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Place of birth

Maidstone, Kent [4]

Sevenoaks, Kent [3]

Tunbridge Wells, Kent [3]

Ayr Queensland [2]

Cardiff, Wales [2]

Chippenham, Wiltshire [2]

Ipswich, Suffolk [2]

Lymington, Hampshire, England [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

Aldershot [1]

All Saints, Lewes [1]

Armagh, County Armagh, Northern Ireland [1]

Banbridge [1]

Barry Dock, Glamorgan [1]

Beaulieu, Hampshire [1]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Bridport, Dorset [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [1]

Brixton, London [1]

Brockley, Kent [1]

Cardiff, Glamorgan [1]

Chelmsford, Essex [1]

Chelsea, London [1]

Clerkenwell, London, Middlesex [1]

Croydon, Surrey [1]

Eastbourne, Sussex [1]

Fermoy, Cork [1]

Forest Row, Sussex [1]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1]

Greenhithe, Kent [1]

Hampton Court, Middlesex [1]

Handsworth, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1]

Highbury, London [1]

Hinstead, Suffolk [1]

Islington, London [1]

Knutsford [1]

Lancshire [1]

Langton Green, Kent [1]

Leigh, Kent [1]

Loose, Kent [1]

Maitland New South Wales [1]

Melbourne Victoria [1]

Mile End, London [1]

Newcastle England [1]

Newcastle on Tyne England [1]

Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales [1]

Northfleet, Kent, England [1]

Omeo Victoria [1]

Parramatta New South Wales [1]

Plymouth, Devon [1]

Rank

Private [219]

Driver [30]

Gunner [27]

Sapper [19]

Serjeant [15]

Corporal [14]

Second Lieutenant [10]

Acting Corporal [8]

Lance Corporal [6]

Pioneer [6]

Captain [4]

Bombardier [3]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Sergeant [3]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Ordinary Seaman [2]

Rifleman [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

AM II(E) [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Boatswain [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Company Quarter Master Sergeant [1]

Acting Company Sergeant Major [1]

Acting Gunner T [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Chief Naval Instructor [1]

Colour Serjeant /Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Guardsman [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant (Temporary) [1]

Nurse [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Regimental Quarter Master Sergeant [1]

Signalman [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Stoker Petty Officer [1]

Sub Lieutenant (Temporary) [1]

Trained Nurse [1]

Transport Serjeant [1]

Trimmer [1]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [38]

Royal Field Artillery [33]

Army Service Corps [31]

Labour Corps [29]

London Regiment [15]

Royal Fusiliers [15]

Royal West Kent Regiment [13]

Royal Garrison Artillery [12]

Royal Army Medical Corps [11]

Rifle Brigade [10]

Machine Gun Corps [9]

The Queen's Regiment [9]

Bedfordshire Regiment [8]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [8]

Middlesex Regiment [8]

Somerset Light Infantry [8]

Canadian Infantry [7]

Royal Army Service Corps [7]

Royal Sussex Regiment [7]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [6]

Essex Regiment [6]

Royal Naval Division [6]

Army Veterinary Corps [5]

Dorsetshire Regiment [5]

East Kent Regiment [5]

East Surrey Regiment [5]

Hampshire Regiment [5]

South Wales Borderers [5]

Suffolk Regiment [5]

Grenadier Guards [4]

Royal Horse Artillery [4]

Wiltshire Regiment [4]

Durham Light Infantry [3]

Gloucestershire Regiment [3]

Northumberland Fusiliers [3]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3]

South Lancashire Regiment [3]

Army Cyclist Corps [2]

Border Regiment [2]

British West Indies Regiment [2]

Coldstream Guards [2]

Devonshire Regiment [2]

East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

Liverpool Regiment [2]

Northamptonshire Regiment [2]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

Royal Defence Corps [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Service

British Army [347]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [51]

Royal Navy [51]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [23]

Australian Imperial Force [15]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [484]

M [6]

B [2]

N [2]

D [1]

G [1]

P [1]

R [1]

S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [485]

Merchant Navy [10]

Country

United Kingdom [24]

Ireland [1]

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Place of birth

Maidstone, Kent [4] Sevenoaks, Kent [3] Tunbridge Wells, Kent [3] Ayr Queensland [2] Cardiff, Wales [2] Chippenham, Wiltshire [2] Ipswich, Suffolk [2] Lymington, Hampshire, England [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Aldershot [1] All Saints, Lewes [1] Armagh, County Armagh, Northern Ireland [1] Banbridge [1] Barry Dock, Glamorgan [1] Beaulieu, Hampshire [1] Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Bridport, Dorset [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [1] Brixton, London [1] Brockley, Kent [1] Cardiff, Glamorgan [1] Chelmsford, Essex [1] Chelsea, London [1] Clerkenwell, London, Middlesex [1] Croydon, Surrey [1] Eastbourne, Sussex [1] Fermoy, Cork [1] Forest Row, Sussex [1] Glasgow, Lanarkshire [1] Greenhithe, Kent [1] Hampton Court, Middlesex [1] Handsworth, Birmingham, Warwickshire [1] Highbury, London [1] Hinstead, Suffolk [1] Islington, London [1] Knutsford [1] Lancshire [1] Langton Green, Kent [1] Leigh, Kent [1] Loose, Kent [1] Maitland New South Wales [1] Melbourne Victoria [1] Mile End, London [1] Newcastle England [1] Newcastle on Tyne England [1] Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales [1] Northfleet, Kent, England [1] Omeo Victoria [1] Parramatta New South Wales [1] Plymouth, Devon [1]

Rank

Private [219] Driver [30] Gunner [27] Sapper [19] Serjeant [15] Corporal [14] Second Lieutenant [10] Acting Corporal [8] Lance Corporal [6] Pioneer [6] Captain [4] Bombardier [3] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Sergeant [3] Colour Serjeant [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Lieutenant [2] Ordinary Seaman [2] Rifleman [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] AM II(E) [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Boatswain [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Company Quarter Master Sergeant [1] Acting Company Sergeant Major [1] Acting Gunner T [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Chief Naval Instructor [1] Colour Serjeant /Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Guardsman [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant (Temporary) [1] Nurse [1] Nursing Sister [1] Regimental Quarter Master Sergeant [1] Signalman [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Stoker Petty Officer [1] Sub Lieutenant (Temporary) [1] Trained Nurse [1] Transport Serjeant [1] Trimmer [1] Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [38] Royal Field Artillery [33] Army Service Corps [31] Labour Corps [29] London Regiment [15] Royal Fusiliers [15] Royal West Kent Regiment [13] Royal Garrison Artillery [12] Royal Army Medical Corps [11] Rifle Brigade [10] Machine Gun Corps [9] The Queen's Regiment [9] Bedfordshire Regiment [8] King's Royal Rifle Corps [8] Middlesex Regiment [8] Somerset Light Infantry [8] Canadian Infantry [7] Royal Army Service Corps [7] Royal Sussex Regiment [7] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [6] Essex Regiment [6] Royal Naval Division [6] Army Veterinary Corps [5] Dorsetshire Regiment [5] East Kent Regiment [5] East Surrey Regiment [5] Hampshire Regiment [5] South Wales Borderers [5] Suffolk Regiment [5] Grenadier Guards [4] Royal Horse Artillery [4] Wiltshire Regiment [4] Durham Light Infantry [3] Gloucestershire Regiment [3] Northumberland Fusiliers [3] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [3] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [3] South Lancashire Regiment [3] Army Cyclist Corps [2] Border Regiment [2] British West Indies Regiment [2] Coldstream Guards [2] Devonshire Regiment [2] East Yorkshire Regiment [2] Lancashire Fusiliers [2] Liverpool Regiment [2] Northamptonshire Regiment [2] Royal Berkshire Regiment [2] Royal Defence Corps [2] Royal Flying Corps [2]

Service

British Army [347] Canadian Expeditionary Force [51] Royal Navy [51] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [23] Australian Imperial Force [15] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [484] M [6] B [2] N [2] D [1] G [1] P [1] R [1] S [1]

Contribution

Military Service [485] Merchant Navy [10]

Country

United Kingdom [24] Ireland [1]

Horace Card

British Army 28883 Private Machine Gun Corps

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F Card

British Army 20637 Private Royal West Kent Regiment Depot

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Herbert E Card

British Army 2672 Private Surrey Yeomanry

British Army 81616 Private Essex Yeomanry

British Army GS/108133 Private Royal Fusiliers

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Albert H Card

British Army M2135798 Private Army Service Corps

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Edwin H Card

British Army 5925 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 37306 Private Gloucestershire Regiment

British Army 82584 Private South Wales Borderers

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Albert H Card

British Army 41441 Private Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

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John A Card

British Army D/17047 Private 7th Dragoon Guards

British Army D/17047 Private Company of Dragoons

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John Herbert Dabbs

Born 1876

Died 1918

British Army 49892 Private Bedfordshire Regiment

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Frederick Alfred Medhurst

Born 1889

Died 1916

British Army G2164 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army GS/2164 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

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Wilfrid George Barnard Card

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George Paterson

Born 1884

Died 1918

British Army 88858 Pioneer Royal Engineers

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Norman Murray Brooke

Born 1897

Died 1919

British Army 9915 Private Gordon Highlanders

British Army 530798 Private Labour Corps

British Army S/9915 Private Gordon Highlanders 2/7th Battalion

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Thomas Rochfort

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 3/8367 Private Royal Irish Rifles

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Robert Hall Brownlee

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army T4/246349 Driver Army Service Corps

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John J Needham

Born 1888

British Army 25416 Private Royal Army Medical Corps

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James Connor

Born 1894

Royal Navy Z/ 3627 Royal Naval Division

Royal Navy Clyde Z/3627 Ordinary Seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Royal Navy 557/ST Trimmer Royal Naval Reserve

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Fred Groom

Born 1884

British Army 63148 Private Liverpool Regiment

British Army 42161 Private Labour Corps

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James Carrie Mccrae

British Army Seaforth Highlanders

British Army Highland Light Infantry

Royal Navy Sub Lieutenant (Temporary) Royal Naval Reserve

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E I Naylor

British Army 27785 Company Serjeant Major Royal Engineers

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