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Folkestone, Kent [8]

Dover, Kent [7]

Emsworth, Hampshire [5]

Brunswick New South Wales [4]

South Melbourne Victoria [4]

Canterbury, Kent [3]

East Farleigh, Kent [3]

Hamilton Victoria [3]

London England [3]

Clonmel, Tipperary [2]

Crystal Brook South Australia [2]

Emsworth, Sussex [2]

Folkestone, Kent, England [2]

Ipswich Queensland [2]

Melbourne Victoria [2]

Mile End, London, Middlesex [2]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [2]

Sittingbourne, Kent [2]

Surrey [2]

2 Bradwell Street, Mile End, Middlesex [1]

Barnet [1]

Bedford England [1]

Birmingham [1]

Bootham, Yorkshire [1]

Brighton Victoria [1]

Brighton, Sussex [1]

Calcutta [1]

Canterbury, Kent, England [1]

Charlton, Kent [1]

Chicago [1]

Claremont Queensland [1]

Coulta South Australia [1]

Dundalk, Louth [1]

East Ashling, Hampshire [1]

Eastbourne [1]

Farnham, Kent [1]

Footscray Victoria [1]

Glanville South Australia [1]

Hackney, London [1]

Hambledon, Kent [1]

Harefield, Middlesex [1]

Hastings, Sussex [1]

Herefordshire [1]

Highworth, Swindon, Wiltshire [1]

Hoxton, London [1]

Kadina South Australia [1]

Kent England [1]

Kingston On Thames, Surrey [1]

Launceston Tasmania [1]

London, Middlesex [1]

Rank

Private [196]

Gunner [30]

Corporal [27]

Driver [24]

Serjeant [20]

Sapper [18]

Second Lieutenant [10]

Lieutenant [8]

Lance Corporal [7]

Major [6]

Pioneer [6]

Acting Serjeant [5]

Captain [5]

Acting Corporal [4]

Able Seaman [3]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Bombardier [3]

Leading Stoker [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Brevet Major [2]

Chief Stoker [2]

Private Lance Corporal [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Stoker 1st Class [2]

Trooper [2]

ALIAS Chief Stoker [1]

Acting Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Captain /Acting Major [1]

Farrier Staff Serjeant [1]

Lance Bearer [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Lieutenant Colonel [1]

Lieutenant and Adjutant [1]

Mechanist Staff Serjeant [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

P O Stoker [1]

Petty Officer [1]

Reverend [1]

Rifleman [1]

Saddler [1]

Serjeant Major [1]

Sister [1]

Stoker 1 [1]

Stoker 2 [1]

Transport Corporal [1]

Transport Serjeant [1]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [42]

Royal Engineers [37]

East Kent Regiment [27]

Labour Corps [27]

Army Service Corps [25]

Royal Garrison Artillery [17]

London Regiment [16]

Royal Army Medical Corps [12]

Royal Fusiliers [8]

Royal West Kent Regiment [8]

East Surrey Regiment [7]

Machine Gun Corps [7]

The Queen's Regiment [7]

Hampshire Regiment [6]

Royal Defence Corps [6]

Worcestershire Regiment [6]

Gloucestershire Regiment [5]

Lancers [5]

Rifle Brigade [5]

Royal Flying Corps [5]

Royal Sussex Regiment [5]

Border Regiment [4]

Essex Regiment [4]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [4]

Middlesex Regiment [4]

Tank Corps [4]

West Yorkshire Regiment [4]

Army Veterinary Corps [3]

Devonshire Regiment [3]

Dragoon Guards [3]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [3]

East Lancashire Regiment [3]

Grenadier Guards [3]

Liverpool Regiment [3]

Monmouthshire Regiment [3]

Royal Horse Artillery [3]

West Riding Regiment [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Canadian Infantry [2]

Company of Dragoons [2]

Corps of Hussars [2]

Corps of Lancers [2]

East Yorkshire Regiment [2]

HMS Hampshire [2]

HMS QUEEN MARY [2]

Manchester Regiment [2]

Northumberland Fusiliers [2]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2]

Royal Air Force [2]

Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Service

British Army [355]

Royal Navy [54]

Australian Imperial Force [35]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [33]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [16]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

K [497]

B [5]

E [1]

Contribution

Military Service [493]

Merchant Navy [7]

Country

United Kingdom [11]

Malta [1]

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Place of birth

Folkestone, Kent [8] Dover, Kent [7] Emsworth, Hampshire [5] Brunswick New South Wales [4] South Melbourne Victoria [4] Canterbury, Kent [3] East Farleigh, Kent [3] Hamilton Victoria [3] London England [3] Clonmel, Tipperary [2] Crystal Brook South Australia [2] Emsworth, Sussex [2] Folkestone, Kent, England [2] Ipswich Queensland [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] Mile End, London, Middlesex [2] Portsmouth, Hampshire [2] Sittingbourne, Kent [2] Surrey [2] 2 Bradwell Street, Mile End, Middlesex [1] Barnet [1] Bedford England [1] Birmingham [1] Bootham, Yorkshire [1] Brighton Victoria [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Calcutta [1] Canterbury, Kent, England [1] Charlton, Kent [1] Chicago [1] Claremont Queensland [1] Coulta South Australia [1] Dundalk, Louth [1] East Ashling, Hampshire [1] Eastbourne [1] Farnham, Kent [1] Footscray Victoria [1] Glanville South Australia [1] Hackney, London [1] Hambledon, Kent [1] Harefield, Middlesex [1] Hastings, Sussex [1] Herefordshire [1] Highworth, Swindon, Wiltshire [1] Hoxton, London [1] Kadina South Australia [1] Kent England [1] Kingston On Thames, Surrey [1] Launceston Tasmania [1] London, Middlesex [1]

Rank

Private [196] Gunner [30] Corporal [27] Driver [24] Serjeant [20] Sapper [18] Second Lieutenant [10] Lieutenant [8] Lance Corporal [7] Major [6] Pioneer [6] Acting Serjeant [5] Captain [5] Acting Corporal [4] Able Seaman [3] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Bombardier [3] Leading Stoker [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Brevet Major [2] Chief Stoker [2] Private Lance Corporal [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Stoker 1st Class [2] Trooper [2] ALIAS Chief Stoker [1] Acting Regimental Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Captain /Acting Major [1] Farrier Staff Serjeant [1] Lance Bearer [1] Leading Seaman [1] Lieutenant Colonel [1] Lieutenant and Adjutant [1] Mechanist Staff Serjeant [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] P O Stoker [1] Petty Officer [1] Reverend [1] Rifleman [1] Saddler [1] Serjeant Major [1] Sister [1] Stoker 1 [1] Stoker 2 [1] Transport Corporal [1] Transport Serjeant [1] Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Unit

Royal Field Artillery [42] Royal Engineers [37] East Kent Regiment [27] Labour Corps [27] Army Service Corps [25] Royal Garrison Artillery [17] London Regiment [16] Royal Army Medical Corps [12] Royal Fusiliers [8] Royal West Kent Regiment [8] East Surrey Regiment [7] Machine Gun Corps [7] The Queen's Regiment [7] Hampshire Regiment [6] Royal Defence Corps [6] Worcestershire Regiment [6] Gloucestershire Regiment [5] Lancers [5] Rifle Brigade [5] Royal Flying Corps [5] Royal Sussex Regiment [5] Border Regiment [4] Essex Regiment [4] King's Royal Rifle Corps [4] Middlesex Regiment [4] Tank Corps [4] West Yorkshire Regiment [4] Army Veterinary Corps [3] Devonshire Regiment [3] Dragoon Guards [3] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [3] East Lancashire Regiment [3] Grenadier Guards [3] Liverpool Regiment [3] Monmouthshire Regiment [3] Royal Horse Artillery [3] West Riding Regiment [3] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Canadian Infantry [2] Company of Dragoons [2] Corps of Hussars [2] Corps of Lancers [2] East Yorkshire Regiment [2] HMS Hampshire [2] HMS QUEEN MARY [2] Manchester Regiment [2] Northumberland Fusiliers [2] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [2] Royal Air Force [2] Royal Army Service Corps [2]

Service

British Army [355] Royal Navy [54] Australian Imperial Force [35] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [33] Canadian Expeditionary Force [16] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [2]

Last name first letter

K [497] B [5] E [1]

Contribution

Military Service [493] Merchant Navy [7]

Country

United Kingdom [11] Malta [1]

Ernest Kennett

Born 1884

Died 1916

British Army PS/2062 Private Middlesex Regiment

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Aaron Kennett

Born 1887

Died 1917

Canadian Expeditionary Force 104352

Canadian Expeditionary Force 104352 Private Canadian Infantry 7th Battalion

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Henry Kennett

Born 1892

Died 1940

British Army 62395 Gunner Royal Horse Artillery

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Ernest Kennett

Born 1894

British Army 51188 Private Manchester Regiment

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Harry Thomas Kennett

Born 1896

Died 1916

British Army 16042 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Joseph Kennett

Born 1900

Died 1941

Royal Navy K55113

Royal Navy K55113 Leading Stoker H.M.S. Fisgard

Royal Navy P/K 55113 Chief Stoker H.M.S. Barham

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Edward William Kennett

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 146370

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Herbert Kennett

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 77842

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Thomas Kennett

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 265645

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Arthur Kennett

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 26836

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Charles Percy Kennett

Born 1875

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 97378

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Richard Shottington Kennett

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 267534

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Harry A Kennett

Died 1915

British Army G/5201 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

British Army 5201 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 2nd Battalion

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Frederick John Kennett

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 200652

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Reginald John Kennett

Born 1887

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 141497

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Frederick Kennett

Born 1876

Died 1916

British Army 21637 Private Hampshire Regiment "C" Coy. 14th Bn.

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William Claude Kennett

Born 1888

Died 1914

British Army 5335 Private Scots Guards

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Edward Lawrence Kennett

Born 1901

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 280248

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George Thomas Kennett

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 197469

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Herbert Kennett

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 264223

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