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Faversham, Kent [6]

Eastbourne, Sussex [5]

Kent England [3]

London, Middlesex [3]

Trunkey New South Wales [3]

Weymouth, Dorset [3]

Chatham, Kent [2]

Colchester, Essex [2]

Corop Victoria [2]

Devizes, Wiltshire [2]

Dorchester, Dorset [2]

Folkestone, Kent [2]

London England [2]

Melbourne Victoria [2]

Poplar, London [2]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [2]

Southsea, Hampshire [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

Adelaide South Australia [1]

Aldington Sussex [1]

Ashburnham, Sussex [1]

Ashford, Kent [1]

Barcombe [1]

Barcombe, Lewes [1]

Bathurst New South Wales [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Benalla Victoria [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Bethnal Green, Middlesex [1]

Boxford, Suffolk [1]

Brighton [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Buckland Dover [1]

Bulong Western Australia [1]

Canning Town, Essex, England [1]

Canterbury, Kent [1]

Charing, Kent [1]

Dartford, Kent [1]

Dover, Kent [1]

Down, Ireland [1]

East Ashford [1]

East Ham, Essex [1]

East Ham, Essex, England [1]

Essex England [1]

Euroa Victoria [1]

Farham, Kent [1]

Favershaw, Kent [1]

Folkstone, Kent [1]

Forbes New South Wales [1]

Gravesend, Kent [1]

Rank

Private [241]

Gunner [41]

Driver [23]

Serjeant [22]

Corporal [21]

Sapper [19]

Lance Corporal [10]

Acting Corporal [7]

Bombardier [6]

Second Lieutenant [6]

Lieutenant [5]

Pioneer [5]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [5]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Rifleman [3]

Stoker 1st Class [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Company Serjeant Major [2]

Drummer [2]

Guardsman [2]

Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Saddler/Corporal [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Trooper [2]

Acting Major [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Captain [1]

Civilian [1]

Coastguardsman [1]

Company Serjeant Major /Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Driver /Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Farrier Serjeant [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Leading Signalman [1]

Private /Lance Corporal [1]

Private Acting Serjeant [1]

Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Serjeant /Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Serjeant /Temporary Serjeant Major [1]

Serjeant Acting Serjeant [1]

Serjeant Acting Staff Serjeant [1]

Serjeant/Transport Serjeant [1]

Shipwright 2nd Class [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Signal Boy [1]

Stoker [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [44]

Army Service Corps [39]

Royal Garrison Artillery [29]

Royal Engineers [28]

East Kent Regiment [23]

Labour Corps [23]

Royal Army Medical Corps [21]

London Regiment [19]

Royal Sussex Regiment [19]

Royal West Kent Regiment [15]

Rifle Brigade [13]

Royal Fusiliers [13]

Wiltshire Regiment [13]

Hampshire Regiment [12]

Middlesex Regiment [10]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [8]

Machine Gun Corps [8]

The Queen's Regiment [8]

Royal Army Service Corps [7]

Dorsetshire Regiment [6]

Essex Regiment [5]

Royal West Surrey Regiment [5]

Army Ordnance Corps [4]

Corps of Hussars [4]

Kent Cyclist Battalion [4]

Northumberland Fusiliers [4]

Royal Army Ordnance Corps [4]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [4]

Royal Dublin Fusiliers [4]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [3]

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [3]

East Surrey Regiment [3]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3]

Royal Flying Corps [3]

Royal Highlanders [3]

Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [3]

Royal Irish Rifles [3]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [3]

Seaforth Highlanders [3]

South Lancashire Regiment [3]

British Red Cross Society and Order of St John of Jerusalem [2]

Coldstream Guards [2]

East Lancashire Regiment [2]

Gloucestershire Regiment [2]

Gordon Highlanders [2]

Hussars [2]

Kent Regiment [2]

Leicestershire Regiment [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Northamptonshire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [415]

Royal Navy [65]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [33]

Australian Imperial Force [30]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [12]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

G [574]

Contribution

Military Service [556]

Merchant Navy [12]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [16]

New Zealand [1]

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Place of birth

Faversham, Kent [6] Eastbourne, Sussex [5] Kent England [3] London, Middlesex [3] Trunkey New South Wales [3] Weymouth, Dorset [3] Chatham, Kent [2] Colchester, Essex [2] Corop Victoria [2] Devizes, Wiltshire [2] Dorchester, Dorset [2] Folkestone, Kent [2] London England [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] Poplar, London [2] Portsmouth, Hampshire [2] Southsea, Hampshire [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Adelaide South Australia [1] Aldington Sussex [1] Ashburnham, Sussex [1] Ashford, Kent [1] Barcombe [1] Barcombe, Lewes [1] Bathurst New South Wales [1] Battersea, London [1] Benalla Victoria [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Bethnal Green, Middlesex [1] Boxford, Suffolk [1] Brighton [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Buckland Dover [1] Bulong Western Australia [1] Canning Town, Essex, England [1] Canterbury, Kent [1] Charing, Kent [1] Dartford, Kent [1] Dover, Kent [1] Down, Ireland [1] East Ashford [1] East Ham, Essex [1] East Ham, Essex, England [1] Essex England [1] Euroa Victoria [1] Farham, Kent [1] Favershaw, Kent [1] Folkstone, Kent [1] Forbes New South Wales [1] Gravesend, Kent [1]

Rank

Private [241] Gunner [41] Driver [23] Serjeant [22] Corporal [21] Sapper [19] Lance Corporal [10] Acting Corporal [7] Bombardier [6] Second Lieutenant [6] Lieutenant [5] Pioneer [5] Warrant Officer Class 2 [5] Acting Serjeant [4] Rifleman [3] Stoker 1st Class [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Company Serjeant Major [2] Drummer [2] Guardsman [2] Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Saddler/Corporal [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Trooper [2] Acting Major [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Captain [1] Civilian [1] Coastguardsman [1] Company Serjeant Major /Acting Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Driver /Acting Lance Corporal [1] Farrier Serjeant [1] Leading Seaman [1] Leading Signalman [1] Private /Lance Corporal [1] Private Acting Serjeant [1] Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Serjeant /Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Serjeant /Temporary Serjeant Major [1] Serjeant Acting Serjeant [1] Serjeant Acting Staff Serjeant [1] Serjeant/Transport Serjeant [1] Shipwright 2nd Class [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Signal Boy [1] Stoker [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [44] Army Service Corps [39] Royal Garrison Artillery [29] Royal Engineers [28] East Kent Regiment [23] Labour Corps [23] Royal Army Medical Corps [21] London Regiment [19] Royal Sussex Regiment [19] Royal West Kent Regiment [15] Rifle Brigade [13] Royal Fusiliers [13] Wiltshire Regiment [13] Hampshire Regiment [12] Middlesex Regiment [10] King's Royal Rifle Corps [8] Machine Gun Corps [8] The Queen's Regiment [8] Royal Army Service Corps [7] Dorsetshire Regiment [6] Essex Regiment [5] Royal West Surrey Regiment [5] Army Ordnance Corps [4] Corps of Hussars [4] Kent Cyclist Battalion [4] Northumberland Fusiliers [4] Royal Army Ordnance Corps [4] Royal Berkshire Regiment [4] Royal Dublin Fusiliers [4] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [3] Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry [3] East Surrey Regiment [3] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [3] Royal Flying Corps [3] Royal Highlanders [3] Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers [3] Royal Irish Rifles [3] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [3] Seaforth Highlanders [3] South Lancashire Regiment [3] British Red Cross Society and Order of St John of Jerusalem [2] Coldstream Guards [2] East Lancashire Regiment [2] Gloucestershire Regiment [2] Gordon Highlanders [2] Hussars [2] Kent Regiment [2] Leicestershire Regiment [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Northamptonshire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [415] Royal Navy [65] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [33] Australian Imperial Force [30] Canadian Expeditionary Force [12] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [3] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

G [574]

Contribution

Military Service [556] Merchant Navy [12] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [16] New Zealand [1]

David Godden

Born 1886

Died 1914

British Army 14932 Private Grenadier Guards 1st Battalion

British Army 14932 Guardsman Grenadier Guards 1st Battalion

British Army 14932 Private Grenadier Guards

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George Henry Godden

Born 1890

Died 1916

British Army G/466 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army G/466 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 7th Battalion

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Ernest Edward Godden

Born 1880

Died 1914

Royal Navy 343011 Shipwright 2nd Class HMS BULWARK

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Sydney Herbert Godden

Born 1894

Died 1947

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 1/762

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Alfred George Godden

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 53256

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George William Godden

Born 1888

Died 1915

British Army G/6923 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Edward Godden

Born 1885

Died 1918

Royal Navy 218270 Leading Signalman H.M.S. "Victory I"

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Percy Godden

Born 1895

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 5539

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Albert John Godden

Born 1872

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 70697

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Frank Godden

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 269289

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Charles Henry Godden

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 250713

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Arthur Thomas Godden

Born 1891

Died 1915

British Army G/1083 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

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Timothy Godden

Died 1918

British Army 6446 Private West India Regiment 2nd Battalion

British Army 6446 Private West India Regiment 2nd Battalion

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Henry Godden

Born 1878

Died 1914

British Army 7058 Private Lincolnshire Regiment

British Army 7058 Private Lincolnshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Graham Orchard Godden

Born 1895

Died 1914

British Army 14935 Private Somerset Light Infantry 7th Bn.

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Daniel Godden

Born 1874

Died 1917

Royal Navy 277431 Stoker 1st Class HMS Vivid

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William Thomas Godden

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 169699

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Edward James Godden

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 238307

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William George Godden

Born 1875

Died 1965

British Army 131 Serjeant Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 291439 Serjeant Royal Garrison Artillery

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James Godden

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army 2717 Private Army Cyclist Corps

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