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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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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]

Walter Henry Philpott

Born 1896

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 227520

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Robert Ansell Philpott

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 230969

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Cecil George Philpott

Born 1899

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 245636

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William Joseph Philpott

Born 1900

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 275304

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George Philpott

Born 1868

Air Force (RAF/RFC) 276796

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Martin Philpott

Born 1898

Died 1917

British Army 265973 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment

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Frederick Philpott

Born 1897

Died 1915

British Army 17705 Private Northamptonshire Regiment

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John A Philpott

Died 1917

British Army 1828 Private Shropshire Yeomanry

British Army 230219 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry

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Christopher Edward Philpott

Born 1900

Died 1918

British Army 45374 Private Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

British Army 28791 Private King's Shropshire Light Infantry 1st 1st Battalion (Herefordshire Regiment)

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George Philpott

Died 1917

British Army 120820 Sapper Royal Engineers 170 Tunnelling Company

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John Thomas Philpott

Born 1897

British Army T/27821 Middlesex Regiment 15th (2nd Reserve) Battalion

British Army 13039 Royal Garrison Artillery

British Army 148661 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 13th Mountain Battery

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Albert Charles Philpott

Born 1883

Died 1917

British Army 13634 Private Dorsetshire Regiment

British Army 20429 Private Royal Munster Fusiliers

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Robert Philpott

Died 1917

British Army 9616 Private Middlesex Regiment

British Army 262980 Private Middlesex Regiment

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Henry G Philpott

Died 1916

British Army SD/2983 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 13th Battalion

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George H Philpott

Died 1916

British Army 15766 Private Hampshire Regiment

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Richard Philpott

Died 1916

British Army G/7807 Private East Kent Regiment

British Army G/7807 Private The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

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William Ernest Philpott

Born 1889

Died 1917

British Army 515668 Private London Regiment

British Army 515668 Private London Regiment (London Scottish)

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William Walter Philpott

Born 1886

Died 1916

British Army T/4776 Private The Queen's Regiment

British Army T/4776 Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

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Seymour Philpott

Died 1917

British Army 1077 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

British Army 290280 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers

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Frederick Henry Philpott

Born 1894

Died 1958

New Zealand Expeditionary Force 51774

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