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Dover, Kent [6]

Southampton, Hampshire, England [5]

Canterbury, Kent [4]

Ramsgate, Kent [4]

Folkestone, Kent [3]

Sandwich, Kent [3]

Sydney New South Wales [3]

Ashford, Kent [2]

Bromyard, Herefordshire [2]

Chelmsford, Essex [2]

Christchurch, Hampshire [2]

Devonport, Devon [2]

Faversham, Kent [2]

Helston, Cornwall [2]

London, Middlesex, England [2]

Margate, Kent [2]

Margate, Kent, England [2]

Poplar, London [2]

Ramsgate, Kent, England [2]

Southampton, Hampshire [2]

St Johns, Folkestone, Kent [2]

Twickenham, London [2]

Whitstable, Kent [2]

Acton, Middlesex [1]

Alderholt, Nr Wimborne Minster, Dorset [1]

Aldershot, Surrey [1]

Alstonville New South Wales [1]

Bathford, Bath, Somerset [1]

Beckenham, Kent [1]

Bermondsey, London [1]

Bethnal Green, London [1]

Bethnal Green, London, Middlesex [1]

Bilston, Staffordshire [1]

Bircher Common, Herefordshire [1]

Blackwood Creek Tasmania [1]

Blaenavon, Monmouthshire [1]

Bourke New South Wales [1]

Briagolong Victoria [1]

Brighton, Sussex [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire [1]

Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [1]

Camberwell, London [1]

Chatham England [1]

Christchurch [1]

Claremont Western Australia [1]

Deal, Kent [1]

Devon, Kent [1]

Dibden, Hampshire [1]

Dudley, Worcestershire [1]

East Church, Isle of Sheppey [1]

Rank

Private [351]

Gunner [43]

Serjeant [40]

Driver [29]

Corporal [23]

Sapper [21]

Lance Corporal [17]

Captain [10]

Lieutenant [10]

Acting Corporal [6]

Second Lieutenant [6]

Acting Serjeant [4]

Bombardier [4]

Company Serjeant Major [4]

Pioneer [4]

Rifleman [4]

Colour Serjeant [3]

Major [3]

Saddler [3]

Warrant Officer Class 2 [3]

Acting Bombardier [2]

Acting Staff Serjeant [2]

Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2]

Civilian [2]

Corporal 2nd [2]

Lance Serjeant [2]

Staff Serjeant [2]

Temporary Captain [2]

Temporary Chaplain to the Forces 3rd Class [2]

Transport Serjeant [2]

Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [2]

2nd Lieutenant [1]

ALIAS Private [1]

Acting Colour Serjeant [1]

Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1]

Air Mechanic 1st Class [1]

Bandsman [1]

Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [1]

Boy 1st Class [1]

Boy Shipwright [1]

Commander [1]

Corporal Acting Serjeant [1]

Engineer Lieutenant Commander [1]

Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [1]

Forewoman [1]

Honorary Lieutenant [1]

Lance Bombardier [1]

Lieutenant-Commander [1]

Officer's Steward 1st Class [1]

Painter 1st Class [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [54]

Royal Field Artillery [47]

Army Service Corps [42]

Labour Corps [39]

East Kent Regiment [36]

Royal Garrison Artillery [27]

London Regiment [23]

Royal Army Medical Corps [23]

Hampshire Regiment [20]

Middlesex Regiment [15]

Royal West Kent Regiment [14]

The Queen's Regiment [14]

Worcestershire Regiment [14]

Royal Sussex Regiment [13]

Machine Gun Corps [12]

Rifle Brigade [12]

Bedfordshire Regiment [10]

Royal Warwickshire Regiment [10]

Royal Horse Artillery [9]

Gloucestershire Regiment [8]

Royal Fusiliers [8]

Wiltshire Regiment [8]

East Surrey Regiment [7]

Norfolk Regiment [7]

Suffolk Regiment [7]

Army Ordnance Corps [6]

Durham Light Infantry [6]

Essex Regiment [6]

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [6]

Tank Corps [6]

Devonshire Regiment [5]

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [5]

North Staffordshire Regiment [5]

Northamptonshire Regiment [5]

Royal Army Service Corps [5]

Royal Berkshire Regiment [5]

Royal Naval Division [5]

East Yorkshire Regiment [4]

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [4]

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4]

Northumberland Fusiliers [4]

Royal Marine Artillery [4]

Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [4]

Royal Munster Fusiliers [4]

Cheshire Regiment [3]

East Lancashire Regiment [3]

Hussars [3]

King's Royal Rifle Corps [3]

King's Shropshire Light Infantry [3]

Lancers [3]

Service

British Army [564]

Royal Navy [79]

Air Force (RAF/RFC) [37]

Canadian Expeditionary Force [26]

Australian Imperial Force [18]

New Zealand Expeditionary Force [13]

Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

P [765]

D [1]

Contribution

Military Service [738]

Merchant Navy [24]

Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [21]

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Place of birth

Dover, Kent [6] Southampton, Hampshire, England [5] Canterbury, Kent [4] Ramsgate, Kent [4] Folkestone, Kent [3] Sandwich, Kent [3] Sydney New South Wales [3] Ashford, Kent [2] Bromyard, Herefordshire [2] Chelmsford, Essex [2] Christchurch, Hampshire [2] Devonport, Devon [2] Faversham, Kent [2] Helston, Cornwall [2] London, Middlesex, England [2] Margate, Kent [2] Margate, Kent, England [2] Poplar, London [2] Ramsgate, Kent, England [2] Southampton, Hampshire [2] St Johns, Folkestone, Kent [2] Twickenham, London [2] Whitstable, Kent [2] Acton, Middlesex [1] Alderholt, Nr Wimborne Minster, Dorset [1] Aldershot, Surrey [1] Alstonville New South Wales [1] Bathford, Bath, Somerset [1] Beckenham, Kent [1] Bermondsey, London [1] Bethnal Green, London [1] Bethnal Green, London, Middlesex [1] Bilston, Staffordshire [1] Bircher Common, Herefordshire [1] Blackwood Creek Tasmania [1] Blaenavon, Monmouthshire [1] Bourke New South Wales [1] Briagolong Victoria [1] Brighton, Sussex [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire [1] Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [1] Camberwell, London [1] Chatham England [1] Christchurch [1] Claremont Western Australia [1] Deal, Kent [1] Devon, Kent [1] Dibden, Hampshire [1] Dudley, Worcestershire [1] East Church, Isle of Sheppey [1]

Rank

Private [351] Gunner [43] Serjeant [40] Driver [29] Corporal [23] Sapper [21] Lance Corporal [17] Captain [10] Lieutenant [10] Acting Corporal [6] Second Lieutenant [6] Acting Serjeant [4] Bombardier [4] Company Serjeant Major [4] Pioneer [4] Rifleman [4] Colour Serjeant [3] Major [3] Saddler [3] Warrant Officer Class 2 [3] Acting Bombardier [2] Acting Staff Serjeant [2] Battery Quarter Master Serjeant [2] Civilian [2] Corporal 2nd [2] Lance Serjeant [2] Staff Serjeant [2] Temporary Captain [2] Temporary Chaplain to the Forces 3rd Class [2] Transport Serjeant [2] Transport Warrant Officer Class 1 [2] 2nd Lieutenant [1] ALIAS Private [1] Acting Colour Serjeant [1] Acting Warrant Officer Class 2 [1] Air Mechanic 1st Class [1] Bandsman [1] Battery Quartermaster Serjeant [1] Boy 1st Class [1] Boy Shipwright [1] Commander [1] Corporal Acting Serjeant [1] Engineer Lieutenant Commander [1] Farrier Quarter Master Serjeant [1] Forewoman [1] Honorary Lieutenant [1] Lance Bombardier [1] Lieutenant-Commander [1] Officer's Steward 1st Class [1] Painter 1st Class [1]

Unit

Royal Engineers [54] Royal Field Artillery [47] Army Service Corps [42] Labour Corps [39] East Kent Regiment [36] Royal Garrison Artillery [27] London Regiment [23] Royal Army Medical Corps [23] Hampshire Regiment [20] Middlesex Regiment [15] Royal West Kent Regiment [14] The Queen's Regiment [14] Worcestershire Regiment [14] Royal Sussex Regiment [13] Machine Gun Corps [12] Rifle Brigade [12] Bedfordshire Regiment [10] Royal Warwickshire Regiment [10] Royal Horse Artillery [9] Gloucestershire Regiment [8] Royal Fusiliers [8] Wiltshire Regiment [8] East Surrey Regiment [7] Norfolk Regiment [7] Suffolk Regiment [7] Army Ordnance Corps [6] Durham Light Infantry [6] Essex Regiment [6] Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry [6] Tank Corps [6] Devonshire Regiment [5] Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry [5] North Staffordshire Regiment [5] Northamptonshire Regiment [5] Royal Army Service Corps [5] Royal Berkshire Regiment [5] Royal Naval Division [5] East Yorkshire Regiment [4] King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry [4] Loyal North Lancashire Regiment [4] Northumberland Fusiliers [4] Royal Marine Artillery [4] Royal Marine Light Infantry: Chatham Division [4] Royal Munster Fusiliers [4] Cheshire Regiment [3] East Lancashire Regiment [3] Hussars [3] King's Royal Rifle Corps [3] King's Shropshire Light Infantry [3] Lancers [3]

Service

British Army [564] Royal Navy [79] Air Force (RAF/RFC) [37] Canadian Expeditionary Force [26] Australian Imperial Force [18] New Zealand Expeditionary Force [13] Other Empire Force [2]

Last name first letter

P [765] D [1]

Contribution

Military Service [738] Merchant Navy [24] Conscientious Objector [1]

Country

United Kingdom [21]

Frederick Philpott

Born 1897

Died 1918

British Army 4059 Private London Regiment

British Army 701315 Private London Regiment 3/23rd Battalion

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Richard Alexander Philpott

Born 1888

Died 1969

British Army S/5522 Private Army Ordnance Corps

British Army S/5522 Transport Serjeant Army Ordnance Corps

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Albert Charles Philpott

Born 1880

Died 1916

British Army G/5166 Private East Kent Regiment 7th Battalion

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Horace Leonard Philpott

Born 1899

Died 1918

British Army 40397 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 10th Battalion

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Bert Philpott

Died 1916

British Army 9601 Private Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) 9th Battalion

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Frank Albert Philpott

Born 1877

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 91793

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Charles Herbert Philpott

Born 1876

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 87242

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Leonard Philpott

Born 1880

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 260594

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Francis Philpott

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 264226

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Charles Benjamin Philpott

Born 1881

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 41217

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John Frederick Philpott

Born 1882

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 206886

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Charles Edward David Philpott

Born 1883

British Army 4943 Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 1st Battalion

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Charles Richard Philpott

Born 1881

Died 1917

British Army 291260 Private Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion

British Army 295272 Private London Regiment

British Army 295272 Private London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) 4th (City of London) Battalion

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John Reginald Philpott

Born 1893

Died 1918

Air Force (RAF/RFC) Captain Royal Flying Corps

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Alexander Castle Philpott

Born 1894

Died 1963

Royal Navy F1504

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Samuel Percy Philpott

Born 1888

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 66791

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Arthur John Philpott

Born 1890

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 35890

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George Robert Philpott

Born 1870

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 267064

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Hubert Philpott

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 39049

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Alfred Thomas Philpott

Born 1884

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 210399

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