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Croydon, Surrey [8]

Brighton, Sussex [5]

London England [5]

Reading, Berkshire [5]

Rochester, Kent [5]

Walthamstow, Essex [4]

Dartford, Kent [3]

East Grinstead, Sussex [3]

Maidstone, Kent [3]

Poplar, London [3]

Singleton New South Wales [3]

Aberdeen New South Wales [2]

Bairnsdale Victoria [2]

Basingstoke, Hampshire [2]

Boxley, Kent [2]

East Farleigh, Kent [2]

Edenbridge, Kent [2]

Enfield, Middlesex [2]

Hitchin, Hertfordshire [2]

Horsham, Sussex [2]

Kangaloon New South Wales [2]

Lambeth, London [2]

Littlehampton England [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Melbourne Victoria [2]

Newbury, Berkshire [2]

Rainham, Kent [2]

Redhill, Surrey [2]

Rottingdean, Sussex [2]

Sevenoaks, Kent [2]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Alstonville New South Wales [1]

Beckenham, Kent [1]

Benalla Victoria [1]

Bermondsey, London [1]

Billingshurst, Sussex [1]

Bolton, Lancashire [1]

Boughton Monchelsea, Kent [1]

Brighton [1]

Buryham Rochester, Kent [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Camberwell, Surrey [1]

Canning Town, London [1]

Charlton, London [1]

Charlton, London, Middlesex [1]

Chatham, Kent [1]

Chelsea, London [1]

Chelsea, Middlesex [1]

Cheltenham,Gloucestershire. [1]

Rank

Private [482]

Gunner [85]

Driver [63]

Serjeant [59]

Corporal [51]

Sapper [40]

Lance Corporal [21]

Second Lieutenant [19]

Acting Corporal [15]

Acting Serjeant [15]

Pioneer [10]

Lieutenant [9]

Bombardier [7]

Company Serjeant Major [5]

Acting Bombardier [4]

Captain [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Worker [3]

4th Class Chaplain [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Guardsman [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Lieutenant Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [2]

Major [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Private Acting Corporal [2]

Staff Nurse [2]

Transport Corporal [2]

AM1(c) [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Acting Farrier Serjeant [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Artificer Engineer [1]

Assistant Clerk [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Corporal /Motor Cyclist [1]

Corporal Shoeing Smith [1]

Dom 1 cl [1]

Dom 2 cl [1]

Dom 3 cl [1]

Driver Saddler [1]

Engineer Lieutenant Commander [1]

Farrier Corporal [1]

Lance Serjeant Serjeant [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [99]

Royal Engineers [76]

Army Service Corps [72]

Labour Corps [57]

London Regiment [53]

Royal Garrison Artillery [40]

Machine Gun Corps [33]

Middlesex Regiment [30]

Royal Fusiliers [29]

East Surrey Regiment [26]

Rifle Brigade [26]

The Queen's Regiment [25]

Royal Army Medical Corps [23]

Royal Sussex Regiment [23]

Royal West Kent Regiment [20]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [17]

East Kent Regiment [14]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [14]

Gloucestershire Regiment [13]

Hampshire Regiment [13]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [13]

Army Veterinary Corps [12]

Army Ordnance Corps [10]

Royal Army Service Corps [10]

Bedfordshire Regiment [9]

Essex Regiment [9]

Coldstream Guards [8]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [7]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [7]

Border Regiment [6]

Norfolk Regiment [6]

Suffolk Regiment [6]

Royal Horse Artillery [5]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [5]

Royal Naval Division [5]

Royal Scots Fusiliers [5]

Royal West Surrey Regiment [5]

Worcestershire Regiment [5]

Devonshire Regiment [4]

Kent Regiment [4]

London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [4]

Northamptonshire Regiment [4]

Royal Defence Corps [4]

Royal Irish Rifles [4]

Tank Corps [4]

Training Reserve [4]

Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [3]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [3]

Service

British Army [832]

Royal Navy [125]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [80]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [45]

Australian Imperial Force [43]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [15]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [1153]

Contribution

Military Service [1135]

Merchant Navy [11]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [29]

Canada [1]

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Place of birth

Croydon, Surrey [8] Brighton, Sussex [5] London England [5] Reading, Berkshire [5] Rochester, Kent [5] Walthamstow, Essex [4] Dartford, Kent [3] East Grinstead, Sussex [3] Maidstone, Kent [3] Poplar, London [3] Singleton New South Wales [3] Aberdeen New South Wales [2] Bairnsdale Victoria [2] Basingstoke, Hampshire [2] Boxley, Kent [2] East Farleigh, Kent [2] Edenbridge, Kent [2] Enfield, Middlesex [2] Hitchin, Hertfordshire [2] Horsham, Sussex [2] Kangaloon New South Wales [2] Lambeth, London [2] Littlehampton England [2] London, Middlesex [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] Newbury, Berkshire [2] Rainham, Kent [2] Redhill, Surrey [2] Rottingdean, Sussex [2] Sevenoaks, Kent [2] Adelaide South Australia [1] Alstonville New South Wales [1] Beckenham, Kent [1] Benalla Victoria [1] Bermondsey, London [1] Billingshurst, Sussex [1] Bolton, Lancashire [1] Boughton Monchelsea, Kent [1] Brighton [1] Buryham Rochester, Kent [1] Camberwell, London [1] Camberwell, Surrey [1] Canning Town, London [1] Charlton, London [1] Charlton, London, Middlesex [1] Chatham, Kent [1] Chelsea, London [1] Chelsea, Middlesex [1] Cheltenham,Gloucestershire. [1]

Rank

Private [482] Gunner [85] Driver [63] Serjeant [59] Corporal [51] Sapper [40] Lance Corporal [21] Second Lieutenant [19] Acting Corporal [15] Acting Serjeant [15] Pioneer [10] Lieutenant [9] Bombardier [7] Company Serjeant Major [5] Acting Bombardier [4] Captain [4] Able Seaman [3] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Worker [3] 4th Class Chaplain [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Guardsman [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Lieutenant Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [2] Major [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Private Acting Corporal [2] Staff Nurse [2] Transport Corporal [2] AM1(c) [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Acting Farrier Serjeant [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Artificer Engineer [1] Assistant Clerk [1] Brigadier General [1] Colonel/Temporary Brigadier General [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Corporal /Motor Cyclist [1] Corporal Shoeing Smith [1] Dom 1 cl [1] Dom 2 cl [1] Dom 3 cl [1] Driver Saddler [1] Engineer Lieutenant Commander [1] Farrier Corporal [1] Lance Serjeant Serjeant [1] Leading Seaman [1] Lieutenant Commander [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [99] Royal Engineers [76] Army Service Corps [72] Labour Corps [57] London Regiment [53] Royal Garrison Artillery [40] Machine Gun Corps [33] Middlesex Regiment [30] Royal Fusiliers [29] East Surrey Regiment [26] Rifle Brigade [26] The Queen's Regiment [25] Royal Army Medical Corps [23] Royal Sussex Regiment [23] Royal West Kent Regiment [20] Royal Berkshire Regiment [17] East Kent Regiment [14] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [14] Gloucestershire Regiment [13] Hampshire Regiment [13] King's Royal Rifle Corps [13] Army Veterinary Corps [12] Army Ordnance Corps [10] Royal Army Service Corps [10] Bedfordshire Regiment [9] Essex Regiment [9] Coldstream Guards [8] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [7] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [7] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [7] Border Regiment [6] Norfolk Regiment [6] Suffolk Regiment [6] Royal Horse Artillery [5] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [5] Royal Naval Division [5] Royal Scots Fusiliers [5] Royal West Surrey Regiment [5] Worcestershire Regiment [5] Devonshire Regiment [4] Kent Regiment [4] London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) [4] Northamptonshire Regiment [4] Royal Defence Corps [4] Royal Irish Rifles [4] Tank Corps [4] Training Reserve [4] Yorkshire Regiment [4] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [3] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [3]

Service

British Army [832] Royal Navy [125] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [80] Canadian Expeditionary Force [45] Australian Imperial Force [43] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [15] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

B [1153]

Contribution

Military Service [1135] Merchant Navy [11] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [29] Canada [1]

George Brooker

Born 1872

Died 1919

British Army 240547 Serjeant Worcestershire Regiment

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Edward James Brooker

Born 1892

Died 1917

British Army 3011 Private Essex Regiment Territorial Force

British Army 29339 Private Essex Regiment

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Thomas Edward Brooker

Born 1872

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 26519 Private 1st Class Royal Air Force No. 2 Aircraft Supply Depot

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Percy Brooker

Born 1895

Died 1948

British Army 8442 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 8442 Driver Royal Field Artillery

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Frank Hedley Brooker

Born 1883

Died 1971

British Army 198644 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Henry Brooker

Born 1880

Died 1969

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 163077

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Frederick Natt Brooker

Born 1876

Died 1917

British Army G-18924 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army G/18924 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 6th Battalion

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Jacob Brooker

Born 1877

Died 1917

British Army 8/6404 Private Durham Light Infantry

British Army 302024 Private Durham Light Infantry

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Ernest James Brooker

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 118848

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Harry Brooker

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army 38780 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 282nd Siege Battery

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Henry Charles Brooker

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 14484

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William Richard Brooker

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 49296

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Frederick James Brooker

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 28880

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Horace George Brooker

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 299259

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James Charles Brooker

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 85989

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Sidney Bryant Brooker

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 301388

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Archibald Hubert Brooker

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 119523

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Daniel Seymour Brooker

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 192702

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Clement Brooker

Born 1892

Canadian Expeditionary Force 5041

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Benjamin Brooker

Born 1894

Died 1917

British Army 4194 Private London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

British Army 531690 Private London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

British Army 531690 Lance Corporal London Regiment 1/15 lond Battalion

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