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Faversham, Kent [6]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [4]

Brighton England [3]

Folkestone, Kent [3]

Sittingbourne, Kent [3]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [3]

Albury New South Wales [2]

Alverstoke, Hampshire [2]

Ashford, Kent [2]

Canterbury, Kent [2]

Eastleigh, Hampshire [2]

Gallymont New South Wales [2]

Gosport, Hampshire [2]

Gravesend, Kent [2]

Herne Bay, Kent [2]

Kiewa Victoria [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Portsea, Hampshire [2]

Southampton, Hampshire [2]

Addlestone, Chertsey, Surrey [1]

Aldershot [1]

Barnsbury, London [1]

Bathurst New South Wales [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Beechgwood Victoria [1]

Belmullet, Mayo [1]

Bramshott, Hampshire [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Canowindra New South Wales [1]

Charlton, Kent [1]

Chatham, Kent [1]

Chertsey, Surrey [1]

Collingwood Victoria [1]

Crayford, Kent [1]

Dalston, London, Middlesex [1]

Deal [1]

Dundee, Forfarshire [1]

East Farleigh, Kent [1]

Eldorado Victoria [1]

Elham, Kent [1]

Erith, Kent [1]

Folkestone [1]

Fratton, Hampshire [1]

Gayndah Queensland [1]

Gillingham, Kent [1]

Glebe New South Wales [1]

Greenhithe, Kent [1]

Harrietsham, Kent [1]

Hastings England [1]

Hastings, Sussex [1]

Rank

Private [230]

Driver [26]

Serjeant [25]

Gunner [21]

Corporal [19]

Sapper [18]

Lance Corporal [15]

Second Lieutenant [10]

Lieutenant [5]

Acting Corporal [4]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Company Serjeant Major [4]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Lance Bombardier [3]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Pioneer [3]

Rifleman [3]

Bombardier [2]

Captain [2]

Petty Officer Stoker [2]

Stoker 2nd Class [2]

28074 [1]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Gunner [1]

Acting Serjeant Major [1]

Acting Signal Boatswain [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Acting Yeoman of Signals [1]

Armament Staff Serjeant [1]

Captain and Driver [1]

Carpenter's Crew [1]

Corporal /Acting Corporal [1]

Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1]

Flight Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Guardsman [1]

Joiner 2c [1]

Joiner 3c [1]

Lance Corporal /Acting Corporal [1]

Leading Carpenter's Crew [1]

Leading Signalman [1]

Lieutenant Commander [1]

Lieutenant and Driver [1]

Munitions Worker [1]

Private Acting Serjeant [1]

Private Lance Corporal [1]

Saddler [1]

Serjeant /Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Serjeant/Temporary Staff Serjeant Major [1]

Signal Boatswain [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [34]

Royal Engineers [34]

Labour Corps [32]

Royal Field Artillery [32]

East Kent Regiment [23]

London Regiment [18]

Royal Fusiliers [15]

Hampshire Regiment [14]

Royal Sussex Regiment [12]

The Queen's Regiment [12]

Essex Regiment [10]

Rifle Brigade [10]

Royal Garrison Artillery [10]

East Surrey Regiment [8]

Machine Gun Corps [8]

Middlesex Regiment [8]

Royal Army Medical Corps [7]

Royal West Kent Regiment [7]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [6]

Grenadier Guards [5]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [5]

The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [5]

Bedfordshire Regiment [4]

Cheshire Regiment [4]

Lancashire Fusiliers [4]

Northamptonshire Regiment [4]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [4]

Royal Naval Division [4]

Army Ordnance Corps [3]

Army Veterinary Corps [3]

Canadian Infantry [3]

Dorsetshire Regiment [3]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [3]

Durham Light Infantry [3]

Liverpool Regiment [3]

Northumberland Fusiliers [3]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [3]

Suffolk Regiment [3]

111th Squadron [2]

3rd Brigade Royal Horse Artillery [2]

Army Pay Corps [2]

Coldstream Guards [2]

Gordon Highlanders [2]

Hertfordshire Regiment [2]

Kent Regiment [2]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [2]

Non-Combatant Corps [2]

Norfolk Regiment [2]

North Staffordshire Regiment [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Service

British Army [359]

Royal Navy [70]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [31]

Australian Imperial Force [24]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [16]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [7]

Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [516]

Contribution

Military Service [496]

Merchant Navy [11]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [24]

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People [516] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Faversham, Kent [6] Portsmouth, Hampshire [4] Brighton England [3] Folkestone, Kent [3] Sittingbourne, Kent [3] Southampton, Hampshire, England [3] Albury New South Wales [2] Alverstoke, Hampshire [2] Ashford, Kent [2] Canterbury, Kent [2] Eastleigh, Hampshire [2] Gallymont New South Wales [2] Gosport, Hampshire [2] Gravesend, Kent [2] Herne Bay, Kent [2] Kiewa Victoria [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Portsea, Hampshire [2] Southampton, Hampshire [2] Addlestone, Chertsey, Surrey [1] Aldershot [1] Barnsbury, London [1] Bathurst New South Wales [1] Battersea, London [1] Beechgwood Victoria [1] Belmullet, Mayo [1] Bramshott, Hampshire [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Canowindra New South Wales [1] Charlton, Kent [1] Chatham, Kent [1] Chertsey, Surrey [1] Collingwood Victoria [1] Crayford, Kent [1] Dalston, London, Middlesex [1] Deal [1] Dundee, Forfarshire [1] East Farleigh, Kent [1] Eldorado Victoria [1] Elham, Kent [1] Erith, Kent [1] Folkestone [1] Fratton, Hampshire [1] Gayndah Queensland [1] Gillingham, Kent [1] Glebe New South Wales [1] Greenhithe, Kent [1] Harrietsham, Kent [1] Hastings England [1] Hastings, Sussex [1]

Rank

Private [230] Driver [26] Serjeant [25] Gunner [21] Corporal [19] Sapper [18] Lance Corporal [15] Second Lieutenant [10] Lieutenant [5] Acting Corporal [4] Acting Serjeant [4] Company Serjeant Major [4] Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Lance Bombardier [3] Lance Serjeant [3] Pioneer [3] Rifleman [3] Bombardier [2] Captain [2] Petty Officer Stoker [2] Stoker 2nd Class [2] 28074 [1] Able Seaman [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Gunner [1] Acting Serjeant Major [1] Acting Signal Boatswain [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Acting Yeoman of Signals [1] Armament Staff Serjeant [1] Captain and Driver [1] Carpenter's Crew [1] Corporal /Acting Corporal [1] Engine Room Artificer 1st Class [1] Flight Sub-Lieutenant [1] Guardsman [1] Joiner 2c [1] Joiner 3c [1] Lance Corporal /Acting Corporal [1] Leading Carpenter's Crew [1] Leading Signalman [1] Lieutenant Commander [1] Lieutenant and Driver [1] Munitions Worker [1] Private Acting Serjeant [1] Private Lance Corporal [1] Saddler [1] Serjeant /Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Serjeant/Temporary Staff Serjeant Major [1] Signal Boatswain [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [34] Royal Engineers [34] Labour Corps [32] Royal Field Artillery [32] East Kent Regiment [23] London Regiment [18] Royal Fusiliers [15] Hampshire Regiment [14] Royal Sussex Regiment [12] The Queen's Regiment [12] Essex Regiment [10] Rifle Brigade [10] Royal Garrison Artillery [10] East Surrey Regiment [8] Machine Gun Corps [8] Middlesex Regiment [8] Royal Army Medical Corps [7] Royal West Kent Regiment [7] King's Royal Rifle Corps [6] Grenadier Guards [5] Royal Berkshire Regiment [5] The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [5] Bedfordshire Regiment [4] Cheshire Regiment [4] Lancashire Fusiliers [4] Northamptonshire Regiment [4] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [4] Royal Naval Division [4] Army Ordnance Corps [3] Army Veterinary Corps [3] Canadian Infantry [3] Dorsetshire Regiment [3] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [3] Durham Light Infantry [3] Liverpool Regiment [3] Northumberland Fusiliers [3] Royal Munster Fusiliers [3] Suffolk Regiment [3] 111th Squadron [2] 3rd Brigade Royal Horse Artillery [2] Army Pay Corps [2] Coldstream Guards [2] Gordon Highlanders [2] Hertfordshire Regiment [2] Kent Regiment [2] King's Own Scottish Borderers [2] Non-Combatant Corps [2] Norfolk Regiment [2] North Staffordshire Regiment [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Service

British Army [359] Royal Navy [70] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [31] Australian Imperial Force [24] Canadian Expeditionary Force [16] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [7] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

C [516]

Contribution

Military Service [496] Merchant Navy [11] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [24]

Jesse Henry Edward Croucher

Born 1888

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force 602611

British Army Army Service Corps

Canadian Expeditionary Force 602611 Private Canadian Infantry

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William Robert Croucher

Born 1877

Died 1917

British Army G/23102 Private The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 6th Battalion

British Army G/23102 Private The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 3rd Battalion

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Reuben Henry Croucher

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army TF/1976 Private Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) "D" Coy. 3rd/4th Battalion

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William Croucher

Born 1895

Died 1915

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Flight Sub-Lieutenant Royal Naval Air Service (Eastbourne)

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Albert Edward Croucher

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 284458

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Charles Croucher

Born 1871

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 261906

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Arthur William Croucher

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 3937

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Arthur Croucher

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 281534

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Henry Croucher

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 269717

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Albert Henry Croucher

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 43932

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Frederick William Croucher

Died 1915

British Army 4570 Acting Serjeant Major Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army Second Lieutenant Royal West Kent Regiment

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H Croucher

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 185990

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George Goldstone Croucher

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 118388

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Walter J Croucher

Died 1917

British Army GS/21081 Private Royal Fusiliers

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George Croucher

Born 1896

Died 1918

British Army 15545 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 15545 Lance Bombardier Royal Field Artillery

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Loftus Croucher

Born 1889

British Army M2/202370 Private Army Service Corps

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Percy W Croucher

Died 1917

British Army G/24711 Private The Queen's Regiment

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Charles Croucher

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army L/10663 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) "D" Coy. 1st Bn.

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Albert Edward Croucher

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 23485 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1st Battalion

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George Beaver Croucher

Died 1918

Royal Navy Lieutenant Royal Naval Reserve

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