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Maidstone, Kent [18]

Ashford, Kent [7]

Melbourne Victoria [7]

Brighton, Sussex [6]

Sydney New South Wales [6]

Hamilton Tas Tasmania [5]

Sittingbourne, Kent [5]

Essex England [4]

Grays, Essex, England [4]

Hadleigh, Essex [4]

Bermondsey, London [3]

Chelmsford, Essex [3]

Croydon, Surrey [3]

Dartford, Kent [3]

Kent [3]

Kent England [3]

London [3]

London England [3]

London, Middlesex, England [3]

Adelaide South Australia [2]

Aldershot, Hampshire [2]

Battersea, London [2]

Bingara New South Wales [2]

Brentford, Middlesex [2]

Brighton [2]

Burham, Kent [2]

Camberwell, London [2]

Cambridge England [2]

Canterbury, Kent [2]

Chatham, Kent [2]

Colac Victoria [2]

Dover, Kent [2]

Epsom, Surrey [2]

Faversham, Kent [2]

Geelong Victoria [2]

Gillingham, Kent [2]

Grays, Essex [2]

Greenwich, London [2]

Hastings, Sussex [2]

Hoxton, London [2]

Launceston Tas Tasmania [2]

London, Middlesex [2]

Peckham, London [2]

Perth Tas Tasmania [2]

Plymouth, Devon [2]

Poplar, London [2]

Rotherhithe, Kent [2]

Ryde, Isle of Wight [2]

Semaphore South Australia [2]

Sheerness, Kent [2]

Rank

Private [983]

Gunner [144]

Driver [97]

Corporal [78]

Serjeant [72]

Sapper [62]

Lance Corporal [38]

Lieutenant [28]

Second Lieutenant [27]

Captain [23]

Acting Corporal [15]

Bombardier [13]

Pioneer [13]

Major [10]

Rifleman [10]

Acting Serjeant [8]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [7]

Corporal 2nd [7]

Trooper [7]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Staff Serjeant [6]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [6]

Company Serjeant Major [5]

Sister [5]

Able Seaman [4]

Lance Serjeant [4]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Temporary Captain [4]

Worker [4]

Acting Captain [3]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Lance Bombardier [3]

Lieutenant Commander [3]

Private Acting Corporal [3]

Temporary Lieutenant [3]

Able Bodied Seaman [2]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2]

Boy 1st Class [2]

Deck Hand [2]

Drummer [2]

Lieutenant and Quarter Master [2]

Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2]

Matron [2]

Staff Nurse [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Stoker 2nd Class [2]

1st Class Staff Serjeant Major [1]

1st Class Stoker [1]

2nd Serjeant [1]

Acting Regiment Serjeant Major [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [142]

Army Service Corps [131]

Royal Field Artillery [128]

London Regiment [112]

Labour Corps [103]

Royal Garrison Artillery [91]

Middlesex Regiment [54]

Royal Fusiliers [54]

Royal West Kent Regiment [54]

Royal Army Medical Corps [52]

Essex Regiment [51]

Royal Sussex Regiment [49]

East Kent Regiment [46]

Machine Gun Corps [41]

Suffolk Regiment [41]

The Queen's Regiment [38]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [33]

Bedfordshire Regiment [30]

Northumberland Fusiliers [30]

Royal Army Service Corps [29]

East Surrey Regiment [28]

Rifle Brigade [27]

Hampshire Regiment [22]

Army Ordnance Corps [16]

Durham Light Infantry [16]

Dorsetshire Regiment [14]

Hertfordshire Regiment [14]

Leicestershire Regiment [14]

Norfolk Regiment [14]

Northamptonshire Regiment [14]

Army Veterinary Corps [13]

Manchester Regiment [13]

West Yorkshire Regiment [12]

Royal Horse Artillery [11]

Cambridgeshire Regiment [9]

Canadian Infantry [9]

Dragoon Guards [9]

Lancashire Fusiliers [9]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [9]

Border Regiment [8]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [8]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [8]

Wiltshire Regiment [8]

Yorkshire Regiment [8]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [7]

Gloucestershire Regiment [7]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [7]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [7]

Scottish Rifles [7]

South Wales Borderers [7]

Service

British Army [1571]

Royal Navy [190]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [132]

Australian Imperial Force [90]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [77]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [22]

Other Empire Force [2]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

H [2119]

F [1]

K [1]

R [1]

S [1]

W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2073]

Merchant Navy [33]

Conscientious Objector [9]

Country

United Kingdom [59]

Australia [1]

Canada [1]

Egypt [1]

France [1]

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Place of birth

Maidstone, Kent [18] Ashford, Kent [7] Melbourne Victoria [7] Brighton, Sussex [6] Sydney New South Wales [6] Hamilton Tas Tasmania [5] Sittingbourne, Kent [5] Essex England [4] Grays, Essex, England [4] Hadleigh, Essex [4] Bermondsey, London [3] Chelmsford, Essex [3] Croydon, Surrey [3] Dartford, Kent [3] Kent [3] Kent England [3] London [3] London England [3] London, Middlesex, England [3] Adelaide South Australia [2] Aldershot, Hampshire [2] Battersea, London [2] Bingara New South Wales [2] Brentford, Middlesex [2] Brighton [2] Burham, Kent [2] Camberwell, London [2] Cambridge England [2] Canterbury, Kent [2] Chatham, Kent [2] Colac Victoria [2] Dover, Kent [2] Epsom, Surrey [2] Faversham, Kent [2] Geelong Victoria [2] Gillingham, Kent [2] Grays, Essex [2] Greenwich, London [2] Hastings, Sussex [2] Hoxton, London [2] Launceston Tas Tasmania [2] London, Middlesex [2] Peckham, London [2] Perth Tas Tasmania [2] Plymouth, Devon [2] Poplar, London [2] Rotherhithe, Kent [2] Ryde, Isle of Wight [2] Semaphore South Australia [2] Sheerness, Kent [2]

Rank

Private [983] Gunner [144] Driver [97] Corporal [78] Serjeant [72] Sapper [62] Lance Corporal [38] Lieutenant [28] Second Lieutenant [27] Captain [23] Acting Corporal [15] Bombardier [13] Pioneer [13] Major [10] Rifleman [10] Acting Serjeant [8] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [7] Corporal 2nd [7] Trooper [7] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Staff Serjeant [6] Warrant Officer Class 2 [6] Company Serjeant Major [5] Sister [5] Able Seaman [4] Lance Serjeant [4] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Temporary Captain [4] Worker [4] Acting Captain [3] Colour Serjeant [3] Lance Bombardier [3] Lieutenant Commander [3] Private Acting Corporal [3] Temporary Lieutenant [3] Able Bodied Seaman [2] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [2] Boy 1st Class [2] Deck Hand [2] Drummer [2] Lieutenant and Quarter Master [2] Major /Temporary Lieutenant Colonel [2] Matron [2] Staff Nurse [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Stoker 2nd Class [2] 1st Class Staff Serjeant Major [1] 1st Class Stoker [1] 2nd Serjeant [1] Acting Regiment Serjeant Major [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [142] Army Service Corps [131] Royal Field Artillery [128] London Regiment [112] Labour Corps [103] Royal Garrison Artillery [91] Middlesex Regiment [54] Royal Fusiliers [54] Royal West Kent Regiment [54] Royal Army Medical Corps [52] Essex Regiment [51] Royal Sussex Regiment [49] East Kent Regiment [46] Machine Gun Corps [41] Suffolk Regiment [41] The Queen's Regiment [38] King's Royal Rifle Corps [33] Bedfordshire Regiment [30] Northumberland Fusiliers [30] Royal Army Service Corps [29] East Surrey Regiment [28] Rifle Brigade [27] Hampshire Regiment [22] Army Ordnance Corps [16] Durham Light Infantry [16] Dorsetshire Regiment [14] Hertfordshire Regiment [14] Leicestershire Regiment [14] Norfolk Regiment [14] Northamptonshire Regiment [14] Army Veterinary Corps [13] Manchester Regiment [13] West Yorkshire Regiment [12] Royal Horse Artillery [11] Cambridgeshire Regiment [9] Canadian Infantry [9] Dragoon Guards [9] Lancashire Fusiliers [9] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [9] Border Regiment [8] King's Own Scottish Borderers [8] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [8] Wiltshire Regiment [8] Yorkshire Regiment [8] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [7] Gloucestershire Regiment [7] Royal Berkshire Regiment [7] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [7] Scottish Rifles [7] South Wales Borderers [7]

Service

British Army [1571] Royal Navy [190] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [132] Australian Imperial Force [90] Canadian Expeditionary Force [77] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [22] Other Empire Force [2] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

H [2119] F [1] K [1] R [1] S [1] W [1]

Contribution

Military Service [2073] Merchant Navy [33] Conscientious Objector [9]

Country

United Kingdom [59] Australia [1] Canada [1] Egypt [1] France [1]

Alfred William Hills

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 53628

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Sydney Hills

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 193415

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John Henry Hills

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 265259

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William Herbert Hills

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 913

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Brenda Margaret Hills

Born 1897

Died 1919

Other Empire Force Nurse Voluntary Aid Detachment St John Auxiliary Military Hospital, Shrewsbury

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Claude Henry Hills

Born 1897

Died 1987

British Army Lieutenant Highland Light Infantry Attached Machine Gun Corps

British Army Second Lieutenant Highland Light Infantry

British Army 494 Private Officer Training Corps Royal Fusiliers

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George Alfred Hills

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 23829

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Charles Herbert Hills

Born 1879

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 40876

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Arthur Hills

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 168832

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James Hills

Born 1874

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 266678

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Charles Stephen Ernest Hills

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 210953

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William Alfred Hills

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 36149

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Albert Gerald Hills

Born 1893

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 21724

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Herbert Hills

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 263706

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Walter Hills

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 221050

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Frederick James Hills

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 223677

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William Hills

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 227907

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Ernest Leslie Hills

Died 1915

British Army Lieutenant Royal Welsh Fusiliers Attached Nigeria Regiment - West African Frontier Force

British Army Lieutenant Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Claude Anthony Hills

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 27177 Private East Surrey Regiment 8th Battalion

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Edward Hills

Died 1918

British Army 4677 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment

British Army 326869 Private Cambridgeshire Regiment

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