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Ashburnham, Sussex [3]

Ramsgate, Kent [3]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [2]

Battle, Sussex [1]

Birmingham [1]

Blackhill, Durham [1]

Blackley, Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Chingford, Essex [1]

Clapham, London [1]

Custom House, London [1]

Eastbourne, Sussex [1]

Folkestone, Kent [1]

Geelong Victoria [1]

Gravesend, Kent [1]

Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England [1]

Hackney, London [1]

Inverell New South Wales [1]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1]

London England [1]

Manchester, Lancashire [1]

Middleton Cheney, Northants [1]

Murrumbeena Victoria [1]

Penshurst, Sussex [1]

Pontyclun, Glamorgan [1]

Romford, Essex [1]

Rugby, Warwickshire [1]

South Hackney, London [1]

South Hackney, Middlesex [1]

Stockton on Tees, Durham, England [1]

Stockton-on-Tees, Durham [1]

Sydney New South Wales [1]

Walthamstow, Essex [1]

Walton, Stratford upon Avon [1]

Warwickshire [1]

Williamstown Victoria [1]

Woolwich, Kent [1]

Worcester [1]

Worcestershire [1]

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Private [160]

Gunner [21]

Serjeant [15]

Corporal [14]

Driver [10]

Lieutenant [9]

Second Lieutenant [9]

Lance Corporal [7]

Sapper [7]

Acting Corporal [3]

Captain [3]

Major [3]

Colonel Retired Pay [2]

Colour Serjeant [2]

Temporary Major [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Captain [1]

Acting Serjeant [1]

Bombardier [1]

Civilian [1]

Civilian War Death Ramsgate, Kent. [1]

Colonel [1]

Domestic 3rd Class [1]

Gunner Bombardier [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [1]

Paid Lance Bombardier [1]

Pioneer [1]

Private Acting Corporal [1]

Private Acting Serjeant [1]

Private/Transport Corporal [1]

Rifleman [1]

Second Lieutenant /Temporary Lieutenant [1]

Sergeant [1]

Serjeant /Acting Company Serjeant Major [1]

Shoeing Smith [1]

Sister [1]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Trooper [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [32]

Labour Corps [20]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [19]

Royal Engineers [16]

Royal Army Medical Corps [15]

West Yorkshire Regiment [13]

Army Service Corps [12]

Machine Gun Corps [10]

Durham Light Infantry [9]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [9]

Royal Garrison Artillery [9]

London Regiment [8]

Worcestershire Regiment [8]

East Kent Regiment [7]

Rifle Brigade [7]

Royal Sussex Regiment [6]

Essex Regiment [5]

Hampshire Regiment [5]

Royal Fusiliers [5]

Army Ordnance Corps [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

Lincolnshire Regiment [4]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4]

Army Veterinary Corps [3]

Bedfordshire Regiment [3]

Canadian Infantry [3]

Honourable Artillery Company [3]

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [3]

Middlesex Regiment [3]

Northumberland Fusiliers [3]

Royal West Kent Regiment [3]

The Queen's Regiment [3]

Welsh Regiment [3]

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [3]

City of London Yeomanry [2]

East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

Lancashire Fusiliers [2]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [2]

Royal Engineers Transport [2]

Royal Horse Artillery [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2]

Royal Naval Division [2]

West Riding Regiment [2]

17th Dogras Regiment [1]

93rd Infantry [1]

Australian Imperial Force [1]

Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [1]

Border Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [261]

Royal Navy [19]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [15]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [14]

Australian Imperial Force [6]

Other Empire Force [1]

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H [320]

Contribution

Military Service [313]

Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [15]

Gibraltar [2]

India [1]

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People [320] Stories Communities

Place of birth

Ashburnham, Sussex [3] Ramsgate, Kent [3] Birmingham, Warwickshire [2] Battle, Sussex [1] Birmingham [1] Blackhill, Durham [1] Blackley, Manchester, Lancashire [1] Chingford, Essex [1] Clapham, London [1] Custom House, London [1] Eastbourne, Sussex [1] Folkestone, Kent [1] Geelong Victoria [1] Gravesend, Kent [1] Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England [1] Hackney, London [1] Inverell New South Wales [1] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [1] London England [1] Manchester, Lancashire [1] Middleton Cheney, Northants [1] Murrumbeena Victoria [1] Penshurst, Sussex [1] Pontyclun, Glamorgan [1] Romford, Essex [1] Rugby, Warwickshire [1] South Hackney, London [1] South Hackney, Middlesex [1] Stockton on Tees, Durham, England [1] Stockton-on-Tees, Durham [1] Sydney New South Wales [1] Walthamstow, Essex [1] Walton, Stratford upon Avon [1] Warwickshire [1] Williamstown Victoria [1] Woolwich, Kent [1] Worcester [1] Worcestershire [1]

Rank

Private [160] Gunner [21] Serjeant [15] Corporal [14] Driver [10] Lieutenant [9] Second Lieutenant [9] Lance Corporal [7] Sapper [7] Acting Corporal [3] Captain [3] Major [3] Colonel Retired Pay [2] Colour Serjeant [2] Temporary Major [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Captain [1] Acting Serjeant [1] Bombardier [1] Civilian [1] Civilian War Death Ramsgate, Kent. [1] Colonel [1] Domestic 3rd Class [1] Gunner Bombardier [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Lieutenant /Temporary Captain [1] Paid Lance Bombardier [1] Pioneer [1] Private Acting Corporal [1] Private Acting Serjeant [1] Private/Transport Corporal [1] Rifleman [1] Second Lieutenant /Temporary Lieutenant [1] Sergeant [1] Serjeant /Acting Company Serjeant Major [1] Shoeing Smith [1] Sister [1] Transport Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Trooper [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [32] Labour Corps [20] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [19] Royal Engineers [16] Royal Army Medical Corps [15] West Yorkshire Regiment [13] Army Service Corps [12] Machine Gun Corps [10] Durham Light Infantry [9] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [9] Royal Garrison Artillery [9] London Regiment [8] Worcestershire Regiment [8] East Kent Regiment [7] Rifle Brigade [7] Royal Sussex Regiment [6] Essex Regiment [5] Hampshire Regiment [5] Royal Fusiliers [5] Army Ordnance Corps [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] Lincolnshire Regiment [4] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [4] Army Veterinary Corps [3] Bedfordshire Regiment [3] Canadian Infantry [3] Honourable Artillery Company [3] Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) [3] Middlesex Regiment [3] Northumberland Fusiliers [3] Royal West Kent Regiment [3] The Queen's Regiment [3] Welsh Regiment [3] West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) [3] City of London Yeomanry [2] East Yorkshire Regiment [2] Lancashire Fusiliers [2] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Royal Berkshire Regiment [2] Royal Engineers Transport [2] Royal Horse Artillery [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2] Royal Naval Division [2] West Riding Regiment [2] 17th Dogras Regiment [1] 93rd Infantry [1] Australian Imperial Force [1] Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment [1] Border Regiment [1]

Service

British Army [261] Royal Navy [19] Canadian Expeditionary Force [15] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [14] Australian Imperial Force [6] Other Empire Force [1]

Last name first letter

H [320]

Contribution

Military Service [313] Merchant Navy [4]

Country

United Kingdom [15] Gibraltar [2] India [1]

Stephen Edward Hobday

Born 1878

Died 1947

Royal Navy 9698 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division

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John William Hobday

Born 1857

Died 1917

Other Empire Force Civilian War Death Ramsgate, Kent.

Other Empire Force Civilian Civilian War Death Ramsgate, Kent.

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George Henry Hobday

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army SD/5159 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 11th Battalion

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Ernest William Hobday

Born 1884

Died 1968

Royal Navy 358918 Domestic 3rd Class H.M.S. Minerva

British Army 7671 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 2nd Battalion

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Harry Hobday

Born 1878

Died 1916

British Army SD/3370 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 13th(3rd South Downs) Battalion

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Christopher Leonard Hobday

Born 1897

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 472606

Canadian Expeditionary Force 472606 Private Canadian Infantry

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William Hobday

Born 1890

British Army 11/8122 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

British Army 304584 Private Tank Corps

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Richard Hobday

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 134350

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Stephen George Hobday

Born 1886

Died 1916

Canadian Expeditionary Force Lieutenant Central Ontario Regiment 3rd Battalion

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Frederick Hobday

Born 1868

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 283450

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George Hobday

Born 1879

Died 1917

British Army 4140 Gunner Royal Field Artillery Army Reserve

British Army 4140 Gunner Royal Field Artillery

British Army 94595 Private Royal Army Medical Corps F Coy

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Frederick Thomas Hobday

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 293805

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John Hobday

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 121699

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Leonard James Hobday

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 192878

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Frederick Hobday

Died 1918

British Army 155976 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery

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Alfred Hobday

Died 1918

British Army 29982 Private East Lancashire Regiment

British Army 81415 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment

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Joseph Hobday

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 59001 Private West Yorkshire Regiment

British Army 59001 Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

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William Henry Hobday

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 111286

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Alfred Sidney Hobday

Born 1895

Died 1916

British Army GS/8559 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army G/8559 Private Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)

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Alfred Hobday

Born 1887

Died 1915

British Army 377 Serjeant Northumberland Fusiliers

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