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Gravesend, Kent [2]

Canterbury [1]

Crouch End, London [1]

Dawson South Australia [1]

Eastry, Kent, England [1]

Eastry, Sandwich, Kent [1]

Fareham Titchfield Southampton [1]

London [1]

London, Middlesex [1]

Margate [1]

Port Melbourne Victoria [1]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [1]

Ramsgate, Kent [1]

Thanet, Kent [1]

Upton Park, West Ham, London [1]

Walworth, London [1]

Rank

Private [27]

Serjeant [4]

Acting Corporal [3]

Captain [3]

Sapper [3]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Corporal [2]

Driver [2]

Gunner [2]

Lance Corporal [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Second Lieutenant [2]

Lance Captain [1]

Ord. Seaman [1]

Paymaster Lieutenant Commander [1]

Quarter Master and Lieutenant [1]

Rough Rider [1]

Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Quarter Master and Hon Lieutenant [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [9]

East Kent Regiment [6]

Royal Field Artillery [6]

Royal Engineers [5]

Dorsetshire Regiment [3]

East Surrey Regiment [3]

Northamptonshire Regiment [3]

Northumberland Fusiliers [3]

Border Regiment [2]

Labour Corps [2]

Machine Gun Corps [2]

Royal Army Medical Corps [2]

Royal Fusiliers [2]

Royal West Kent Regiment [2]

South Staffordshire Regiment [2]

The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [2]

Army Pay Corps [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Attached Royal Engineers Signal Company [1]

Church Army [1]

Corps of Hussars [1]

Dorset Yeomanry [1]

HMS Natal [1]

Hampshire Regiment [1]

Hertfordshire Regiment [1]

Kent Cyclist Battalion [1]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [1]

Lincolnshire Regiment [1]

London Regiment [1]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1]

Middlesex Regiment [1]

Northamptonshire Yeomanry [1]

Royal Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Royal East Kent Yeomanry [1]

Royal Garrison Artillery [1]

Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal [1]

Royal Naval Division [1]

Royal Sussex Regiment [1]

Sappers and Miners [1]

The Queen's Regiment [1]

Training Reserve Battalion [1]

Voluntary Aid Detachment [1]

West Riding Regiment [1]

Worcestershire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [54]

Royal Navy [9]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [5]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [4]

Australian Imperial Force [2]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

D [77]

Contribution

Military Service [76]

Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [2]

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People [77] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Gravesend, Kent [2] Canterbury [1] Crouch End, London [1] Dawson South Australia [1] Eastry, Kent, England [1] Eastry, Sandwich, Kent [1] Fareham Titchfield Southampton [1] London [1] London, Middlesex [1] Margate [1] Port Melbourne Victoria [1] Portsmouth, Hampshire [1] Ramsgate, Kent [1] Thanet, Kent [1] Upton Park, West Ham, London [1] Walworth, London [1]

Rank

Private [27] Serjeant [4] Acting Corporal [3] Captain [3] Sapper [3] Company Serjeant Major [2] Corporal [2] Driver [2] Gunner [2] Lance Corporal [2] Lieutenant [2] Lieutenant Colonel [2] Second Lieutenant [2] Lance Captain [1] Ord. Seaman [1] Paymaster Lieutenant Commander [1] Quarter Master and Lieutenant [1] Rough Rider [1] Temporary Lieutenant [1] Temporary Quarter Master and Hon Lieutenant [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [9] East Kent Regiment [6] Royal Field Artillery [6] Royal Engineers [5] Dorsetshire Regiment [3] East Surrey Regiment [3] Northamptonshire Regiment [3] Northumberland Fusiliers [3] Border Regiment [2] Labour Corps [2] Machine Gun Corps [2] Royal Army Medical Corps [2] Royal Fusiliers [2] Royal West Kent Regiment [2] South Staffordshire Regiment [2] The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) [2] Army Pay Corps [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Attached Royal Engineers Signal Company [1] Church Army [1] Corps of Hussars [1] Dorset Yeomanry [1] HMS Natal [1] Hampshire Regiment [1] Hertfordshire Regiment [1] Kent Cyclist Battalion [1] King's Royal Rifle Corps [1] Lincolnshire Regiment [1] London Regiment [1] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [1] Middlesex Regiment [1] Northamptonshire Yeomanry [1] Royal Army Veterinary Corps [1] Royal East Kent Yeomanry [1] Royal Garrison Artillery [1] Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal [1] Royal Naval Division [1] Royal Sussex Regiment [1] Sappers and Miners [1] The Queen's Regiment [1] Training Reserve Battalion [1] Voluntary Aid Detachment [1] West Riding Regiment [1] Worcestershire Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [54] Royal Navy [9] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [5] Canadian Expeditionary Force [4] Australian Imperial Force [2] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [1]

Last name first letter

D [77]

Contribution

Military Service [76] Merchant Navy [1]

Country

United Kingdom [2]

Albert Edward Drayson

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 169706

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Charles John Drayson

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 355620 Private London Regiment

British Army 695129 Private London Regiment

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William Charles Drayson

Born 1883

Died 1916

British Army G/3969 Lance Corporal East Kent Regiment

British Army G/3969 Corporal East Kent Regiment

British Army G/3969 Corporal The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

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Charles H Drayson

Born 1898

Died 1918

British Army 42937 Private Machine Gun Corps

British Army 42937 Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

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John Drayson

Born 1889

Died 1918

British Army 1491 Company Serjeant Major Northumberland Fusiliers

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Arthur Alfred Drayson

Born 1889

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 217279

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John Douglas Drayson

Born 1893

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery

British Army Captain Royal Field Artillery

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Thomas Henry Drayson

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army G/26658 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army G/26658 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

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Cyril Herbert Drayson

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 137329

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Albert Edward Drayson

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 220101

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Stanley James Attwell Drayson

Born 1897

Died 1915

Royal Navy J20654 Ord. Seaman HMS Natal

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Arthur Ernest Drayson

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 124930

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Herbert H Drayson

Born 1881

British Army 27861 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

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Sydney Frank Drayson

Born 1893

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 59625

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Henry James Drayson

Australian Imperial Force 3216

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Roy Daniel Charles Drayson

Australian Imperial Force 56068

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Charles Drayson

Born 1880

Royal Navy 1133 Royal Marines Divisional Engineers: Deal

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John Richard Drayson

Born 1889

British Army 34113 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

British Army 84144 Private Labour Corps

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E F Drayson

British Army 2756 Private Royal East Kent Yeomanry

British Army 270376 Serjeant East Kent Regiment

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Herbert John Drayson

Born 1887

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