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Ashford, Kent [4]

Hastings, Sussex [4]

Hellingly [3]

Battersea, London [2]

Birchington, Kent [2]

East Dean, near Eastbourne [2]

Hastings Sussex [2]

Hastings Sussex [2]

Ramsgate, Kent, England [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

Westham, Sussex [2]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Albion Queensland [1]

Alciston [1]

Alfriston [1]

Arrowtown [1]

Ash, Kent [1]

Bairnsdale Victoria [1]

Barnet, Hertfordshire [1]

Battersea, Surrey [1]

Battersea, Surrey, England [1]

Brighton England [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Canterbury New South Wales [1]

Chatham [1]

Chatham, Kent [1]

Chingford England [1]

Chipping Barnet, Barnet, Hertfordshire [1]

Cliffe, Kent [1]

East Dean, Sussex [1]

Findon South Australia [1]

Forest Hill, Lewisham, London [1]

Framfield, Uckfield, Sussex [1]

Franyston, Dorset, England [1]

Fremantle Western Australia [1]

Hampshire [1]

Hamsey, Sussex [1]

Hastings [1]

Hastings, St Leonards, Sussex [1]

Heathfield [1]

Herstmonceux [1]

Kennington, Kent [1]

Kent [1]

London, Middlesex [1]

Maidstone, Kent [1]

Malton, Yorkshire [1]

Margate, Kent, England [1]

Minster Ramsgate, Kent [1]

Minster, Kent [1]

Rank

Private [155]

Gunner [18]

Sapper [14]

Driver [13]

Serjeant [13]

Corporal [10]

Lance Corporal [8]

Second Lieutenant [8]

Captain [7]

Lieutenant [5]

Acting Corporal [4]

Major [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Pioneer [2]

Reverend [2]

4th Class Chaplain [1]

Acting Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Acting Corporal 2nd [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Bombardier [1]

Brigadier General [1]

Elec Staff Serjeant [1]

Gunner /Acting Bombardier [1]

Lance Serjeant/Acting Sub Conductor [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant and Quartermaster [1]

Major Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Petty Officer Stoker [1]

Regimental Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Rifleman [1]

Second Corporal [1]

Serjeant Acting Staff Serjeant Major [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Staff Serjeant [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Sub Lieutenant [1]

Temporary Brigadier General [1]

Temporary Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class [1]

Temporary Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Temporary Staff Serjeant [1]

Temporary Sub Conductor [1]

Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [31]

Army Service Corps [27]

Royal Sussex Regiment [27]

Royal Engineers [21]

Labour Corps [18]

East Kent Regiment [14]

London Regiment [10]

Machine Gun Corps [8]

Middlesex Regiment [8]

Royal Fusiliers [8]

Gloucestershire Regiment [7]

Royal West Kent Regiment [7]

Royal West Surrey Regiment [7]

Essex Regiment [6]

Royal Army Medical Corps [6]

Royal Garrison Artillery [5]

The Queen's Regiment [5]

Canadian Infantry [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [4]

Royal Naval Division [4]

Bedfordshire Regiment [3]

East Surrey Regiment [3]

East Yorkshire Regiment [3]

Manchester Regiment [3]

Northumberland Fusiliers [3]

HMS BULWARK [2]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

Royal Defence Corps [2]

Royal Flying Corps [2]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2]

Somerset Light Infantry [2]

South Lancashire Regiment [2]

The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [2]

West Yorkshire Regiment [2]

34th Division [1]

8th Division [1]

Army Ordnance Depot [1]

Army Veterinary Corps [1]

Australian Infantry Battalion [1]

British Red Cross Society [1]

Canadian Mounted Rifles [1]

Cheshire Regiment [1]

Coldstream Guards [1]

Corps of Hussars [1]

County of London Yeomanry [1]

Service

British Army [247]

Royal Navy [39]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [15]

Australian Imperial Force [15]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [14]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [7]

Other Empire Force [1]

South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

F [343]

Contribution

Military Service [330]

Merchant Navy [7]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [31]

India [1]

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People [343] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Ashford, Kent [4] Hastings, Sussex [4] Hellingly [3] Battersea, London [2] Birchington, Kent [2] East Dean, near Eastbourne [2] Hastings Sussex [2] Hastings Sussex [2] Ramsgate, Kent, England [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Westham, Sussex [2] Adelaide South Australia [1] Albion Queensland [1] Alciston [1] Alfriston [1] Arrowtown [1] Ash, Kent [1] Bairnsdale Victoria [1] Barnet, Hertfordshire [1] Battersea, Surrey [1] Battersea, Surrey, England [1] Brighton England [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Camberwell, London [1] Canterbury New South Wales [1] Chatham [1] Chatham, Kent [1] Chingford England [1] Chipping Barnet, Barnet, Hertfordshire [1] Cliffe, Kent [1] East Dean, Sussex [1] Findon South Australia [1] Forest Hill, Lewisham, London [1] Framfield, Uckfield, Sussex [1] Franyston, Dorset, England [1] Fremantle Western Australia [1] Hampshire [1] Hamsey, Sussex [1] Hastings [1] Hastings, St Leonards, Sussex [1] Heathfield [1] Herstmonceux [1] Kennington, Kent [1] Kent [1] London, Middlesex [1] Maidstone, Kent [1] Malton, Yorkshire [1] Margate, Kent, England [1] Minster Ramsgate, Kent [1] Minster, Kent [1]

Rank

Private [155] Gunner [18] Sapper [14] Driver [13] Serjeant [13] Corporal [10] Lance Corporal [8] Second Lieutenant [8] Captain [7] Lieutenant [5] Acting Corporal [4] Major [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Bombardier [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Pioneer [2] Reverend [2] 4th Class Chaplain [1] Acting Company Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Acting Corporal 2nd [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Bombardier [1] Brigadier General [1] Elec Staff Serjeant [1] Gunner /Acting Bombardier [1] Lance Serjeant/Acting Sub Conductor [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant and Quartermaster [1] Major Acting Lieutenant Colonel [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Petty Officer [1] Petty Officer Stoker [1] Regimental Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Rifleman [1] Second Corporal [1] Serjeant Acting Staff Serjeant Major [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Staff Serjeant [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Sub Lieutenant [1] Temporary Brigadier General [1] Temporary Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class [1] Temporary Major/Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [1] Temporary Staff Serjeant [1] Temporary Sub Conductor [1] Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [31] Army Service Corps [27] Royal Sussex Regiment [27] Royal Engineers [21] Labour Corps [18] East Kent Regiment [14] London Regiment [10] Machine Gun Corps [8] Middlesex Regiment [8] Royal Fusiliers [8] Gloucestershire Regiment [7] Royal West Kent Regiment [7] Royal West Surrey Regiment [7] Essex Regiment [6] Royal Army Medical Corps [6] Royal Garrison Artillery [5] The Queen's Regiment [5] Canadian Infantry [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [4] Royal Naval Division [4] Bedfordshire Regiment [3] East Surrey Regiment [3] East Yorkshire Regiment [3] Manchester Regiment [3] Northumberland Fusiliers [3] HMS BULWARK [2] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2] Royal Berkshire Regiment [2] Royal Defence Corps [2] Royal Flying Corps [2] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2] Somerset Light Infantry [2] South Lancashire Regiment [2] The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) [2] West Yorkshire Regiment [2] 34th Division [1] 8th Division [1] Army Ordnance Depot [1] Army Veterinary Corps [1] Australian Infantry Battalion [1] British Red Cross Society [1] Canadian Mounted Rifles [1] Cheshire Regiment [1] Coldstream Guards [1] Corps of Hussars [1] County of London Yeomanry [1]

Service

British Army [247] Royal Navy [39] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [15] Australian Imperial Force [15] Canadian Expeditionary Force [14] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [7] Other Empire Force [1] South African Services [1]

Last name first letter

F [343]

Contribution

Military Service [330] Merchant Navy [7] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [31] India [1]

Arthur C Foord

Born 1885

Died 1958

British Army 173040 Sapper Royal Engineers Inland Water Transport Corps

British Army WR/313672 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Walter Francis Cecil Foord

Australian Imperial Force 7469

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John Tucker Foord

Australian Imperial Force

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Albert James Foord

Born 1885

British Army 1644 Driver Royal Field Artillery 2nd Home Counties Brigade

British Army 906152 Driver Royal Field Artillery 336th Brigade

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Harry Foord

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 243946

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Frank Foord

Died 1917

British Army 374281 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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James Foord

Died 1914

British Army 10970 Lance Corporal East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 10970 Private East Lancashire Regiment

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Percival Wall Foord

Born 1891

Died 1959

British Army 97186 Staff Serjeant Tank Corps

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William George Foord

Born 1893

Died 1958

British Army 2332 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 528143 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Alfred Foord

Born 1884

Died 1918

Canadian Expeditionary Force 256863

Canadian Expeditionary Force 256863 Private Canadian Infantry

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Frank Frederick Foord

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 155168

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John Shayer Foord

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 140417

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Alfred Ernest Foord

Born 1887

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 55304 New Zealand Rifle Brigade

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Frederick H J Foord

Died 1916

British Army 70241 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

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John Bright Foord

Born 1889

British Army WR/267257 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 14603 Private East Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 248927 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Frederick Walter Foord

Born 1888

British Army TF906174 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 281434 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

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George Edward Foord

Born 1881

Died 1949

British Army 330594 Pioneer Royal Engineers

British Army WR/508030 Pioneer Royal Engineers

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William Dickie Foord

Australian Imperial Force 3645

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Cecil Foord

Australian Imperial Force 31155

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George Thomas Foord

Australian Imperial Force 57A

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