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London England [14]

Sydney New South Wales [14]

London, Middlesex, England [12]

London, Middlesex [7]

Camberwell, London [6]

Paddington, London [6]

Toowoomba Queensland [6]

Ballarat Victoria [5]

Birmingham, Warwickshire [5]

Bow, London [5]

Colac Victoria [5]

Mackay Queensland [5]

Sittingbourne, Kent [5]

Adelaide South Australia [4]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [4]

Broken Hill New South Wales [4]

Castlemaine Victoria [4]

Edenbridge, Kent [4]

Edinburgh, Midlothian [4]

Liverpool, Lancashire, England [4]

Ramsgate, Kent [4]

Ryde, Isle of Wight [4]

Alton, Hampshire [3]

Bedford [3]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [3]

Blackburn, Lancashire [3]

Brunswick New South Wales [3]

East Grinstead, Sussex [3]

Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [3]

Greenwich, London [3]

Hull, Yorkshire [3]

Kempsey New South Wales [3]

Melbourne Victoria [3]

Norwich, Norfolk [3]

Teddington, Middlesex [3]

Whitstable, Kent [3]

Ashford, Kent [2]

Attleborough, Norfolk [2]

Bathurst New South Wales [2]

Battersea, London [2]

Bendigo Victoria [2]

Bodmin, Cornwall [2]

Bolton, Lancashire [2]

Boston, Lincolnshire [2]

Bournemouth, Hampshire [2]

Camberwell, Surrey [2]

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [2]

Carlton Victoria [2]

Chelmsford, Essex [2]

Chelsea, London [2]

Rank

Private [1899]

Gunner [253]

Driver [170]

Corporal [156]

Serjeant [154]

Sapper [123]

Second Lieutenant [77]

Lance Corporal [52]

Lieutenant [47]

Acting Corporal [41]

Captain [37]

Pioneer [31]

Bombardier [29]

Acting Serjeant [28]

Company Serjeant Major [13]

Colour Serjeant [12]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [11]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [9]

Staff Serjeant [9]

Lance Serjeant [8]

Acting Bombardier [7]

Trooper [7]

Major [6]

Rifleman [6]

Able Seaman [5]

Battery Serjeant Major [5]

Ordinary Seaman [5]

Sergeant [5]

Sister [5]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4]

Deck Hand [4]

Forewoman [4]

Lieutenant Colonel [4]

Stoker 1st Class [4]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3]

Brevet Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [3]

Bugler [3]

Nurse [3]

Reverend [3]

2nd Lieutenant [2]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Bombardier Acting Corporal [2]

Brigadier General [2]

Cadet [2]

Captain and Adjutant [2]

Conductor [2]

Corporal /Acting Serjeant [2]

Driver Farrier [2]

Drummer [2]

Flight Lieutenant [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [291]

Royal Engineers [258]

Labour Corps [228]

Army Service Corps [214]

Royal Garrison Artillery [147]

London Regiment [144]

Royal Army Medical Corps [93]

Machine Gun Corps [85]

Royal Fusiliers [72]

Middlesex Regiment [69]

The Queen's Regiment [60]

Essex Regiment [58]

Royal Sussex Regiment [57]

Rifle Brigade [56]

Royal West Kent Regiment [56]

Suffolk Regiment [53]

East Kent Regiment [48]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [46]

Gordon Highlanders [45]

Norfolk Regiment [44]

Hampshire Regiment [42]

West Yorkshire Regiment [39]

Durham Light Infantry [37]

Northumberland Fusiliers [37]

Lincolnshire Regiment [35]

Manchester Regiment [34]

East Surrey Regiment [33]

East Yorkshire Regiment [33]

Royal Army Service Corps [33]

Northamptonshire Regiment [31]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [31]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [30]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [30]

Liverpool Regiment [29]

Royal Scots [28]

Seaforth Highlanders [28]

Highland Light Infantry [27]

Cheshire Regiment [25]

Royal Highlanders [25]

Bedfordshire Regiment [24]

Royal Horse Artillery [24]

Devonshire Regiment [23]

Worcestershire Regiment [23]

Canadian Infantry [22]

Gloucestershire Regiment [22]

Army Veterinary Corps [21]

Leicestershire Regiment [21]

Royal Air Force [21]

Royal Naval Division [21]

Yorkshire Regiment [21]

Service

British Army [3002]

Royal Navy [355]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [247]

Australian Imperial Force [217]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [216]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [47]

Other Empire Force [8]

South African Services [3]

Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

K [4172]

H [2]

P [1]

Contribution

Military Service [4073]

Merchant Navy [73]

Conscientious Objector [5]

Country

United Kingdom [82]

Canada [2]

South Africa [2]

Australia [1]

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Place of birth

London England [14] Sydney New South Wales [14] London, Middlesex, England [12] London, Middlesex [7] Camberwell, London [6] Paddington, London [6] Toowoomba Queensland [6] Ballarat Victoria [5] Birmingham, Warwickshire [5] Bow, London [5] Colac Victoria [5] Mackay Queensland [5] Sittingbourne, Kent [5] Adelaide South Australia [4] Bristol, Gloucestershire [4] Broken Hill New South Wales [4] Castlemaine Victoria [4] Edenbridge, Kent [4] Edinburgh, Midlothian [4] Liverpool, Lancashire, England [4] Ramsgate, Kent [4] Ryde, Isle of Wight [4] Alton, Hampshire [3] Bedford [3] Birkenhead, Cheshire [3] Blackburn, Lancashire [3] Brunswick New South Wales [3] East Grinstead, Sussex [3] Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [3] Greenwich, London [3] Hull, Yorkshire [3] Kempsey New South Wales [3] Melbourne Victoria [3] Norwich, Norfolk [3] Teddington, Middlesex [3] Whitstable, Kent [3] Ashford, Kent [2] Attleborough, Norfolk [2] Bathurst New South Wales [2] Battersea, London [2] Bendigo Victoria [2] Bodmin, Cornwall [2] Bolton, Lancashire [2] Boston, Lincolnshire [2] Bournemouth, Hampshire [2] Camberwell, Surrey [2] Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [2] Carlton Victoria [2] Chelmsford, Essex [2] Chelsea, London [2]

Rank

Private [1899] Gunner [253] Driver [170] Corporal [156] Serjeant [154] Sapper [123] Second Lieutenant [77] Lance Corporal [52] Lieutenant [47] Acting Corporal [41] Captain [37] Pioneer [31] Bombardier [29] Acting Serjeant [28] Company Serjeant Major [13] Colour Serjeant [12] Warrant Officer Class 2 [11] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [9] Staff Serjeant [9] Lance Serjeant [8] Acting Bombardier [7] Trooper [7] Major [6] Rifleman [6] Able Seaman [5] Battery Serjeant Major [5] Ordinary Seaman [5] Sergeant [5] Sister [5] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [4] Deck Hand [4] Forewoman [4] Lieutenant Colonel [4] Stoker 1st Class [4] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [3] Brevet Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General [3] Bugler [3] Nurse [3] Reverend [3] 2nd Lieutenant [2] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Bombardier Acting Corporal [2] Brigadier General [2] Cadet [2] Captain and Adjutant [2] Conductor [2] Corporal /Acting Serjeant [2] Driver Farrier [2] Drummer [2] Flight Lieutenant [2]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [291] Royal Engineers [258] Labour Corps [228] Army Service Corps [214] Royal Garrison Artillery [147] London Regiment [144] Royal Army Medical Corps [93] Machine Gun Corps [85] Royal Fusiliers [72] Middlesex Regiment [69] The Queen's Regiment [60] Essex Regiment [58] Royal Sussex Regiment [57] Rifle Brigade [56] Royal West Kent Regiment [56] Suffolk Regiment [53] East Kent Regiment [48] King's Royal Rifle Corps [46] Gordon Highlanders [45] Norfolk Regiment [44] Hampshire Regiment [42] West Yorkshire Regiment [39] Durham Light Infantry [37] Northumberland Fusiliers [37] Lincolnshire Regiment [35] Manchester Regiment [34] East Surrey Regiment [33] East Yorkshire Regiment [33] Royal Army Service Corps [33] Northamptonshire Regiment [31] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [31] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [30] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [30] Liverpool Regiment [29] Royal Scots [28] Seaforth Highlanders [28] Highland Light Infantry [27] Cheshire Regiment [25] Royal Highlanders [25] Bedfordshire Regiment [24] Royal Horse Artillery [24] Devonshire Regiment [23] Worcestershire Regiment [23] Canadian Infantry [22] Gloucestershire Regiment [22] Army Veterinary Corps [21] Leicestershire Regiment [21] Royal Air Force [21] Royal Naval Division [21] Yorkshire Regiment [21]

Service

British Army [3002] Royal Navy [355] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [247] Australian Imperial Force [217] Canadian Expeditionary Force [216] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [47] Other Empire Force [8] South African Services [3] Indian Army [1]

Last name first letter

K [4172] H [2] P [1]

Contribution

Military Service [4073] Merchant Navy [73] Conscientious Objector [5]

Country

United Kingdom [82] Canada [2] South Africa [2] Australia [1]

Alexander Kemp

Born 1888

Died 1914

British Army 10096 Private Gordon Highlanders 1st Battalion

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Elise Margaret Kemp

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army Sister Territorial Army Nursing Service

British Army Sister Territorial Force Nursing Service

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Ivan William Kemp

Born 1891

Died 1916

British Army 4004 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 371715 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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James Ogilvie Kemp

Born 1865

Died 1917

British Army Captain Royal Scots 5th Battalion (Queen's Edinburgh Rifles)

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Frederick Kemp

Born 1882

Died 1918

British Army 49174 Private Manchester Regiment 16th Battalion.

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James Williams Kemp

Born 1879

Died 1915

British Army 3417 Private Norfolk Regiment 1/4th Battalion

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William Kemp

Born 1899

Died 1919

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 252878 Air Mechanic 2nd Class Royal Air Force

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Albert Kemp

Died 1914

British Army 8548 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1st Battalion.

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Frederick Sydney Albert Kemp

Born 1894

Died 1918

British Army 1098 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army 72347 Sapper Royal Engineers

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William Alfred Kemp

Died 1915

British Army 1768 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1st Battalion.

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James Kemp

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 35839

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William Kemp

Born 1889

Died 1918

Other Empire Force 550817 2nd Steward Mercantile Marine Reserve H.M.S. "Eaglet"

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John Oddie Kemp

Born 1896

British Army 425352 Lance Corporal Labour Corps 157 Labour Company

British Army 1581 Private Middlesex Regiment 16th Battalion

British Army 425352 Private Labour Corps 157 Labour Company

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Edward Kemp

Born 1887

Died 1914

British Army 8749 Private South Wales Borderers 2nd Battalion

British Army 8749 Private South Wales Borderers 1st Battalion

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Thomas Charles Kemp

Born 1891

Died 1955

British Army 429 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 14th Battalion

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Arthur Henry Kemp

Born 1885

Died 1960

British Army

British Army 236128 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army WR/284062 / S/193 (RM) Sapper Royal Engineers Attached to the Royal Marines

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Archibald Kemp

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 44212

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James Henry Reginald Kemp

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 36048

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James Edward Kemp

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 145094

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Ernest William Kemp

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 32141

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