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Sittingbourne, Kent [5]

Dartford, Kent [3]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Collingwood Victoria [2]

Faversham, Kent [2]

Kent England [2]

Mackay Queensland [2]

Rainham, Kent [2]

Alexandra Victoria [1]

Ashfield New South Wales [1]

Auburn Victoria [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Chevening, Sevenoaks, Kent [1]

Cranbrook, Kent [1]

Dulford England [1]

Dunmore New South Wales [1]

Durham [1]

Farningham, Kent [1]

Faversham, Kent, England [1]

Folkestone, Kent [1]

Glenferrie Victoria [1]

Greenwich Kent [1]

Hastings, Sussex [1]

Hollingbourne, Kent [1]

Horsmonden, Kent [1]

Hove, Sussex [1]

Kensington London [1]

Kentish Town, Middlesex [1]

Leichhardt New South Wales [1]

Lidcombe New South Wales [1]

London, Middlesex [1]

London, Middlesex, England [1]

Madras [1]

Maitland New South Wales [1]

Margate [1]

Milton Regis, Sittingbourne, Kent [1]

North Sydney New South Wales [1]

Plumstead, London [1]

Rochester, Kent [1]

Sandwich, Kent [1]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [1]

St Lawrence, Southampton [1]

Tenterden, Kent [1]

Teynham, Faversham, Kent [1]

Tonbridge, Kent [1]

Toowoomba Queensland [1]

Wateringbury, Kent [1]

West Ham, Essex [1]

Westerham, Kent [1]

Whitechapel, London [1]

Rank

Private [119]

Gunner [21]

Serjeant [14]

Corporal [12]

Driver [10]

Sapper [8]

Lance Corporal [6]

Captain [5]

Lieutenant [5]

Major [5]

Second Lieutenant [5]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Pioneer [3]

Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Regimental Sergeant Major [1]

Acting Regimental Serjeant Major /Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Air Mech. II [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Aircraftman 1st Class [1]

Barman [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Colonel [1]

Colour Serjeant [1]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Corporal Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant Major [1]

Corporal/Acting Serjeant [1]

Drummer [1]

Guardsman [1]

Lieutenant Acting Captain [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Musician [1]

Ordinary Telegraphist [1]

Private /Lance Corporal [1]

Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant [1]

Reverend [1]

Rifleman [1]

Special Military Probationer [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Stoker 2nd Class [1]

Telegraphist [1]

Temporary Captain [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [27]

Royal Field Artillery [20]

East Kent Regiment [14]

Army Service Corps [13]

Labour Corps [13]

Royal Garrison Artillery [13]

London Regiment [12]

Machine Gun Corps [10]

Rifle Brigade [8]

Royal Fusiliers [8]

Middlesex Regiment [7]

Royal Army Medical Corps [7]

Royal West Kent Regiment [7]

Royal Sussex Regiment [6]

Army Ordnance Corps [5]

Bedfordshire Regiment [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

Royal Flying Corps [4]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4]

West Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Somerset Light Infantry [3]

The Queen's Regiment [3]

4th Hussars [2]

Coldstream Guards [2]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [2]

Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

Machine Gun Squadron Cavalry [2]

North Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2]

Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [2]

Royal Marine Artillery [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2]

Welsh Regiment [2]

Yorkshire Regiment [2]

107th Brigade [1]

4th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

7th Dragoon Guards [1]

Area Commandant, 2nd and 5th Armies [1]

Army Service Corps Expeditionary Force Canteens [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Canadian Infantry [1]

Canadian Infantry Battalion [1]

Canadian Machine Gun Corps [1]

Church Army Royal Army Chaplin's Department [1]

Company of Dragoons [1]

Depot Rifle Brigade [1]

Devonshire Regiment [1]

Draft Conducting Officer [1]

Durham Light Infantry [1]

East Anglian Drill Engineers [1]

Service

British Army [214]

Royal Navy [29]

Australian Imperial Force [19]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [17]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [10]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [7]

Last name first letter

C [299]

Contribution

Military Service [293]

Merchant Navy [4]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [11]

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Place of birth

Sittingbourne, Kent [5] Dartford, Kent [3] Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Collingwood Victoria [2] Faversham, Kent [2] Kent England [2] Mackay Queensland [2] Rainham, Kent [2] Alexandra Victoria [1] Ashfield New South Wales [1] Auburn Victoria [1] Battersea, London [1] Chevening, Sevenoaks, Kent [1] Cranbrook, Kent [1] Dulford England [1] Dunmore New South Wales [1] Durham [1] Farningham, Kent [1] Faversham, Kent, England [1] Folkestone, Kent [1] Glenferrie Victoria [1] Greenwich Kent [1] Hastings, Sussex [1] Hollingbourne, Kent [1] Horsmonden, Kent [1] Hove, Sussex [1] Kensington London [1] Kentish Town, Middlesex [1] Leichhardt New South Wales [1] Lidcombe New South Wales [1] London, Middlesex [1] London, Middlesex, England [1] Madras [1] Maitland New South Wales [1] Margate [1] Milton Regis, Sittingbourne, Kent [1] North Sydney New South Wales [1] Plumstead, London [1] Rochester, Kent [1] Sandwich, Kent [1] Southampton, Hampshire, England [1] St Lawrence, Southampton [1] Tenterden, Kent [1] Teynham, Faversham, Kent [1] Tonbridge, Kent [1] Toowoomba Queensland [1] Wateringbury, Kent [1] West Ham, Essex [1] Westerham, Kent [1] Whitechapel, London [1]

Rank

Private [119] Gunner [21] Serjeant [14] Corporal [12] Driver [10] Sapper [8] Lance Corporal [6] Captain [5] Lieutenant [5] Major [5] Second Lieutenant [5] Acting Serjeant [4] Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Pioneer [3] Air Mechanic 3rd Class [2] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Regimental Sergeant Major [1] Acting Regimental Serjeant Major /Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Air Mech. II [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Aircraftman 1st Class [1] Barman [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Brigadier General [1] Colonel [1] Colour Serjeant [1] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Corporal Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant Major [1] Corporal/Acting Serjeant [1] Drummer [1] Guardsman [1] Lieutenant Acting Captain [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Musician [1] Ordinary Telegraphist [1] Private /Lance Corporal [1] Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant [1] Reverend [1] Rifleman [1] Special Military Probationer [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Stoker 2nd Class [1] Telegraphist [1] Temporary Captain [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [27] Royal Field Artillery [20] East Kent Regiment [14] Army Service Corps [13] Labour Corps [13] Royal Garrison Artillery [13] London Regiment [12] Machine Gun Corps [10] Rifle Brigade [8] Royal Fusiliers [8] Middlesex Regiment [7] Royal Army Medical Corps [7] Royal West Kent Regiment [7] Royal Sussex Regiment [6] Army Ordnance Corps [5] Bedfordshire Regiment [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] Royal Flying Corps [4] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [4] West Yorkshire Regiment [4] Somerset Light Infantry [3] The Queen's Regiment [3] 4th Hussars [2] Coldstream Guards [2] King's Own Scottish Borderers [2] Lancashire Fusiliers [2] Machine Gun Squadron Cavalry [2] North Staffordshire Regiment [2] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2] Reserve Regiment of Cavalry [2] Royal Marine Artillery [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2] Welsh Regiment [2] Yorkshire Regiment [2] 107th Brigade [1] 4th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery [1] 7th Dragoon Guards [1] Area Commandant, 2nd and 5th Armies [1] Army Service Corps Expeditionary Force Canteens [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Canadian Infantry [1] Canadian Infantry Battalion [1] Canadian Machine Gun Corps [1] Church Army Royal Army Chaplin's Department [1] Company of Dragoons [1] Depot Rifle Brigade [1] Devonshire Regiment [1] Draft Conducting Officer [1] Durham Light Infantry [1] East Anglian Drill Engineers [1]

Service

British Army [214] Royal Navy [29] Australian Imperial Force [19] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [17] Canadian Expeditionary Force [10] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [7]

Last name first letter

C [299]

Contribution

Military Service [293] Merchant Navy [4] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [11]

Arthur James Couchman

Born 1876

Died 1918

British Army 33717 Private Somerset Light Infantry 1st F. S. Garrison Battalion

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William John Couchman

Born 1896

Died 1919

British Army WR/336277 Sapper Royal Engineers Inland Waterways & Docks

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George Henry Holbeche Couchman

Born 1859

Died 1936

British Army Colonel 107th Brigade

British Army Brigadier General Area Commandant, 2nd and 5th Armies

British Army Brigadier General GOC 107th (1st Ulster) Brigade

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Arthur Charles Couchman

Born 1887

Died 1916

British Army 4096 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1/8th Territorial Battalion

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Harold William Couchman

Born 1887

Died 1965

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 226540 Air Mech. II

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George F Couchman

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 134490

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Charles Armond Couchman

Born 1876

Died 1953

British Army 6739 Colour Serjeant Durham Light Infantry

British Army 63053 Colour Serjeant West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 6739 Private Durham Light Infantry 1st Battalion

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Jesse Elijah Couchman

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 41068 Royal Field Artillery

British Army 324219 Rifleman London Regiment 6th (City of London) Battalion (Rifles)

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Arthur G Couchman

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 4432 Private London Regiment 15th lond Battalion

British Army 531860 Private London Regiment 1/15 lond Battalion

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William James Couchman

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 199740

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Sydney Couchman

Died 1915

British Army 3710 Private Rifle Brigade

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Edmund Couchman

Born 1895

Died 1915

Royal Navy K23698

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Frank Couchman

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 223160

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Arthur Stanley Couchman

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 209984

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George Robert Couchman

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 231102

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Frederick John Couchman

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 481 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Walter Couchman

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army 9107 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Albert Edward Couchman

Born 1879

Died 1916

British Army 21210 Guardsman Grenadier Guards

British Army 21210 Private Grenadier Guards

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Frederick William Couchman

Born 1885

Died 1917

British Army G/1367(Incomplete) Serjeant East Kent Regiment

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William Ernest Couchman

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 74318 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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