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Sheffield, Yorkshire [4]

Geelong Victoria [3]

Leeds, Yorkshire [3]

London, Middlesex, England [3]

Portsmouth, Hampshire [3]

Avoca Victoria [2]

Eidsvold Queensland [2]

Gympie Queensland [2]

Melbourne Victoria [2]

Preston, Lancashire [2]

St Arnaud Victoria [2]

Sunderland, Durham [2]

Sydney New South Wales [2]

Aisthorpe, Lincolnshire [1]

Ballarat Victoria [1]

Barrow, Lancashire [1]

Battersea, Surrey, England [1]

Beighton, Derbyshire [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire [1]

Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1]

Birmingham [1]

Bishopswearmouth, Durham [1]

Bolton Lancashire [1]

Boston [1]

Bradford, Manningham, Yorkshire [1]

Bradford, Yorkshire [1]

Braunston, Northamptonshire [1]

Brightside, Sheffield, Yorkshire [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Burton, Derbyshire [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Chatham [1]

Cumberland England [1]

Derbyshire [1]

Dimboola Victoria [1]

Dover, Kent [1]

Durham England [1]

Easingwold, Yorkshire [1]

Eastfield Side, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Notts [1]

Elwood Victoria [1]

Folkestone, Kent [1]

Gateshead, Durham [1]

Glenfield, Leicestershire [1]

Grantham, Lincolnshire [1]

Greetland, Yorkshire [1]

Hackney, London [1]

Halifax, Yorkshire [1]

Holborn, London [1]

Hull, Yorkshire [1]

Hull, Yorkshire, England [1]

Rank

Private [543]

Corporal [52]

Gunner [46]

Driver [41]

Serjeant [33]

Sapper [32]

Lance Corporal [13]

Acting Serjeant [11]

Second Lieutenant [9]

Bombardier [8]

Pioneer [8]

Captain [7]

Lieutenant [7]

Staff Serjeant [6]

Acting Corporal [5]

Worker [5]

Acting Corporal 2nd [4]

Corporal 2nd [4]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3]

Lance Serjeant [3]

Rifleman [3]

Able Seaman [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Temporary Second Lieutenant [2]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [2]

Acting Bombardier [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Lance Corporal [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Army Schoolmaster [1]

Attested as Private [1]

Battery Serjeant Major [1]

Cadet [1]

Company Serjeant Major [1]

Company Serjeant Major/Drill Serjeant [1]

Driver Shoeing Smith [1]

Flight Serjeant [1]

Guardsman [1]

Gunner /Acting Bombardier/ Bombardier [1]

Gunner Acting Bombardier [1]

Honorary Second Lieutenant [1]

Lance Captain [1]

Lance Corporal /Acting Staff Serjeant Major [1]

Nursing Sister [1]

Ordinary Seaman [1]

Paymaster Lieutenant [1]

Private Acting Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [73]

Royal Field Artillery [60]

Labour Corps [59]

Army Service Corps [41]

Royal Army Medical Corps [38]

West Yorkshire Regiment [33]

Machine Gun Corps [28]

Lincolnshire Regiment [25]

Royal Garrison Artillery [24]

Cheshire Regiment [23]

Liverpool Regiment [22]

Border Regiment [17]

Lancashire Fusiliers [17]

London Regiment [17]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [17]

Manchester Regiment [16]

East Lancashire Regiment [15]

Leicestershire Regiment [15]

Northumberland Fusiliers [14]

Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [14]

York and Lancaster Regiment [14]

Royal Lancaster Regiment [13]

West Riding Regiment [13]

Durham Light Infantry [12]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [11]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [11]

Royal Fusiliers [11]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [10]

South Lancashire Regiment [10]

Yorkshire Regiment [10]

Royal Naval Division [9]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [8]

East Yorkshire Regiment [8]

Middlesex Regiment [8]

Royal Welsh Fusiliers [8]

Devonshire Regiment [7]

King's Own Scottish Borderers [7]

Royal Army Service Corps [7]

The Queen's Regiment [7]

Worcestershire Regiment [7]

East Surrey Regiment [6]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [6]

Rifle Brigade [6]

Royal West Kent Regiment [6]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [5]

Canadian Infantry [5]

Coldstream Guards [5]

Corps of Hussars [5]

Gloucestershire Regiment [5]

North Staffordshire Regiment [5]

Service

British Army [810]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [78]

Royal Navy [70]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [41]

Australian Imperial Force [30]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [14]

Last name first letter

K [1057]

Contribution

Military Service [1041]

Merchant Navy [10]

Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [16]

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Place of birth

Sheffield, Yorkshire [4] Geelong Victoria [3] Leeds, Yorkshire [3] London, Middlesex, England [3] Portsmouth, Hampshire [3] Avoca Victoria [2] Eidsvold Queensland [2] Gympie Queensland [2] Melbourne Victoria [2] Preston, Lancashire [2] St Arnaud Victoria [2] Sunderland, Durham [2] Sydney New South Wales [2] Aisthorpe, Lincolnshire [1] Ballarat Victoria [1] Barrow, Lancashire [1] Battersea, Surrey, England [1] Beighton, Derbyshire [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire [1] Birkenhead, Cheshire, England [1] Birmingham [1] Bishopswearmouth, Durham [1] Bolton Lancashire [1] Boston [1] Bradford, Manningham, Yorkshire [1] Bradford, Yorkshire [1] Braunston, Northamptonshire [1] Brightside, Sheffield, Yorkshire [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Burton, Derbyshire [1] Camberwell, London [1] Chatham [1] Cumberland England [1] Derbyshire [1] Dimboola Victoria [1] Dover, Kent [1] Durham England [1] Easingwold, Yorkshire [1] Eastfield Side, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Notts [1] Elwood Victoria [1] Folkestone, Kent [1] Gateshead, Durham [1] Glenfield, Leicestershire [1] Grantham, Lincolnshire [1] Greetland, Yorkshire [1] Hackney, London [1] Halifax, Yorkshire [1] Holborn, London [1] Hull, Yorkshire [1] Hull, Yorkshire, England [1]

Rank

Private [543] Corporal [52] Gunner [46] Driver [41] Serjeant [33] Sapper [32] Lance Corporal [13] Acting Serjeant [11] Second Lieutenant [9] Bombardier [8] Pioneer [8] Captain [7] Lieutenant [7] Staff Serjeant [6] Acting Corporal [5] Worker [5] Acting Corporal 2nd [4] Corporal 2nd [4] Colour Serjeant [3] Company Quarter Master Serjeant [3] Lance Serjeant [3] Rifleman [3] Able Seaman [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Temporary Second Lieutenant [2] Warrant Officer Class 2 [2] Acting Bombardier [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Lance Corporal [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Army Schoolmaster [1] Attested as Private [1] Battery Serjeant Major [1] Cadet [1] Company Serjeant Major [1] Company Serjeant Major/Drill Serjeant [1] Driver Shoeing Smith [1] Flight Serjeant [1] Guardsman [1] Gunner /Acting Bombardier/ Bombardier [1] Gunner Acting Bombardier [1] Honorary Second Lieutenant [1] Lance Captain [1] Lance Corporal /Acting Staff Serjeant Major [1] Nursing Sister [1] Ordinary Seaman [1] Paymaster Lieutenant [1] Private Acting Serjeant [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [73] Royal Field Artillery [60] Labour Corps [59] Army Service Corps [41] Royal Army Medical Corps [38] West Yorkshire Regiment [33] Machine Gun Corps [28] Lincolnshire Regiment [25] Royal Garrison Artillery [24] Cheshire Regiment [23] Liverpool Regiment [22] Border Regiment [17] Lancashire Fusiliers [17] London Regiment [17] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [17] Manchester Regiment [16] East Lancashire Regiment [15] Leicestershire Regiment [15] Northumberland Fusiliers [14] Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment [14] York and Lancaster Regiment [14] Royal Lancaster Regiment [13] West Riding Regiment [13] Durham Light Infantry [12] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [11] King's Royal Rifle Corps [11] Royal Fusiliers [11] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [10] South Lancashire Regiment [10] Yorkshire Regiment [10] Royal Naval Division [9] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [8] East Yorkshire Regiment [8] Middlesex Regiment [8] Royal Welsh Fusiliers [8] Devonshire Regiment [7] King's Own Scottish Borderers [7] Royal Army Service Corps [7] The Queen's Regiment [7] Worcestershire Regiment [7] East Surrey Regiment [6] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [6] Rifle Brigade [6] Royal West Kent Regiment [6] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [5] Canadian Infantry [5] Coldstream Guards [5] Corps of Hussars [5] Gloucestershire Regiment [5] North Staffordshire Regiment [5]

Service

British Army [810] Canadian Expeditionary Force [78] Royal Navy [70] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [41] Australian Imperial Force [30] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [14]

Last name first letter

K [1057]

Contribution

Military Service [1041] Merchant Navy [10] Conscientious Objector [3]

Country

United Kingdom [16]

Frederick Richard Kitchen

Born 1883

Died 1916

British Army 24379 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 10583 Private 13th Btn

British Army 24379 Private Cheshire Regiment 13th Btn

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George Rowland Kitchen

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 19444 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 3rd (Reserve) Battalion

British Army 19444 Cadet 9th Officer Cadet Battalion D Company

British Army 19444 Attested as Private Lancashire Fusiliers

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William Kitchen

Born 1875

Died 1914

British Army 3839 Private Lancashire Regiment

British Army 3839 Private 16th (The Queen's) Lancers

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John Kitchen

Born 1892

Died 1915

British Army 11724 Corporal Lincolnshire Regiment

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Edward Howard Kitchen

Born 1891

Died 1970

British Army 23228 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 23228 Corporal Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Arthur Richard Kitchen

Died 1917

British Army 372487 Private London Regiment

British Army 372487 Rifleman London Regiment 2nd/8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

British Army 5131 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)

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Harold George Kitchen

Born 1896

Died 1915

British Army 10853 Private Cheshire Regiment

British Army 10583 Private Cheshire Regiment 1st Btn

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John Frederick Kitchen

Born 1885

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 45333

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 45333 Flight Serjeant No 9 Aircraft Acceptance Park

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William Walter Henry Kitchen

Born 1889

Died 1919

British Army 8742 Lance Corporal Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army 8742 Private Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army L/8742 Lance Corporal Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)

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Anthony Kitchen

Born 1873

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 193132

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Albert Henry Kitchen

Born 1891

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 122148

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Jonathan Kitchen

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 164655

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Harry Kitchen

Born 1878

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 82750

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Walter Kitchen

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 268313

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George Henry Benjamin Kitchen

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 308777

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Sidney Wilson Kitchen

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 48742

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Fred Kitchen

Born 1883

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 32850

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Herbert Harry Kitchen

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 305131

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Athol Kitchen

Born 1894

Died 1917

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 28494 Rifleman New Zealand Rifle Brigade 1st Battalion

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Arthur Kitchen

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 35390 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 8th Battalion

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