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Snodland, Kent [7]

London England [4]

Durham [3]

Edinburgh, Midlothian [3]

Ipswich, Suffolk [3]

London, Middlesex [3]

Salisbury, Wiltshire [3]

Thebarton South Australia [3]

Brentford England [2]

Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk [2]

Faversham, Kent [2]

Fulham, London [2]

Granton, Ontario [2]

Huonville Tasmania [2]

Kensington, London [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

North Shields, Northumberland, England [2]

Ramsgate, Kent [2]

Sevenoaks, Kent [2]

Sheerness, Kent [2]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

Whitstable, Kent [2]

Woolwich, London [2]

Aberdeen [1]

Acol, Kent [1]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Balmain New South Wales [1]

Barony, Lanarkshire [1]

Bedlington, Northumberland [1]

Berkshire [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Beverley South Australia [1]

Birling, Kent [1]

Boughton Blean, Kent [1]

Boynton, Suffolk [1]

Brabourne Ashford, Kent [1]

Brechin, Forfarshire [1]

Brighton Victoria [1]

Brighton, Sussex [1]

Bromley, Kent [1]

Burra South Australia [1]

Charlton Victoria [1]

Cheltenham Victoria [1]

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1]

Clympton, Saint Mary, Devon [1]

Cowlinge, Suffolk [1]

Crafford, Kent [1]

Cranbrook, Kent [1]

Crawley, Sussex [1]

Rank

Private [515]

Driver [53]

Gunner [53]

Corporal [40]

Serjeant [39]

Sapper [34]

Lance Corporal [29]

Lieutenant [10]

Second Lieutenant [10]

Acting Corporal [9]

Captain [9]

Bombardier [8]

Colour Serjeant [5]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Rifleman [4]

Worker [4]

Pioneer [3]

Serjeant Major [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Acting Corporal 2nd [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Lance Bombardier [2]

Nursing Sister [2]

Quartermaster Serjeant [2]

Sister [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Able Seaman [1]

Acting Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Assistant Paymaster [1]

Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Boy [1]

Boy 1 [1]

Boy 2 [1]

Butcher [1]

Capt [1]

Carpenter's Crew [1]

Chief Stoker [1]

Commissioned Engineer [1]

Deck Hand [1]

Diver [1]

Driver Wheeler [1]

Engineer Lieutenant [1]

Engineman [1]

Farrier Drummer [1]

Flying Officer [1]

Guardsman [1]

Gunner Naik [1]

Hon Capt [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [74]

Royal Field Artillery [67]

Royal Engineers [65]

Labour Corps [48]

Royal Army Medical Corps [36]

London Regiment [35]

Royal Garrison Artillery [35]

Suffolk Regiment [34]

Royal Fusiliers [28]

Machine Gun Corps [26]

Royal West Kent Regiment [22]

Rifle Brigade [19]

East Kent Regiment [18]

The Queen's Regiment [18]

Northumberland Fusiliers [16]

Durham Light Infantry [15]

Essex Regiment [15]

Middlesex Regiment [15]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [13]

Royal Army Service Corps [13]

Norfolk Regiment [11]

East Surrey Regiment [10]

Army Veterinary Corps [9]

Bedfordshire Regiment [9]

Lancashire Fusiliers [9]

Northamptonshire Regiment [9]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [8]

Royal Highlanders [8]

Royal Naval Division [8]

Royal Irish Rifles [7]

Royal Scots [7]

West Yorkshire Regiment [7]

Wiltshire Regiment [7]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [6]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [6]

Hampshire Regiment [6]

North Staffordshire Regiment [6]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [6]

Royal Horse Artillery [6]

Royal Sussex Regiment [6]

Canadian Infantry [5]

Grenadier Guards [5]

Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [5]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [5]

Seaforth Highlanders [5]

South Lancashire Regiment [5]

Welsh Regiment [5]

Yorkshire Regiment [5]

Corps of Hussars [4]

Devonshire Regiment [4]

Service

British Army [785]

Royal Navy [95]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [76]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [59]

Australian Imperial Force [55]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [16]

Other Empire Force [4]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

F [1119]

H [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1078]

Merchant Navy [33]

Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [34]

India [1]

Jamaica [1]

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Place of birth

Snodland, Kent [7] London England [4] Durham [3] Edinburgh, Midlothian [3] Ipswich, Suffolk [3] London, Middlesex [3] Salisbury, Wiltshire [3] Thebarton South Australia [3] Brentford England [2] Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk [2] Faversham, Kent [2] Fulham, London [2] Granton, Ontario [2] Huonville Tasmania [2] Kensington, London [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] North Shields, Northumberland, England [2] Ramsgate, Kent [2] Sevenoaks, Kent [2] Sheerness, Kent [2] Southampton, Hampshire, England [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Whitstable, Kent [2] Woolwich, London [2] Aberdeen [1] Acol, Kent [1] Adelaide South Australia [1] Balmain New South Wales [1] Barony, Lanarkshire [1] Bedlington, Northumberland [1] Berkshire [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Beverley South Australia [1] Birling, Kent [1] Boughton Blean, Kent [1] Boynton, Suffolk [1] Brabourne Ashford, Kent [1] Brechin, Forfarshire [1] Brighton Victoria [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Bromley, Kent [1] Burra South Australia [1] Charlton Victoria [1] Cheltenham Victoria [1] Cheltenham, Gloucestershire [1] Clympton, Saint Mary, Devon [1] Cowlinge, Suffolk [1] Crafford, Kent [1] Cranbrook, Kent [1] Crawley, Sussex [1]

Rank

Private [515] Driver [53] Gunner [53] Corporal [40] Serjeant [39] Sapper [34] Lance Corporal [29] Lieutenant [10] Second Lieutenant [10] Acting Corporal [9] Captain [9] Bombardier [8] Colour Serjeant [5] Acting Serjeant [4] Rifleman [4] Worker [4] Pioneer [3] Serjeant Major [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Acting Corporal 2nd [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Lance Bombardier [2] Nursing Sister [2] Quartermaster Serjeant [2] Sister [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Able Seaman [1] Acting Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Assistant Paymaster [1] Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Boy [1] Boy 1 [1] Boy 2 [1] Butcher [1] Capt [1] Carpenter's Crew [1] Chief Stoker [1] Commissioned Engineer [1] Deck Hand [1] Diver [1] Driver Wheeler [1] Engineer Lieutenant [1] Engineman [1] Farrier Drummer [1] Flying Officer [1] Guardsman [1] Gunner Naik [1] Hon Capt [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [74] Royal Field Artillery [67] Royal Engineers [65] Labour Corps [48] Royal Army Medical Corps [36] London Regiment [35] Royal Garrison Artillery [35] Suffolk Regiment [34] Royal Fusiliers [28] Machine Gun Corps [26] Royal West Kent Regiment [22] Rifle Brigade [19] East Kent Regiment [18] The Queen's Regiment [18] Northumberland Fusiliers [16] Durham Light Infantry [15] Essex Regiment [15] Middlesex Regiment [15] King's Royal Rifle Corps [13] Royal Army Service Corps [13] Norfolk Regiment [11] East Surrey Regiment [10] Army Veterinary Corps [9] Bedfordshire Regiment [9] Lancashire Fusiliers [9] Northamptonshire Regiment [9] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [8] Royal Highlanders [8] Royal Naval Division [8] Royal Irish Rifles [7] Royal Scots [7] West Yorkshire Regiment [7] Wiltshire Regiment [7] Cambridgeshire Regiment [6] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [6] Hampshire Regiment [6] North Staffordshire Regiment [6] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [6] Royal Horse Artillery [6] Royal Sussex Regiment [6] Canadian Infantry [5] Grenadier Guards [5] Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps [5] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [5] Seaforth Highlanders [5] South Lancashire Regiment [5] Welsh Regiment [5] Yorkshire Regiment [5] Corps of Hussars [4] Devonshire Regiment [4]

Service

British Army [785] Royal Navy [95] Canadian Expeditionary Force [76] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [59] Australian Imperial Force [55] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [16] Other Empire Force [4] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

F [1119] H [1]

Contribution

Military Service [1078] Merchant Navy [33] Conscientious Objector [2]

Country

United Kingdom [34] India [1] Jamaica [1]

John Eugene Foreman

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army Lieutenant Royal Army Medical Corps

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Edgar Kingsley Foreman

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army 2624 Private London Regiment

British Army 2624 Private London Regiment 1/15 (county of lond Battalion

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William Foreman

Born 1895

Died 1961

British Army 72333 Driver Royal Field Artillery 49th Reserve Battery

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Edmund Foreman

Born 1895

Died 1959

British Army 5788 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army 62101 Private Suffolk Regiment

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Thomas Henry Foreman

Born 1881

Died 1918

Royal Navy 301185 Stoker 2nd Class HMS "Pembroke II"

Royal Navy 301185 Petty Officer Stoker HMS "Diamond"

Other Empire Force Leading Fireman Royal Fleet Auxiliary "Industry"

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John James Foreman

Born 1891

Died 1916

Royal Navy 15000 Stoker 2 class Victory II

Royal Navy 15000 Stoker 1st Class

Royal Navy K15000 Stoker 1st Class HMS Queen Mary

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James Stephen Foreman

Born 1897

Died 1915

Royal Navy J/27883 Boy 1 H.M.S. Ganges

Royal Navy J/27883 Boy 2 H.M.S. Ganges

Royal Navy J/27883 Boy 1 H.M.S. Pembroke I

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John Henry Foreman

Born 1859

Died 1917

British Army 5716 Private Irish Guards 3RD Battalion

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Albert Victor Claud Foreman

Born 1898

Died 1932

Royal Navy DA 18772 Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve

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Walter Stanley Foreman

Born 1891

Died 1974

British Army T/3/024241 Gunner Army Service Corps

British Army 119752 Private Machine Gun Corps 34th Battalion

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Albert Foreman

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 41436

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Joseph Foreman

Born 1887

Other Empire Force 2708 Private Jamaica War Contingent

British Army 3919 Private British West Indies Regiment 4th Battalion

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George Alexander Foreman

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 41437

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Aaron Foreman

Born 1886

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 36469

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David Foreman

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 263709

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William Foreman

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 301135

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William Robert Foreman

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 39418

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Alfred Foreman

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 32998 Private Suffolk Regiment

British Army 41508 Lance Corporal Essex Regiment 13th Battalion

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William George Foreman

Born 1897

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 12391

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Lazarus Foreman

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 47361

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