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Sevenoaks, Kent [6]

Brighton, Sussex [4]

Gosport, Hampshire [3]

Maresfield, Sussex [3]

Ramsgate, Kent [3]

Alverstoke, Hampshire [2]

Guildford, Surrey [2]

Hayes, Kent [2]

Lamberhurst, Kent [2]

Liverpool, Lancashire [2]

Maidstone, Kent [2]

Tonbridge, Kent [2]

Woolwich, Kent [2]

Alberstoke, Hampshire [1]

Ardrossan, Ayrshire [1]

Ashford, Kent, England [1]

Battersea, London [1]

Battersea, Surrey [1]

Belfast, Antrim [1]

Birling, Kent [1]

Boscombe, Hampshire [1]

Bournemouth, Hampshire [1]

Brighton Tasmania [1]

Caterham, Surrey [1]

Chailey, Sussex [1]

Chichester, Sussex [1]

Croydon, Surrey [1]

Dunstable, Bedfordshire [1]

East Grinstead, Sussex [1]

Eastbourne, Sussex, England [1]

Eden Bridge, Kent [1]

Edenbridge, Kent [1]

Epsom, Surrey [1]

Essex England [1]

Fulham, London [1]

Hackney, London [1]

Hambledon, Hampshire [1]

Hastings England [1]

Hayes, Middlesex [1]

Haywards Heath, Sussex [1]

Hertford, Hertfordshire, England [1]

Hollington, Sussex [1]

Kentish Town, London [1]

Kentish Town, Middlesex [1]

Kumara [1]

Leeves, Sussex [1]

Lewisham, London [1]

London, Middlesex [1]

London, Middlesex, England [1]

Lowes, Sussex [1]

Rank

Private [203]

Gunner [37]

Driver [26]

Serjeant [22]

Corporal [19]

Lance Corporal [11]

Sapper [9]

Acting Corporal [5]

Second Lieutenant [5]

Able Seaman [3]

Acting Bombardier [3]

Acting Serjeant [3]

Pioneer [3]

1st Aircraftsman [2]

Captain [2]

Leading Stoker [2]

Lieutenant [2]

Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Rifleman [2]

Shoeing Smith [2]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1]

Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1]

Boy [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy 2nd Class [1]

Chief Petty Officer [1]

Chief Stoker [1]

Corporal 2nd [1]

Honorary Captain Quartermaster [1]

Honorary Lieutenant [1]

Honorary Major [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Lance Serjeant [1]

Leading Seaman [1]

Lieutenant Quartermaster [1]

Officers Steward 3rd Class [1]

Orderly [1]

Petty Officer 1st Class [1]

Quarter Master and Honorary Lieutenant [1]

Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Regimental Quarter Master [1]

Regimental Serjeant Major [1]

Sergeant [1]

Squadron Leader [1]

Stoker 1st Class [1]

Sub-Lieutenant [1]

Temporary and Honorary Lieutenant [1]

Trooper [1]

Volunteer [1]

Volunteer Driver [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [40]

Royal Field Artillery [37]

Royal Engineers [32]

Royal Sussex Regiment [29]

Labour Corps [26]

Royal Garrison Artillery [17]

London Regiment [15]

Royal West Kent Regiment [15]

Royal Army Service Corps [10]

Middlesex Regiment [9]

East Surrey Regiment [8]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [8]

Royal Fusiliers [8]

Hampshire Regiment [7]

Machine Gun Corps [7]

Royal Army Medical Corps [7]

The Queen's Regiment [7]

East Kent Regiment [6]

Essex Regiment [6]

Royal Defence Corps [5]

Royal Flying Corps [5]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [4]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [4]

Royal Irish Rifles [4]

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [3]

Army Veterinary Corps [3]

Durham Light Infantry [3]

Norfolk Regiment [3]

North Staffordshire Regiment [3]

Rifle Brigade [3]

Royal Air Force [3]

Royal Artillery [3]

Royal Horse Artillery [3]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3]

Somerset Light Infantry [3]

Army Ordnance Corps [2]

Border Regiment [2]

British Red Cross [2]

Coldstream Guards [2]

Grenadier Guards [2]

Hussars [2]

Kings Royal Rifle Corps [2]

Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment [2]

Royal Army Veterinary Corps [2]

Royal Engineers Transport [2]

Royal Marine Artillery [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2]

Welsh Regiment [2]

Wiltshire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [340]

Royal Navy [71]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [30]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [20]

Australian Imperial Force [9]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [8]

Last name first letter

L [481]

Contribution

Military Service [472]

Merchant Navy [5]

Country

United Kingdom [10]

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Place of birth

Sevenoaks, Kent [6] Brighton, Sussex [4] Gosport, Hampshire [3] Maresfield, Sussex [3] Ramsgate, Kent [3] Alverstoke, Hampshire [2] Guildford, Surrey [2] Hayes, Kent [2] Lamberhurst, Kent [2] Liverpool, Lancashire [2] Maidstone, Kent [2] Tonbridge, Kent [2] Woolwich, Kent [2] Alberstoke, Hampshire [1] Ardrossan, Ayrshire [1] Ashford, Kent, England [1] Battersea, London [1] Battersea, Surrey [1] Belfast, Antrim [1] Birling, Kent [1] Boscombe, Hampshire [1] Bournemouth, Hampshire [1] Brighton Tasmania [1] Caterham, Surrey [1] Chailey, Sussex [1] Chichester, Sussex [1] Croydon, Surrey [1] Dunstable, Bedfordshire [1] East Grinstead, Sussex [1] Eastbourne, Sussex, England [1] Eden Bridge, Kent [1] Edenbridge, Kent [1] Epsom, Surrey [1] Essex England [1] Fulham, London [1] Hackney, London [1] Hambledon, Hampshire [1] Hastings England [1] Hayes, Middlesex [1] Haywards Heath, Sussex [1] Hertford, Hertfordshire, England [1] Hollington, Sussex [1] Kentish Town, London [1] Kentish Town, Middlesex [1] Kumara [1] Leeves, Sussex [1] Lewisham, London [1] London, Middlesex [1] London, Middlesex, England [1] Lowes, Sussex [1]

Rank

Private [203] Gunner [37] Driver [26] Serjeant [22] Corporal [19] Lance Corporal [11] Sapper [9] Acting Corporal [5] Second Lieutenant [5] Able Seaman [3] Acting Bombardier [3] Acting Serjeant [3] Pioneer [3] 1st Aircraftsman [2] Captain [2] Leading Stoker [2] Lieutenant [2] Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Rifleman [2] Shoeing Smith [2] Acting Warrant Officer Class 1 [1] Air Mechanic 2nd Class [1] Boy [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy 2nd Class [1] Chief Petty Officer [1] Chief Stoker [1] Corporal 2nd [1] Honorary Captain Quartermaster [1] Honorary Lieutenant [1] Honorary Major [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Lance Serjeant [1] Leading Seaman [1] Lieutenant Quartermaster [1] Officers Steward 3rd Class [1] Orderly [1] Petty Officer 1st Class [1] Quarter Master and Honorary Lieutenant [1] Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Regimental Quarter Master [1] Regimental Serjeant Major [1] Sergeant [1] Squadron Leader [1] Stoker 1st Class [1] Sub-Lieutenant [1] Temporary and Honorary Lieutenant [1] Trooper [1] Volunteer [1] Volunteer Driver [1]

Unit

Army Service Corps [40] Royal Field Artillery [37] Royal Engineers [32] Royal Sussex Regiment [29] Labour Corps [26] Royal Garrison Artillery [17] London Regiment [15] Royal West Kent Regiment [15] Royal Army Service Corps [10] Middlesex Regiment [9] East Surrey Regiment [8] King's Royal Rifle Corps [8] Royal Fusiliers [8] Hampshire Regiment [7] Machine Gun Corps [7] Royal Army Medical Corps [7] The Queen's Regiment [7] East Kent Regiment [6] Essex Regiment [6] Royal Defence Corps [5] Royal Flying Corps [5] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [4] Royal Berkshire Regiment [4] Royal Irish Rifles [4] Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders [3] Army Veterinary Corps [3] Durham Light Infantry [3] Norfolk Regiment [3] North Staffordshire Regiment [3] Rifle Brigade [3] Royal Air Force [3] Royal Artillery [3] Royal Horse Artillery [3] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [3] Somerset Light Infantry [3] Army Ordnance Corps [2] Border Regiment [2] British Red Cross [2] Coldstream Guards [2] Grenadier Guards [2] Hussars [2] Kings Royal Rifle Corps [2] Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment [2] Royal Army Veterinary Corps [2] Royal Engineers Transport [2] Royal Marine Artillery [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [2] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division [2] Welsh Regiment [2] Wiltshire Regiment [2]

Service

British Army [340] Royal Navy [71] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [30] Canadian Expeditionary Force [20] Australian Imperial Force [9] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [8]

Last name first letter

L [481]

Contribution

Military Service [472] Merchant Navy [5]

Country

United Kingdom [10]

John Edward Langridge

Born 1891

Died 1917

British Army 3494 Private Honourable Artillery Company 1st Battalion

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Robert Neill Alfred Langridge

Born 1894

Died 1916

British Army R 729 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps 11th Battalion

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Thomas Philpot Langridge

Born 1882

Died 1963

Royal Navy F21652 H.M.S. President II

Air Force (RAF/RFC) F/21652 Royal Air Force

Royal Navy F21652 H.M.S. President II

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Thomas Philpot Langridge

Born 1880

Died 1950

British Army 203975 Private East Kent Regiment

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Cecil Langridge

Born 1899

Died 1916

Royal Navy J/42643 Boy 2nd Class HMS 'Ganges'

Royal Navy J42643 Boy 1st Class HMS 'Invincible'

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William Langridge

Born 1901

Died 1918

Royal Navy J93003

Royal Navy J93003 Boy HMS Ganges II

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Charles Amos Langridge

Born 1898

Died 1916

Royal Navy 18982 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry: Portsmouth Division

Royal Navy PO/18982 Private Royal Marine Light Infantry RM Depot Deal

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Edgar John Langridge

Born 1892

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 53431

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Walter Stuart Langridge

Born 1880

Died 1917

British Army 25246 Private Hampshire Regiment 1st Battalion

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Edmund Alfred Jack Langridge

Born 1896

Died 1968

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 11584

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Richard Lionel Langridge

Born 1891

Died 1940

Royal Navy Sub-Lieutenant R.N.V.R.

Royal Navy Lieutenant Royal Naval Reserve H.M. Trawler Thomas Conolly

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Albert Edward Langridge

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 155689 Sapper Royal Engineers 72nd Field Company

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Ernest Langridge

Born 1890

Died 1972

British Army 10918 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

British Army 449268 Private Royal Sussex Regiment

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George Langridge

Born 1888

Died 1961

British Army 88541 Sapper Royal Engineers

British Army WR/500466 Sapper Royal Engineers

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Frank Lewis Langridge

Born 1885

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 87220

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John Langridge

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 36963

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William Henry Langridge

Born 1886

Died 1964

British Army 1426 Serjeant Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army 200234 Serjeant Royal West Kent Regiment

British Army 200234 Sergeant Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment 1/4 Battalion

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William Charles Langridge

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 216395

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Thomas Philpot Langridge

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 221652

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Robert Langridge

Born 1896

Died 1917

British Army 6668 Private London Regiment

British Army 653154 Private London Regiment

British Army 653154 Rifleman London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles)

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