne Victoria [1]

New Brompton, Kent [1]

New Cross, London [1]

Rank

Private [141]

Gunner [22]

Serjeant [22]

Corporal [20]

Sapper [13]

Lieutenant [12]

Driver [11]

Captain [8]

Acting Corporal [6]

Bombardier [5]

Lance Corporal [5]

Major [5]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Pioneer [4]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Second Lieutenant [3]

Commander [2]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [2]

Lieutenant Second [2]

Reverend [2]

Rifleman [2]

1st Class Chaplain [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Major [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Boatswain [1]

Boy Telegraphist [1]

Captain Lieutenant Major [1]

Captain and Quarter Master [1]

Chauffeur [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Fleet Surgeon [1]

General [1]

Lance Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Lance Sergeant [1]

Leading Signalman [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1]

Midshipman [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Private Lance Corporal [1]

Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Signaller [1]

Squadron Serjeant Major [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [28]

Royal Field Artillery [25]

East Kent Regiment [20]

Army Service Corps [17]

London Regiment [17]

Labour Corps [15]

Royal Garrison Artillery [13]

Royal Fusiliers [11]

Royal West Kent Regiment [11]

Machine Gun Corps [10]

Royal Army Medical Corps [10]

Middlesex Regiment [8]

Royal Sussex Regiment [6]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [5]

Royal Army Service Corps [5]

The Queen's Regiment [5]

Army Veterinary Corps [4]

Devonshire Regiment [4]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [4]

Honourable Artillery Company [4]

Rifle Brigade [4]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4]

Essex Regiment [3]

Gloucestershire Regiment [3]

Kent Regiment [3]

Liverpool Regiment [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Horse Artillery [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Bedfordshire Regiment [2]

Coldstream Guards [2]

Corps of Hussars [2]

Dorsetshire Regiment [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

Hampshire Regiment [2]

Highland Light Infantry [2]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

Royal Defence Corps [2]

Royal Irish Rifles [2]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

Scottish Horse [2]

South Wales Borderers [2]

Sussex Yeomanry [2]

Tank Corps [2]

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

West Yorkshire Regiment [2]

1/1st Sussex Yeomanry [1]

11th Hussars [1]

14th Hussars [1]

Service

British Army [275]

Royal Navy [53]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [25]

Australian Imperial Force [13]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [13]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [5]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

A [389]

G [4]

Contribution

Military Service [381]

Merchant Navy [9]

Country

United Kingdom [20]

Canada [1]

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Place of birth

Faversham, Kent [4] Hove, Sussex [4] Maidstone, Kent [4] Ramsgate, Kent [4] Grafton New South Wales [3] Ramsgate, Kent, England [3] Ashford, Kent [2] Brisbane Queensland [2] Bromley, Kent [2] Canterbury, Kent [2] Folkestone, Kent [2] Hythe, Kent [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Margate, Kent [2] Smarden, Kent [2] Tenterden, Kent [2] Tonbridge, Kent [2] Winterbourne, Gloucestershire [2] Bayswater, London [1] Bermondsey, London [1] Bermondsey, Surrey [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Camberwell [1] Clarence River New South Wales [1] Cork [1] Dublin [1] Eastbourne, Sussex [1] Edinburgh [1] Edinburgh, Edinburgh [1] Essex England [1] Frensham, Farnham, Surrey [1] Gillingham, Kent [1] Goulburn New South Wales [1] Greenwich, Kent [1] Halifax, Nova Scotia [1] Halifax, Yorkshire, England [1] Haywards Heath, Sussex [1] Hereford England [1] Holloway, London [1] Holloway, London, Middlesex [1] Kensington, London [1] Kensington, London, Middlesex [1] Kent [1] Kimberley [1] Marden, Kent [1] Margate, Kent. [1] Melbourne Victoria [1] New Brompton, Kent [1] New Cross, London [1]

Rank

Private [141] Gunner [22] Serjeant [22] Corporal [20] Sapper [13] Lieutenant [12] Driver [11] Captain [8] Acting Corporal [6] Bombardier [5] Lance Corporal [5] Major [5] Acting Serjeant [4] Pioneer [4] Lance Serjeant [3] Second Lieutenant [3] Commander [2] Corporal Acting Serjeant [2] Lieutenant Second [2] Reverend [2] Rifleman [2] 1st Class Chaplain [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Major [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Boatswain [1] Boy Telegraphist [1] Captain Lieutenant Major [1] Captain and Quarter Master [1] Chauffeur [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Deck Hand [1] Fleet Surgeon [1] General [1] Lance Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Lance Sergeant [1] Leading Signalman [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Lieutenant and Quarter Master [1] Midshipman [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Private Lance Corporal [1] Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Signaller [1] Squadron Serjeant Major [1] Staff Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [28] Royal Field Artillery [25] East Kent Regiment [20] Army Service Corps [17] London Regiment [17] Labour Corps [15] Royal Garrison Artillery [13] Royal Fusiliers [11] Royal West Kent Regiment [11] Machine Gun Corps [10] Royal Army Medical Corps [10] Middlesex Regiment [8] Royal Sussex Regiment [6] King's Royal Rifle Corps [5] Royal Army Service Corps [5] The Queen's Regiment [5] Army Veterinary Corps [4] Devonshire Regiment [4] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [4] Honourable Artillery Company [4] Rifle Brigade [4] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4] Essex Regiment [3] Gloucestershire Regiment [3] Kent Regiment [3] Liverpool Regiment [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Horse Artillery [3] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Bedfordshire Regiment [2] Coldstream Guards [2] Corps of Hussars [2] Dorsetshire Regiment [2] Grenadier Guards [2] Hampshire Regiment [2] Highland Light Infantry [2] Royal Berkshire Regiment [2] Royal Defence Corps [2] Royal Irish Rifles [2] Royal Munster Fusiliers [2] Royal Naval Division [2] Scottish Horse [2] South Wales Borderers [2] Sussex Yeomanry [2] Tank Corps [2] The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [2] West Yorkshire Regiment [2] 1/1st Sussex Yeomanry [1] 11th Hussars [1] 14th Hussars [1]

Service

British Army [275] Royal Navy [53] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [25] Australian Imperial Force [13] Canadian Expeditionary Force [13] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [5] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

A [389] G [4]

Contribution

Military Service [381] Merchant Navy [9]

Country

United Kingdom [20] Canada [1]

Frank Austen

Born 1877

Died 1918

British Army 160103 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Henry George Austen

Born 1878

Died 1918

British Army 57422 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps

British Army 57422 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps

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Albert John Austen

Born 1865

Died 1915

Other Empire Force Boatswain Merchant Navy. SS Cymbeline

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Alfred Walter Austen

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army SE/3076 Private Army Veterinary Corps

British Army 248814 Driver Royal Field Artillery

British Army 248884 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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William Robert Austen

Born 1879

Died 1917

Royal Navy 65584 Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

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Edward Jeffrey Austen

Born 1898

Died 1916

British Army 3022 Sapper Royal Engineers

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William James Austen

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 12627

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Walter William Austen

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 205842

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Frederick Arthur Austen

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 30842

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Frederick Joseph Austen

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 64997

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Herbert James Austen

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 196267

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Charles Austen

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 194149

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Cecil Robert Austen

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army L/9180 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army L/9180 Private East Kent Regiment 2nd east Battalion

British Army L/9180 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

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John Henry Austen

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 7677 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army 1478 Private West Kent Yeomanry

British Army 543929 Private Royal Engineers 4th Survey Battalion

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E E Austen

Born 1867

Died 1938

British Army Captain London Regiment attached Royal Army Medical Corps

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Albert John Austen

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 225937

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William Arthur Austen

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 28731 Private Lance Corporal Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

British Army 28731 Lance Corporal Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

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Edward John Austen

Born 1895

Died 1918

British Army Lieutenant London Regiment 2/3rd lond Battalion

British Army Lieutenant London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)

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Mark Austen

Born 1900

Died 1916

Royal Navy Midshipman HMS Queen Mary

Royal Navy Midshipman HMS Queen Mary

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James Austen

Born 1879

Died 1916

Royal Navy Chatham 185492, R.F.R. Ch B.3232 Able Seaman H.M.S. "Negro"

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